Science Fiction
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.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Till the Cows Come Home - Timbales with foot percussion
Small Ensemble
Equinox - Percussion Nonet
Flesh and Bone - Percussion Octet
Heavy Metals - Percussion Octet
Wiggle Room - Percussion 10
Large Ensemble
Minor Infraction - Percussion 13
Science Fiction - Percussion 12
When Worlds Collide - Percussion 12