The Craft of Songwriting

SKU: HL.194637

ISBN 9781495073731. UPC: 888680641528. 7.0x10.0x1.071 inches. Andy Hill Music Pro Guides.

Today, musical composition for films is more popular than ever. In professional and academic spheres, media music study and practice are growing; undergraduate and postgraduate programs in media scoring are offered by dozens of major colleges and universities. And increasingly, pop and contemporary classical composers are expanding their reach into cinema and other forms of screen entertainment. Yet a search on Amazon reveals at least 50 titles under the category of film music, and, remarkably, only a meager few actually allow readers to see the music itself, while none of them examine landmark scores like Vertigo, To Kill a Mockingbird, Patton, The Untouchables, or The Matrix in the detail provided by Scoring the Screen: The Secret Language of Film Music. This is the first book since Roy M. Prendergast's 1977 benchmark, Film Music: A Neglected Art, to treat music for motion pictures as a compositional style worthy of serious study. Through extensive and unprecedented analyses of the original concert scores, it is the first to offer both aspiring composers and music educators with a view from the inside of the actual process of scoring-to-picture. The core thesis of Scoring the Screen is that music for motion pictures is indeed a language, developed by the masters of the craft out of a dramatic and commercial necessity to communicate ideas and emotions instantaneously to an audience. Like all languages, it exists primarily to convey meaning. To quote renowned orchestrator Conrad Pope (who has worked with John Williams, Howard Shore, and Alexandre Desplat, among others): “If you have any interest in what music 'means' in film, get this book. Andy Hill is among the handful of penetrating minds and ears engaged in film music today.”.

SKU: HL.120772

ISBN 9781480350519. UPC: 884088917463. 9.0x12.0x0.687 inches.

55 song highlights from the history of ASCAP, celebrating their representation of some of the best songwriters of all time. Songs include: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life * Ain't No Mountain High Enough * As Time Goes By * At Last * Before He Cheats * Bleeding Love * Blue Skies * Defying Gravity * Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) * I Will Survive * Just the Way You Are * Livin' on a Prayer * Moon River * My Funny Valentine * Over the Rainbow * Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head * Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) * Someone to Watch over Me * Tenderly * The Way We Were * We've Only Just Begun * You Are the Sunshine of My Life * and more. Includes an introduction by ASCAP, a foreword by Paul Williams, song notes by decade, plus photos!

SKU: HL.381130

SKU: BP.BP128

UPC: 748769001288. 6.875 x 10.5 inches.

This original song by Canadian songwriters Mark Murphy and Maureen Ennis, originally written for vocal trio and heard in various memorial occasions, has now been arranged by Dan Forrest, Jamie Hillman, and the composer for SATB choir as part of the Beckenhorst Concert Series. Highly effective for both high school choirs and community choirs, the gentle songwriter feel of the original is supported by a simple piano accompaniment and well-crafted choral lines. The result is a deeply-felt expression of grief and comfort: I'll sing for you because I need to, right now this is all I know; I'll sing so we will not forget you, I will sing you home - I will sing you home. (Accompaniment Track includes one bar of piano introduction to set tempo and pitch, and piano plays during a cappella sections and long note values to keep tempo clear.).

SKU: WD.080689564178

UPC: 080689564178.

New this Easter season, the Very Simply Word series from Word Music & Church Resources presents a joyful, spirit-filled musical..RISEN KING! Bringing together top hymns and songs from today’s leading artists and songwriters, and arranging them in an easy-learn, easy-sing fashion, RISEN KING is sure to bring resounding worship and praise to your church this Easter as you celebrate the glorious resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

RISEN KING will be popular among your congregation with its showcase of beautiful hymn arrangements like Crown Him (Majesty), contemporary anthems such as Forever (We Sing Hallelujah) by Kari Jobe and Christ Is Enough from Hillsong, and worship favorites penned by Keith and Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend.

Through its compelling narration and delicately-crafted arrangements, RISEN KING successfully recounts the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, reminding us that through His resurrection and conquering of the grave, sin was defeated, the battle won! Through Christ’s victory on the cross we are born again to a living hope, an everlasting promise of eternal life with our Father in Heaven…free from sin and brokenness and full of love and unending grace. What Good News! This Easter holiday, may you rest and rejoice once again in the truth that we are people of the “Risen King”!

SKU: AP.49458S

ISBN 9781470660703. UPC: 038081577494. English.

From the top of the country charts, Cole Swindell's hit single She Had Me at Heads Carolina pays tribute to singer and songwriter Jo Dee Messina and her debut single from 1996, Heads Carolina, Tails California. With melodies that get passed throughout the ensemble, arranger Michael Kamuf has crafted the perfect vehicle that will engage both your students and audience. This one is FUN! (2:10).

SKU: WD.080689562174

UPC: 080689562174.

“It’s Easter and Jesus has risen! All that the cross was supposed to accomplish has been completed, and we can rejoice as children of the resurrection; as believers who have been given purpose and power in knowing the living, risen Christ!”

Joel Lindsey’s new song, “Let All the World Sing”, opens the curtain on this triumphant new musical for Easter, THE TOMB IS EMPTY NOW. Crafted by the unparalleled creative team of multiple Dove-Award winning songwriter Joel Lindsey and celebrated arranger Cliff Duren, THE TOMB IS EMPTY NOW portrays the Passion of the Christ through a stunning array of celebratory and thought-provoking songs, songs of deeply-felt pain and sorrow, and songs of great rejoicing.

The love Jesus displayed on the cross and the death He died there isn’t the end of the story! Somewhere in the night the LAMB of the cross became the LORD of an EMPTY TOMB! And now, centuries later, we live because He lives! Every prodigal child has a home, every disease-ridden saint has the hope of healing, every lonely outcast can find redemption… because Jesus died and was laid in a tomb, and that tomb… is EMPTY NOW!