The Great Locomotive Chase - Robert W Smith

[theZACster1]

!st chair french horn rite here

[guitarmanwilliam]

Wer'e playing this at the District honnors :)

[rngerz]

FBA District 19 All-District. =]

[Chorley67]

My band didn't play it quite this fast but it still moved

[Marie82642]

we play it as fast as they did but it's soo hard and difficult .. !

[hhhdddfd]

I can't believe how fast this song is supposed to be. My band plays it much slower than this.

[ChampionXJdawg]

I played this last year for band, but out teacher made us play it like 2X slower... 😔

[timforeman5]

omg sooooooo many awesome memories of playing this! epic clarinet part--i loved it :) and wa percussionist used to yell all aboard near the beginning lol

[ashpi19]

I performed 2nd part trumpet in this song for District 12 Honor Band yesterday.

[cocoagirl99]

i remember playing this in 7th grade

[summitlaneschool]

All.coumty 2012

[summitlaneschool]

Played thia for All County 2012. Was great

[bracefaceohno]

Im in middle school and were playing this in our spring concert! (:

[LLightning007]

@bracefaceohno haha same here

[72arya72]

oooh! I did the horn solo for this in my band! Great song!

[UlysseHol]

i remember playing this my freshman year in high school, felt like a boss with my timpani

[SceneQueenNathalie]

I played this a few years ago! LOVED IT! <3

[Doomdragon123]

yeah i played this for SYF .. AWESOME piece!!

[mrtmoney233]

Every high school band kid has played this song at least once

[juggos205622]

If there's one composer I'll remember, it's this guy.

[DaRottweilerWWE]

this took me a day to learn super easy im first alto sax peace of cake

[ThePenguinswaddle]

I'm playing this for honor band tomorrow and I got first chair baritone and I got the solo

[ashpi19]

@ThePenguinswaddle If you are from District 12 Honor Band than I was 2nd trumpet. 9th chair.  :) Awesome song. My fave out of all of the ones we played

[osnapitzacupcake]

Lol we're playing this and I'm a clarinet.... Intense xD

[tayylorr825]

i am a flute at my highschool and were playing this song i love it very intense



[albanybestdrumline]

ooo i played this in middle school =) memories brake drum over everything lol

[JLPAG1]

my school band is playing this

[yoppbrown56]

WE ARE PLAYING THIS!

[MargiexMagikarp]

We're playing this in band c:

[MoonripplelovesBACON]

@MargiexMagikarp YES WE ARE :DDD

[EscapeThisFateSkye]

Flutis,t holla. c;

[27squirrel]

Playing this in Wind Ensemble.

7th grade flutist, told by an eighth grader to play the low notes.

I'm not going to. Flutes don't deserve to be taken down. :P

[saxophonepro98]

Saxophone and trumpet!!! Aww yeahh :D

[saxophonepro98]

We're playing this in band probably for festival. This is an awesome sounding piece! Highly Recommended and fun(:

[XxKatherine2305xX]

im playing this :D French horn solo FTW and 23706sakura its not a flute trill they are just going up in notes.

[bryan21122112]

Playing this in band class for a Spring Concert :P Sounds epic.

[TheZork234]

trombone:)

[deaf719wow]

Close your eyes while listening. Trumpets kick brass btw.

[EmilyCuppyCake]

Bass clarinet. c;

[ToastmanNN]

I remember playing this few years ago, PERCUSSION FTW!

[GuardianOfTheNight13]

Saxophone!!!!

[Godsarmy987]

Clarinet <3

[mgly212]

this song is amazing! french horns are epic ;)

[EXTRON180]

@mgly212 Oh, don't you know it :D.

[beagles513]

Low brass all the way.

[gabrielkulp]

Percussion FTW!!!!!

[Nijijinchuuriki]

Love this song.. Remember starting out the clarinet in 7th grade and got the solo for it :O so cooooolll..... now Sophomore and District Band is kicking my ass rofl.

[nikkogah]

Haha, only band people would actually listen to this :) well at least most. Great song though. :)

[Rheigndrop60]

epic



[Pondfroggi]

Heh... I played the clarinet solo(s) last year... I miss eighth grade!!D:

[bcm01391]

ooooh 8th Grade how i miss you.

