By Elmer Bernstein. Score. 9 pages. Published by Chris Siddall Music Publishing

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SKU: A0.1454722

Composed by Al Stillman and Elmer Bernstein. Arranged by John Langley / Studio Orchestrations. Film/TV,Historic,March,Patriotic,Thriller. 106 pages. Www.studio-orchestrations.com #1033795. Published by www.studio-orchestrations.com (A0.1454722).

The Great Escape (1963) is one of the great American epic war adventure films starring some of the greatest actors of the age like Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, among many others.  

The soundtrack was composed by Elmer Bernstein who had enjoyed great acclaim for his music for the 1960 epic The Magnificent 7 (also starrring Steve McQueen).  The Great Escape March theme is regarded as one of the best loved war film themes harnessing both a British and an American patriotic flavour in its themes.  Its bitter sweet jauntiness successfully catches the mood of the film, the optimism and indominatable spirit of the prisoners always hell bent on trying to escape, and the German march theme also makes a brief appearance to reflect all the voices in the narrative of the story.  Other film composers have used a similar approach using a jaunty march theme like Bernstein does - notably The bridge over the river Kwai and A bridge too far - while other composers have tried (arguably) less successfully to encapsulate appropriate pathos alongside that optimism in the 'optimistic' themes.

This arrangement is a great bite sized orchestral excerpt appropriate for any concert of film music, or military war/historic themes. 

INSTRUMENTATION:
Flute
Piccolo
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets
2 Bassoons

4 Horns
4 Trumpets
3 Trombones
Tuba

Timpani
3 Percussion 
[Bass Drum/Cymbals/2 Side Drums]

Strings

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Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1162358

Composed by Elmer Bernstein. Arranged by Chris Siddall. Film/TV. Score and parts. 52 pages. Chris Siddall Music Publishing #762720. Published by Chris Siddall Music Publishing (A0.1162358).

Accompanying the film adaptation of Harper Lee’s seminal novel, Elmer Bernstein’s delicate and sensitive score from To Kill a Mockingbird was Oscar-nominated, losing out to Maurice Jarre’s Lawrence of Arabia.

In 2003, the American Film Institute named Atticus Finch, the story’s main character, the greatest movie hero of the 20th century and in 2007 ranked the film 25th on their list of the greatest movies of all time.

Heard right from the outset of the score, the beautiful piano solo was played by a man who has become known as one of the greatest film score composers of all time; John Williams.


Created from the original manuscript, this release offers a rare opportunity to perform film music in its authentic, original orchestration and arrangement. An opportunity not to be missed!

Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1110782

Composed by Elmer Bernstein. Arranged by Kevin Riley. 20th Century,Film/TV. Score and parts. 89 pages. Kevin Riley #713077. Published by Kevin Riley (A0.1110782).

The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges. The screenplay by William Roberts is a remake – in an Old West–style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai (itself initially released in the United States as The Magnificent Seven). The ensemble cast includes Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, and Horst Buchholz as a group of seven gunfighters, and Eli Wallach as their main antagonist. The seven title characters are hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits, led by Wallach. The film was released by United Artists on October 12, 1960. It was both a critical and commercial success, and has been appraised as one of the greatest films of the Western genre.[5] It spawned three sequels, a television series that aired from 1998 to 2000, and a 2016 film remake. Elmer Bernstein's film score was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score, and is listed on the American Film Institute's list of the top 25 American film scores. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

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SKU: A0.1369896

Composed by Elmer Bernstein. Arranged by Daniel de la Rosa Oliva. Film/TV. 167 pages. Daniel de la Rosa Oliva #954266. Published by Daniel de la Rosa Oliva (A0.1369896).

For Orchestra.

Composed by Elmer Bernstein and Al Stillman. Arranged by Kevin Riley. 20th Century, Film/TV. Score and parts. 63 pages. Kevin Riley #478728. Published by Kevin Riley