Josh Souders

10 Show Ideas/Concepts

1. Macbeth
○ Supernatural Soliciting (from “Macbeth” Original Soundtrack): Jed Kurzel
○ The Dagger (from “Macbeth” Original Soundtrack): Jed Kurzel
○ Suspicion (Lost on You) - LP
○ Original Music (The murder of Banquo, Macduff, and Thine of Fife) - Josh Souders
○ Turn Hell Hound/Macbeth (from “Macbeth” Original Soundtrack): Jed Kurzel
I chose all of this music to tell the story of Macbeth. Some of the music selected is from
the movie “Macbeth” soundtrack, one is to represent the suspicion of Banquo and Macduff, and
I would write original music for part of it.
2. The Truth of the Lie
○ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks - Richard Strauss
○ Bad Guy (percussion feature) - Billie Eilish
○ Honesty - Billy Joel
○ Bad Liar - Imagine Dragons
This show is based around the inner battle someone has when they lie. Do they tell the
truth? Do they continue to lie? This show goes through the process of these thoughts within
someone’s head.
3. Love and Lost (Romeo and Juliet)
○ Romeo and Juliet Act I “Dance of the Knights” - Sergei Prokofiev
○ Romeo and Juliet Act I “The Fight” - Sergei Prokofiev
○ Catastrophically in Love with You - Elsa Greeve
○ Goodbye My Love (from “300” Original Soundtrack)
○ Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral - Richard Wagner
This show tells the story of romeo and Juliet. I chose these selections because I believe it
tells a short, but impactful summary of the love Romeo and Juliet shared and then
unfortunately lost.
4. Phantom of the Opera
○ Overture/The Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber
○ Masquerade - Andrew Lloyd Webber
○ Music of the Night - Andrew Lloyd Webber
○ Down Once More/Music of the Night - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Based off of the Original Broadway Cast recordings, this show is a version of the famous
musical Phantom of the Opera and is along the lines of the 1989 Madison Scouts Drum and
Bugle Corps.

5. Hercules
 ○ Gospel Truth/Main Titles - Alan Menken
○ Zero to Hero - Alan Menken
○ Go the Distance - Alan Menken
○ Cutting the Thread - Alan Menken
○ Go the Distance (Micheal Bolton) - Alan Menken
The music of Disney’s Hercules provides for an exciting and fun show for marching band.
This show features five songs from the movie recordings.
6. Les Miserables
○ Look Down - Claude-Michel Schönberg
○ At the End of the Day/Master of the House - Claude-Michel Schönberg
○ I Dreamed a Dream - Claude-Michel Schönberg
○ One Day More - Claude-Michel Schönberg
○ DoYou Hear the People Sing?/I Dreamed a Dream reprise - Claude-Michel
Schönberg
This show is a marching band version of the famous musical Les Miserables. This show
features some of the more well known pieces from the musical and includes a couple of
mixes of pieces.
7. A Voyage across the Great Atlantic
○ Windjammer - Robert Buckley
○ Jim Saves the Crew (from the “Treasure Planet” Soundtrack) - James Newton
Howard
○ Wine-Dark Sea Movement II - John Mackey
○ Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest) - Hans Zimmer
One of the great quests one could go on is to cross the Atlantic Ocean. This show gives a
musical insight into the adventure of crossing the sea. I chose this music because I believe it
provides a musical image of what that adventure is like.
8. To Infinity and Beyond!
○ Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss/Uranus (The Planets) - Gustav Holst
○ Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
○ Aurora Awakes - John Mackey
○ Mercury (The Planets) - Gustave Holst/Major Tom - Coming Home - David
Bowie
To infinity and beyond! This show is based off of a galactic adventure and gives
audiences a musical view into the adventures to the heavens.
9. Spain!
○ Symphonic Dance No. 3 “Fiesta” - Clifton Williams
○ La Paloma (André Rieu) - Sebastián Iradier
○ Epaña - Rhapsody for Orchestra - Emannuel Chabrier
 Viva La Musica! This show is a performance taking the audience through a tour of Spain
through music. I chose pieces that give off that Spanish vibe and allows the audience to
create a mental image of Spain through the music.
10. The Seasons
○ Mt. Everest - Rossano Galante
○ Into the Joy of Spring - James Swearingen
○ Autumn Leaves - Eva Cassidy
○ Summertime (Porgy and Bess) - George Gershwin/Summer of ‘69 - Bryan Adams
The four seasons each have their own beauty that makes them each unique. The winter
has beautiful snow, the wonderful liveliness of spring, the beauty of the red and gold
leaves falling from trees, and the heat of the summer. This show gets into some of the
beautiful features of each season.