'Godzilla Eats Las Vegas' by Eric Whitacre, the Own Choice piece played by Ardee Concert Band in the 2019 National Band Championships of Ireland
The piece opens on a bright and sunny day in Las Vegas with the show band kicking off in high gear but then, a lone piccolo ushers the arrival of something very bad.
Back to the band and a relaxed rhumba.
Then Morse Code signals approaching doom. The house band finishes their set and heads for the bar.
Godzilla appears, tourists scream, and the band calls for Godzilla to Mambo.
Godzilla demolishes everything in his path, cars, buildings, he even stomps a tiny terrier and then various celebrities, Frank Sinatra, Wayne Newton and Liberace.
An army of Elvises (Elvi) appear in the distance, formation marching through the littered streets. The Elvi attack using bombers, missiles, etc. The Sphinx sits outside The Luxor and seduces Godzilla who instantly falls in love and begins to tango with her.
As they dance, the Elvi slowly regroup and launch a ferocious volley of cannonballs directly at him.
The cannonballs find their mark, and Godzilla falls to the ground, annihilated. The Elvi are triumphant!
The lounge is open again, and the city of Las Vegas toasts the victory. The scene climaxes with people happy, tearful, etc.
Then, a dark, ominous, and very familiar sound.......…Godzilla lives! Godzilla lives!
The Show is over