In collaboration with James Wilkas and Tori Holub, we added a horn section to Tori’s band to cover Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft.
The original Carpenters recording used a studio orchestra of around 160 musicians. We managed our version within the constraints of two horns, plus rhythm section.
My transcription covers the original brass and woodwind lines, arranged for flute, soprano sax (or clarinet), tenor sax, trumpets, and flugelhorns (masquerading as French horns). If you’re looking to cover this song with horns, this will do the job nicely!
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Transcribed by me and free for you to use.
What do you think? Please leave a comment and let me know.
That was splendid indeed 🙂