Band Music with Western themes?

[winston]

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[Bandmaster]

These are not heavy weight pieces but the audience will enjoy them.

"How The West Was Won" arranged by Robert Hawkins (music from the movie)
"The Good Ol' West" by James Christensen

and parts of this one would fit the theme:
"A Very American Overture" by James Barnes

[Adam C.]

Santa Fe Saga - Morton Gould

[dwerden]

And let's not forget the euphonium solo "Home on the Range," arranged by Erik Leidzen. It's probably only for brass band, but while in the Coast Guard Band I did a few solos with brass band parts. We just used the regular brass section and let the woodwinds rest.

[Dean E]

Theme from The Magnificent Seven, Elmer Bernstein.

Hornsmoke by Peter Schickele.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, score by Ennio Morricone,

Dances with Wolves, Academy Award for Original Music Score — John Barry

High Noon, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Dimitri Tiomkin), and Best Music, Song (Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington for "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'", sung by Tex Ritter)

The Hanging Tree

Streets of El Paso, Marty Robbins

Davey Crockett

Bonanza

The Rifleman

Johnny Yuma

The Lonely Bull, Herb Alpert

Red Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson

Seven Spanish Angels, composed in 1985 by Eddie Setser and Troy Seals, recorded by Ray Charles and Willie Nelson.

Enough for now.

[tubaribonephone]

Stampede by Steven Bryant.

http://www.stevenbryant.com/stampede.php" target="_blank

[Rick Denney]

To reiterate with more detail: Silverado by Bruce Broughton, arranged by Randol Bass.

http://www.jwpepper.com/10051260.item

Rick "who played this in manuscript" Denney

[Matt G]

http://www.nextag.com/ALFRED-PUBLISHING ... rices-html

He rode a blazing saddle
He wore a shining star
His job to offer battle
To bad men near and far
He conquered fear and he conquered hate
He turned our night into day
He made his blazing saddle
A torch to light the way

When outlaws rule the West
And fear fills the land
A cry went up for a man with guts
To take the West in hand
They needed a man who was brave and true
With justice for all as his aim
Then out of the sun rode a man with a gun
And Bart was his name, yes Bart was his name

I think the students should watch this film as part of the "enrichment" section of musical arts.

[Sam Gnagey]

Last year we had an arrangement for our brass band done of the Magnificant Seven. If you get back in touch with me via PM I can put you in touch with the arranger.
Sam

[jeopardymaster]

Here's one you can't beat - "The Death of Custer or The Battle of the Little Big Horn" published in 1875 by Carl Fischer.

A bit off-topic, but you should re-check that date. Unless the composer was clairvoyant it is at least a year early.

[1895King]

A number no one has mentioned is "Kansa" composed by Lloyd Conley and published around 1960. It incorporated "Home on the Range" the official State Song of the State of Kansas. We had the music in the Fort Hays State University band library when I was librarian in the late 1960's.

The composer of "The Death of Custer" was Lee Johnson.