Fighters of Fate
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Video game
Publisher: Pebblekick Music
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $150.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Piatti
- Puili Sticks
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Fighters of Fate is the latest concert work from six-time Emmy award-winning composer Gary Kuo. Adapted from music produced for a mobile video game currently in development, this fast, bright, and exciting concert opener takes the listener through one complete level of game play using themes and motifs heard during the titles, magic card selection, and battle stages. In addition to an extensive use of brass, the work was written to showcase the percussion section. “I often see many fine musicians waiting around simply to play a few isolated measures,” says Gary Kuo, “so I wanted to write something special with them in mind.”
Gary Kuo originally wrote the music for the game in 2017. The music was adapted for wind ensemble for the La Sierra University (Riverside, Calif.) Wind Ensemble, conducted by Giovanni Santos, for a Carnegie Hall premiere in March 2018.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Andrews University (Berrien Springs, Mich.) Wind Symphony (Byron Graves, conductor) – 13 April 2019
- State University of New York, Fredonia, Concert Band (Ray Stewart, conductor) – 27 September 2018
- La Sierra University (Riverside, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Giovanni Santos, conductor) – 15 March 2018 (Carnegie Hall, New York) *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Band Together (2023)
- Fighters of Fate (2018)
- The Grand Sierras (2018)
- Mountain Spires (2013)
- Wingspan (2015)
Resources
- "Fighters of Fate." Facebook. Accessed 15 March 2018
- Gary Kuo, personal correspondence, June 2018
- Gary Kuo website Accessed 15 March 2018
- Perusal score