Superman, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean they drew things from those movies while playing the music from them.
@@HollywoodF1 it's also the title of the video. And the announcer makes several comments about the titles of the film's but he often talks over the announcer
@@bookdoc3225 That was my first thought too. My first ever tOSU game was an alumni game and I've always thought the 4 simultaneous Script OHIO's were the best tradition in all of sports by far. Though almost everyone in my family went to Ohio State and my aunt was a prof. So I'm more than a little bit biased haha.
Hi Marvin - thanks for choosing this video to review! I wrote the music arrangements for this show. There are currently seven music arrangers who provide the music for the band;'s dynamic shows, and we appreciate the nod to our contributions of their performances! I can add that the 'Lord of the Rings' was the music during the two giant rings on the field. Some who commented that the music 'wasn't very loud' should view the original video as it was filmed - it is much different than what you hear through Marvin's computer in this video, and the crowd reaction during the show is simply amazing! To date - this is THE most viewed halftime show in the history of this marching band with well over 25 million hits so far, and it was also the impetus for Apple filming a commercial that included the Jurassic Park T-Rex in motion (subtly eating a Michigan player and then spitting out the helmet!). The band is now employing the full use of iPads purchased through grants and other funding, and all charts and designs you see on the field are viewable by each member during their daily two-hour rehearsals.
Having marched in a 330 piece band in hs, I can attest to the amount of work a marching band puts into learning not only the music but the sets. In my experience, the band actually puts in significantly more practice than the football team, both during the summer and each week during marching season.
He seemed confused by the phone on the side, not realizing it's supposed to be the phonebooth that Clark Kent want into and Superman comes out of. Also about some people not having seen phonebooths, some even younger people have never even seen pay phones
This is the world's largest brass band (only brass horns and drums), with 192 members marching the shows and 36 alternates. They practice 30 hours/week, while maintaining a full academic schedule.
I love how they where white shoes with no fear .... white shoes are forgiving if one person is out of step you notice it more in white instead of black shoes
@@lisaray9944 That's why they do it, so you can see that they are never out of step. It's actually white spats over black shoes. They don't wear them when they march in parades; they tuck them into their belts.
@@shannoncaskey5294 Time to start practicing what the band chants every time they take the field at halftime - "Pick your feet up, turn your corners square and drive, drive, drive."
They have a lot of good ones besides the Blockbuster show, the Michael Jackson Tribute, John Williams Tribute, they were invited by the NFL to go to London and did a British Invasion show where the basic reaction was 'oh my God that amazing, I've never seen anything like this' and so many other good shows . The fact that the audience stays and watches shows that they are good.
The drum majoy can be a guy or a girl, they usually use a whistle. Some direct with their big baton as you have seen. Other drum majors just clap their hands instead. Drum majors usually aren't drummers. They are usually sax, trumpet or clarinet players. They just set the tempo for the bass drums & it's easy for the rest to follow along even if you can't see or hear the drum major. Does that help or just confuse the issue? Prost - Greg
@@marvinreacts2227 If you like marching bands, you should check out the Cavaliers' James Bond performance from 2004. It's amazing! Here in America, we have something called Drum Corps International (DCI), where young people from ages 13 to 21 can audition and spend their money and their summer in one of several drum and bugle type bands, practicing and touring and performing shows around the country. The individual drum corps also compete against each other during the summer and the competitions culminate at the end of the summer in Denver, Colorado, with the championship competition called the Summer Music Games. The Cavaliers are one of the best of the drum and bugle corps in DCI and their 2004 performance of James Bond was PHENOMENAL!!!
The ones you didn't get= Harry Potter. Harry catching the golden snitch. The T- rex ate the other teams mascot & the last one was a skull & cross bones. The Buckeyes are the state of Ohio's tree.
Ohio is always tops. They have been doing this for 141 years. TBDBITL. The Best Damn Band in the Land. There are about 228 members last that I remember. The fella with the baton is the drum major. He leads the band into the stadium. The broom is Harry Potter. The phone booth was Superman These are all movies from Hollywood. Ohio State and Michigan are extreme rivals.
Unfortunately, sport rivalries make it difficult for a lot of Americans to appreciate marching bands, often. As someone with zero interest in sports, the OSU marching band is just far superior to any other. It isn’t a rivalry thing, it’s just obvious. Also, OSU is an ENORMOUS university and people in the band are from all across the country and the world. I wish people could set aside their sport rivalries and truly appreciate just how wonderful the band is.
I'm a Michigan fan but a musician and former marching band member so I fully appreciate what they do. Plus, you'd be surprised by the amount of talented individuals in Ohio in general.
I don't know about that. In Big Ten country we love our marching bands. OSU though is special and in another league. The Japanese oddly have found a love for marching bands though thru GIs
I believe it's the TV halftime shows that prevent people from seeing how good or bad the bands are and TVs speakers just don't do justice to bands anyway. The only folks who see these shows are guys back in the stadium after their halftime pee and going to the concession stands to get mixers... er..um...coke to take back to their seats. Due to capacity and the rigamarole it takes women about 3x as long for their halftime pee... I therefore submit that the actual audience for the marching band (Ohio State or Univ of Ohio) are people in the stadium with semi empty bladders... so probably only 66% of those in the stadium. Of that subset there are folks on cell phones, taking selfies or just bullshitting with their friends. So while it might be the best damn band on the land or whatever... I estimate people watching is nobody at home & only 50% of the stadium... Is it difficult, yes, is it high pressure on every member to remember all theit steps, yes. Is it harder to play trombone if you're playing in MN & your mouthpiece just tore off 1/3 of your lip. I think the rivalry is just imagined... All band players respect & want to hear/see excellent performances... I just think you are asking for more band boosters than you're going to get!
@@caclayton2007 like Marvin said, you cant really claim that one is better than the other because they are so different. I would say the Aggie band is the Army Rangers and Ohio State band like the Navy Seals, Both are elite but their jobs and the way they go about things are different.
The OSU band is really loud because it is all brass and percussion. No soft-spoken woodwinds. 200 bandmen fill up the stadium which seat 103,000. By contrast the TA&M band marches roughly 360 people but they include woodwinds.
Also you really should watch Script Ohio. It's what TBDBITL is known for. Also there are 195 Marchers and 36 Alternates. Alternates are used to take the place of somebody who is absent for whatever reason. Also if a regular member really screws up they can be replaced with an alternate and they become an alternate themselves.
The script writing of OHIO at the beginning of the game is a video that Marvin should review. It has been 30 years since I attended a Buckeye game and remembering the script writing of Ohio still gives me chills. Oh yeah, the football team is pretty good too.
Hello, I'm a member of this band, and I just wanted to say thank you for reaching to our show! It's always nice to see new people enjoying our performances. This is one of my favorite shows, even though it's a bit older, from before my time in the band. If anyone has questions about the OSUMB I'd love to answer them!
