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Watchmen Movie Sheet Music for the Soundtrack

Posted on Mar 09, 2009 by Monica in Movies

Watchmen released in theaters this past weekend grossing an impressive $55.7 million. The film is based on an acclaimed graphic novel by Alan Moore, who has a love-hate relationship with Hollywood. So far the film has received an average rating of 65 percent according to Watchmen reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, in part due to its “R” rating. Watchmen is a landmark film in part because it’s the first R-Rated superhero movie ever produced, but also because it’s a film based on a graphic novel that has received critical acclaim.

Part of the graphic novel’s success has been due to its multi-layered storyline which spans decades. The Interview with Alan Moore by The Boston Phoenix has some great commentary on the challenges between relaying a storyline in comic format, novel format and film. For example:

A novel is all up in the foreground. The reader is made painfully aware of every detail. Because the author has to call attention to it or the reader is not aware of it. In comics, we can slip in this subliminal layer in the background. We don’t have to mention it, but the reader will be slowly picking up the fact that the smily face is recurring in different incarnations throughout the book and the links between the Gordian Knot lock company, the Nodus Gordii Mountains on Mars – all these little links. — Alan Moore (Courtesy of The Boston Phoenix

Music plays an important part in this film as well, because the song selection here will relate to different time periods in history. The songs that we have digital sheet music or guitar tab for are linked in this list below.

1. Desolation Row (My Chemical Romance)
2. Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)
3. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Bob Dylan)
4. The Sound Of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
5. Me & Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin)
6. I’m Your Boogie Man (KC & The Sunshine Band)
7. You’re My Thrill (Billie Holiday)
8. Pruit Igoe & Prophecies (Philip Glass)
9. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
10. All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix)
11. Ride of the Valkyries (Budapest Symphony Orchestra)
12. Pirate Jenny (Nina Simone)

For more Watchmen sheet music, be sure to read our earlier post. We had identified that the song used in the Watchmen trailer was Take a Bow by Muse.

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