(from “The Greatest Showman”)
Words and music by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul; Arranged by Elena Fortin
This beautiful piece was sung as a duet by Zac Efron and Zendaya in the movie musical “The Greatest Showman“. As if the duet wasn’t challenging enough, they filmed it while performing a breathtaking aerial act. This is one of my favourite parts of the movie (aside from the fact that finding out Wolverine can sing?!).
About the arrangement
This arrangement is written for the advanced pianist–the left hand has an accompaniment that alternates between arpeggios going all over the piano keyboard, and deep bass notes and full chords. Take the time to figure out a fingering that works for you! I made suggested fingerings in the score, but fingering is always personal–what works for me may not work for you.
Aim to bring out the melody while you play. I usually hum the words in my head when I’m playing! The rhythms in this song are challenging–there are a lot of offbeat rhythms that have to keep moving forward–keep your left hand steady and use it as your metronome!
One of my students was working on the piece and it is a really long one! (My performance is 4 minutes and 12 seconds). In order to make it a little bit shorter, we did a version where you jump from halfway through bar 56 directly to bar 83 to make the performance fit in a smaller time frame.
Video Performance
Purchase Information
Clicking on the link below will bring you to a new site: Sheet Music Plus. This arrangement is under copyright with the ArrangeMe program by Hal Leonard.
Sheet Music Plus – Rewrite the Stars
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