Street Spiders
General Info
Year of Published: 2024
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:07:10
Cost: $60.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Mallet MIDI Controller, 7 Tuned PVC Pipes
Player 2: Chimes, Tambourine (shared with Player 9)
Player 3: Glockenspiel, Brake Drum
Player 4: Vibraphone
Player 5: Vibraphone
Player 6: Vibraphone, Large Tom
Player 7: Vibraphone, Large Tom
Player 8: Xylophone, Bell Cymbal, Tambourine
Player 9: Marimba (4.3-octave), 4 Boomwhackers, Tambourine (shared with Player 2)
Player 10: Marimba (4.3-octave), Tambourine
Player 11: Marimba (5-octave), Bongos
Player 12: Marimba (5-octave), Conga
Player 13: 4 Timpani, Doumbek
Player 14: Concert Bass Drum, 7 Boomwhackers
Player 15: Kick Drum (laid flat), Splash Cymbal, China Cymbal, Suspended Cymbal (shared with Player 16), Brake Drum (shared with Player 16)
Player 16: Air Raid Siren, Rainstick, Brake Drum (shared with Player 15), Suspended Cymbal (shared with Player 15), 4 Tuned PVC Pipes (may substitute Boomwhackers)
Player 17: Drum Set (Snare Drum, Kick Drum, 3 Toms, Hi-Hat, Ride Cymbal, 2 Crash Cymbals, China Cymbal, Splash Cymbal, Double BD Pedal)
Player 18: Electric Bass
Program Notes
Street Spiders is a game my kids created in the back seat of the car, motivated by the original Street Fighters arcade game and Wednesday Addams’ hand movements during her dance in Wednesday. In their version of the game, players select their “spider” then shape their hands into that character’s form for battle. With hints of influence from the Terminator and Stranger Things soundtracks, a long-standing love for Mark Snow’s scores, a little bit of goth dance, and a lot of Metallica, this mix of 80’s/90’s metal and electronic music sends us into a Terminator-esque dystopia of giant robotic spiders battling in an underground fighting ring.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Cerulean Blue - Vibraphone
Tension / Release - Timpani
Flexible Ensemble
Small Ensemble
Cymplified - Percussion Sextet
Lion Story - Percussion Quartet
Quartets That Travel - Percussion Quartet
Spiel (Flannigan) - Percussion Septet
Tiny - Percussion Sextet
Large Ensemble
Debris Field - 14 Players
Nightshade - 13 Players
Obsidian - 12 Players
Street Spiders - 18 Players
The Forgotten - 12 Players
They May Be Listening - 10 Players