Gakuen Tengoku

Gakuen Tengoku (学園天国) is a popular Japanese song composed by Inoue Tadao for the pop group. It has been arranged into a piece for wind ensemble on many occasions, including a rendition by Akito Matsuda, the same composer as Crescent Moon Dance. This piece was played once as a small ensemble by Team Monaka, and additionally as a full ensemble by the Kitauji High School concert band after Kansai at the school festival.

Scoring
The arrangement sticks quite true to the tone of the original piece. It is full of bright, upbeat melodies as well as some darker low brass/bass melodies. It gives small solos to each section.

The piece is introduced with a quick clarinet soli, which transitions to a drum solo. Four measures into this solo, a bass to treble call-and-response occurs. This then segues into the trumpets' melody, followed by the high woodwinds. This is ended abruptly by a trombone soli, which then shifts into the main chorus of the piece. Succeeding this is the same drum solo and call-and-response as previously, which leads to a clarinet solo, followed by a trombone solo. The piece then continues as it had originally, until ending with a short alto saxophone solo and a full band hit.

Instrumentation

 * Piccolo
 * Flute 1, 2
 * Oboe
 * Bassoon
 * E♭ Clarinet
 * B♭ Clarinet 1, 2, 3
 * E♭ Alto Clarinet
 * B♭ Bass Clarinet
 * B♭ Soprano Saxophone
 * E♭ Alto Saxophone 1, 2
 * B♭ Tenor Saxophone
 * E♭ Baritone Saxophone
 * B♭ Trumpet 1, 2, 3
 * F Horn 1, 2, 3, 4
 * Trombone 1, 2, 3
 * Euphonium
 * Tuba
 * Double Bass
 * Drum Set
 * Timpani
 * Glockenspiel
 * Bongos
 * Tambourine
 * Slap Stick