Concert Suite from The Polar Express, arr. Jerry Brubaker - Score & Sound
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Concert Suite from The Polar Express
Featuring: Believe / The Polar Express / When Christmas Comes to Town / Spirit of the Season
By Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri / arr. Jerry Brubaker
Item: 00-CBM04033
PRICE: $89.00
Series: Pop Symphonic Band
Category: Concert Band
Level: 4 (Medium)
This blockbuster Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard film score has been masterfully scored for symphonic band. The medley includes "Believe," "The Polar Express," "When Christmas Comes to Town," and "Spirit of the Season." Wonderful film music - let the child come out for the holiday season.
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@benhaushalter5067 4 жыл бұрын
Sees sharps Whole Band: aight imma head out
@yosheyman2515 3 жыл бұрын
They be like “aight imma ignore “
@jumo4977 3 жыл бұрын
A# 😰
@andrewpennell7920 2 жыл бұрын
This comment is absolutely brilliant LOL
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar 2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewpennell7920 when does "aight imma..." equal brilliance. Cavemen sound more sophisticated.
@cluelessdenizen2258 Ай бұрын
you thought that shit was funny?
@inkuii 5 жыл бұрын
When you can actually hear the flutes and they aren't drowned out by the strings.
@allucents 4 жыл бұрын
Rip after :/
@venicetaylor1448 4 жыл бұрын
InkBlackShadow except there’s no strings
@trystinkraynak4718 4 жыл бұрын
There's no strings in this particular arrangement. In surprised they're not drowned out by the brass.
@TackyFlamingo 4 жыл бұрын
Strings? What band has strings other than jazz?
@venicetaylor1448 4 жыл бұрын
TackyFlamingo 8528 particularly a mass band ensemble or some professional orchestra have woodwind and brass instruments added
@tiffanypottenburgh1736 5 жыл бұрын
Pray for the flutes y’all
@karajohnson8604 5 жыл бұрын
Amen girl 😂😂
@wildexploration6487 5 жыл бұрын
trumpet
@jeremyvaldez3227 5 жыл бұрын
I think we’re all going through it together
@Sam-iz8ly 5 жыл бұрын
Just pray for everyone
@norabarlow17 5 жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏🙏🙏
@theraginginfernape9496 5 жыл бұрын
No amount of words can describe how much this piece gives chills
@jakedarmstadter6943 Жыл бұрын
Real
@fortuita4950 Жыл бұрын
I get chills every single time at the part measure 70
@rubyl39 Жыл бұрын
Duh because it’s the POLAR express…
@katieithink4295 4 жыл бұрын
Pray for the clarinets too
@spvcekitt3305 4 жыл бұрын
As a sophomore in high school, who is playing first Clarinet for this song right now, I thank you for your prayers. I need them. Desperately.
@emilyhargrave2471 4 жыл бұрын
I’m in seventh grade and we are playing this and I need prayers too😂
@connerb9739 4 жыл бұрын
My director made us sight read today at tempo it was. Scary to say the least.
@connerb9739 4 жыл бұрын
As a freshman 1st chair clarinet in high school thank you for the prayers
@jaidyn4472 3 жыл бұрын
spvcekitt im also a sophomore in hs that plays clarinet and when i saw this piece i really wanted to play it but once i heard the clarinets i was like nahhh nvm
@benson3955 3 жыл бұрын
Shoutout to 1st Trumpets, May the high E soar to the heavens
@kendradoane1205 2 жыл бұрын
😥
@ethanstevenson8173 2 жыл бұрын
The e is gonna be the death of me
@benson3955 2 жыл бұрын
@@ethanstevenson8173 what helped me is playing ungodly loud in a locker room and just going for it haha. Use good air my friend.
@ethanstevenson8173 2 жыл бұрын
@@benson3955 thanks for the advice 😂
@mariannaschwark 6 жыл бұрын
it would be fun if someone made a marching drill to this
@thebiggestbandgeek2206 6 жыл бұрын
French HornHomie We actually used this in our marching show this year
@mariannaschwark 6 жыл бұрын
That's actually amazing
@Kisao2 5 жыл бұрын
@Organic Gaming & Charles ey same and this is real fun
@FrostbiteP1ano 5 жыл бұрын
This man has the only good idea in the band section of KZfaq
@itshonestlyjay 5 жыл бұрын
NO STOP DON'T GIVE OUR BAND DIRECTORS ANY IDEAS PLEASE!!!!
