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Santa the Barbarian

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Santa the Barbarian - Randall Standridge

About Santa the Barbarian

As I have stated before, I often suffer from an overactive imagination.  This is not precisely true, as I don’t really suffer…I enjoy all of the strange ideas that my mind comes up with.  And I have the perfect ace in the hole, too, as any time someone asks me to explain myself, I simply say, “I’m artistic.”  But, I digress…

During my career as a composer, I have written a multitude of Christmas works.  These are always quite challenging, as you have two factors working against from the outset.  One, you are dealing with a very limited amount of recognizable material, as you can only use works that are in the public domain, and two, you are writing in an over-populated genre in which almost every conceivable combination of holiday tunes has been plumbed to death.  The challenge, then, is to find a new angle that puts a different spin on well loved holiday classics.

Enter Santa the Barbarian.

In this work, I have reimagined the jolly old elf as a warrior of the winter wastes.  The familiar tunes of Up on the Housetop and Jingle Bells are transformed into a war cry for this incarnation of Santa, as he navigates the snowy desert with his eight mighty reign-deer:  Basher, Danger, Lancer, Victim, Bomb-it, Brutis, Runner, and Blitz-Them.  On Christmas night, he fights his way across the unforgiving terrain in time to bring toys to all the good children, leaving a path of destruction and candy cane carnage in his wake.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from me to you and yours!!

SANTA NARRATION 1 (Download here)

SANTA NARRATION 2 (Download here)

Digital: $50.00

Physical: $50.00

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Digital Copy (PDF and Site License) – $50.00

Printed Copy – $50.00

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Full Ensemble with Click Track Performance Tempo

Full Ensemble with Click Track Performance Tempo

Full Ensemble with Click Track Slow Tempo

Full Ensemble with Click Track Slow Tempo

Full Ensemble with No Click Track Performance Tempo

Full Ensemble with No Click Track Performance Tempo

Full Ensemble with No Click Track Slow Tempo

Full Ensemble with No Click Track Slow Tempo

Percussion Backing Track Performance Tempo

Percussion Backing Track Performance Tempo

Percussion Backing Track Slow Tempo

Percussion Backing Track Slow Tempo

Percussion Backing Track Regular Tempo

Percussion Backing Track Regular Tempo

Percussion Backing Track Slow Tempo

Percussion Backing Track Slow Tempo

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