Customer Reviews for Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
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Piano Magician!
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
November 14, 2011
Fun but Odd
This is a fun book!! The songs are fun but the music changes signature often which makes it a tad confusing. Good book over all though!
5 of 10 people found this review helpful.
beckykdg
Location: from OH
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
July 23, 2011
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
The book is great. The chording sounds just as it is in the movie. I liked that I was able to see a couple pages in the book before I bought it.
7 of 17 people found this review helpful.
Ramandus
Location: from Phoenix, AZ
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
March 18, 2009
Fun music, but beware accidentals
If you sing along with the book, it is a lot of fun, the lyrics are funny and clever. There are A LOT of accidentals but if you practice a lot it gets easier. I give the book only 3 stars because of the amount of repetition in some of the longer songs.
25 of 53 people found this review helpful.
kp
Location: from key west, fl
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 12, 2009
Teen loves it!
Once again, my 14 year old is excited about playing the piano! Thanks for having great sheet music!
27 of 50 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from leeds, england
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
November 27, 2008
well i liked it.
i got the book mainly for sallys song, as done by amy lee, but its not the same version! but it doesnt matter because it uis still a good song and i enjoyed playing it. the whole book is very good and easy to learn and sing.
25 of 48 people found this review helpful.
Ohiodmo (David)
Location: from Marietta, OH
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
July 14, 2008
She won't stop practicing...
I bought this for my 11 year old niece and she absolutley LOVES it. She even asked her teacher if she could play a piece at her upcoming recital and her teacher gave her the okay. My sister has thanked me because whenever my niece has finished dinner, lunch, chores, etc she's at the piano!
21 of 48 people found this review helpful.
Thomi
Location: from Galesburg IL
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
April 3, 2008
Great
I was very happy with the product that I received. It came in a timely matter.
20 of 40 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Plano, TX
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
December 31, 2007
Great Music!
Great Music. Very pleased.
10 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
October 29, 2007
Nightmare Before Christmas
I'm a big fan of this music, and am having a blast playing the songs!! This music is advanced (lots of key/time signature changes, etc.)
10 of 20 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Cleveland, OH
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
March 6, 2007
odd
music is ok but odd. I ordered it for a student who loved the tunes and wanted to play them. The key signatures change right and left; she found this quite confusing.
9 of 21 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from San Francisco, CA
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
December 27, 2006
Really good
Awsome songs!!!!! Most of them are pretty easy, The only trouble I had was with "This Is Halloween". If your having trouble with it like I did just keep practiong, Listen to it to get the feel and rythm of it!
10 of 21 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Gaithersburg, MD
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
November 12, 2006
amazing!! xD
I'm 13 and this movie came out when I was born. I remember how excited I was when I first saw it and I still feel that excitment every time i watch it! Now I can play teh songs to, it's truly amazing, that's all there is to it! xD
11 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Donna
Location: from Pawtucket, RI
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
October 17, 2006
MY 2ND REVIEW......MY UPDATE......
Two years ago this was my favorite book of music...It still is. It just gets better and better everytime I play it! I always walk away from my keyboard feeling happy with I'm sure a real goofy grin on my face!
14 of 23 people found this review helpful.
Alex
Location: from Louisville, CO
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
October 17, 2006
Most fun I've ever had at the piano!
I'm 16 years old and I've been playing the piano for 5 years and I've never come across music that is this dynamic, rythmically and melodically complex, or true to the movie. I can play this is halloween exactly like the movie!
14 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from --
September 16, 2006
Best music ever!
This is one if not the best Danny Elfman music ever written. It is fun to play no matter how old.if u dont Like Danny Elfman and u arent the best piano player but still want it to sound good.I would definitaly recomend this.
10 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Kevin Phoenix
Location: from Cleveland, OH
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
August 1, 2006
Elfman At His Best
Tim Burton's first full-scale musical was both exactly what we all expected and a complete surprise. Elfman's music encompasses such a range of characters and styles that we are forced to realize that he is a truly brilliant songwriter. The fact that he sang the main role for the recording only astounds one more. His music for Halloweentown is characteristic Elfman (modulation-heavy, minor intervals upon minor intervals laced with "Dies Irae"), his Christmastown is bright, resembling a demented Mozart, his music for Oogie is bluesy and sinister, Sally recieves a touching ballad, and Elfman shows off a flair for dark comedy in the unexpected "Kidnap the Sandy Claws." Note: the instrumental from "Making Christmas" is cut, as are almost all harmony lines. Still, this slim volume is certainly worth it.
10 of 20 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
April 9, 2006
very nice
This book is amazing. The pieces are just like the movie and they're quite easy to play.
14 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Leo Kirschner
Location: from Atlantic City
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
April 2, 2006
Notes and Keys You Never Knew About!!
Eb minor keys (that's 6 flats, folks) Cb7 chords, key changes and modulations every 4 bars, and "What's This" is entirely scored in 16th notes -- and it's all totally brilliant! Quite faithful to the soundtrack, Danny Elfman's Disney Gothic score is fun and surprisingly melodic. The constant changing of keys makes the otherwise simple rythmns a bit tough to navigate, but Elfman proves that he has a flair for Broadway theatrics. A must have on the shelf with O'Brien's Rocky Horror and Ashman/Menken's Little Shop of Horrors.
10 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Rbekah
Location: from katy,TX
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
February 28, 2006
Its got class!@#$1!!!!
This wonderful piece of sheet music has feeling, emotion and the over all anticipation it s full of wonderfull chords and the melody is great. Its not exact but its so well matched that you would'nt now the diffrence!!! all i say is if you liked the movie BUY IT!!!
12 of 21 people found this review helpful.
Abigail C.
Location: from California
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 4, 2006
IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE MOVIE!!!!!
I got this book for Christmas, and it is so AMAZING!! If you liked the movie and the music then you will really really LOVE it. Just get it you'll be SUPRISED!
9 of 19 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from san francisco, ca
Difficulty Level:
Not sure
October 30, 2005
WIcked!
This is Danny Elfman at his best!! its Wicked Awesome!!
9 of 20 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
October 12, 2005
OH MY GOSH
This is FANTASTIC. Get it if you liked the movie.
11 of 21 people found this review helpful.
Maddison
Location: from
June 6, 2005
THIS IS THE BEST!
I love this. It's beautiful music! Enough said!! JUST BUY IT! :-)
10 of 20 people found this review helpful.
Loraina
Location: from North Pole, AK
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
November 28, 2004
I am in LOVE
this music is an amazing peice that anyone and everyone can fall in love with. The emotion put into the writing of this music is astounding it has taken my breath away. "It makes wounds ooze and flesh crawl" I could live with so much more of this!
13 of 21 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from tampa, florida
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
September 6, 2004
love it, but.
i wish the music in the book better matched the music from the movie. i listen to the movie and then play a song and some of the notes are'nt the same. they should put out the original movie score or something.
11 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Donna
Location: from Pawtucket, RI
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
August 29, 2004
Tim Burton please give us more of this!
I have a lot of books to play from, but this is the only one I want to play right now! I think I'm stuck on it. My favorite, "Jack's Lament", that I love, makes me feel like I'm playing sooo well that I actually want someone to hear me play it.
11 of 20 people found this review helpful.
sam
Location: from canada
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
October 2, 2003
awsome
this is the best movie ever. and half of what makes it good is the incredible songs... they make u want to watch it over and over again. and they also want to make u sing along or get up and dance!
13 of 22 people found this review helpful.