Alfred Publishing Releases New Piano Solo/Vocal Songbook: The Howard Shore Collection

Los Angeles, CA

Alfred Music Publishing, the leader in educational music publishing since 1922 and the exclusive print publisher of thousands of popular artists, is excited to announce the release of The Howard Shore Collection, a brand-new songbook arranged for solo piano and piano with vocals.

Shore is a three-time winner of the Academy Award, and has also won two Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards. This collection is a compendium of his most well-known titles. Shore’s incredible composing career spans a wide range of material in film and television. The Howard Shore Collection contains twenty-one songs, including selections from The Silence of the Lambs, The Departed, and The Lord of The Rings Trilogy. This folio, geared for piano performance, is arranged for solo piano and piano with vocals in standard music notation. Also included are behind-the-scenes black-and-white photos and hand-written pencil sketches of some of Shore’s most memorable scores.

The Howard Shore Collection is now available for $19.99. Pick up your copy today at a local music retail store, or buy it online at alfred.com.

Titles: America’s Aviation Hero * Believe * Billy's Theme * The Departed Tango * Doubt * Easter Promises * Ed Wood * The Fly * Gollum's Song * Goodbye * In Dreams * Into the West * The Last Mimzy * M.Butterfly * Mrs. Doubtfire * Meet the Boys * Nobody’s Fool * Precedent * Prelude to a Kiss * Saturday Night Live * Silence of the Lambs.

ABOUT ALFRED MUSIC PUBLISHING

Alfred Music Publishing is the world’s largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational, reference, pop & performance materials for teachers, students, professionals & hobbyists spanning every musical instrument, style & difficulty level. Alfred’s home office is located in Los Angeles with domestic offices in Miami & New York as well as offices around the world including Australia, Germany, Singapore & the United Kingdom.

Since 1922, Alfred Music Publishing has been dedicated to helping people learn, teach & play music. Alfred currently has over 90,000 active titles. Alfred represents a wide range of well-known publications—from methods like, Alfred’s Basic Guitar, Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, Premier Piano Course, Sound Innovations & Suzuki, to artists like Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, Green Day, Michael Jackson, Sheryl Crow, Eagles, Cole Porter & George and Ira Gershwin, to brands like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of The Rings, Rolling Stone Magazine & Billboard.

In addition to its own titles, Alfred distributes products from over 50 companies, including Belwin, Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, Dover Publications, DW Drums, Faber Music, Highland/Etling, Kalmus, National Guitar Workshop, Penguin, TASCAM, Ultimate Support & WEA.