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Accuracy of published scores

Discussion in 'The RedBanned Bar & Grill' started by Beau McMurray, Dec 6, 2019.

  1. #1 Beau McMurray, Dec 6, 2019
    I've finally pulled my finger out and started transcribing "Jedi Steps" from TFA. I'm through the first 16 bars now, and there are parts written in the Hal Leonard score that I believe are not on the recording. One example is the flutes playing along with the celeste starting from bar 1 are written but not heard.

    Are errors in the written score to be expected? Or should I treat it as gospel and accept that the parts are maybe played too quietly to hear?
     
  2. #2 Dillon DeRosa, Dec 6, 2019
    I'm glad to hear your transcribing. I haven't personally known the Hal Leonard scores to be wrong or have wrong notes per say; however, the score will be and act different than the film score because the Hal Leonard is for concert use and not for a film score. For a simple example, you might see only 2 flutes written in the Hal Leonard whereas John Williams wrote and used 3 flutes for the film score.

    In the end, trust your ears.

    Cheers!
     
  3. #3 Beau McMurray, Dec 6, 2019
    Makes sense, thanks for the reply. I will trust my ears.
     
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  4. #4 Alex O'Hagan, Dec 7, 2019
    Hey, it’s funny I just found the same kind of thing in the Hal Leonard Harry Potter score. I’ve been transcribing “hedwigs theme” a little bit at a time the last two days, and I noticed that the score has the violins come in at bar 17, which in the recording they don’t. In the “prologue” version of that track they do come in at 17, so maybe the concert version kind of mashed the two together? I was sitting there driving myself crazy trying to hear the damn violins that didn’t exist
     
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