The Longest Day (arr. Brad Willard) by Paul Anka Sheet Music for Concert Band at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Paul Anka

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Paul Anka

Arranger Brad Willard

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 77

Arrangement Concert Band

Publisher Brad Willard

Level 4

Product ID 1255350

Genre Film/TV March

Performance Group Concert Band

Product Description

The American epic war movie, The Longest Day, was released in 1962 and filmed in black and white, It is based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction book of the same name. It is about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944. The picture opens with a view of the beach and the sounds of the waves washing ashore. There is a lone helmet lying upside down on the beach, and over the sounds of the sea, we hear the motif from Beethoven's 5th Symphony, the dot-dot-dash of morse code signaling V, for victory. Throughout the film we hear variations on the theme of the march which culminates in the playing of the full march as the credits roll. Here scored for concert band is the march from The Longest Day, as written by Paul Anka.

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