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New Film Sheet Music in 2008 (Music Room and Sheet Music Plus):


The Adventure Collection - piano sheet musicThe Animation Collection - piano sheet musicEssential Film Themes 3 - piano sheet musicEssential Film Themes 4 - piano sheet musicEssential Film Themes 5 - piano sheet musicEssential Film Themes 6 - piano sheet music
The Costume Drama Collection - piano sheet musicCorpse Bride - piano sheet musicRataouille - piano sheet musicThe Simpson's Movie - piano sheet musicRocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky - piano sheet musicShakespeare: The Music - piano sheet music
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - piano sheet musicAtonement: Dario Marianelli - piano sheet musicStar Wars: A Musical Journey - piano sheet musicThe Producers: Movie Musical - piano sheet musicBrokeback Mountain: Songs and Music - piano sheet musicThe Polar Express: Songs and Music - piano sheet music

While downloads of Digital Sheet Music are on the increase, many people still like to get their favourite sheet music in tangible book form. There has never been a wider choice and selection of Film Sheet Music, and many new books are released as soon as the films themselves hit the cinemas. Here are some great new titles to check out:

Latest Sheet Music Releases (Music Room and Sheet Music Plus):


The Film Noir Collection - piano sheet musicThe Action Collection - piano sheet musicJohn Powell - X3: The Last Stand sheet musicHigh School Music - piano/vocal sheet musicThe Best of Vangelis - piano sheet music2005-2006 Greatest Movie Hits - piano sheet music

Some excellent examples of both rare and new sheet music for piano, and they have been released just in time for Christmas!

Recent Sheet Music Releases (The Music Room or Sheet Music Plus):


Great Piano Solos (Purple) sheet musicGreat Piano Solos (Black) sheet musicDario Marianelli- Pride and Prejudice sheet musicJohn Williams - Memoirs of a Geisha sheet music

See our King Kong review for Sheet Music of seven tracks from this film composed by James Newton Howard.

 

Sheet Music for "Pride and Prejudice" - by Dario Marianelli


If you've enjoyed listening to Dario Marianelli's music for Pride and Prejudice and also play the piano, then you must check out Music Notes sheet music from the film. Each track is available for immediate download in digital format using the links below or for postal delivery you can order the music book which contains all 12 tracks.

Dario Marianelli - Pride and Prejudice CD cover
 

New Sheet Music Releases:


Patrick Doyle - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire sheet musicHarry Gregson-Williams - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe sheet musicMichael Nyman - The Piano Collection sheet music

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (by Patrick Doyle) - from The Music Room
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (by Harry Gregson-Williams) - from Amazon.com
  • The Piano Collection (by Michael Nyman) - from The Music Room

Sheet Music for Musicals:


There is a lot of great sheet music for musicals both old and new. Here are some of our favourites:

Mel Brooks - The Producers sheet musicEric Idle - Monty Python's Spamalot sheet musicAndrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera sheet musicDanny Elfman - The Nightmare before Christmas sheet musicAlan Menken - Little Shop of Horrors sheet musicMoulin Rouge sheet music

New Releases in Film Sheet Music:


sheet music - Ladies in Lavendar theme by Nigel Hess

Among recent sheet music for film themes and songs, the Music Room now stock for piano solo the theme from Nigel Hess' Ladies in Lavendar, and also the pieces from Craig Armstrong's Piano Works. Meanwhile Music Notes can provide for immediate download sheet music for a number of songs and tracks from Danny Elfman's recent films Corpse Bride and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

John Debney - The Passion of the Christ sheet music cover

A collection of piano sheet music form John Debney's music to The Passion of the Christ is now available. The tracks included are "Bearing the Cross", "Peter Denies Jesus", "Flagellation", "Disciples", "Mary Goes to Jesus", "Crucifixion", "It is Done", "Jesus is Carried Down" and "Resurrection". You should be able to find this at a number of music stores including these locations online: Music Notes, The Music Room or Sheet Music Plus.

sheet music - King Arthur by Hans Zimmer

This is the cover of the piano sheet music collection of themes and songs from Hans Zimmer's music to "King Arthur". The tracks included are "All of Them!", "Another Brick in Hadrian's Wall", "Budget Meeting", "Do You Think I'm Saxon?", "Hold the Ice", "Tell Me Now" and "Woad to Ruin". You will notice a few examples of excrutiating word play in some of these track titles, but don't let that put you off! The Book is available now at the following links from The Music Room and Sheet Music Plus.

sheet music - Essential Film Themes 2 cover

The 2nd volume of "Essential Film Themes" is now out for solo piano. Essential Film Themes 2 has tracks from About a Boy, About Schmidt, Amelie, Big Fish, Calendar Girls, Catch me if you Can, Chicago, Cold Mountain, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Donnie Darko, Far from Heaven, Frida, The Hours, Intoleraqble Cruelty, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Lost in Translation, Love Actually, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Quiet American, Road to Perdition, Sea Biscuit, Spirited Away and Talk to Her (Habla con Ella). Since many of the 23 films are represented with more than one track, there are 36 pieces in total! You can find Essential Film Themes 2 at The Music Room.

sheet music - The Best of Ennio Morricone coversheet music - The Best of Nino Rota cover

Among other new releases are two interesting ones from the "Original Soundtrack Collection" series for piano solo. Not only do these have rare pieces from the featured composers, but they also include a CD with orchestral versions of most of the sheet music works. So you can play along with your CD! The two composers currently available in the series are two of the greatest Italian film composers. There is Nino Rota (at The Music Room or Sheet Music Plus or Music Notes) and Ennio Morricone (currently only at The Music Room). A fantastic bargain for any pianist who is also a film fan.

 

Film Sheet Music, and where to find it:


At mfiles we know that film sheet music can be hard to find sometimes, so we have done the searching to save you time. The following site sections are a good place to start browsing for film sheet music:

section of film pic

Why not take a look at the Top 100 Sheet Music downloads from Music Notes - all popular songs or film music tracks.

 

Particular Film Music Recommendations:


Unless otherwise stated these are for piano, though in some cases a vocal part and/or guitar chords are included. Here are a number of film music collections. You may find some overlap between the selections but they all contain great examples of film music arranged for piano.

Love Songs from the Movies sheet music

And here are some single composer or single film collections:

Lord of the Rings sheet music

 

Other Recommendations to check out:


More Sheet Music recommendations of Film and Television themes and songs:

Music Featured in the Motion Picture The Pianist Nine Pieces by Frederic Chopin for Piano Solo. By Frederic Chopin. Misc. Size 9x12 inches. 56 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (220064)
See more info...
Beauty and the Beast Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook by Alan Menken (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9x12 inches. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (311532)
See more info...
Selections From "star Wars" Piano Accompaniment By John Williams. Edited by Tony Esposito. Arranged by Tony Esposito. Instrumental collection (piano accompaniment). Level: intermediate advanced. 60 pages. Published by Warner Brothers. (IF9920CD)
See more info...
Music From and Inspired by Spider-Man by Danny Elfman and others, Guitar Recorded Versions (Authentic note-for-note transcriptions). With notes and tablature. Size 9x12 inches. 128 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (690578)
See more info...
 

Film-related music on mfiles:


Here is a reminder of some film related music which is available here on mfiles for free download:

 
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