The first four pieces I have arranged are all by David Shire, with three coming from The Conversation and one from Zodiac.

I have started work on Toschi's Theme (also from Zodiac), and have also begun transcribing the main titles from Basic Instinct, Prospector's Arrive from There Will Be Blood, and Dana's Theme from Ghostbusters (although I'm not totally convinced this one is, in its entirety, suited to a solo piano form).

I'm not sure when I'll have the opportunity to finish each of these although I hope I can manage to complete them in the next few weeks. After that I'm hoping I'll have time to start looking at the Return to Oz Suite, both themes from Sex and Lucia, music from The Game, the main titles of Raise the Titanic and Cliffhanger, the End Titles from The Fugitive, and possibly some music from All the President's Men.

Anyhow, here are the links for the first four:

GRAYSMITH'S THEME from Zodiac
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/28/1221633/ZODIAC%20-%20GRAYSMITHS%20THEME.pdf

THEME FROM THE CONVERSATION from The Conversation
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/28/1221633/THE%20CONVERSATION %20-%20THEME%20FROM%20THE%20CONVERSATION.pdf

WHATEVER WAS ARRANGED from The Conversation
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/28/1221633/THE%20CONVERSATIONS%20-%2 0WHATEVER%20WAS%20ARRANGED.pdf

ELEVATOR from The Conversation
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/28/1221633/THE%20CONVERSATION%20-%20ELEVATOR.pdf

Enjoy!
Richard

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I made a piano arrangement of Elliot Goldenthal's "Adagio" from Alien 3 ages ago, it's only on paper but maybe I should get it done in Sibelius. Does it work on piano... well, I actually thought so!

Although I don't know the music to "The Conversation" I'm looking forward to trying these out on the piano sometime.
Similar to this I spend quite a lot of time doing "midis" of Piano Music that are readable in software like Cakewalk and Sibelius. I've recently just finished doing midis for the entire book The Film Noir Collection and I also have several Film Music Piano performances over at my YouTube page

Looking forward to more of these Richard, especially "Raise the Titanic" "Cliffhanger" and "The Fugitive"

Gae

I cannot wait to try these out, and hope you finish Toschi's Theme soon. It's a fantastic piano piece by Shire.

I loved your “Waltz for Miklos”. I think it sounded a little like a combination of Herrmann AND Rozsa. You could orchestrate that in the style of say Vertigo or Obsession and it would fit right in with either one of those scores.

You should be composing motion picture scores. Your theme is better than anything I’ve heard out of Hollywood in years.

All the best,
Bill

ALIEN 3: Adagio (Elliot Goldenthal): http://www.moviescoremedia.com/mikaelcarlsson/alien3_adagio.pdf

Cheers,

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Hey Gae,
I loved your “Waltz for Miklos”. I think it sounded a little like a combination of Herrmann AND Rozsa. You could orchestrate that in the style of say Vertigo or Obsession and it would fit right in with either one of those scores.

You should be composing motion picture scores. Your theme is better than anything I’ve heard out of Hollywood in years.

All the best,
Bill

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Wow...Thanks Bill. Coming from the likes of yourself that is high praise indeed. I might just keep up the composing now.

Gae

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Originally posted by Gae:
Brilliant MC!! Looking forward to this one too. You've both done a great job with the manuscript transcription. I dont have Sibelius but it does do the job well. I have a Cakewalk Notation software but it's very laborious and has limitations..i.e. it doesn't open the "Grand Staff" but only individual Clefs.
Have you guys done Midis or MP3 performances of these transcriptions? Maybe we could set up a "Film Music" site specifically for something like this?

Gae

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As a pianist always lamenting the sore lack of film music available to play, this would be fantastic. I love John Williams as much as the next person, but it'd be great to play something like Murder in the First by Christopher Young, or even some more obscure Goldsmith (any of his love themes from Wind and the Lion, Sand Pebbles, etc.).

You know, Gae, I actually went fishing around on my hard drive for a piece of yours that you sent me several years ago - The Frist Walk . It has stood the test of time! I think you should post it here!

Nice work with the Goldenthal transcription, Mikael. The score looks great! Have you done any other transcriptions?

I think a website for this would be a great idea. Like Alexborn007, as much as I enjoy playing the film music which is available, I'd love to play some of the more obscure scores (which I guess is why I wanted to work on some transcriptions).

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Originally posted by Richard:
Nice work with the Goldenthal transcription, Mikael. The score looks great! Have you done any other transcriptions?

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Not yet, but it's a lot of fun and good learning experiences. In fact, Murder in the First is on my list of themes I'd like to do. A lot of Chris Young's material would make for good transcriptions, and of course that goes for Jerry Goldsmith too! I actually started on Capricorn One, but more obvious choices would of course be stuff like Rudy, The Russia House, Angie...!

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As a sidenote, I'd like your opinions on my choice of font for the score markings. I was aiming for a more modern looking score, but I'm not so sure the choice is right for these transcriptions. What do you think? I've used these fonts on the scores of some of my own compositions and I think they work well. Here, however, I am not as convinced.

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Well, why not? I like it, although I'm a "traditionalist" myself (I'm used the old-fashioned Italian tempo markings and expressions as well).

Any Lawyers in the house?

Gae

mc

Direct link to MP3

Link to "The Real Deal" home page

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
Wouldn't these be cover version? And aren't cover versions legal without permission (as long as they're not commercially released or something like that)?

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If they were recordings, they would be considered cover versions. If the song/composition has been released commercially before, you don't need a permission to do a cover song. However, printed music is a different ballgame and for this you need a permission.

As far as the legality of this goes, I think that if one considers the vast number of guitar tab websites hosting transcriptions of music that is actually available to buy in shops, yet which remain online without being sued, the fact that I am hosting a few obscure pieces of film music that will be of interest to a relatively small number of people is unlikely to ruffle any feathers.
That being said, if John Barry or David Shire's lawyers are so bothered by it, they can ask me to remove the files and I will.

Alternatively, they can arrange for me to be signed to a lucrative Hal Leonard contract working on film music transcriptions and everyone will be a happy camper.

Anyway, here are the links

Raise the Titanic (John Barry)]
Prelude http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/raise_the_titanic_prelude.pdf

Main Title & Mine Shaft http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/raise_the_titanic_main_title_and_the_mine_shaft .pdf

The Sicilian Project & Dog Attack http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/raise_the_titanic_the_sicilian_project_an d_dog_attack.pdf

Memories of Titanic http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/raise_the_titanic_memories_of_titanic.pdf

Titanic Uncovered http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/raise_the_titanic_titanic_uncovered.pdf

Gene Explores the Titanic & Deep Quest Trapped http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/raise_the_titanic_gene_explores_the_titanic_and_deep_quest_trapped.pdf

Zodiac (David Shire)
Toschi's Theme http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/zodiac_toschis_theme.pdf

Graysmith's Theme http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/zodiac_graysmiths_theme.pdf

The Conversation (David Shire)
Theme from the Conversation http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/the_conversation_theme_from_the_conversation.pdf

Whatever Was Arranged http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/the_conversation_whatever_was_arranged.pdf

Elevator http://richardhair.net/transcriptions/the_conversation_elevator.pdf

Enjoy!