Last Battle, The
General Info
Year: 2003 / 2018
Duration: c. 3:03
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00; (digital) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Beaded Gourd
- Cabasa
- Congas
- Crash Cymbals
- Hi-hat Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Last Battle is a musical depiction of the final siege of the Civil War at Fort Blakely and Spanish Fort, Alabama. Composed for the concert band, the piece employs the use of dissonant harmonies and aleatoric (random) compositional techniques, in addition to conventional melodic and harmonic content.
-Program Note by composer
Dedicated to the Spanish Fort Concert Band, Leslie Stover, Director.
-Program Note from score
N.B. Extended program notes may be found in the perusal score.
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Band Class B
- Tennessee: III
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Bundang Wind Orchestra of Korea - 6 December 2009
Works for Winds by This Composer
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- Ashford Celebration (2001)
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- Blunderbuss Battles (2012)
- Broadway Classics (as arranger) (2003)
- Cango Caves (2002)
- Christmas Bossa Nova (as arranger) (2001)
- Classical Gas (as arranger) (2014)
- CompleX 2030 (2013)
- Con Brio (2012)
- Cotton Ferry Expedition (2007)
- Coventry Carol (as arranger) (2009)
- Creepers in the Castle (2015)
- Dancin' on the Bayou (2003)
- Dark Adventure (2001)
- The Dark Knight Rises (as arranger) (2013)
- Dervish (2008)
- Desperado (as arranger)
- Dillon's Flight (2007)
- Dimensions (2003)
- Divas! (as arranger) (2001)
- Down Home Christmas (as arranger) (2006)
- Dumb Love (as arranger) (2013)
- Dune Buggy (2012)
- El Tiburon! (2017)
- Everything is Awesome (as arranger) (2014)
- Fantasy Carol (as arranger) (2005)
- Fire Caves of Golgathon (2006)
- Fire's Edge (2015)
- For All the Wyle Eternal (2009)
- Frosty's Caribbean Holiday (as arranger) (2003)
- Funkytown (as arranger) (2014)
- G-Force Five (2005)
- Galileo's Vision (2004)
- Give Up the Funk (as arranger) (2012)
- Gizmo (2011)
- Go West! (as arranger) (2004)
- Happy Birthday Around the World (as arranger) (2003)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part II (as arranger) (2011)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (as arranger) (2001/2005)
- High School Cadets (as arranger) (2000)
- Highlights from "The Lord of the Rings" (as arranger) (2002)
- Hip-Hop All the Way (as arranger) (2005)
- Hooroosh! (2006)
- House of Cards Theme (as arranger) (2013/2015)
- Hyperdrive (2014)
- Idols of America (as arranger) (2004)
- In Glorious Splendour (as setter) (2011)
- Invasion! (2019)
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (as arranger) (2004)
- It's My Party (as arranger) (1963/2001)
- It's Vegas, Baby
- Journey of the Taikonaut (2004)
- Kernkraft 400 (as arranger) (2012)
- The Last Battle (2003)
- Layla (as arranger) (2007)
- Let it Snow!/Winter Wonderland (as arranger) (2005)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (as arranger) (2001)
- Lux Prima (as arranger) (1791/2008)
- Minecraft (as arranger) (2011/2015)
- Minnie the Moocher (as arranger) (2013)
- Moonlight Serenade (as arranger) (2004)
- New Age Christmas (as arranger) (2000)
- Ooh La La (as arranger) (2014)
- Panopticon Rising (2015)
- Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (as arranger) (2000)
- Patton (as arranger) (2007)
- Pippin (as arranger) (2014)
- Pique Dame Highlights (as arranger) (2012)
- Planet X (2015)
- Quantum Mission (2009)
- Rogue River (2019)
- Romanza (1991/2002)
- Royal Canadian Sketches (2001)
- Sailing Onward until Dawn (2013)
- Secret Agent Man (as arranger) (2002)
- She Flies with Her Own Wings (2015)
- Majestic Columbia
- Galaxy in Crater Lake
- Rogue River (2015/2019)
- Sea to Sky
- Beyond Whistler (2008)
- March: The Lion's Gate (2007)
- Shannon Falls (2007)
- Stawamus Chief (2008)
- The Sleeping Place of the Stars (2004)
- Slip and Slide (2000)
- Slovenian Folk Dances (as arranger) (2005)
- Songs of Aloha (2014)
- Soul Man (as arranger) (1967/2012)
- Sounds of Joy (as arranger) (2002)
- Spirit of Troy (2010)
- Spy Games (2008)
- Strange Pursuit (2007)
- Suite from "Man of Steel" (as arranger) (2014)
- Suite from Video Games Live - Part I (as arranger) (2007)
- Suite from Video Games Live - Part 2 (as arranger) (2002/2008)
- Sun Peaks (2009)
- Swing Those Bells (as arranger) (2000)
- A Swingin' Holiday (as arranger) (2008)
- Swingin' on the Housetop (as arranger) (2001)
- Temple of Ka Uka (2008)
- Theme from "Patton" (as arranger) (1970/2007)
- To Forge the New Frontier (2000)
- Tonadillas Suite (as arranger) (2012)
- Totally Tina Turner (as arranger) (2005)
- Un Flambeau Jeannette, Isabelle (2004)
- Video Games Live, Part I. See: *Suite from Video Games Live - Part I
- Video Games Live, Part II. See: Suite from Video Games Live - Part 2
- Voices of Thronateeska (2002)
- Voyage Jubiloso (2002)
- Walvisbaai (2014)
- Winter Rhapsody (2004)
- The Wizard of Oz, Themes (as arranger) (2007)
Resources
- Ford, R. (2003). The Last Battle [score]. Belwin-Mills Publishing Co.: Miami, Fla.
- Perusal score