"Reflections of Earth" by Gavin Greenaway

[evesira]

this piece was originally supposed to be composed by Hans Zimmer, but he referred Disney to his friend Gavin because he was too busy with other projects. as much as I love Zimmer's work, he simply could not have written this as well as Gavin did. I'm a long time composer, and I agree, this is one of the best orchestral pieces written in modern time

[jazzybellejimenez123]

i love this song not just cause the marching band i play in played this song but because it has so much feeling to it :)

[JMan9312]

I think about a thousand of these views are from me.....

[MotorCity1370]

Probably the most emotional and inspiring piece of music I've ever heard. The composition was used for ABC-TV's marathon millennium coverage on New Year's Eve 1999-2000 and won Greenaway an Emmy. The piece is already out of this world, but from 8:00 to the end, it's knocked into the upper stratosphere...wow.

[xRyNo]

This song brings me right back to the happiest part of my childhood. :')

[totallynollie10]

Half way through I "Liked". @8:00 I "Favorited" this!

[th3crevv]

i figure skate and i am skating to this song ,i love it soooo much ,best song ever

[SzymanskiMusic]

One of the best songs ever!! It's such a moving song and energetic song. I've been trying to find this for a while now!

-Matt's-

[Luiginerd10]

How come in marching band there is actually a beginning to this instead of the drumbeats?

[HopelessSoldiers]

@Luiginerd10 It might be the arrangement you guys played? I personally like the drum intro

[HariGumer]

muy bueno! no se de q es pero esta de lujo! XD

[ghostmachine241]

Like this is you love the Holy Name Cadets. FHNSAB

[Stefan123456123]

8:00 epic!!! the melody of the german television award (deutscher fernsehpreis)

[Darkssexslave]

Hey this is a great piece of music :D I like it GV is lucky to be preforming it this year!!

[deflep007]

great score great post

[gilberto4226]

é tocha mesmo muinto mala

[4411marioluigi]

StacheBros used this for his new series, GO SUBSCRIBE TO StacheBros!!!

[twogluon]

Back in 2000 this music was synchronized to the Millennium Celebration fireworks show at Epcot. The double "crash" sound (drums - then brass) in the beginning was synced to the explosion and report of fireworks.

Hands down the best music to sync with fireworks

[CyberGamesNMS]

2:07 ist the best !!!!

[ivette0101]

Got to play this song and mesmeriz it

[soccer1dude5]

im going to disney in the fall for thanksgiving, i cant wait now!!

[BedededeII]

this song if free to use on youtube?

[AngelSarkisova]

I love this peice soooo much!!! Glad i found it! :D yayy for disney making awsome music!!!!

[elegantKatE]

this is theBEST disney parade music ever. go to bed listening to it like every night

[ceezurrr94]

One of the best compositions of all time :D

[pufferfish854]

:O my mouth was hanging open at every picture! :) simply amazing!

[megajeeca]

this is lagit!!!!! =D

#1 coolest song eva!!!!!

[Drudwinder]

Probably one of the best openings to a piece ever conceived

[adf1845]

AngelHavenSP is right on the money. Cadets 2000 show was one of the greatest DCI shows of all time. Saw the finals live... no way the Cavs should have tied. Check out the quad solo! The Cadets definitely did Mr Greenway proud!!!

[MrTheshadow577]

awesome

[AngelHavenSP]

Check out the Drum and Bugle Corps Cadets of Bergen County 2000 Show at the DCI Finals. They Came in first place for Doing the Marching Show. NO ONE can reproduce that on field Masterpiece. It was a shame, because they also tied with the Cavaliers that year for number one Best Show at the finals. I say this to Any marching band who wants to attempt to do this.... Good luck. Because this Show was Awesome. :D

[SoaringEagle90]

@AngelHavenSP I second that. I've seen other drum corps try to reproduce this. I think a div 3 corps tried to do it back in 2004; an indoor percussion group tried to do it as well within that same time period as well, I recall. I don't think I've seen a marching band use it yet though. I think the poorest attempt at it was the CorpsVets in DCA. The Cadets 2000 performance will NEVER be topped, save by this, the original masterpiece.

[rabidweasel09]

I remember hearing this at epcot during christmas 1999

[amazin303]

love this piece. Disney really knows how to get er done.

[jjbby88]

this i wicked and not in a good way

[satpler34]

I LOVE THIS MUSIC.

[earlwarthog]

Amazing song. The band at my school did this song this year. I love the 7/8 time :)

[MrPUMP11]

Does anyone know the instrument that has a solo at around 6:39? It's flute like, but i can't figure out exactly what it is for the life of me

[MrBlackjack24]

It's flute, my band played this for marching band 2 years ago. Almost won state with that show!

