Once upon a time in the west

[alks]

Hi all,

Im interested to know if there has been any Great western theme tunes prepared for brass band. Famous tunes such as 'Once upon a time in the west ' ,'The Big country' ect . Is there any compilation pieces ect?

Whats the best ? :roll:

 

[Roger Thorne]

There's a couple of arrangements of "Once upon a time in the West" on Just Music's website.

http://www.justmusicuk.com/

:wink:

 

[TheMusicMan]

Maybe one for you to have a go at Roger.....

 

[PeterBale]

Maybe one for you to have a go at Roger.....

Maybe he could do one at high noon, or when he has his bunfight at the OK corral :wink:

 

[Euph-Bari]

Theres always "The Magnifisant Seven"

 

[flashbarry]

Hi I arranged Great Western Themes for Obrasso and it includes the magnificent seven, the good the bad and the ugly, dances With wolves, the man with harmonica ( from once upon a time in the west).

It is available from www.obrasso.ch

Enjoy!!!

 

[markyboy]

I know that 'How the west was won' has been done for Brass Band, but I haven't seen or heard it since my school band days (which is a few years ago!) but I do remember it was pretty good.
I also remember Desford playing a segway of 'The Big Country' and 'Magnificent Seven' in a concert they did in 1990 at Uppermill. It was probably the highlight of a great concert. Again I've never heard it since.

 

[iancwilx]

The Darrol Barry arrangement is absolutely superb - We've played it out several times and it always goes well.
It is well put together and really works.
The "Once Upon a time in the West" theme is really atmospheric - Highly recommended.

 

[Darth_Tuba]

We did a wild west set for a while that opened with the Big Country fanfare and led straight into "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" complete with gunfight. Also had an arrangement of Once upon a time in the west in there too, can't remember whose arrangement it was though.

 

[jambo]

Hepworth are currently doing an arrangement called Morricone magic arranged by Mark Bentham. It includes once upon a time in the west. There is a link to his web site from Hepworths where i'm sure you can negotiate a fee for the arrangement. :wink:

 

[gemhornstar]

We did a really cool piece called MBC7 at a few concerts last year...it included the tunes Magnificent Seven and Big Country....i'm not too sure about publishing things or anythin but i will try and find out.

P.S ......Very cool horn part!


Gemhornstar
1st Horn
Sellers International

 

[Lauradoll]

Yeah I can vouch for the Hepworth number that Mark Bentham's arranged. Total class to listen to (and watch the 2nd man down and the sop having a gun fight dressed up as cowboys). They played it at Dobcross the other week. Very entertaining.

Laura

Baritone BT Band