Austin Symphonic Band Performing Silverado

Austin Symphonic Band. November 14, 2021 concert at the Weiss HS Performing Arts Center in Pflugerville, TX. ASB performing Silverado by Bruce Broughton (arr. Randol Bass). Assistant Music Director Bill Haehnel conducting. Concert title: "Stage and Screen".

Video and Sound Production: Eddie Jennings

From the program notes:
Silverado (1985)
Bruce Broughton (b. 1945)
Arranged by Randol Bass (b. 1953)

Bruce Broughton is best known for his many motion picture scores, including Silverado, Tombstone, The Rescuers Down Under, The Presidio, Miracle on 34th Street, the Homeward Bound Adventures, and Harry and the Hendersons. His television themes include The Orville, JAG, Steven Spielberg’s Tiny Toon Adventures and Dinosaurs. His scores for the small screen range from mini-series like Texas Rising and The Blue and Gray to TV movies (Warm Springs, O Pioneers!) and countless episodes of television series such as Dallas, Quincy, Hawaii Five-O, and How the West Was Won.

With 24 nominations, Broughton has won a record 10 Emmy Awards. His score to Silverado was Oscar-nominated, and his score to Young Sherlock Holmes was nominated for a Grammy. His music has accompanied many of the Disney theme park attractions throughout the world, and his score for Heart of Darkness was the first recorded orchestral score for a video game. In the spring of 2016, he arranged a commercial album of songs from motion pictures and Broadway for the multi-talented Seth MacFarlane.

Broughton remains an active and engaging composer (you might even look him up on Facebook) and he currently teaches at UCLA.

Arranger Randol Bass is an Austin resident and was the music director and conductor of the Austin Symphonic Band from 1982 to 1985. Bass remains active as a performer, conductor, and composer, having written music for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony of Washington, D.C., the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the Boston Pops.

Listen for:
• The plaintive opening statement in the horn section.
• Broad, expansive Aaron Copland-esque melodies with large intervals and soaring lines.
• Beautiful solos by clarinet, oboe, and trumpet throughout.