Science Fiction

Rick Dior

General Info

Year of Published: 2014
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced
Duration: 00:12:20
Cost: $60.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel & Chimes & 2 Caxixi & Song Bells & Field Drum
Player 2: Xylophone & Vibraphone & Ratchet (Low) & 3 Opera Gongs
Player 3: Vibraphone & Gong (Small) & Concert Tom-tom
Player 4: Marimba & Vibratone & Vibraslap & Bass Drum (Small)
Player 5: Marimba & Gong (Medium)
Player 6: Timpani & Flexatone & Cowbell & Cymbal & 4 pitched Gongs
Player 7: Suspended Cymbal & Bongos & Congas & 4 low metallics & Ratchet (High) & Doumbek & Bell Tree
Player 8: [[Bass Drum & pod rattle & 2 Brake Drums & Surdo & Suspended Cymbal & MPC2000 drum machine (or MPC mobile tablet app or other drum machine with playable surface)
Player 9: Drumset & Wooden Clacker & high Waterphone & Ribbon Crasher
Player 10: Gong (Large) & Marimba & Temple Blocks & Shakers & Tuiro & Bell Tree & Brake Drum & 4 Suspended Cymbals
Player 11: 4 high metallics & 2 Congas & Djembe & Slapstick & 5 Cowbells (Different Pitch)
Player 12: Theremin (or theremin mobile app), synthesizer, sample player for triggering fx audio (or soundboard/sample player app)

Description

Science Fiction by Rick Dior for percussion ensemble. Scored for 12 players, this piece is a tribute to all of the great science fiction and horror movies of the mid-20th century. It was conceived to be performed with an accompanying video montage of sci-fi clips.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Equinox
Wiggle Room
Minor Infraction
Peril of the Bells
Flesh and Bone
Flesh (Dior)
Four Dances
Caliente Christmas
Till the Cows Come Home
When Worlds Collide - Percussion 12