Cadevilina Crown Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 minute ago, trenta536 said: You're welcome y'all ;) ... the video is missing the first 30 seconds of the show Oh my goodness that opening impact made me smile ear to ear. That's a first from watching these for a few years. Holy hornline!!! Might as well call it "Satan's Hornline" instead of "God's Hornline" to match the show theme! Great percussion, too! The Jarre is BLAZING fast! Wow! The ballad is arranged a little bit oddly, but that doesn't take away from how emotional it is. Sadly, the Khachaturian wasn't arranged the way I was hoping it would be, but the return of the Finlandia theme in major made it all better! Four words for all of you: PHANTOM REGIMENT IS BACK. Without even having to see the visual product, this is easily the best musical product from them since 2010. Needless to say, I'm blown away! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general_tsos_chicken2 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Holy schnikes!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolCorps Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Just finished watching it with my son and we said the same thing at the same time.........GOOD LORD!!!!!!!! Holy CRAP Phantom!!!!!!! I've been waiting YEARS for this!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianMachine Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Phantom is not messing around this year! I don't think I've had this positive of a first impression of the music since Faust. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Love Rach 2 as a ballad, but I'm not sure it fits this show. What's the middle section of the ballad? Doesn't sound like Rach 2. Love the Khachaturian. And I'm missing the Finlandia reprise someone mentioned. I'll wait to get a better recording. Surprised by some of the movements that were chosen (was expecting something different from the Shostakovich and the Rachmaninoff). I'm definitely sensing aggression. Definitely not sensing the "eeriness" that I was expecting from Phantasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Wow.. that wasn't exactly what I expected but in a good way. I want a better recording, but you don't need a better quality recording to tell that this is possibly the most aggressive book from Phantom since Faust or Spartacus. The closing moments of the show sounded quintessential Phantom, thank you Will Pitts! As someone else mentioned, the show sounds a lot more solid than it has in a while during Music in the Park. And as we all know, the show will change quite a bit from now to August. I'm excited!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbrassboy Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 49 minutes ago, Cadevilina Crown said: Yeah, I wasn't a big fan of his arranging at Phantom either. I also wasn't a fan of the percussion arranger that came after the Rennicks left for SCV and before Kuhn/Ferguson came along. Both arrangers have very strong resumes outside of DCI - Hill arranges for the Pride of Broken Arrow, the aforementioned percussion arranger (anyone remember his name?) arranges for Music City Mystique - but for some reason their arrangements didn't grab me when they worked together at PR from 2012-2013. Shane Gwaltney? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadevilina Crown Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 9 minutes ago, fatbrassboy said: Shane Gwaltney? I think that's it. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Am I the only one that thinks this show should have been done last year? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumManTx Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 33 minutes ago, Cappybara said: Wow.. that wasn't exactly what I expected but in a good way. I want a better recording, but you don't need a better quality recording to tell that this is possibly the most aggressive book from Phantom since Faust or Spartacus. The closing moments of the show sounded quintessential Phantom, thank you Will Pitts! As someone else mentioned, the show sounds a lot more solid than it has in a while during Music in the Park. And as we all know, the show will change quite a bit from now to August. I'm excited!! Happybara? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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