Into the Clouds! by Richard L. Saucedo

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MusicWorks - Grade 2.5
Though written with the young band in mind, this exciting composition packs plenty of drama and intensity in less than 2 minutes! Featuring active percussion writing, powerful brass statements and woodwind flourishes, this is a perfect program opener for any occasion or festival.
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[@vivienkarma1877]

My school band affectionately named this piece 'death to woodwinds'.

[@leonardoleon1018]

Bro I played this piece twice on flute my first time and oboe my second a literally it’s one of the easiest pieces I have ever played

[@lyxxinz7108]

I play flute but my band teacher gave me the oboe part but I have to switch to flute on the solo and I just want to die everytime I play this

[@DestinedClock18]

Brass ;)

[@Julia-bc2ij]

I'm an oboe and we called all the sixteenth-eighth notes doodlies and every time we took this song out we were like "OH NO NOT THE DOODLIES"

[@DestinedClock18]

@@Julia-bc2ij iconic

[@brandongetter8210]

sounds like the start of a news broadcast

[@jorjacocastilloo]

"We are. Channel 5. *whole crew turns and looks at the camera and smile*"

[@Karlypriv]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!! We're playing this at my school now, and no one else hears it!

[@brettreid3220]

Ya

[@evanszostak]

Nooooooo! I never noticed that! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Cant unhear that!

[@brandongetter8210]

:)

[@repulsethemonkey1396]

all dislikes are definitely from the clarinet section. shoutout to all the clarinets who had to play this in band though. i feel your pain. *Edit: ok flutes too

[@WyattInghrim666]

Repulsethemonkey when the band director tried to play this like twice as fast as it's supposed to be played i cried

[@repulsethemonkey1396]

Wyatt Inghrim were they successful?

[@hugochin123ify]

Listen to Song and Dance!! First clarinet ;-; man kms

[@a_gill242]

I don't know why but after 3 measures I die.

[@ifyouthinkyouknowme9271]

I have to play it on my flute. I HAVE TO PLAY THOSE THREE FREAKING NOTES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. They will haunt my dreams.

[@billy98384]

RIP Clarinets and Flute players

[@box3229]

Billy Games and mallet percussion

[@heyjuleshere7806]

@@box3229 Exactly, like where the love for us XD

[@TheNueKid4]

and first mallets!!!

[@carlyensor3699]

I can't even play the first part I hate memorizing rhythms

[@TheNueKid4]

@@carlyensor3699 same

[@theAmazingJunkman]

This makes me think of cloudtop cruise in Mariokart 8 for some reason. And trust me, that's a GOOD thing.

[@the959]

+Samurott Gaming Inc. yup

[@perplexity8260]

Honestly replace the current Cloud top Cruise theme for this

[@Leafy597]

@@perplexity8260 someone should make a mod of that for deluxe

[@eileenwong4226]

Play 1st clarinet, practicing the first few bars at 160, fails, cries

[@evanmorris1306]

plays 2nd alto. Plays whole song perfectly then sneezes as the song ends. Hits mouthpiece in the back of the throat. Trys not to cry.

[@JTS_P]

@@evanmorris1306 🪦💐 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫 🟫🟫🟫 YOU 🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫

[@fa7654]

Everybody's talking about the woodwind part (which I'm sure is hard, I wouldn't know), but nobody's talking about the snare part. My arms practically turn to jelly after a good practice session.

[@noodledog4776]

Factsss the last half is impossible to keep up with lol

[@airbag2D]

66 to end got me feelin like my arms are cut off

[@JonathanSiby]

Thank you it’s actually tiring to keep up when playing at full speed

[@chickennugget2352]

THANK YOU OML

[@jylie_ujelele]

On god

[@txbooklvr]

I am playing this song on Xylophone / Marimba right now, and enjoy playing it during every rehearsal. The speed is the most difficult part of the song, but it is so much fun to play !

[@kaapokakko5857]

saaaaaaame!

[@benedikt790]

Me too!

[@Black-kk2nr]

Woodwind：U are right

[@tay3167]

I'm having flashbacks.

[@mypenisisunbelievablysmall6099]

its ya giRL Band flashbacks

[@umama8345]

same

[@JaiLeafe225]

This reminds me so much of Super Mario Galaxy.

