Legend of Mana - Nostalgic Song

[FunkyEntropy]

I've got a new arrangement done (probably 95% finished) for my brass quintet. I decided to start up an old project of mine that had been stewing for a while, and I'm really, really glad I did. Thus far I've found that the Legend of Mana soundtrack adapts well to live brass, so I have high hopes for this arrangement.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn0CZfeJ3Hc

I haven't quite decided if this should be a standalone arrangement or if it should be part of a medley. If I were to work in other songs, I'd probably try and see if I could adapt Southern City Polpota, City of Flickering Destruction/Those Who are Shining, and maybe even Irwin on Reflection.

The quintet is rehearsing tonight and hopefully our sight-reading of it will be good enough that I'll feel comfortable posting it.

Anyway, link to the midi-rendition:

New version, from 11-17-10 rehearsal. Sight-reading is fun!

[Gintokipianist]

hey! thats awesome dude, good luck with your rehearsal id love to hear this played by real brassers

p.s if you never get around to recording it, send me the midi and ill render it at the studio as high quality vsts (at least its better than midi ), unless thats something you could do yourself!, just being helpful you know haha.

[FunkyEntropy]

Update from tonight's rehearsal:

This is pretty fun to play (I think it's my best arrangement to date) and it sounds pretty good considering it was recorded on a dinky little zoom recorder. Yeah.

My own self-critique would be that the last two transitions need work. I don't have anything leading into the downbeat, and the lack of a pulse really kills the momentum in my opinion.

Note to self: consider flugels instead of trumpets; darker sound would be really nice for this piece.

Anyway, here it is: