Norsk Challenge Series

Think was the hit song from the 1980 blockbuster 'The Blues Brothers'. This arrangement is soul music at its best, arranged for concert band. Think is the biggest hit for American singer and songwrite...

Today, this blues song is mostly recognized with the 'Blues Brothers' Movie featuring Dan Akroyd and John Belushi. it was composer and recorded as early as 1937 by Robert Johnson. Johnson (1911-1938)...

Avec les bandes sonores de Star Wars, la musique des films Indiana Jones de Steven Spielberg a été le plus grand succès de John Williams dans les années 1980. Cet arrangement est le thème principal de...

The song became popular in 1966 with Cannonball Adderleys band, where the composer Joe (Josef) Zawinul played the piano. Joe Zawinul (1932-2007) was an austrian pianist/keyboardist/composer. His mothe...

La chanson apparaît au début du film " Retour vers le futur ", lorsque Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) se rend à l'école en skateboard. Plus tard dans le film, McFly et son groupe jouent une version hard...

Although this piece is written by bassist Mark King of Level 42 as far back as in the early 80's (album Strategy), this is a melody that are often used where bass-players will put each other on trial....

Uptown Girl is a song written and performed by the American pianist and vocalist Billy Joel. It was released in 1983 as a part of his record album 'An Innocent Man'. The lyrics describe a working-clas...

Beat It is a song written and performed by Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones for the singer's best-selling solo album, 'Thriller', and is one of his biggest hits. He won two Grammys for thi...

This song shows other sides of the Norwegian melancholic Jan Eggum. The Pagan Dance is iedal for any entertainment concert! The Pagan Dance is the title track from the 1977 album by Norwegian singer/s...

One of the newer hit melodies (1986) made famous by 'Huey Lewis and the News', that already have become a standard. If you feel like dancing, do it! Opt. soloists: Trp/Sax/Euph or?

Orient is a new applicable original work by Haakon Esplo. This time, he is inspired by oriental music and dance. 1001 Nights ... Arabian Nights, or Stories from the Morning Land. This enormous collec...

An epilogue is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work. With it's continues drums, lyric middlepart and majestic ending, Epilogue might also wo...

Take the 'A' Train is a jazz standard written by Billy Strayhorn for Duke Ellington and his Duke Ellington Orchestra. Today, it is known as the signature tune of the Ellington orchestra and arguably t...

It is amazing how fast this melody composed in 1976 became a standard. Most of all because it is really fun to play. It is very playable for most bands, where not all the musicians are on the same lev...

Sledgehammer was released both as single record and included in the album 'So' by British artist Peter Gabriel in 1986. The song is the biggest hit to this day by Gabriel. The song is inspired by the...

Die Soloparts in dem Stück können otional auch von den einzelnen Registern gesungen werden

Have you ever met one without knowing it .... or perhaps you are one yourself? A slight breeze and unexplained incidents. Maybe they exist - or maybe not. Anyway, this music is inspired by some good,...