#fortunatelydecaffeinateddinosaur

Brooke: “No one can pee until they answer correctly…” (thank you guest artist @deanesque !!)

I unironically listen to John Powell. Which I know is stereotypical but like he put actual crack in the httyd soundtrack.

Also notable:

Firefly by Ryan George (more of an ensemble piece than orchestra but it’s quirky and I like it especially if u like woodwind noodling)

Sketches on a Tudor psalm. Enough said just go and listen to it it’s a whole journey

Planets by Holst is fun and a classic for a reason

Dvorak’s Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 from the new world (spicy and sweet and everything you need from an orchestra piece imo)

Laboring Songs by Dan Welcher (as much as I lament that the man was clearly high when he wrote it, I am also a sucker for weird auxiliary percussion )

Idk if any of this was useful to you, I am but a mere wind ensemble percussionist. But I also love incorporating my own irl interests into fic so I hope this helps

John Powell and httyd are iconic so, understandable 👏

I literally opened up YouTube so quick to listen to all of these and I gotta say these pieces are spectacular ( ☆∀☆) I especially enjoyed Firefly and Dvorak (the 2nd and 4th movements? Chills 👀👀)

(I was greatly entertained by the amount of different percussion instruments in Laboring Songs asdfghjk)

I was a part of strings orchestra in high school but I absolutely loved listening to wind ensemble and symphonic band during concerts, the percussionists were always such a treat 👏👏 They also always got the best pieces to play it was great 😂😂

Thank you so much for this!! I have noted these down and I'll see what I can do with them 😁😁