The guy with the stick is the Drum Major and the stick is called a baton. OSU is a corps band as opposed the the Aggie military band. Corps bands are very artistic & expressive. You're 100% correct - you can't compare corps bands to militant bands ( like comparing apples to oranges). The theme of this show is blockbuster movies - Superman, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean. You're right - the OSU ship sunk their opponent (Michigan). Buckeye is a nut - the end symbol was from Pirates of the Caribbean. Really enjoy your reactions to our beloved bands. I am an Aggie fan & also an OSU fan. I was in high school band - military style. My boys were in a corps style high school band. Corps style is MUCH more involved and have prop crews (the ones with the banners)
Just found your channel. Enjoyed very much.. Your English is excellent. I am from Ohio and I love the Ohio State Band. Thanks for showing it. Looking forward to more videos. Happy Holidays.
Texas A&M is a traditional military style marching band, and surely the best of its type. Ohio State is a show band, and also the best of its type. Comparing them is like comparing apples and oranges.
Thank you for this explanation. I was reading through the comments to see of anyone else would explain this before I put in my two cents. Military marching bands are primarily geometric shapes, precision and marching goal line to goal line. I marched in a military band some 30 years ago. "Show bands" routines are geared more towards entertainment. The use of props, pyrotechnics and dance performance. Both Ohio State and the Aggies are top tier in their style. But it is futile to try and compare the two.
@@cassandraferrell1970 I was raised in Texas before the modern style of marching band took hold. There were some show bands, but I would say most were military style at that time. Even now, there is a huge tradition of military style bands in Texas, and they have a separate state marching contest for them. Google NAMMB.
There are 192 on the field, all brass or percussion (the rest are alternates that they keep on the "roster" in case someone is unable to perform that week).
The chant you heard at the beginning of the performance came from the band itself. What the band is saying is: "Pick up your feet, turn your corners square, and DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! The Ohio State University Marching Band also has the distinction of being the largest all brass and percussion band in the world (at the time of this comment, The OSUMB has held that distinction for 88 years with the decision to go all brass and percussion in 1934).
The most amazing thing about these top marching bands is they play the music perfectly as they move in their choreographed alignments. Perfection! The Drum Major is a showman, and this one is flawless. I'm not even an Ohio fan, but respect is deserved!
its also a University marching band so basically every 4 years there is a complete change over of members. To keep a high level like this every year is impressive feat as well. The football teams whose games they play at would die for that level of consistency
Yes this is true, but most of the students come from high schools that have their own marching bands. So this means they have already marched for years before going to the university band. This is an American tradition with our half- time shows at football games.
@@miekaash6831 actually, TBDBITL members may be there on scholarship, however it will not be for the band but something else; academic most likely. The band is an extra curricular activity. One must audition each year, regardless of past participation. Members can march for a total of 5 yrs in the band. My son was in the band during this period - when they began these sorts of drill, the Apple commercial, the championship games, and the London trip. He would send me a screen shot of his drill with him circled so I could find him on the field. He marched sax in HS and since the band is brass and percussion only, figured his band days were over. He missed marching so much that over Christmas break his freshman year, he borrowed a friend’s trumpet, taught himself to play and in the spring, auditioned. He made it and even though he graduated after 4 yrs, he stayed enrolled in 1 class so he could march the remaining 2 yrs of eligibility. The friends he made in TBDBITL are still friends today and certainly his time in the band was the highlight of his university experience.
The "commander" is called drum major & a band this size usually has 3. The band members that don't play instruments, flag bearers & such, are generally called the color guard. These halftime performances take months to prepare. Collegiate marching band members are 99% from high school student marching bands. Ohio State Queen halftime tribute: th-cam.com/video/sHT_y09RIEQ/w-d-xo.html Ohio State Michael Jackson halftime tribute: th-cam.com/video/RhVAga3GhNM/w-d-xo.html
Harry Potter playing Quidditch on a broom stick. The bird was Hedwig his white owl. The "pictures" that they form are related to the movie songs that they play. The pirate ships used Pirates of Caribbean music. Dinosaur: Jurassic Park.
One thing I'm not seeing mentioned here is that the band also does a new show almost every single week. They even travel for some away games, which can be over 12 hours away by bus. I grew up watching Ohio State football and my mom had CDs of the marching band she'd play sometimes in the car. We absolutely never leave the stands during the half time show because it's as good as the games.
This was a great idea !!!! Something I had never seen before, Thank you so much !!! I did not understand what they were doing because it was so new to me, I had seen marching bands, but only a glimpse or two through the years. But after reading the comments, now I understand and have to watch more and more!!!! Wow, how good are these kids, absolutely Amazing to do this precision while playing an instrument !!!
@@calistoatriano9258 Minds immeasurably superior to ours let Russel Wilson go. Well, you hsve to make hay while the sun shines-- Which isn't that often for football -OR- Basketball for the Wolfpack Lately. The Last Basketball title was in 1983 only because they won the ACC tournament, their record was probably not good enough for the field of 64. Regarding Football Rivers and Wilson can't do it by themselves. They could win against weak defenses... Now that theyve started this FSB, the worst thing that could have happened for mediocre teams did. NCSU can maybe beat Clemson every few years but NOW we have to also beat FLA St, Miami & Notre Dame But I expect the big 10(12) and the Southeast Conference will have little pity on our boys. Fortunately there are now almost 75 bowl games a mediocre team can get in a bowl game.,, We've also had thru the years Ted Brown & way back when - Roman Gabriel, but those were the days of the 8 team ACC. Also, I tried out for their NCSU marching band but after a few years of Saxophone glut I quit trying. (The drum major was my suite mate & he said if I was better than Kenny G and Branford Marcellus combined I wasn't getting in) So the marching band from NCSU can really just kma... I just couldn't let THE Ohio State University claiming "Best Damn Band in the land" go by without taking at least one cheap shot ;)
It was hard to hear, but at the beginning, an announcer said they were featuring movie themes. I played in a high school marching band and we had movement graphs to memorize and music to learn and it was crazy hard.
I love this show. As a guide, the first one is Clark kent going into the phone booth and turning into superman, then pushing a building back up from falling. There are then some figures that idk what they are, then there is the sign of the book and movie series Harry Potter. Harry is then shown on his broomstick catching the snitch, a flying ball in a sport played in the series. The third is Jurassic park, where a dinosaur is shown eating someone. The fourth is the movie series pirates of the Caribbean, where two ships fight, one from ohio the other from michigan, the fireworks are meant to symbolize cannon fire. Ohio obviously wins purely because of their superiority, then a skull and crossed bones is shown, as a symbol of the series
The person that was “eaten” by the TRex was a Michigan player. It doesn’t matter who OSU is playing that day, every single TBDBITL performance includes a reference to “That team up north”
Ohio State fields 192 members and are all brass and percussion. When they were first coming onto the field it was the band all chanting at the direction of the drum major in unison before starting "Pick up your feet! Turn your corners square! and drive! drive! drive"
It's a tribute to Hollywood blockbuster movies. The last was a skull and crossbones for Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Michigan is Ohio States biggest rival.
The guy in the red uniform or as you said " the commander" is the Drum Major. Drum Major have to compete for that position and it is a very coveted roll. They are amazing to watch but it's hard to see this far away. Ohio's Drum Major entrance is always epic!
