“Hymns Plus” by Mike Ericksen

Alfred Music has released a variety of officially licensed sheet music from the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. These piano songbooks include eight arrangements that expand on the musical palette of Middle-earth, blending familiar motifs from The Lord of the Rings trilogy with an array of memorable new themes. Several songs available in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey are also available as piano sheet music solos.

Music folios with an accompaniment and full performance CD feature 11 selections from this film, available for the clarinet, flute, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, guitar, violin, viola, and cello.

Meanwhile, ”Song of the Lonely Mountain (from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)” has been arranged for SATB and SAB choirs. Also, performance pieces arranged for Concert Band, String Orchestra, and Full Orchestra include “A Very Respectable Hobbit (from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey),” Selections from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and Suite from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. They range from grades 2-3.

Retail price: $14.99-$19.99 (songbooks), $2.00 – $3.99 (piano solos and choral octavos), $50.00-$85.00 (band and string pieces).

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