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Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) was asked by his sister to compose music for a play for her children in 1890. He first started to compose Hänsel und Gretel, based on the fairy tale by the Brothers G...

La obertura del concierto "Bosque infinito" se inspira en un antiguo bosque, que se alza majestuoso, envuelto en misterios y secretos. Al aventurarse en este bosque, uno nunca sabe lo que le espera. E...

A short concert opener. I quote a couple of Norwegian Folk Tunes to make a musical picture of the Vikings running from the seashore to face a battle. They used to drink something made of mushrooms to...

This piece was commisioned by The Norwegian Band Federation - Northwestern Region for an summer festival in Eid. Intrada Orientale recieved it's first performance there in 2012. It is a concert-opene...

This original piece is intended to performed by the youngest musicians. The structure of the overture is traditional A-B-A with a slow section in the middle flanked by two Modearo sections. As the tit...

This piece was commissioned by Torskangerpoll Musikklag as a massed-band item for their “Storm Festival” in 2016. The “Storm Festival” is a festival for from bands all over Norway with concerts, parad...

The main theme from the movie with the same title, produced in 1962, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remmick in the leading roles. The composer is one of the great names in...

In 'The Incredibles', music with high energy and a lot of wind players fits well. To play this music with a wind band takes good care of this intentions. The super heroes is matched with music in all...

Music for the movie 'Orions Belt' was written by Geir Boehren and Bent Åserud. They traveled to the archipelago of Svalbard to find inspiration for the music, the music is therefore based on the drama...

Today, this blues song is mostly recognized with the 'Blues Brothers' Movie featuring Dan Akroyd and John Belushi. it was composer and recorded as early as 1937 by Robert Johnson. Johnson (1911-1938)...

Gimme Some Lovin' is a song written by Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood, and originally performed by The Spencer Davis Group. The song has been covered by many other artists, including Da...

The Green Hornet Theme by Billy May can be described as a jazzy version of 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee' (Rimsky-Korsakov). It was written for the American TV series 'The Green Hornet' in 1966, and s...

This edition is an easy arrangement for Concert Band on the main theme of the TV-serie Bonanza. The Bonanza theme, emulating galloping horses, is one of the best known pieces of made-for-television mu...

Planes' is the sequel of the 'Cars'-movies which have been great successes all over the world. This time, it's all about planes, and the success is about to be repeated … The planes are the heroes of...

Disney's animated film Frost was issued in December 2013 and immediately became a success in theaters. It draws inspiration from H.C. Andersen's fairy tale 'The Snow Queen'. The story is about a brave...

In November 2014, the conductor Peter Szilvay, on behalf of Christiania Wind Ensemble (Oslo), commissioned a piece from me. He was looking for a quite short piece of music, effective, intense and danc...

This arrangement is based on the well-known melody 'Little Cat' from the Swedish TV-series about Emil from Lønneberget written by Astrid Lindgren. The easy melody is arranged with a funky accompanimen...

The song appears early in the movie 'Back to the Future' as Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) skateboards to school. Later in the film, McFly and his band play a hard rock version of the song for a Battle...

Beethoven's everlasting melody keeps popping up in different arrangements. This one is inspired by the version made to the movie 'Sister Act'. Gospel at its best! You may use this piece both in church...

'Remember Me' is a song from the 2017 animated Disney Pixar film 'Coco'. The song apperars in several different versions throughout the movie, as a mariachi arrangement, ballad and even as a pop vers...

Norwegian Sunset, composed by Danish composer Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, is a famous song in Norway. In the movie Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, it's performed under a starry night by the main character Reodor F...

This is the main theme from the movie 'Gåten Ragnarock' (2013) superbly composed by Norwegian composer Magnus Beite. The music is narrative with long, melodic lines combined with a rhythmic drive. Thi...

This lullabye comes from the children's film Karsten and Petra Become Best Friends, based on Tor Åge Bringsværd's popular children's book. This arrangement gives young musicians the opportunity to per...

Music has always been of great importance in Disney's magical world. The instrumental music and songs of the animated feature films provide a unique background and magic to any Disney story. Every Chr...

Composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez have once again written music for Disneys sequel film Frozen II after great success in 2013 with Frozen. Many will probably remember Let it Go which...