what instruments are used in this extract ?

[Carter]

I'd like to know how many/which instruments do you recognize in this extract from star wars : the new hope john williams :


Extract

thanks [;)]

[evan evans]

Piece of cake:

Horns
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Contra Bassoon
Trombones
Contrabass Trombone
Tuba

Next.

Evan Evans

[PaulR]

And maybe some quiet trumpets. Maybe.

Carter, you haven't been copying Evan here have you?

[Ben Johnson]

@evanevans said:

Piece of cake:

Horns
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Contra Bassoon
Trombones
Contrabass Trombone
Tuba

Next.

Evan Evans

You forgot the bass drum. [:)]

[JBacal]

In addition, is there a harp at :13 and :17?

a gong at :2 and :5 and :12 and :20?

and low strings at :30?

--Jay

[nicks]

Very quiet kazoo section at bars 18 and 26-29.

Very quiet.

Almost inaudible.

[Carter]

@evanevans said:

Piece of cake:

Horns
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Contra Bassoon
Trombones
Contrabass Trombone
Tuba

Next.

Evan Evans

Ok and how do you think they are playing together ? : the trombones are playing one octave lower than the horns ? Trombones are performing in unison or they're playing a chord ? And what about the contrabass trombone : does it perform the same melody as the trombones but one octave lower ?

So many questions ... [:D]

thx

[evan evans]

The horns are quite low. In a register that most composers didn't even know they could play. But the horns have the widest range of all the instruments in the orchestra. They are around the C2-C3 range here an octave above natural trombones, with the tuba and bass trombones below them. But it is a mixed layering, in other words, it is using some dovetailing.

Evan Evans

[Laurent]

Maybe some pp ctbasse pizz at each end of Bass Clarinet falling riff
Carter, can you tell us who the composer is ?

[evan evans]

But just to be sure, I could check. I have this score.

Evan Evans