The Essential Film Collection (Piano solo)

I think this book is fantastic! I’ve immensely enjoyed some of the pieces in this book. My favourites are Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, Lion King and Dances with Wolves. Many years ago I played at around Grade 5 standard and as other reviewers have noted, if you’re at about that standard then these pieces won’t be that difficult for you (although Tubular Bells from The Exorcist is giving me quite a challenge). BUT they’re fun and easy to play and give a good sense of the original music. So think of the book as a tasting menu of some great tunes that you can sample without chewing off more than you can swallow.

A lovely selection of film music that has been edited for lower grades. A must for all grade 1-4 students.

Good compilation of familiar movie scores. The arrangement is quite nice without sounding too simplified.

This book is brilliant for beginners like myself - I imagine that pianists with high grades would find this a bit easy but I really like the pieces as they can be played after a while and they sound great! It's nice to play something familiar and there's a range of pieces in here too from Hedwig's Theme to Lawrence of Arabia main theme to the Rocky main theme! All great fun to play and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants either a challenge (for beginners) or a collection of fun tunes to play in their spare time!

Loved this collection, especially pirates of the caribbean. my favourite one. would recommend photo copying the 3rd page of PotC because turning the page at a fast pace ruins the tempo

There are a handful of nice arrangemeets here (e.g. Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Pirates of Caribbean), but for the most part the pieces are too short or too simple to be particularly gratifying. The book is probably best suited to a younger learner who should quickly find sections they are able to play, and will likely enjoy learning the pieces while they remain fairly challenging. As an intermediate player I found the pieces fun on the first play through, but most quickly lost their appeal. I'm now looking for something a bit more challenging to spend some time with.

this is a brilliant selection of movie songs that are a joy to listen to and play. they will not pose a challenge to anyone above grade six piano but if you are above grade six i would still recommend the book. The songs have been arranged in a brilliant manor and at the price the book is going for it is a small amount to pay for the joy the songs will bring. This book it brilliant for everyone!

This probably sits around Grade 2 standard. The theme of each song is recreated, but not the other voices, so it sounds a bit simple. Still, this is great for beginner's to play some of well known music and build confidence.

Excellentes musiques de film ! Les partitions sont très bien écrites, claires. Je vous recommande ce livre pour vous ou à offrir ! Vraiment top !

"Für Menschen, die einen ansprechenden Satz wünschen." Leider entspricht der Werbesatz überhaupt nicht der Wahrheit. Abgesehen davon, dass die Begleitakkorde fehlen und man so die Akkorde aus den Noten schätzen muss (was alles andere als Standard ist), ist der Notensatz meistens unmotiviert, einfach bzw. einfach schlecht. So zieht sich bei "Chariots of Fire" ein sinnfreier Ein-Ton-Bass (wenn auch als Oktave) über mehrere Seiten. Fast keines der arrangierten Stücke klingt wirklich gut. Wer gute Notensätze sucht, kann zu Carsten Gerlitz greifen, hier findet man auch zusätzlich Akkorde zum Improvisieren (und zwar gute wie bei "Tears of Heaven" aus den Pop ballads 1). Ein umfangreiche Sammlung arrangierter Filmmusik bietet daneben "100 of the best movie songs ever" - mit Begleitakkorden und nicht teurer.

Si tienes cierto nivel de piano, enseñanzas profesionales de conservatorio por ejemplo, se queda escaso y le falta contenido a las piezas. No buscaba algo complejo sino con mas contenido y riqueza de recursos. En este caso es de una sencillez compleja. yo lo utilizo para ver cosas a primera vista, pero me cuesta trabajo. Y para estudiar para tocarla de forma individual se queda corta. No obstante si lo que buscas es una adaptación sencilla de las pelis, en algunas si ocurre en otras lo veo complejo y al mismo tiempo insuficiente.

Very nice collection of film music pieces

chouettes morceaux, que tout le monde connaît. On s'amuse parfois avec les amis qui viennent à celui qui reconnaîtra le plus rapidement. Les morceaux sont jolis, ils ne font pas trop "déserts" au niveau des notes. Je les trouve juste un peu trop courts....