A piece written by Chris Birch as part of his doctorate at Kings College London recorded by Matt Roberts. 

Solilodrama

TRUMPET CLIPS

The Sound Ideas Film Orchestra

The concert also featured the 56-piece Sound Ideas Film Orchestra which were both created from scratch and managed by myself, with original film score arrangements were written and conducted by David Livesey.

I played principle trumpet and also featured as a soloist when I played the theme from “Kill Bill’s” The Green Hornet from memory in front of my orchestra.

We had five two hour rehearsals in order to rehearse 40 minutes of new arrangements which were being played for the first time ever. However once we got everyone in and settled we had more like an hour and a half for each rehearsal. Unfortunately all but 2 rehearsals were in the colleges Lecture rooms due to booking priorities and it was a bit of a squeeze to put it lightly.

Regardless we all carried on and worked very hard to make the most of the time we had and thanks to some forward planning from myself and Dave we managed to sort most issues before they became a problem. A major issue was that part of Dave’s arrangements proved to be very tricky for the strings with such limited rehearsal time so we simply ripped that chunk out and dropped in a new brass and percussion section that Dave adapted from our friend Nick’s trombone arrangement.

Listening to the recording I think that this disaster proved to be one of the best bits. Listen out for the Arean theme noted by the heavy use of bass trombone and snare followed by a seamless transition into the Imperial March. This was more by accident than design but it sounds fantastic.

The Sound Ideas Film Orchestra

Big Band

Small Band

High Register Trumpet Playing

Recording with the Razorbax. Here's a short filleted sample. Obviously showing off the multitrack trumpets. Me playing with me, me and myself.

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