Headmaster Hastings
Night Train (Arranged For SATB And Orchestra)
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ACTUAL DESC: Here is an orchestrated arrangement I made of that awesome medley of the William Tell Overture, The Runaway Theme and Gordon's Theme heard in Season 6.
The outro in the TTTE version was shortened to match the timing of the episode, but this version has the complete outro from the "William Tell Overture" finale, with the tags and the "stinger" at the end. Enjoy folks!
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Enjoy folks!
Also, FUCK COPPA. This video is for the ADULT FANDOM of a show from the fucking 1990s.
I've unlisted the first version, but it is still available here. youtube.com/watch?v=Dp43Q5x1hyo
DESC FROM OG UPLOAD: Hey folks! Here is a cover I've just done of the season 10 song, "Navigation." It's one of many new series songs I'm pretty fond of. The vocal melody in this one is a blast to sing, and it was a good time arranging stuff over the chord progression. I had a lot of fun working on this one. haha.
Enjoy friends!
Here's a symphonic and choral arrangement I've done of Harold The Helicopter's iconic Season 5 song. This is another childhood favourite of mine as well. The lofty strings and expressive woodwinds were a ton of fun to transcribe, as was arranging and recording the "choir" parts.
This is one of a few new covers I've got on the way, so stay tuned for more!
Enjoy friends!
(note; this does not include Bulgy's passengers singing, as the singing is in the diegesis of the story, and not in the score.)
Merry Christmas everybody!
ACTUAL DESC: Here's a swing jazz arrangement I have done of Bertie's theme. This was an especially fun one to make. Enjoy friends!
Here are some links for the The Strawberry Grove Sessions Vol, 2 on apple music, amazon and spotify. Enjoy folks!
music.apple.com/us/album/the-strawberry-grove-sessions-vol-2/1574294904
music.amazon.ca/albums/B09876K16R
open.spotify.com/album/5svV53iwXmFLTS0EXEKYA1
ACTUAL DESCRIPTION: Here is a cover I've produced and performed of the Season 5 song "Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining." It's perhaps most notable for having been written to the tune of "Bill & Ben's Theme," carrying on the tradition of classic series songs being derived from characters' themes. Bill & Ben's theme is one of my favourite classic series themes, so I'm very fond of "Every Cloud" by extension. haha. It was a great time arranging and recording this cover, and I hope you all enjoy. Cheers friends!
Hey folks! In preparation for another new album I've been giving the once over for my past few covers, during which I've made some changes to my choral/orchestral arrangement of "Night Train." My older version is okay, but it just sort of droned, and sounded like it was missing something. (Even the original TV series version had a punch to it that my cover didn't have at first. haha) This new revision is now more symphonic with more expression and dynamics, and greater contrast between the sections of the song. (which fits better for a symphonic arrangement.)
Also, I have unlisted the old version, since I should only have one video per cover on my public uploads. Here is the link to the older version. youtube.com/watch?v=LRV2scqLI1Q
(Only my very best is good enough for a classic song like this, haha.) Enjoy friends, and stay tuned for more stuff on the way!
ACTUAL DESC:
An MP3 download is available of this track on bandcamp. headmasterhastings.bandcamp.com/track/trying-to-do-things-better-cover-by-hh
Here is a cover I recorded of "Trying To Do Things Better," from the 2005 special "Calling All Engines." This is one of my favourite Welch tunes, and I've been very much looking forward to doing this one. There's something so cool about the chord progression of this song. This song even has some more of those classic Welch tritone intervals.
This cover was a blast to arrange and produce, and I hope you all enjoy. Cheers!
Featured in this video is the music which plays as the Blockbot triumphantly infiltrates the secret hide-out of the dreaded circlebot, before the boss re-fight in the demo of Robots & Things.
Enjoy folks!
Find the soundtrack compilation here! jacksondbegley.bandcamp.com/album/robots-things-preview-soundtrack
Here is an orchestration of the Season 5 Percy theme, extended with the B section from the early seasons version of the theme. Enjoy friends!
