Star Wars Saga by John Williams/arr. Stephen Bulla

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Music for Symphonic Band - Grade 4
Spanning four decades, the dramatic and evocative themes by John Williams for the Star Wars movies have become a treasured part of our musical heritage. This stunning medley for the concert stage features the familiar main theme along with music associated with Darth Vader, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and recent themes for Rey, Kylo Ren, as well as the dramatic March of the Resistance. A guaranteed highlight for any program!
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[@manavlund3331]

Main Theme: 0:03 Imperial March 0:47 Han Solo and the Princess 1:29 The Jedi Steps 2:31 Rey's Theme 3:37 Kylo Ren Arrives at the Battle 4:52 March of the Resistance 5:35 The Throne Room (End Title) 6:06

[@nach0_628]

Manav Lund 👌

[@deanlie]

This is so useful for practicing along with the recording! I missed the comment and did that myself but now I know to look for comments whenever I want to practice a recorded piece. Thanks

[@MaxRamos8]

I did a different version of reys them, it was awsone because it was only horns and euphoniums , was beautiful

[@yourlilbrudder5766]

Manav Lund so many in the wrong keys

[@andrewhofmann]

omg thanks lol

[@ethan13clarke42]

That horn part is just different gravy 😮‍💨

[@edenproductions6290]

My school is playing this for senior graduation. As a clarinet, this song is so much fun to play! I had to go find it online afterwards!

[@syfer.]

im a clarinet in middle school and looking at this scares me

[@edenproductions6290]

@@syfer. it’s a tough one! But keep at it! I thought it was worth it! Good luck 😌

[@miacuevas9409]

@@syfer. just letting you know I’m a percussionist and I’m playing this and I am just dieing inside

[@xaviermitchell7052]

@@miacuevas9409 damn thats sad, i love the oboe part its so fun but i also like to flute and pic part

[@ABFan-bj2uj]

Someone should make a Star Wars Saga medley including Main Theme Imperial March Clone Army Theme Seperatist March Rey’s Theme Anakin’s Theme Asteroid Field Han Solo And The Princess Here They Come March Of The Resistance Throne Room/End Title

[@incognitomoose4065]

Forgot *Jedi Steps*

[@jacobcavendish9230]

will do

[@grey2969]

Also Anakin’s Betrayal

[@JacobMatthewss]

March of the Resistance and Rey's Theme are probably my 2 favorites!

[@elegostar6523]

bad opinion

[@greatday9805]

​@@elegostar6523 ?

[@xaviermitchell7052]

The flute part in this is so creative and I love it, i am constantly playing it along with the oboe part and sometimes the piccolo part but sometimes that get boring. Great piece of music!

[@TheGallifreychild]

A nice arrangement. My only complaint is leaving out (arguably) some of the best music from the saga (Duel of the Fates, Across the Stars, Battle of the Heroes, Light of the Force to name a few). Hard to call it Star Wars Saga when you don't have something from every film.

[@waffinibrosproduction2787]

💯 % agreed their are critical peaces of music from the saga that are missing, consequently making it a non-complete saga of music

[@cesarbugarini499]

There's other arrangements of star wars we agree on that right

[@killert_7759]

Yeah. The prequels have the best music but this piece leaves it all out.

[@catycat28meow]

It's a shame that the Cantina Band isn't here! I love that song!

[@phillup2117]

I’m playing trombone 1 for this and it’s tons of fun, but the ending...

[@user-ri3hs9rd2s]

l play the trumpet

[@austindudash8872]

I play alto saxophone

[@Warzone-clips-funnymoments]

I play tuba

[@kadeynallen7795]

Bassoonist

[@hawkcobrakai3029]

@@austindudash8872 Bari and Tenor Sax

[@DolanDank]

right key = imperal march, jedi steps, reys theme, wrong key = opening theme, leia theme, kylo theme (so close though), march of the resistance, throne room still sounds great though

[@mlefeb]

David Scalia It's in a different key to make the piece a bit easier

[@DolanDank]

yeah you are right. just pointing it out

[@mlefeb]

David Scalia Oh ok

[@mlefeb]

Fling Starss Explain

[@mlefeb]

Fling Starss Ah ok I got you.

[@morganhuber4147]

Anyone else looking at this piece because your school is playing it? Just me? Ok.

[@jonahd.536]

I wish my school band would have us play this

[@elinahagakallevik820]

Our youth-region band:)

[@wicked8956]

Yup.

[@samwatterson232]

Yup

[@mikesaxclar]

Working on this for my community band right now. Extremely well done arrangement.

