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Post by vidal28rdg on Dec 22, 2022 21:35:31 GMT -6
there is most definitely untapped potential music in the video game, animation areas, more than likely due to just stringent copyright and licensing hurdles(I truly hate this) but I do like seeing the gems that pop through despite these hurdles, would love to hear either of these tracks on the field, with of course the bands with a killer low brass to maximize the impact and effectiveness of these worksš Many of today's best composers' works are found in video games. The reason? Simple (IMO) - that's where the money is to be found. The talented individuals creating the soundtracks for video games are today's version of Handel, Albinoni, and Sibelius (or insert the names of YOUR favorite composers from different eras here). and sadlyyyyy, itās a medium of very untapped music material for bands for reasons out of their controlšš anime music is barely starting to trickle in!
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Post by dbalash on Dec 28, 2022 11:29:27 GMT -6
I'll throw in 3 of my favorite pieces that I've ever played:
Vincent Persichetti - Symphony no. 6 "Symphony for Band"
Vincent Persichetti - Pageant
Kenneth Hesketh - Masque
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Post by paddy on Dec 29, 2022 10:10:08 GMT -6
Just because it scrolled across my music feed this morning, I would love to hear parts of Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasia adapted into a ballad for marching band.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Jan 11, 2023 18:21:14 GMT -6
Perhaps Olentangy High School (who has appeared at a BOA regional or two) could arrange a suite of music from Dr. Seuss on the Loose, a 1974 animated TV special that featured Allan Sherman (in his last role) voicing the Cat in the Hat. Title the show "No You Can't Teach a Sneetch" or maybe throw in some tunes from Seussical and call it "O the Thinks You Can't Think." In my view, it could be fairly said that Olentangy's past two shows, "Imagination" in 2021 and "If the Shoe Fits" in 2022, each have some thematic or stylistic affinities with Seuss's work. Trilogy!
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Jan 11, 2023 18:23:51 GMT -6
Just because it scrolled across my music feed this morning, I would love to hear parts of Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasia adapted into a ballad for marching band. Hear hear! As long as both ensembles are marching.
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Post by dbalash on Jan 13, 2023 9:28:50 GMT -6
To be honest, kind of sad Jackson Academy didn't ever do a Tears for Fears show.
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Post by boahistorybuff on Jan 23, 2023 9:27:19 GMT -6
Not sure if this has ever been done before, but how about a show titled "Fire and Ice" featuring the music from Game of Thrones.
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Post by cybrunette on Jan 28, 2023 17:34:15 GMT -6
Many of today's best composers' works are found in video games. The reason? Simple (IMO) - that's where the money is to be found. The talented individuals creating the soundtracks for video games are today's version of Handel, Albinoni, and Sibelius (or insert the names of YOUR favorite composers from different eras here). and sadlyyyyy, itās a medium of very untapped music material for bands for reasons out of their controlšš anime music is barely starting to trickle in! I'm sure the vast majority of us are waiting for that wave to start lol. Biggest issues to tackle would be anywhere from affording it, to rights (we all know how some studios can be such as Nintendo with letting others use their material), & just staff members having exposure in general to those incredible sound tracks.
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Post by Shroom on Jan 29, 2023 18:59:48 GMT -6
Never thought I would post anything by this artist but...
I never listened to any of his earlier music, which was more or less just really mediocre mumble rap, but Lil Yachty just released a new album a day ago which is his first "non rap" album and is completely just psychedelic rock and it's absolutely fantastic. The whole album is based off of Jimmy Hendrix and Pink Floyd and the song I posted is extremely obviously based off Great Gig in the Sky. Some really big artists help make this album too, such as Mac Demarco, MGMT, Alex G, etc, so if that's your sort of thing definitely give the rest of the album a shot.
With the amount of guitar solos we've seen (probably because of Bloo) I'd like to think that the guitar solo around the 2 minute mark or the Great Gig knock-off around 4:45 would fit really well into a lot of the more artsy shows that have been put on the field recently.
Ignore the horrifying album art
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Mar 12, 2023 22:06:33 GMT -6
The music is fun, but what I really want is the footwork (suspender work too): I see this won the Oscar tonight, the first song from an Indian film to do so.
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Post by yayband914 on Mar 13, 2023 0:33:57 GMT -6
I'll throw in 3 of my favorite pieces that I've ever played: Vincent Persichetti - Symphony no. 6 "Symphony for Band" Vincent Persichetti - Pageant
Kenneth Hesketh - Masque
Milford performed Masque in their show this past season.
