John Mackey - FOUNDRY

[@adammartinelli8274]

My band is playing this, I play the "4 metal bowls".

[@furiosa8747]

xD

[@ManualSoap]

Same but my director won't get any he said use the marching harnesses an hard mallets

[@ceeinfiniti1389]

+Ted Nuget we used coffee cans instead of bowls.

[@ManualSoap]

+Cee Infiniti smart

[@Assault0137]

+Ted Nuget our percussion guy and assistant band director sat on the floor at goodwill hitting different pots and bowls until they found 4 they liked 😂😂😂

[@FalconTheCpt]

"Found" percussion is one way to put it... I ran into my Director at Target hitting their metal mixing bowls with a drumstick to see which ones matched the sound he wanted. Long story short, he's not allowed at Target anymore

[@ryanhaight3793]

What a band kid

[@dumbpunk1165]

that is amazing actually omfg

[@bluesteno64]

THATS THE BEST THING IVE READ ALL DAY-

[@cameroncm1411]

John Mackey made this piece for some schools in my area when I was in 8th grade. We were some of the first few people to play this piece. We even got Mackey to fly in and hear us play it and ask him questions. FYI John Mackey is almost insane.

[@rebornglory7333]

My director met him, and he is one of the most uniquely strange people he's ever met. lmao

[@belgrifex]

My school was Texas honor band 2016 and he came and watched us play undertow and he chilled with us afterwards and I got him to sign my music.

[@yourlocalkayak888]

Our high school band was the first to get copies of lightning field when it was released in 2015, never got to meet him, but it was still so cool that he chose us!!!

[@j.cordero6965]

@@rebornglory7333 he actually doesn't play any instruments

[@ChloeLikesPie12]

Ever heard his Asphalt Cocktail? It's absolutely insane. John Mackey likes composing musical suicide.

[@hulk14191]

Those 17 people obviously didn't listen to the whole song because this song is one of coolest songs for bands to play

[@randwilliams5552]

They just can't play it

[@Jordan-ix7bm]

Rand Williams I played this in 4th grade stupid, everyone can play it, unless you have no good band education. And people who talk about how cool the bari sax part, it sucks, trust me I play alto sax, and the bari was a few seats away from me, his part sucked. Bari is also the easiest saxophone to play, as you don't do much with syncopation/rhythms in most music compared to other instruments. Baritone players in middle/high school usually are bad players, or bad altos that just want to get into bands with little competition against their luck.

[@randwilliams5552]

Jordan Ohieger I was making a joke, however, if you're so insecure about your musical ability that you are compelled to insult others across the web; be my guest.

[@Jordan-ix7bm]

Rand Williams That's what I do.

[@Jordan-ix7bm]

Rand Williams ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@canusantonius]

So I have the luxury of playing this in my Symphonic Band, and just want to say to anyone who has not seen the Director's Staff for this, one of the first lines for the Percussion is "Find racketing metal, and lay them across each other. Preferably, use train tracks. Must have no definable tone differences. Clank!" Amazing composition work indeed!

[@jimskywaker4345]

We use a break rim

[@bugbugtheone2143]

I do this in the Concert Band, but I an in Symphonic as well. Flutes have to play with the concert band since there are none in the concert band.

[@emilynicholson5437]

When my band played this, my band director snuck into the railyard of my city and stole three railway ties to use as percussion. He forgot to sand them all the way down, unfortunately. In the middle of Foundry our percussionist cut herself on a sharp edge of the railway tie and blood immediately began to seep all over her white dress out of this gigantic gash on her arm. She never stopped playing though! 😁

[@alanartz]

Just like in a real foundry, things get messy

[@AttorneyBrianWhitefan]

Band is life after all

[@thethingthatkeepsyougoing1191]

Takes guts, she got the position before she even arrived

[@jhb6150]

This is most definitely one the most fun songs for percussionists ever!

