Dr. Jones 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Very interesting.. They play a snippet of "Bounty Hunter's Pursuit" from AOTC at 1:24 what do you think about that? I always thought that brassbands in general are happy if they "just" have to play the Main Theme... but that's truly brave... I don't play in a marchingband but I can imagine that Music to be pretty tough to play Not very important "news" i know.. but maybe interesting i thought:You can find it at the bottom of the page:http://www.kansasoz.com/band/usarmidi.htmPS.: Yes that Trumpet Notes at the beginning chord of the Maint Title.. so high, so high... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genius_Gone_Insane 5 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I love Bounty Hunter's Pursuit!Also BTW nice lead in the beginning of Across the Stars!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Wow! I thought they were really good I loved the whole arrangement although I believe it was that trumpet note at the beginning made me cringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM 1 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Just for the record, that's not a marching band, but a Military Concert Band joined by some other high school students.And Robert W. Smith, the guy who did the arrangement, is a well known band composer, and has done several good Williams arrangements.-JCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beowulf 4 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Just for the record, that's not a marching band, but a Military Concert Band joined by some other high school students.And Robert W. Smith, the guy who did the arrangement, is a well known band composer, and has done several good Williams arrangements.-JCMRobert W. Smith conducted me for All-State Band in 98 - cool guy! (98 was also the year David Holsinger conducted our All-Region Band....it was definitely a good year for me conductor-wise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Ahhhh it hurts! The memories of highschool...AHHHHHHH. Seriously though, sounds better than your average amateur orchestra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Pretty good performace. Not as good as my school's band though........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Smith does fine arrangements. Too bad about that high trumpet note, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 It's always nice to hear new Williams arrangements.k.M.Filing this one into the "various Williams" folder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Not too bad for a marching band...but there are a lot of flubs at the begining, especially with the trumpets... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxbabe 28 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Robert W. Smith conducted me for All-State Band in 98 - cool guy! (98 was also the year David Holsinger conducted our All-Region Band....it was definitely a good year for me conductor-wise).We had David Holsinger too for All-Region in '98! We played "Fanfare for the Uncommon Man" (which was written in tribute to a past director at my college) and "American Faces". We were joking he reminded us of JW, balding with the white hair, and glasses. Fantastic guy. He had so much energy on the podium, funny story - when he was conducting "American Faces" he got very into it at rehearsal and actually injured his forehead with his baton and it was bleeding! That was a first for me. )Anyway, back to the topic lol.... creative arrangement by Smith, even if the performance was a little rough. Always nice to hear bands trying some of JW's less played cues.Thanks for the link!Greta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I personally didn't like the how the rhythm worked out in the background for Across the Stars. Bounty Hunters Pursuit though - awesome! That was one of my favorite cues from that score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 For a moment there (during the Star Wars Main Theme), I thought it was the City of Prague Philarmonic 'performing'.But as far as brass bands go, it was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 It actually wasn't too far off from a Prague performance. And when I say "far off" I mean that it was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,037 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Ouch... I'll say this much...I've performed in worse ensembles. But hearing that was...frustrating. The arrangement of the AOTC music was pretty impressive, even though the performance wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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