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Post by yayband914 on Mar 13, 2023 0:34:13 GMT -6
The music is fun, but what I really want is the footwork (suspender work too): I see this won the Oscar tonight, the first song from an Indian film to do so. All I can say is ā WOW.
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Post by marimba11 on Mar 13, 2023 12:36:54 GMT -6
Was it James Bowie who played Masque in the tree show? Someone in 2014 from texas played it not sure who
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Post by checkandclose on Mar 15, 2023 10:26:27 GMT -6
This has almost definitely been in a show before, but I would love to see a marching band rendition of swan lake, but not in a loud, screamer way, in a very quiet, brass facing the back kind of way, especially with the oboe solo I think it would be beautiful
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Mar 20, 2023 14:35:35 GMT -6
My bracket in the Sousa March Mania has been busted. This year consists entirely of Sousa marches, and I am floored to learn that "The Liberty Bell" lost to "The Honored Dead." I'd never even heard of "The Honored Dead" before listening to all the marches in the first week of this year's tournament. I do rather like it, and I did pick it to win in the first round before losing to "Semper Fidelis" in the second. I'd be interesting to hear a marching band tackle it. And I'm wondering: was Gustav Mahler aware of John Phillip Sousa's work? Listen to " The Honored Dead" for yourself and see if you can guess why I'm asking.
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Post by abtwitch on Mar 20, 2023 14:52:59 GMT -6
Video game music needs to be played more on the field and people have brought up examples, but I'm bringing in a sleeper pick. Love this game's OST, but this piece in particular has a lot of field potential.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Mar 28, 2023 11:55:27 GMT -6
My bracket in the Sousa March Mania has been busted. This year consists entirely of Sousa marches, and I am floored to learn that "The Liberty Bell" lost to "The Honored Dead." I'd never even heard of "The Honored Dead" before listening to all the marches in the first week of this year's tournament. I do rather like it, and I did pick it to win in the first round before losing to "Semper Fidelis" in the second. I'd be interesting to hear a marching band tackle it. And I'm wondering: was Gustav Mahler aware of John Phillip Sousa's work? Listen to " The Honored Dead" for yourself and see if you can guess why I'm asking. My theory is that Mahler borrowed a motif for his Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection" (1888-1894, and perhaps best known on this forum for Carolina Crown's performance in the 2010 show, A Second Chance) from Sousa's funeral march "The Honored Dead" (1876-1885), which won this year's contest (defeating "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine" in the championship round by 54%-46% vote).
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Post by floridaman on Apr 26, 2023 14:22:37 GMT -6
Just give me some Square Enix shows or just anything Nobuo Uematsu honestly...
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Post by dbalash on Apr 26, 2023 14:43:53 GMT -6
Just give me some Square Enix shows or just anything Nobuo Uematsu honestly...
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Post by yayband914 on Apr 26, 2023 15:01:07 GMT -6
Just give me some Square Enix shows or just anything Nobuo Uematsu honestly... Pecos H.S., TX (BOA Las Cruces, Midland, San Antonio) is performing Liberi Fatali this year.
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Post by floridaman on Apr 26, 2023 15:17:48 GMT -6
Ask and you shall receive! Westfield 2004 was a great watch! Canāt wait to see the style difference in this 20 year gap of shows
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Post by Shroom on May 5, 2023 15:37:53 GMT -6
I'd love to see it as a ballad someday, especially the hit around the 2 minute mark.
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Post by pitplayer19 on May 5, 2023 22:10:34 GMT -6
Couple of pieces I think would make beautiful ballads. First is from my favorite video game soundtrack ever. I think the flute solo in this piece with the later sections being full band sections would make a great ballad
This one Iām sure has been used since Iām pretty sure itās a semi popular concert band piece but itās such a beautiful piece I havenāt heard from the field yet personally.
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Post by dbbandalum on May 11, 2023 11:47:44 GMT -6
I would really love to see a band perform this song in a closer, or maybe a ballad. It reminds me of when Carmel used their orchestra in one of their shows for their closer to create a sort of "marching symphony". The part at 5:40 gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, and I think it would be incredible if it were played by someone like Hebron or Carmel.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Jun 5, 2023 15:53:09 GMT -6
In 2019, BBC Music Magazine polled 174 composers, asking them each to list the five individuals they considered to be the greatest composers of all time (based on "originality, impact, craftsmanship and enjoyability"). Johann Sebastian Bach got the most votes, and the rest of the top ten was filled out by other very familiar and very dead composers.
