Featured Songs with Brass Instruments

This popular 2021 chart hit features a prominent horn section in its opening, used to elevate the sound and demonstrate the resurgence of brass in mainstream contemporary music.

Jorja Smith's 2020 cover of 'Rose Rouge' features a remarkable wall of sound created by young jazz musicians on trumpet and reeds, showcasing modern jazz influences and rich brass in a contemporary R&B context.

This recent album from a Grammy-winning ensemble offers a fresh take on brass band music, celebrating the sousaphone and fusing traditional jazz with funk and hip hop. It's a highly relevant and current release for 2026.

This brand new classical composition for brass trio showcases a unique compositional approach, drawing on the Renaissance sub-genre of 'combinative chanson.' Its 2026 release makes it highly current and relevant.

This lyrical etude, commissioned by the Illinois Music Education Association, is specifically designed for senior trumpet players and was released in 2025, making it a current and important piece for performance and education in 2026.

An Editor's Choice recipient in 2025, this concert band piece features prominent brass sections that tell a pirate-themed story, making it a compelling and current work for brass instruments.

This 2025 concert band piece incorporates unique performance elements for the brass and woodwind sections, depicting the creation of Odin's spear Gungnir, making it a creative and current selection.

This 2025 composition for concert band features a main theme that undergoes variations in meter, rhythm, style, and tempo, with brass instruments contributing significantly to its evolving sound.

This 2024 arrangement for brass quintet, performed by the International Chamber Artists Brass Quintet in March 2026, showcases a recent adaptation of classical folk music for brass instruments.

This 2021 track is notable for its unexpected and effective use of explosive saxophone work and a smooth solo within a pop-punk/emo genre, showcasing brass in a non-traditional context.

From their 2020 album 'Canyons,' 'Dream Woman' exemplifies modern yacht rock with vibrant horn lines performed by multiple trumpeters, a flugelhorn player, saxophonists, and a trombonist.

This euphoric 2020 song features complex trumpet lines that are as prominent as the vocals, showcasing Brasstracks' signature style of championing horns in their collaborative and production work.

From their 2021 album, 'Ex Mørtis' features subtle yet effective trumpet usage that adds an extra layer to the song, capturing a campy yet horror-packed feel within a metal context.