Lucky Beaver
Member
Don't think we've had this topic before but appologies if we have.
Anyone got any thoughts on arrangements for band that work better than for the original scoring. There are also those that are originally great but don't lose anything by being arranged for band and inevitably those which should've been left well alone :shock: (and it's tough for me to admit that anything doesn't work for band!)
To get you started, here are a couple for each category (in my humble opinion):
Procession to the Minster - Wagner arr Snell (Improvement)
Ruby Tuesday - arr Catherall (Improvement)
Finale from Organ Symphony - Saint-Saens (Equally Great)
Pines of Rome - Respighi (Equally Great)
Theme from slow mvmnt, Symphony 2 - Rachmaninov (Leave Well Alone)
Theme from 'Schindler's List' - Williams (Leave well Alone)
Anyone got any thoughts on arrangements for band that work better than for the original scoring. There are also those that are originally great but don't lose anything by being arranged for band and inevitably those which should've been left well alone :shock: (and it's tough for me to admit that anything doesn't work for band!)
To get you started, here are a couple for each category (in my humble opinion):
Procession to the Minster - Wagner arr Snell (Improvement)
Ruby Tuesday - arr Catherall (Improvement)
Finale from Organ Symphony - Saint-Saens (Equally Great)
Pines of Rome - Respighi (Equally Great)
Theme from slow mvmnt, Symphony 2 - Rachmaninov (Leave Well Alone)
Theme from 'Schindler's List' - Williams (Leave well Alone)