[@von7076]

Jae-Ho Byun Splash cymbals and toms are my favorite for this piece

[@orionphalynx6192]

#Percussion Pride

[@piperjohnson5022]

Dude it is. Definitely the highlight of my concert percussion in highschool

[@Xaltix01]

Unless you play like 6 times in the wind gong

[@celiacielinski2788]

dude i played this in middle school and it was so fun

[@_kenemon_]

FOUR METAL PILES

[@Warwomp]

Kenemon Lol I play the Woods

[@shayngrizzle5623]

Kenemon I'M PLAYING FOUR METAL PILES IN OUR SPRING CONCERT!

[@tytolley2645]

Kenemon clang and vibraslap for the win

[@AndrewJGaming]

When we played this, we used a broken stage light, a car spring, half of a fire extinguisher and something else I forget what.

[@MapleKnight1234]

Kenemon lol when my band played this in high school they brought in like 5 brake drums

[@joshualin5476]

Percussion is really fun in this

[@ashtraydelicacy5773]

+Joshua Lin Unless instead of the actual whip, you're stuck on a slapstick. :p

[@joshualin5476]

EncyclopediaBro13 And the thing snaps in half during the concert and the thing flies out and barely misses a trombone player and then the director's mad at you and your instructor lectures you for all of the next week and your bandmates don't let you forget it ever and you quit band and... **sob**

[@ashtraydelicacy5773]

Joshua Lin That's more true to reality than I'd like it to be, but yes.

[@nikkijay915]

It's fun, unless you played bass drum. 😂

[@tiffanyclauser4127]

My band plays it and it just sounds like percussion dropped everything

[@Jack-ko4bg]

Lol, my band tried to sightread this the other day. Did not sound REMOTELY close to this XD Still would love to attempt it though. Great song.

[@skylarmcleod4365]

Same here xD The only thing that sounded somewhat close was the flute part at :34

[@tbbhernandez]

Jack Erb sight read? Jesus you guys must be good of this was used for sight reading

[@Jack-ko4bg]

Eziocreeper 1342 Nah we were pretty bad =P I think he underestimated the difficulty of the song so once he tried it on us he gave it to the upper class' band

[@twilightraaaat]

Jack Erb Yes my band was sight reading this yesterday and it sounded nothing like this because the percussion has their period at my school.

[@thomasochs7020]

Jack Erb not that hard of a piece tho

[@wolflover1575]

I played this piece in my freshman year of high school in band

[@rebornglory7333]

wolflover Rogers me too was my favorite arrangement

[@nikkijay915]

wolflover Rogers -- Same! Bass drum ftw. 😂

[@jaredtraylor8320]

Lmao same, and I loved it Trombone btw

[@jonmclarenproductions3853]

Same here. French horn part was pretty sick🤘🤘

[@ZRob23523]

Same and it was the best lmao.

[@seagullmug549]

Being a bass clarinet- this is a great song to play: loud and violent. The music Gods heard my prayers and granted my band with this piece.

[@alexislowe8770]

I love playing this on a bass it sounds so good on a bass clarinet

[@Zoey5374]

I really enjoy the my parts as a bass clarinet, especially this piece. The main reason my teacher chose this piece for my band though is because we have lots of percussion.

[@gableprescott7405]

**4** **Metal** **Bowls** And, in our band's case, a sledgehammer.

[@aravoltgaming740]

Bowl gang rise up

[@bluesteno64]

A WHAT-

[@gableprescott7405]

@@bluesteno64 A sledgehammer. Did I stutter?

[@bluesteno64]

Gable Prescott no, it’s just incredible

[@nilboG1020]

a- a w h a t

[@alankolar5543]

I play the wood blocks , and this DEFINATLEY blocks my wood. Any percussion brothers or sisters?

[@jackyeater4403]

Got to play the metal piles :) I used large drill bits, torn my hands up pretty bad! And to make it even better, John Mackey himself was there to help our band!

[@crispybacon1999]

+Jack yeater gotta love the metal piles...

[@BackEndBrook]

I played the xylophone last year in 8th grade....our middle school got all superiors on this song🔥

[@katiebrungard9351]

I play flute but I got to play xylophone for this piece. The glissandos were so much fun!

