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Under The Sea - The Little Mermaid

It's a calypso tune from The Little Mermaid...but as there is no calypso style (yet) for irealpro, I've rendered it in Latin.
Under The Sea - Alan Menkin
 
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BlackTrombone said:
Eddie's theme (Who framed Roger Rabbit)
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Nice addition!
Remember to set correct key so that transpositions will be done non-confusingly (piece is in G, but key was set to C).
Also, double-barlines at beginning of sections would be better, both visually and musically (some styles will play a drum fill there), and end-of-song barlines should only go at the end.

Happy playing.
 
A Summer Place (Theme) - Steiner-Discant

Theme from 'A Summer Place' - Steiner-Discant

Percy Faith's instrumental arrangement in F, modulating to D. Played once through only. Suggestion: set mixer to "Piano & Strings"
 
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The Bad and the Beautiful is of course the title song of the movie of the same name, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner, with an excellent supporting cast.

It's strange that the tune doesn't appear in any fake and real book collections, nor does it seem to be available on its own, but only in compilation books.

Its lyrical and evocative theme (to use only two of many appropriate clichés) was performed solo by Bill Evans on his second album with Tony Bennett.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgERf0KqX9Q

The lead sheet is available at ...

http://www.freejazzinstitute.com/showposts.php?dept=transcriptions&topic=20160803141801_engelbach

Bad and the Beautiful, The - David Raksin

Cheers,
Jer
 
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The Apartment ("The Key to Love") - Charles Williams

Theme from The Apartment.

It was also published, with lyrics, as The Key to Love (get it?). Here is an obnoxiously schmaltzy version of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u3RlqGc4eM

From Wikipedia:
"The Apartment" is a 1960 American romantic comedy film that was produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and which stars Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray.

It was Wilder's next movie after "Some Like It Hot" and, like its predecessor, a commercial and critical success, grossing $25 million at the box office. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, and won five, including Best Picture. The film was the basis of the 1968 Broadway musical "Promises, Promises," with book by Neil Simon, music by Burt Bacharach, and lyrics by Hal David.

The film's title theme, written by Charles Williams and originally titled "Jealous Lover", was first heard in the 1949 film The Romantic Age. A recording by Ferrante & Teicher, released as "The Theme from The Apartment", reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart later in 1960.
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Here is Jealous Lover, sounding almost like part of the Warsaw Concerto (which also was written for film):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPeuG7WXCmk

Here are Ferrante and Teicher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRvvzm-HYKw

And here is a suite from the soundtrack, conducted by Adolph Deutsch, himself a composer of much film music.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c4NyG8oefI

The theme was played as a ballad in the movie. My arrangement is a medium swing tune.
Apartment-Rev JE, The - Charles Williams

Cheers,
Jer
 
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The Beauty and The Beast (theme) - Menken-Ashman

Hey guys, Does anybody hae the theme music of the latest movie "The Beauty and The Beast " starring Emma Watson :)

Beauty and the Beast
Written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
 
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Rkumar220 said:
Hey guys, Does anybody hae the theme music of the latest movie "The Beauty and The Beast " starring Emma Watson :)

Beauty and the Beast
Written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
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This is the original version sung by Angela Lansbury. The new version by Emma Thompson is great (maybe better?) but has some orchestral time stretching from the bridge to the end that would make performing it more difficult. The Ariana Grande version made me feel ill so I was not able to even finish listening to it. If thats the one you want... you're on your own. You could use this as a template though;)
Beauty and the Beast - Menken Ashman
 
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