Tales of Arise - Land of Green (Elde Menancia) Reed Quintet Arrangement
18Thanks a bunch to the collaborators who played on this track! -
Oboe: Phoenix Down RPG (https://www.youtube.com/c/PhoenixDownRPG)
Clarinet: Steven Higbee (https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenHigbee)
Bass Clarinet: Warp Whistles Music (https://www.youtube.com/c/WarpWhistlesMusic)
This is a very lovely piece from the new Tales of Arise soundtrack which features a lot of live recorded orchestra and rock band performances of which the original Land of Green track is a member of. For this arrangement I have transcribed the original full orchestral arrangement down into a five piece reed quintet instrumentation, trying to keep the notes and harmonies, dynamics, and tempo very close to the original. As for the instruments in this arrangement, it is a tad top heavy in range - soprano sax, clarinet, and oboe all being soprano instruments, the alto sax being a bit below them, and then the bass clarinet being tasked with holding the low end all by itself. Because of this, when trying to get a full sound, I had the clarinet and alto sax playing pretty close to the bottom of their ranges. However throughout the arrangement I enjoyed trying to constantly change the tone color/timbre of the harmonies by switching the lead instrument and voicing chords differently. This instrument group is flexible in that regard with the higher four instruments having similar range, and there are some chords where the alto sax and clarinet are playing notes above the soprano sax and oboe.
Also I am still new to creating sheet music, but you can check out the full score for what we are playing here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HmaHKlqDMy6X1JcF3IihGSNwQ3Z9dgl9/view?usp=sharing
Song: Land of Green
Game: Tales of Arise
Composer: Motoi Sakuraba
Arranged by Justin Thornburgh