[@kyloren7466]

Trash Cans! 😆

[@jesusgeek100]

I'm a flute that's been commandeered to play wind gong for this piece, and I'm just listening to this recording over and over and trying not to get lost. I take back every unkind thought I've ever had about percussion -- coming in on all those strange beats is hard! (I do have an awesome part, though. Pity that I have to play it in front of people.)

[@darkclaydol]

I heard this at a concert yesterday. Best fucking thing that happened to me.

[@christophervanmarter2352]

Last year, my 8th-grade band was chosen to play this at a Midfest type event (I think it was called Georgia state or something because that's where we are playing) and we had worked our asses off getting this song right. Any effort we put into our other 2 songs we put 10 fold into Foundry. The bass parts were so excited that a song let them go all out and get the melody (I'm a bass clarinet so I especially understand the restraint some songs give us) all of the melody party were almost as excited due to there amazing sounding parts, and of course, our percussion were bouncing off the walls at the fact they got to try to make part of a car, some metal bowls, and other metallic objects sound rhythmic. People actually practiced, especially H, yall know the part. We absolutely blew threw LGPE (a type of judging event for those who don't know) with a superior score. We were so hyped about going, we practiced day in day out until a week before we were going to get to play it on stage in front of hundreds of people. However, as luck would have it, that 1 week before Covid hit and not only school but the event also got canceled. I know this might seem pretty boring to a lot of people but hearing this song brings back the fact that we just nearly missed our chance to play at a huge event. By no means am I commenting this to brag or ask for pity points, I guess you could just say I'm pretty salty about the whole thing and I kinda just want to get this out there as almost a comfort to those who lost something during Covid. We've all lost something important so I guess you're not alone. I'm guessing no one will see this seeing as I'm commenting 9 years after this video came out, however, if you did find this and have made it through this exceedingly long comment, thanks for reading it and I hope the world treats you well.

[@fsdhuy]

i was so hyped for my final concert leaving middle school and it never happened later i last access to my bass clarinet as obviously middle and high school arent one body (although special cases yes)

[@OnlyWednesdayMu]

It even says "Nasty!" in the music.

[@TheIncredible72]

W Trombone moment fr

[@hayley4911]

Trombone part is super fun with the rest of the band.

[@sentinelcryowatt9983]

“Nasty” gliss is what I live for

[@vibingpug9857]

I Shit my pants hearing that that was my part lol

[@imspoon1]

Hayley lol this whole song is literally fun!!

[@captainfiddlesticks1271]

Trombones are superior

[@nathanfaulkner4252]

Agreed even thought my section plays super quiet so basically the whole song is a solo at fff

[@ravenashheart9980]

2:25 I get goosebumps every time. Sooo good

[@garrettbrothers6989]

I'm reminded of Gordon Mines from Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

[@AnimeMangaLuver3967]

+Garrett Brothers lmao so i'm not the only one

[@themockingjay94]

+Garrett Brothers That's exactly what I was thinking

[@wesleygrove9635]

Reminded me of mechonis field as well as Goron mines

[@Zeldafan1ify]

+Garrett Brothers and Lanayru Desert (Past) from Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

[@themockingjay94]

yes that too

[@moriomorio]

Boss fight music anyone?

[@VGDustoffTV]

Bob Joe OU's Concert Band is playing this right now. Every time we rehearse, I think of Jak & Daxter or Star Wars: The Old Republic.

[@SonataSirenix]

I like how almost everyone immediately thinks of Zelda.

[@twoofing9477]

Makes me think of team fortress

[@jaybrensdal5475]

I think of Mephiles

[@quack3891]

@@VGDustoffTV doesn't sound cool enough for a boss fight honestly, I feel like this is more just a steampunk world where in the intense moments is combat and otherwise it's just open world exploration.

[@MsShavone21]

I loved playing this on the trombone

[@bennettplessala5692]

Hell yeah! Trombones unite!

[@captainfiddlesticks1271]

Trombones are superior

[@ConnorGamingthereal]

Taylor Tyler yes

[@poisondog88]

@@captainfiddlesticks1271 Amen to that. The director’s score says something about how if you have less than 12 percussionists, you can steal some from other sections, aside from one. It says “The trombone section must not be thinned”

[@Sethj2007]

Playing this for all district it is really fun

[@thedogethatgames]

Thank you John Mackey for making me remember why I hate going above the staff (2nd Trumpet)

[@carson6495]

This is my favorite song to play, and one of my favorite songs to listen to.