@allisynweisenberger1941 4 жыл бұрын
#prayforeveryinstrument
@benson3955 3 жыл бұрын
Yo I played 1st Trumpet in this today and I almost overdosed on dopamine
@_acol6723 3 жыл бұрын
It’s basically our bands tradition to play this every year in our top band, takes a little bit for the first years of the band to learn but it’s so fun and always gives me chills.
@faultyrainbow4325 Жыл бұрын
Any tips for Flutes? lol
@_acol6723 Жыл бұрын
@@faultyrainbow4325 pray lmaoo
@TaliyahHarris1025 9 ай бұрын
@faultyrainbow4325 Breathe lol. Also fast fingers 😂
@trinitymchellen3457 7 жыл бұрын
I'm so mad at my director now because we should be play this
@introguy_405 7 жыл бұрын
trinity mchellen my director is the same way at our high school it's a tradition to play the polar express but ever since she came here she won't let us play it. This year she is letting one of the middl school bands play it and everyone is mad
@benahouser 7 жыл бұрын
My director teased us with this. He was like, "hey kids, sight read this". And we never played it again.
@mr.klunee4103 7 жыл бұрын
Well, with frequent key/tempo/style changes, lyrical and technical sections, it actually makes for a really good sight reading piece
@BeefStewGaming 5 жыл бұрын
@@benahouser My band sightread the entire thing today with no issues...
@BeefStewGaming 5 жыл бұрын
At full tempo I might add.
@breedarrough182 3 жыл бұрын
we learned this today. concert tomorrow. pray for us. pray for my lips. they are numb.
@josephfowlerblogs597 3 жыл бұрын
how did it go?
@ActAshira 3 жыл бұрын
1 day learning? how was it??
@asadunn9339 6 жыл бұрын
I WANT TO PLAY THIS SO BADLY!!! TUBA SOUNDS SO GOOOOOOD!!!!!
@cruz.c 5 жыл бұрын
only in the polar express part :/
@usetobethemagicpillownowit9130 5 жыл бұрын
Clorox Bleach this whole thing is polar express
@cruz.c 5 жыл бұрын
The magic Pillow lmao no i mean the actual polar express song which is the 2nd one in this arr
@usetobethemagicpillownowit9130 5 жыл бұрын
Clorox Bleach lol ok
@spacedragon6215 5 жыл бұрын
@@cruz.c wait... It's you again... Why are you talking about tubas, I play the tuba. The tubas are good though btw.
@loganhutchinson4677 5 жыл бұрын
Who ever played first trumpet they squeaked the high D at the end
@Lin-26 5 жыл бұрын
Logan Hutchinson where?
@lemongrassarch1432 5 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure this was made on a computer. If it was recorded then it would sound so much more choppy. Especially when they got loud.
@60darklord 4 жыл бұрын
Hitler The Stripper it’s not, you can here the piccolo go out of tune and the uneven vibrato.
@maliak4173 4 жыл бұрын
At least they can get to a high D lol
@krahz5872 2 жыл бұрын
one of the most memorable snare parts I ever played. How could I forget being the polar express in the song polar express from the suite from the movie polar express?
@Lys228 4 жыл бұрын
Ohh yess the flute oboe and bassoon 2:30 ♥︎♥︎♥︎ (I think that’s what I’m hearing lol)
@studdies4449 4 жыл бұрын
I hear the bassoon too
@user-dl5ks1fl8t 3 ай бұрын
It is my tradition with my band to play this every year. As a band director, every single time I hear this piece, it almost brings tears to my eyes because of how beautiful this song was orchestrated
@b4nks179 2 жыл бұрын
Our flutes are doing incredible on this piece! It made me cry today when we were playing it. I play percussion and im on the hi hat during the polar express part
@jayforerunner965 2 жыл бұрын
5:13 I might be brass but I love hearing those 1st Flute high note runs.
@chloejung3297 Жыл бұрын
i appreciate u
@riverflutes840 Жыл бұрын
those aren't even just 1st flutes, but the best part is they're the easiest runs in the whole piece
@dusky3189 5 жыл бұрын
The beginning is my favorite.
@juderb 3 жыл бұрын
This movie has a special place in my heart and I am very glad I was able to play this piece in my school wind band.
