Excerpt from Requiem - III. Sequenz, for Instruments
2Every year, members of the community combine with the students of my alma mater, MSSU (Missouri Southern State University) to form the Southern Symphonic Chorus, and alongside the Southern Symphony Orchestra, we perform beautiful orchestral works from Beethoven's 9th to Orff's Carmina Burana, and everything in between or of a similar nature. Performing these masterworks is a lot of fun, and does a great service to my hometown of Joplin, MO.
In 2017, the masterwork was Mozart's Requiem in D minor. The excerpt I've done here is the very famous "Dies Irae," which these days I sadly can't listen to without thinking of "The Incredibles." Why? The film also has a short entitled "Jack-Jack Attack;" in it, it shows what's going on with Jack-Jack as the girl babysitting him struggles to keep him under control, since his powers continue to develop more and more the longer he listens to Mozart (because "Mozart makes babies smarter"). Eventually the girl, trying to keep the child calm by showing flashcards, shows one of a campfire, and his fire powers come into play, leading her to constantly spray him with an extinguisher. Later, Syndrome arrives as her "replacement."
This track is done as follows according to a system I chose at random:
Alto saxophone (representing soprano part)
Tenor saxophone (representing alto part)
Glockenspiel (representing tenor part but playing at least two octaves higher due to score placement)
Baritone saxophone (representing bass part)
Vibraphone (also playing bass part one octave higher)
Piano (accompaniment)
Marimba (in grand staff, playing same piano accompaniment)
Celesta (also playing same piano accompaniment)
Original music is public domain
This arrangement © me and me alone
The Incredibles © Disney
Dies irae, with full chorus and orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKJur8wpfYM
Jack-Jack Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dQpFu8uRP0
Skip to 2:06 in "Jack-Jack Attack" for the "Dies irae."