[@RiotRazer]

I don't think Mackey ever expected this to be played with a bass sax, but I'm doing it. I can't wait to finally perform this.

[@bennydockson2988]

I play bari, and it's a dream to get my hands on a bass sax

[@surnamandforfwitf9129]

Im tenor and my dream is bari

[@trendrekt8363]

my school played this awhile ago but we got bowls and huge ass chunks of metal to play the correct parts

[@emz717]

Same here! Except, we're using flower pots instead of bowls.

[@trendrekt8363]

wouldn't they break?

[@emz717]

Surprisingly, no. I'm assuming its probably because the percussion is using softer mallets on them, but they sound pretty wicked.

[@Jordan-ix7bm]

Mike Mayers Yes, the school bought them blocks of metal so the students could whop it into tiny ass pieces with the mallets at the concert

[@balsawoodbones]

Flower pots seems likes a better option than metallic cooking bowls. I played this, and it was quite the adventure to find a technique and stick that would make enough sound to be noticeable. I ended up using marching sticks held on the wrong side and a grip that looked like a thumbs-down in order to whack upwards and hit the rim in a way that created a rimshot-esque sound. Fun in the percussion section!

[@megjones5670]

My band actually played this song while we were over in London, England for the New Years Eve concert at Cadogan Hall for the 2012-2013 New Year's Parade. This was much different from what we usually play in a concert season, making it all the more fun to play! I was the only Bari-Sax player for the band and boy, was it cool listening to myself on the recording! Go Bari-Sax!

[@raynhylance3546]

This song perfectly encapsulates Percussion and random things being used as instruments.

[@tomsaenz3754]

This song is so crazy!! I love the way that the scene is set with the great percussion and brass. This song is definately one to sit back and relax to. Sick chords, awesome groove in the middle, and whoa! what a finale! :) Fuck it John Mackey is an amazing composer hah

[@fredface4939]

In my opinion, this song sounds best when you sit right in front of the percussion section, and you can feel the bass drum.

[@douganderson5667]

I remember playing back in 2013 my senior yr of high school at the Dixie Classic in Washington DC. After we finished our set of music all three judges dropped their pencils and gave us a standing ovation! I just remember how amazed they were on how well we performed it at a national level!

[@IsaiahWu]

[@Jack-ko4bg]

You don't understand how jealous I am right now.

[@claytonhett3480]

***** What school he did this at my school too i was woundering if we go to the same school?

[@ChandlersNook]

***** luckyyyy, but my school did get Richard Floyd and Dick Floyd

[@ThirstyCartoon]

***** How much did that cost? lol

[@catnipabuser3089]

Isaiah Wu this is super late but Jeff coffin is coming to our school

[@tiellochridge]

They played this song at a concert. it is so epic. THIS SONG DESCRIBES MY SOUL.

[@bjtemplin5512]

man this song is epic. i play tuba in highschool and i never have a song (other than marching season) where i can play as loud as i want. We had some trouble for a while counting during the time changes and rests but at our UIL competition we did great and won sweepstakes. i really loved playing this song!

[@brittanymartinez-castro4256]

We played this song for our spring concert my freshman year and man did percussion sound awesome.... this is my favorite song from John Mackey

[@peytontaylor184]

we're playing this. alto sax player right here

[@makenzieproffitt1344]

Same!! It's sounds so cool. I love it!

[@peytontaylor184]

+Makenzie Proffitt I love it

[@Count_Dooku_Tyrannus]

+Peyton Taylor Psh. Lucky. The Tuba part is so confusing. We've got dotted quarter rests followed up by an eighth note then dotted quarter note. Plus, my band played it a tad faster than this.

[@peytontaylor184]

+MrAleyado this is one of our festival pieces. we made it to state

[@Count_Dooku_Tyrannus]

Meanwhile my band did it for a concert, and I got an out of tune, garbly tuba to play it on...

[@ProfChimera]

Played this at Carnegie Hall (tuba!)... fantastic piece. Lots of cool percussion sounds.

