Little Music Note

December 2nd, 2009 by Reb

Now for the OLDEST song ever! =D

Bryan Adam’s hit song Everything I do (I do it for you) was featured on his 1991 album Waking up the Neighbours and the soundtrack for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991).

Another great work that’s workable on piano and guitar. The sheet music posted here have both arrangements.

Click HERE to download the full sheet music for Everything I do by Bryan Adams in .pdf format.

For a song that’s almost 20 years old, it’s got great lyrics. Have a listen and try the sheet music!

Everything I do (I do It for You) – Bryan Adams

Look into my eyes – you will see
What you mean to me
Search your heart – search your soul
And when you find me there you’ll search no more
Don’t tell me it’s not worth tryin’ for
You can’t tell me it’s not worth dyin’ for
You know it’s true
Everything I do – I do it for you
Look into your heart – you will find
There’s nothin’ there to hide
Take me as I am – take my life
I would give it all – I would sacrifice
Don’t tell me it’s not worth fightin’ for
I can’t help it – there’s nothin’ I want more
Ya know it’s true
Everything I do – I do it for you
There’s no love – like your love
And no other – could give more love
There’s nowhere – unless you’re there
All the time – all the way
Oh – you can’t tell me it’s not worth tryin’ for
I can’t help it – there’s nothin’ I want more
I would fight for you – I’d lie for you
Walk the wire for you – ya I’d die for you
Ya know it’s true
Everything I do – I do it for you

July 12th, 2009 by Reb

For all the Twilight fans out there!

First of all, I need to praise the music director’s outstanding taste for this movie. Maybe it’s because this whole vampire thing is you know, ancient and stuff.

There were a few moments in the movie that really caught me (well despite everything that was going on…)

Remember what Edward had in his CD player when Bella visited? Yes, Debussy’s Clair de Lune, which I posted here a while ago having absolutely no idea it was included in Twilight.

And of course, the highlight of the movie, where Edward plays Bella’s lullaby. And when I say play, I really meant PLAY, since Rob Pattinson who plays Edward Cullen, actually played it himself. That is quite unusual in movies since actors would usually “fake” their music talents, if they have any written in for the story lines. But Rob, being the talented musician and all that, managed this job quite easily. It always makes me excited to see real musicians play real stuff on rather fictionized materials (you know, the whole vampire stuff again)

Anyways, there were also rumours of this magical moment being Yiruma’s River Flows In You which I already have it posted HERE, just in case anyone was looking for it =)

Here are 2 REAL versions of “Bella’s Lullaby” that moved everyone’s heart, including dear Bella’s =D

#1. A beautiful piano arrangement that sounds exactly like the movie. (Arranged by Kat)

Here it is on Youtube.

#2. The official Bella’s Lullaby from the Twilight Movie, written by Carter Burwell.

Here it is on Youtube.

Carter’s Notes
"Bella’s Lullaby," as it appears in this film, was not written to be a lullaby but to speak of love – ecstatic, tormented love.
"And so this unnamed tune became Bella’s Lullaby. It’s worth noting, though, that neither Catherine nor I ever called it that. We always referred to this tune as the "Love Theme" and I think it makes much more sense if you think of it this way. It’s more complex and emotional than any lullaby I’ve ever heard."
"My concern, as a composer, is to make the film as a whole compelling, dramatic, emotional and cinematic. But in this case other extraneous concerns quickly started to pile on, all driven by the fans of the book. The piano scene was added because Summit realized fans wanted to hear Edward play the melody referred to as "Bella’s Lullaby," and each of those fans has their own idea of the tune. Because I hadn’t started writing yet there was a musical vacuum into which other music started to be pulled. Rob improvised a tune for the shoot. Matthew Bellamy, of Muse, sent in his idea of "Bella’s Lullaby." And countless readers and musicians sent in their own ideas or posted them on the internet. None of this made my job easier."
"…I think part of the problem was that Catherine and I saw this as Bella and Edward’s "Love Theme" whereas he saw it as "Bella’s Lullaby." And indeed, for the 30 seconds during which Edward is playing piano it is the "Lullaby." But the theme also has to play the romance that drives the story, and I thought that was a much more important role."

Source: Carter Burwell’s Official Website. READ his full inspiring notes on how this song came about!

May 21st, 2009 by Reb

#3. River Flows in You – Yiruma

And now, for the one song that you have to listen and learn! Again, this is one of my favorite piece on the piano.

Download the complete River Flows in You in .pdf format.

May 19th, 2009 by Reb

This is the 2nd post in the “Listen and Play” Series.

#2. Kiss the Rain — Yiruma (Album “From the Yellow Room”)

Here’s the one I promised to post. I shouldn’t have to say too much about this one, it speaks for itself =)

This is one of the most widely played piece on the piano for quite some time now.

For those of you that writes/plays your own music by ear, I envy you. However, I believe this is from the original sheet music of Yiruma’s album.

Enjoy =)

[Listen] Kiss the Rain — Yiruma

Download the complete Kiss the Rain sheet music in .pdf format

May 18th, 2009 by Reb

Welcome to the “Listen and Play” series. I’ve always enjoyed collecting sheet music from different sources. Recently, I’ve fell for this incredible musician’s piano works — Yiruma. So I’ve collected a bunch of his music in .pdf format. Now I will be sharing these with all of you out there, along with the other music sheets I’ve collected over the years.

I believe it’s always important to listen to a piece before going ahead to play it, no matter what instrument you play.

So I’ll be posting the .mp3, first page of the music along with download link of the actual sheet music together to get you a good sense of the song. The first page of the sheet music is to give you the idea of the difficulty of the song, and the mp3 is so you can always come back and listen to the recording while practicing!

I’ll be updating the “Listen and Play” SheetMusic category, so come back for more! =)

#1 Love Me — Yiruma (”First Love” Album)

This has been my all time favorite along with Kiss the Rain, which I will be uploading in later posts.

Hope his music will move you the same way it moved me =)

Love Me — Yiruma

Download the complete Love Me in .pdf format.

May 4th, 2009 by Reb

Introducing the best free public domain sheet music library I’ve ever come across to.

IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page

I can’t think of any other way to put this.  In simplistic terms: here you can find, literally, EVERYTHING.

As of today, this library contains 28,552 scores. Browsed by composer name, time period, genre or instruments, also available in many different languages.

The time period runs from Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Early 20th Century, all the way to the present. It’s also being constantly updated and profiled.

Everything you can ever think of, you can find it here, FREE.

And its not just one instrument, its ANY instrument.

Now isn’t that good news for us musicians.

Good luck playing them all. =)

Note: Files are mostly availible in PDF format.