I'm from Ohio and it's awesome to see your reaction. We take pride in our football team and our "Best Dam Band In The Land". Michigan is our rivals we don't like Michigan lol.
Sorry sir, but were you born under a rock! Did you not listen to intro? All the music and and characters are from movies. All very popular movies world wise.
For your information. An Ohio buckeye or American buckeye is a particular tree native to the Midwestern US, all the way to the Great Plains of the US, and as far south as Nashville TN area.
226 playing members (192 March on the field at one time and 33 alternates.) Plus two drum majors. (One is an assistant drum major.) Alternates can challenge one of the 192 marching members to be able to march the next show.
Just found your vid/reaction. Serious Buckeye fan here! The guy in front in the costume I think you called it is the drum major and the audition for that is crazy!!! Like pro football cheerleaders auditions. OSU and Michigan are rivals and they use the "M" for various things usually within each week's halftime show. This show was movie blockbusters. The symbol after Superman, I don't have a clue on so can't help you there. Others may have already told you about these but I haven't read the comments so don't know. The one you thought was a witch and then the letters before it were Harry Potter and the bird that was flying around is somehow part of that. The pirate ships was from pirates of the caribbean and the OSU ship beat the Michigan one. The shows they do every week are insane!! There's so much practice that go into them, like about 25 hours each week on top of classes and homework. "Buckeyes" is the state symbol and it's also a peanut butter and chocolate candy made to look like a buckeye. The OSU band is called The Best Damn Band In The Land (TBDBITL) and the largest brass and percussion band in colleges. There's roughly 150 band members. You should really check out more of their videos, you'll love them
The performance was a tribute to famous American movie franchises. They performed their soundtracks and had formations that describe what the films where about. I guess they must really be big only in the US
You havent seen anything until see them do the horse and run across the field! But yeah, they announce theme of each performance at beginning of halftime
They were doing movies! They played the theme songs from Superman, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter ( not a witch)....and then Pirated of the Caribbean!
The music they play usually corresponds with the shapes they make on the field. Jurasasic Park theme for the dinosaur, Superman straightens building to Superman theme.
basically the ohio state and michiagn marching band throw shade at each other in every halftime show, as its the biggest rivalry in arguably amarican sports
Marching band starts in high school, we practice before school even starts. My school we learn the music first before marching. We are all given colored chips with our number on it. The number of how many are in the actual marching band depends on how many students sign up for band. Marching band only happens in the fall, we do half time shows, and also play during the game(football only!). If you want to be blown away, find Spring High School marching band 1993.
The sizes of Marching bands can depend on the school and grade level with some being as small as 10 people to as large as 500 people. Ohio is about in the Middle with 230-250 people
Since you have the sound down low on the video, you didn't hear the announcer say they were doing a tribute to Hollywood Blockbusters (try looking at it again and listen to the music for each figure ... each song corresponds with a Blockbuster film). The music is the key. the first was Superman, the second was Lord of the Rings, the third was Harry Potter, the fourth was Jurassic Park, and the last was Pirates of the Caribbean, .
This German guy is actually slow as hell 😂 “ANOTHER SUPERMAN!” No German man it’s a wizard on a broomstick 😂 sorry for the mean comment you just really triggered me !
Superman is in the phone booth and suddenly the building leaning, Superman rush out and push building to straight up. Second, Harry potter’s riding the broom chasing the bird. This particular marching band is shown off All from Hollywood movies. At the beginning, the host announced.
The person in the big high hat is called the drum major, this was a half time show at the beginning before the game the band makes a ramp interance and that when they will do script OHIO, a Buckeye is nut from a tree, it is dark brown with a tan spot that makes it look like the eye of a male deer also called a buck, a Buckeye is also called a horse chestnut. A candy made to look like a Buckeye is very popular in Ohio, it's a ball of peanut butter cream dip in chocolate leaving just enough of the peanut butter showing to make it look like a Buckeye. A very tasty a sweet candy. I am proud to say that I went to high school a graduated with Shelly Graf who. was the first female Drum major in the history of Ohio State. She a very sweet and wonderful person.
May I suggest dci drumline. This is competition drum Corp for college students very very competitive. Ohio and Tex A&M are college marching bands. Kids start in high school with marching band a part of the music curriculum.
If you really like watching marching band, I’d HIGHLY suggest reacting to drum corp international videos....like professional marching band. I’d recommend watching bluecoats 2016
DCI will definitely bend your brain about just how much storytelling you can do with a marching band; it's pretty amazing. If you want to see top tier marching band, DCI is a must watch. I'll second the Spartacus recommendation - the Bluecoats' Down Side Up is also fantastic, but it's a bit more... I dunno, avant garde? I think Spartacus is probably better for your first DCI show, unless you want some weirdness right out of the gate.
@@hannahchoi7831 yeah probably true..both are fantastic shows. I personally prefer the weirdness of some of the newer dci, but for a first look, Spartacus would be awesome.
The witch thing was Harry Potter flying in a Quidditch match. That was the Harry Potter theme from one of the early movies. The flying thing was the Golden Snitch.
This is a really long post, but I get excited talking about my days in marching band, and hopefully offering some decent information. I was in middle school and high school marching band, and the formations take a lot of practice, but once you get it, and you do have to get it down quickly, it's easy for you. It becomes part of your memory and you know automatically during what part of the music when you need to be on the thirty yard line, or anywhere else on the field. During football season, we had 3-4 hours of practice after school, and during the summer we had what's known as "band camp". Some schools actually travel out of their city to train at a college, under college band members and instructors for weeks. We stayed within our city, and practiced during the summer for about six weeks, from around 7am to 11am (a couple of short breaks in between), go home to rest, return at 3pm and practice until 6pm to 7pm. If it was extremely hot, (summer in Alabama is always hot!) we'd skip marching practice and work on the music inside the school's band room, and try to get in some late nighttime practice on the field, once it cooled off. Sometimes we'd start at 7pm and stay until 10pm. There were times when we'd practice marching in light rain, but without instruments because water is terrible for them. We'd count or hum to keep the beat. During my four years in high school, our band started off with a little over two-hundred members, and this was a city school. In comparison to one of our rivals, a county school, we were a little small as they had about 250 at one time, but the larger the band, the harder it is to maneuver intricate designs and move them down the field. Also, though larger, they didn't sound as large as they were, so knowing how to get a big sound that's also great, is what you want. County schools can be quite large because of rural area kids being combined as one large school, or they can be quite small because the rural area is so far away from other schools, that a small school makes a small band. Things have changed over the years, but when I was in school, our band also had majorettes (girls twirling small batons), flag bearers/twirlers and rifle twirlers. The rifles were made of wood. These are known as "The Color Guard". The guard sometimes wore costumes to fit the theme of the song. It was quite impressive to see them all marching with the band while twirling, and tossing those items into the air and catching them in sync. We were a really good band, if I do say so, and had been asked to perform in places like the New Orleans Saints' game during Mardi Gras, while I was there.That was a long time ago, but I remember marching in the parade during Mardi Gras, thinking it would never end, but also being so happy and proud to be there. We were one of a few bands who wore white shoes, as many others wore black shoes or boots. White shoes show how well everyone's feet line up during a high stepping march, and how well you're in sync with each other. Black shoes tend to hide that, and since we wanted to prove that we could do what was expected, we always had to wear white. It was good to find a comfortable pair, and you'd better buy at least two pair at once because they wear out, and trying to find another comfortable pair at the last minute could be tough. I don't miss those hot uniforms in summer, but they weren't too horrible in winter. We still have to wear layers of clothing underneath because we weren't allowed to wear coats and cover the uniforms. I don't know if they still have them, but I remember competitions for drum majors to battle it out with their amazing salutes and directing skills. Band competitions can take a band all over the country and even out of it. It's amazing! I played clarinet and was always envious of how great the trumpets looked during the "snap"....quickly bringing the instrument up to your mouth. Some also twirl their trumpets. I also played cymbals. I had no idea they'd be so heavy or so loud when the drummer would hit them as I held them inches away from my face. LOL! Also, if you ever see a gap between two members, and wonder why it's there, it's because a member isn't there (probably out sick) and they keep the formation as if they're marching with them. This keeps them from having to change the lineup, and since you're already used to marching in a specific setup, it could throw everyone off to fill the gap.
