Hypnotic Memories, by Rossano Galante - Score & Sound

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Hypnotic Memories
By Rossano Galante
Item: 00-47290
Series: Alfred Concert Band
Format: Conductor Score & Parts
Grade: 4.5
This charming and somewhat dark musical offering is a departure from this composer's usual "epic" style. Originally scored for fifteen players, this piece is much more intimate than the composer's thickly orchestrated grand works. Stylistically, a minimalistic compositional approach is used as the melodic content slowly unfolds over shifting ostinato patterns.
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Engineered by Kendall Thomsen
Performed by American Symphonic Winds

[@Ryhno999]

Shoutout to the shaker for being the metronome and keeping 16th notes going throughout the entire song. Definitely under appreciated

[@eboone]

It’s such a cool effect

[@xxnvytechxx6417]

I'm playing the shaker in my band. It's definitely gonna be a long one. I played it during the Polar Express for our winter concert and that was like a shakeweight. Love the song, but wow counting 7/8 is a nightmare.

[@TheTwitchyGreen]

one hell of an arm workout

[@Zackattacker654]

I was meant to play this for my final band concert as the oboist in the Spring of 2020. Our contest was canceled a few days before we were set to play. I feared revisiting this piece for the longest time, because I knew the hours of unfulfilled practice would hurt. I still recall playing with my band, that intensity of all the players in unison playing their heart out. Then my solos would come, that nervousness and false confidence that I knew I had to place in myself to perform my best. Looking at the band director, then to my fellow soloist, and beginning to play. Not even glancing at the music, just staring at the conductors baton. That unity, two players coming together to create something beautiful. I still have those solos memorized, even though I haven't touched my instrument in months. I know covid hurt everyone. Its horrible. And still is, at the time of me typing this. But I thought I'd leave this comment because, despite my expectation, I'm not that sad while listening to this piece. It fills me with triumph and hope for the future (as well as a slight tinge of sadness when I hear the third solo specifically, but nothing compared to the overwhelming despair I thought I'd experience). I think it points out that time can heal some wounds and our perspective might not be forever changed by this. What's in the past is lost, and we can't change that. We have to try our hardest to look to the future and make up for what is lost. Not everything can be healed, but hopefully that pain can be lessened. I wish everyone the best of luck, and apologies if this comment was misplaced. I just felt I could share my experience with this piece and offer a bit of hope for the future. Best.

[@elenabloksberg212]

Oh god, I'm in New Zealand and about a week ago had the utter privilege to hear this performed live. It's such an incredible piece and I was captivated every moment of it. I'm also a musician, and my orchestra also went into lockdown before we were meant to give a concert series, so I completely get what you're saying with all the unfulfilled practice. I didn't practice at all during lockdown because I knew there was nothing to work for, and I got totally demotivated. The world is clearing up again (slowly) and I hope with all my heart that you get the chance to play this beautiful solo in front of an audience someday soon.

[@baritoneboy]

I never played this piece specifically in our band class, but this gives me an image of being on the Oregon Trail. This piece brings out all of the pain and suffering that happened during the Oregon Trail, while they still had been motivated via the Manifest Destiny, and kept pushing forward west until they hit water.

[@ego.8026]

I really felt this but for a different piece…

[@terryscarborough729]

Go pick up your horn

[@sunset1371]

I get this, i got covid the day of my concert in 2021 ( the first one since covid) and my first high school concert, I didn't get the chance to revisit one of the pieces we played cause I knew I would cry, but hearing a college wind ensemble play that piece I never got to play healed something in me, it still hurts but less

[@ultramoistboi2569]

The Bassoon solos alone deserve respect, at least something different from long notes.

[@ayatokamina1415]

This comment should be pinned! Bassoons deserve more😤

[@fahimahmed9939]

10/10 would play both the bassoon and oboe parts

[@thedemonicshrimp9219]

Can confirm the 1st bassoon part slaps!

[@jackmanly109]

@@thedemonicshrimp9219 Same

[@yaboicatman4611]

I’d rather play the 2nd Trumpet part

[@blobcookie]

Can we just acknowledge how hard it is to play the shaker part? That seems to require a lot of energy and perseverance

[@benedictthai7107]

pretty cool piece my director contacted him and actually he came to our school and had a clinic really cool experience and really awesome guy

[@gwenschiewe2875]

I’m playing this piece rn

[@spencermargolis3892]

Can we give some credit to the horns for having to hold a bunch of above-the-scale high notes for so long?

[@epivot1562]

Wassup fellow horns

[@spencermargolis3892]

@@epivot1562 Aye what’s up?

[@munclesam]

@@epivot1562 allo mates

[@alexdesantis1758]

@@epivot1562 whats up!

