Magnificent Seven, The (arr Phillippe)
Elmer Bernstein (arr. Phillippe)
General Info
Year: 1960 / 2006
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $77.00; (digital) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
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-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Claves
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Horst Buchholz, James Coburn, Brad Dexter, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Charles Bronson. The film is an Old West-style remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai. Brynner, McQueen, Buchholz, Bronson, Vaughn, Coburn, and Dexter portray the title characters, a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits and their leader (Wallach).
The film's score is by Elmer Bernstein. Along with the iconic main theme and effective support of the story line, the score also contains allusions to twentieth-century symphonic works, such as the reference to Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, second movement, in the tense quiet scene just before the shootout. The original soundtrack was not released at the time until reused and rerecorded by Bernstein for the soundtrack of Return of the Seven.
In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of North Dakota (Bismarck) University Band (James Popejoy, conductor) - 27 April 2021
- Windham (NH) Concert Band (Spencer Aston, conductor) – 7 April 2018
- Triton College Community Band (River Grove, Ill.) (Dana Legg, conductor) – 5 March 2018
- University of Leeds (England) Concert Band (Connor Marston, conductor) – 13 May 2017
- Maybrook (N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Kevin Scott, conductor) – 20 May 2016
- Festival Wind Orchestra (Toronto, Ont.) (Keith Reid, conductor) – 22 June 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Great Escape (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1963/2014)
All Wind Works
- The Great Escape (arr. Burton) (1963/2010)
- The Great Escape (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1963/2014)
- The Great Escape (arr. Smeets) (1963/)
- The Great Escape March (arr. Smith) (1963/1991/1995)
- The Magnificent Seven (tr. Nefs) (1960/)
- The Magnificent Seven (arr. Peeters) (1960/2001)
- The Magnificent Seven (arr. Phillippe) (1960/2006)
- The Magnificent Seven (arr. Smeets) (1960/1997)
- March from "The Great Escape" (arr. Edmondson) (1963/)
Resources
- Bernstein, E.; Phillippe, R. (2006). The Magnificent Seven [score]. EMI U Catalog Inc." [s.l.]
- Elmer Bernstein website Accessed 28 June 2023
- The Magnificent Seven, Wikipedia Accessed 9 May 2017