"Moonlight Sonata 3rd Mvt" Big Band Version Full Score Video - *SHEET MUSIC AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD!*

Hey friends! So recently we posted a video of a little side project arrangement, In between recording video game tunes the gang and I decided to have some fun and record an up-tempo swing arrangement of Beethoven's classic 3rd movement from the seminal "Moonlight Sonata"!
Originally seen in this video:
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Here's a follow along score video for a behind the musical scenes look of whats going on under the hood (so to speak) of the arrangement, and a link to purchase the full score and parts for your own arranging/composing score study!
WARNING This arrangement is EXTREMELY difficult to play live for most members of the orchestra, and so I can't in good faith recommend that you attempt to play it live with your own band, but I can't stop you from trying, PERFORM AT YOUR OWN RISK! Here's a link:
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FULL CREDITS:
Alto Sax 1 - Andrew Gould
Alto Sax 2 - Josh Plotner
Tenor Sax 1 - Sam Dillon
Tenor Sax 2 - Zac Zinger
Bari Sax - Andrew Gutauskas
Trumpet 1 - Bryan Davis
Trumpet 2 - Jay Webb
Trumpet 3 - Chloe Rowlands
Trumpet 4 - Danny Jonokuchi
French Horn - Kyra Sims
Trombone 1 - Jimmy O'Connell
Trombone 2 - Mariel Bildsten
Trombone 3 - Sara Jacovino
Bass Trombone - Rebecca Patterson
Guitar - Alex Wintz
Bass - Bobby Wooten III
Piano - Natalie Tenenbaum
Drums - Jared Schonig
Violins - Lavinia Pavlish, Daniel Constant, Audrey Hayes, Lucy Voin, Alissa Jackman, Camelia Hartman, Tomoko Akaboshi, Caroline Drexler, Meitar Forkosh, Tiffany Weiss, Kevin Kuh, Tania Mesa
Violas - Laura Sacks, Will Marshall, Matthew Beaugé, Yumi Oshima
Celli - Susan Mandel, Sasha Ono, Jessica Wang
Harp - Liann Cline
Music by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Arranged/Produced by - Charlie Rosen
Engineered and Mixed by John Kilgore
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Arf Mastering
Thumbnail art by @MikeKILLUZ
#the8bitbigband #videogamemusic #videogamejazz

[@constablekohler]

No joke one of my favorite arrangements you've made. I use it as my 445am alarm for work.

[@8bit_cat72]

Perfect for when you need to be 18 days and 4 hours late for work.

[@AdventuresAwait123]

Get up and go

[@golderado6740]

if you're anything like me, in 2 months this will be a song that you dread hearing, and it will instill a fight or flight response within you. I've burned many a song that I've used as an alarm.

[@constablekohler]

@@golderado6740 quite right but then it gets moved to my gym playlist. Peace Sells, Angry Again went through that process. Great pieces of music used in multiple ways, alarms and then gym motivation

[@Jantsenpr777]

This is so impressive! Every member of this band is a virtuoso in their own right, but my heart goes out to... 😂 the pianist. She had to almost play the actual whole dang thing! Gee!

[@Axehilt]

Wow, they did my absolute favorite classical piece (specifically the 3rd movement). I play this _all the time_ in Space Station 13, so it technically counts as videogame music, for anyone worried about that. (The piece perfectly fits with the pure chaos of a late SS13 round where the station is actively overrun by blobs, traitors, nukies, and cultists.)

[@LordoftheRink726]

I was worried, but no longer. Thank you

[@99legcentipede]

this may be the most actual notes written in a jazz piano part

[@DrDingsGaster]

I loved every second of this! So clearly the original piece while still being big band af. Y'all did such a good job.

[@rachelblaquiere9134]

That first break into half-time swing is something I could listen to over and over again. Genius idea, timing, and execution.

[@BestSomebodyNA]

As someone who loved playing this years ago this is easily one of the most impressive renditions I've ever listen to. Bravo! 🎉

[@MissFazzington]

Imagine writing a song about your latest heart break and lamenting the rapid declining of your health to the point of knowing that one day you aren't going to be able to continue working on your craft just to have it sillily covered centuries later, we're truly living in a unique timeline

[@Jackson-ol5xt]

I don’t think this is sillily covered at all. It’s very well arranged.

