Movies and Live Music

[Thom]

I watched the Sunday Morning Show and there was a piece about Symphony Orchestras playing the soundtracks with the movies. They reported that when they did this the audience is as much as 50% first time attendees! Maybe someone else thought of this before, but someone should come up with a way to sync the Concert Band arrangements with edited scenes from the movies. I think it could actually be a possible moneymaker, for whoever creates the edited scenes and for Community Concerts Bands, School Bands, et cetera.

[Thom]

I've done it before with the movie home alone with an orchestra. It's fun. I'd love to do Muppet Christmas Carol at some point. Great tuba parts

[MiBrassFS]

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[Thom]

I am just thinking of the medleys most community/school bands already play. My idea is to have some movie/computer person edit scenes to fit the time frame of the arranged medleys of songs, with a count down for the conductor. Most of these pieces are only about 5 to 15 minutes long. I am not talking about actually syncing the entire movie's music, I think that would be too much for community/school bands.

[bloke]

I've done these, will do more(-and-more) of them, they're silly/unfulfilling - but they do sell all the seats, there's usually more to play than in any Mahler symphony, and the checks cash.

The thing is that orchestral work really doesn't pay enough if there's no fulfillment, and quality music concerts are being replaced with these (rather than with these in addition to quality music concerts).

...and all the same goes for video game orchestra concerts.

[donn]

I've done it before with the movie home alone with an orchestra.

Full movie, or just bits and pieces?

There have been bands that play for old silent films. I doubt it pays, but I'm sure a good time is had by all.

[Thom]

Full movie including the tuba solos

[bloke]

I watched the Sunday Morning Show and there was a piece about Symphony Orchestras playing the soundtracks with the movies. They reported that when they did this the audience is as much as 50% first time attendees! Maybe someone else thought of this before, but someone should come up with a way to sync the Concert Band arrangements with edited scenes from the movies. I think it could actually be a possible moneymaker, for whoever creates the edited scenes and for Community Concerts Bands, School Bands, et cetera.

Addressing your actual inquiry/suggestion...
This sounds like I'm talking down to people who play in concert bands, but if you've ever played some of the Hindsley transcriptions of orchestral works, you understand that any concert band that covers any orchestral music is going to have to have some hoss players to be able to cover what the string players would otherwise be playing. The stuff that string players routinely play is incredible.

[Thom]

I watched the Sunday Morning Show and there was a piece about Symphony Orchestras playing the soundtracks with the movies. They reported that when they did this the audience is as much as 50% first time attendees! Maybe someone else thought of this before, but someone should come up with a way to sync the Concert Band arrangements with edited scenes from the movies. I think it could actually be a possible moneymaker, for whoever creates the edited scenes and for Community Concerts Bands, School Bands, et cetera.

Addressing your actual inquiry/suggestion...
This sounds like I'm talking down to people who play in concert bands, but if you've ever played some of the Hindsley transcriptions of orchestral works, you understand that any concert band that covers any orchestral music is going to have to have some hoss players to be able to cover what the string players would otherwise be playing. The stuff that string players routinely play is incredible.

I played tuba for 2 years in a local amateur symphony orchestra. I do NOT think string players are snobby at all! I am very impressed with their abilities and mastery of a extremely complex instrument. Though, I do think some business managers can be snobby

[tofu]

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[Thom]

Do like the symphony musicians, get a rearview mirror from Amazon and put it on top of your stand lamp

[bloke]

Do like the symphony musicians, get a rearview mirror from Amazon and put it on top of your stand lamp

I'd end up missing entrances, and not be hired to do the next one...Unlike the person/people in the article (symphony movies) I'm only contracted from one year to the next and (symphony video games) around here, those are freelance jobs - hired by contractors (not by established orchestras).

[russiantuba]

I did the first Harry Potter with a regional group last year. Two sell out crowds in a big hall, challenging parts, overtime pay with the group, and used my mute a TON. I think I can say that performance alone has paid for my ancient 1970s Tennessee Tech mute I bought in 2007.

[bloke]

I believe I've seen where an orchestra played live under "The Red Violin"...

...' seems sorta dumb (ok "to me") to cut off Josh Bell's soundtrack and have a freeway philharmonic's concertmaster take his place.

[arpthark]

I believe I've seen where an orchestra played live under "The Red Violin"...

...' seems sorta dumb (ok "to me") to cut off Josh Bell's soundtrack and have a freeway philharmonic's concertmaster take his place.

As long as the tuba player took a cue from the title, I think it'd be fine: