Piano/Vocal Selections for Beautiful, Big Fish, First Date, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, A Night with Janis Joplin and Rocky Available at NAMM
MILWAUKEE - Hal Leonard is your ticket to playing Broadway's biggest hits. Piano/vocal selections for six superb TonyŽ contenders will be available at Summer NAMM.
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical (HL00123827) pays tribute to one the 20th century's most gifted singer/songwriters through 25 hits she penned for herself and others. Includes: Beautiful, I Feel the Earth Move, It's Too Late, The Loco-Motion, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, One Fine Day, So Far Away, Some Kind of Wonderful, Up on the Roof, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, You've Got a Friend, You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and more.
Based on Tim Burton's fantasy film, Big Fish (HL00125618) tells the poignant father/son story of traveling salesman Edward Bloom and all of his tall tales. The Hal Leonard vocal selections folio features 13 songs from the stage production: Be the Hero, Daffodils, Fight the Dragons, How It Ends, I Don't Need a Roof, Out There on the Road, A Story of My Own, Stranger, This River Between Us, Time Stops, Two Men in My Life, What's Next, and The Witch.
First Date (HL00123635) deals with blind date newbie Aaron getting set up with serial-dater Casey, which turns a casual drink into a hilarious high-stakes dinner. As the date unfolds, the couple's inner critics take on a life of their own when other restaurant patrons transform into supportive best friends, manipulative exes and protective parents, who sing and dance them through ice-breakers, appetizers and conversational land mines. The vocal selections collection features 10 songs: First Impressions, I'd Order Love, The One, Safer, Something That Will Last, The Things I Never Said and more.
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (HL00125464) is the most Tony Award-nominated new musical of the season. Based on Roy Horniman's novel, the musical finds a British commoner discovering that he's ninth in line to inherit an earldom, thus electing to murder the members of the family that stands in his way. Tunes include: Better with a Man, Foolish to Think, I Don't Understand the Poor, Inside Out, Poison in My Pocket, Poor Monty, Stop! Wait! What?!, That Horrible Woman and more.
Janis Joplin burst onto the scene in 1967, and with her distinct and emotional voice, she became the queen of rock and roll. One Night with Janis (HL00124376) celebrates her and her influences, including Etta James, Nina Simone and Aretha Franklin. Songs: Ball and Chain, Cry Baby, Maybe, Me and Bobby McGee, Mercedes Benz, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Piece of My Heart, Spirit in the Dark, Stay with Me, Summertime, Tell Mama, Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) and more.
Loosely based on the 1976 movie classic, the musical Rocky (HL00126814) premiered in Germany and began its Broadway run this year. The folio features 11 songs, presented with vocal lines and piano accompaniment. Titles include: Adrian, Fight from the Heart, Happiness, I'm Done, In the Ring, Raining and more.