[@MissFazzington]

@@Jackson-ol5xt I mean, true. The cover is amazingly well made, I was only referring to the vibe switch of the cover

[@maximilianellis1311]

I love the word sillily

[@gregorypapas9354]

Good music is playable in any genre

[@MissFazzington]

@@gregorypapas9354 I didn't say it was wrong

[@super-toast-system]

The funniest thing is that this was used in an actual video game. Earthworm Jim 2

[@ohokay2013]

I had so much trouble catching that door

[@OolalaFive]

See Jim Run! Run, Jim, Run!

[@magnuskwilhelmsson]

So, the 9:th next? Always wanted to hear a big band blast that lead melody to space!

[@riccardodeho2680]

i don't usually appreciate classical music arrangements but god this wins everything. it's just amazing

[@LeotheTiger1234]

Whatever you do, 8BBB, you turn it to gold; you have that magic touch. (The same is also true of Carlos Eiene, or insaneintherainmusic; you and him are now my two favorite performers, and your music really helped me cope with the pandemic.) When it comes to music, I therefore wish thank you, 8BBB, Carlos, the J-Music Ensemble, and all others associated thereof (and on a separate note, Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, or PMJ; check them out if you don't know them; they're amazing) for restoring my faith in humanity.

[@OrangeChair]

I'd be really interested to see the sheet music for all your other videos too, especially the chrono trigger one that I really like. Awesome as always! 😊

[@jonshannon7096]

Truly a great adaptation of a classic. Bravo, although I believe this would be fairly difficult for most bands to play.

[@anjahaucke]

And one day, Night on Bald Mountain. It's classic and, like the Moonlight Sonata, in Video Games.

[@tofystedeth]

Moonlight Sonata 1st movement to 3rd movement is such a big swing in moods.

[@yoshitsune5691]

Soo no one is bringing up shadow memes, guess I’ll do it. “I am Atomic!”

[@ohokay2013]

I love the music of Earthworm Jim 2

[@stlmusic]

I would have loved to see the score in written transposition instead of concert pitch. (Finale, Display - uncheck "Display in Concert Pitch")

[@james_subosits]

Lmao you really think he doesn't know how to switch it?

[@stlmusic]

@@james_subosits of course he does. The point was that it was such a simple step that would have been better than concert pitch. It’s strange looking at a sax part that’s out of range.

[@Somerandomjingleberry]

I wonder how many games a piece like this has shown up in. You could probably write a whole big long video essay about famous classical music being used in video games, when and how it tends to be used, etc

[@zachvii6476]

Please keep posting more of these. I don’t know what the criteria is for if they go up or not, but it’s truly mesmerizing to see the individual parts and how they come together.

[@ThePurpleCheeseMan]

I LOVE this arrangement! 🤩 Absolutely stellar work!

[@jonaslind9505]

Rick van der Linden would have loved this.

[@zachvii6476]

This is such a massive flex for everybody in the band. Bravo Charlie

[@TaylorRussell_TheAnimator]

I vote this one "Highest Possibility of Being in a Ymfah Video Soon". Jokes aside, this has always been my favorite Beethoven song and to see it dressed up to the nines like this is truly spectacular. whatever you did to the beat starting at 2:34 is especially awesome, I love that kinda stuff! Also this still counts as video game music since MS 3rd movement played in one of the last levels of Earthworm Jim 2.

[@milesdavila5363]

Hah, it's so true. I found 8BBB but was so tickled when I learned Ymfah enjoyed their work.

[@gugg2216]

Ymfah ready to play this over a montage of him getting shit on

[@mikechad27]

5:03 sounds like the saxophones are crying.... great tone!

[@PsychicStoryteller]

More like this? More, please? I'm begging.

[@jacobprentice2649]

Hey i just realized you have 100 videos, congrats!

[@genericuser984]

this sounds like a classy villain just stole from a casino and is on the run from the whole police force

[@wawathelegened8254]

BRO you GET it dawg!! Everytime I listen to this song I specifically imagine that scenario but also with lupin the third characters heisting a guarded location and the police trying to get them

[@LauraLanford]

Can you do this but with Fantasie Impromptu from Chopin? It's beautiful!

