Sea Hawk, The (arr Verhaert)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (arr. Steven Verhaert)
General Info
Year: 1940 / 2004
Duration: c. 4:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Beriato Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $147.00 | Score Only (print) - $28.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I-II
- Bassoon I-II
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- 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-III-IV
- Trombone I-II
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- String Bass
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II-III, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Crash Cymbal
- *Glockenspiel
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Tambourine
- *Tam-tam
- *Vibraphone
- *Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Eric Korngold’s score to Sea Hawk is considered to be Korngold’s film score masterpiece. In 1940, when Korngold chose to work on The Sea Hawk, he had already written outstanding scores for Errol Flynn's films The Adventures of Robin Hood and Captain Blood. Korngold wrote 106 minutes of music for its 126-minute length. He used the full Warner Bros. orchestra of 54 players, plus exotic percussion instruments in the sequences set in Panama.
- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music
The Sea Hawk was Erich Korngold's last film score for a series of blockbuster swashbuckler films, all
starring Errol Flynn. Other films in this series included The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Captain
Blood (1935). It is widely regarded as one of Korngold's best scores. The film, running two hours and six
minutes, was one of the longest he ever worked on and featured a symphonic accompaniment for all
but 20 minutes. In the final duel between Thorpe and Wolfingham, music historian Laurence E.
MacDonald states that "Korngold's breathlessly fast-paced music helps to make this one of the most
exciting swordfights in cinema history."
- Program Note by Gregory C. Depp for the Metropolitan Wind Symphony concert program, 5 March 2017
Media
- Audio CD: Rundfunk Blasorchester Leipzig (Miro Saje, conductor) - 2010
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Musikkapelle Villnöss (Italy) (Hans Pircher, conductor) - 22 April 2019
- Metropolitan Wind Symphony (Lexington, Mass.) (Lewis J. Buckley, conductor) – 5 March 2017
- Indiana Wind Symphony (Charles Conrad, conductor) 22 April 2017 (The Palladium, Carmel IN)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Captain Blood (arr. Morsch) (1935/1985(?))
- Die tote Stadt (arr. Langslet)
- Kings Row Fanfare (arr. Haeck) (1942/2017)
- Marietta's Lied (tr. Odom) (1920/2001)
- Military March in B-flat (tr. Yates) (1917/2007)
- Robin Hood and His Merry Men (1938/)
- Sea Hawk (arr. Brubaker) (1940/2010)
- The Sea Hawk (arr. Verhaert) (1940/2004)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Eric Korngold." Accessed 7 March 2017