Furthermore, the AFI and RIAA have ranked "Over The
Rainbow" as the #1 "Song of the Century" and the "greatest
movie song of all time":
Like most of you, I thought it would be a good idea to
re-score the frequently reproduced "Over the Rainbow" hit for
electric guitar. Turns out that was done
already, like a dozen times, so I thought "Hey, people hate the banjo,
right? Surely no one has done an
arrangement of OTR* for such a terrible instrument," so I decided to do an
arrangement for banjo. Duh, right? Turns out people have done that too, also
like a dozen times, but by then I had already put a few hours into it and I said
"whatever."
So here is my arrangement of OTR* for banjo, piano, drums,
and several other banjos: (**),(***)
______________________
* OTR is an "acronym" for other larger words. Read
more about acronyms at your local library!
** For those of you
who want a ton of "Over the Rainbow" banjo midi files, I strongly recommend avoiding
Wendy's Wizard of Oz, which only has six.
*** Some of you may be wondering how I got Judy Garland to
star in my video. Full disclosure: this
footage was actually from the original movie and not a scene-by-scene remake as
you probably assumed. I actually found
the video "dance montage" (as the kids call it) on YouTube (as the
kids call it).
