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By Billie Eilish. By Billie Eilish, Billie Eilish O'Connell, Finneas O'Connell, and Khalid Robinson. Arranged by HELEN MARPLE-HORVAT. Pop. Score and parts. 16 pages. Helen Marple-Horvat #6134013. Published by Helen Marple-Horvat (A0.749234).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryHXkFFsp6c
‘Lovely’ by Billie Eilish and Khalid was released in April 2018. Written and produced by Finneas O’Connel, brother of Billie Eilish, it was used as the soundtrack to Season Two of ‘13 Reasons Why’ - a drama on Netflix. The song went Platinum in New Zealand and USA, and reached the top five in the New Zealand and Australian Charts.
I think that it lends itself beautifully to a String Quartet Arrangement and very much enjoyed working on it. At the moment I have only a computer version of the Score but will be recording it with Capriccio Quartet once lockdown restrictions are at an end.
Feel free to change the bowing, especially in the eight-quaver accompaniment bars. These do need to be heard, but very much as a background texture. I envisaged the song as played with a great deal of delicacy and subtlety, though this is hard to achieve with Sibelius software. In this arrangement the cello has less to do than usual, but there are some sudden shifts of position and that deep presence is vital to the overall effectiveness of the song. The double stopping usually includes one open string.
I experimented for a long time with different octaves for the violin to play at Letters C and E. You may like to change the score at this point if it feels easier, or just prefer one or the other. I opted for the high octave at times because the unison with the viola two octaves below seemed to have a lot of emotional power. However one octave apart also sounds good so younger players could easily tackle this song.
My Youtube Channel has many of my arrangements for String Quartet, most recorded by Capriccio Quartet, and all but two available as Sheet Music Plus products. Please visit me there :- Helen Marple-Horvat, Songwriter, Arranger, Composer.
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