Marching Band

Marching Band Music

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Commissions for original marching band compositions for your ensemble.
Purchasing a pre-existing original marching band composition.
Commissioning an arrangement of repertoire that is already composed and requires copyright permission.

Please contact info@drewshanefield.com to inquire about commissions and arrangement details.

Regarding marching band arrangements, you can choose any music selection you wish, pending copyright approval, and I will work with you to arrange it to fit your show concepts. You must obtain copyright permission for all music (that is not original or Public Domain) you wish to have arranged. To expedite this process I recommend contacting Tresona Music at tresonamusic.com.

Music for Marching Band

Finding Balance (grade IV), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Bizarro (Michael Daugherty)
II - Rakes of Mallow (Leroy Anderson)
III - Gymnopedie No. 1 (Erik Satie)
IV - Fugue in G Minor (JS Bach)

The Golden Goddess (grade IV), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Deliverance (Yanni)
II - Waking Up (MJ Cole)
III - Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah" (Camille Saint Saens)

In the Mix (grade IV), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Overture from "The Marriage of Figaro" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
II - A Spoonful of Sugar (Robert Sherman and Richard Sherman)
III - Nocturne in Eb Major (Frederic Chopin)
IV - Ode to Joy, from Symphony No. 9, Mvt IV (Ludwig van Beethoven)

Us and Them (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Codex (Radiohead)
II - Prologue from "Chess" (Benny Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaeus)
III - Addis Ababa from "Ciudades" (Guillermo Lago)
IV - Us and Them (Pink Floyd)

Come to the Edge (grade IV), copyright permission needed (see video)

To Tame the Perilous Skies (David Holsinger)

To Bee or Not to Bee (grade IV), partial copyright permission (see video)

I - Fugue in G Minor (JS Bach)/Flight of the Bumble Bee (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
II - Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Johannes Brahms)/Single Ladies (Beyonce)
III - Let it Be (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
IV - Ode to Joy, from Symphony No. 9, Mvt IV (Ludwig van Beethoven)

Conquest (grade IV), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Enterprising Young Men/Mercury (Michael Giacchino/Gustav Holst)
II - Mars vs. Mars (Drew Shanefield/Gustav Holst)
III - Venus/Main Titles from "Signs"/Uranus (Gustav Holst/James Newton Howard)
IV - Jupiter (Gustav Holst)

4 Ever Green (grade IV-V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Green Music/Cyclone (Michael Torke/Jim Casella)
II - Cathedral Canyon/Serenity (Drew Shanefield/Ola Gjeillo)
III - The Four Seasons Recomposed (Max Richter)
IV - Spring, The Four Seasons (Antonio Vivaldi)

One Love (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - All Love Can Be/A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics (James Horner)
II - Festival Variations (Claude T. Smith)/One Love (Bob Marley)
III - Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)
IV - Jig from St. Paul's Suite (Gustav Holst)

In the Arena (grade IV-V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Re-Entry (Philip Sheppard)
II - Medea's Dance of Vengeance (Samuel Barber)
III - New World, from Dancer in the Dark (Bjork)
IV - Flight, from Man of Steel (Hans Zimmer)

Posy (grade V), parital copyright needed (see video)

I - Fetes (Claude Debussy)
II - Waltz of the Flowers (Pyotr Tchaikovsky)/ Flower Duet (Leo Delibes)/ La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf and Marguerite Monnot)
III - Tip Toe Through the Tulips (Joe Burke)
IV - Organ Symphony (Camille Saint-Saens)

The SteamPunk Heart (grade IV-V), partial copyright needed (see video)

I - The Promise of Living (Aaron Copland)
II - Discovery (original)
III - Road Runner (John Adams)
IV - Engulfed Cathedral (Claude Debussy)
V - Turbine (John Mackey)

Luminescence (grade IV-V), partial copyright needed (see video)

I - This Little Light of Mine (Harry Dixon Loes)
II - Terpsichore (Michael Praetorius)
III - Claire de Lune (Claude Debussy)
IV - Terpsichore EDM (Michael Praetorius)
V - Lux Aurumque (Eric Whitacre)

Every(one) (grade IV-V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Test Drive, from "How to Train Your Dragon" (John Powell)
II - Belkis, Quen of Sheba (Ottorino Respighi)
III - Terpsichore (Michael Praetorius)
IV - Ara Batur (Sigur Ros)
V - Closing (Drew Shanefield)

The Pale Blue Dot (grade IV-V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Re-Entry (Philip Sheppard)
II - Allegro (Drew Shanefield)
III - 090406 (Drew Shanefield)
IV - Stories from the Big Chair (Drew Shanefield)
V - 090406 (Drew Shanefield)

UNITY (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Symphony No. 3 (Aaron Copland)
II - Music for Prague (Karel Husa)

