2 in D-flat major, Opus 30, W45,[1] "Romantic", was written by Howard Hanson on commission from Serge Koussevitzky for the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1930,[2] and published by Carl Fischer Music.
[4] The slow movement was arranged for concert band by Norman Goldberg and in this form was also published by Carl Fischer.
"[6] Despite the abundance of triplets, the Bruckner rhythm occurs only in a few spots, mainly in the horns' and trumpets' parts; the others are in the timpani in the first movement,[7] and at the end of a longer rhythmical motif in the finale.
Other conductors of the symphony include Charles Gerhardt, Erich Kunzel, Sir Neville Marriner, Gerard Schwarz, David Montgomery and Leonard Slatkin.
"[11] Hanson was displeased that the theme was used for the closing credits of Alien[12] without his permission, but decided not to fight it in court.