Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Arr. Paul Lavender)
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2020
- This is Paul Lavender's wind band arrangement of Michael Kamen's score for the motion picture Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. Performed by a computer! It uses the NotePerformer sound library and Sibelius composition software.
Link to Original Score: www.jwpepper.com/2255875.item
Wind band ensembles have traditionally utilized a very treble-heavy ensemble with many Bb clarinets, trumpets, and flutes. One of the advantages of virtual recordings is being able to set a balanced instrumentation where each instrument section functions as a perfectly balanced choir. Lower woodwind, double-reed, and horn parts are well-covered.
Instrumentation (number of players in recording):
Piccolo (1)
Flute I (3)
Flute II (3)
Oboe I (2)
Oboe II (2)
Bassoon I (3)
Bassoon II (3)
Bb Clarinet I (3)
Bb Clarinet II (3)
Bb Clarinet III (3)
Eb Alto Clarinet (3)
Bb Bass Clarinet (3)
Eb Alto Saxophone I (2)
Eb Alto Saxophone II (2)
Bb Tenor Saxophone (2)
Eb Baritone Saxophone (2)
Bb Trumpet I (2)
Bb Trumpet II (2)
Bb Trumpet III (2)
Horn I (2)
Horn II (2)
Horn III (2)
Horn IV (2)
Trombone I (2)
Trombone II (2)
Bass Trombone (2)
Euphonium (3)
Tuba (3)
String Bass (4)
Timpani (1)
Unpitched Percussion (Piccolo Snare Drum, Snare Drum, Triangle, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Tam-Tam, Concert Toms, Mark Tree)
Pitched Percussion (Chimes, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Marimba) 
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I Absolutely Love This Piece Of Music! REST IN PEACE MICHAEL KAMEN!
Beautiful....Brother Kamen...you were great...R.I.P. PEACE
I played this song last year in band and it was so fun
Only and ever!!!
👏👏👏👌👍👌👏👏👏👏
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Principe del ladri sa amare un donna fanciulla principessa
Eric, I'm completely blown away by this recording (technology)! I'm a former band director, WAY "out of touch" with modern-day composing software (any, to be frank), and would love to know more!! I stumbled onto this piece because I conducted this exact Lavender arrangement with my community college band many years ago (in the 90's) and was just "reliving the glory days" with my old baton at home. :-). Can you recommend how I would go about purchasing this software or where to go to learn more?? Now that I'm fully retired I'm thinking about playing around with this a bit. God Bless you for sharing this AMAZING recording!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the recording David! I played this piece in community band too. To make this recording, I first created a digital version of the score using a notation software called Sibelius. Dorico is also a notation software worth considering. If your budget is tight, you could try out Musescore instead which is free, though it has fewer features. Making a digital score with these programs is like a combination between using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Paint, though there is a higher learning curve. What is cool about these programs is that they can use a computer synthesizer (called a sound library) to play your score back and create a recording. I purchased an extra sound library called NotePerformer which has much higher quality than the built in sound library that comes with Sibelius, and that's what you hear in this recording. Hopefully that gives you some software that you can use to get started.
I should add that I spent time optimizing the dynamics, balance, and sound of all the instruments in the score, just like how a band director would finesse their ensemble's sound, so the default NotePerformer playback probably won't sound this good out of the box. I also duplicated many of the instruments to make the recording sound more full.
@@ericfalley FABULOUS WORK ERIC! This is a stunning arrangement of great music!
@@stephengage9582 Thanks Stephen! I have to admit this isn't my arrangement, but I did make this recording myself on my computer.
@@ericfalley does noteperformer also work on musescore written scores ?
musescore 4 has now a decent sound library to start with but this quality is really exceptional!
I always enjoyed the wonderful score to this film. Isn't this Lavender arrangement out of print?
Yeah, sadly this version may be out print. I had good memories of playing it so I wanted to make my own recording of it.