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THE WIND AND THE LION
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THIS IS BASED IN A MIDDLE EASTERN SETTING, FILLED WITH EXOTIC SCALES, RICH MELODIC WRITING AND A MASSIVE PERCUSSION DRIVEN ORCHESTRATION. COMPOSED AND ARRANGED FOR BAND BY JERRY GOLDSMITH IN 1975. PERFORMED BY THE TMEA TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
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Genre
Beats • Beats General
Charts
Peak #713
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Jerry Goldsmith - 1975
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public domain
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October 25, 2009
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MP3 13.6 MB • 192 kbps • 9:52
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This was performed by the TMEA (Texas) All State Symphonic Band, conducted by Col. Arnold D. Gabriel. Colonel Gabriel proudly led the United States Air Force Band as well as the Symphony Orchestra, the Singing Sergeants and the McLean Orchestra over a long and celebrated career of musical service to his country. Playing for presidents, heads of states as well as service men and women, Col. Gabriel was an early supporter of the Midwest Band Clinic and the youngest person ever to be inducted into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors. Under his leadership the military bands included the first female musician, the first black and the first Latino musicians and oversaw the growth of the diversity of the bands that they currently enjoy. The Wind and the Lion was an Academy Award and Grammy nominated score for Jerry Goldsmith in 1975 and remains one of the composer's greatest achievements. With its middle eastern setting, an abundance of exotic scales, rich melodic writing and a massive percussion driven orchestration, it is one of the best of this style of score. The film, directed by John Milius, is about a Berber Chieftain (Sean Connery) who kidnaps an American woman (Candice Bergen) in 1904 which causes an international response from President Teddy Roosevelt (Brian Keith) and the United States military. The score matches the actions of both sides and creates a broad epic scope to the unfolding events. The Main Title of the score presents an opening fanfare motif, a bouncing perfect fifth scored in the french horns followed by another statement, a major third lower. Goldsmith would often use these interval leaps in the horns in other scores and in this particular picture it adds a uniquely primitive and powerful drive to the music. The motif is given variation in different sections of the ensemble and can be heard throughout the remarkable orchestration. It is often stated countless times and proceeds the main theme which appears in tracks The Raisuli and Raisuli Attacks. This powerful melody for the Chieftain is mostly stated in the horns and begins with the fifth from the fanfare and rides mostly on a descending line. The theme has many settings, for instance, the active flute, bassoon, and cello statements in The Legend. Haunting, soft bitonal chords leading into a strong bass drum driven coda with woodwinds on the fanfare motif round out the cue. While a triumphant brass statement of the main theme can be heard in most of Lord of the Riff. Most notable is the composer's impressive and colourful use of percussion. With an expanded section of field drum, timbales, elephant drums, tenor drum and bongos, the music never stops to overwhelm with a number of soundscapes. In the finale of the score the Americana passages from The True Symbol return in The Letter with a beautiful brass chorale using some magnificent inner harmony in the strings on the fanfare motif. Finally in Something of Value, after climatic Raisuli action music, the love theme builds shortly before the rising close of the fanfare motif in the trumpets.
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Morten Gjermundsen
Feb 10, 2010
This is really great.Beautiful composition. Very impressive work!
Gas Station Merlow
Dec 16, 2009
wow that moved me, excellent.