1997 Northwestern State Univ. Marching Band-Star Wars

[TehDevl]

We here in Titusville, PA play a Star Wars show show this year. We do the opening, Cantina, and Imperial March.

[TDOG537]

Hopefully me and my marching band can play this for our show

[McReynoldsDaisy]

OMG I LOVE THIS!!! lol

[5Y3D1]

ama-za-zing !!

[Sanfthauch]

wow!

[Angryman85]

I vaguely remember this game. I always wondered why they never came back to Southern.

[DragonsShallRise]

Ah 1997... When all footage of everything looked like crap, sounded like crap. Cars looked gay. People's hairstyles were ridiculous. Computers and internet were slow. Y2K was on its way. Camcorders had that stupid time/date display on our goddamn recorded films. Good times.

[sccaracing17]

oh yea thats wat ill be doing next year woohoo haha

[killersales32]

DTNSU, just out of curiousity...who was credited for writing the percussion parts for this show? I know it was altered some, but i just wanna know if they gave anyone else credit whatsoever LOL!! I'll tell you why I'm asking later lol.

[DTNSU]

Not sure...I got to NSU in '98...so this was actually the year I before I got there but Chris Conway loaned me his videos (which I still need to give back...LOL!!!) so I could copy them and put them on youtube. I would LOVE to get a copy of the '92 Malaguena Show with those incredible trumpet soloists...one of which is trumpet prof. at Auburn now.

[killersales32]

Wow, you know some of my old running buddies...I helped Chris with his drumline back in the day when he was at Captain Shreve...and your probably talking about Ray Vasquez, right? He was one of the screamers for good ole' Phantom Regiment back in the day. I'm surprised you know these guys considering you got there in '98.

[DTNSU]

Well, I was in PMA and my family and the Whorton clan go waaaay back.

[laben71111]

@DTNSU Are you sure this was 1997? I was there in 1997 and I've never played a star wars show...always wanted to but never did. I remember the James Bond/Hawaii 50 show that year but, not star war... but its been what 12 years lmoast 13 so, memory could be slipping... Of course, could have blocked it out from bad memories of March Grandioso...lord how I hate that song.

[DTNSU]

@laben71111 Absolutely positive. The SON did the Hawaii 5-0, James Bond Show in 1996...same year that you all ended the season with the Les Miserable/Phantom of the Opera show.

[MrBR0WNCOW]

i really never noticed till now. Star wars 4-6 have a tottally diffrent intro into the main theme than episodes 1-3

[ChiquillaD]

I wish our band was this big it'd be so awesome! We played John Williams songs for our spring concert & it was soo much fun!

[crystalheart47]

holy crap i play flute and im kinda slow at playin the theme of star wars!

[ItachiUchiha2010]

that is an amazing trumpet sound

[JCgigglefactory]

I wish I could have seen the colorguard more, I'm in colorguard and I would have loved to see what kind of things you guys had for the star wars guard.

[SANAUL101]

man the sound quality sucks....but that might be because its kind of an old video...and i think it could have been a little better if there was more of a balance between the trumpets and the lower brass instruments.....

[DTNSU]

It is the due to the camera quality. In 1997 a VHS camcorder is only gonna sound so good.

You can view other videos from the '97 season and tell that they were, and are, a balanced band.

[Kal2021]

sounds better than some moden ones >.>

[darknipple]

awesomeness. i wonder if the conductor wrote it himself, or if it's an official score and whatnot.

[DTNSU]

The man who arranged the show music is named Randoll bass. He only arranges for the University of Texas and NSU. Actually I think he is out of the marching band business and stricly does concert band, orchestra and choral works. I know at one time he worked with John Williams on some of the Star Wars scoring and you can find one of his arrangements on the Boston Pops cd "Summon the Heros" that was released in the 90s.

[haznaz17]

i have played this song be4 using my trombone

[chelseaiscoooool]

Dang, i need to talk our director into letting us do this. its amazing!

[Oyuza]

The whole show sounds like it's being rushed, the Imperial March, not as bad, but the Opening Credits you could really hear it.

[DTNSU]

They aren' rushing...just playing the opening credits at a faster tempo than what John Williams and the LSO did. Rushing would be if they started at one tempo(or beat) and ended faster than what they started.

[grandmasterluigi343]

Also keep in mind that most marching band shows have to be under a set time limit for contest. That could have been why they played it faster.

[LUKE01MAN]

LOVE IT!!

[quarryproductions]

amazing

[ZebraRaine]

Hahaha, loved it! :D