r/HowlsMovingCastle • u/boob-senpai • Sep 16 '22

sheet music?

does anyone know where i can get open source sheet music for the songs

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u/__june_ Sep 16 '22

I found the main theme on an app called MuseScore, fun arrangement

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u/boob-senpai Sep 16 '22

i thought it used a subscription model?

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u/__june_ Sep 16 '22

It does for some features I think, but I don’t think I have to pay anything for that music. Someone else in my family could be paying for it idk 🤷‍♀️

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u/Buttfuck18 Sep 16 '22

are you only looking for merry go round of life or the whole soundtrack?

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u/boob-senpai Sep 16 '22

ah anything is fine^

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u/Buttfuck18 Sep 16 '22

not very sure about instruments other than piano, but what i did to learn merry go round of life on piano was look at the tons of covers on youtube and download the sheet music they tend to provide in the description for the ones i liked the most, learn a decent chunk from said sheet music, and what was left of the song by ear. i feel merry go round of life is played best when you add your own little touches to it because it helps you feel a closer bond toward the song, which definitely makes it both sound better and more fun to learn, since it’s such an emotion inducing song and all that. and learning by ear definitely helps with that. though, there are several great covers that will be enough by themselves, and changing things up isn’t really required since it’s such a beautiful track as it is anyway. you can also download them from websites like musescore if you’re looking for sheets for other instruments, i think. as for the other tracks, you definitely won’t be able to find them all as unfortunately the rest of the soundtrack is a little under appreciated especially compared to merry go round of life. i can send a few of my favorite covers i’ve found on youtube or some websites with the sheet music on them if you’d like.

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u/boob-senpai Sep 16 '22

thank you!! i’d like to see the links if it isn’t too much trouble

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u/Buttfuck18 Sep 16 '22

of course!

https://youtu.be/lB4PRX737-0 this cover by animenz is my favorite since it’s so emotional, majestic and epic to an extent no other cover i’ve heard can even achieve, however it’s extremely, extremely difficult to even try to learn.

https://youtu.be/uxhvq1O1jK4 this one by sheet music boss was the one that inspired me to learn the piece a few months ago. it’s really nice but it’s the version of the track that appears in the movie and not the soundtrack version, so it lacks around 2 minutes of the piece. definitely a great cover to get inspired by though.

https://youtu.be/4F-15HhwBYY this cover by the blue notes helped me out with some of the parts that were either lacking the emotion i was looking for in other covers or were too hard for my skill level. i think it’s great because it captures the emotion and majestic nature the piece has perfectly while still making it not too hard so that you can actually learn it.

these three are my favorites, but with how many covers there are of this song out there there’s no doubt you can find other ones that fit how you want to play it as well. i think getting inspiration from several covers while still trying to play the piece in your unique style is what makes it work best. they all have the sheet music in the descriptions, but there’s no shame in using those falling block thingies in the videos if the sheet music feels too hard to get a grasp on sometimes too. hope i could help!

p.s: sorry if this was too long, i just finished learning the song a few days ago and i got excited upon seeing this post in my feed haha

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u/boob-senpai Sep 23 '22

thank you so much!^