This is my entry to the Bleeding Fingers "Hans Zimmer Wants You" Contest.

I have used two of the stem files, the strings and percussion, to create a structure to this work. I have added lots of brass and voice to create the chordal and melodic elements. There is a euphonium melody that extends throughout, sometimes in the foreground and sometimes adding a subtle counter-melodic theme.

Opening Destiny's Door - Simon Arnott - Bleeding Fingers Contest

Ten Leagues Beyond did a quick recording of Go Down Moses at the end of rehearsal. We wanted to see if we could remember it after winning the Mid-Somerset Festival Vocal Ensemble Trophy a couple of months earlier.
Some reverb later and here it is! Not a perfect performance, but a pretty good representation of my arrangement.

Go Down Moses - Ten Leagues Beyond

HotTUBBS sing Simon Arnott's arrangement of Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen live at the Manchester Amateur Choral Competition.

HotTUBBS Sing Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

Christmas Memories
The Moonlight Singers
Words by Emma Wood
Music by Simon Arnott

Christmas Memories - The Moonlight Singers

160 Miles of Strange Cases
Composed by Simon Arnott

French Horn: Peter Reit (www.peterreit.com)

Performed on the 8th of July 2012 Jan Hus Presbyterian Church, New York, as part of the 15 Minutes of Fame Composer's Voice Series http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/featuring/Peter_Reit/

This piece was selected as part of Vox Novus - Composer's Voice "15 Minutes of Fame". Written on a journey, this work is a multi-personality showcase for the French horn in under a minute! It shows the capabilities of the instrument's style and range; the work even includes ‘jazzy’ memories of many fun times had with the school big band and the “bad-ass” French Horn.


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