[GeneralPie29]

our band played this with a wooden train whistle which was AMAZING

[cwe91]

i hv to play this on the drums 0.o lol double bass pedal here i come

[23132000448757]

DancinGranny55 you are part right it is a trombone solo and beritone we are playing this for our 8th grade honor band and im a TROMBONE

[AppocalypseKitty117]

@23132000448757 me too

[Kayla4741]

Loved this song so much. I played first clarinet with the solo in 7th and 8th grade. Im a freshman now. Those were great times :,)

[KellBellz0596]

I played this song at my Winter Concert last year (: I love the song! But it's really difficult to play

[r3dt1g3rm4]

@KellBellz0596 That it is.

[katelove141]

@ohhimsowet34 - oh tht is so cool I'm in 7th grade and I hav 2 play this and I play flute 2!!

[oohimsowet34]

im only in 7th grade and i have to play this btw i play flute

[princessleah97]

i literally have the whole sax part memorized from playing this last year

[Inheritance520]

Played this on snare. I jumped around during the concert

[pollysworld100]

we played this song last year with about 4 other bands at a winter concert. it sounded amazing. i have lots of good memories connected with this song. i still listen to it occassionally because it makes me happy

[lotrrules3434]

I absolutely adore this piece, however, my oboe playing is rather soft, and it drives me crazy when I listen to such a gorgeous oboe recording and I can't possibly play as loud as the 2-3 oboe players they have here. I need an oboe friend in band. :(

[Mroyy12345]

We play this piece this year in band. Its still rough, coming together though. I play brake drum around 1: 28 and hi-hat somewhere around 1:58 also. Gotta love this piece, can't wait until it really starts sounding good:)

[nazarito97]

miss playing this song..its like adrenline rush

[SoadDreamer]

i played this as a trombone 2 years ago...

just an amazing piece of music!

enjoy it...

it's kinda hard at first but then it's even better!....

[TheFozzybear2]

dude im playing this in band and i play trombone 0_0

[The3HatBoyz]

A percussionist's dream this song is!!!

[Mroyy12345]

@The3HatBoyz With you all the way

[BetaLink64]

Playing this in my high school band right now. I'm SO glad to be playing the trombone. That solo, man (2:53). 8)

[babydoll4211989]

I loved this song .....flutes rock!

[crazitaco]

we played added this song to our concert very last moment. it was really easy, but alot of fun to play. my sisters college band played Ghost Train by Eric Whitacre at their concert just a while later. now that i think about it, the Great Locomotive Chase is kind of like a little brother/sister version of Ghost Train. i love both songs

[Clear2theEye]

Omg snare drum :DDD

[SheHadTheWorld44]

The horn part at 2:06! Agh I loved playing this song!

[singmylittleheartout]

my band might play this at our apring concert and im sooooo excited! i LOVE this peice and it would be an HONOR to play!

GO ALTO SAX'S :DDDD

[SuperMi97]

Played this in 5th grade with Prelude Elementary School. Barytone =)

[vampireko251]

Clarrinett!! :P Oh yeaaaaaaaaaaa xD

[xxsarahhxx19]

@vampireko251 ohyeahhhh! ;)

[pretzelproductions10]

Wind chimes, crash cymbal, triangle, break drum FTW!!! lol all the instruments I play in this song c:

[cctrail2]

FLUTES!!! :D

[thundersuperstar]

The bestis the bass clarinets FTW!!!!!

[twilighter2000]

My bands playing this! :)

[nnenit]

Mad clarinet skills!

[LilJerry1996]

Snare part 8th grade = SWAG outta RANGE

[MrVeeeg]

baritone ftw!

[23706sakura]

Flute trills! FTW!!!!!!!! 

[swimfreak511]

Snare... FTW!



[FlippyFloppy115]

Bari Sax FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[milkacowTv11]

What is this madness?!! All of the Epic clarinet runs are covered up by those other instruments!

[StayTheNinjaGrl]

im playing this :)



[starcatcher1027]

That's so cool!! :D

[zebra13squid]

WOAH. WE NEED TO PLAY THIS. OBOE AND FH SECTION SOLOS FTW!!

[flanderson199]

Suspended Cymbal all the way here

[coolishmonae14]

The Clarinet part on this is INSANE! Especially as a Beginner.

[frikken20]

@coolishmonae14 but extremely fun, w00t clarinets *high fives*

[Sapphy98]

I love this song! Our 8th grade band is playing it at our next concert! :)

[sarey1998]

I played this last year and it was so much fun. I love this song so much.

