1812 Overture - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 

The merge from the arrangement of god save your people to the actual composition. I always imagined that before that it was the russians preparing and praying before the imminent invasion of the Grande armée and at 2:00 the invasion actually start. The orignial Tchaikovsky used : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZR5O5-OxIYE.html

Just like Layla by Clapton

@@vacciniumaugustifolium1420 I never knew that opening chorale was actually another composition. That's brilliant orchestration by tchaikovsky and a brilliant interpretation by you.

​​@@ethandaniel1424yeah its quite a unique piece for that, how tchaikovsky used multiple pieces as leitmotiv (the marseillaise and the russian imperial hymn) to symbolise the multiple battle and tge advance of the French troops climaxing at the battle of borodino and the occupation of moscow, including the quick retreat from Moscow (12:47) all the way to the triumph of the russians victory with the bells souds you could've heard in all major cities and the excessively imposing god save the Tzar at the end I can understand why Tchaikovsky didnt liked it since its more of a quickly written patchwork than a fully original composition but it definitely show his ingenuity!

@@vacciniumaugustifolium1420 Though he didn't like it, it certainly is effective in painting a good picture of the war, in my opinion. I've always loved the use of motifs in literature