The ballad movement for Willoughby South High School's 2013 production entitled "Mirror's Edge".  The piece is an arrangement of "Pandora's Box" by Alan Silvestri, used in the film "Tomb Raider - Cradle of Life"

Mirror's Edge - Ballad

The original introduction for Eastside Fury's 2013 show entitled "I Am".  This arrangement utilizes music from the film "Tron: Legacy".

Eastside Fury 2013 - Introduction

Cleveland Browns Drumline - Turn Down for What Remix

Audition excerpt for Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps 2015

Pio 2015 Opener Excerpt

Pioneer 2015 - Hittite Battle Chunk

The Seventh Circle is a piece for Marimba Soloist w/Audio Accompaniment.  Available for download at the link below http://sixtofiveproductions.com/products/35/seventh-circle-marimba-audio-accompaniment

The Seventh Circle for 5 Octave Solo Marimba w/Audio Accompaniment

Opener for the Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps 2015 Production of "Exodus".  

Pioneer DBC 2015 - Exodus - Opener

Pioneer DBC 2015 - Goodbyes

Exodus - Parting Of The Red Sea

Dance movement for Pioneer's 2015 Production, "Exodus".

Exodus - Celebration

The Finale Movement to Pioneer's 2015 Production "Exodus"

Pioneer 2015 - Exodus Finale

Truancy Report - It Came From the Closet(excerpt)

The Opener for Eastside Fury Percussion Ensembles 2012 WGI show entitled "No Strings Attached".  The source material is from a piece entitled Szerencsétlen by electronic Artist Venetian Snares.  

Eastside Fury 2012 - Opener - szerencsétlen by Venetian Snares

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"Volcano!" tells the story of a small town ravaged by a volcanic eruption:

The introduction and opener sets the mood of an innocent, fun-loving town unaware of the seemingly dormant Volcano waiting to unleash its fury.  

As the opener comes to an exciting finish, the second movement introduces a more somber mood with occasional rumbling  being heard in the background.  After a few rumbles, the volcano finally erupts which introduces a raucous percussion feature complete with explosions, electronic drum samples, and ending with a dub step influenced finale as the lava flows across the field.  

The 3rd movement begins with a somber horn solo with interjections of solo snare drum and chime notes.  This movement represents the aftermath of the death and destruction that just occurred.  

The somber wind music slowly turns optimistic as the show transitions into the 4th movement.  Here, the town has overcome the loss of their town and is ready to rebuild.  The driving rhythms in the percussion and the quotes of Stravinsky's' "Firebird" help draw this show to a magnificent close.  

The show was commissioned by Laura Ketchum and the Flushing High School Marching Band for their 2012 season.  Flushing High School, with the hard work and dedication of the staff and students, made it to the Michigan Competing Band Association State Championships where they finished toward the top in their class!   

John Max McFarland

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