Average size for a University marching band will between 200 and 400 people. The largest band is the University of Texas Alumni band with over 3,000 members. Once a season they take the field with between 600-700 members. After they perform the Alumni band and Longhorn band take the field at the same time. This will put about 1,000 members on the field at once. They are pretty loud. You can watch here as the full 1,000 members play - th-cam.com/video/TiXgUAYX0tg/w-d-xo.html .
It's Hollywood films theme. You have to listen to the music which will give you a hint. "Superman" (Clark Kent changing in the phone booth onto Superman to save the falling skyscraper), "GOT (Game of Thrones)", "Harry Potter" and his owl Hedwig, "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Lord of the Rings", "Jurassic Park" The "M" and "O" are the two teams playing that day for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" performance.
First one was Superman pushing a building. 2nd one wasn't exactly a witch. It was Harry Potter playing Quddich. 3rd was Jurassic Park. 4th was Pirates of the Caribbean.
1. Superman 2. LotR - Mount Doom Sauron's Evil Eye, 3. Harry Potter, 4. Jurassic Park, 5. Pirates of the Caribbean, and the guy with the stick is the Drum Major who leads the bands. This program is the "Hollywood Blockbuster Show" and yes the Buckeye is a pirate.
Marvin, I studied music in college and taught marching band in a high school. You control your sound by how you use your brass instruments. You give your more complicated movements (and dances) to the clarinets and flutes because they do not contribute as much to volume.
Okay dude, if you notice, they played movie theme songs and made their formations to correspond with the songs. The last one was pirates of the carribean and they made two ships, one with a Michigan flag and one with an Ohio State flag. The formation at the end was not a buckeye, but a skull and crossbones. Michigan and OSU are huge rivals, so they pulled out all the stops for this halftime show. To be honest, the OSU marching band always impresses me, so...
Superman, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean they drew things from those movies while playing the music from them.
They could have told him at least that much ahead of time. It would help the reactions I think.
@@HollywoodF1 I wonder what he'd think of a quad Script Ohio?
@@HollywoodF1 They did. If you listen at the beginning, they say they are doing Hollywood movies
@@HollywoodF1 it's also the title of the video. And the announcer makes several comments about the titles of the film's but he often talks over the announcer
@@bookdoc3225 That was my first thought too. My first ever tOSU game was an alumni game and I've always thought the 4 simultaneous Script OHIO's were the best tradition in all of sports by far. Though almost everyone in my family went to Ohio State and my aunt was a prof. So I'm more than a little bit biased haha.
Hi Marvin - thanks for choosing this video to review! I wrote the music arrangements for this show. There are currently seven music arrangers who provide the music for the band;'s dynamic shows, and we appreciate the nod to our contributions of their performances! I can add that the 'Lord of the Rings' was the music during the two giant rings on the field. Some who commented that the music 'wasn't very loud' should view the original video as it was filmed - it is much different than what you hear through Marvin's computer in this video, and the crowd reaction during the show is simply amazing! To date - this is THE most viewed halftime show in the history of this marching band with well over 25 million hits so far, and it was also the impetus for Apple filming a commercial that included the Jurassic Park T-Rex in motion (subtly eating a Michigan player and then spitting out the helmet!). The band is now employing the full use of iPads purchased through grants and other funding, and all charts and designs you see on the field are viewable by each member during their daily two-hour rehearsals.
Osumbfn... I've got the Ohio State University Marchin Band.... but what's the "fn"? Great choreography!!
Ah-mazing job arranging these!!! Thank you for all of your hard work!!
Having marched in a 330 piece band in hs, I can attest to the amount of work a marching band puts into learning not only the music but the sets. In my experience, the band actually puts in significantly more practice than the football team, both during the summer and each week during marching season.
WOW, Amazing, thank you for making this :O!
I bow to you and your team members who literally orchestrated this amazing show. Sir.
Clark Kent would change into Superman in a phone booth. Many younger people have never seen one.
He seemed confused by the phone on the side, not realizing it's supposed to be the phonebooth that Clark Kent want into and Superman comes out of. Also about some people not having seen phonebooths, some even younger people have never even seen pay phones
This is the world's largest brass band (only brass horns and drums), with 192 members marching the shows and 36 alternates. They practice 30 hours/week, while maintaining a full academic schedule.
I love how they where white shoes with no fear .... white shoes are forgiving if one person is out of step you notice it more in white instead of black shoes
Are unforgiving sorry
@@lisaray9944 That's why they do it, so you can see that they are never out of step. It's actually white spats over black shoes. They don't wear them when they march in parades; they tuck them into their belts.
My high school freshman has a goal of marching with TBDBITL…
@@shannoncaskey5294 Time to start practicing what the band chants every time they take the field at halftime - "Pick your feet up, turn your corners square and drive, drive, drive."
You need to watch the buckeyes pay tribute to Michael Jackson.
That’s one of my all-time band performances!
Yes he has to
Agreed. That was insane.
yes this was one of their best in my opinion! I loved it!!
None of you are ready for the drum corps shows
Would recommend watching Ohio State's 'ramp entrance' and 'Script Ohio'.
They have a lot of good ones besides the Blockbuster show, the Michael Jackson Tribute, John Williams Tribute, they were invited by the NFL to go to London and did a British Invasion show where the basic reaction was 'oh my God that amazing, I've never seen anything like this' and so many other good shows . The fact that the audience stays and watches shows that they are good.
true........
It doesn't get any better than the script "Ohio". That iconic!
Yes, the pre game is great and is a much watch
An absolute must. Took my breath away!!!
The guy in front is called a Drum Major.