[JChockandJCar]

play the snare drum part for this 16th notes at 144 time= carpul tunnel syndrome

[ninjacolts80]

this song is so fun to play. first chair trumpet i loved tthe solos

[tacos5631]

saxophones, UNITE!

[tailsxx1]

@tacos5631 >=D Yea

[lizzie1563]

favorite song i have ever played in band ! go timpani !(: just curious, how old are you guys when you played this? I was in 8th grade.

[52skulls]

trumpet :)

[dragonmaster155]

we just got this music in band class today! when we played it, we failed.... but it'll get better :D

[GothicGirl967]

I have the solo at 0:30 :D lol its not much but hey....low brass finally gets a solo so im happy XD

[BARITRUMPET2009]

@GothicGirl967 I had that solo 2 years ago! :D

[GothicGirl967]

@BARITRUMPET2009 Haha nice! brass love <3

[BARITRUMPET2009]

@GothicGirl967 Heck ya, especially low brass!

[muterabbit]

This was one of my favorite songs in concert band. I played the timpani roll in the beginning and the triangle because, um...the pedal on the tubular bells was broken. It kind of sounded like a railroad crossing bell, in a lame sort of way. I liked imagining this song as being part of a dramatic runaway train scene in a movie rather than being inspired by a Union raid in the Civil War. I hope that doesn't sound shallow, but that's what went through my head back then.

[salsadance999]

i can listen to this while playing temple run

[cctrail2]

This piece is EPIC. ^_~

[DjPyro2010]

Sounds like the music that plays when you have 5 minutes to escape the ancient temple

[DancinGranny55]

Trombone solo FTW!!!

[mrgamereview300]

@DancinGranny55 also bari sax and baritone solo not really a solo if u think of it

[NCHaker]

@DancinGranny55 It was a baritone solo i believe

[MrKuso101]

@NCHaker He's talking about measure 111 where Trombones do a solo. But nice try. (And it was a EUPHONIUM solo by the way. a Baritone is the marching band equivalent of a Euphonium which is used for concert pieces.

[NCHaker]

@MrKuso101 they have concert baritones. They have less piping and 111 says nothing about a solo. its just such a weird part it sticks out

[TheCornsnap]

@DancinGranny55 you mean the french horn solo?

[TrombonesKickBrass12]

@DancinGranny55 It's actually a baritone solo XD

[mellaphonforevar143]

@DancinGranny55 its actually a french horn, i played the solo for my school last year, :)

[WeidenGreeb]

@mellaphonforevar143 GO HORNS!

[1234joshscott]

@DancinGranny55 Is it trombone or euphonium? It sounds like it could be either... wait I found it... Nevermind

[kenihamada100]

Played this my freshman year (1st horn YES) lol

had no second though cause my horn broke right before we went on and she refused to play the solos so we switched

[AstralBlueWolf]

29 people got hit by a train

[gtaisawesome87]

just played this last night

[jfollesegirl]

Love this piece -3

[TheMoronsabels]

I played this song last year in band. I did the French horn solos, and this song was so much fun to play!

[TwizlerzRus]

@garthphantomlife XD

[TwizlerzRus]

@glerk12361 lol rly?

[DoctorSlavic]

I remember when I played this in Middle School. I played the euphonium, the trombones barely played and no other low brass. I had, like, 50 solos.

[glerk12361]

omg i'm playing the solo when there is silence

[lepetitchou1]

about to play this in all county band

[RobTheMidgetMan]

I'm so jealous... He made the 8th graders play this when I was in 6th...

I wish I would've gotten to play this song... :(

[BroakenClock]

I played trumpet on this song in our community band! This piece gets a 5/5, thats for sure!

[navyseal890]

When we played this at school the melody played by clarinets in the middle was given to me and some ither dude as a duel solo

[TheQuilanvos]

Trombone FTW. And Tuba part is awesome. Same part as timpani and Base Drum

[ExtremeMutilationPic]

@TheQuilanvos Trombones are horrible

[DooberPorkMuffin]

Euphonium/ baritone FTW!

[ttheonlyt]

haha oh middle school memories

[rony31000]

Baritone Be tha Shit

[gtaisawesome87]

i'm playing this for middle school honor's band, wow

[RandomMan800]

I'm the one of the only two Euphonium's in my Honor Band,and its so awesome when we have our solo in measure 13-14!

[4146productions]

yup..im playing the warning bell....band geeks beware!

[TheCornsnap]

French Horn FTW!!!

[DarkRival31]

@TheCornsnap yeeaa buddy

[MSquaredCubed]

@TheCornsnap this was SO hard

thats what she said...

[TheCornsnap]

@MSquaredCubed  lol

[14demonhunter]

the witch and the saint are my two favorite songs so far. band rocks!

[dleduddet]

I played this in high school, awesome clarinet part!

[1jolleygirl]

@dleduddet i played this like 3-4 days ago 9th grade mnjh symphonic band epic! XD i was on the marimba

[saxophone134]

did this come out before into the storm? if it didn't, then smith pretty much repeated the flute part in the first fast part of Into the Storm with the clarinets at in this song at 1:02. it's just a difference of two sixteenth notes

[korea92]

Clarinets!

[GiraffeGirlynShark]

I play the flute, and we're playing this in band. We sound more like a train wreck than a chase right now, but I'm sure it'll get better with time! Good vid! :)

[twostrikeHR]

0:50 wtf?

[xcheerx4xlifex]

We played this at festivals of music in boston, and got first place :)

[extremeHDvideos]

playing this right now in band. just got the piece. We still need some work, but I think it will be awesome when perfected!!!

[AmericanBassoon]

I just got back from my Fall Concert and we kicked butt!! XD This was our last song that we played, and all of the concert and honor people were like, "OMG I loved your last song!!! And I thought our songs were good...". :D I play bassoon in Symphonic Band btw~ 1st chair~ XD LOVE MUSIC AND BAND! BAND GEEKS UNITE!!! Love this song too~ :3

[randommmetalhead]

Lol I've played a lot of songs by Robert Smith, I really like this guy. I noticed there was a similar rhythm in this song and Into the Storm by the same guy. They both use the really the first five notes of the minor scale in a similar pattern.

Anyways, this guy is my second favorite musician named Robert Smith ever.

[deathconreaper]

This song is so beast to play in band. Gets the heart pumping.

Played it in 8th grade, I played the flute :3.

[xXGuitarHeroGirlXx]

Favorite RWS song! I played this for three years on euphonium, had the solos one year :)

[TenorsOnFireWTA]

Timpani!!!!!!

[midnight4494]

i played this in 07 08 to bass clarinet RULES!!!!!!!

[MrKguy97]

I remember when I played this in band.... it was so epic

[Felskon]

man them snares and them chimes be where its at

[GamerGirlPs3]

we played this in my 7&8 band. we played it better than the highschool band I heard play.

[kiravickersvideos]

I played this in seventh grade. SO. MUCH. FUN. Listening to it makes me miss the eighth graders from last year.

Not to brag but, I played the horn solos,

And I was pretty darn good at it (;

[TradingFeline]

go flutes.

[KittenofTwilight24]

@TradingFeline Where flutes go, treble follows!

[animedragon11justin]

OMG!!! My highschool played this last year! so incredible!

[TheQuilanvos]

This song on Tuba... WHO'S INSANE IDEA WAS THAT?!

This on trombone is fun though,

[cheeseman1116]

TENOR SAX!!!!! FFFFTTTWWWWW!!!!!

[enohpoxasotla100]

SAXES!!!!!!

[enohpoxasotla100]

i remember this as the best song our band played back in 8th grade

the audiences reaction at the end was great, we were awesome back then

now we are sub-par marchers

[raina2224]

I remember playing this freshman year two years ago it was awesome. I loved playing the french horn solo. French horn's the best and I love the random note thing it's so fun playing the worst note possible.

[xXassasin3Xx]

this song is just so amazing :D.. i played it when i was in 8th grade and i won't ever forget it :D

[natwit17]

The only part I didn't like was that the tubas didn't get to participate in the random note, we ha to play a boring F. Or the bass clarinet cues. But other than that... Amazing piece.

[TheMadiSanders]

playing this song in a music workshop. im doing the clarinet solo!

[lKiki23l]

This is a full blown song, one that compleatly wipes you of all emotion except stunned. I am inspired every day with this song, and it is something that keeps me going each day, gives me the strength to meet each day with a smile, no matter how hard it may be.

[eddojynx]

We are playing this song in band right now :D

[Norhannful]

how can someone dislike this song?!

[lotrrules3434]

I love how much oboe is in this song. :D ♥♥

[Venonous]

Thumbs up if you played the chimes and were forced to play out of time for once.