Category: Film Score
Music written for movies.
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Bach Wrote a Cavatina
The composer relayed this origin story: Stanley Myers’ Cavatina for the movie “Deer Hunter” is heavenly, and the guitar arrangement for John Williams is exquisite. I recomposed it for self-accompanied cello, while transposing it from its original E major to G major, to better use my cello’s natural sound. I have by now given up hopes that people would recognize original tunes in these recompositions. I think I’ll let these recompositions stand on their own feet going forward. The original tune and/or chord progression can be thought of as Easter eggs instead. [YT: qVRVvTfNWRw]
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Gabriel’s Self-accompanied Cello
The composer relayed this origin for the piece you find here: I love Ilse de Ziah’s rearrangement of Gabriel’s Oboe for self-accompanied cello. But it is beyond my playing ability. So I lowered the music by a fifth to G major, and wrote a Bach-style, self-accompanied version that I am able to play myself. The second half of the piece shifts to C major, to explore alternative ways to leverage G and C strings. I don’t know if the result is still “an arrangement”. Perhaps “recomposed” is a better name for what turned out. [YT: 0xseSGljqZE]
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Gabriel’s Oboe per Ilse de Ziah
Ilse de Ziah is an Irish-Australian cellist who composes and rearranges cello music. She published several collections of music for unaccompanied solo cello. The rearranged Gabriel’s Oboe is a good example of her work for unaccompanied solo cello. Sheet music for Gabriel’s Oboe can be purchased online as part of the Wedding Music for Solo Cello, a great collection of unaccompanied solo music that allows a single cellist to project powerful music throughout an entire wedding. [YT: Lcd6PfNzNNA]