Great Municipal Band The Great Municipal Band was a Gungan band that performed at all major events significant to the Gungans , who were a swamp - dwelling species on the planet Naboo . It was a source of extreme pride for the Gungan people as only the finest musikagung s were members . The band was a significant part of Gungan culture , as it composed symponik s to record and retell Gungan history . The Great Municipal Band was directed by a leader , and in 32 BBY that leader was Augara Jowil , who succeeded Beezar Pert , composer of the " Symponika Crunchen - Grand . " Under Jowil ' s direction , the Municipal Band performed the " Symponik Nabooalla " following the Invasion of Naboo by the galactic megacorporation known as the Trade Federation . History . The Great Municipal Band was a musical band composed of the finest musikagung s , the musicians of the swamp - dwelling Gungan species , on the planet Naboo . Sometime prior to the year 32 BBY , the band was under the conduction of Beezar Pert , composer of the famous " Symponika Crunchen - Grand , " a symponik detailing the events of the formation of the Gungan Grand Army . Pert took the young musikagung Augara " Augie " Jowil as his apprentice and instructed her until he retired . Despite Jowil ' s relative youth and inexperience , the members of the band unanimously elected her to be Pert ' s successor . During 32 BBY ' s Invasion of Naboo , Jowil and the band evacuated the city of Otoh Gunga , along with the rest of the city ' s population , and fled from the invading Trade Federation to the Gungan Sacred Place . It was there Jowil got her chance to chronicle the historical event she never thought would come : the meeting of the Gungan Boss Rugor Nass and the Human Naboo led by Queen Padmé Amidala in order to regain freedom for the entire planet . Jowil composed the entire " Symponik Nabooalla , " an epic for all of Naboo ' s denizens , in her head within days . The piece ' s first movement debuted during the Municipal Band ' s parade performance during the victory celebration in the capital city of Theed after the Naboo and Gungans successfully defeated the Trade Federation . The Band ' s performance was witnessed by representatives of the Galactic Republic such as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi Council . That ensured Jowil ' s place in history as one of the group ' s most important leaders . Organization . The Great Municipal Band was composed of the finest musikagungs . It contained drum and bawoonka sections and had at least forty - two percussion ists and several bawoonka players who were able to play while marching . The band also contained a choir and was led by a conductor and headquartered in the city of Otoh Gunga on Naboo . Behind the scenes . The Great Municipal Band made its first appearance in the 1999 film during the movie ' s final scene depicting the victory parade in the city of Theed , but was first named in the title of the last track of the film ' s " Augie ' s Great Municipal Band . " It later appeared in the of the " " comic series , released on January 19 , 2000 , as well as in the PhotoComic of " The Phantom Menace " , published on August 29 , 2007 .