[@sophiebird5246]

I be on the verge of passing out when playing this song!

[@sarahthomas844]

Currently playing this for my night band class and it’s fuckin AMAZING to hear. I love playing a low brass instrument when I comes to pieces like this just bc of how /epic/ stuff like this is.

[@sparklymop]

I love playing Bari Sax when it comes to pieces like this for the same reason. But when it comes to generic marches, it kinda sucks. Lol

[@ethanrandlett1009]

I've been listening to a lot of compositions by Rosanno Galante and, in my opinion, they are all amazing! I want to play every one of the song's I've heard from him in my band class and I'm glad we are playing this piece otherwise I would have never found this composer.

[@theresachacon1122]

I found him because I started to get his music recommended to me

[@jamesb7906]

I can confirm playing Picc in Beyond the Horizon is ace

[@matty6659]

This is my most favorite piece to play

[@aidansevigny3580]

Just played this at an all district clinic, unison at the end is chilling

[@andrewbianchi1294]

yo i was first trombone at that clinic, such a good piece

[@aidansevigny3580]

Fifth horn, sorry I didn't see ur comment

[@jeremyjacobus7009]

Can we talk about how powerful that ending is

[@TheTwitchyGreen]

such a good mixture of meters in 4 and 7

[@amitkln]

An excellent piece! The melody instantly throws me to a 90's submarine movie like Crimson tide or K19 :)

[@JohnJApanovitch]

I just discovered this piece, and it sounds absolutely fantastic! I may conduct it on my channel! Rosanno Galante is a Mastermind! He wrote one of my favorite pieces, Transcendent Journey! What a marvelous piece!

[@Leonlion0305]

I found Galante's music through Childhood Remember, and the horn parts he wrote has been very fun to follow along. Man, his compositions makes me want to pick back up horn, even though I sucked in high school lol

[@KaiandAdrianjestandgilandharry]

It’s never too late to start improving 😅

[@blackened9273]

The horn part is so fun to play

[@garrisoncluff5367]

The unsung heroes, low brass and low woodwinds for keeping time. And percussion.

[@carolinemasson9223]

Love this!! Hearing hints of The Last Centaur. That shaker again 🥰 The signature triangle rolls 🥰 Love his pieces!

[@StarFyreX]

Glad to see Galante moving away from his typical formula, because they started to sound repetative. This is a nice change of pace!

[@Srgfowler]

Listening to this, I could not really tell it was by him.

[@pukalo]

I played this in Christmas 2019, was a lot of fun.

[@sharkisha5671]

Just performed it all county last night. Might’ve been the best concert I’ve ever performed in

[@Thatsaxophoneplayer]

hey same which section were you in?

[@Thatsaxophoneplayer]

and which county?

[@sharkisha5671]

@@Thatsaxophoneplayer oh my god I’m sorry, I just saw this comment 💀. It was Onslow

[@Thatsaxophoneplayer]

@@sharkisha5671 same

[@khyleemorrish-khat5741]

in my high school band we are playing whispers from beyond by Rossano Galante and wow! BEAUTIFUL. im a sucker for slow pretty music. but we are still looking at this piece to play at a later time and i got 1 Clarinet and.. I told myself i wouldn't have to play those high notes until grade 11 at least. NOPE. grade 10 clarinet solo here i come! (for clarinet players out there its high F above the bar lines)

[@carringtonpilon1310]

Love it!

[@groceryshopper]

cool

[@convoattano8002]

the xylo part at 1:45 could have doubled the notes and it would have sounded much cooler

[@Ryhno999]

My band actually did that. It sounded amazing

[@edstud1]

Wonderful piece! Very well performed!

[@barriegott8584]

Wonderful piece.

[@PlomniGoober]

sadly i never got to play this in band but i really wanted to- it is amazing

[@brunhilda.jaquavion]

I saw this live by Rossano himself :)

[@Kellen-xr5tm]

hey noah kissinger

[@brunhilda.jaquavion]

@@Kellen-xr5tm sup bab

[@KaiandAdrianjestandgilandharry]

That’s awesome

[@obinnanwakwue5735]

2 + 2 + 3 on the 7/8 bars right?

[@adrianahernandez20111]

If you mean the 8th notes, yes!

[@akirauwu7455]

RPH Studio that sounds complicated lmao

[@obinnanwakwue5735]

@@mitchellthielen506 I'd rather subdivide them. One te Two te Three te ta, One te Two te Three te ta...