[@ivypeoples3404]

I'm a percussionist and it was SOO fun to play this song! All the metal scraps and cymbols! All just absolutely amazing~!

[@Movingsniper3344]

First clarinet represent. When I first looked and listened to this I was like WTAF IS THIS!!!!

[@tyreatupouharris4790]

Same tho

[@maxxzie3870]

It was so much fun! We played it last year for LGPE (large group performance evaluation) and everyone loved it!

[@adrit2209]

haha yeah I have first clarinet part this year and I was like “ahh” but after practicing for an hour I have it down

[@abbyhamby2454]

I am playing the Alto Saxophone on this piece for concert band in January, it's absolutely brilliant!

[@kokorokawasaki8629]

those high flutter tongues T_T

[@RoyalsRP]

Played this song in my freshman year of high school. Still. Absolutely love it.

[@indiegogurt]

I played flute for this in middle school and it was honestly my favorite piece i've ever played

[@rhettdilley]

We played this song in my senior year of high school. One of the most fun songs we ever played. I played the timpani. I am so glad I was in percussion

[@rea1325]

Rhett Dilley I’m a senior this year and I’m on timpani as well! what a coincidence

[@mariaaaxoxo]

hey !! i played woodblocks for this piece in 8th grade and I’m a senior now lol

[@dandy320]

I was given the marimba part in this song, and when my director handed it to me he said, “Don’t break anything.” So fun!

[@angelalbright2508]

Our band teacher was about to let us play this a few years ago. But he changed his mind since the older band members got to play this. So unfair; was so fucking excited to play, since I play the trombone. The low brass gives me goosebumps

[@last_womann8344]

Played this last year on BASS CLARINET. Any others out there?

[@racojahtheloxodon2844]

+Unrecognized Xavier But did you play it well, on Bass Clarinet?

[@last_womann8344]

Mhm.

[@connorbosworth7318]

My band is playing this piece this year... Except every band in the entire high school and middle school is playing it

[@1anngeladarlene]

BASS CLARINET IS THE BESTTTT

[@jackygarza2388]

+Connor Bosworth a lot of bands are playing it for uil, my band is one of them :)

[@sneepsnorp4278]

Where my percussion peeps?? FOUR METAL PILES FOR THE WINN (That's what I play btw)

[@lizdawizz]

i got sooo mad when my percussion director just put me on xylophone kms

[@ivyravensong147]

eyy cymbal set is fun

[@orionphalynx6192]

YEEEAAA! Percussion Pride!

[@samirhanda9145]

Haha I’m playing cymbals

[@gavinoh7132]

BASS DRUUUUUUUUUM

[@BornNoU]

When I was in high school, our concert band performed this at competition one year. I will never forget the feedback we got from one of the judges: “I never understood this piece until today. Thank you for playing it for us.” We got straight 1s!!

[@jonahwexler252]

And I am a trombone. Those glisses are pretty cool.

[@dhddud3572]

Jonah Wexler when you 3rd part

[@youngski249]

Played this in band last year. We never completely got it right, but I remember it always being so fun to play. I always come back to this song and remember all the days we spent trying not to get lost.

[@leafycarnivore9419]

marimba player here. that solo was the highlight of my high school experience.

[@itspuppetry]

LeafyCarnivore aye me too

[@idkreally9977]

Same we got the music the other day 😭

[@joshuameyer1838]

We are actually playing this in my band for our concert right now and it sounds awesome, I love all the music by John Mackey

[@garretthance8802]

I’m playing this in my 8th grade symphonic band, third time listening to this song and just got the piece today, can’t wait to hear the end result.

[@lailas-in-space]

omg garrett hi LOL

[@audreyy_0]

omg what’s up guyssss

[@tgnomercy]

My kid's all county band played this yesterday...... percussion had trash cans, buckets all kinda stuff.... had to look it up on here. As a former HS drummer i would have loved to play this..... this is just pure genius,,,,,,,,

[@laurengorski]

I play the french horn, and we have an awesome part in the song. We get to sound strong. Im the only one with second part, so i have to hold the three of us together and I have to be super loud. Good luck to everyone who is playing it! (Holt High School by the way)

[@FatalityPWN]

Reminiscing playing this song back in 9th grade. Feel so old now.