[@prestonarmstrong7111]

LVStellar2 it does…

[@brandensclips8145]

Same, I love how Super Mario Galaxy was orchestra, we're playing Flight of the Thunderbird in Band which is also by the person who made this song (Richard Saucedo), and the name of this song even matches the theme of Super Mario Galaxy to!

[@TheSupermario369]

Oh yeahhh

[@Yoyobb409]

emulationStation me too!!

[@bruh60297]

emulationStation ikr

[@theracter8976]

sanic speed flutes intensifies

[@vision2812]

*Speed clarinet eighth note A-B Alternation intensifies*

[@theracter8976]

+Lunar Stray *fingers decintegrate*

[@vision2812]

*loses brains cells*

[@sitaranarvaez8848]

I AM PLAYING THIS AND IT IS HORRIBLE I PLAY CLARINET BTW

[@rlsuddath]

I'm playing this on oboe. You have to move your fingers REALLY fast

[@picklub]

I'm actually an 8th grade alto sax myself, and I remember doing this in 7th grade 😂. The clarinets and flutes kept complaining during thus piece while the saxes and bass clarinets had to deal with them. At least, that's what we thought... Our teacher caught us talking to each other about it and made us play that part to try it. Much, much sympathy was felt for the clarinets and flutes 😫😂

[@brandyperkins3572]

Lucky I have to do it in 6th as a alto saxophone playy

[@QuandaleOhio]

Im 7th right now and im really excited to play this because the highschool that is close to my house invited our school band to watch them play at a football game and this was one of the pieces that they played

[@frens6636]

Same lol😂

[@pikagelly7465]

Every time my friend, aka fellow first clarinet, and I play the beginning and end of this, we look at each other, trying to see who can mess up the most. It's pretty even once we realize, every time, that we both look like buffoons with our faces red and cheeks puffed up😰😂

[@WyattInghrim666]

PikaGelly LITERALLY ME AND ALL THE CLARINETS DURING AREA BAND

[@afterdarkfx4743]

Im a tuba player..this is hilarious to me. Watching all the clarinets with puffed up cheeks 😂😂

[@calebquinn256]

Ik its a bit late, but I played with my middle school's top band when I was a 6th grader. We played this piece. I could play maybe 5 Measures? Good times.

[@brandensclips8145]

This reminds me so much of Super Mario Galaxy, it feels like a song for it, Super Mario Galaxy was orchestrated anyhoo

[@MyLiegeJ]

there are 153 notes for measures 0-17 for flutes, it's so tiring, I felt like i died playing that...

[@pranabjha8899]

Mjqlaughy Jackson yikes us trumpets have it easy

[@simonebortolus3552]

*Laughs in french horn lmaoooooo*

[@rorycraig]

That little motif in the oboe at 0:48 is just so magical...

[@owrooh1649]

Playing this song in band... I have the flute solo!!! xD

[@Yoyobb409]

Owrooh no you dont

[@TacticalCato]

@@Yoyobb409 how did u know he didn't ? Lol.

[@Yoyobb409]

TacticalCat 041 😂

[@TacticalCato]

@@Yoyobb409 😂 Idk why I'm replying to a two yr old post lmao

[@emmaflinn625]

I’m currently in highschool playing this. And my fingers and tounge and brain are working OVERTIME trying to do the doodlydoos 😭

[@aerai11423]

All of us were suffering through this in like middle school: you got hella lucky to be doing it in high school.

[@Paige_LOVES_Hamilton]

Clarinets are dying

[@JTS_P]

Flute oboe or clarinet? 😭

[@tessa1176]

played 1st clarinet on this omg i wanted to die. It sounds nice but playing it is hell

[@amcmahon2]

roasted

[@haydenrobinson4614]

Pbtrooper89 grade 2.5 isn't difficult, but the beginning of this piece especially becomes extremely difficult to play on first clarinet after about two measures. when we played this, all i can remember is how out of time the clarinets would get with one another

[@Floofyland]

Pbtrooper89 It is when you're pressured to be 1st chair which is weird cuz you've only been playing for a couple month compared to everyone else who's had 5 years of experience yet they really suck

[@addisonwillis46]

t YESSSS!!! We started playing this song and I'm first chair for clarinets... every time we get the song out, I always say, "Okay, first clarinets.... Are you ready to play the Death Song?"