@vemnock3622 3 жыл бұрын
I grow up watching the movie
@orthopteran_cricket397 4 жыл бұрын
We played this at my school, but I didn’t get to play because right as I went up on stage my Bari sax stopped working- that’s what I get for using school owned instruments :,)
@nathansquires444 2 жыл бұрын
The pain. This happened to me during Marching band instead tho. I was no longer able to play low B flat or Low A because my Bari Decided to get a random leak. (I ended up fixing it but now when I let go of the E flat key, the pad doesn’t open completely but It’s as good as it’s gonna get)
@ilymyth1cal850 Жыл бұрын
as a bari player thats finna play this tmr in my town's band,i fet physical pain but i very much relate to having a bari do this to me ;-;,happened during a solo on my sophmore which was last yr 🙃
@martincamacho2244 3 жыл бұрын
Played this song in a concert 2 separate times and like I think the BASS CLARINET'S are under rated.
@michaelkemenes6496 3 жыл бұрын
They always are!!!!!!!! I play Bass Clarinet, and I can totally attest to that! They underestimate us hahaha
@ihavenoideawhatimdoing_2138 3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelkemenes6496 Yes! I totally agree! I am a bass clarinet too!
@nyancs7098 2 жыл бұрын
As a bassoonist and euphonium player, I love bc, when I’m playing bassoon I sit next to bass clarinet, they sound so good you guys Rock
@stevenwilliams1410 Жыл бұрын
Its been years but I love this song on the bass clarinet
@joechambers4965 Жыл бұрын
yeas I play bassoon and alto sax and my next instrument I hope to pick up is the bass clarinet because it sounds so cool
@darianvandyne5259 2 жыл бұрын
Nothing of this can beat our jazz ensemble absolutely SMASHING Hot Chocolate. YES
@Laarth 7 жыл бұрын
Very good arrangement! Playing it on our christmas concert this year :)
@IronAxel6 4 жыл бұрын
I remember playing this back in 9th Grade Concert Band. That was my Band Teachers (an alumni from the school) first year teaching. We only had 27 musicals in 9th Grade Concert Band that year. I was one of only four trumpets. I remember playing the second trumpet part. And now I’m going to graduate school to become a music teacher.
@b4nks179 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome job man
@IronAxel6 2 жыл бұрын
@@b4nks179 Thanks
@jasperthemurderer2308 7 жыл бұрын
my band is playing this tomorrow
@emerycorner 4 жыл бұрын
Flutes are almost always heard in concert season, I'm so happy
@pukalo 2 жыл бұрын
I played alto clarinet on this one. Props to the arranger for using the alto clarinet in such a relatively recent piece.
@EtherRith 2 ай бұрын
Give prayers to the flutes 😭
@rydacted8066 Жыл бұрын
We tried to play this in our winter concert last year and couldn’t get it together in time so we’re just trying it again this year, lmao. It’s sounding much better the second time around, and it’s soooo much fun to play. I was heartbroken when it got cut last year so I’m glad I could convince our director to give it another shot!
@MaddieJones-vf7fk 8 ай бұрын
This oboe part is wild
@faithpiraro3249 3 жыл бұрын
I played this piece years ago and it’s still my favorite. Really hard but so beautiful! Bassoon player✨
@pos3dion629 8 ай бұрын
First piece I’ve played in a hot minute that has a real bassoon part
@Adrian-ku2qy 4 жыл бұрын
No way a piece in G major I would’ve never thought I’d see the day
@connerb9739 4 жыл бұрын
Right? It's the first piece I've played in G major.
@1.5gundam 11 ай бұрын
青春時代を思い出す
@kenlilee7181 4 жыл бұрын
i remember we played this around christmas when i was a freshman and i loved it. (even though i was last chair flute and still didn’t know what i was doing after 4 years. 6th grade to 9th) this will always be my favorite.
@imdeejayem3705 3 жыл бұрын
Euphonium is usually not fun and you barely get any good parts. This piece is so fun to play that I got excited every time doing the runs around the end. So sick!
@user-qv9tg5su9v 2 ай бұрын
Check out Rapture by Brian Balmages and Arabian Dances by Brian Balmages.
@JudgementDragon Жыл бұрын
Our trumpets are dying to hit that last note.
@Lin-26 5 жыл бұрын
UHG THE MEMORIES
@annalisewilliams5422 6 жыл бұрын
we’re playing this at our christmas band concert and i’m playing the piano part!!
@camocat2962 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a flute...this song is absolute hell...ive only been playing for 2.5 years, its practically impossible on some parts😅
@riverflutes840 Жыл бұрын
oh lordy, I've been at it for six years and I STILL struggle
@SamuelMaloney-mb9sg Ай бұрын
I've been playing for 1.5 years and I'm trying to learn this 😢 my 7th grade band isn't playing it tho.
