Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1459498 Composed by Vince Guaraldi. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 20th Century,Christmas,Film/TV,Holiday,Jazz. 63 pages. John Ivor Holland #1038451. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1459498). 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' is a 1965 animated television special, the first based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. The programme made its debut on the CBS television network in December 1965. In the special, Charlie Brown finds himself depressed despite the onset of the cheerful holiday season. After Lucy van Pelt suggests he direct a neighbourhood Christmas play, his best efforts are ignored and mocked by his peers when he chooses a puny Christmas tree as a centrepiece. 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' received high ratings and acclaim from critics, receiving an Emmy and a Peabody Award, and becoming a staple in the Christmas television schedule for nearly 60 years. Its success paved the way for a series of Peanuts television specials and films and its jazz soundtrack, an unorthodox mix of traditional Christmas music and jazz (created by the Vince Guaraldi Trio), achieved commercial success, selling five million copies in the US. The soundtrack was voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 and added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of culturally, historically, or aesthetically important American sound recordings in 2012. Bring some of that Peanuts magic to your holiday concert and show off your star trumpet, alto sax, trombone and flute players with short solos (suggested lines with chords).

Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1307279 Composed by Joe Hisaishi. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 21st Century,Classical,Film/TV,Halloween,Multicultural,World. Score and Parts. 52 pages. John Ivor Holland #896551. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1307279). 'Spirited Away' is a multi award-winning 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli. It tells the story of Chihiro, a ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighbourhood, enters a strange spirit world. After her parents are turned into pigs by a witch, Chihiro takes a job working in her bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world. Originally released in Japan in 2001, the film received universal acclaim, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, a record it held until 2020. 'Spirited Away' is regarded by many as the greatest animated film of all time; it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards, making it the first, and to date only, hand-drawn and non-English-language animated film to win the award. The film score was composed and conducted by Miyazaki's regular collaborator Joe Hisaishi, and performed by the New Japan Philharmonic.   The 'Sootballs' (Susuwatari) of the title refer to helpful, super strong balls of soot that assist Chihiro whilst working in the bathhouse. Available for concert band (with a featured part for piano) for the first time, bring this characteristic slice of Japanese character music to your next concert of film music for a taste of something different.