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Alwin Oscar® Winner	I need soft piano music while reading... I have Horner's 'Portrait' cue from Titanic, so something like that, or even something like the 'Animal Crackers' cue from Armageddon.
posted 10-23-2000 07:35 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Nearly all of Dave Grusin's THE FIRM is carried by solo piano. It's an ingenious piece of work, IMHO, and I normally don't much care for Grusin's work.
posted 10-23-2000 07:40 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Haven't heard it, but I'd think Poledouris' score for "It's My Party" would be a good one. Can anyone recommend this? Jeron
posted 10-23-2000 07:44 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	I'd recommend checking out "Legends of the Fall", "Sabrina", "Swept from the Sea", "Somewhere in Time", "Great Expectations", "Passion of Mind", "The Edge", "The Rocketeer", "Shining Through", "Legend of 1900", and (of course) "The Piano"... Particularly "Passion of Mind"...I think that one was missed this past year, and deserves better notice....
posted 10-23-2000 07:47 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Jerry Goldsmith's A PATCH OF BLUE, John Williams' STANLEY & IRIS, and James Horner's FIELD OF DREAMS.
posted 10-23-2000 07:58 PM PT (US)

joan hue Oscar® Winner	Dexter's Tune from Randy Newman's Awakenings. Dying Young (several piano cuts) by J N Howard. TV Themes Men from Shiloh
posted 10-23-2000 08:33 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	Debbie Wiseman: Haunted--> if you do not find this score, I will hunt you down. Exquisite solo piano theme. Michael Nyman: The Piano, a fairly obvious selection... Georges Delerue: Memories of Me, from The London Sessions, I forget which volume Yared: The English Patient; mostly a Bach transcription I think well, there ya go. NP -- Hudsucker Proxy, Burwell. pumping myself up for the Blair Witch 2 score.
posted 10-23-2000 09:15 PM PT (US)

Hard Target Oscar® Winner	Piano solos huh....well i'll go with these. Sabrina (John Williams) Rounders (Christopher Young) The Game (Howard Shore) Schindler's List (John Williams) The Fugitive (James Newton Howard) Little Man Tate (Mark Isham) Mr.Holland's Opus (Michael Kamen) Jack (Michael Kamen) Cool World (Mark Isham) 10 (Henry Mancini) Mulholland Falls (Dave Grusin) The Russia House (Jerry Goldsmith) Dick aka.Richard M.Nixon (John Debney) The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (David Shire) The Shawshank Redemption (Thomas Newman) The Package (James Newton Howard) The Chairman (Jerry Goldsmith) Coma (Jerry Goldsmith) The Pelican Brief (James Horner) Big (Howard Shore) Unforgettable (Christopher Young) The Edge (Jerry Goldsmith) American Beauty (Thomas Newman) Once Upon A Time In America (Ennio Morricone) Erin Brockovich (Thomas Newman) Clean Slate (Alan Silvestri) Hollow Man (Jerry Goldsmith) Keeping the Faith (Elmer Bernstein) Twlight (Elmer Bernstein) Come See The Paradise (Randy Edelman) L.A.Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith) While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman) The Specialist (John Barry) The Sixth Sense (James Newtown Howard) Devil In A Blue Dress (Elmer Bernstein) The Saint (Graeme Revell) A Perfect Murder (James Newton Howard) My Life (John Barry) A League of Their Own (Hans Zimmer) Fierce Creatures (Jerry Goldsmith) The Usual Suspects (John Ottman) Ghostbusters (Elmer Bernstein) The Fabulous Baker Boys (Dave Grusin) Crossing the Line (Ennio Morricone) Ransom (James Horner) You've Got Mail (George Fenton) The Heart Is Lonely Hunter (Dave Grusin) The Big Kahuna (Christopher Young) The Watcher (Marco Beltrami) Racing With the Moon (Dave Grusin) The War at Home (Basil Poledouris) High School High (Ira Newborn) The Whole Nine Yards (Randy Edelman) Random Hearts (Dave Grusin) Eight Millimeter (Mychael Danna) City Hall (Jerry Goldsmith) Father of the Bride (Alan Silvestri) Soapdish (Alan Silvestri) E.T (John Williams) P.O. The Saint-complete (Graeme Revell) /**
posted 10-23-2000 10:36 PM PT (US)

