Danny Elfman (arr: Phillip Sear) : Alices Theme (opening) from Alice in Wonderland OST

The US musician Danny Elfman (1953 ) is particularly known for his successful scores for the movies of Tim Burton (eg, The Corpse Bride ). This piece is my free piano transcription of the opening part of a track from Burton s starstudded Alice in Wonderland movie, opening 4, 5 March 2010. I created this by listening to the previously released soundtrack and roughly notating the main features as aide memoires. I use the words free in describing the transcription, as one or two harmonies are not totally clear on the OST owing to the orchestral balance. Likewise the sung melody may not be 100 correct. Also I have invented some fills to give some sort of piano approximation of the textures. No doubt, when and if a piano score of some of the tracks is issued, I may be able to improve on it. This is not intended as a tutorial video but I have used a closer camera angle than usual so that anyone wanting to play this may get an idea of where my h