Ready to Play:Popular Movie Hits (Vln& Pno)

Description

Besides top titles by Hans Zimmer, Lalo Shifrin and Harold Arlen, the volume includes classical themes that have gained popularity through their use in films, for example Johannes Brahms‘ Hungarian Dance memorably used in “The Great Dictator” as well as Johann Strauss‘ “The Blue Danube” used in “2001 – A Space Odyssey”. Less well-known is the fact that Walt Disney was praised for his masterly use of classical music in one of his first full-length films, “Fantasia”, and that Stanley Kubrick also used great classical works very effectively in practically all his films. The melodies in this edition are easy to sight-read and are certainly fun to play.

From the contents: Melodies from “Mission Impossible”, “The Fifth Element”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Fantasia”, “2001 – A Space Odyssey”, “The Great Dictator”, and others

The Arranger:

George Speckert is renowned for his arrangements and compositions for numerous Bärenreiter editions. He is a composer, author and teacher for multi-media production as well as e-learning.

About the Ready to Play Series:

Barenreiter’s Ready to Play series features well-known as well as unknown, original compositions, fresh, entertaining, exciting and relaxing, but above all easy repertoire for various instruments and scorings.  From classical to jazz, Latin to folk, Ready to Play doesn’t shy from crossing barriers of style.  Ready to Play means enjoyment from the first note on.  If something doesn’t work the first time, even practicing becomes fun! The series contains easy music for various scorings: solos, dues, trios and ensembles.