Blue Birds | Rhythm Heaven DS | WMGSO's Spring 2024 Full Orchestra Concert

Blue Birds - Rhythm Heaven DS (2008)
Tsunku
Arr. Chris "CTL" Lee
Welcome to the Blue Bird Brigade!
Rhythm Heaven is a lesser-known Nintendo series created by the team behind WarioWare that combines the wacky mayhem of WarioWare with difficult rhythm challenges and music composed by Japanese musician Tsunku to create a universe of more than one hundred rhythm games across four Nintendo systems and one arcade machine. The Rhythm Heaven series innovates on classic rhythm games by providing audio, rather than visual, cues for its games. From dancing in-time with a saxophone-playing frog to operating a monkey-powered clock or hitting baseballs in outer space, the series has varied rhythm gameplay and contains remixes that combine elements from across individual rhythm games.
“Blue Birds” and “Blues Birds 2” originate from Rhythm Heaven DS. These games bring us to frigid climates and depict an intense training regime of the Blue Bird Brigade as Captain Blue Bird gives orders to Bird 1, Bird 2, and…YOU! Vivid flashbacks of a harsh basic training run through your head-you’ve parachuted, flown airplanes, camped out on mountains, gone ice fishing, and fallen off a cliff. Soon, you will receive your assignment. Can you peck your beak and stretch out your neck in time to earn a Superb, or even, a Perfect?
This arrangement features Chris “CTL” Lee and Kai Diaz on violin, Freyja Barber on viola, Diana Henry on Cello, Ben Shrager as the Blue Bird Captain, and David Werner, Tony McMannis, and YOU as the blue birds.
Video Producer: David Werner
Video Director: Jarel Jones
Audio Producers: Cory Lemons, Jimyo Lin
Camera Operators: Jeff Thomas, Mickey Michalik
Onsite Coordinator: Sarah Huntoon
Audio and Video Editing: David Werner
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