Without cheating, I wonder if anyone here can guess or has even heard the name of the then-living composer who placed highest? (This person came in at #17.) I sure didn't. And the name's never been mentioned here before. I'm now going to go listen to some music by this person (who died last week) and think about which of them might work in a marching band arrangement. Then I'll pop back into this thread to share the name, and maybe a few suggested works.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Jun 5, 2023 16:48:37 GMT -6
I would really love to see a band perform this song ["Deliverance" from Seven (2019) by Thomas Bergersen / Two Steps from Hell] in a closer, or maybe a ballad. It reminds me of when Carmel used their orchestra in one of their shows for their closer to create a sort of "marching symphony". The part at 5:40 gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, and I think it would be incredible if it were played by someone like Hebron or Carmel. I've been racking my brain for a half-hour trying to remember what the part at 6:34-6:39 reminds me of, and I finally figured it out: the final notes from "Mansard Roof" (2007) by Vampire Weekend from their eponymous debut album. That's 2:05-2:10 in this video:
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Jun 6, 2023 11:50:43 GMT -6
In 2019, BBC Music Magazine polled 174 composers ... I wonder if anyone here can guess or has even heard the name of the then-living composer who placed highest? (This person came in at #17.) I sure didn't. And the name's never been mentioned here before. I'm now going to go listen to some music by this person (who died last week) and think about which of them might work in a marching band arrangement. Then I'll pop back into this thread to share the name, and maybe a few suggested works. Speaking of recent musical passings, yesterday Astrud Gilberto died at the age of 83. Gilberto was a bossa nova singer best known for "The Girl from Ipanema" -- which was one of the first two songs she ever recorded (in 1963, although it didn't become a big hit until the following year). When was the last time a competitive marching band played a bossa nova tune? DrumCorpsX indicates that a fair number were covered by drum and bugle corps, mostly in the 1960s, including "The Girl from Ipanema" and other tunes written AntĆ“nio Carlos Jobim, but apparently not his "Corcovado" aka "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars," the other song Gilberto recorded for the album Getz / Gilberto (that would be saxophonist Stan Getz, 1927-1991; and Astrud's then-husband, guitarist JoĆ£o Gilberto, 1931-2019).
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Jun 9, 2023 14:20:29 GMT -6
What's the first time that James Horner's "A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics" was performed by a marching band? I've long assumed that it became a standard work following the Blue Knights' use of it in their 2014 DCI show That One Second, but inspired by a reference to A Beautiful Mind (2001) in the news today, I looked it up on DrumCorpsX and found that a long-defunct DCI Division II corps called The Patriots performed it in 2003, their final competitive season, placing second at Finals (only 0.15 points behind Esperanza, who also are long since gone). Do you know any marching bands who played that piece before then? Or any who performed it between then and 2014?
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Post by yayband914 on Jun 9, 2023 14:27:24 GMT -6
What's the first time that James Horner's "A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics" was performed by a marching band? I've long assumed that it became a standard work following the Blue Knights' use of it in their 2014 DCI show That One Second, but inspired by a reference to A Beautiful Mind (2001) in the news today, I looked it up on DrumCorpsX and found that a long-defunct DCI Division II corps called The Patriots performed it in 2003, their final competitive season, placing second at Finals (only 0.15 points behind Esperanza, who also are long since gone). Do you know any marching bands who played that piece before then? Or any who performed it between then and 2014? Not an answer to your question, but I would be 100% okay with never hearing that piece on the field again. š
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Post by marimba11 on Jun 9, 2023 22:44:02 GMT -6
What's the first time that James Horner's "A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics" was performed by a marching band? I've long assumed that it became a standard work following the Blue Knights' use of it in their 2014 DCI show That One Second, but inspired by a reference to A Beautiful Mind (2001) in the news today, I looked it up on DrumCorpsX and found that a long-defunct DCI Division II corps called The Patriots performed it in 2003, their final competitive season, placing second at Finals (only 0.15 points behind Esperanza, who also are long since gone). Do you know any marching bands who played that piece before then? Or any who performed it between then and 2014? Pretty sure Fort Mill played it in 2002
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