James Tabata Arrangements

I greatly enjoy arranging music for any instrumentation! Please contact me if you would like a new arrangement, a piece listed below, or a re-instrumentation of a piece listed below.

Full Orchestra

  • Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hmmerstein II, The Sound of Music Medley - arr. for Full Orchestra and Choir

  • Video Game Medley - Music of Super Mario Galaxy, Legend of Zelda, Metal Gear Solid, Kirby, and Kingdom Hearts - arr. for Full Orchestra and Choir

Classical Rep. for String Orchestra

  • Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1, mvmt. III – arr. for String Orchestra and Violin

  • Sergei Prokofiev - Cello Concerto in E Minor, mvmt. II – arr. for String Orchestra and Cello

  • William Walton - Viola Concerto, mvmt. I – arr. for String Orchestra and Viola

  • Sergei Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2, mvmt. II – arr. for String Orchestra and Piano

  • Astor Piazolla - Libertango - arr. for String Orchestra

Popular Rep. for String Orchestra

  • Aha - Take on - arr. for String Orchestra and Harp

  • Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful - arr. for String Orchestra and Piano

  • Bruno Mars - That’s What I Like - arr. for String Orchestra and Piano

  • Rupert Gregson Williams - Wonder Woman’s Wrath - arr. for String Orchestra, Piano, and Percussion

  • Nobuo Uematsu - To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X - arr. for String Orchestra, Piano, and Harp

  • Joe Hisaishi - Howl’s Moving Castle (Merry Go Round) - Arr. for String Orchestra and Piano

  • Joe Hisaishi - Spirited Away (One Summer’s Day) - Arr. for String Orchestra and Piano

Mixed Ensemble

  • Yu-Peng Chen - Undersea Encounters from Genshin Impact - arr. for Alto Saxophone, Violin, Cello, Vibraphone, Drum Set, Piano, and Harp

  • Christopher Larkin - City of Tears and Sealed Vessel from Hollow Knight – arr. for String Quartet, Choir, Alto Saxophone, Vibraphone, Marimba,

    Guitar, Mandolin, Double Bass, and Electronics

  • Antonio Scarlatti - Dormi, o Fulmine – arr. for Mezzo, Violin, Alto Sax, Guitar, and Bass

  • Duke Ellington - Prelude to a Kiss – arr. for Two Singers, Alto Saxophone, Violin, Vibraphone, Drum Set, Piano, Guitar, and Double Bass

  • Antônio Carlos Jobim, The Girl from Ipanema – arr. for Two Singers, Alto Saxophone, Violin, Vibraphone, Drum Set, Piano, Guitar, and Double Bass

Double Bass Music

  • G. F. Handel - Guilio Cesare - “empio diro tu sei” and “V’adoro pupille” - arr. for Double Bass and Piano

  • Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une Infante Defunte - arr. for Double Bass and Piano

  • George Gershwin - Someone to Watch Over Me - arr. for Double Bass and Singer

  • Dmitri Shostakovich - Jazz Suite No. 1 - Waltz - arr. for Double Bass, Violin, and Piano

  • Igor Stravinsky - Tango - arr for Double Bass and Piano

  • Kurt Weil - The Threepenny Opera - “Instead of Song” and “Mack the Knife” - arr. for Double Bass and Piano

  • Joe Hisaishi - Kaze no Toorimichi from “My Neighbor Totoro” - arr. for Double Bass and Piano

  • Astor Piazzolla - Libertango - arr for Double Bass Quartet

  • Toby Fox - Dummy! from “Undertale” - arr. for Double Bass and Piano