More Cowbell!
Medley arranged by Michael Brown
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 4:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Cowbell
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 (also plays Shaker)
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bells
- Cabasa
- Congas (2)
- Drumset
- Guiro
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-toms (2)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The use of the cowbell in the pop music of the 1970s was famously portrayed on a Saturday Night Live skit with Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell. This arrangement of cowbell-laden tunes includes: (Don’t Fear) The Reaper, Low Rider, Drive My Car, and Oye Como Va.
- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performance
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (David Robinson, conductor) - 18 November 2021
- San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) Band (Leonard Lutz, conductor) – 18 November 2018
- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Keith Waibel, conductor) – 30 August 2016
- Valley Stream (N.Y.) Community Band (Todd Holly, conductor) – 4 August 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Chariots of Fire (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1981/2016)
- Coldplay Classics (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016)
- Feel It Still (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2017)
- Hallelujah (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1984/2010/2017)
- The Hanging Tree (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014/2015)
- Highlights from "The Greatest Showman" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2017/2018)
- Highlights from Walt Disney Pictures' "The Lion King" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1994/2017)
- I'm Still Standing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1983/2020)
- It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1951/1979/2019)
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Gillis; as adapter) (1990/)
- Low Rider (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1975/2014)
- The Music of James Bond (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
- The Pink Panther (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1963/2011)
- Pixar Movie Favorites (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016)
- The Saints' Hallelujah (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger, with Henderson) (1991/2015)
- Shake It Off (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014/2015)
- Sogno di Volare (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2019)
- Waltz No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (post 1956/2021)
All Wind Works
- ABBA on Broadway (as arranger)
- Alan Silvestri: A Night at the Movies (as arranger)
- America from "West Side Story" (as arranger)
- American Anthem (as arranger)
- Appalachian Air (as arranger) (2004)
- Armed Forces Salute (as arranger with Murtha)
- Atlas (as arranger) (2013/2014)
- The Avengers (as arranger) (2012)
- Beach Boys Greatest Hits, The (as arranger)
- Captain America March (as arranger)
- Christmas Pipes (as arranger) (2014)
- Chariots of Fire (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1981/2016)
- Coldplay Classics (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016)
- Dance Fever (as arranger) (2010)
- A Disneyland Celebration (as arranger) (2006)
- Fantasy Adventure at the Movies (as arranger) (2011)
- Feel It Still (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2017)
- The Genius of Ray Charles (as arranger) (2004)
- Get Smart (as arranger) (1965/2009)
- Go the Distance (as arranger)
- Grown-Up Christmas List (as arranger) (1992/2012)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (as arranger) (2014)
- Hallelujah (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1984/2010/2017)
- The Hanging Tree (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014/2015)
- Hans Zimmer: Movie Milestones (as arranger) (2017)
- Happy (as arranger)
- Highlights from Walt Disney Pictures' "Enchanted" (as arranger) (2008)
- Highlight from "Frozen" (as arranger)
- Highlights from "Into the Woods" (as arranger) (1987/2015)
- Highlights from "Jersey Boys" (as arranger) (2007)
- Highlights from "La La Land" (as arranger) (2016/2017)
- Highlights from "Star Trek into Darkness" (as arranger)
- Highlights from "The Greatest Showman" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2017/2018)
- Highlights from Walt Disney Pictures' "The Lion King" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1994/2017)
- Highlights from "Wicked" (as arranger)
- Home (as arranger) (2011/2013)
- How Does a Moment Last Forever (as arranger) (2017)
- I Dreamed a Dream (as arranger) (1980/2009)
- I'm Still Standing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1983/2020)
- Irving Berlin's Christmas (as arranger)
- It's a Grand Night for Singing (as arranger)
- It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1951/1979/2019)
- Jerusalema (as arranger) (2019/2022)
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Gillis; as adapter) (1990/)
- Let It Go (as arranger) (2014)
- Letters from War (as arranger)
- Low Rider (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1975/2014)
- The Mansions of the Lord (as arranger) (2002/2004)
- March of the Belgian Paratroopers (as arranger)
- Medley from "Beauty and the Beast" (as arranger) (1991)
- Moon River (as arranger)
- More Cowbell! (as arranger) (2015)
- Music from “Demon Slayer: Mugen Train” (as arranger) (2022/2023)
- Music from "The Hunger Games" (as arranger) (2012)
- Music from "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (as arranger) (1990/2004)
- Music for a Darkened Theater (as arranger) (2007)
- The Music of James Bond (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
- My Shot (as arranger) (2015/2017)
- Nearer My God To Thee (as arranger) (1856/2012)
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (as arranger)
- Opening Night on Broadway (as arranger)
- Oye Como Va (as arranger)
- Peter Gunn (as arranger)
- The Pink Panther (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1963/2011)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (as arranger) (2011)
- Pixar Movie Favorites (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016)
- Pixar Movie Magic (as arranger) (2011)
- Sadness and Sorrow (as arranger) (2002/2019)
- The Saints' Hallelujah (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger with Henderson) (1991/2015)
- Salvation Is Created (as arranger) (1912/2016)
- Salvation Is Created (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1912/2016)
- Santana in Concert (as arranger) (2012)
- Selections from "Dear Evan Hansen" (as arranger) (2017/2018)
- Selections from "Sing" (as arranger) (2017)
- Selections from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (as arranger)
- Selections from "Up" (as arranger) (2009)
- Shake It Off (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014/2015)
- Singin' in the Rain (as arranger) (1929/2018)
- Sogno di Volare (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2019)
- Somewhere (as arranger) (1957/2012)
- The Soulful Sixties (2011)
- Soundtrack Highlights from "Avengers: Endgame" (as arranger) (2019)
- Soundtrack Highlights from "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom"
- Soundtrack Highlights from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (as arranger) (2015/2018)
- Soundtrack Highlights from "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (as arranger) (2015/2019)
- Soundtrack Highlights from Walt Disney Productions' "Alice in Wonderland" (as arranger) (2010)
- Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday" (as arranger) (2020)
- St Thomas (as arranger)
- Symphonic Portrait (2009)
- This Is Me (as arranger) (2017)
- A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch (as arranger) (2013)
- Tribute to Whitney Houston (as arranger) (2013)
- Waltz No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (post 1956/2021)
- What Was I Made For? (as arranger) (2023/2024)
- Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly (as arranger) (2000/)
- Yesterday. See: Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday"
Resources
- Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Michael Brown." Accessed 18 August 2016.