[@pyrotortilla5192]

this is missing duel of the fates

[@mouton-jk9xm]

And battle of the heroes, across the stars and anakin theme

[@ajsova]

Disney doesn't like the prequels

[@jazjo33_43]

I have the actual piece... and I'm pretty sure it has Duel of Fates, along with Cantina Band, Across the Stars too. (I'll have to check for what else

[@samuellabrecque880]

@@jazjo33_43 No, this version doesn't. You can see very clearly at the top of the score's first page which pieces are in this specific arrangement, and none of those are.

[@BlazinInfernape]

Lmao you actually think Disney would ask Hal Leonard to include prequel music? That's hilarious

[@nyancs7098]

I’m happy the Stephen bulla likes bassoons and euphoniums

[@tylerlindstrom5054]

just got the music for this I'm excited

[@eddiecamacho3014]

Woooow! What happened to the intro of the March of the Resistance?! Where the grand entrance?!?

[@andybobj]

OMG WE NEED TO PLAY THIS

[@jamiestucki6481]

I played this for my 7 th grade end of year concert! I love it!

[@silly_sheep09]

OMG SAME IT WAS AMAZING!! I ALSO GOT THE EUPHONIUM SOLO WHICH WAS EPIC!!! 😁😁😁😃😃😃😆😆😆😄😄😄😀😀😀🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳☺️☺️☺️😊😊😊😊😇😇😇😇🙂🙂

[@JJaedyy116]

I have to play it for my spring recruitment concert and I’m in seventh grade, hopefully it goes good

[@user-py3zs2sp1q]

Wow this music is very nice!!!!!!

[@lizzieelsenpeter7256]

Where's cantina band song?

[@dakotamuncy5641]

@@adamb4610 It's mainly high hat from percussion 2, at least that's what's in my music, cuz I'm p2, and the snare drum from percussion 1 that keeps the beat there

[@dakotamuncy5641]

I can't remember what section has the melody, saying that my band hasn't really played there sense we site readed the music

[@jazjo33_43]

@@adamb4610 for us, it's the Clarinets, Flutes, and I think Trumpets (same band as Dakota)

[@traceyfraley2375]

Alto sax have it

[@maggie-zr5ni]

Tracey Estep and it’s not fun

[@ELy-cs8lh]

My band played the michael story's star wars saga and im starting to wish we played this

[@HelloooThere]

AMAZiNG!!!!!

[@Football024dark]

I wish composers would make all these arrangements for all levels becuase as a percussionist I am the only person in my band capable of playing the snare and mallet parts.

[@eirikeielsenbraadland1941]

Awesome!

[@joelwilson7797]

Excellent piece! Playing it for grade 9 this year

[@miacuevas9409]

Im a 6th grader and I’m playing this 😐

[@chelsmac3922]

@@miacuevas9409 that’s crazy yet I still can’t help but wonder who asked

[@miacuevas9409]

@@chelsmac3922 I was just saying, I really didn’t mean it as a hate comment

[@DianaGee]

C'mon how can you not have the best part of the throne room

[@alejandrocharles4265]

this is cool

[@anubisgodofdeath420]

I’m going to play this for elementary kids and kindergartens. And Harry Potter Not just that but I have to learn three other songs for the final test coming up in March ;-;

[@SipsNumberOneFan]

Wish the ending of this had started with the beginning of the Throne Room theme instead of the smooth section. Would have been a great segway going from the Resistance's march into the Rebellion's march

[@outlander1924]

The 9 people are apparently Stormtroopers because they missed the like button.

[@eddiecamacho3014]

ImperialOneWithThe Force lmao

[@noelm.5504]

:D

[@benlarsen6049]

Make that 32

[@rodrigodelrio1378]

@@datnubscroob 42

[@tllsaeteurnn13]

ImperialOneWithThe Force 48

[@darinstaley1993]

Kylo Ren's theme 😍

[@anthonyrollins5813]

I play the contra bass clarinet for this kind of stuff

[@chrispelayo6365]

Do you get tuba parts since there aren’t any parts for contra on this peice?

[@samsinger253]

@@chrispelayo6365 i don't know for them but for us we just double up on the bass clarinet part

[@nyancs7098]

Chris Pelayo contra clarinets read Bb treble clef

[@shadowwolf5472]

Contrabass? Nice!

[@brianmaul7135]

Alto clarinet and oboe solo? Wonderful!

[@edilacosta6418]

Brian Maul and horn

[@adamcollester2655]

Maybe it's because I've never really heard an alto clarinet before, but I don't hear it in the solo (or soli I guess). It should sound like a low-but-not-bass-clarinet-low sound, right?

[@goose1773]

@@adamcollester2655 the alto clarinet can play in all 4 voices. Arrangers use it for bass clarinet and tenor sax/bassoon/baritone sax/baritone horn. Theoretically it should be with horn 2 and alto sax and oboe not with tenor sax since they sound nothing alike.

[@n64fan48]

I cannot think of 2 better instruments to put together. Its good to know at least one composer sees the value in the alto clarinet

[@thekoopaguymk]

There are other arrangements I prefer but this one is good

[@finxky5655]

"His future is so blurry."

