by Modern Songbook Records | Feb 6, 2012 | Concert Orchestral Works, Orchestral & Chamber
2004 – 5 Movements – Duration: 26 minutes
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Minimum orchestra required: 2 fl(picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2bsn, 2 trp, 2 hrn, 1 perc, timp, strings, solo guitar
Description: This was a commission for the guitarist Masayuki Kato. It has been played and recorded in the US by Peter Fields. The orchestral parts are a snap. The guitarist needs to be a master.
Score Sheets
by Modern Songbook Records | Feb 6, 2012 | Concert Orchestral Works, Orchestral & Chamber
The Blue Chevrolet
2002 – 4 Movements – Duration: 33 minutes
Description: A musical road trip. My parents used to drive us up Rt. 1 from Virginia to Maine each Summer. This is my memory of that trip. This has been performed as individual movements. Especially “The Detour, the Argument, and Finally, the Map” (movement 3) and “Home” (movement 4).
Minimum orchestra required: 2 fl (picc), 2 ob(EH), 2 cl, 2bsn, 3 trp, 4 hrn, 3 trb, tba, 3 perc, timp, harp, strings
Score Sheets
The Detour | Ah, The Scenic Overlook | The Blue Chevrolet | Home
The Brooklyn Affair
2001 – 4 Movements – Duration: 30 minutes
Minimum orchestra required: 2 fl (picc), 2 ob (eh), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 trp, 3 hrn, 2 trb, tba, 2 perc, timp, harp, strings, solo violin
Score Sheets
Movement I | Movement II | Movement III | Movement IV
by Modern Songbook Records | Feb 5, 2012 | Concert Orchestral Works, Film Scores, Orchestral & Chamber
These tracks are from a huge multi screen project at the Newseum when it was in Arlington, VA.
The pieces evoke the Civil War, World War I, and The Korean War respectively. The images are an incredibly powerful anti-war message.
It was a powerful piece aired on a screen that was one hundred and twelve feet long, divided into nine screens at times, three at times, one enormous image at times.
by Modern Songbook Records | Feb 5, 2012 | Concert Orchestral Works, Film Scores, Orchestral & Chamber
This is a Suite of the orchestral score to the movie Paper Clips. It includes the song Alison Krauss sang in the film, Jubilee.
Paper Clips Orchestral Theme
[audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/charlesbarnett/wp-media-folder-charlie-barnett-film-music-composer/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pclip01xyz.mp3|titles=Paper Clips Orchestral Theme]This is from wonderful documentary called Paper Clips. It is the story of the people of Whitwell, Tennessee and their junior high school’s project designed to teach their kids about the Holocaust. It is an astonishing little film that makes almost everyone weep – mostly tears of hope and joy. Miramax has picked this up and it has played on HBO. We’ll see where it goes from here. Congratulations to Bob Johnson, Joe Fab and Elliot Berlin, the amazing guys who made this film.
Paper Clips (Small Group Cue 1)
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There were three sorts of music for Paper Clips – these cues were from the chamber group sessions featuring Janice Martin, again. I just love her playing. Also Greg Watkins is on double bass with Robert Sullivan on guitar and Lukasz Czyner on cello. I think the sound here perfectly reflects the Appalachian setting with the overtones of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe.
Paper Clips (Small Group Cue 2)
[audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/charlesbarnett/wp-media-folder-charlie-barnett-film-music-composer/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pclip03.mp3|titles=Paper Clips Small Group Cue Two]The third group of sessions took place in Nashville with Alison Krauss. She sang the end titles and two tunes for the interior of the film. She was not only flawless and inspiring, she was funny. I don’t think I have ever worked with such a genuinely funny singer. And as you can imagine, she stole my heart.
by Modern Songbook Records | Jan 20, 2012 | Concert Orchestral Works, Orchestral & Chamber
Lyrical Modern Classical Music
2007 – 5 Movements – Duration: 15 minutes
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Minimum orchestra required: harp, strings, solo clarinet
Description: Five movements. A misty, romantic piece about going to a tiny carnival in a small town at night. The movements are based loosely on the experiences of the attractions at the carnival: Ferris Wheel, Shooting Gallery, etc. Ben Redwine plays this piece really well and would certainly be available to perform this again. (a shameless plug)
Score Sheets
Twilight Bicycle Ride | Shooting Gallery | Ferris Wheel | House of Mirrors | Dreams
From Istanbul: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
2007 – 3 Movements – Duration: 18 minutes
[audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/charlesbarnett/wp-media-folder-charlie-barnett-film-music-composer/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/kula.mp3|titles=From Istanbul – Movement I – Kula][audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/charlesbarnett/wp-media-folder-charlie-barnett-film-music-composer/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ushak.mp3|titles=From Istanbul – Movement II – Ushak][audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/charlesbarnett/wp-media-folder-charlie-barnett-film-music-composer/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/kotshak.mp3|titles=From Istanbul – Movement III – Kotshak]
Minimum orchestra required: 2 fl(picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, bsn, 3 trp, 4 hrn, 3 trb, tba, 2 perc, timp, harp, strings, solo viola
Description: I wrote this for Osman Kivrak, who is Turkish. And although each movement is named after a town in Turkey the music itself is more of a western tourist’s look at the sights and sounds of Turkey. A postcard, if you will. The middle movement is one of the prettiest pieces of music I have ever written.
Score Sheets
Movement I – Kula | Movement II – Ushak | Movement III – Kotshak
The Far Tortoogas
2007 – 1 Movement – Duration: 15 minutes
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Minimum orchestra required: 2 fl(picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl(bs cl), 2bsn (contra), 3 trp, 4 hrn, 3 trb, tba, 3-4 perc, timp, harp, strings
Description: I have always wanted only two things in my film music career: 1. to write a Sweeping Western and 2. to score a pirate movie. This is the pirate movie… without the visuals. It is programmatic, although I have yet to determine how much of that information to share with the audience?
Score Sheet
The Far Tortoogas