[@sbordash03]

First clarinet was just so fun because you literally were not left out of any part. You played almost with every section at least once throughout the song. And I enjoyed skipping back and forth between low and high parts.

[@hexiguex6968]

This was honestly one of my favourite pieces to play. I did this in maybe eighth grade as an alto sax and it was such a good vibe. I think this was one of the songs we learned later, but it was so cool that we wanted to play it for the concert, even if the end was a trainwreck lol

[@tgnomercy]

Love this....... no matter what skill level/age plays it...... AMAZING arrangement.

[@dillonkanne929]

Every time the rest of the band drops out and all you hear is the trumpets.. i get chills every damn time.. Trumpet player right here baby, LE' GO!

[@lyndseygreenhalgh3556]

im a 3rd clarinet and we have so much fun playing this song any other clarinets out there????

[@ZachbOrigami]

1st Clarinet baby!!!

[@theGagarianplanet]

+lyndsey brown Right here! I'm a proud third ^^

[@LlyonaFang]

bass clarinet player ;)

[@josephhester9843]

+Llyona “ALH” Fang same

[@josephhester9843]

+Llyona “ALH” Fang #supremerace

[@iCANhazRECON1]

I've played this song only three times in my life. Once in seventh grade for a concert on clarinet. Once in eighth grade for a band competition on tuba, in which my band won firsr place. And once more in Freshman year as a symphonic band piece. I may have only played it a few times, but I could listen to it a thousand times

[@ghoulkitten1357]

I'm gonna be playing the trumpet part by memory at my spring concert. Wish me luck! X3

[@Wildbanananana]

Good luck omg!

[@kirga4914]

My high school band played this song in our field show 3 years ago, and we are playing it in mass band again this year

[@nick.a3402]

This piece was so fun to play. I played the clang and vibra slap

[@ic3petals404]

Nick757Gaming ME TOO FAM

[@owem6511]

I got that part because we didn't have enough percussion and our band director thought, "Eh, oboe's useless here."

[@heavynmoltzer353]

YO ME TOO

[@terieleimoore1375]

I fell in love with this piece from the first time I played it my freshman year. Love it so much!! Brings back good memories of a spectacular band (:

[@kaycemeadows9860]

That french horn tho :)

[@thatbchanel1994]

It’s weird how horn switches between high and low brass

[@justwhy9427]

Playing this song on horn and I’m having tons of fun with it :)

[@jonmclarenproductions3853]

This was one of my favorite pieces to play on horn lol!

[@jakebutnotfromstatefarm6044]

@@justwhy9427u sure you had fun? Because the French horns in my band are being absolute cry babies about this song. But they are also cry babies about every song we play.

[@heatherhartline2252]

This was my marching band's opener this year and I was so excited because I already loved this song

[@dumbpunk1165]

My band directors are crazy asf so they literally told us to blast our instruments at the ff and fff's like one day we were so loud, my science teacher, who is on the other side of the school and on the top floor, came to the band room to see what was happening.

[@bluesun128]

I play the toms part in my ensemble. This piece is SUPER awesome. I love it. John Mackey is hands down one of my favorite composers.

[@DelawareDark2]

as a trombone who played this and the glisses, i definitely love this piece

[@goodtimeshuffle]

I love this composition, I heard this song a few minutes ago...my daughter is in the high school band they played this awesome song and wow!

[@MapleKnight1234]

This was fun to play. It's excellent battle music. I can totally imagine a movie with space battles with this as the soundtrack during a battle. The ending of the piece suggests it might not be going well for the good guys. :3

[@captainbryce8170]

Played this in my Southern Regionals band this year... It went awesome!!

[@clarinetgoddess21]

We're playing this right now for our spring concert and I absolutely love it! It's really empowering and intense...:)

[@rayray115115]

I played this with my school band in Chicago Back in March! I played the whip (slapstick) for it! This was everyone's favorite song! Even the judges! The Chicago Heritage Music Festival was awesome! McGill Toolen is now one of the best high school bands in the country!

