Mr. Brightside arranged by Matt Conaway

Contemporary Marching Band - Grade 3-4
Consistently ranked as one of rock's best songs, “Mr. Brightside” was released in 2004 and was the first hit by American rock band the Killers. Packed with high energy and drive this is effective either on the field or in the stands.
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[Sudden_Tax]

Never had I thought a depressing song could sound so happy

[dedede]

absolutely in love with how the horns take the guitar riff up a fifth at 1:08. sounds soooo good <3

[amayaternberg]

We’re playing this for our marching show next year!! So excited

[Star.Saber.]

We need a screamer trumpet hitting a high Eb concert at the end

[marcusgabriel]

Sounds like an ending to a beloved video game RPG that plays before and at the start of the credits

[viebien]

Wow, this would be such a great opening piece for a field show. Reminiscing about marching band and wish we had something like this to play.

[Koollikedat]

We played for our marching band this season and I already miss it😢

[genegjr]

this is a great peppy song for a marching band to play its great

[manamage]

Love this arrangement! Such a great transformation

[Radioheadfan]

I think the intro makes the chorus so much more rewarding

[pvo]

As a snare drummer I want to play this

[jacobfeagin]

The intro sounds fine lmao. I don't know what y'all are talking about

[Name-lyei]

We're learning this in band camp rn. So excited 😆

[nicoszabo]

The good version: His girl wasn’t cheating, just getting her wedding dress tailored.

[sjstone]

possibly an arrangement of welcome to the black parade? would be cool.

[technoeggnog]

why is everyone saying the intro sucks 😭 I get it as a woodwind player but it still sounds good

[iceborg]

The intro (first 4 bars) wasn’t bad it just needed more trombone and bari or just a tuba playing an octave below

[MrJackHopey]

that started out so bad that I actually laughed but once it hit like measure 33 (0:53) it got leagues better. like so much better. like 30 points in recovery alone just from saving the terrible beginning of the arrangement.

[lilmoosic]

SHHH NOBODY SHOW THIS TO U OF M'S BAND

[Bass]

I literally love this arrangement... but hate the song lmao this song makes me so depressed lol