ACTUAL DESC: Here is a symphonic orchestration I have done of Bill & Ben's theme. This theme has always been a personal favourite of mine. Included in this arrangement are a few of its variants, namely the "Triumphant Theme"-- the b-section from "Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining."-- as well as some variations on the Season 6 version of the theme.
Enjoy friends!
ACTUAL DESC: Here is my cover of "Donald's Duck." I was looking forward to doing this one, as this was a personal childhood favourite.
Since the lyrics for this song were written from Donald's perspective, I sung the lead vocal track in Donald's voice. Enjoy friends!
This video is for a general audience.
The Strawberry Grove Sessions will soon be available on spotify. You can presave it here! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/headmasterhastings/the-strawberry-grove-sessions-vol-1
And here is the youtube channel of Burnett Stone, who did the cover artwork. youtube.com/channel/UCxFXQmArrs29BDE9b91ASjA
Happy holidays everyone! Here is a belated Christmas present. Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends has plenty of winter themed music, which I have made into this winter themed medley. Included in this arrangement are the Christmas Branch Line theme, the Season 6 Winter theme, and the Watermill theme. I hope you all enjoy this arrangement and the variations.
This video is for a general audience. Although nostalgia seeking adults are the target audience, it can be enjoyed by anyone.
This music dump contains three new orchestral arrangements of the "Duncan Gets Spooked Theme," the "Runaway Theme," and the "Haunted Henry Theme," and a newer version of my "Toby And The Flood" arrangement.
All music in this video was written originally by Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell.
Enjoy friends!
This video is for a general audience. Although nostalgia-seeking adults are the target audience, it can be enjoyed by anyone.
ACTUAL DESCRIPTION: I made an arrangement of this piece a long time ago, but I added vocals to it. Here is a complete choral and orchestral arrangement of the Sir Topham Hatt song from Season 5. Enjoy friends!
I love torch ballads, and Toby's song is no exception. Enjoy friends!
This is probably my favourite of Mike & Junior's T&F songs. It has a really engaging melody, and I love the fact that the verses and choruses are in different keys. It's a super well written song. So my friends, I hope you enjoy this little treat.
Enjoy friends!
DESC: Here is a classic pop style cover of the Season 8 song "Ode To Gordon." This is probably my favourite of Ed Welch's songs for T&F. Ed Welch has a great knack for using minor 6th chords and tritones, and it sounds especially great in this song. I've been meaning to do this song for a while, and now it's finally here. Enjoy friends!
I shared an earlier version of this in a music dump a while back, but I've finalized it for the album. I've always wanted to arrange a T&F piece in the style of Beethoven or Wagner, and the triplet rhythms of TFC's theme lend itself perfectly to that style. It was a blast coming up with different ways to contort the main motif in romantic style variations for a Scherzo-like arrangement. This was a fun challenge, and I hope you all enjoy.
In preparation for a new album of instrumental music, I've done some heavy reworking on a lot of my older arrangements, including this extended version of my Harold arrangement. The album is currently available for streaming and download at this link.. headmasterhastings.bandcamp.com/album/north-western-tracks
Enjoy friends!
I've made many updates to my orchestral Gordon suite. Including some thicker orchestration, and a proper ending. Gordon's theme is my favourite piece of music in the show, so I hope the tinkering I've done to my arrangement does better justice to the theme. haha
Just like the older version, this is an orchestral medley of Gordon's different themes throughout the series. Enjoy folks!
Enjoy everybody!
Anyway, here's the Engine Roll Call arranged and produced in the style of early 60s pop music, with some doowop vocals.
I also splurged on some Abbey Road plugins recently, so a lot of what I have on the sidechaining for the tracks is pretty much digital emulations of the same equipment used on Cliff Richard and Beatles recordings; new reverbs, tape saturation, etc.. It's very exciting playing around with all of it. Anyway, Enjoy!
Here is a cover I did of the Island song, for the 75th anniversary of the franchise.
With 12 covers, the album is now ready. Stay tuned everyone!