[@nobodylel6540]

I play flute on this but clarinet sounds hard

[@sethrhodes7134]

Omg love this song. playing it for our opener at our spring concert 👌

[@thebbunchacademy5436]

What instrument did you play?

[@vincentta-t8987]

Got the trombone solo... let’s get ittt

[@jayjusto9580]

Pon Mobile Fortnite there’s no solo for trombone

[@simonebortolus3552]

Lmao

[@jasonbritt7893]

3rd chair all district tuba here! Loved this song and played with some of the best players in the area!

[@garlicbread8752]

Playing this on clarinet for Honor Band. I'm not used to this stuff XD

[@garlicbread8752]

MonsterJamTV Nope.

[@Floofyland]

Arendellian Skyfall You from Santa Ana?

[@garlicbread8752]

Sightimex3 Nope.

[@Floofyland]

Arendellian Skyfall Really? I'm playing this song for the Santa Ana honor band

[@garlicbread8752]

Sightimex3 Vegas, baby.

[@caedynwolf2245]

We got to speak with Richard Saucedo, it was so fun

[@foxxface826]

this was the opener in the Wichita East high bands show Soaring 3 years ago We won state!!!!!

[@calmliketheocean1712]

Played this at all-region. It was awesome

[@missmamas23]

Sometimes I hear a melody in my head and I stress so much when I can’t remember where it’s from. Into the clouds just popped into my mind and I found itttttt. Couldn’t remember the title for my life

[@meowmeowmagic2528]

As the only tenor person here i have to say... I respect clarinets and flutes have my upmost respect now **Tips hat**

[@TheNueKid4]

and mallet percussion pls!!!

[@meowmeowmagic2528]

@@TheNueKid4 Oh ye bells- props to you

[@TheNueKid4]

@@meowmeowmagic2528 thanks! :)

[@JTS_P]

Never been so grateful to not be a high woodwind player or percussionist

[@jillian7908]

I'm playing this but the marching version for my school's field show and I'm so glad I chose to do colorguard this year instead of clarinet for marching

[@ryleighscott1383]

My band teacher had us play this song in under a minute and 40 seconds… and we had to turn our music stands around! I was the flute playing the solo and I was an absolute nervous wreck before the concert. It was all I practiced the week leading up to our concert 😅

[@TackyFlamingo]

My band director just called the clarinets and flutes the “doodle-doots”

[@yetanotherinternetdisaster]

As a trumpet, love this piece :D

[@amandaplaster8032]

I'm trumpet 2 and I love this

[@Umovie789]

We were supposed to play this at my Christmas Concert, but we cut and now we’re playing it for my spring concert ★

[@sophial8910]

Playing this for All County so excited!

[@derrickjeromeweaverjr.2404]

What's the point of the piano if you can barely hear it?

[@annalisecaitlyn7930]

It's the background noises that you can barely hear that really complete a piece of music

[@celestebell6199]

My band is playing this as an opener for MPA can't wait!!!!

[@Jonathot1]

celeste bell What state so you live in? I'm pretty sure all states have mpa but I just wanna know 😀😀😃

[@nikojpeg]

We were going to do this piece for all county last year but it was too difficult according to the teachers. I was kind of upset because this is such a cool little piece! Maybe I'll get to play it some day.

[@ikurasake]

This piece really embodies the quintessential Saucedo sounds

[@bluforrestleaf]

The Flute, Clarinet and Oboe Triplet at 0:33 made me cry....

[@JadedFett1138]

Were playing Choose Joy in my band this year (also part of the unBroken project) very great piece

[@haydensmith2327]

If anyone is here we're playing this song but the whole band is stuck in quarantine 😂 but I play the tuba so I can't see the flute an clarinets suffer.

[@JohnJApanovitch]

I think this piece is beautiful!

[@animeandwaffles7115]

We played it my 10th grade year for part of our show, the theme was flight. Everyone calls it the god show of wmhs

[@JohnJApanovitch]

Awesome! I really want to play this piece. Hopefully my director allows us!

