Into the Clouds! by Richard L. Saucedo

MusicWorks - Grade 2.5
Though written with the young band in mind, this exciting composition packs plenty of drama and intensity in less than 2 minutes! Featuring active percussion writing, powerful brass statements and woodwind flourishes, this is a perfect program opener for any occasion or festival.
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[vivienkarma]

My school band affectionately named this piece 'death to woodwinds'.

[brandongetter]

sounds like the start of a news broadcast

[repulsethemonkey]

all dislikes are definitely from the clarinet section.

shoutout to all the clarinets who had to play this in band though. i feel your pain.
*Edit: ok flutes too

[theAmazingJunkman]

This makes me think of cloudtop cruise in Mariokart 8 for some reason. And trust me, that's a GOOD thing.

[txbooklvr]

I am playing this song on Xylophone / Marimba right now, and enjoy playing it during every rehearsal. The speed is the most difficult part of the song, but it is so much fun to play !

[JackzPicks]

Everybody's talking about the woodwind part (which I'm sure is hard, I wouldn't know), but nobody's talking about the snare part. My arms practically turn to jelly after a good practice session.

[JTS_P]

Never been so grateful to not be a high woodwind player or percussionist

[eileenwong]

Play 1st clarinet, practicing the first few bars at 160, fails, cries

[jasonbritt]

3rd chair all district tuba here! Loved this song and played with some of the best players in the area!

[rorycraig]

That little motif in the oboe at 0:48 is just so magical...

[brandensclips]

This reminds me so much of Super Mario Galaxy, it feels like a song for it, Super Mario Galaxy was orchestrated anyhoo

[picklub]

I'm actually an 8th grade alto sax myself, and I remember doing this in 7th grade 😂. The clarinets and flutes kept complaining during thus piece while the saxes and bass clarinets had to deal with them. At least, that's what we thought... Our teacher caught us talking to each other about it and made us play that part to try it. Much, much sympathy was felt for the clarinets and flutes 😫😂

[JaiLeafe]

This reminds me so much of Super Mario Galaxy.

[owrooh]

Playing this song in band... I have the flute solo!!! xD

[foxxface]

this was the opener in the Wichita East high bands show Soaring 3 years ago
We won

[missmamas]

Sometimes I hear a melody in my head and I stress so much when I can’t remember where it’s from. Into the clouds just popped into my mind and I found Couldn’t remember the title for my life

[calmliketheocean]

Played this at all-region. It was awesome

[HereForMyHero]

1:30 You see, you don't tend to notice something until you rehearse it. Right here, all I heard (as a trumpet player following along with my music) was the trumpet part. Come rehearsal, the conductor has just the people who play the background here play, & now I hear everytime I listen to this.

[vincentta-t]

Got the trombone solo... let’s get ittt

[jillian]

I'm playing this but the marching version for my school's field show and I'm so glad I chose to do colorguard this year instead of clarinet for marching