Triumph? - Original Marching Show

After 5 months of work and many delays, I present my newest marching show "Triumph?" This show is the musical illustration of 4 friends forced into being soldiers fighting in a war they want no part of. Being obligated to put their own lives on the line on behalf of a country that doesn't value theirs. The war is fierce and ferocious but turns on their favor in the end. Although, the victory does come with a cost...
This is a special show to me because today marks the 2 year period from my first marching show "Flight!" which premiered on July 3rd, 2022. I decided to sneak a couple of motifs from Flight as a little Easter egg. See if you can find them.
Selections include:
Fanfare for 4 Trumpets - Granville Bantok
The Death Hunt - Bernard Herrmann
Salvation is Created - Pavel Chesnokov
Battle on Kyoshi Island from the Avatar: The last Airbender - Takeshi Furukawa
What Could Have Been - Sting
Dialogue From Oppenheimer
Dialogue from Princess Mononoke
And original music by Amias Campbell
Act 1: Uproot
Act 2: Shattered
Act 3: Vengeance & Sacrifice
Act 4: Remember
Start date: 2/4/24
Completion Date: 7/4/24
‭Luke 9:23-24
Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. [24] If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
This is a project that I made for fun. I do not own any of the copyrighted pieces used in this show, and will not distribute this product to any individual, organization or program.

[@AmealYT]

This is the show of all time

[@therealnocommonsense]

Indeed

[@KevinYe-t4l]

Guys, we gotta all play our part abd mash it together

[@jofnsof]

Bet I play trumpet and trombone

[@hmythical9947]

I play baritone, Alto and Baritone Sax, put me in coach

[@therealnocommonsense]

Call me asparagus

[@msewell763]

I CALL HER CHANDALIER ‼‼🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣

[@wallyt_games7420]

Bro you cooked so hard with this, I would love to see this performed

[@p.clark27289]

Would love to see the percussion score, it sounds amazing throughout! Really clean writing.

[@aa-fu2jd]

8:34 ACTUAL PEAK

[@goofyalto]

The J. Robert Oppenheimer quote was just perfection

[@HeyDucky62]

loved that salvation is created part at the start of movement 2. my junior year show this year has salvation is created as a repeated motif through the show

[@CookiesCage]

I tried writing an opener for a show called triumph about a year ago and after watching your previews I completely redid my opener. Your works are literally mind blowing man!!!

[@therealnocommonsense]

@@CookiesCage Thank you ❤

[@extremelybaldcardboard]

oh shoot it’s finally happening

[@Goo482]

this is really good man! i love ur use of woodwinds to brass, larger sections with brass and slower and lower sections with woodwinds battery and front writing immaculate stuff dude i also love the little dci references like scv 18 mello holds (ur mello lines are so good btw) and cadets at the end lol please keep writing man its really good!

[@ainsleygilson6869]

Hey, my band junior year played Salvation as our opener and closer to our show! I was part of the opening clarinet ensemble!

[@declandougan7243]

Percussion is your real strongsuit. Would love to see more.

[@FilmMusicNerd]

11:14 Princess Mononoke!! After that impact hit I got chills. I got so excited to the point I almost cheered like if I was in a actual DCI/Band comp show. great use of sampling dialogues from films!

[@malcopro4452]

DCI PLEASE HIRE THIS GUY if you aren't already composing for a corp but seriously bro this goes crazy hard, percussion writing is excellent

[@therealnocommonsense]

Thank you! Maybe I'll get hired to write for a corps in the future, it would def be the opportunity of a lifetime!

[@j-mikedecker7279]

This is another phenomenal show that you have created! Keep up the amazing work, I always look forward to these!!

[@lachlancomps]

Amazing, your arranging and original composing is all incredible, love the theme and how it all fits together, keep up the good work!🤩

[@hmythical9947]

This inspires me to get back to work on my own drum corps show

[@Frenchbeemusic]

more than amazing, couldnt expect less from the master ❤❤

[@kuwumiefn6943]

What a closer

[@ericjohns6796]

this is absolutely fantastic, keep it up!

[@spacecow8717]

I LOVE NO COMMON SENSE MARCHING SHOWS

[@twoletter]

PLEASE SHARE THE FRONT ENSEMBLE SCORE!!

[@itscalamity1976]

8:36 OHHHHH MYYYY GOSHHHH This is pure heat!!! (I'm writing my own show, so this definitely gave me some form of motivation to keep goign and adding more!)

[@itscalamity1976]

(Also... what program are you using to write this? I'm using musescore, but there's some bits and pieces of the soundfonts that I'm not fond of when I'm writing my music lol)

[@therealnocommonsense]

@@itscalamity1976 I'm using musescore 3

[@vicacto4912]

i love this man!!!

[@BFlatMarching]

This is seriously so inspiring, well done! What software was this made on?

[@therealnocommonsense]

@@BFlatMarching Musescore 3!

[@msewell763]

So insanely good.

[@PakistanBuilds]

fantastic job dude

[@ramO6713]

Certified banger The mello part goes hard af

[@dncproductions-hh1kd]

This is incredible

[@micah3986]

Masterpiece

[@alexthemex10]

All I can say is, WOW!