[@animeandwaffles7115]

+john apanovitch I hope so to it'll be an awesome experience for you

[@hannahlee5794]

Played this in Ventura county honor band. It was one of my favorites :) I played xylophone

[@user-bu6sd4td3x]

We were supposed to play this for District Fine Arts Festival but coronacation!!! Let’s go

[@the959]

This is one of the funnest songs I have ever played in band. I play it on 1st Trumpet.

[@reverend341]

if y’all wanna hear this song in 7/8 time, look up “radiance”. it’s like the exact same thing

[@TheNueKid4]

no i know it already

[@jaazzxro]

We have to play this for our 7th grade concert!!! Where my Altos at

[@TheSpiroGam3R]

richard saucedo is coming to my school in the spring :0

[@gavinw1721]

Great piece for marching band

[@cayulic4793]

Ooh! We played this at my 7th grade “Milk and Cookies” concert!

[@bluwolf098]

does anyone else think of disneyland wen they hear this

[@prestonarmstrong7111]

Wolf 098 I do

[@anaghak7159]

I think of universal studios

[@mypenisisunbelievablysmall6099]

No.

[@mypenisisunbelievablysmall6099]

I think of pain and suffering

[@Matthew-ll3fp]

I think of power rangers

[@dp4812]

Am I seeing the bari sax part coming in on measure 46 playing E instead of the bass line D? That's interesting

[@itsjustnils]

Such a Joy to play :D

[@loganschiermeyer6098]

Im in 10th grade now and I played this in 8th and this has been one of my favorite songs so far along with encanto and among the clouds. And go french horns

[@wiliarsosalopez1746]

I love the part on 66 for the bass clarinet. SO DAMN COOL!

[@Umovie789]

The Low E♭

[@UnusualDean14]

Great piece. But, in unrelated news, I remembered I had cloud to butt plus.

[@thwrvenmil]

As a trombone, I can say I've gotten lost in my many measures of rest. I have this for 8th grade honor band. Gotta get up a 6am & go to school on a Saturday, yee haw

[@foxgoblin9589]

ello, also a trombone here. i just listen for the trumpets coming in at 37 and zone out for the rest of 17-40 lol. i feel ur pain

[@deanwise7956]

Playing this for region band, best song ever

[@jylie_ujelele]

richard L saucedo what were you smoking making the snare part because my arms are falling off

[@Mmeowzierzz]

what are you guys yapping about the clarinet part is so fun and joyus

[@lostspotlight6307]

I like the snare drum and bass drum together at 1:14

[@microthewierdkid8699]

The the first song in our halftime show this year 💀💀💀

[@Elizabeth-hs2zf]

this helps me out alot because I have a spring concert coming up and I am alto saxphone 2 and this helps alot and my music teacher

[@Elizabeth-hs2zf]

+Lauren Smith it's probably the hard pice of music that we have right now

[@lemonghostly]

My school's Adv. Band has no oboes so me and this other French Hornist has to play the oboe part ;w; **dies**

[@hansmartinsteinslandstense9296]

Me too! A 19 year old just joined us for the Norwegian Championships, he's really good, so we sound awesome

[@mr.klunee4103]

In the honor band where I played this, we had no oboes, so they gave the oboe part to some of the flutes

[@mostlyharmless8439]

I think we gave it to the sopran saxophone

[@JTS_P]

U don’t mean the doodle doo parts right?

[@evanmorris1306]

plays 2nd alto. Plays whole song perfectly then sneezes as the song ends. Hits mouthpiece in the back of the throat. Trys not to cry.

