Animals
This concert band playlist explores the vast world of animals through a rich, expressive and highly descriptive repertoire, ideal for thematic programming. It features domestic animals such as the dog and the cat, as well as the wider animal kingdom (lion) and natural creatures found in works like Peter and the Wolf or The Carnival of the Animals. The journey expands toward wild creatures and forest soundscapes, with a more dramatic and cinematic writing style (Dragon, Ratatouille). Some works evoke the tension of the hunt, the pursuit, and the presence of a dangerous beast lurking in the shadows, as in Predator, combining suspense and orchestral power. A selection designed for concert band, blending programmatic music, musical bestiary, and strong narrative atmospheres around the theme of animals and the wild.
CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS - arr. Jay Bocook
PETER AND THE WOLF - arr. Daniels
THE LION KING - arr. John Higgins
THE DOG - Marco Martoia
CATS - arr. Johan De Meij
RATATOUILLE - arr. John Moss
PREDATOR, The Chase Begins - Thierry Deleruyelle
NIGHT OF THE DARK HORSE - Michael Oare
SWAN LAKE - arr. Jack Bullock
CHICKEN RUN - arr. Roland Smeets
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - arr. Toshio Mashima
BUFFALO BILL - Thierry Deleruyelle
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - arr. Ton van Grevenbroek