Music from "The Shape of Water"
Alexandre Desplat (arr. Robert Longfield)
General Info
Year: 2017 / 2018
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00; (digital) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bells
- Chimes
- Mark Tree
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the shimmering music is mesmerizing with flowing lines that seem to glow with pastel instrumental colors. These distinctive melodies have been skillfully adapted in creating this delicate and moving arrangement for concert band.
- Program Note from publisher
The Shape of Water is a 2017 American romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor.
Set in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1962, the story follows a mute cleaner at a high-security government laboratory who falls in love with a captured humanoid amphibian creature.
The Shape of Water received a number of awards and nominations, including thirteen nominations at the 90th Academy Awards, where it won for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Production Design, and Best Original Score. It was nominated for seven awards at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, winning for Best Director and Best Original Score, twelve at the 71st British Academy Film Awards, winning three awards including Best Director, and fourteen at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, winning four awards. A novelization by del Toro and Daniel Kraus was published on March 6, 2018.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Columbus (Ohio) State Community College Concert Band (Thomas Lloyd, conductor) - 20 April 2020 (planned but not performed)
- Kanawha Valley (Charleston, W.V.) Community Band – 21October 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Music from "The Shape of Water" (arr. Longfield) (2017/2018)
- Selections from "Godzilla" (arr. Story) (2015)
- Symphonic Suite from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows #2" (arr. Bullock) (2012)
Resources
- Alexandre Desplat website Accessed 18 May 2021
- Perusal score
- The Shape of Water, Wikipedia Accessed 18 May 2021