Run – Clark Hubbard

Duration: 4 minutes

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

Released: 2020.05.27

Players: (1) 3-5 cymbals, hi-hat, 3 drums, kick drum + electronic playback

“RUN” was originally written for Duo Cortona as a duo for voice + violin and won the Duo Cortona Composition Competition at the 2018 Cortona Sessions for New Music. In early 2019, “RUN” was re-imagined as an electronic/pop song. Later that year, this electronic version became the backing track for the most recent version of “RUN”: drum kit + electronic playback.

“RUN” is great for students familiar with drum kit that are looking to explore multi-percussion music, students familiar with multi-percussion looking to explore drum kit music, and students looking to explore electro-acoustic music.

The percussion setup for “RUN” can be modified and exploration with different sounds and instruments is HIGHLY encouraged.

The key elements of the setup are:

(3) drums [tuned to different pitches]
(3) cymbals/resonant metals [tuned to different pitches]
(1) hi-hat
(1) kick drum

“RUN” is intended to be performed without a
click track.

– electronic playback [.wav] is included with
purchase of the score.

Below are the lyrics to the original voice + violin version of “Run”

running back // through the field, you don’t know it
in the town // where I was born
in the skies // of your memories
can you see it? // is it burning hot?
in the city? // dying, burning, rot?
running // fire // flashing // burning // in the city
flashing // fire // throwing smoke into the air
smoke fills the sky // running out of time
burning brighter // for fear // fighter
running out // sky of cloud
running faster // burning brighter // fear or fighter
unknowing // running // it hits // the flame // deep inside
flame and ash // where it sticks // no sleeping here // tonight
darker than it // you would know
running out of your time // running out of your time
running out of your time // running out of your mind
running
your time running // your time running
and goes up in smoke