Derek Hasted writes "This fantastic theme was written as an integral part of the film of the same name.

Ennio Morricone and his son Andrea rightly received a BAFTA award for the gorgeous soundtrack music.

My arrangement captures the four ?verses? that feature in this piece - each verse maintains the same thematic material but the accompaniment becomes more involved and with a thicker texture, before the piece fades away again. The guitar accompaniment is styled on the piano solo score, but tailored here and there to fit the guitar like a glove.

The key here isn?t the same as the original, but it fits right into the ?sweet spot? of the flute?s pitch range and allows for a guitar accompaniment that can use open strings to improve the sustain. Unlike other arrangements, this has plenty of space and few finger gymnastics, so the gentle movement of the original is easy to reproduce.

I also have an arrangement for two guitars which moves the melody between the guitars as the piece progresses.

I hope you enjoy playing this piece!"

This is one of a large and growing range of accessible ensembles from experienced arranger Derek Hasted, and is supplied as full score and parts. Check out Derek's other arrangements - search SheetMusicPlus for Derek Hasted and you'll see the full list, all with soundclips and sample score. Derek's website at www.derek-hasted.co.uk/smp has all the arrangements grouped by "number of instruments".

These works are all also available separately on this site, but if you are interested in acquiring this album, it will afford you a very big discount.All pieces are arranged by David Warin Solomons and the scores and parts are all provided in the pdf.The sound sample is Lass of Richmond Hill (advanced version) electronic preview.The pieces are as follows:Lass of Richmond Hill (advanced version)Lass of Richmond Hill (simple version)Love's God is a Boy (Jones)Sapphic Ode (Brahms)O du Fröhliche (O sanctissima)Dansons mais sans oublier (based on a Haitian lullaby)When Laura Smiles (Philip Rosseter)To the Maypole haste away (including an extended version)Beautiful dreamer (Stephen Foster)Believe me if all those ndearing young charms (Thomas Moore)Cradle Song (William Byrd)Davy oy vey Davy (a harmonic minor version of Davy Davy Knick Knack)Nobody's JiggBailero (from Songs of the Auvergne)Ound Onoren (from Songs of the Auvergne)L'aio de rotso (from Songs of the Auvergne)The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)Polly Wolly DoodleAn die Musik (Schubert)Dido's Lament (Purcell)Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen (after Praetorius)If music be the food of love (Purcell)It was a lover and his lass (Morley)Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell)What shall I do (Purcell).