Twister
Mark Mancina (arr. Robert W. Smith)
Subtitle: Main Theme
General Info
Year: 1996 /
Duration: c. 1:55
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Hi-Hat
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The pure, raw power of Mother Nature in all her fury is unleashed. Motion picture audiences will long remember the unbelievable assortment of life, limb and property flying through the air, all focused by a fantastic musical score. Here is the most recognizable and memorable theme from this blockbuster film.
- Program Note adapted from publisher
Twister is a 1996 American epic disaster film directed by Jan de Bont from a screenplay by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Todd Field, and Jeremy Davies as a group of amateur but spirited storm chasers trying to deploy a tornado research device during a severe outbreak in Oklahoma.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Shelby (Ind.) Community Band (Angelo Anton, conductor) - 16 April 2023
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Highlights from "Moana" (Flex instrumentation) (with Lin-Manuel Miranda; arr. Vinson) (2016/2017)
All Wind Works
- Con Air (arr. Jiri Kadlec)
- Highlights from "Moana" (Flex instrumentation) (with Lin-Manuel Miranda; arr. Vinson) (2016/2017)
- Highlights from "Planes (arr. Brown) (2015)
- Selections from "Moana" (with Lin-Manuel Miranda; arr. Bocook) (2016/2017)
- Twister (arr. Smith) (1996)
Resources
- Robert W. Smith website Accessed 16 April 2023
- Twister (1996 film). Wikipedia. Accessed 16 April 2023