Here is a classic pop style cover of "Thomas' Anthem." The production is somewhat inspired by the sound of Junior Campbell's own music outside of this show. This was a lot of fun to make. and I hope you all enjoy!
Here is my cover of "James The Really Splendid Engine." I really like big band music from the 40s, like Will Bradley, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, etc.. So I figured it would be fitting to channel that style into my cover of this song. I even included some footage of the Cubase session for this video. Enjoy guys!
DESC: Here's a cover I've made of the Brave song. I've attempted to simulate a choir, and recorded about 30 layers of vocals. haha.
I also played up the march influence in the instrumental arrangement (flexed my inner John Philip-Sousa with the brass section.. haha.)
Enjoy guys!
I've also been planning on releasing an album of my vocal covers. When I record three more after this one, I'll have enough for an album. Stay tuned folks!
DESC: Now on youtube! Another cover with my usual classic pop influence. I once again recorded live drums, and even live bass too. I've been trying to see how well it sounds when I use less midi. I think this one paid off. haha.
I even did the spoken word section in a Shatner-esque voice.
Enjoy my friends!
This has been on soundcloud for a while and I never got around to uploading it. haha. Here's an arrangement of a certain Tram Engine's theme, medleyed with "Oh Mr. Porter", o.k.a. the Oh Doctor Beeching TV theme.
Enjoy guys!
DESC. from original upload: I got a request to do this song. While the original version does have a clear 1950s influence, it still has a lot of modernity in it. For my version, I decided to go full on '50s with it, and do it as if it were one of Elvis Presley's RCA recordings from 56-58. I recorded live drums, live bass, live guitar, live vocals, etc. (this is my first cover without any MIDI. haha.)
Anyway, enjoy this Early R&R version of ''STH Song.''
Cheers!
I should use the WebLP simulator for videos more often. haha. It's such a neat tool. Anyway, enjoy this new cover guys!
Enjoy friends!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiLxMt5X-_k
I've made this specifically for this project, so please don't use any of this, thanks.
Hope you all enjoy!
So this would be my first "music dump." haha. Timecode links are down below!
00:04 - Welcome To The Island of Sodor
01:07 - Annie & Clarabel (Baroque Variations)
03:08 - Scherzo For The Fat Controller
Enjoy folks!
Desc. from SC: Some of you may remember I teased this on twitter while I was recording guitar parts. I've just finished a mix, and here's the full thing.
Given how similar Junior's singing voice on the demo is to Paul McCartney, I always felt this song could work as a late 60s McCartney-written Beatles song, like Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, or All Together now.
'Granny music' as John Lennon would call it.
I gave it a 60s style production, and sung the vocals in my best Paul McCartney impression.
Enjoy guys! I had a lot of fun creating this one.
Desc. from soundcloud upload: Hello all! Here is an arrangement I have done of Duck's theme, where I have taken some of the different variations of Duck's theme heard throughout the series, and mashed them together. Hope you enjoy!
This is different from my normal uploads, as this is the first non-Mike & Junior piece I've adapted.
After hearing this song again recently, I noticed how similar it sounded to "The Blue Room" by Rodgers And Hart. I have modeled this arrangement after the Joe Venuti recording of the piece (which also ended up being used in the soundtrack of Jeeves and Wooster.) I have also recorded vocals in five part harmony to simulate a barbershop quintet. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy "The Surprise Room." :)
MKTheInstrumentalist shared his theory that "Spencer's Theme" was based on "Coronation Scot", and that gave me the idea to do this. Enjoy!
ADDENDUM: I've also made a new mix of this arrangement since uploading this video. It can be found here. headmasterhastings.bandcamp.com/track/the-fastest-engine-in-the-world
Chances are you've heard this on soundcloud first. It's a 60's rock cover of the Season 5 song "Come For The Ride." Enjoy folks!
Desc. from original SC upload: I always thought the theme from "The Diseasel" would make a pretty lively piano duet. Here is an arrangement I made for two pianos/four hands, and I think it evokes a pretty Vaudeville kind of feeling. haha.
Anyway, hope you enjoy.