In Shining Armor (grade IV), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Adagio and Gloria (Karl Jenkins)
II - Adagio from "Spartacus" (Aram Khachaturian)
III - In Caelem Fero/Mare Crisium Finale (Karl Jenkins)

Through the Hourglass (grade IV-V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Gymnopedie No. 1 (Eric Satie)
II - Opening Fanfare (Drew Shanefield)
III - Masque (Kenneth Hesketh)
IV - Young and Beatiful(Lana Del Ray)
V - Closing (Drew Shanefield)

Snowcapped (grade IV-V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Winter (Antonio Vivaldi)
II - Slalom (Carter Pann)
III - Incinerate from "Drum Music" (John Mackey)
IV - The Ellie Badge(Michael Giacchino)
V - Dance No. 1 (Dmitri Shostakovich)

Midnight (grade V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Chorale from "Cinderella Suite" (Sergei Prokofiev)
II - Fetes from "Nocturnes" (Claude Debussy)
III - Nocturne in Eb Major (Frederic Chopin)
IV - Finale, from Symphony No. 4 (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

Song of the Siren (grade IV-V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - The Dream of Oenghus (Rolf Rudin)
II - The Dream of Oenghus (Rolf Rudin)
III - The Engulfed Cathedral (Claude Debussy)
IV - The Dream of Oenghus (Rolf Rudin)

Southern Harmony (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Summertime/Wondrous Love (George Gershwin/Traditional)
II - Southern Harmony (Donald Grantham)
III - Mvt III (Drew Shanefield)
IV - Motherless Child/Summertime (traditional/George Gershwin)
V - Allegro from "Appalchian Spring" (Aaron Copland)

If the Show Fits (grade IV), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - A Dream is a Wish (Al Hoffman, Mack David, Jerry Livingston)
II - Festive Overture (Dmitri Shostakovich)
III - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini (Sergei Rachmaninov)
IV - Bippity Boppity Boo (Al Hoffman, Mack David, Jerry Livingston)
V - Midnight (Sergei Prokofiev)/Festive Overture (Dmitri Shostakovich)

Fury (grade V-VI), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Ballet Suite No. 4 (Dmitri Shostakovich)
II - Symphony No, 10, Mvt II (Dmitri Shostakovich)
III - The Fire of Eternal Glory (Dmitri Shostakovich)
IV - Symphony No, 10, Mvt IV (Dmitri Shostakovich)

Back and Forth (grade IV), no copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Stories from the Big Chair (Drew Shanefield)
II - Stories from the Big Chair (Drew Shanefield)
III - Stories from the Big Chair (Drew Shanefield)
IV - Stories from the Big Chair (Drew Shanefield)

Heroes (grade IV), no copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Symphony No. 5, Mvt I(Ludwig van Beethoven)
II - Symphony No. 7, Mvt II (Ludwig van Beethoven)
III - Symphony No. 9, Mvt IV (Ludwig van Beethoven)

Epinicion (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Epinicion (John Paulson)
II - Medea's Dance of Vengeance (Samuel Barber)
III - Adagio for Strings (Samuel Barber)/Spring Rounds (Igor Stravinsky)
IV - Bells for Stowkowski(Michael Daugherty)

The Carnival of Venice (grade V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Carnival of Venice (traditional, ed. Jean-Baptiste Arban)
II - Carnival Overture (Antonin Dvorak)
III - Tarantella (traditional)/Funiculi Funicula (Luigi Denza)
IV - Nessun Dorma (Giacomo Puccini)
V - Carnical of Venice(traditional, ed. Jean-Baptiste Arban)
VI - Carnival Overture (Antonin Dvorak)

The Bells (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Silver - No Shadow of Turning (David Gillingham)
II - Gold - No Shadow of Turning (David Gillingham)
III - Iron - Bells for Stokowski (Michael Daugherty)
IV - Brazen - Bells for Stokowski (Michael Daugherty)

To The Moon and Back (grade IV), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Celestial Legend (David Shaffer)
II - How High the Moon (Morgan Lewis)
III - Incinerate from "Drum Music" (John Mackey)

Night at the Ball (grade V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Festive Overture (Dmitri Shostakovich)
II - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini (Sergei Rachmaninov)
III - Four Scottish Dances (Malcom Arnold)
IV - Festive Overture (Dmitri Shostakovich)

Out of the Box (grade IV), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Children's Dance from "Merry Mount Suite" (Howard Hanson)
II - The Nutcracker March (Pytor Tchaikovsky)
III - Lullaby (Aram Khachturian)
IV - Lezghinka (Aram Khachturian)

Let it Shine (grade V), copyright permission needed. Percussion by Ray Ulibarri (see video)

I - Daphnes et Chloe Suite 2 (Maurice Ravel)
II - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Philip Glass)
III - Cadenza from "Aegean Festival Overture" (Andreas Makris)
IV - Daphnes et Chloe Suite 2 (Maurice Ravel)
V - This Little Light of Mine (Harry Dixon Loes)

Currents (grade V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Wind - Equus (Eric Whitacre)
II - Water - Sanctuary (Frank Ticheli)
III - Electric (original)

Radiant Voices (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (Eric Whitacre)
II - Quiet City - Aaron Copland
III - Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (Eric Whitacre)

Spaces (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Symphony No. 7, mvt II (Ludwig van Beethoven)
II - Symphony No. 1, mvt II (Dmitri Shostokovich)
III - The Engulfed Cathedral (Claude Debussy)
IV - Space Dementia (Muse)
V - The Planets (Holst)

Life's Direction (grade IV), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Pure Imagination (Newley and Bricusse)
II - Hunting Wabbits (Gordon Goodwin)
III - One Day I'll Fly Away (Joe Sample)
IV - The Great Race Home (original)

No Stings Attached (grade IV), no copyright permission needed (see video)

I - original by Drew Shanefield
II - original by Drew Shanefield
III - original by Drew Shanefield
IV - original by Drew Shanefield

Cathedral (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Prelude
II - Russian Christmas Music (Alfred Reed)
III - Sanctuary (Frank Ticheli)
IV - Russian Christmas Music (Alfred Reed)/St. Gregory (Ottorino Respighi)
V - Postlude

Pursuit (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Firewall (Alexandre Desplat)
II - Shadow Play (Benoit Jutras)
III - Symphony for Brass and Percussion (Alfred Reed)

RE (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Symphony No. 2 (Gustav Mahler)
II - Trittico (Vaclay Nehlybel)
III - Vertebrae by Vertebrae (Bjork)
IV - Finale from Firebird (Igor Stravinsky)
V - Symphony No. 2 (Gustav Mahler)

Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue (grade V), copyright permission needed.

I - Libertango (Astor Piazolla)
II - Cloudburst(Eric Whitacre)
III - Rhapsody in Blue (Geroge Gershwin)

Performance Art (grade V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Overture to Candide (Leonard Bernstein)
II - Festive Overture (Dmitri Shostakovich)
III - Ode to Joy (Ludwig von Beethoven)
IV - River Flows in You (Yiruma)
V - Hallelujiah Chorus (George Frideric Handel)
VI - 1812 Overture (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

Light Evolving (grade IV-V), partial copyright permission needed (see video)

I - The Multiples of One(Joseph Curiale)
II - Claire de Lune(Claude Debussy)
III - Appalachian Morning (Paul Winter)

Have You Got It In You? (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Harison's Dream (Peter Graham)
II - Yvaine(Andy Brown/Ilan Eshkeri)
III - Have You Got It In You?(Imogen Heap)
IV - Shadowplay (Benoit Jutras)
V - Septimus/Coronation (Andy Brown/Ilan Eshkeri)

Gears (grade III-IV), partial copyright permission needed.

I - Gears Opening (original)
II - Alone in a Crowd (Jeff Beal)
III - Overture to Dancer in the Dark (Bjork)
IV - Gears Closing (original)

Puzzled (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - Sorcerer's Apprentice (Paul Dukas)
II - Profanation(Leonard Bernstein)
III - Korobeiniki (Theme from Tetris)(Nekrasov)
IV - Also Sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)
V - Festive Overture (Dmitri Shostakovich)

Over the River (grade IV), partial copyright permission needed

I - Over The River Fanfare
II - Through the Woods
III - Red Apple Fantasy
IV - Red Hoods and a Great Escape to Home

Voices of the People (grade IV/V) - Percussion by Mike McIntosh (a 2009 Marching Show Concepts/Center X publication) Audio can be previewed on "Audio Samples" page

I - Harvest Festival
II - Wedding Scene
III - Song of Love
IV - Celebration

Games (grade III/IV) (a 2008 Marching Show Concepts/Center X publication) Audio can be previewed on "Audio Samples" page

I - Tag
II - Sudoku
III - Capture the Flag

Marching Metamorphosis (grade V), partial copyright permission needed.

I - Marching Medley - Stars and Stripes Forever, Symphonic Metamorphosis, Washington Post March, Crown Imperial.
II - The Nutcracker March
III - Fantasy on Stars and Stripes Forever
IV - March from the Symphonic Metamorphosis

Stardust (grade V), copyright permission needed (see video)

I - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Philip Glass)
II - Yvaine (Andy Brown, Ilan Eshkeri)
III - Septimus/Coronation (Andy Brown, Ilan Eshkeri)

Appalachian Spring (grade IV), copyright permission needed.

I - Appalachian Spring
II - Appalachian Morning
III - Appalachian Cadenza
IV - Simple Gifts
V - Appalachian Spring Closer