meegle Oscar® Winner	One of my favorites is the "Lonely Man" theme by Joe Harnell from the T.V. series "The Incredible Hulk". Pretty much anything Joe Harnell does is great! (To me anyway) [Message edited by meegle on 10-23-2000]
posted 10-23-2000 11:15 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Alwin: I need soft piano music while reading... I have Horner's 'Portrait' cue from Titanic, so something like that, or even something like the 'Animal Crackers' cue from Armageddon. Sticking with Horner, I would encourage you to get Searching For Bobby Fisher. Plenty of piano solos in that score... And I think Man Without A Face might have some piano solos, also.
posted 10-24-2000 12:21 AM PT (US)

Alwin Oscar® Winner	My goodness, some of you put a lot of thought into this! Thanks a lot! Some of the titles mentioned I have, some I will buy. I just thought of Yared's Message in a Bottle too. Once again, thanks for coming up with everything!
posted 10-24-2000 06:57 AM PT (US)

A.G Oscar® Winner	Er, how about the middle part of Remembering Chilhood from HOOK? Sheer brilliance.
posted 10-24-2000 08:00 AM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	A few that spring to mind - 'Playing love' from Legend of 1900 'The Execution' from Anna and the King 'Main Titles' from Patch Adams 'With the help of God, shine' from Shine 'Over the Moon' from ET (original release) 'Love theme' from Blue Lagoon 'Cinema Paradiso' from (guess ) 'Love theme' from Romeo and Juliet 'Casper's Lullaby' from Casper 'Ilia's Theme' from Star Trek TMP 'Ashitaka and San' from Princess Mononoke 'Main Titles' from Shining Through 'Dear Mr. Wells' from 8mm 'In the bath' from Pleasantville All the above come highly recommended. In fact, this is beginning to look like a list of my favourite tracks. I guess I like piano. NP - All of the above [Message edited by Camillu on 10-24-2000]
posted 10-24-2000 10:11 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	JENNIFER 8 by Christopher Young. That was the first score of his to be translated into piano sheet music! I've got it someplace ... On the weirder side, the FSM release of TORA TORA TORA includes a piano rendition of the main theme! It's on the gloomy side, though.
posted 10-24-2000 10:31 AM PT (US)

sakman Oscar® Winner	In addition to some (and many strange suggestions!) of those above, I'd suggest a couple of Michael Chertock piano cds on Telarc. For film scores, so far not mentioned: Forest Gump (Silvestri) Legend of Bagger Vance (Portman) Presumed Innocent (Williams) Playing By Heart (Barry) There is also a disc on Naxos that is called "Piano at the Movies" or something like that. It is not bad and has some warhorses on it like the "Warsaw Concerto".
posted 10-24-2000 07:02 PM PT (US)

Racerprose Oscar® Winner	Seeing as most composer's compose with a piano there is really no mystery as to why some cues have piano playing in them. It sounds more nice on piano . -Racerprose
posted 10-26-2000 03:02 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	Someone mentioned Debbie Wiseman but didn't mention Tom & Viv which is nearly all solo piano or piano based cues that might be perfect for your intentions
posted 10-26-2000 07:54 PM PT (US)

Hard Target Oscar® Winner	Gee I forgot a few more LOL Unlawful Entry (James Horner) Pleasantville (Randy Newman) Sneakers (James Horner) Men of Honor (Mark Isham) The Public Eye (Mark Isham) The World Is Not Enough (David Arnold) Bed of Roses (Michael Convertino) Batman Forever (Elliot Goldenthal) Article 99 (Danny Elfman) Glengarry Glen Ross (James Newton Howard) Extreme Measures (Danny Elfman) Field of Dreams (James Horner) Runaway (Jerry Goldsmith) Brainstorm (James Horner) 48 Hours (James Horner) Capricorn One (Jerry Goldsmith) Timecop (Mark Isham) The Good Son (Elmer Bernstein) Fried Green Tomatoes (Thomas Newman) The Bone Collector (Craig Armstrong) The Dead Zone (Michael Kamen) Bound (Don Davis) Die Hard 2 (Michael Kamen) The Matrix (Don Davis)
posted 10-26-2000 09:45 PM PT (US)

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