Ships battle on the football field in the Ohio State University marching band's latest tribute to film

By Ashley Collman

PUBLISHED: 17:47 EST, 27 October 2013 | UPDATED: 02:46 EST, 28 October 2013

When it comes to attending an Ohio State University football game, the highlight is rarely a touchdown or sack but the moment the marching band takes the field at halftime.

Nicknamed 'the best damn band in the land', the school's marching band has had a killer season so far, previously performing tributes to video games and Michael Jackson.

The band continued their awe-inspiring season at yesterday's game against Penn State. 

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Winning the game: The Ohio State University marching band's most recent performance was a tribute to film scores. Above, the band plays music from Harry Potter while assuming the formation of a quidditch player capturing a golden snitch

Winning the game: The Ohio State University marching band's most recent performance was a tribute to film scores. Above, the band plays music from Harry Potter while assuming the formation of a quidditch player capturing a golden snitch

Watching you: The band assumed the formation of the Eye of Sauron while playing music from The Lord of the Rings

Watching you: The band assumed the formation of the Eye of Sauron while playing music from The Lord of the Rings

Awe-inspiring: Superman manages to right a leaning building

Awe-inspiring: Superman manages to right a leaning building

During their halftime show, they played a music set from film scores like Superman and Jurassic Park.

As always, the music was fantastic but it was the band's marching formations that were the most impressive.

 

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While playing the Harry Potter theme, the band took the formation of Harry riding a broomstick that moved across the field to chase a golden snitch.  

Halftime snack: During their performance of the Jurassic Park theme, a T-rex actually ate one of the band members on the field

Halftime snack: During their performance of the Jurassic Park theme, a T-rex actually ate one of the band members on the field

Enemies: In the grand finale, the marching band performed the music from Pirates of the Carribean while two ships battled each other on the field. One ship had the OSU insignia and the other was their rival - the University of Michigan

Enemies: In the grand finale, the marching band performed the music from Pirates of the Carribean while two ships battled each other on the field. One ship had the OSU insignia and the other was their rival - the University of Michigan

Victorious: Of course, OSU won the battle by sinking the Michigan ship

Victorious: Of course, OSU won the battle by sinking the Michigan ship

Their Tyrannosaurus Rex for the Jurassic Park tribute actually swallowed up one of the band members.

The grand finale involved two ships fighting each other while the band played music from Pirates of the Carribean. One of the ship's sails had the OSU insignia on it, and the other had their rival's - the University of Michigan. Needless to say, Michigan's ship sunk. 

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could never happen in England, the kids over here would complain and want someone else to do it for them, plus the fact their parents would probably sue for some post traumatic shock of their kid being scared when the cannons fired........... well done USA though total impressive.

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The Big Ten Conference has the best bands. When ever Florida plays them in a Bowl game we never miss the Half time shows. Wisconsin and Michigan great bands also. ---- Down South Bethume Cookman is a great band that puts on a show that should not be missed.

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America America America have the best bands in the World. This is such a wonderful tradition which involves so many dedicated young patriots. It is so great an entertainment. Ohio State University thank you !

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doesn't that breach some kind of copyright law?

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That's the best use of a Gridiron ground I've seen.

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I'm speechless. That was truly incredible. Can someone tell a Brit how they all know where they are in the formation and how they know where to go next?

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practice practice practice. This was a terrific display but high school marching bands do much smaller versions of this kind of thing every friday night in every town in America.

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practice practice practice. But small scale versions of this are performed by high school marching bands during half-times of thousands of high school football games every friday night in America from the end of August to December. Ohio States band is exceptional but the musicians have been performing marching drills like that at football games since they were 13.

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This is cool. But they will never top that Moonwalk they did.

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USA college math skills at its best and on display. Sad but true.

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Ohio college thanks all that payed the bucks to sit on the fifty and missed the best band show ever.

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Guessing you blew off your grammar classes. Payed? Smh

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Awesome Ohio.

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Now that is HARD work and TALENT. Our high school marching band was lousy and we STILL had to practice twice a day throughout the heat of summer. Nice job, kids!

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