Jay Bocook

Jay Bocook was born in 1953 in Clearwater, Florida, and is recognized as one of the most highly distinguished composers, arrangers, conductors and educators in America. Bocook’s music, written mainly for symphonic and marching bands, has been featured across the world in countless events, concerts and schools, most notably during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Bocook received his B.M. Degree from Furman University, where he served in 2000 as director of athletic bands. He later received his M.M. Ed. Degree from Northeast Louisiana University, where he spent several years as conductor and staff arranger of the concert band. Bocook has earned several awards for his outstanding music, including being inducted into the Drum Corps
The soundtrack “Tenuous Winners/Returning Home” can be heard here. Bocook utilizes poignant swells of sound, as well as tenuto markings and slurs on notes to effectively symbolize the strong feeling of despondency in the victors, despite their survival and returning home. The music then abruptly changes in measure 29 to the theme “Horn of Plenty.” Bocook stirs the audience back to life with the sudden crash of a cymbal, followed by the full volume of trumpet fanfare in the arguably most memorable soundtrack from the movie. In contrast with the first section of the arrangement, “Horn of Plenty” has a faster-paced tempo as well as louder dynamics, emphasizing and contributing to the memorable and moving theme. Staccato and accent articulation markings in this section also powerfully reflect the triumph and victory the Capitol is experiencing during the