[@evileba2909]

It's fucking awesome

[@mattkane357]

this slaps so much

[@Mwamba8888]

This reminds me of the arrangement from Catherine

[@siolux8]

BOSS FIGHT ! Mario vs. Bowser !

[@teehub7389]

This is pretty good. I was wondering if you had any idea what the next song you would make sheet music available for (if you are going to make sheet music available for another song), and if so, what would that song be. Also, what do you think your best piece for clarinet would be? I am considering senior solos, and I thought that maybe an 8BBB arrangement could work for mine. Thank you for your time.

[@Banna189]

Song is going to hit

[@Ari-8449]

Oh hecc yeah

[@RSCuber]

If this doesn't get millions of views, I am boycotting KZbin.

[@smashl.l.a]

is it on Spotify ?

[@AndreBeckner]

Le falta más likes al vídeo.

[@AceBadguy]

You guys are so skilled.

[@LifeAreAmazing]

It's hard to read the notes.

[@AndrewR20202]

Very successful 👌🏼

[@SergieXD]

Big W

[@GreenBoy9000]

Someone needs to show this to TwoSetViolin.

[@SlimeKingK]

legit sick

[@ethandale4070]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@ouroboros02]

loving this pokemon battle BGM... wait.

[@zanderlaitinen7109]

Oh my god... the Giga Rosa intro.

[@raptyrn1290]

Sugar Plum Fairy would sound real swell coming from you guys, that's for sure. Some versions of Tetris have it included as "Song 2" Isn't christmas just around the corner, too?

[@TheWiseDeer8]

Awesome work!!

[@NPC3023]

art. this is epic.

[@jaxdaman1234]

I love this band, and I love this song!

[@Graphon1]

HOW IN THE WORLD DO SAXOPHONES MANAGE TO PLAY THIS?!?! I WAS CONVINCED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY YOU COULD PLAY THIS ON ANY INSTRUMENT OTHER THAN PIANO (I know it's spread out across 5 parts but still)

[@gregorypapas9354]

Lead alto part be like 'buckle up'

[@liamm113]

I love how the intro reminds me so much of "Song of Giga Rosa" from XC2 😂 Incredible playing though!!

[@Toadboy123]

this is INSANE

[@gtromble]

Anyone ever thought of doing this as a solo piano piece?

[@dukeofrodtown1705]

That IS a solo piano piece originally, in fact! As are the other three movements.

[@ZacharyLandress-w7l]

Amazing

[@Skipatronic]

What game is this from?

[@Commander_Appo]

Beethoven

[@The8BitBigBand]

Well I didn't know it at the time but it IS in earthworm jim 3 haha

[@Jantsenpr777]

Not a game. It's Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata's 3rd movement.

[@Skipatronic]

@@Jantsenpr777 I was making a joke lol

[@Samuel_Gonzalez35]

​@@The8BitBigBandwait, there's an Earthworm Jim 3?

[@samanthanoeliaferrer]

unexpected but so sickkk i hope you guys rearrange more classical pieces

[@matthewsaxman1028]

Concert pitch score... 😂 And that key...

[@JimmyOConnell87]

I mean… that’s the original key.

[@matthewsaxman1028]

@@JimmyOConnell87 Not played by brass and saxes in flat keys, though. And big band scores are almost always published as transposed, showing the parts the same way the players see them.

[@Someoneidontknowudo]

i can neither read music or play music, but since I can hear 'em, this is so nice

[@greatazuredragon]

Awesome work.

[@shadowldrago]

This is so good!

[@maxorsmthn1432]

woag!

[@Youspoonybard1]

I’ve been playing the Alto sax since i was in Middle School. 2022 was my 10 year HIGH school reunion. That being said I’ve never seen the Saxes have a lead part in a Beethoven piece! This is such a fun arrangement.

[@TheCreepypro]

never has something so classy also been so cool!

[@WayneMcCormick]

Wow! Totally insane. Fantastic arrangement and performance.

[@chuchuchanson]

Incredible

[@olex3061]

sounds like family guy made it

[@jacknapier3300]

Maravilloso