Thank you! 👍
The drum majoy can be a guy or a girl, they usually use a whistle. Some direct with their big baton as you have seen. Other drum majors just clap their hands instead. Drum majors usually aren't drummers. They are usually sax, trumpet or clarinet players. They just set the tempo for the bass drums & it's easy for the rest to follow along even if you can't see or hear the drum major. Does that help or just confuse the issue? Prost - Greg
Several times, he was actually referring to a member of the color guard, not the drum major
@@marvinreacts2227 If you like marching bands, you should check out the Cavaliers' James Bond performance from 2004. It's amazing!
Here in America, we have something called Drum Corps International (DCI), where young people from ages 13 to 21 can audition and spend their money and their summer in one of several drum and bugle type bands, practicing and touring and performing shows around the country. The individual drum corps also compete against each other during the summer and the competitions culminate at the end of the summer in Denver, Colorado, with the championship competition called the Summer Music Games. The Cavaliers are one of the best of the drum and bugle corps in DCI and their 2004 performance of James Bond was PHENOMENAL!!!
@@thomasbonse Ohio State doesnt have a color guard! Those are alternates using props.
We aren't called The Best Damned Band In The Land for nothing!! O-H!!!
I-O!
WHAT DOES THAT SPELL
I-O!!
I-O
Got that right O H I O
I've never seen a reaction to this performance where the reactor had never seen a movie 😆
Apparently there are no movies in Germany.?
3:23....did you say "the phone"? Superman straightened upna tilted building is what I saw!
Ohio St and Texas AM are different styles. Both are the best at what they do.
THE best damn band in the land
O H
I O !
As a Spartan, I must agree that OSU is the best damn band in the land.
Nope, not even close.
This show is about Hollywood blockbusters. You know, like Jurassic Park.
The ones you didn't get= Harry Potter. Harry catching the golden snitch. The T- rex ate the other teams mascot & the last one was a skull & cross bones. The Buckeyes are the state of Ohio's tree.
When I moved to Ohio, I thought it was a marijauna leaf.
@@maryshaffer8474 I think it looks like that too lol! I have to remind myself that it's a buckeye leaf.
The buckeye nut looks like a buck's eye. Shiny and brown.
@@Tamidewa And it’s a “Killer Nut!”
Actually, it took me a few watches but the last one is the skull and two crossed swords from Pirates of the Caribbean… not bones.
Ohio is always tops. They have been doing this for 141 years. TBDBITL. The Best Damn Band in the Land. There are about 228 members last that I remember. The fella with the baton is the drum major. He leads the band into the stadium. The broom is Harry Potter. The phone booth was Superman These are all movies from Hollywood. Ohio State and Michigan are extreme rivals.
Going to the movies with the Ohio State Marching Band. Maddona mia. Nice one, though, Marvin.
I don't this guy has seen any of these movies. LOL.
Unfortunately, sport rivalries make it difficult for a lot of Americans to appreciate marching bands, often. As someone with zero interest in sports, the OSU marching band is just far superior to any other. It isn’t a rivalry thing, it’s just obvious. Also, OSU is an ENORMOUS university and people in the band are from all across the country and the world. I wish people could set aside their sport rivalries and truly appreciate just how wonderful the band is.
I'm a Michigan fan but a musician and former marching band member so I fully appreciate what they do. Plus, you'd be surprised by the amount of talented individuals in Ohio in general.
I don't know about that. In Big Ten country we love our marching bands. OSU though is special and in another league. The Japanese oddly have found a love for marching bands though thru GIs
I believe it's the TV halftime shows that prevent people from seeing how good or bad the bands are and TVs speakers just don't do justice to bands anyway. The only folks who see these shows are guys back in the stadium after their halftime pee and going to the concession stands to get mixers... er..um...coke to take back to their seats. Due to capacity and the rigamarole it takes women about 3x as long for their halftime pee... I therefore submit that the actual audience for the marching band (Ohio State or Univ of Ohio) are people in the stadium with semi empty bladders... so probably only 66% of those in the stadium. Of that subset there are folks on cell phones, taking selfies or just bullshitting with their friends. So while it might be the best damn band on the land or whatever... I estimate people watching is nobody at home & only 50% of the stadium... Is it difficult, yes, is it high pressure on every member to remember all theit steps, yes. Is it harder to play trombone if you're playing in MN & your mouthpiece just tore off 1/3 of your lip. I think the rivalry is just imagined... All band players respect & want to hear/see excellent performances... I just think you are asking for more band boosters than you're going to get!
Have you seen texas a&m band before?
They are the best that I have seen imo and that's coming from a longhorns fan
@@caclayton2007 like Marvin said, you cant really claim that one is better than the other because they are so different. I would say the Aggie band is the Army Rangers and Ohio State band like the Navy Seals, Both are elite but their jobs and the way they go about things are different.
The OSU band is really loud because it is all brass and percussion. No soft-spoken woodwinds. 200 bandmen fill up the stadium which seat 103,000. By contrast the TA&M band marches roughly 360 people but they include woodwinds.
Also you really should watch Script Ohio. It's what TBDBITL is known for. Also there are 195 Marchers and 36 Alternates. Alternates are used to take the place of somebody who is absent for whatever reason. Also if a regular member really screws up they can be replaced with an alternate and they become an alternate themselves.
192, not 195.
Script Ohio is what they are known for. Yes....they enter the field from one end, led by the drum major. The best damn band in the land.
The script writing of OHIO at the beginning of the game is a video that Marvin should review. It has been 30 years since I attended a Buckeye game and remembering the script writing of Ohio still gives me chills. Oh yeah, the football team is pretty good too.
Absolutely review the Script Ohio... thats what the band is famous for!
We are NUM. 1# Marching Band in the Country!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello, I'm a member of this band, and I just wanted to say thank you for reaching to our show! It's always nice to see new people enjoying our performances. This is one of my favorite shows, even though it's a bit older, from before my time in the band. If anyone has questions about the OSUMB I'd love to answer them!
You are part of an AMAZING AMAZING band!!! Really the best!!!
Thank you for all you did as part of this band!!
Thank you for being a part of the best damn band in the land
I heard that there was 30 hours a week practice, but 2 hours per weekday. Do you practice 10 hours on Saturday and Sunday?
The guy with the stick is the Drum Major and the stick is called a baton. OSU is a corps band as opposed the the Aggie military band. Corps bands are very artistic & expressive.
You're 100% correct - you can't compare corps bands to militant bands ( like comparing apples to oranges).
The theme of this show is blockbuster movies - Superman, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean. You're right - the OSU ship sunk their opponent (Michigan).
Buckeye is a nut - the end symbol was from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Really enjoy your reactions to our beloved bands. I am an Aggie fan & also an OSU fan. I was in high school band - military style. My boys were in a corps style high school band. Corps style is MUCH more involved and have prop crews (the ones with the banners)
The stick. How appropriate for baton in German.
Please explain to this guy what is an Aggie. Several of my family members graduated from A&M.
The symbols go with the theme music the band is playing
michigan is Ohio states biggest rival this year michigan chickened out
Tribute to Hollywood. Rival teams Ohio and Michigan
Marvin, thanks for your commentary! The Ohio State University Marching Band is our nation's best! They are also know as OSUMB or TBDBITL.
