The Wild One!, by Brian Balmages - Score & Sound

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The Wild One!
Circus March
By Brian Balmages
Item: 00-50651
Series: MakeMusic Symphonic Band
Grade 4
The Wild One! is a blistering circus march by Brian Balmages. Designed to showcase your entire ensemble, this adrenaline-packed work will bring your audience to its feet regardless of where you program it in your concert. Cleverly combining the traditional march form with contemporary elements, this barnburner is sure to turn heads and be a ton of fun for performers and audiences alike. There are plenty of opportunities for percussionists, including several optional parts for directors with larger sections.
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[@why5482]

Balmages really woke up one day and said “I should write a new piece that’s at 312 bpm but hide behind a wall of cut time and half notes”

[@Ashton148]

why are all the new songs really good?

[@ghosttoast69420]

I played this in district 8, absolute nightmare fuel.

[@rachelmarrone]

must not be ilmea district 8 because our songs were grades 2-3 this year and the entire ensemble was buns😒

[@carcar087]

this would make an extremely good fight song for marching band or somethin

[@i.anlander]

written for wilde lake high school. proud to be a member of the band this was written for !

[@tartarsauce1031]

Same

[@ezerQ12311]

When I played this this song was over and less than a second

[@ChaosMakar]

Played this for UIL in middle school. Very fun and hard to

[@TheTrumpeteer]

Love this piece.

[@silly_sheep09]

played this at all state, it was great

[@TheTwitchyGreen]

if this was in 4/4 the bpm would be 312 holy shit

[@alanartz]

U would look crazy conducting that lol also, its pretty much impossible to be that accurate so yeh

[@BladeTNT2018]

That's insane

[@silly_sheep09]

@@alanartz1. conductors already look crazy 2. it’s not impossible it’s just hard

[@alanartz]

@@silly_sheep09 lmfao

[@LukeDoesShitStuff]

when I played this, i thought it said quarter note = 152. No sort of audio of this was out yet, so I didn't have any reference point.

[@MorkusPorkus]

fr fr

[@knottednumber]

Hey I’m playing that

[@ale_isanodd1]

i don’t like that snare part but i love the mallets part

[@Overwatchmaster3000]

Vibe part is pretty cool 🤷‍♂️

[@garthantula5214]

As the xylophone player in the premier at my school, I can confirm that the mallet part is awesome

[@k.harriss]

0:47 star wars??

[@Frozenstone72]

Yes it is. He told us himself at district 8 honor band that he had to make it obscure enough to avoid copyright lol

[@k.harriss]

@@Frozenstone72 i remember playing this with my band and just couldn’t help but think of it; thanks for the confirmation!

[@placeholderfornow4766]

@@k.harriss the oboe part for this piece is pretty cool

[@k.harriss]

@@placeholderfornow4766 it really is

[@k.harriss]

@@placeholderfornow4766 it’s mostly scales though so it’s not too hard 🤞

[@BladeTNT2018]

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