[MrPUMP11]

Does anyone know what instrument is playing at like 6:39? it's a flute like instrument that basically has a solo, and i can't figure it out for the life of me

[KaamekLasrao]

We're playing this in the orchestra I'm in, and it's SO hard, but it's definitely a cool song. =D - K

[shutyoudown]

have fun with marching band, I cannot listen to this by anyone but orchestra

[trevlon16]

After the Cadets did this in 2000, every high school marching band thinks they can do it... I'm sorry to say that some should simple NOT do it. lol

[CodyL211]

wow. we play this in our marching band this year. we are going to Disney to perform!!! WOO HOO!

[gds69]

@CodyL211

hi

can u tell me the arrangement please? i wanna play it with my band too.

my e-mail: gds69@swissonline.ch

i hope u answer.

giuseppe di simone from switzerland

[CodyL211]

@gds69 Our arrangement is from Jay Bocook. I can send you a link to an audio file of it to your inbox, since you cant post links into comments.

[oxnard332]

@CodyL211 WE'RE PLAYING THIS TOO! <3

[CodyL211]

@CodyL211 We performed back in March. It was a really great experience to march down Main Street USA in Magic Kingdom. And, it was my first time down in Disney World, and it was great. We stayed in the All Star Music Resort, which i thought was pretty cool. My favorite ride would have to be Space Mountain!!! :D Oh and p.s.... Disney World has the BEST French-Fries!!! XD

[xXLaceSkyXx]

@CodyL211 I love this song so much. We're playing part of it for marching band, but not the whole thing because our theme is 'Heaven and Earth' and this is just the earth part. But MAN- I WISH we just played this whole piece. I LOVE IT!.

[CodyL211]

@xXLaceSkyXx Hehe ya it is very fun to play :D

[CodyL211]

@xXLaceSkyXx Oh and it can get tiering marching to the first part... we had a bunch of quick halts, then very fast marching and playing... theres more to marching band then people think.. lol they think its easy!

[xXLaceSkyXx]

@CodyL211 I know-- I almost had to play flute, but at the last minute my band teacher moved me to pit (I can play both the flute and xylo) because we had three people in there. Dx

Even though I don't march, it's still tiring, even for me. I mean, besides wearing yourself out physically, it's also mentally draining as well. But I can't help, once we're done learning the songs, falling in love with marching band. :'D

[amazin303]

@CodyL211 lucky!!!! i have always thought this piece would make a great marching show...well if you haven't performed yet good luck! disney is the shiz!

[CodyL211]

@amazin303 Haha well thanks for the good luck, but.... we have already performed back in march 2010 XD And we did do great, ty :)

[amazin303]

@CodyL211 ohh haha. well thats good! your lucky to get an arrangment of this piece! what instrument do you play?

[Larry321ness]

@CodyL211 uhs?

[CodyL211]

@Larry321ness Nope, LHS. But of course, there are a lot of those lol We did this in 2009-2010

[Larry321ness]

@CodyL211 Ah ok, we're doing it this year x)

[CodyL211]

@Larry321ness Oh awesome. It's a really fun show.

[deadlyphantom12301]

@CodyL211 you are so lucky, i've been trying to get my band director to have this be my senior show. he won't budge

[CodyL211]

@deadlyphantom12301 I think mine chose it that year because of the fact we were going to Disney. We did Reflections of Earth, Tapestry of Nations/Chaos, and We Go On. Tapestry was brutal! Fast movements left and right, sprinting across the field. And the sax parts had this one run of notes that were the hardest thing ever. What do you play? Or are you color guard?

[Brandoman43095]

@CodyL211 Actually i am the drum major

[Brandoman43095]

@CodyL211 but in school band i play trumpet

[Brandoman43095]

@CodyL211 oh by the way, i am the same person as deadlyphantom, that's just litte brother's stupid channel

[iizjack13]

@CodyL211 im playing it this year for disney tooooo!!!!!!!

[CoHmempho04]

if you want to see a marching version of this show look up "Cadets 2000" DCI World Champions (Tied with the Cavaliers)

[Cton88]

We almost did this as our marching show my senior of high school. We decided to do The War of 1812 instead, won grand champions at all three shows that year lol. Still memories

[CaptainHollyShort]

How unfortunate. More people need to hear this brilliant song.

[LittleBlackFoxInali]

Wow this brings back memories...

[MyChemicalRomance24x]

We're doing this for our indoor colorguard show :D

[happychick877]

haha.....yup  :DDDDDDDDDDDDD

[tarheels1212]

we are

[brandtaylor93]

I would love to do this as a marching band show.

[Spacetaco94]

We're playing this music for our marching band at our school. So fun to play.

Lovely music.

[chinchow76]

Took me freaking long enough to find a soundtrack. . . . Nice job, d00d.