No problem, always a pleasure! ☺️
Just found your channel. Enjoyed very much.. Your English is excellent. I am from Ohio and I love the Ohio State Band. Thanks for showing it. Looking forward to more videos. Happy Holidays.
Texas A&M is a traditional military style marching band, and surely the best of its type. Ohio State is a show band, and also the best of its type. Comparing them is like comparing apples and oranges.
Thank you for this explanation. I was reading through the comments to see of anyone else would explain this before I put in my two cents.
Military marching bands are primarily geometric shapes, precision and marching goal line to goal line. I marched in a military band some 30 years ago.
"Show bands" routines are geared more towards entertainment. The use of props, pyrotechnics and dance performance.
Both Ohio State and the Aggies are top tier in their style. But it is futile to try and compare the two.
@@cassandraferrell1970 I was raised in Texas before the modern style of marching band took hold. There were some show bands, but I would say most were military style at that time. Even now, there is a huge tradition of military style bands in Texas, and they have a separate state marching contest for them. Google NAMMB.
They say "Pick up your feet! Turn your corners square! Drive! Drive! Drive before every performance.
Thee Ohio State University Marching Band has around 228 musicians in the band.
😳That's impressive
There are 192 on the field, all brass or percussion (the rest are alternates that they keep on the "roster" in case someone is unable to perform that week).
It is the largest brass and percussion band in the world
During Homecoming they also have band alumni play, and do 4 Script Ohio on the field at the same time.
@@stephenkinney1194 Alternates also get to challenge for a regular spot every week!
The chant you heard at the beginning of the performance came from the band itself. What the band is saying is: "Pick up your feet, turn your corners square, and DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! The Ohio State University Marching Band also has the distinction of being the largest all brass and percussion band in the world (at the time of this comment, The OSUMB has held that distinction for 88 years with the decision to go all brass and percussion in 1934).
The most amazing thing about these top marching bands is they play the music perfectly as they move in their choreographed alignments. Perfection! The Drum Major is a showman, and this one is flawless. I'm not even an Ohio fan, but respect is deserved!
I'd like to hear the band without the play by play!
Harry potter catching the golden snitch was the "witch."
The dinosaur ate someone, if you'll go back and watch.
This is SO FUN.
its also a University marching band so basically every 4 years there is a complete change over of members. To keep a high level like this every year is impressive feat as well. The football teams whose games they play at would die for that level of consistency
For the record, the football team that they DO play for DOES have that level of consistency! Go Bucks!
Yes this is true, but most of the students come from high schools that have their own marching bands. So this means they have already marched for years before going to the university band. This is an American tradition with our half- time shows at football games.
@@dvillebenny1445 right and I’m sure most of not all of that marching band is there on scholarships. This is a goal for a lot of kids
“O” “H”................”I” “O”
@@miekaash6831 actually, TBDBITL members may be there on scholarship, however it will not be for the band but something else; academic most likely. The band is an extra curricular activity. One must audition each year, regardless of past participation. Members can march for a total of 5 yrs in the band. My son was in the band during this period - when they began these sorts of drill, the Apple commercial, the championship games, and the London trip. He would send me a screen shot of his drill with him circled so I could find him on the field. He marched sax in HS and since the band is brass and percussion only, figured his band days were over. He missed marching so much that over Christmas break his freshman year, he borrowed a friend’s trumpet, taught himself to play and in the spring, auditioned. He made it and even though he graduated after 4 yrs, he stayed enrolled in 1 class so he could march the remaining 2 yrs of eligibility. The friends he made in TBDBITL are still friends today and certainly his time in the band was the highlight of his university experience.
The "commander" is called drum major & a band this size usually has 3. The band members that don't play instruments, flag bearers & such, are generally called the color guard.
These halftime performances take months to prepare. Collegiate marching band members are 99% from high school student marching bands.
Ohio State Queen halftime tribute: th-cam.com/video/sHT_y09RIEQ/w-d-xo.html
Ohio State Michael Jackson halftime tribute: th-cam.com/video/RhVAga3GhNM/w-d-xo.html
Harry Potter playing Quidditch on a broom stick. The bird was Hedwig his white owl.
The "pictures" that they form are related to the movie songs that they play. The pirate ships used Pirates of Caribbean music. Dinosaur: Jurassic Park.
It wasn't a bird, it was the Golden Snitch.
The “bird” is the “golden snitch” from harry potter
Another good one they did once was their tribute to video games.
Yes, you would absolutely watch their Video Game halftime show.
That one’s my favorite!
One thing I'm not seeing mentioned here is that the band also does a new show almost every single week. They even travel for some away games, which can be over 12 hours away by bus. I grew up watching Ohio State football and my mom had CDs of the marching band she'd play sometimes in the car. We absolutely never leave the stands during the half time show because it's as good as the games.
Ohio is historically known as the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes"
This was a great idea !!!! Something I had never seen before, Thank you so much !!! I did not understand what they were doing because it was so new to me, I had seen marching bands, but only a glimpse or two through the years. But after reading the comments, now I understand and have to watch more and more!!!! Wow, how good are these kids, absolutely Amazing to do this precision while playing an instrument !!!
The designs that the musicians are making on the field go with the music they're playing.
They are called "The Best Damn Band in The Land" for a reason.
TBDBITL
Go Bucks!!! #OSUAlumni
Not at N.C. State, they arenn't called that
@@GregBrownsWorldORacing nobody even knows what NC State is. Phillip Rivers left long ago. Plus, you let Russell Wilson transfer to Wisconsin. Shame
@@calistoatriano9258 Minds immeasurably superior to ours let Russel Wilson go. Well, you hsve to make hay while the sun shines-- Which isn't that often for football -OR- Basketball for the Wolfpack Lately. The Last Basketball title was in 1983 only because they won the ACC tournament, their record was probably not good enough for the field of 64. Regarding Football Rivers and Wilson can't do it by themselves. They could win against weak defenses... Now that theyve started this FSB, the worst thing that could have happened for mediocre teams did. NCSU can maybe beat Clemson every few years but NOW we have to also beat FLA St, Miami & Notre Dame But I expect the big 10(12) and the Southeast Conference will have little pity on our boys. Fortunately there are now almost 75 bowl games a mediocre team can get in a bowl game.,, We've also had thru the years Ted Brown & way back when - Roman Gabriel, but those were the days of the 8 team ACC. Also, I tried out for their NCSU marching band but after a few years of Saxophone glut I quit trying. (The drum major was my suite mate & he said if I was better than Kenny G and Branford Marcellus combined I wasn't getting in) So the marching band from NCSU can really just kma... I just couldn't let THE Ohio State University claiming "Best Damn Band in the land" go by without taking at least one cheap shot ;)
Hours and hours of practice.
Exactly. Band member practice even longer than the football players
It was hard to hear, but at the beginning, an announcer said they were featuring movie themes. I played in a high school marching band and we had movement graphs to memorize and music to learn and it was crazy hard.