[@jadedoggie121]

This was my favorite song to ever play in band ever

[@codymyers8996]

Played either 1st or second trumpet for this, and I loved it, a lot of people in my town are in the blue collared work force, and they also loved it..It is amazing!!

[@FireCraft7524]

Try playing and marching this by memory and see how much you like this song then. xD

[@alexiscalvert3273]

this was what you MARCHED to?? oml

[@stubbornwasabi3994]

tbh i wish i was you cuz i have an obsession for john mackey. but still i know what you mean

[@riveliur7917]

We did this my sophomore year along with a few other pieces for our 2016 marching show! It was AWESOME, but looking back it's depressing to see we couldn't achieve the same awesomeness as the recording. Not enough energy and not enough low sound. But it was great fun!

[@Lizxybug]

Ha no! I play the bassoon, that shit doesn't march, that's crazy!

[@reevecoble1812]

When my band heard the recording for the first time, we were like “We should march this!”

[@suzettekrasner]

Just enjoyed this piece at a Honor band performance my son(percussion) played in with band members from his highschool... WOW! Epic and stirring. Their director was so impressed!

[@bonku9863]

0:52 why does the trumpet part always remind me of Pokemon

[@BrandonDavis562]

Loved playing this in band, I still play my part on flute and listen along to this video every now and then

[@connnnnnnor2096]

Who else thinks should be a marching band show

[@connnnnnnor2096]

Dylan Goodner yeah but it would probably get good ratings

[@benula2093]

Funny enough my band is doing this for our 2nd mvmt. as a sort of low brass feature and I'm pumped af. (I'm on euphonium)

[@Unconventional03]

Around 2013 my High school did a show based on this (after all we even played this the year prior)

[@avapocalypsee]

we're playing this for our marching season this year !!

[@lznden]

i’m playing it this year for our season

[@RainboConnection]

My favorite piece from high school tbh. Nothing like banging on four pieces of scrap metal on the floor.

[@ianpj11]

Next year our band director is gonna have us playing this, can't wait

[@Catastropies]

We are playing this piece in band for our spring concert which is a week away from next Tuesday! I am in love with this piece!!

[@samuraicorgis]

We're playing this for concert contest, and I play the bass clarinet part. THAT part is pretty wicked.

[@abbypfeifer5131]

Aahh my band played this in high school and just thinking about it gives me goose bumps. Hands down one of the most fun pieces I’ve ever played as a musician!!

[@christianduncan3801]

I played this in an honor band last school year. I played bass clarinet so I was able the play the entire song blastisimo

[@mazzybananas]

Nice to see another bass clarinetist here :)

[@christianduncan3801]

mazzybananas I'm playing contra-alto clarinet this year.

[@iyokan7979]

+Christian Duncan I can't even believe that that's a thing.

[@ballgangsta01]

I was a french horn playing this piece but we were one percussionist short to play it but we had one french horn extra... Needless to say I got to become an honorary percussionist for this piece and... It. Was. AWESOME!

[@DamarcusBW9]

Definitely one of the pieces of all time.

[@rjhernandez9704]

Mackey makes amazing percussion parts, I get really excited whenever I see his name on the music

[@markgreen4209]

I imagine a different version of the CS:GO trailer with this as the background music, and an intense firefight such as the one depicted in the actual trailer in a foundry based map.

[@Blaketflip]

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE

[@deadi9rs]

Blaketflip We are family!

[@sirenscall1]

I'm playing this song in band and I always picture CS:GO in my head.

[@adriandeltoro179]

The euphonium on this song is AWESOME!!!! It is one of the best I think!!!

[@GsNIPeZ]

I'm in 8th grade at Ferguson MS in Ohio and we're playing this song right now. all the time signature changes make it a little more difficult. Still awesome. (btw im in percussion and its my 1st year in band :))

[@Parallax1903]

I'm a percussionist and we had this piece and everyone in the band was excited to play it, and then quarantine hits :/

[@calebweekley9139]

My band was going to play it before quarantine as well

[@MrStephenMontoya]

Played this last year! Still stuck in my head.