Live and Let Die

Paul McCartney

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General Info

Year: 1973 / 2015
Duration: c. 2:55
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
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
Electric Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Live and Let Die is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die, written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was the most successful Bond theme to that point, charting at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart.

Commissioned specifically for the movie, it reunited the former Beatle with the band's producer, George Martin, who produced the song and arranged the orchestra. It has been covered by several bands, with the Guns N' Roses version being the most popular cover. Both the McCartney and the Guns N' Roses versions were nominated for Grammy Awards. In 2012, McCartney was awarded the Million-Air Award from Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), for more than 4 million performances of the song in the US.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Columbus (Ohio) State Community College Concert Band (Thomas Lloyd, conductor) - 1 May 2018
Hercules (Calif.) High School Concert Band (Erik Radkiewicz (?), conductor) – 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Best of the Beatles (Flex instrumentation) (with Lennon; arr. Moss) (2003/2010)

All Wind Works

Abbey Road (with Lennon; arr. Hearshen) (1969/2009)
All You Need Is Love (with Lennon; arr. Cable and Dedrick) (1998)
And I Love Her (with Lennon)
The Beatles: Echos of an Era (with Lennon; arr. Higgins) (1982)
The Beatles: Love (with Lennon; arr. Bocook) (2008)
Beatles Collection (with Lennon; arr. de Meij) (1982)
Best of the Beatles (with Lennon; arr. Moss) (2003)
Best of the Beatles (Flex instrumentation) (with Lennon; arr. Moss) (2003/2010)
Blackbird (with Lennon; arr. Berg) (1968)
Blackbird (with Lennon; arr. Westover) (1968)
Can't Buy Me Love (with Lennon; arr. Murtha) (1964/2017)
Happiness Is a Warm Gun (with Lennon; arr. Westover)
Hello, Goodbye (with Lennon; arr. Ricketts) (2010)
A Hard Day's Night. See: Selections from "A Hard Day's Night"
Hey Jude (with Lennon; arr. Bocook) (1968/1992)
Hey Jude (with Lennon; arr. Westover) (1968)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (with Lennon)
Let It Be Medley (with Lennon; arr. Balent) (1970)
Live and Let Die (arr. Murtha) (1973/2015)
The Long and Winding Road (with Lennon; arr. Svarda) (1966)
Martha My Dear (with Lennon; arr. Hammell) (1968/2016/2021)
Michelle (with Lennon; arr. Wilkinson) (1965/1966)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with Lennon; arr. Holmes) (1968)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with Lennon; arr. Westover) (1968)
Penny Lane (with Lennon; arr. Maxwell) (1967/2012)
Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles (with Lennon; arr. Story) (2010)
Selections from "A Hard Day's Night" (with Lennon; arr. Sweeney) (1964/1999)
Sergeant Pepper Medley (with Lennon; arr. Avshalomov) (1967/1971)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (with Lennon; arr. Edmondson) (1967/1978)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (with Lennon; arr. Sweeney) (1967/2007)
Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday" (with Lennon; arr Brown) (2020)
The Symphonic Beatles (with Lennon; arr. Cacavas) (1992)
When I'm 64 (with Lennon)
Yellow Submarine (with Lennon)
Yesterday (with Lennon). See also: Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday"

Resources

Live and Let Die (song), Wikipedia Accessed 13 January 2019