Robert Buckley

Robert Buckley

Biography

Bob (Robert) Buckley (b. 1946, Brighton, Eng.) is a composer. He has studios in Vancouver, Montreal and Holland.

Bob has a diverse career as a composer, arranger, performer, producer, recording artist and conductor. In the pop world, he has created several albums and hit songs with labels such as CBS and A&M. The number one single Letting Go won him a gold record. He has conducted and arranged for major artists such as Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, Our Lady Peace, Simple Plan and Aerosmith, to name a few. In the film and television world, he has scored many award-winning shows for Disney, Alliance, ABC, FOX, CBS, PBS, CBC and the Cartoon Network. In the live stage world, he has composed music for contemporary dance, musicals and large-scale worldwide television events including the Calgary Olympics, the Victoria Commonwealth Games, the Vancouver Olympics and the FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony with Cirque Du Soleil. He composed This Is My Home for the Canada Pavilion at Expo '86, a song that has been performed at every Canada Day since and has become a Canadian tradition.

In the concert world, Buckley has composed and conducted for major symphony orchestras, and his symphonic wind band compositions have been performed worldwide. A recent highlight was an invitation to be composer-in-residence at the 37th annual Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic held at Troy University, Alabama, where his composition Continuum was premiered. His concert music is published by Hal Leonard, Alfred Music Publishing and C.L. Barnhouse Company.

Works for Winds

Adaptable Music

• Final Countdown (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
• Highlights from "Doctor Who" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2019)
• My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1959/2014)

All Wind Works

• Above and Beyond (2020)
• Ancient Stone Circles (2015)
• Arctic Fire. See: Symphony No. 1
• Attack of the Cyborgs (2017)
• Autumn's Garland. See: Symphony No. 3
• Bigfoot Stomp (2020)
• Cathedral Grove (2012)
• Codebreaker (2013)
• Continuum (2011)
• December (2013)
• Doctor Who (as arranger) (2016)
• Dreamcatcher (2016)
• Eagle Song (as arranger) (2018)
• Echo Lake (2014)
• Echoes of the Silent (2018)
• Excerpts from "The Rite of Spring" (as arranger) (2015)
• Fantasy on the Huron Carol (2014)
• Final Countdown (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
• Finn McCool (2020)
• Free Running (2012)
• From the Highest Peak (2017)
• The Gathering of Eagles (as arranger) (2018)
• Highlights from "Doctor Who" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2019)
• Highway of Heroes (2019)
• Hymn to Freedom (as arranger) (1962/2017)
• I Am the Doctor (as arranger) (2015)
• Iditarod. See: Symphony No. 1
• Jitterbug! (2018)
• Kingdom of the Sun and Moon (2015)
• The Knights' Creed (2018)
• Land of the Midnight Sun. See: Symphony No. 1
• LOL (2016)
• The Legend of Billy Miner (2018)
• Let the Bells Ring! (2015)
• Lightspeed (2017)
• The Lions March (2020)
• The Magic Mirror (2020)
• My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1959/2014)
• Ogopogo (2015)
• An Olympic Celebration (2007/2010)
• Pacifica (Buckley) (2013)
• Portraits of the North. See: Symphony No. 1
• Postcard from Amsterdam (2015)
• Postcard from England (2014)
• Postcard from Pittsburgh (2013)
• Prestidigitation (2016)
• Procession of the Sorcerers (2009/2012)
• Propulsion (2014)
• Raven (as arranger) (2020)
• ReBoot (2013)
• Red Sky (2015)
• Rock It Science (2013)
• The Seas of the Moon
  • Sea of Tranquility (2018)
  • Foaming Sea (2018)
  • Sea of Clouds (2019)
  • Serpent Sea (2019)
• Smoke and Mirrors (2012)
• Smugglers' Cove (2019)
• Snow (2017)
• Spirit of the Wolf (as arranger) (2019)
• Spring Awakening. See: Symphony No. 3
• Squonk Blues (2016)
• Starburst (2015)
• Summer Festivals. See: Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 1 (2012-2014)
  • Arctic Fire (2014)
  • Land of the Midnight Sun (2013)
  • Iditarod (2012)
• Symphony No. 3 (2021)
  • Autumn's Garland
  • Winter Light
  • Spring Awakening
  • Summer Festivals
• Synergy (2019)
• Themes from "The Crown" (as arranger) (2020)
• Thunderbird
• A Tribute to Arthur Delamont
  • Front and Center (2015)
  • Memento (2015)
  • Flying Colors (2015)
• Undercurrents (2016)
• Walking to the Sky (2016)
• Where Mountains Touch the Sky (2014)
• Wild Rose Jamboree (2016)
• Windjammer (2011)
• Winter Light. See: Symphony No. 3
• Wolf Song (as arranger) (2019)

Resources

• Bob Buckley Productions
• Robinson, David. "Undercurrents." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12, Compiled and edited by Andrew Trachsel, 1097-1105. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2021.
• White, Christopher G. "Postcard from England." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12, Compiled and edited by Andrew Trachsel, 429-436. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2021.