I love this show. As a guide, the first one is Clark kent going into the phone booth and turning into superman, then pushing a building back up from falling. There are then some figures that idk what they are, then there is the sign of the book and movie series Harry Potter. Harry is then shown on his broomstick catching the snitch, a flying ball in a sport played in the series. The third is Jurassic park, where a dinosaur is shown eating someone. The fourth is the movie series pirates of the Caribbean, where two ships fight, one from ohio the other from michigan, the fireworks are meant to symbolize cannon fire. Ohio obviously wins purely because of their superiority, then a skull and crossed bones is shown, as a symbol of the series
Aaah, got it! Thank you! ☺️
The person that was “eaten” by the TRex was a Michigan player. It doesn’t matter who OSU is playing that day, every single TBDBITL performance includes a reference to “That team up north”
The figures you don't know what they are, is the one true ring and the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings.
It’s not a stick. It’s a baton.
May be stick in German.
I am a Texas A&M Fan but I love the Buckeye band too.
Different stiles. I prefer A&M.
@@ldever3 Me too. As a former band geek, I like them all but I too prefer "The Fighting Texas Aggie Band!"
Ohio State fields 192 members and are all brass and percussion. When they were first coming onto the field it was the band all chanting at the direction of the drum major in unison before starting "Pick up your feet! Turn your corners square! and drive! drive! drive"
It's a tribute to Hollywood blockbuster movies. The last was a skull and crossbones for Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Michigan is Ohio States biggest rival.
The guy in the red uniform or as you said " the commander" is the Drum Major. Drum Major have to compete for that position and it is a very coveted roll. They are amazing to watch but it's hard to see this far away. Ohio's Drum Major entrance is always epic!
Uh.. a buckeye is a poisonous nut from our state tree of the same name. 😂
A Buckeye is a small brown nut with a tan eye in the middle. Carrying one is supposed to bring good luck.
True and a Buck is a Deer and it does look like a deers eye
I'm from Ohio and it's awesome to see your reaction. We take pride in our football team and our "Best Dam Band In The Land". Michigan is our rivals we don't like Michigan lol.
The baton twirling drum major started in the early '70s at Ohio State.
"Dotting the I" Ohio tuba player wears a GoPro while marching. Amazing!
A buckeye is like a nut from a tree. You carry it in your pocket for luck.
The theme was Hollywood Blockbusters. The two ships and skull and crossbones represented the Pirates of the Caribbean.
Thanks for posting some great videos.
No problem🙈
"the guy in the costume" is the drum major, tossing his baton
It's a mace, not a baton
The chant is from the band - they respond to the drum major (the guy in red)
The theme was Hollywood Blockbusters. The band formations are Superman, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Sorry sir, but were you born under a rock! Did you not listen to intro? All the music and and characters are from movies. All very popular movies world wise.
For your information. An Ohio buckeye or American buckeye is a particular tree native to the Midwestern US, all the way to the Great Plains of the US, and as far south as Nashville TN area.
226 playing members (192 March on the field at one time and 33 alternates.) Plus two drum majors. (One is an assistant drum major.)
Alternates can challenge one of the 192 marching members to be able to march the next show.
Love your reactions!
Just found your vid/reaction. Serious Buckeye fan here! The guy in front in the costume I think you called it is the drum major and the audition for that is crazy!!! Like pro football cheerleaders auditions. OSU and Michigan are rivals and they use the "M" for various things usually within each week's halftime show. This show was movie blockbusters. The symbol after Superman, I don't have a clue on so can't help you there. Others may have already told you about these but I haven't read the comments so don't know. The one you thought was a witch and then the letters before it were Harry Potter and the bird that was flying around is somehow part of that. The pirate ships was from pirates of the caribbean and the OSU ship beat the Michigan one. The shows they do every week are insane!! There's so much practice that go into them, like about 25 hours each week on top of classes and homework. "Buckeyes" is the state symbol and it's also a peanut butter and chocolate candy made to look like a buckeye. The OSU band is called The Best Damn Band In The Land (TBDBITL) and the largest brass and percussion band in colleges. There's roughly 150 band members. You should really check out more of their videos, you'll love them
It was “Harry Potter” on the broom and movie score. And “Jurassic Park” music and T Rex. And the ships and music are from “Pirates of the Caribbean”
Yes, the Ohio State Marching Band is known consistently as a ‘Superior’ band...they are that good!
The performance was a tribute to famous American movie franchises. They performed their soundtracks and had formations that describe what the films where about. I guess they must really be big only in the US
You havent seen anything until see them do the horse and run across the field!
But yeah, they announce theme of each performance at beginning of halftime
These members usually are very active in the drum and bugle corps. Watch the cadets 2011 angels and demons show
They were doing movies! They played the theme songs from Superman, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter ( not a witch)....and then Pirated of the Caribbean!
The music they play usually corresponds with the shapes they make on the field. Jurasasic Park theme for the dinosaur, Superman straightens building to Superman theme.
basically the ohio state and michiagn marching band throw shade at each other in every halftime show, as its the biggest rivalry in arguably amarican sports
Marching band starts in high school, we practice before school even starts. My school we learn the music first before marching. We are all given colored chips with our number on it. The number of how many are in the actual marching band depends on how many students sign up for band. Marching band only happens in the fall, we do half time shows, and also play during the game(football only!). If you want to be blown away, find Spring High School marching band 1993.
he said chant from the crowd in the beginning that is my favorite chant from the band
Buckeye resembles the eye of a deer and carrying one brings good luck. The buckeye tree is Ohio's state tree with buckeye nuts that grow on the tree.
The sizes of Marching bands can depend on the school and grade level with some being as small as 10 people to as large as 500 people. Ohio is about in the Middle with 230-250 people
Wow! That just makes the coordination work more important, when you have like 500 people on the marching band 😳😳
Theme was movie songs and the iconic images from the associated movie.
Since you have the sound down low on the video, you didn't hear the announcer say they were doing a tribute to Hollywood Blockbusters (try looking at it again and listen to the music for each figure ... each song corresponds with a Blockbuster film). The music is the key. the first was Superman, the second was Lord of the Rings, the third was Harry Potter, the fourth was Jurassic Park, and the last was Pirates of the Caribbean, .
This German guy is actually slow as hell 😂 “ANOTHER SUPERMAN!” No German man it’s a wizard on a broomstick 😂 sorry for the mean comment you just really triggered me !
Superman is in the phone booth and suddenly the building leaning, Superman rush out and push building to straight up.
Second, Harry potter’s riding the broom chasing the bird.
This particular marching band is shown off All from Hollywood movies. At the beginning, the host announced.
The person in the big high hat is called the drum major, this was a half time show at the beginning before the game the band makes a ramp interance and that when they will do script OHIO, a Buckeye is nut from a tree, it is dark brown with a tan spot that makes it look like the eye of a male deer also called a buck, a Buckeye is also called a horse chestnut. A candy made to look like a Buckeye is very popular in Ohio, it's a ball of peanut butter cream dip in chocolate leaving just enough of the peanut butter showing to make it look like a Buckeye. A very tasty a sweet candy. I am proud to say that I went to high school a graduated with Shelly Graf who. was the first female Drum major in the history of Ohio State. She a very sweet and wonderful person.
