Fascinating
Hope you don't mind me gatecrashing this forum, but I decided to do a search on this song, which has haunted me since We practiced it for a few sessions in about 1985. "We" being the Basingstoke Concert Band. I left the band in 1992, but for all I know it is still in their library'
It was in one of those American band books for schools with titles such as "Cadet Concert Folio" etc.
It was a very good score, with answering phrases, but of course, no vocals. I am not generally in to that type of music but I was struck by how haunting it was. I have a good ear for music, and I can still hear the band playing it in my head as if it were yesterday. It was played in a major key and a lot of "6ths" were in corporated.
I had a quick look at the melody of "Ocean Burial" and it is similar to, but not the same as, what our band played.