The Beau Hunks
Dutch film music revivalists the Beau Hunks formed in 1992 with the express purpose of re-creating the classic scores of producer Hal Roach's Depression-era comedies. With a fluctuating lineup including trumpeter Menno Daams, saxophonists Ronald Jansen Heijtmajer and Robert Veen, trombonist Jilt Jansma, tuba player Peter Stove, guitarist Ton van Bergeijk, bassist Gert-Jan Blom, pianists Jakob Klaasse and Jan Robijns, violinists Ilona de Groot and Tineke de Jong, drummer Louis Debij, and researcher Piet Schreuders, the orchestra sought inspiration in the work of Leroy Shield and T. Marvin Hatley, the Hal Roach Studios staff composers responsible for writing the familiar scores of the comedies of Laurel & Hardy and the Our Gang/Little Rascals troupe. With the original recordings and sheet music long lost, the Beau Hunks painstakingly transcribed new arrangements for their acclaimed 1994 release The Beau Hunks Play the Original Little Rascals Music. They expanded their scope on subsequent efforts, including 1995's Celebration on the Planet Mars: A Tribute to Raymond Scott, 1998's The Modern American Music of Ferde Grofé, and 1999's Saxophone Soctette (a tribute to Paul Whiteman). Our Relations appeared in early 2001.
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Discography
6 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music
Soundtracks - Released by Basta Audio-Visuals on 12 Jul 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Our Relations - the Original Score by Leroy Shield
The Beau Hunks, Metropole Orkest
Soundtracks - Released by Basta Audio-Visuals on 8 May 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Out of Nowhere
Jazz - Released by Basta Audio-Visuals on 27 Jul 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
On To The Show! - The Original Music From The Hal Roach Comedies
Soundtracks - Released by Basta Audio-Visuals on 3 Jul 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Modern American Music of Ferde Grofé
Classical - Released by Basta Audio-Visuals on 11 Aug 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fingerbustin' (Novelty Swing for the Saxophone)
The Beau Hunks, Ronald Jansen Heijtmajer
Dixieland - Released by Basta Music on 27 May 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo