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The March from "1941"
John Williams, arr. Paul Lavender
1941 is a 1979 Spielberg comedy where the city of Los Angeles mistakenly believes they are under attack in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. John Belushi plays capricious Air Force pilot “Wild” Bill Kelso.
According to John Williams, Kelso’s antics “seemed to require a musical accompaniment that had humor and rhythmic vitality. As a result, I set myself the task of writing a zanily patriotic march, that upon hearing, we might be moved to tap our feet to an imaginary parade going by, and have fun doing it.”
This arrangement of the march was transcribed for band by Paul Lavender in 2004.