Christmas Carol, A
Alan Silvestri (arr. Brian Sadler)
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 3:50
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Brian Sadler
Cost: Score and Parts – Free download
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
SATB Choir
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A Christmas Carol is a 2009 American computer-animated dark fantasy Christmas film written and directed by Robert Zemeckis. It is based on Charles Dickens's 1843 novel of the same name and stars the voices of Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn and Cary Elwes.
On Christmas Eve 1843, in London, miserly business man Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to partake in the merriment of Christmas, declining his cheerful nephew Fred's invitation to an annual Christmas dinner party and rejecting two gentlemen's offer to donate money to charity. His employee Bob Cratchit asks Scrooge to give him a day off on Christmas Day to spend time with his family, to which Scrooge reluctantly agrees. Returning home that night, Scrooge encounters the ghost of Jacob Marley, his business partner who died seven years ago, bound in heavy chains. Marley warns Scrooge to change his wicked ways or be condemned to a worse fate.
Much of the music was based on actual carols, including God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, Deck the Halls, O Come, All Ye Faithful, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and Joy to the World. The theme song God Bless Us Everyone was written by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Sacramento (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Matthew Morse, conductor) - 10 December 2023
- Rancho Cordova (Calif.) River City Concert Band (Tom Seaton, conductor) - 8 December 2019
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (2012/2017/2020)
- The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2012)
- Back to the Future (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1985/2016)
- The Polar Express (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2004/2020)
All Wind Works
- Alan Silvestri: A Night at the Movies (arr. Brown)
- Avengers: Endgame. See: Soundtrack Highlights from "Avengers: Endgame"
- The Avengers (arr. Brown) (2012)
- The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (2012/2017/2020)
- The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2012)
- Back to the Future (arr. Bernaerts) (1985/2001)
- Back to the Future (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1985/2016)
- Believe (arr. Story) (2006)
- Captain America March (arr. Brown) (2011)
- Captain America March (arr. Claro) (2011/2018/2019)
- A Christmas Carol (arr. Sadler) (2009/)
- Concert Suite from " The Polar Express" (arr. Brubaker) (2006)
- Forrest Gump Suite (arr. Custer) (1995)
- God Bless Us Every One
- The Polar Express (arr. Brubaker) (2004)
- The Polar Express (arr. Lavender) (2004)
- The Polar Express (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2004/2020)
- The Polar Express. See also: *Concert Suite from " The Polar Express"
- The Return of the Mummy
- Rockin' on Top of the World (arr. Story) (2004/2005)
- Selections from "The Polar Express" (arr. Murtha) (2006)
- Soundtrack Highlights from "Avengers: Endgame" (arr. Brown) (2019)
- Theme from "Forrest Gump"
Resources
- A Christmas Carol (2009 film). Wikipedia. Accessed 17 August 2022
- Perusal score