Funeral March of a Marionette for Brass Quintet (Alfred Hitchcock Theme) by Charles Gounod. This music was used for the theme of Alfred Hitchcock Presents which ran on television from 1955-1965. This skillful arrangement by Jari Villanueva captures the flavor of the original and would be a great selection for a concert or as a special presentation around Halloween. Full score, 2 Trumpets in Bb, Horn in F, Trombone and Tuba A student of Bill Holcombe, Jari continues writing for different ensembles. Many of his arrangements can be found on Sheet Music Plus. He is a 2016 Sheet Music Plus Arranging Contest winner.

Gounod wrote this in 1872 as a piano piece and orchestrated it seven years later. He originally conceived of it as one part of a satirical piano suite, the subject of which had nothing to do with puppetry. Once it was completed, however, he had it published as a stand-alone composition with the present title. The occasion of the music is that the Marionette has lost a duel and died; a funeral cortege takes place; the bereaved troupe takes a break then returns to the cortege. Recorded numerous times, the music was also used in several early films but reached its largest audience by far as the theme song for the TV series, ?Alfred Hitchcock Presents," 1955-1965. The current arrangement is based on the composer?s original piano score but has been augmented slightly to take advantage of brass quintet instrumentation. This arrangement was completed in 2016, and performance time runs about 5 minutes, 8 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge; contact him directly at lessmith61@bellsouth.net. For more arrangements by Les, enter "Sweetwater Brass Press" (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box.