Sheet Music for Films and Television shows - new releases for 2011

2011 has already seen some great sheet music releases from films and television shows, including the long-awaited "Battlestar Gallactica" music by Bear McCreary. The following books are for piano solo, and also check out the sheet music for Black Swan:

• Battlestar Gallactica by Bear McCreary - from Sheet Music Plus and (soon) Music Room
• The King's Speech by Alexandre Desplat - from Music Room
• The Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology - from Sheet Music Plus
• Remember Me by Marcelo Zarvos (easy piano) - from Music Room
• Music from the Movies: Big Screen Collection by various - from Music Room

A round-up of Film Sheet Music - the perfect Christmas present

As we approach Christmas 2010, here is a selection from some of the latest sheet music books we have come across. They are mainly film-related but we are happy to include some music for television and stage musicals:

• Inception by Hans Zimmer - Sheet Music Plus
• Alice in Wonderland by Danny Elfman - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Eclipse from the Twilight saga by Howard Shore - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Love Never Dies by Andrew Lloyd Webber (lyrics by Glenn Slater) - Music Room
• Big Screen Themes by various composers - Music Room

• Classic Period Dramas by various composers - Sheet Music Plus
• Bolt by John Powell - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Le Onde by Ludovico Einaudi - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Gabriel Yared piano collection (English Patient, Talented Mr Ripley, Cold Mountain, Betty Blue...) - Music Room
• Zbigniew Preisner piano collection (Three Colours Trilogy, Secret Garden, Veronique) - Music Room

Latest Sheet Music of Music from the Movies

The latest film sheet music available includes the oscar-winning music for the animated feature "Up" as well as oscar-nominated and other popular movies:

• Up by Michael Giacchino - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Avatar by James Horner (including the song "I See You") - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• The Prince and the Frog by Randy Newman (including hit songs "Almost There" & "Down in New Orleans") - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Star Trek - Michael Giacchino - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - Nicholas Hooper - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room

• Twilight (the score) - Carter Burwell - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Twilight New Moon (score) - Alexandre Desplat - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• The Howard Shore Collection - Howard Shore (3 tracks from Lord of the Rings films but many others besides) - Sheet Music Plus
• The Film Music of Alberto Iglesias - Music Room

• Mamma Mia (the ABBA songs) - Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Hairspray (film version of the musical) - Marc Shaiman - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Slumdog Millionaire (including the song "Jai Ho")- A. R. Rahman - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Sweenet Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Stephen Sondheim - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• This Is It - Michael Jackson - Sheet Music Plus

• Angels & Demons - Hans Zimmer - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• Defiance - James Newton Howard - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room
• The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - Sheet Music Plus or Music Room

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

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:

• The Adventure Collection - 26 pieces for piano from well-known Adventure films
• The Animation Collection - 25 piano arrangements from your favourite animated movies
• Essential Film Themes 3 - from King Kong to Munich, via The Constant Gardener and Cinderella Man
• Essential Film Themes 4 - from Babel and The Fountain, to Miss Potter, Pan's Labyrinth and The Queen
• Essential Film Themes 5 - Atonement, Becoming Jane, The Bourne Ultimatim, The Painter Veil and The Good Shepherd
• Essential Film Themes 6 - Elizabeth The Golden Age, Eastern Promises, My Blueberry Nights, and The Other Boleyn Girl
• The Costume Drama Collection - 20 great pieces for piano from period dramas both classic and modern
• Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - all the Danny Elfman Songs from the animated musical
• Ratatouille - Michael Giacchino's delightful music from the superb Pixar animation
• The Simpson's Movie - with music by Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman
• Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky - All the top songs and instrumentals from the Rocky movies
• Shakespeare: The Music - Music from many of the Film Dramatisations of The Bard's Plays
• Indiana Jones: and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - John Williams music from the latest Indiana Jones movie
• Atonement - the latest piano-led score from Dario Marianelli
• Star Wars: A Musical Journey - musical highlights from the 6 Star Wars movies by John Williams
• The Producers - the movie version of Mel Brooks' musical
• Brokeback Mountain - songs and instrumental music by Gustavo Santaolalla from the movie
• The Polar Express - infectiously happy songs from the animated film by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard
• The Film Noir Collection - 27 rare pieces from film noir scores, from Bernard Herrmann to Miklos Rozsa

Latest Sheet Music Releases (from The Music Room):

