favorite marching songs.

[asterwald]

Songs with a march theme. Here's some I like

 

[asterwald]

 

[punter]

Onward Christian Soldiers.

 

[Aardvark154]

Go to the one minute mark


March of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment


(aka "We are known to Turks and Swedes" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h46kcNqZce4)



Preobrazhenshy literally means Transfiguration.

 

[oil&gas]

The El Cid March (Intermezzo) - El Cid (1961) - Miklos Rozsa

Miklos Rozsa conducted The Symphony Orchestra Graunke of Munich

 

[Don Draper]

 

[oil&gas]

John Williams - Imperial March

 

[babemagnet]

My all time fave

 

[johnnyone1]

Colonel Bogie march

 

[oil&gas]

The Year of Jubilee - Glory soundtrack - James Horner

 

[asterwald]

 

[asterwald]

 

[TheDr]

 

[TheDr]

Back in the day I was in a brass band and this was in our repertoire.... it is an absolute bastard to play but extremely effective when played well....

 

[TheDr]

 

[oil&gas]

Under the Double Eagle March- John Philip Sousa

 

[TheDr]

If you are pulling the Sousa card you have to go for....


Its.......

 

[TheDr]

And then there is the march that charted in the UK... in its proper format.

Kate Barkley Moss's 1911 piece The Floral Dance originally hit #2 in the UK charts in 1977 as performed by the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band.

 

[WoodPeckr]

 

[TheDr]

And then it was dragged kicking and screaming to #21 in 1978 by Terry Wogan accompanied by the Hanwell Band