Voice and Piano. By Richard Johnston. (resource book). Vocal Collection. Size 8.5x11 inches. 400 pages. Published by E.c. Kerby.

SKU: HL.194637

The Secret Language of Film Music. Music Pro Guides. Composition, Musicals Reference, Songwriting. Softcover. 424 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.194637).

ISBN 9781495073731. UPC: 888680641528. 7.0x10.0x1.071 inches. Andy Hill Music Pro Guides.

Today, musical composition for films is more popular than ever. In professional and academic spheres, media music study and practice are growing; undergraduate and postgraduate programs in media scoring are offered by dozens of major colleges and universities. And increasingly, pop and contemporary classical composers are expanding their reach into cinema and other forms of screen entertainment. Yet a search on Amazon reveals at least 50 titles under the category of film music, and, remarkably, only a meager few actually allow readers to see the music itself, while none of them examine landmark scores like Vertigo, To Kill a Mockingbird, Patton, The Untouchables, or The Matrix in the detail provided by Scoring the Screen: The Secret Language of Film Music. This is the first book since Roy M. Prendergast's 1977 benchmark, Film Music: A Neglected Art, to treat music for motion pictures as a compositional style worthy of serious study. Through extensive and unprecedented analyses of the original concert scores, it is the first to offer both aspiring composers and music educators with a view from the inside of the actual process of scoring-to-picture. The core thesis of Scoring the Screen is that music for motion pictures is indeed a language, developed by the masters of the craft out of a dramatic and commercial necessity to communicate ideas and emotions instantaneously to an audience. Like all languages, it exists primarily to convey meaning. To quote renowned orchestrator Conrad Pope (who has worked with John Williams, Howard Shore, and Alexandre Desplat, among others): “If you have any interest in what music 'means' in film, get this book. Andy Hill is among the handful of penetrating minds and ears engaged in film music today.”.

E-Z Play Today (Easy big-note right-hand-only arrangements for piano, organ, and electronic keyboard). Published by Hal Leonard.

by Jethro Burns and Ken Eidson. For Mandolin. solos. Complete. Bluegrass and Country. Level: Multiple Levels. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 240 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

By Various. P/V/C Mixed Folio; Piano/Vocal/Chords. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook. Country and Contemporary Country. Songbook (softcover). With vocal melody, lyrics, piano accompaniment, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 184 pages. Alfred Music #25315. Published by Alfred Music

By Jerry Silverman. For Guitar (Flatpicking and Fingerpicking). Songbook. Folk. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book. Size 5.5x8. 128 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Written by Craig Duncan. Fiddle solo book and performance CD for fiddle solo. Intermediate-Advanced. With standard notation, chord names, introductory text and black and white photos. 118 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc..

Performed by James Taylor. Easy guitar tablature songbook (simplified guitar/vocal arrangements) for easy guitar and voice. 88 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Performed by Carly Simon. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9x12 inches. 110 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.