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

• The Action Collection - 22 rare pieces from action film scores, from Jerry Goldsmith to Hans Zimmer
• X3: The Last Stand - action music from the latest X-Men movie, composed by John Powell
• High School Musical - songs from the Disney Channel musical, now proving a surprise hit with audiences
• The Best of Vangelis - revised edition of Vangelis' best tracks, for piano or keyboard
• 2005-2006 Greatest Movie Hits - 20 great tracks from recent films, from March of the Penguins to The Aviator

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

• Memoirs of a Geisha - by John Williams
• Pride and Prejudice - by Dario Marianell
• Pride and Prejudice - Easy Piano version from Sheet Music Plus
• Great Piano Solos (Black) - 45 Film, Song and Classical titles
• Great Piano Solos (Purple) - 49 Film, Song and Classical titles

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.

• Dawn
• Stars and Butterflies
• The Living Sculptures of Pemberley
• Meryton Townhall
• Georgiana
• Arrival At Netherfield
• Liz on Top of the World
• Leaving Netherfield
• Another Dance
• The Secret Life of Daydreams
• Darcy's Letter
• Mrs. Darcy

New Sheet Music Releases:

• 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 Brook's The Producers - from The Music Room or Sheet Music Plus
• Monty Python's Spamalot - from The Music Room or Sheet Music Plus
• Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera - from The Music Room or Sheet Music Plus
• Danny Elfman's The Nightmare before Christmas - from The Music Room or Sheet Music Plus
• Alan Menken's Little Shop of Horrors - from The Music Room or Sheet Music Plus
• Moulin Rouge (various songwriters) - from The Music Room

New Releases in Film Sheet Music:

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. 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: The Music Room or Sheet Music Plus.

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. 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.

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:

• Recent Film Music best sellers on MusicRoom.com
• Movie and Film Sheet Music section on MusicNotes.com
• Sheet Music Search on SheetMusicPlus.com

Why not take a look at the Top 20 Sheet Music Downloads from Music Notes - including popular songs and 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 - a lot of popular movie songs
• Movie Piano Solos (2nd Edition) - a nice selection for showing off or playing for your own enjoyment
• James Bond 007: The Collection - all the great Bond themes and songs by various composers
• The Best Film Scores - Easy Piano - nice to see a collection of easier arrangements
• Film Music for Solo Piano - a great collection with some previously hard to find themes
• The Music of Cult Fiction lots of cult themes from movies and television
• Great Film Scores - another good selection with old and new examples

And here are some single composer or single film collections:

• Star Wars Sheet Music - from Music Notes (including Episode III: Revenge of the Sith)
• The Lord of The Rings section - many individual titles and collections and instruments included, by Howard Shore
• The Return of the King - collection of themes from the final movie, by Howard Shore
• The Best of Vangelis by Vangelis
• Selections from Shakespeare in Love by Stephen Warbeck
• The Best of Ennio Morricone by Ennio Morricone
• Amelie by Yann Tiersen
• Harry Potter Movie Selection by John Williams
• The Hours by Philip Glass
• Zorro's Theme by James Horner
• Gladiator by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
• The Nightmare Before Christmas by Danny Elfman
• 3 Pieces from Schindler's List (violin and piano) by John Williams
• John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999 by John Williams
• Music from The Right Stuff (for Brass Quintet) by Bill Conti
• Michael Nyman: Film Music for Piano Solo by Michael Nyman
• The Piano by Michael Nyman
• The Firm by Dave Grusin
• Gabriel's Oboe (for Oboe) from "The Mission" by Ennio Morricone
• The English Patient by Gabriel Yared
• Pirates of the Carribean by Klaus Baddelt
• My Heart Will Go On from "The Titanic" by James Horner

Other Recommendations to check out:

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

• Mad World - Gary Jules/Michael Andrews version from Donny Darko, written by Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears
• Theme from The Simpsons by Danny Elfman
• Theme from The X-Files by Mark Snow
• Walking in the Air from "The Snowman" by Howard Blake
• The Music of Cult Fiction by various

Film-related music on mfiles:

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

• Babe Theme (for piano/organ) by Camille Saint-Saens
• Babe Theme (orchestral) by Camille Saint-Saens
• The Entertainer (from the Sting) by Scott Joplin
• Solace (from the Sting) by Scott Joplin
• Piano Concerto 21 slow movement (from Elvira Madigan) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart