Psycho for 8 celli
Or cellos. If you prefer.
https://youtu.be/oxGjY-XSalI
...and 8 identical women, too!
Right?
PS. And 8 can do Knight Rider as well?
Sort of a split identity. Yes.
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@Martoto. It's interesting to me how despite the massed cello tracks in other parts, only a single cello is used to emulate the high, sustained violin theme. That theme is played by massed violins in the original to give it that real lushly chorused, keening quality, one that strongly contrasts with all the hurrying chugging figures. The single high cello line needed to be doubled or tripled to restore/capture that contrast. Without that the whole piece flattens out and isn;t as interesting to me. Arguably the 8 celli version sounds even more nervous and harried tho'...
shareI guess doubling the celli on the high sustaining part might ruin the illusion that it's supposed to be the violin part playing by thickening the sound in a way you wouldn't hear from violins. Plus she's trying to do it with as few cellos as possible.
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Eight Normas a-bowing. This cellist has videos of her versions of themes from modern video games and TV shows like Mario Kart, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, etc., so seeing a movie theme from 1960 really shows Psycho's durability. I like how she dressed up as Mama Bates. Also interesting was her version of Batman; she covers the 60s TV show theme rather than Danny Elfman's movie theme.
I enjoy this YouTube genre of one performer recording multiple layers of harmony, one at a time, and then editing it so all layers are onscreen at the same time. My favorite is the guy who records Beatles harmonies and I've even seen another cellist with a similar channel doing covers. Thanks for the link.