Sweeney Todd- Movie Selections- Piano,Vocal
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Composer: Stephen SondheimEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-21
ISBN: 0739051547
Number of pages: 140
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Book Reviews of Sweeney Todd- Movie Selections- Piano,Vocal
Book Review: Worth every penny
Summary: 5 Stars
When I saw Sweeney Todd, I tried to find sheet music for it. I was able to find both the original "Vocal Selections" book (the one with the white cover and drawing) and the full score/piano reduction version at local libraries. I was sadly disappointed by both. The original Vocal Selections book has stripped down versions of the songs that were probably rushed out to cash in on the success of the musical. "Epiphany", the song I was most interested in, is notably missing. And some of the music sounds disappointing and flat to me in its original keys (e.g., F minor in "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd").
The full score, aside from being extremely bulky, has a lot of extraneous music designed to stretch out the length of the original. Quite a bit of it is little more than filler. I tried playing the Final Scene as it was in the movie, but in the score it is dragged out and broken up by filler material. And the accompaniment seems a little thin in places, as the musical was written for a small Broadway pit orchestra.
The new book (Sweeney Todd: Movie Selections) is exactly what I was looking for: All the major songs from the film; in their entirety (including interspersed dialogue, intros and outros); in the exact same keys as in the film; and with a full, lush piano accompaniment reduced from the newly enlarged orchestral score. The only minor drawback is that, while the cover says "Piano - Vocal - Chords", I can't find any chords printed in my copy. Seeing as I'm playing it on a piano (and not a guitar), this isn't a problem for me.
The book contains the following songs:
- No Place Like London
- The Worst Pies in London
- Poor Thing
- My Friends
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird
- Johanna (Anthony)
- Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
- The Contest
- Wait
- Pretty Women
- Epiphany
- A Little Priest
- Johanna (Anthony, Todd, Beggar Woman)
- God, That's Good!
- By The Sea
- Not While I'm Around
I would have liked to see the Final Scene in the book as well, but as it stands it's great the way it is. If your first exposure to "Sweeney Todd" was the movie, and you don't have any attachment to the original musical, this is the sheet music book to get.
Summary of Sweeney Todd- Movie Selections- Piano,Vocal
Arranged For Piano & Vocal With Lyrics. Matching songbook to the motion picture. There are 16 songs in this collection. Contents: No Place Like London, The Worst Pies In London, Poor Thing, My Friends, Green Finch and Linnet Bird, Johanna, Pirelli s Miracle Elixir, The Contest, Wait, Pretty Women, Epiphany, A Little Priest, Johanna, God, That s Good!, By the Sea, Not While I'm Around.Songbooks
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