[@ericplayz8132]

im getting literally a lot of the french horn parts because i asked my music teacher if she can put french horn notes in there for me to play for the combined concert and i play the trombone too

[@sambamsen]

To all the people commenting on the flaws of this video Why not point out the pluses instead of criticizing he piece It's still really good not matter what You try and make a better one I'll wait

[@ABFan-bj2uj]

That was more of a euphonium than a baritone.

[@benoit17056]

Super 😍

[@emiii5267]

Das Spiel ich auch im Orchester

[@account.5571]

This does the gusto of the main theme no justice

[@kalebspriggs9966]

whats the name of the piece at 2:33

[@manuelcruz6120]

I play trumpet 1 for 8th grade band

[@jonahbeck6865]

What is 2:37 called? It's from ep. 7 right?

[@tml4437]

the jedi steps and finale

[@anthonyrollins5813]

It's Rey's theme

[@echo2121]

No it isn't. Rey's theme is at 3:35

[@elvisanderson3453]

May I just say this song is inaccurately titled because if they want to call it the star wars saga they need to include songs from every part of the series. that includes the prequels. yes most people don't like them but that doesn't mean it's not a part of the star wars saga. And let's be honest the prequels has some of the best star wars music ever! Just listen to duel of the fates or battle of heros and many others. these songs should not be left out of a piece that is highlighting star wars but is forgetting a key factor in the entire series. Just a note to all the composers out there. I just needed to go on this rant because a part of the star wars cannon is being left out when it shouldn't. even if you don't like it. other than that great song!

[@lucaspano3757]

Elvis Anderson your right

[@thecommandblockuser6939]

If you want to think about it, the main theme is technically from the prequals... You have a good point tho

[@latemammoth]

I actually agree. As much as the prequels suck, John Williams is still a genius. Plenty of prequel music is fantastic!

[@WhiteWolf496]

Fun Fact, The Throne Room appears in the credits of Revenge of the sith. for the majority of the credits too.

[@miguelangelguzman9196]

I totally agree with you. In my opinion, the Prequel trilogy came out with the best music. I wonder why they haven't uploaded any. I'd really want to hear Across the Stars or Battle of the Heroes.

[@moopymeebloopy456]

Great but i feel like there is a little too much emphasis on the baritone I know its a great yet very overshadowed instrument but not a lot of people play it and i doubt it would be that loud in an actual concert setting

[@stox2418]

I disagree. It may vary from country to country, but here in Norway every concert band has a Euphonium. If it can't be heard in a concert setting, the band is playing too loud, simple as that. The Euphonium has the range and warm tone equivelant to a cello in an orchestra. In my opinion the melodic parts suits the Euphonium well. I play Euphonium myself, so bias warning hehe.

[@silly_sheep09]

@@stox2418 yeah, the euphonium can project quite well if the band is playing at a reasonable volume. On top of that, lots of people play it, it just isn’t as mainstream as other instruments, kind of like the bassoon or the french horn.

[@stox2418]

@@silly_sheep09 Excactly

[@bigred5852]

5:38 what's that little bit called?

[@davidgillette4310]

march of the resistance @BIG Red Red

[@masterzane4369]

3 stormtroopers missed the like button

[@natew6319]

MrZDawgSwag 7

[@crimsonkaiser3162]

MrZDawgSwag 9

[@Minecraftlol2169]

MrZDawgSwag 10

[@sharmanofthewhills2578]

MrZDawgSwag, now 13

[@grassietay2232]

MrZDawgSwag 42

[@_bik1ni_k1ll3r_8]

Where’s cantina band

[@addyson1883]

We played the a much easier version of the first song last year for beginner band

[@solisholder]

the only thing missing was the force theme

[@lanc3yy671]

i gotta play this for 7th grade

[@jadenpearson414]

Any Alto or Soprano Sax players here

[@josemiguelsotorojas2054]

Here lol

[@beatricekolk1361]

Bari here

[@zacvee7255]

Why is the main theme in the wrong key

[@samkeller3325]

Hello there

[@luisalovesboctor]

bassoon part 🫶🫶

[@antoniotrevino7332]

Who plays at 0:28???