@goose7518 Жыл бұрын
I remember playing synth/piano on this lmao the beginning was fun
@ciaracynthia 4 жыл бұрын
Pray for clarinets lmao, high notes are HARD TO MOVE AROUND WITH SMALL FINGERS
@uhvale6759 4 жыл бұрын
They really aren't hard😂
@ciaracynthia 4 жыл бұрын
LiStEn BoY I have tiny fingers so they don’t cover the holes all they way😂
@uhvale6759 4 жыл бұрын
@@ciaracynthia i have tiny fingers too but it still works for me😂
@valerier3673 4 жыл бұрын
Us flutes have high notes and when we dont point our mouths high enough we squeak so...
@uhvale6759 4 жыл бұрын
@@valerier3673 we squeak whenever we do something "wrong" all the time, so there's really no point in your comment...
@zacvee7255 4 жыл бұрын
This would be a cool song to play my senior year
@samordonez5653 6 жыл бұрын
Playing this song this year its a lot of fun
@jeffpiegari4942 6 жыл бұрын
I love this piece
@joeheid2776 4 жыл бұрын
We played this about 5 years ago. We should be due to play it again. Not this year, but hopefully soon.
@addisenlandry3163 Жыл бұрын
When percussion isn’t blasting and you can hear the rest perfectly as well as the flutes who are always quiet
@JohnJApanovitch 5 жыл бұрын
Our symphony band played this last year at the holiday concert! I was so excited to hear this from them!
@dylanpaquette5167 3 жыл бұрын
My fav Christmas arrangement and my trumpets
@andrewspielman7084 4 жыл бұрын
LETS GO BAND they're amazing
@jonathanchun9151 5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@poisondog88 3 жыл бұрын
Trombone 1! Trombonists finally get some recognition!
@RobertRays 3 жыл бұрын
Fr man. That G on the 16th notes are a pain in the butt...
@haileyh243 4 жыл бұрын
My band is playing this for our winter concert and I'm pretty excited
@bugbugtheone2143 8 ай бұрын
As a 2nd flute playing this, I'm dead 💀
@xiiaohao3871 4 жыл бұрын
This song is so fun to play!! Ever since I found the soundtrack of The Polar Express (I haven't watched it btw), I fell in love with it, it just gave me lots of nostalgias, idk why, but the music is so GOOD.
@TheFoolish727 3 жыл бұрын
You should, its one of my favorites
@hobbitfalls1461 Жыл бұрын
My band just had to play this and my fingers were moving as fast as they possibly could on my clarinet when we got to the fast part. So many accidentals 😭
@pAst4 3 жыл бұрын
ah i love this piece, we had to play it this year and every time i hear it i want to cry because it sounds so pretty
@rinnygirl4234 4 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing piece of music 🎊
@bridgetkennedy3271 4 жыл бұрын
we played this last year and i get vietnam flashbacks anytime i hear the first note of this pieve
@Djay_B 3 жыл бұрын
I remember last year, High School wind ensemble...we played this, and it turned out amazing! Well, for a High School-level first wind ensemble.
@jonathanriggs6599 5 жыл бұрын
Playing this. It is extraordinarily difficult. But also fun
@axezak2093 Жыл бұрын
Never forget playing this last year it's so nice to listen to and play I kind of miss it tbh
@net_nytye_zheny669 4 жыл бұрын
Any french horns?
@Hannah-gh4by 3 жыл бұрын
Heck yeah
@ryanxu9983 Жыл бұрын
Holy crap the memories
@user-oi1oj1hj6x 6 ай бұрын
Never gets old
@doctordash4762 6 жыл бұрын
I played this it sounds amazing!
@RoseCadenza 10 ай бұрын
My community band played this arrangement a few years ago. I'm pretty sure I played the tenor sax part then. We're playing it again this year, and I'm playing oboe part this time. I always loved this arrangement! I always get excited when we get to play it.
@kweenXDelta 4 жыл бұрын
We’re playing this at our concert next week
@Winchester0806 Жыл бұрын
I can hear and feel those trumpets struggling with the high D at particular points in the song. That hits me where it hurts bro.
@BryanKujawa1 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!!
@mrsflamesodessa8224 3 жыл бұрын
Shivers in trumpet
@Agink1999 6 жыл бұрын
we're going to play it this Christmas !
@hoseoksbby1023 6 жыл бұрын
Nichaphat Nink Yee same:')
@valerier3673 4 жыл бұрын
Same
@larrytheslayerguy4999 4 жыл бұрын
so, I have to listen to this so I know the piece for practice( I play clarinet), gonna be interesting to see how this pairs with Quake 3
@Mellow-mq8sf 5 жыл бұрын
3rd tbn is life
@angiedoesthings 2 жыл бұрын
i love this so much
@BBb-pr7lz 3 жыл бұрын
Very “exciting, invigorating” trombone part, but I still love it.
