LISTEN
The most effective productions rely on successful integration and interplay between the winds, battery, front ensemble and sound design to create a cohesive sound. To hear how Beyond The Box Music custom front ensemble, battery, and sound design arrangements work together, click on the series of links below to listen to a layered example of what Rob can bring to your performance ensemble.
Listen to an excerpt of Beyond The Box Music client Upper St. Clair High School’s indoor drumline production All That Glitters to hear how each of the Beyond The Box Music services work with one another.
Source Music
In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg serves as the basis for this arrangement. Listen to the original and follow along to see how this piece is transformed for the marching floor!
Acoustic Pit
The keyboards of the front ensemble serve as the main melodic and harmonic component throughout this show. Listen to how the orchestra parts are encapsulated through the mallet percussion.
Battery
All of the unpitched marching percussion helps to compliment and contrast the work of the acoustic keyboards in the front ensemble. Listen to how each section of the battery adds unique color, as well as rhythmic interest, to the arrangement.
Percussion
The magic of arranging comes when all the sections work with each other. Listen to the Acoustic Pit and the Battery together to hear how the whole percussion section interacts to create a cohesive musical texture.
Percussion + Sound Design
The final step of the process, sound design, really brings the show to life! Listen to how much deeper and richer the musical texture sounds with sound design compared to the Percussion only track.