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Farewell To Arms
I don’t know what genre of music this is, but every once in a while one pops up. It’s militaristic/Star Trek/patriotic somehow.
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Very moving. I guess the genre you might be looking for is “martial music”, but this feels more like a gentle lament to me. I could imagine the “bugle” solo being played as a lament on Uilleann pipes or bagpipes, for example.
The solo part also reminds me of something we have here in the UK, where the band of HM Royal Marines play “Evening Hymn (Eternal Father) and Sunset” in ceremonial parades at Royal Navy shore establishments as the White Ensign is lowered at the end of day. “Sunset” is the name of the bugle call at the end.
I’m not generally a fan of martial music as I’m very wary of jingoism, but this particular piece of music has always moved me instantly to tears. As a child, my parents used to take me to HMNB Portsmouth for the annual Navy Days where we could look around the ships in port. I heard this played by the band then. My mother and father served in the Royal Navy in WW2, and we played this (and sang Eternal Father) at my father’s funeral but the effect of this music was present for me long before then. I’m even welling up just listening to it again now and it has nothing to do with feelings for my father. I find it hard to explain how some music has this effect, but I’m glad it does. Maybe I should do a harmonic analysis on it and see if I can work out why!
You’ll probably be glad to hear that your piece didn’t quite move me to tears 😉, but I did feel the kind of yearning that is evoked by hearing a traditional lament such as “Mist Covered Mountain”. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you @toneman88 i’ve heard the first part (which I always thought has a religious context) but not the horn solo. Glad it didn’t make you cry. Usually the perfect combination of music with film can move me emotionally.
Yes, it’s a well known hymn (at least in the UK) particularly associated with seafarers in peril due to the words. The actual melody is called “Melita” and was written in 1861 by John Bacchus Dykes of Hull, UK. I believe the hymn (not the bugle call) is also associated with the US Navy (according to Google). The horn solo is very simple, just using the tones of a major triad descending from the fifth but combined with the other harmonies it becomes something else.
I agree with your comment about film music. Ennio Morricone’s score for Cinema Paradiso always gets me, and my absolute favourite film is “Local Hero” from 1983, starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert and a very young Peter Capaldi (ex Dr Who) along with many other excellent Scottish actors well known to British audiences. You may know the soundtrack music by Mark Knopfler. I think it complements the film perfectly, and I’ve driven around the beautiful remote part of the west coast of Scotland (where much of the film was shot) with the music playing on the CD. It just captures the feel of the location so well (or it did in the 1980s anyway!). It even has a modified version of “Mist Covered Mountain” on it, but not quite the same as the piper’s lament I was thinking of above. I can’t believe that last year was the 40th anniversary of the film, it seems like yesterday. They released a new Blu~Ray Collectors DVD to mark the occasion, which naturally was top of my birthday present requests.
Anyway that’s enough waffling from me. I always look out for your material, but tend not to comment much if everyone else is chipping in. Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks for commenting this time @toneman88. Appreciate it.
I think the description above that this is a lament is pretty much perfect, it doesn't really sound like military music to me, or even a film score - there is a melancholy here that fits the description of a lament pretty perfectly, although it does get a bit more uplifting towards the end.
Yes, it is a song of nostalgia . It sounds like remembering something you miss but also loving it so it’s ok …
If that makes sense. Nice Mike
I think @richardyot described it very well. The first few phrases made me think of Copland.
It’s a moving piece. I don’t recognize the melody, but it sounds nice. Those strings sounds nice on this. Looks like a cornet in the photo.
Edit: just watched the video. That bugle call sounds close to one i had to play once, called 'To The colors', or something like that.
Thx @richardyot @yellow_eyez @GeoTony @Dav. Appreciated, as always.