[@haricallsack4731]

I’m playing this for band lmao

[@laurenlaxamana5375]

Here lies Lauren Laxamana: -Dumline's Lead Stick -Theatre Kid (Actress) - 1st Clarinet 💀 May she rest in peace 🕊

[@cortaviouscarter7104]

I have to place this for assessments. Sounds awesome

[@user-ly1nu3od8v]

高校最後の年の定演のオープニングの曲だ 懐かしすぎる

[@Bungakusha-Groover]

友達から聞いたけど、小学校でも演奏したみたいです。(パート全部ではない)

[@jacobkoch4712]

My band is playing at severance hall tomorrow and I play xylo and tambourine and I'm so freaking excited

[@DesyRWolfzzz2552]

Jacob Koch yeah im playing the xylo fr my band and it is freaking fast but i like the little percussion solo's

[@kypie5256]

omg i play xylo and tambourine but for dif songs

[@kypie5256]

dang this was seven years ago lmao

[@domesticvoid]

I PLAYED THIS IN THE NEVADA ALL STATE BAND WOO!!!

[@arielbazan9425]

MY POOR LUNGS (I’m a flute player)

[@boara009]

i playing bell in this music at the korean high school it has good sounds!

[@mlefeb]

The bells part was so fun for this song. Get brass Mallets for this song if you can, it will just make the song sound so much better :)

[@nicoleasselin8661]

I am playing the bells too it is fun

[@aflatoxicosis]

I remember playing this in middle school wooooaaaahhhh

[@AdrianRodriguez-zr6tm]

Its funny how we played this music because we actually combined four total bands-1 high school band- 3 middle school band( i was in the top band for middle school)it was a really big concert

[@Ella-wi7yu]

Whoa, same! But for us it was only two middle school bands and most people are in both anyway (like me!), so it was a lot smaller :P

[@AdrianRodriguez-zr6tm]

Splashing Wave were doing the same thing accept im playing the mellophone this time (last time i played the french horn)

[@user-eu9rd8ov8d]

このコメント欄見ると海外にもこの曲する団体あるんやなぁって気持ちになる✨

[@TheNueKid4]

I'm so sorry for all the Mallet Percussion Players ALSO. My part I can bearly play and I'm percussion 2. :(

[@moochertall]

I have to play triangle on this for a concert.

[@Brandon-qn1ws]

Got straight ones with song my Junior year. Played tuba so I had a lot of resting to do lol, but when it was our time to go we couldn't be a single beat off.

[@mateocastro4651]

We did so good one this piece that our band teacher made us stand up and we weren’t supposed to stand up

[@stevenwaters829]

I love this piece

[@omgitzluckie]

I don’t get why people keep saying stuff like “rip to woodwinds.” I get that this song is faster than your average song, but the fingerings for those 16th notes paired w/ an 8th note at the beginning and towards the end aren’t really that hard. You’re only moving one or two fingers, depending on if you use alternate fingerings.

[@kerrycoleman8395]

Second chair all county! I’ve yet to play this song, but in a camp a few years back the band above mine played this, so I’m familiar. Shoutout to anyone in carteret county honors band. (Reeee I have second chair I’m nervous) Edit: also yes I get it death to the Woodwinds. You can stop now.

[@aerai11423]

Had to learn this one in 4 hours (with 3 other songs) Don’t you just love district honor band - a rando, baritone tc

[@owencarter1057]

I had to play the snare drum part....was really hard the first few times but eventually i got it.

[@kerrycoleman8395]

Donovan?

[@nathanphillips6172]

We played this in December, last non corona concert 😭

[@TheOneAndOnlyEeeg]

I have to learn how to play this on percussion in two weeks and I don’t even know how to play percussion I have the triangle and the crash thing

[@MusicNerdMIDI]

Great memories of high school

[@kyrahamann8068]

1:15 personal note

[@HelloooThere]

STAGGER BREATHING!

[@aronrobles55]

I played this on clirsnet

[@Nick-ob3fx]

I feel like this should be a grade 3 or 3.5

[@billy98384]

1:36 - 1:42 when a plane is about to take off

[@SethSalinasMusic]

So did 1:44, hardest part

[@Fearless13468]

2nd trumpet. In concert band. Nice.

[@viperdrumm3r253]

i play the snear part 👌

[@BatmanFan611]

All these people saying “RIP Flute and clarinet!” Y’all...... OBOE DOES THE SAME THING! RIP Oboe! (Which I play)

[@roopkd]

Even tho this is like a level 3 piece it’s hella hard

[@nicklh186]

1:34 to the end gets me so hype

[@acu.32]

I saw a _marching band_ play this, a _concert band_ song at a parade today 💀