ekleve Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Doug Thrower is a god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Adam Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Overall I'm going with Cadets. LOVED their brass and percussion writing in 2005, and they have IMO the best pit arranger in the business in Neil Larivee. I was also very much a fan of the Poulan & Casella years at SCV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouthpiece1234 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Jay Bocook, best arranger ever... 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelloPrano Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I can't vote for one, and not just because I like more than one arranger, but more because I like each corps for their different strengths:I like the arrangements for Cavies because of the flow and cohesiveness of the material. I like the arrangements of Phantom because of their tradition of sticking to the classical idiom and how well Jim Wren, Klesch, and now JD Shaw portrays the original composition on a football field. I like the arrangements of Blue Devils for their jazzy style that is unparalleled. Even over the past few years when they've departed from a strict "jazz" persona, their book has all the trademark sounds of a BD hornline. SCV...fullness, richness, a sound all of their own. Powerful when needed and then soft and subtle the next measure. Simply beautiful. Madison...I've traditionally loved them for their power and in your face style with very few years as exceptions. We'll see if the new crew can get that up to the Madison standard. Expect good things from John Georgeson, he's got a lot of talented people making sure his stuff is played right, and he's got quite the resume (Madison 88 anyone?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve709 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Does J.D. Shaw arrange? A lot of the time sounds like he's taking the brass parts off the original score, changing the soprano parts to Trumpet. He might win best Drum Corps Transcriber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Holly Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 good point, if my ears dont fail me it does seem that JD does tends to just put the original parts into a drum corps instrumentation. Not that thats terrible or wrong, PR seems to be doing fine with it. But I have a hard time giving him more credit than Bocook or a majority of others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medeabrass Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I'm surprised no one mentioned Prime. He put Cadets back on the map and I imagine he was a big influence on Klesch. If we're talking about current folks, I really like Shaw and Klesch. I think we'll be talking about Frank Sullivan in a few years if he keeps arranging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake_the_hydra Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Does J.D. Shaw arrange? A lot of the time sounds like he's taking the brass parts off the original score, changing the soprano parts to Trumpet. He might win best Drum Corps Transcriber. agreed. The stuff that Saucedo, Bocock, and Thrower does is light years ahead of Shaw for that exact reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarchingXylo Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I'm surprised no one mentioned Prime. He put Cadets back on the map and I imagine he was a big influence on Klesch.If we're talking about current folks, I really like Shaw and Klesch. I think we'll be talking about Frank Sullivan in a few years if he keeps arranging. I can't believe this is the first time in this poll that Klesch and Prime were brought up... the best? Maybe... but certainly at least in the same echelon as Downey and the likes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePaula Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Being a mellophone player, I'm inclined to vote for the Cadets (even though I've heard some interesting details as to how the mello book there is arranged) Do explain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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