The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Music from the Motion Pictures Arranged for Solo Piano
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739058037 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Adorned with gorgeous color stills from the motion pictures, this is the ultimate musical tour of Middle-earth for pianists.. Previously available only in three separate books, Howard Shore's award-winning music for The Lord of the Rings trilogy is now available as a deluxe single volume of Piano/Vocal sheet music
Best LOTR Piano Book Available I have been wanting to get my hands on this music for a while now, and this is the best book available. Although I would have liked the book to be more complete (there are several notable omissions from the full score), what the book does include is extraordinary.It is essentially all of the previous three volumes of the LOTR solo piano books stuffed in to one epic book plus the added arrangements of "Concerning Hobbits" and "The Black Rider". The arrangement for "Aniron (Theme for Aragor. "Focuses too much on the vocal parts of the score." according to Tomas. This book focuses on the vocal pieces from the movies, like the tracks that have Elvish lyrics. I'm very disappointed.There are some gorgeous parts of the soundtrack that are left out of this, especially one of the main themes that sounds very grandiose that is played when they are walking through the mountains (from 1:15 in "The Ring Goes South"). What the heck?! Who decides not to include that theme?Example: perhaps the best track in all of the Lord of the Rings trilogy is "The Grey Hav. Great up until the end Amy Presley I was excited to get this book in. I was mostly looking forward to "Concerning Hobbits" and "Into the West." "Concerning Hobbits" is great, but I was really disappointed in "Into the West." It's just the piano accompaniment with the melody/solo line above it. I would have liked a more "piano solo." You can hardly tell what it is just playing the piano part from this book. I love that song, so I'm going to keep looking for a true 'piano solo' arrangement. And I wish "Grey Havens" was in th