Count Rockula
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 1:40
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00; (digital) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cabasa
- Cowbell
- Drum Set
- Flexatone
- Ride Cymbal
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Vibra-slap
- Xylophone
Players shouting and snapping fingers
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Experience "monster rock" like you've never experienced it before! This well-crafted, easy-grooving original derives its ghoulish charm from its funky beat and various sound effects, including flexatone, finger snaps, and the entire ensemble shouting "Boo!" A frighteningly fun piece that will put a smile on everyone's face, even if it is midnight with a full moon!
- Program Note from publisher
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Dobyns-Bennett High School Symphonic Band (Lafe Cook, conductor) - 2009
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Barber Middle School (Acworth, Ga.) 7th Grade Band (Bradley Rikard, conductor) – 12 November 2019
- Dobyns-Bennett High School (Kingsport, Tenn.) Symphonic Band (Lafe Cook, conductor) – 18 December 2009 (2009 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Chorale and Mystic Chant (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- Voyage of the Dragon Armada (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- The Big Mambo (2015)
- Chorale and Mystic Chant (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- Cloud Gate
- Count Rockula (2009)
- Friends of Freedom (2006)
- The Greatest Gift (2017)
- Mad Dash (2016)
- Pirates of the Barbary Coast (2009)
- Sea Shanty Variations (2013)
- Song of the Blacksmith, The (as arranger)
- Spyscape
- Starry Night (2015)
- Teleportation (2016)
- To Sail Beyond the Stars
- Traffic Jam (2008)
- Voyage of the Dragon Armada (2017)
- Voyage of the Dragon Armada (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- The Wobbly Unicycle
Resources
- Loest, T. (2009). Count Rockula [score]. FJH Music Company: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- Perusal score
- Timothy Loest website Accessed 8 July 2021