Music from ""The Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition""" (Easy Piano) [Paperback]

John Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 14, 1997 | Series: Easy Piano

Music from the most popular films of all time. This book contains rare full-color photos from the revised editions of all three films. Titles: Cantina Band * Princess Leia's Theme * Star Wars (Main Theme) * The Throne Room * The Imperial March * Ewok Celebration * Luke and Leia * Victory Celebration.

Product Details

• Paperback: 36 pages
• Publisher: Warner Bros Pubns; Special edition (March 14, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576239381
• ISBN-13: 978-1576239384
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but BEWARE, June 21, 2009

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neoninfusion (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music from ""The Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition""" (Easy Piano) (Paperback)

I hadn't played the piano for about 20 years until I bought this book. I love it. I had a huge grin when I first played The Throne Room, especially The Force theme.

It certainly is easy piano; I could sight read fairly comfortably for the most part, with easy key signatures and rarely more than three fingers used in the bass (which is evenly spread between one, two and three notes at any one time) and mostly single notes in the treble. Being Star Wars, it is easy to recognise a wrong note - these tunes are so familiar.

However, you need to beware. Amazon has posted the same reviews for this book and the one with the same cover - the paperback version. Amazon has also included both song lists in the Editorial Reviews. These two seemingly identical books have a few differences in what songs they include:

1) Cantina Band (Star Wars) and Ewok Celebration (Return of the Jedi) are only in Easy Piano.

2) Ben's Death/Tie Fighter Attack (Star Wars), Han Solo and the Princess (the love theme from Empire), May the Force Be with You (all movies), Parade of the Ewoks (Return of the Jedi), Jedi Rocks (the replacement song for the Max Rebo Band in the Return of the Jedi Special Edition), and Yoda's Theme (Empire) are only in the Paperback version.

So you need to be careful that you buy the one you really want. They are both easy piano. You also need to be mindful that this edition is strictly for piano.

Overall, this product is fantastic. Even the learner can master the tunes within months. If you are adept at the piano, look for one of the more difficult versions.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I was looking for...... Star Wars Music for the Piano, May 5, 2007

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mommyofchristopher "mommyofchristopher" (United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Music from ""The Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition""" (Easy Piano) (Paperback)

The last reviewer, Bill Dunham, was incorrect. He said this book had 16 songs and 60 pages. I just received this book in the mail and it actually only has 8 songs, and 36 pages. It does contain some nice photos from the movie. I would recommend it for a beginner piano player who likes Star Wars music who's already had a year of lessons.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good beginer/intermediate book, August 17, 2009

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P. Noteboom (virginia beach) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music from ""The Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition""" (Easy Piano) (Paperback)

I bought this book for my boys 7 and 8 as a step up from a movie tunes book that was a little too easy. This book was the right dificulty level making them have to work a little harder for the finished product but not too hard for kids with only 1 year of piano lessons.