JUPITER, The Planets, arranged for DRUM CORPS

Another thematic arrangement of mine to Gustav Holst's "Jupiter: the bringer of jollity"... This theme has been done several times for the marching band/drum corps medium, however, I have rarely heard an exciting arrangement with good continuity.

This is meant to serve as 2 seperate movements, the second being the actual closer.

Bb instrumentation
Marching battery with 6 basses and 5 hand cymbals
Full front ensemble percussion with 4 marimbas, 4 vibes as the primary lead voices.

lots of metallics (crotales, chime tree, cymbals, gongs, chimes, orch bells, brake drums, etc.) used to support the whimsical, child like themes in the piece

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• Jupiter
• Gustav Holst
• Holst
• Cavaliers
• drum corps
• dci
• drumline
• percussion
• brass
• marching band
• arrangement
• blue devils
• phantom regiment
• closer
• opener
• drill design
• drumming
• drum

[dallasssssssssssssss]

Great man! Just very un-realistic. On the field, the 1st bari part would not go to a Double Eb. But sounds good!

[skershaw2000]

@dallasssssssssssssss in G Bugle it would ;-)... but I filmed the wrong score for this demo... for the purposes of sound mixing (as I make multiple tracks with various sound libraries and fonts) the trombone sounds of one particular bottom out the french horns to make a more realistic mellophone sound.... this isnt my original score, just one of the manipulated for sound purposes.

[gibsonguy625]

Amazing.. like really. This is an inspiration, and I hope I can one day write out something as good as this. One question, How do you get your percussion to sound so real? Like, Bass drum, and suspended cymbal. When I use finale, it sounds horrible.

[skershaw2000]

@gibsonguy625 Im using a custom created soundfont... I believe the actual battery sounds were recorded in segments during a drumline warmup... I like the bass sound, as its more indicative of the genuine tuning schemes and outdoor tonal dissipation heard in the real setting.

[OSUMBDB]

A lot of this sounds great in midi, but it wouldn't work in a real setting.

Tubas going up to a G in the staff isn't practical. Mello's going up to a G at the top of the staff (which would transpose for F mello's as a D off the staff) doesn't normally happen w/ a corps. Most are lucky to have the C's and Bb's at the top of the staff. Also your low brass going below an F that sits just below the bass clef isn't playable.

A lot of your ideas are great. Especially love the ending!

[skershaw2000]

@OSUMBDB you'd be surprised what was written & played in the G Bugle days: C3 for mellophones was quite common. Contras are capable of 3 octaves; Ive never written extreme. Dont confuse the Finale default staff names with the actual instruments intended.

In my opinion, The brass here is not very challenging; barely a Grade 5, and has been played by a group with Bb's and they asked me to actually double octaves on some of the Mellophones. However, I do appreciate the comments & your enthusiasm.

[bigmoe93]

I love your arrangements! You inspire me to continue to keep writing! thank you!

[TheVinnster1]

how do you get those drum line sounds? on standard finale it only gives you lame drowned out sounds. Unless that is I'm missing something.

[TUBASTEVE]

bravo!

[TUBASTEVE]

bravo!

[fusionbeatz]

@euphmmx trust me, some can, I know people like that, but that's because they took what they learned from G-bugles and transferred it to Bb horns

[euphmmx]

@fusionbeatz But seriously...if marching baritones/euphoniums can ever be manufactured to play as loudly as trombones, all those G-bugle homers will stop complaining, lol