Customer Reviews

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: P/V/G (Piano Vocal Series)

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
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I bought this sheet music a few years back (because I could play the piano, and I LOVED the movie), but I found that it was WAY too advanced for my level. I still liked to pretend that I could play it and finger though the easiest songs (like sally's song). but more recently I pulled it out and decided I would try it again...I thought I improved a little, but it was still SO hard! Then one day I decided I was going to play the entire song of "This is Halloween." So I sat down and began to play...20 minute later I was so frustrated that I had to stop halfway through. Every note in the piece has a different sharp or flat than the one before it, I'm NOT joking. Even though this music is very hard to play (for me, anyway) I gave it 5 stars because I have heard it played by someone who COULD play it, and it was amazing! Even if you're not a master at the piano, I would still recomend it, if only because the music is so great, but it really is hard to play

There's lot of stuff in this tiny cheap book. It's obviously not aimed at orchestrators but more at the movie fans who expect some nice evenings, singing these excellent tunes.
I give this book a 5 because of the guitar chords which are systematically drawn each time they occur. It wasn't expected, especially as we're dealing with a piano vocal song book, so: 2 thumbs up=5 stars !

this book captured the music perfectly. the music is haunting, indeed enchanting, and the film gives us a different view of two well known holidays battling it out. this book is out of print! i highly recomend to put it back into print, its great!

This book is a challenge even for the most experienced pianist. His music is fun and intricate and complex. I recommend this book for anyone who is not only a fan of the movie but a fan of excellent music who is looking for music that takes their knowledge of music theory to the max.

I love all things tim burton, especially the soundtracks to his movies. danny elfman is possibly the most talented composer in hollywood and it baffles me that not all his music is sold as a piano vocal series, since it is so very suitable for just that. consequently I was thrilled to find this little book, and I was not disappointed. it is simple enough for a novice to play along based on the chords, and yet sophisticated enough for the more experienced pianist to get a lot out of the instrument. as has been noted elsewhere, the guitar chords are indeed systematically drawn every tim they occur, which to me is a fantastic idea. every tim burton/danny elfman fan who likes singing and playing the piano should own a copy of this!

the second I got my hands on it, I went directly to my piano and did not get up for the next four hours. that's how great it is to be your very own nightmare before christmas soundtrack!

I'm not musically gifted like the rest of my family; I only took 4 years of violin to get out of gym, but wouldn't know what to do with one if I picked it up today. But I do know that this music/lyric book has every song from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" movie. anyone that's watched it KNOWS that every song is hauntingly, melodiously beautiful, just like any other Tim Burton production. Even if you can't carry a tune or don't know the words, you have to try to sing along. But with this musicbook you can! -at least know the words -you know best if you can actually sing... I would highly recommend this product! Kudos to the Hal Leonard Corp for making it available! :)

This is a great book with all the wonderful songs of this marvellous musical. I recommended it to any fan of the film, because it will not dissapoint them. There are funny, tragic, exciting, romantic songs, and all of them are absolutly beautiful. I'm going to learn to play the piano just to play this songs.

Just when you think you heard all there is to hear from the Nightmare Before Christmas, you find out there's more! The musical sheet music book for piano will delight you and everyone else who is listening to your very own renditions of each musical track writen by Danny Elfman for the movie. The book is very easy to follow and is a must-have for all Nightmare Before Christmas fans.

I received this as a gift to give my daughter. She just began learning to play piano and LOVES Tim Burton. This book is very easy to read and was easy for her to follow. I would recomend this to any beginner piano as it keeps interest.

Oh my goodness!!! This was an amazing product for my musician boyfriend of 11 months. This is his favorite movie and mine as well. He loves the songs and they are challenging enough to interest an intermediate pianist, like him. Both he and I were pleased at the quality and condition of this work