Cauldron Keep – Banjo-Tooie (Orchestral Arrangement)
2An orchestral arrangement of ‘Cauldron Keep’ from Banjo-Tooie, originally composed by Grant Kirkhope.
I did something new with this arrangement and elaborated on it a bit more than I usually would: the first section is as faithful of an orchestration that I could do of the main Cauldron Keep theme, the second section is a mostly faithful orchestration of the Gun Chamber theme with some extra additions, and the third section is an entirely new arrangement/variation of the theme I came up with. I wrote a more militant and over-the-top variation which could play as you’re climbing up to the top of the keep before the final fight with HAG-1. It’s a very small section of the level, but I wanted to create that feeling of anticipation before you reach that climatic battle.
The instrumentation is a tad unorthodox compared to what I’m used to (specifically the number of winds and horns), but it should be okay, not that this’ll ever be performed lol. I also tried not to fall into my usual trap of “at some point everything must play at once!”. I almost fell for it at the end, but not quite. ;)
MuseScore link: https://musescore.com/user/2115276/scores/12994633