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The Notebook

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I love the really really old songs they used for this movie. "I'll Be Seeing You" by Billie Holiday has always been one of my favourite.

It's a shame they left out the song Allie plays on the piano. Someone was asking about it here; this is how it appears on the credits:

"Prelude for Piano, Op. 28, No. 4"
Written by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Robert Thies

Hope you learn it well. ;)

FYI: The sheet music to The Notebook Main Title just became available this week at Musicnotes (www.musicnotes.com). Just go to their main page and do a search on Aaron Zigman. It looks like the song is in C Major and easy to play. It's for piano, but I'm sure it could be adapted to string instruments. I know this is a place to review the album's content, but since so many people were asking about the sheetmusic, I thought I would post this.

The movie was great enjoyed it. I noticed many people looking for or wanting more information on the Nina Gordon song "Tonight and the rest of my life". If this song sounds familiar it could be because you heard it in another movie (ie. Captian Corelli's Mandolin, Chocolat) or you have heard some of her other work with "Veruca Salt".

The cd "Tonight and the rest of my life" is a title on warner brothers released in 2000.

Also, worth noting, as I too was dissapointed that the song failed to appear on the soundtrack cd. The song is included in a exclusive dvd/cd product from walmart.

You can also find other recordings and general information at her website www.ninagordon.com

Regards,

d:

This is a lovely soundtrack for a beautiful film.
The piano piece (unfortunately not included) that Allie plays by heart is Prelude for Piano, Op. 28, No. 4 by Chopin.
Its quite simple to play as far as the notes go but harder to play well. You can get the music free online if you go to [...]
Here's a direct link for anyone interested:
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Enjoy!

Why would they omit the Chopin piece that she plays several times in the movie? Otherwise, it is a beautiful and diverse soundtrack.

the piece that she plays is Chopin's prelude for piano op.28 no.4

hope this helps!

hey well that song isn't on this cd...the "this is what i feel tonight song" in the commercial is called "tonight and the rest of my life" by nina gordan. just thought you might like to know.

The song that Allie played on the piano is Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 by Chopin. You can get the piano music for free at the following web-site. http://www.mfiles.co.uk/Scores/prelude04.pdf

The name of the song that Allie plays is Predule No. 4 in E minor by Chopin...it really easy and you can get a free sample of it at musicnotes.com!

I loved "The Notebook" and one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much is because of how much it reminded me of "Bridges of Madison County". Besides some elements of the story and the great acting, there is a powerful element in the movie that reminded me of the great film with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep: the music. The seven songs magically scored by Aaron Zigman for this movie are just perfect in themselves and perfect for the movie, the type of piano and string tracks that evoke melancholy without having to watch a sad movie. I must say I silently cry to some of these songs. I can skip the most of the big band and jazz themes, but Zigman's tracks I sit through and enjoy.