The T-rex goes with the "Jurassic Park" music they're playing. Dude, the theme of this performance was "Going to the Movies"
They were all songs from movies and the shapes were symbols from that movie ie Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean
Ahh, now I see it :), Thank you!
And the Dinosaur eating a Michigan player is Jurassic Park
May I suggest dci drumline. This is competition drum Corp for college students very very competitive. Ohio and Tex A&M are college marching bands. Kids start in high school with marching band a part of the music curriculum.
If you really like watching marching band, I’d HIGHLY suggest reacting to drum corp international videos....like professional marching band. I’d recommend watching bluecoats 2016
Alright, I will have a look on that👌 thank you!
My favorite drum corp show is hands down 2008 Phantom Regiment's 'Spartacus' It always hypes me up :)
DCI will definitely bend your brain about just how much storytelling you can do with a marching band; it's pretty amazing. If you want to see top tier marching band, DCI is a must watch. I'll second the Spartacus recommendation - the Bluecoats' Down Side Up is also fantastic, but it's a bit more... I dunno, avant garde? I think Spartacus is probably better for your first DCI show, unless you want some weirdness right out of the gate.
@@hannahchoi7831 yeah probably true..both are fantastic shows. I personally prefer the weirdness of some of the newer dci, but for a first look, Spartacus would be awesome.
The one you didn’t know was lord of the rings
The witch thing was Harry Potter flying in a Quidditch match. That was the Harry Potter theme from one of the early movies. The flying thing was the Golden Snitch.
This is a really long post, but I get excited talking about my days in marching band, and hopefully offering some decent information.
I was in middle school and high school marching band, and the formations take a lot of practice, but once you get it, and you do have to get it down quickly, it's easy for you. It becomes part of your memory and you know automatically during what part of the music when you need to be on the thirty yard line, or anywhere else on the field.
During football season, we had 3-4 hours of practice after school, and during the summer we had what's known as "band camp". Some schools actually travel out of their city to train at a college, under college band members and instructors for weeks. We stayed within our city, and practiced during the summer for about six weeks, from around 7am to 11am (a couple of short breaks in between), go home to rest, return at 3pm and practice until 6pm to 7pm. If it was extremely hot, (summer in Alabama is always hot!) we'd skip marching practice and work on the music inside the school's band room, and try to get in some late nighttime practice on the field, once it cooled off. Sometimes we'd start at 7pm and stay until 10pm.
There were times when we'd practice marching in light rain, but without instruments because water is terrible for them. We'd count or hum to keep the beat. During my four years in high school, our band started off with a little over two-hundred members, and this was a city school. In comparison to one of our rivals, a county school, we were a little small as they had about 250 at one time, but the larger the band, the harder it is to maneuver intricate designs and move them down the field. Also, though larger, they didn't sound as large as they were, so knowing how to get a big sound that's also great, is what you want. County schools can be quite large because of rural area kids being combined as one large school, or they can be quite small because the rural area is so far away from other schools, that a small school makes a small band.
Things have changed over the years, but when I was in school, our band also had majorettes (girls twirling small batons), flag bearers/twirlers and rifle twirlers. The rifles were made of wood. These are known as "The Color Guard". The guard sometimes wore costumes to fit the theme of the song. It was quite impressive to see them all marching with the band while twirling, and tossing those items into the air and catching them in sync. We were a really good band, if I do say so, and had been asked to perform in places like the New Orleans Saints' game during Mardi Gras, while I was there.That was a long time ago, but I remember marching in the parade during Mardi Gras, thinking it would never end, but also being so happy and proud to be there.
We were one of a few bands who wore white shoes, as many others wore black shoes or boots. White shoes show how well everyone's feet line up during a high stepping march, and how well you're in sync with each other. Black shoes tend to hide that, and since we wanted to prove that we could do what was expected, we always had to wear white. It was good to find a comfortable pair, and you'd better buy at least two pair at once because they wear out, and trying to find another comfortable pair at the last minute could be tough. I don't miss those hot uniforms in summer, but they weren't too horrible in winter. We still have to wear layers of clothing underneath because we weren't allowed to wear coats and cover the uniforms.
I don't know if they still have them, but I remember competitions for drum majors to battle it out with their amazing salutes and directing skills. Band competitions can take a band all over the country and even out of it. It's amazing! I played clarinet and was always envious of how great the trumpets looked during the "snap"....quickly bringing the instrument up to your mouth. Some also twirl their trumpets. I also played cymbals. I had no idea they'd be so heavy or so loud when the drummer would hit them as I held them inches away from my face. LOL!
Also, if you ever see a gap between two members, and wonder why it's there, it's because a member isn't there (probably out sick) and they keep the formation as if they're marching with them. This keeps them from having to change the lineup, and since you're already used to marching in a specific setup, it could throw everyone off to fill the gap.
Wow that's a very great insight and I can really feel that passion that you put into it.
Thank you! 👍😊
@@marvinreacts2227
Thank you so much for the kind words, and I'm glad that I offered some insight. :)
Average size for a University marching band will between 200 and 400 people. The largest band is the University of Texas Alumni band with over 3,000 members. Once a season they take the field with between 600-700 members. After they perform the Alumni band and Longhorn band take the field at the same time. This will put about 1,000 members on the field at once. They are pretty loud. You can watch here as the full 1,000 members play - th-cam.com/video/TiXgUAYX0tg/w-d-xo.html .
It's Hollywood films theme. You have to listen to the music which will give you a hint. "Superman" (Clark Kent changing in the phone booth onto Superman to save the falling skyscraper), "GOT (Game of Thrones)", "Harry Potter" and his owl Hedwig, "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Lord of the Rings", "Jurassic Park" The "M" and "O" are the two teams playing that day for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" performance.
5:30 that was Harry Potter on a broom, following the HP logo to the tune of the Harry Potter movies' intro.
First one was Superman pushing a building. 2nd one wasn't exactly a witch. It was Harry Potter playing Quddich. 3rd was Jurassic Park. 4th was Pirates of the Caribbean.
1. Superman 2. LotR - Mount Doom Sauron's Evil Eye, 3. Harry Potter, 4. Jurassic Park, 5. Pirates of the Caribbean, and the guy with the stick is the Drum Major who leads the bands. This program is the "Hollywood Blockbuster Show" and yes the Buckeye is a pirate.
Marvin, I studied music in college and taught marching band in a high school. You control your sound by how you use your brass instruments. You give your more complicated movements (and dances) to the clarinets and flutes because they do not contribute as much to volume.
Okay dude, if you notice, they played movie theme songs and made their formations to correspond with the songs. The last one was pirates of the carribean and they made two ships, one with a Michigan flag and one with an Ohio State flag. The formation at the end was not a buckeye, but a skull and crossbones. Michigan and OSU are huge rivals, so they pulled out all the stops for this halftime show. To be honest, the OSU marching band always impresses me, so...