[@noellemcdonald4358]

So you can count 12 12 123 or 12 123

[@obinnanwakwue5735]

@@noellemcdonald4358 12 123 only makes 5 though

[@kristanienorris5861]

Playing this on flute gets tricky

[@justacanadianguyeh7125]

I played bells and marimba/xylophones in this song. You don't hear it, but there's a part with the vibraphone where you have to hold a pair of sticks on both hands. That would really f me up with the slowing tempo

[@Invisiblecommenter-]

Yeah 4 mallets I love 4 mallets

[@asuchri]

Okay kind of epic

[@Ash-uc8wl]

something bad will happen to you in march 2020... mark my words

[@pukalo]

@@Ash-uc8wl Well you're kind of right if you mean the coronavirus pandemic

[@Ash-uc8wl]

@@pukalo yup lol im just hopin rn something happens to this monster

[@cameronplaystrumpet6777]

@@Ash-uc8wl 11 months ago is February... wtf

[@Ash-uc8wl]

@@cameronplaystrumpet6777 lmfaoo I forgot about this comment 💀💀

[@ihopenoonefindsthisaccount7687]

4:58 reminds me of incantation and dance

[@teagan.biers03]

I play bass clarinet but my best friend is playing this as a first clarinetist and I looked at her music and holy shit- that’s high

[@rywuki]

Imagine the clarinet solo being played right

[@tylercoughranmusic]

bro literally the rhythm is so off

[@tylercoughranmusic]

@@BreadForTheWin the second phrase of it is a little off beat

[@tylercoughranmusic]

@@BreadForTheWin measure 73 it rushes a little bit, it doesn't sound bad, it's probably for solo purposes

[@TheodoreBrown314]

Anyone know where I can find sheet music for the 15-person version of this?

[@froggie3581]

We’re playing this for my band class. I am the only oboe and I’m not that good 😭

[@le_isha-micus6497]

omg so relatable! Only oboe in the whole school, what am I supposed to do in the double stops? I've only been playing for 7 months, and my primary instrument is a string instrument!

[@froggie3581]

I C I’ve been playing oboe for about the same and my main is clarinet tho

[@thechosen19251]

welp

[@mathuerta315]

I really wish i could play this peice, i main oboe but since my band only has 1 i don't get to play many oboe inclusive pieces, so ill usually end up playing the same part as second/first flutes or something like that

[@vrgamercraig1506]

nearly broke my fucking foot stomping the tempo so my section could FEEL the 7/8 parts, in an HONOR BAND they needed to have someone do the time keeping FOR THEM.

[@vrgamercraig1506]

I would like to add the fact that while the majority of this was wildly hyperbolic, I did end up almost breaking my foot from stomping.

[@lillywhite4599]

I’m a senior and us seniors are probably going to choose this song as our senior piece

[@tastyteddy3874]

Nice peice love galante but wish he would make more pieces grade 3 as I can play them in my band and not just by myself.

[@chai_knees2109]

1:00

[@maimai4976]

I played shaker on this my freshman year of highschool. Idk how I had the persistence lmao

[@Savi_I]

We need a bassoon and maybe a oboe for our band and an alto clarent

[@BladeTNT2018]

What key is this song in? Why does every instruments have no flats nor sharps?

[@BladeTNT2018]

@@tylercoughranmusic ooooh

[@dylanh8602]

4:20

[@0x.slayer.x0]

at 0:52 it sounds like something star wars would have ;-;

[@ibnhasan5657]

Playing trumpet 2 on this song is repetitive

[@lbelsch]

yoo region 20

[@meghanmedendorp3257]

Would help if I knew how to count 7/8 lol

[@hawkeye2958]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

[@happymushroom6098]

1 2 1 2 1 2 3

[@holofy]

It's counted in 7/8, it goes 1-2, 1-2, 1-2-3, you can hear how it's counted around 4:10

[@jonathanvega4542]

Honestly it’s not that hard especially when it’s 4.5

[@ohmylookatmeimjustacatuhhn2127]

Jonathan Vega try playing the bassoon solo. High G sharp is hard to reach.

[@fahimahmed9939]

Game Bengal mmm is it really though

[@ohmylookatmeimjustacatuhhn2127]

Fahim Ahmed i was thrown to this when my senior was away, so i had to take first bassoon. trust me the solo with the flute was too high

[@fahimahmed9939]

Game Bengal true I guess if you’re not used to playing that and you have to sightread it

[@hinatashoyo1748]

@@fahimahmed9939 Dude 😶. It's like having a 3rd part clarinet player playing a 1st clarinet part or having an instrument player going from a Grade 1-4 piece to a Grade 5 piece. It's the same with instruments that have split parts. People who are always put on the bottom split parts usually never play really high notes, especially clarinet and trumpet players.

[@queijoduke]

1st trumpet gang