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GR Selection
Subtitle: For Medium Formation
Contents
General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 12:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Video game
Publisher: Robert Martin
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II (I doubles Soprano Saxophone)
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
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Claves
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Toms (4)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This piece took seven years from 1992 to complete. It is rearranged from the soundtrack of Giant Robo, an OVA [original video animation] under the charge of Masamichi Amano.
Giant Robo is an original video animation series based on Yokoyama Mitsuteru's manga series of the same name. At that time, it was critically acclaimed for its plot development, high quality of production rivalling that of feature length movies, as well as its full orchestra score.
Many requests were received to shorten and lower the difficulty of the original piece meant for a large formation, leading to a rearrangement of this piece meant for a medium formation.
- Program Note by publisher
Giant Robo (ジャイアントロボ Jaianto Robo) is a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, in which the huge robot of the same name as the title appears. Tokusatsu, anime, etc. based on this manga were produced.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Commercial Discography
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- National Taipei University of Education (Taipei City, Taiwan) Symphonic Band (Ching-Chun Lin, conductor) - 20 December 2019 (2019 Midwest Clinic)
- Ad-hoc Satit Samakkee Symphonic Band (Thailand) – 27 December 2014
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Alas de Hierro
- Bohemian Rhapsody (as arranger)
- Concerto Grosso (2002/2008)
- Expiation
- GR Selection (2002)
- Kokyou (2009)
- La suite excentrique (2004)
- Preludio espressiva (2017)
Resources
- Amano, M. (2002). "GR" Sélection [score]. R. Martin: Charnay-lès-Mâcon, France.
- Giant Robo, Wikipedia Accessed 21 December 2019