[@trieutan5931]

7:17 i thought this was mcnutt lick 😭

[@therealnocommonsense]

Someone finally found it 😭

[@trieutan5931]

@@therealnocommonsense LET'S GOOOO

[@MaxisaBandKid]

Yoooooooo my school did Salvation is Created for UIL concert evaluation

[@tysonvandenbrook]

This is sick what the heck!!

[@Sam_Strong]

THIS IS SO COOL WHAT

[@chaseutter]

W show

[@aa-fu2jd]

i see someone is reading buccaneers fan with that ballad

[@JacobieHumphrey]

Bro this is awesome. Mind dropping the percussion score, it sounds amazing!

[@thepianoandtrumpetguy]

0:41 sounds like end of crown 2016's opener

[@Spider_105]

W in the chat

[@bigboland6160]

sounds like a crown show

[@tylerallen582]

omggg

[@abramwilson54]

how do you find source music for these shows? whenever I have a theme idea, I can never find music that will fit or even be playable by a marching band. any suggestions welcome

[@therealnocommonsense]

Most of the music I end up using for shows I actually find by accident. Whenever I hear a piece that I think has even a little bit of potential I will save it and add in into a playlist. Doing this long enough will give you a large catalog of different pieces of music that you can pick and choose from whenever you decide to write a show. That's at least what I do. hope this helps, have a great rest of your day and God bless you!

[@JackBlpck427]

lick jumpscare

[@spikmagoo]

I see you took inspo from BA 2022 ;)

[@mcyumbus]

what percussion sounds do you use? they sound amazing!

[@masonniehaus7973]

sounds fantasstic! what did you use for the ambient synth sounds like at the beginning?

[@therealnocommonsense]

its one of the built in synths in musescore

[@AnotherDCINerd]

What's your favorite show you've made?

[@therealnocommonsense]

Prob 13

[@AnotherDCINerd]

@@therealnocommonsense same for me

[@Wollabeat]

good job again man! how do you approach writing the score for a show?

[@therealnocommonsense]

I always start out with trying to flesh out the theme or story behind the show. That will make the writing process easier later down the line. Once I have that figured out I will venture out and try to find any type of music that I think will go well with the theme. I don't try to restrict myself to orchestral and concert band music only. I've used brass ensembles, trumpet quartets, movie soundtracks, and even some EDM! You're not limited to a specific genre to take inspiration from. Try not to get frustrated when composing, for me, it is trial and error, trial and error, trial and error. I'll write something down and see if it sticks, if I don't like it, I'll either scrap what I originally wrote all together or add it into a separate score for later use. For instance, Act 3 of this show was originally Act 1, I changed the source music for Act 2 four times before I settled on something, and Act 4 did not exist until about 2 weeks ago!. It is a long windy road to reach the finished product, and that's ok. By always experimenting with new styles and techniques, it has over the years allowed me to refine my own distinct sound. Hope this helps. Have a great rest of your day and God bless you!

[@PakistanBuilds]

how do you get your suspended cymbal rolls to sound like that?

[@therealnocommonsense]

Add a 32nd tremolo on the sizzle cymbal in MDL Drumline and crescendo

[@bormga3981]

cadets reference at the end? 👀

[@kuwumiefn6943]

FIRSTLY THE PERCUSSION SOUNDS SO MUCH BETTER THAN MUSESCORE. SECONDLY THIS IS SOME BEAUTIFUL WRITING. THIRDLY do yk what software the percussion writer uses. Its so good

[@therealnocommonsense]

It's musescores MDL drumline

[@kuwumiefn6943]

@@therealnocommonsense When did they get MDL. Ive been trying for months. Also he use something else for the cymbal rolls? (IM SORRY FOR ASKING SO MANY QUESTIONS)

[@therealnocommonsense]

@@kuwumiefn6943 1. MDL is only available on musescore 3 and has been for a couple of years now. 2. I think you might be a little confused, I wrote the entire show myself, there was not another person that did percussion 😁. 3. If you add a 32nd tremolo onto the 3rd sizzle cymbal, it'll sound like a sus. cymbal. Hope this helps, God bless you!

[@CantEven]

@@kuwumiefn6943 It is also actually possible to get the MDL sounds in MuseScore 4, although it's admittedly kind of a hassle. Just look up "Musescore 4 - Adding MDL Sounds Tutorial" on youtube and it should be the first result. The new sounds in Musescore 4 also (somewhat) improved the percussion situation, so if you go to the "suspended cymbal" instrument and put a 32nd tremelo on it it sounds fantastic.

[@kuwumiefn6943]

@@therealnocommonsense Dude. Your writing for winds and percussion is insane brother. Beautiful work. Thank you for the cymbal trick and God bless you too.

[@The_TubaMan]

Hey, I’m getting a show put together as well, called the Dream. I’m thinking of using Brahms lullaby as a pre show; Ride by Samuel Hazo as the opener/ first scene, then a original work by me (which ought to be good) then either the seal lullaby or sleep by Whitacre, then Tank!, and for the finale Paul’s Dream and My Roads lead into the desert from Dune. Pretty epic, right?

[@therealnocommonsense]

Sounds pretty neat! I'll look forward to the finished product!

[@chlorinekid3827]

Is there a name for that segment at 6:13?

[@therealnocommonsense]

@@chlorinekid3827 that part is original

[@chlorinekid3827]

​@@therealnocommonsenseOh ok. It's really good

[@nickmontoya_]

@@therealnocommonsensesounds like crown 2022