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so this thing is apparently INCREDIBLY difficult to find, it is (to my current knowledge) out of print. There is a single of "Somewhere In My Memory" for sale for piano/voice I believe, but I already have the chorus (SATB + piano) score for this (and I can do a pretty good job of filling in neccessary voicing from the choral writing into the piano, though the piano part is pretty complete in this arrangement).

I had seen a single lone used copy for sale on ebay weeks ago but I didn't win it :'( >:(

Does anyone know of a copy for sale anywhere (even a digi download purchase option)? Do you know of a library in the US that has it so I can request an interlibrary loan?

I usually shy from asking but being as the retailers are determined not to sell this (sheetmusicplus even has  a site entry for a digital donwload of one of the pieces and even this has a 'not currently avail . for sale' ).

does someone have a scan of this book (I hope someone was proactive and wise enough to try and preserve this work before it slipped into oblivion /obscurity).  If you won't post for copyright (which when it is not for sale by anyone i start to see this as a little bit of  'grey' area...), can you PM me with a link or source?

Tanks, i really ove thesse pieces from this set and can't believe it has become such a 'rarity'

source:
https://www.johnwilliams.org/reference/sheetmusic2.html

Home Alone
Warner Bros. VF1695
1990, 16 pp., $10.95

"Somewhere in My Memory"
Holiday Flight
The House
"Star of Bethlehem"
Glorious Thieves


I have one possible lead i am sniffing out but i have had several of these 'possibilities' end in disappointment so I sincerely appreciate any help. :)

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Re: John Williams - Home Alone Score -HELP (PLEEEEEASE) RARE SCORE
Reply #2 on: December 04, 2012, 11:35:04 PM
Apparently for sale here:

https://www.sacredpianomusiconly.com/title/HOME-ALONE/VF1695
thank you! I now have two 'leads' to sniff out. i need to email them to make sure their system is up to date, i have had these things come up only find out when actually trying to order that they actually don't have it in stock....

sincerest thanks!

EDIT-scratch that, still one lead, this is part of 'stantons' as i had them on my list to contact regarding their site, the contact us link just has you email the folks at stantons so still  only one lead but sincerest thanks nonetheless...need to email these people tomorrow ASAP

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Re: John Williams - Home Alone Score -HELP (PLEEEEEASE) RARE SCORE
Reply #3 on: December 04, 2012, 11:36:21 PM
Check post edit for third lead.
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Re: John Williams - Home Alone Score -HELP (PLEEEEEASE) RARE SCORE
Reply #4 on: December 04, 2012, 11:45:08 PM
Check post edit for third lead.
lol my original 'lead' was for stantons so really still only one but  a good one. i have emailed their customer service people about this (as I had other possibilties show up before in catalogue only to find out after order that it wasn't available then they have already charged you and it is a pain the 'piano' to get them to refund quickly...)

the search continues....i need to check world cat again, i hope i didn't search incorrectly surely some library somewhere has this in the general collection...

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Re: John Williams - Home Alone Score -HELP (PLEEEEEASE) RARE SCORE
Reply #5 on: December 05, 2012, 03:01:58 AM
update-i was able to locate a surviving library copy so im covered for now, if a hard copy does turn up on the cheap later will try to buy but at least i will have a back up score file for now (hopefully the dum dums at warner bros and fox will decidie to put out an anthology or something as the home alone 2 music is nice too....)
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