[@edilacosta6418]

Antonio Trevino baritone alto saxes and tenors saxes

[@TxRxAxP]

hard

[@jacklymburner8043]

I love the saga oh sorry I meant the ogs and sequels not those prequels with scores that were almost 100 times better than the sequels themes

[@beneyweneys]

If there was 1 thing that was consistently good throughout the entire trilogy its Williams. The sequels were a little underwhelming, because lets be for real here no one knew what they were supposed to do until a month before the release date and John Williams (and literally everyone else in the preproduction, production and postproduction) were given like 2 days to do their job that they were supposed to do in 6 months), but John Williams sequel sountrack is probably the best thing about it in my opinion

[@AA8Skills]

If I had to be honest, this arrangement sounds amazing. But from the composition point of view, there are many mistakes. The main theme is in b flat, yet this arrangement is in f. It doesn't bring the correct emotion and power the original brought when played. The imperial march in in correct key, but wrong rhythmic pattern. It is all in sixteenth note triplets, not sixteenth notes. It's affects the march feel. The original brought the triplet march feel, while this brings an eighth note feel. There are more, but they don't affect the original version's vision. Again, this piece is absolutely amazing, there are just things that could have been made better.

[@rodrigodelrio1378]

Just remember this is concert band, not an orchestra or symphony

[@guilhermesilvadecamargo8553]

The idea of the arrangement is to be more simplified. The original arrangement is by Johan de Meij. That yes has the original rhythms written in the score.

[@Sunbeargirl-]

@@rodrigodelrio1378 More like, remember it's Grade 4, not Grade 5-6. Expecting rapid triple tonguing at the Grade 4 level might be a bit much for some players, but concert bands shouldn't be looked down upon or thought of as less professional than symphony orchestras merely because fewer professional bands exist. Try telling the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra they're not professional.

[@kojeb]

CEOs of forgetting the prequels exist

[@incognitomoose4065]

The 53 people are obviously stormtroopers because they have missed the like button.

[@stantons03]

yyyyyyyyyyes

[@keirakropatsch2322]

*Cries in Oboe

[@henrygustavekrausse7459]

Disintegration is a dark side power because Emperor Palatine turned his entire army to "mist".

[@kiearahayes3771]

The March sounds so weird.

[@maz7222]

0:47-1:28

[@dr.hen2923]

the best part

[@maxjonak6742]

Trumpet part is too low.

[@eddiecamacho3014]

Max Jonak ikr. But maybe, the arranger did it on purpose? 🤔🤔😂😂💀

[@jazjo33_43]

@@eddiecamacho3014 no... I have the piece and the trumpets aren't this low

[@tml4437]

played this in 8th grade. really hard but fun.

[@1.4142]

need throne room

[@sethenewman4309]

This is missing battle of the heroes

[@russelstudios2187]

Yes, it's definitely the whole saga, especially since you left out a third of the films, which have, in my opinion, the best music. Don't worry though, Disney probably paid you to do this. The rest is great though

[@jerryleekiller80]

Chi ha messo non mi piace deve andare a scaricare la frutta al mercato....

[@emmaslit2921]

The 2.2k people who liked this are with the resistance and the 54 dislikes are with the empire

[@elcazador3349]

Star Wars in another key sounds so wrong.

[@Dragontrumpetare]

Ok, I dont know why they never do the Empire march from Attack of the clones instead when it comes to make it easy. This version thats from the Empire Strikes Back sounds so really strange wihtout the triplets. If they used the one from Attack of the clones, they would be a much easier version to play, and it would sound better. One of the best renditions of that theme in Star Wars in my point of view.

[@timgomez9976]

It's great but it's not the entire saga

[@pesa4971]

Tim Gomez ...if u cant do it u self..

[@darkneoww2454]

Like si tu trouve l’intru 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😏😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

[@lulunares5394]

Le 69 ième en partant du 7 ième au milieu de la gauche

[@juanamado99]

Thank you stephen bulla. Now we know that an arranger is a dj of film music. This is the worst arrange i have listen since all of my life. What about episodes i ii and iii. And please listen to the original song and then try to arrange it. I think in orchestra and band there's flutes and oboes and in Rey's theme an oboe is not a flute. Please listen to the original song. My god.

[@dylanthecurator9068]

and will you make a better one

[@juanamado99]

+1337 Haxorus I hope so one day, if i can win the bread of all days from being an orchestrator, arranger or composer what i'm studying. And sorry. My english is not really good. Spanish.

[@dylanthecurator9068]

Alright

[@plunger9165]

You know what else is a saga?… These damn simply piano ads

[@videogamesfiona373]

More like 51 stormtroopers!

[@elinahagakallevik820]

55 now

[@loganbeaumont2490]

Dont call it star wars saga and put literally no prequels smh

[@amandacampbell0281]

0:50 You will thank me later

[@Account-qu4pl]

I thank you after 2 years

[@bussinsuss8529]

hello there, i dont mean to force my religion on you at all. but Jesus is the messiah. he is the lord and savior of the world. please turn to him and repent from your sins! let's worship the Lord together!! Amen! Glory to the Lord almighty!

[@escopiliatese3623]

Bulla isn’t a composer nor an arranger, he’s a butcher.

[@luckyafsdjflasioandfi6939]

THIS TIMPANI PART IS TRASH WITH 13 RETUNINGS AND THEY ARENT EVEN WRITTEN