Re: Piano score books of interest

Mark & Mary Ann Weiss wrote:
> 
> "kaijyuu miyuki-chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > There seems to be an endless supply of people asking about piano
> > scores and guitar chords for anime and related music, so I thought I
> > would post the following information.
> >
> 
> I would love to see some Joe Hisaishi scores released in print. Are any such
> scores available? Both Piano solos and full orchestral scores?
> 

Spirited Away is at least (I don't think it's quite full -- I haven't
compared it with the CD, but there's less selections). I'm pretty sure
there's a Mononoke piano book too.

As for orchestral? If they are available, they'd likely be VERY
expensive. Orchestral scores of music still in compyright run from $40
for a SHORT piece and up, and that's US-available stuff. Long stuff can
get VERY expensive, and that's even if they're published for consumer
consumption at all. Often if an orchestra wants to perform the scores,
especially for music written for media, everything needs to be rented
(parts often need to be rented where scores can be bought).

-Joshua
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