David Russell's video: DEADEND Final Fantasy VIII Jazz BigBand Cover

Hey! I made a jazzy big band arrangement of Nobuo Uematsu's "Dead End" from FF8. Please enjoy! “Dead End” is a highly intense track that only plays twice in-game, and for two very brief scenes. At the time the Materia Collective was doing track selection signups, I was watching Cowboy Bebop. I noticed how similar the opening of Yoko Kanno's “TANK!” was to the opening of “Dead End” and this thought grew to later be developed into the idea of arranging “Dead End” as a bebop-style piece. The battle-esque character of the music is what initially drew me into making this arrangement, but I wanted to strip away the atonal buildup sections in the second half of the original 1-minute track to really highlight the tiny melody and to fully develop the piece into something that wouldn't seem out-of-place on, say, a big band stage. So, I studied a bunch of Sammy Nestico scores to put this piece together--a totally eye-opening experience. As my first venture of engraving in the realm of jazz, it was quite a hurdle to overcome the comfort of my standard style of arrangement. But that said, I'm absolutely thrilled with the way this piece turned out, and I hope you enjoy listening to it as well! Score download: http://www.sheethost.com/sheet/hLnz2G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Track Credits: David Russell (Producer / Arrangement / Mix&Master / Piano / Soloist) – https://goo.gl/EtoRVk Sean Schafianski (Alto Saxophone 1 & 2) – https://goo.gl/WQgsnx Carlos Eiene (Tenor Saxophone 1 & 2 / Soloist) – https://goo.gl/WiV7N4 Jeff Gustus (Baritone Saxophone 1 ) – https://goo.gl/pBs1PM Ryosuke Umezawa (Baritone Saxophone 2) – https://goo.gl/PYy8AB Marc Papeghin (Trumpet 1-4 / Soloist) – https://goo.gl/fnSmN5 Virginia Pettis (Trombone / Soloist) – https://goo.gl/1uj3i1 Ro Panuganti (Acoustic & Electric Guitar / Soloist) – https://goo.gl/U1eNRB Matt Mukerjee (Electric Bass / Soloist) – https://goo.gl/59aWJW Mitchell Cairns (Drums / Soloist) – https://goo.gl/EyJGt1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Purchase the "SUCCESSOR: Final Fantasy VIII Remixed" album: LOUDR: https://goo.gl/7FdY2X ITUNES: https://goo.gl/QaD61Q AMAZON: https://goo.gl/a9rKMu GOOGLE PLAY: https://goo.gl/miSySL STREAM ON SPOTIFY: https://goo.gl/CoFBTd - Keep in touch with the Materia Collective! WEBSITE: http://www.materiacollective.com/ FACEBOOK: https://goo.gl/RNJrcG TWITTER: https://twitter.com/MateriaColl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Whew--projects upon projects. Hey there everyone! Apologies for the long youtube absence (the work never flippin ends!). I'm always working on new music things; I think that this year I'll have a few neat videos to throw up here. If you'd like to stay updated on the things I'm doing, I'm pretty active everywhere via the links below. Thanks for watching and listening to "DeadEnd!" Keep an ear out for more fun stuff soon! --David http://www.facebook.com/DavidRussell323 http://www.twitter.com/DavidRussell323 http://www.davidrussell323.tumblr.com