16 Beautiful Movie Songs and Melodies. The internationally acclaimed violinist David Garrett combines his virtuoso playing with modern sounds and with sales of his recordings in the millions at home in Germany and abroad, he is one of the greatest in his field. With ?Alive My Soundtrack? this exceptional violinist draws on his successes and takes us along on a journey through his musical life, combining a wealth of different styles of music in the most wonderful way, without forgetting his classical roots. It is this very diverse approach that makes ?Alive My Soundtrack? so personal and lively.As in the previous BEST OF VIOLIN collection, the accompanying sheet music edition contains 16 transcriptions for violinsolo with piano accompaniment, which are musically inspiring and technically demanding. In collaboration with Franck van der Heijden and John Haywood, David has succeeded in creating a remarkably eclectic mixture of classical, rock and pop music.

Instrumental Solos-Since its opening in 1957 the musical West Side Story has been a hit on Broadway. Made into a successful film starring Rita Moreno Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer in 1961 this tale of star-crossed lovers caught between feuding New York gangs has been gripping audiences for decades. The arrangements in the West Side Story: Instrumental Solos series remain faithful to Bernstein's original score. In this edition the pieces have been idiomatically adapted for the solo Violin. This book features 10 of the best-known songs from the musical including Maria Tonight America I Feel Pretty and more. West Side Story:Instrumental Solos - Violin comes with an enhanced CD featuring Piano accompaniments for all tracks. Playable on both CD player and computer tempo adjustment software is also included for CD-Rom computer use only.