Triumphant entry? Was it really? Was it what the disciples were expecting? Was it what the people were expecting?

There were no fanfare trumpets. Think of what it might have looked like if Caesar arrived in Jerusalem to make sure there was no doubt about who was king - hundreds of soldiers, chariots, horses, spears and swords. I hear the music from Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Fanfare for the Common Man" (by Aaron Copland)) echoing on the soundtrack.