Henk Ummels

Baba Yetu (Our Father in Swahili) is the title number of the computer game Civilization IV. Baba Yetu won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), in 2011. This was...

'Birds flying high, you know how I feel' as performed by Michael Bublé!

This arrangement from Henk Ummels contains three big movie hits from the year 1984. The title songs from Ghostbusters, Footloose and Beverly Hills Cop. It's inconceivable that 1984 was a year that so...

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get”. But not where this music is concerned! Everyone knows the beautiful sounds of this rippling melody that builds to a climactic f...

Misirlou became very popular in Western culture because of Dick Dale's American surf rock version in 1962. After that, several versions were recorded and in 1994 Quentin Tarantino reused Dick Dale's v...

The Lion Sleeps Tonight is based on the African melody 'Mbube', written in 1939. This melody can be heard in many various different forms all over Europe, for example in the popular musical 'The Lion...

Due to the success of Henk Ummels' arrangement 'The Best of the Blues Brothers' he wrote a sequel which should be equally successful. This part includes the hits 'Think', 'Minnie the Moocher' and 'I'm...

This tune was the closing music on the British comedy tv series, 'The Benny Hill Show', where the host was often on the run being pursued by cheated cast members, and was composed by the American saxo...

La Mer' (Beyond the sea) is a song written by French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet (1913 - 2001). Trenet wrote the lyrics of 'La Mer' on the train in 1943 while travelling alon...

'Fly Me to the Moon' was originally titled 'In Other Words', and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets. The song became known popularly as 'Fly Me to the Moon'.

Lebanese-born French trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf is part of the modern jazz and blues movement. This now famous trumpeter recorded "True Sorry" for his 2013 album Illusions. This album but especially th...

In this arrangement you find three famous hits from this impressive musical by Elton John. It sounds very complete, though it has been arranged for our 'flexible wind' series. Also in our Molenaar Edi...

'Birds flying high, you know how I feel' as performed by Michael Bublé! A top arrangement!

By popular demand, there is now in The Best Of series for 5 part flexible setting, a selection of some of the best songs of Michael Jackson. Henk Ummels has selected and made a balanced and very playa...

Dieser populäre Song von Chris Martin und seiner Band Coldplay wurde kürzlich neues Leben mit einem Arrangement für Symphonieorchester eingehaucht. Diese Version gibt eine völlig neue Bedeutung an die...

This single from Ritchie Valens from 1958 is originally a Spanish song from Mexican folklore. Years later it was picked by Rolling Stone magazine as the only non-English song in their 500 Greatest Son...

This piece features music from the 1978 film Grease, the songs Greased Lightening, Rock 'n' Roll is Here to Stay, Hopelessly Devoted to You and We Go Together, have been tastefully arranged in a beaut...

In this arrangement you find three famous hits from this impressive musical by Elton John. It sounds very complete, though it has been arranged for our 'flexible wind' series. Also in our Molenaar Edi...

In this arrangement you find three famous hits from this impressive musical by Elton John. It sounds very complete, though it has been arranged for our 'flexible wind' series. Also in our Molenaar Edi...

Due to the success of Henk Ummels' arrangement 'The Best of the Blues Brothers' he wrote a sequel which should be equally successful. This part includes the hits 'Think', 'Minnie the Moocher' and 'I'm...

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get”. But not where this music is concerned! Everyone knows the beautiful sounds of this rippling melody that builds to a climactic f...

This is the first great hit (and the last as well) of Mink De Ville. This group was lead by singer and lyricist Willy De Ville. He started a solo career about 1990 with the guitar player of the group...

Several artists such as Incognito, John Legend and Trijntje Oosterhuis have made a cover of this great classic by the inimitable Stevie Wonder. The film 'Hitch' starring Will Smith used this music as...

Here is a splendid arrangement of a selection of the most famous hits by this true artist: 'You are the sunshine of my life', 'Isn't she lovely', 'I just called', and the unforgettable 'Sir Duke'.