Details
- Instrument:
- Baritone Horn TC Baritone Horn BC Cornet Euphonium Flugelhorn Percussion Timpani Trombone Bass Trombone Alto Trombone C Tuba F Tuba B-Flat Tuba B.C.
- Ensembles:
- Brass Band
- Genres:
- 20th Century Crooners Pop
- Composers:
- Paul Anka
- Publishers:
- Larch Music Ltd.
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Artist:
- Paul Anka
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 58
SKU: A0.1597261
By Paul Anka. By Paul Anka. Arranged by David Beal. This edition: pdf, streaming. 20th Century, Classical, Pop. Brass Band. 58 pages. Larch Music Ltd. #1168247. Published by Larch Music Ltd. (A0.1597261).COMPOSER : Paul Anka
ARRANGER : David Beal
Imagine a band marching into town from the distance getting closer and closer, the music gets louder and louder with playing, whistling and singing bands persons. Passing by on parade and then leaving the town with the music getting quieter and quieter and the band getting further and further away......
The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction book of the same name about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox.
The theme song was written by Paul Anka. Anka was a rising singer, songwriter and actor. The theme is used sporadically through the movie as background music played by a piano in the RAF Officers Club and on a harmonica. The theme is also played at the end.
Anka talked about starring in the movie with producer Daryl Zanuck. It occurred to him to ask Zanuck who was doing the music for the film, and the response was that there would be no music. Melodies then “started banging at me,” and he wrote the song "The Longest Day." He then made a demo record for $250 and shipped to Zanuck in France, after which he received a telex, "Dear Paul, there will be music."
The theme is quite simple but yet conveys a martial feel. The movie opens with the familiar opening four notes of Beethoven’s 5th symphony that interesting corresponds to the morse code letter of V-3 dots and a dash. V standing for Victory.
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- ArrangeMe:
- Larch Music Ltd.
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Instrument:
- Brass Baritone Horn Baritone Horn TC Brass Baritone Horn Baritone Horn BC Brass Trumpet Cornet Brass Euphonium Brass Trumpet Flugelhorn Percussion Percussion Percussion Timpani Brass Trombone Brass Bass Trombone Brass Alto Trombone Brass Tuba C Tuba Brass Tuba F Tuba Brass Tuba B-Flat Tuba B.C.
- Artists:
- Paul Anka
- Ensemble:
- Brass Band
- Publisher:
- Larch Music Ltd.