Sometimes pianists would love to play the 'pops' they enjoy, but finding quality arrangements that work for the instrument can be a real challenge. In this Essential Series, pianist Richard Harris takes classic film songs from across the decades and makes well-crafted and satisfying arrangements for intermediate pianists to enjoy. This is the full eBook edition in fixed-layout format. Contents: - Lord Of The Rings (Main Theme: The Ring Goes South) - Star Wars (Imperial March Theme) - Gladiator (Main Theme: The Battle) - Harry Potter (Hedwig's Theme) - Chariots of Fire (Main Theme) - The Lion King (Song: Circle Of Life) - The Great Escape (Main Theme) - The English Patient (Main Theme) - The Deer Hunter (Theme: Cavatina) - Blade Runner (Main Theme) - Dances With Wolves (Main Theme) - James Bond (Main Theme) - James Bond: Goldfinger theme - The Exorcist (Theme: Tubular Bells) - The Mission (Theme: Gabriel's Oboe) - Lawrence Of Arabia (Main Theme) - Midnight Cowboy (Main Theme) - Superman (Main Theme) - Ghostbusters (Song: Ghostbusters) - Batman (Main Theme) - The Flintstones (Main Theme) - The Wizard Of Oz (Over The Rainbow) - Rocky (Main Theme) - The Magnificent Seven (Main Theme) - American Beauty (Theme: Any Other Name) - Pirates Of The Caribbean ('He's A Pirate') - Cinema Paradiso (Main Theme) - Jean de Florette (Verdi - La Forza Del Destino)

Featuring rare, outstanding additional content, Clint Eastwood: Icon is the definitive collection of film art and material representing Clint Eastwood’s legendary career as seen through the original iconic artwork. Clint Eastwood is a nameless vigilante, a vengeful detective, a bare-knuckle boxer, a Secret Service agent, and countless other definitive screen archetypes now embedded in our shared pop-culture consciousness. However you define him, Clint Eastwood has a powerful and extremely recognizable image that exists as something beyond the narratives of his films. Featuring a wealth of additional content, this new edition of Clint Eastwood: Icon presents an unprecedented collection of film art and rare material surrounding the legendary actor. This comprehensive trove gathers together poster art, lobby cards, standees, Italian Spaghetti Western Premier posters, studio ads, and esoteric film memorabilia from around the world. From his early roles as the nameless gunslinger in Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns, to the vigilante films of the 1970s and 1980s, through his directorial roles and latest releases, Clint Eastwood: Icon captures the powerful presence that turned Eastwood into the definitive American hero.

World vintage movie poster expert Tony Nourmand shares his personal selection of the 100 essential movie posters of all time. Features stunning images from designers such as Saul Bass, Paul Rand and Bill Gold and classic movie titles like Man With the Golden Arm, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Goldfinger and Metropolis, which holds the world record for the most expensive poster ever sold at $690,000, in a sale brokered by Tony in 2005. Beautiful and diverse imagery from around the world with accompanying photographs and text.

A cogent and provocative argument about the art of film, Essential Cinema is a fiercely independent reference book of must-see movies for film lovers everywhere.

A collection of reviews for the 1,000 most important, popular, and influential movies of all time. While critiques of beloved Hollywood milestones from Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles are all included, this book is notably a resource for the modern cinema buff and student. Nowhere else can one find this curated collection of reviews with such special features as lists of best films by category and year, as well as unique recommendations and sidebars for the modern viewer--including what to watch and how: from DVD and Blu-Ray to streaming platforms. In an era when most students and fans of film simply rely on the Internet for information, this category killer will prove its worth as a relevant and indispensable gift and reference.

(Piano Solo Songbook). 80 movie themes that work perfectly as piano solos, including: American Beauty * Bella's Lullaby * Breakfast at Tiffany's * Cinema Paradiso * The English Patient * Far and Away (Main Theme) * Forrest Gump - Main Title (Feather Theme) * Gabriel's Oboe * The Godfather (Love Theme) * Hedwig's Theme * Hymn to the Fallen * Il Postino (The Postman) * Jacob's Theme * Theme from "Jurassic Park" * Last of the Mohicans (Main Theme) * Theme from "Lawrence of Arabia" * The Man from Snowy River (Main Title Theme) * The Naked Gun from the Files of Police Squad! * On Golden Pond * A Prayer for Peace * The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye) * Raiders March * Ratatouille Main Theme * Theme from "Schindler's List" * Somewhere in Time * Star Wars (Main Theme) * Theme from "Terms of Endearment" * and more.

For nearly two centuries, Americans have embraced the Western like no other artistic genre. Creators and consumers alike have utilized this story form in literature, painting, film, radio and television to explore questions of national identity and purpose. Westerns: The Essential Collection comprises the Journal of Popular Film and Television’s rich and longstanding legacy of scholarship on Westerns with a new special issue devoted exclusively to the genre. This collection examines and analyzes the evolution and significance of the screen Western from its earliest beginnings to its current global reach and relevance in the 21st century. Westerns: The Essential Collection addresses the rise, fall and durability of the genre, and examines its preoccupation with multicultural matters in its organizational structure. Containing eighteen essays published between 1972 and 2011, this seminal work is divided into six sections covering Silent Westerns, Classic Westerns, Race and Westerns, Gender and Westerns, Revisionist Westerns and Westerns in Global Context. A wide range of international contributors offer original critical perspectives on the intricate relationship between American culture and Western films and television series. Westerns: The Essential Collection places the genre squarely within the broader aesthetic, socio-historical, cultural and political dimensions of life in the United States as well as internationally, where the Western has been reinvigorated and reinvented many times. This groundbreaking anthology illustrates how Western films and television series have been used to define the present and discover the future by looking backwards at America’s imagined past.

Showcasing 52 Essential films from the silent era through the 1980s, Turner Classic Movies invites you into a world filled with stirring performances, dazzling musical numbers, and bold directorial visions that mark the greatest moments in film history. Since its inception on Turner Classic Movies in 2001, The Essentials has become the ultimate series for movie lovers to expand their knowledge of must-see cinema and discover or revisit landmark films that have had a lasting impact on audiences everywhere. Based on the TCM series, The Essentials book showcases fifty-two must-see movies from the silent era through the early 1980s. Readers can enjoy one film per week, for a year of stellar viewing, or indulge in their own classic movie festival. Some long-championed classics appear within these pages; other selections may surprise you. Each film is profiled with insightful notes on why it's an Essential, a guide to must-see moments, and running commentary from TCM's Robert Osborne and Essentials guest hosts past and present, including Sally Field, Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin, Rose McGowan, Carrie Fisher, Molly Haskell, Peter Bogdanovich, Sydney Pollack, and Rob Reiner. Featuring full-color and black-and-white photography of the greatest stars in movie history, The Essentials is your curated guide to fifty-two films that define the meaning of the word "classic."

A collection of international movie posters includes those from the films "Cool Hand Luke," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "Belle de Jour," "The Graduate," and "Repulsion"