In Bruges Piano Theme

In Bruges is a 2008 film directed and written by Martin McDonagh. The film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as hitmen in hiding, with Ralph Fiennes as their gangster boss. The film takes place within the Belgian city of Bruges. Colin Farrell won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for the film, while Martin McDonagh won a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay.

Carter Burwell is a composer of film scores. He has had a long-working relationship with the Coen brothers, providing music for every film they have made (except for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, where he provided additional music to a score of traditional songs produced by T-Bone Burnett). He enjoys working with left-field directors, such as Spike Jonze. Among his best known film scores are Miller's Crossing (1990), And the Band Played On (1993), Conspiracy Theory (1997), Hamlet (2000), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), In Bruges (2008), Twilight (2008) Where The Wild Things Are (2009), The Blind Side (2009), and Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011).

First Attempt (Nov 2008)

Intro had wrong timing. 4/4 instead of the stated 3/4 time. Excuse: Taped an hour after printing out the music. Rushing to go somewhere. That explains the monkey suit.

Tutorials

This was my first ever piano tutorial (Mar 2009). It is the seed from which this project sprouted.

• Complete Song, first at tempo, then at half-tempo

• Measures 9 to end

For those who need it slower (Mar 2012)

• Slow, and Painfully Slow harder section

• Sheetmusic