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"Spartacus" by Phantom Regiment, Reaction/Analysis by Musician/Producer
Original Video: • Phantom Regiment 2008 ...
Message from GWFrog (Reaction/Analysis Requester)
"Starting in 73 BC, the Thracian slave Spartacus became one of about 70 gladiator slaves who escaped and rebelled against the Roman Republic. Eventually, about 70,000 slaves entered the rebellion. A former Roman soldier, Spartacus was an effective military leader, but the rebellion was against Rome, essentially a losing proposition in those days. Only about 6,000 slaves survived to become prisioners and were then crucified.
In 1956, Aram Khachaturian wrote a ballet that follows the exploits of Spartacus, although the storyline takes liberties with the historical record. Spartacus is still one of Khachaturian's best known and most popular works.
In 1960, Kirk Douglass produced and Stanley Kubrick directed the Oscar-winning (4) film "Spartacus" with Americans as slaves and Brits as Romans. Dalton Trumbo (who was blacklisted during the days of the House Unamerican Activities Committee) wrote a script that was highly entertaining, but was Hollywood fiction.
First thing about Phantom Regiment-- up until the last couple of years it was two and sometimes three organizations. The drums and horns are the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle corps. The all-female colorguard is the Phantomettes Color Guard. In those years when some colorguard guys were added, they were the Rangers Color Guard (with Rangers being the corps' originally planned name---another story). "Spartacus" has all three units in its 2008 production. The Phantom Regiment is the Romans, and the Phantomettes and Rangers are the slaves. Phantom tells pretty much their own fictionalized tale with several rather spectacular killings.The music is:
* Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian
* Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss
* Battlefield (from Cirque Du Soleil's KA) by Rene Dupere
* Dance of Ecstasy (from Danses Fantastiques) by Loris Tjeknavorian
* Toccata (from Piano Concerto No. 1) by Alberto Ginastera
The program was wildly popular with drum corps fans throughout the season, and it has been said that the crowd reaction helped hype the corps sufficiently to literally pull them to the championship. In Quarterfinals, Phantom Regiment scored 96.575 in third place behind the Blue Devils and Cavaliers. In Semifinals, they scored 97.675 and passed the Cavaliers to move into second place. In Finals, they scored 98.125 to top Blue Devils' 98.100 and win their second Drum Corps International Championship. The crowd's ovation began quite some time before the performance ended and continued for a while. "Spartacus" is generally considered to be the most popular DCI show ever.
Side note 1--This was the last DCI Championship held outdoors, and it was supposed to have been held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, but construction was behind schedule, and the champioships were moved to Indiana University in Bloomington.
Side note 2--When the young woman is killed and thrown to the ground, you can see her head bounce off the turf, and she actually suffered a minor concussion (not that any concussion is actually minor)."
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