@avhlynnx_ 7 ай бұрын
wind ensemble is playing this for our band’s upcoming Christmas concert and in im the band below them, symphonic winds, and im so jealous i wanna play this so bad. They always sound so pretty when i hear them practicing. 😭
@azndrumsticks 7 жыл бұрын
This is so majestic :O
@phi0_ 5 жыл бұрын
High D and High E am I right fellow First Trumpets?
@nagiaboushaca380 5 жыл бұрын
Sigma Waffle ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
@thecolcifer 5 жыл бұрын
😏
@christiansaldivar8678 5 жыл бұрын
High D’s and High C’s not high E’s though
@phi0_ 5 жыл бұрын
@@christiansaldivar8678 There's a High E in there.
@lucianohinojosa7055 5 жыл бұрын
Sigma Waffle 🤪🎺🤙🏼
@Dreigonix 5 жыл бұрын
I played clarinet on this once!
@samuelkrobertson 4 жыл бұрын
This is Christmas for me.
@agedmonkey4223 3 жыл бұрын
My family: you did so go I love the songs Me: I’m not talking my lips are numb
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar 2 жыл бұрын
0:58 this melody style is so common in some of my favorite pieces. Space ship earth, Mr Magoriumns Magic Emporium,
@hunteraston3713 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this I have the Cd of when my sister in her band did this but I wanted a version on the phone
@loading...2121 7 ай бұрын
Love the oboe part
@FrostbiteP1ano 5 жыл бұрын
Yayyy I got 1st trumpet in this
@kfinch5184 5 жыл бұрын
I want to play this badly!!!! Alto sax part is sooooo good
@stankbagel1265 2 жыл бұрын
Trumpets so grand at the middlish end piece
@dylangore6957 3 жыл бұрын
i played this my freshman year on snare and i actually did so good that i became the new band director, true story guys i’m not lying i swear for real guys please believe me
@JacksonHollo 2 жыл бұрын
no you’re a fraud /s
@Randoman35 5 жыл бұрын
All the other percussionists took the best parts so I just get to play the tambourine and triangle. Wonderful...
@burdt3061 2 жыл бұрын
I know this is a 2 year old comment, but hell yes dude, all the nice parts were taken so I settled for piano since I've been playing it for years and they needed a pianist lmao
@brookehimes7930 5 жыл бұрын
My band is playing this for our Christmas concert. It’s very difficult for me, a freshman
@jonathanriggs6599 5 жыл бұрын
Brooke Himes It’s difficult for anyone. One of the hardest I’ve played, but I think it’s fun. You’ll get it eventually. And when you do, you’ll enjoy it. I play the 1st alto sax part, and I like when Christmas comes to town best.
@immortalmecha8770 5 жыл бұрын
Same situation. Freshmen trombone playing this lol
@SmallHandsBigMusic. 5 жыл бұрын
Freshmen first euphonium playing this... This is an intense transition from easy AF middle school music
@kuraijen7392 5 жыл бұрын
Same actually, my tiny fingers and chops can’t survive the runs at 35-43
@chelseayi-houngcheah6089 5 жыл бұрын
Haha I have to play the whole percussion two part because there isn't enough percussionists and it's one of the hardest things I've done XD
@Cozihouston 4 жыл бұрын
I'm 3rd trombone and omg I just got this today
@bellasewell0 4 жыл бұрын
Are you in the Branson band?
@Cozihouston 4 жыл бұрын
@@bellasewell0 no I'm in ferris Honor band
@poisondog88 4 жыл бұрын
Trombone squad! First trombone
@Cozihouston 4 жыл бұрын
You know it
@feliciawhite5446 4 жыл бұрын
I play trombone too
@jordancaldwell2659 6 жыл бұрын
Even though my next step to being an 8th grade student next year, I really want to give this piece a try
@leahe2232 4 жыл бұрын
i play flute in band and today we had a concert highschool played this and flutes have there own solo as long with claranet
@soupforthought2115 8 ай бұрын
Horn ❤️
@RetroKoshi 5 жыл бұрын
I better be doing concert band in 9th grade because if so we better play this
@lovelyrose9365 Жыл бұрын
I played 3rd chair in symphonic band been playing for almost 4 years
@SebastianQ2003 5 жыл бұрын
We better play this mr.dunning😂
@hermionegranger1002 4 жыл бұрын
My director changed the fast 16th notes in the main theme to trills on the first note of each group so make it easier
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