SKU: HL.14035706

ISBN 9780711930070. 9.25x12.0x0.37 inches.

This work was commissioned by the Schubert Ensemble, and first performed by them on 5th July 1992 as part of the Cheltenham International Festival. The words I broke off a golden branch come from a Croatian folksong, which is very obliquely referred to in the second of the work's two movements. Scored for Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and Piano. Duration: c.15 minutes.

SKU: HL.44012426

9x12 inches.

The Ecstasy of Gold is the famous theme from the movie The Good, The Bad and The Ugly that leads up to and is heard during the movie's climax, the showdown! The complete soundtrack to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was released in 1966 and sold millions of copies. Since 1983, heavy-metal band Metallica have been opening concerts with Morricone's dramatic and exciting song, The Ecstasy of Gold. Lorenzo Bocci has created an equally exciting arrangement for concert band.

The Ecstasy of Gold is het beroemde lied uit de muziek van de film The Good, The Bad and The Ugly en leidt naar het hoogtepunt van de film. Ennio Morricone componeerde de soundtrack voor deze spaghettiwestern van Sergio Leone. Ookde eerste twee delen van de filmtrilogie, A Fistfull of Dollars en For a Few Dollars More, voorzag hij van filmmuziek. De hardrockband Metallica opent sinds 1983 haar rockconcerten met dit dramatische en pakkende lied. Lorenzo Boccimaakte er een versie voor blaasorkest van. Spannend en meeslepend..!

The Ecstasy of Gold ist das beruhmte Lied aus der Filmmusik zu The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Zwei glorreiche Halunken), welches den Showdown und zugleich Hohepunkt des Films einleitet. Komponiert wurde der Soundtrack zu Sergio Leones klassischem Italo-Wester von Ennio Morricone, der auch schon die beiden ersten Filme der Trilogie - Fur eine Handvoll Dollar und Fur ein paar Doller mehr - vertont hatte. Die Metal-Band Metallica eroffnet seit 1983 ihre Konzerte stets mit diesem dramatischen und packenden Lied, das Lorenzo Bocci fur Blasorchester arrangierte.

La legendaire melodie The Ecstasy of Gold vient aureoler le point culminant du film Le Bon, la brute et le truand. Ce film cloture la celebre Trilogie de l'homme sans nom dont les precedents films sont Pour une poignee de dollars, Et pour quelques dollars de plus. A la demande du realisateur Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone composa la bande originale des trois films. Depuis 1983, le groupe Metallica ouvre ses concerts avec ce theme dont Lorenzo Bocci a realise un epoustouflant arrangement pour orchestre d'harmonie.

Film del 1966 diretto da Sergio Leone, Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo e uno tra i piu celebri western della storia del cinema. L'Estasi dell'Oro (The Ecstasy of Gold) e una canzone composta da Ennio Morricone per il film, ricordata in particolare per essere il sottofondo musicale della scena in cui Tuco cerca freneticamente il cimitero con la tomba dove si trovano 200.000 dollari in oro.

SKU: CF.FPS154F

ISBN 9781491152829. UPC: 680160910328.

Aztec Gold is an excellent concert opener for a developing band. Composer Joseph Compello, drawing on his many years of experience as a teacher, is known for writing very intriguing music for younger students. This piece would be a great opportunity for cross-curricular instruction with a school's history department. Aztec Gold is also a perfect selection to highlight a band's strengths in contest or festival performance.
Aztec Gold is an excellent concert opener for a moderately advanced band. Measures 1–73 are to be performed in a marcato style with an underlying feel of rhythmic unrest. Beginning at m. 19, the triangle player must be able to execute a damping effect on the second eighth note of beat 2. Young players will require instruction in this technique. The accented sixteenth notes in the timpani part, which first appear in mm. 17-18, should be prominent. They also appear at mm. 89 and 91, and mm. 124 and 126. The contrasting middle section at m. 73 should have the same unsettled rhythmic feel beneath the more flowing lines in the woodwinds. The syncopated accents which appear beginning m. 121 will easily fall into place once young players understand that the accents occur three eighth notes apart.