Series: Pop Instrumental Solo Series
Paperback: 104 pages
Publisher: Alfred Music; Pap/Com edition (January 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0739058274
ISBN-13: 978-0739058275
Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.8 x 11.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #97,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #94 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Sheet Music & Scores > Instrumentation > Violin #109 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Instruments > Strings > Violins #448 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Instruments > Piano
As a thirty-eight year old, the Star Wars franchise has been an essential part of my life both as a child and as an adult so I was very excited to see that a product like this even existed.About a week before I purchased this, I had purchased the Lord of the Rings product that was just like this (included the full music, violin music only, and the CD that had tracks with and without the violin part). That product was outstanding and I really enjoyed it so I anticipated receiving this very much.Unfortunately, it is not nearly as good.First and foremost, the quality of the audio on the CD is horrible. This was a brand-new item but the CD was making a skipping/ticking noise (this was even true when I tried to rip it to my computer so I could simply use my mp3 player to plug into my receiver to play). But what was even worse than that is most of the background orchestra is not a real orchestra for the most part. There are some very bad keyboard/electronic sounds being used for brass and woodwind parts that are extremely outdated. This was really a let down for me as the Lord of the Rings background music was the actual orchestra and sounds amazing. Honestly, some of the sounds they used are laughable and sound like MIDI sounds off of an old computer.Finally, as you can see, there tends to be quite a few more songs from the newer films (parts 1-3) and not very much from the classics. This was disappointing as I feel they really left out some decent themes from the classic films and the ones they did include were not such a great sampling (seriously, the cantina song on a violin? meh).I'm keeping this at two stars only because the music seems accurate and is enjoyable to play on its own.
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