Unchained Melody
Piano Sheet Music
This is one of those pieces of music that I arranged for my own pleasure. I love this song. Sadly, it is under copyright still, so I can't give the piano music away for free as I would like to do!
What you will find on this page:
- Links to buy the piano sheet music PDF, with Unchained Melody lyrics and chords included
- Two arrangements: the key of C, and the key of G
- A video/audio of the piano piece in the key of C
- A video of the Righteous Brothers singing this song
- A video of Unchained Melody being sung by the actor in the movie for which the song is named, "Unchained."
The images in the video are just two; the beginning (and the return to the beginning), and the section where the music says, "Lonely rivers flow to the sea... to the sea...," right around 1:20.
If, after listening to the video and examining the sheet music images, you would like to acquire the sheet music for Unchained Melody, keep reading down the page!
The first page of the song
Buy Unchained Melody piano sheet music in the key of C, $5.99, at SheetMusicDirect
Or buy Unchained Melody lyrics and chords in the key of G, $5.99
This is an intermediate-level arrangement that captures the beauty and power of this song, in a version suited to piano. What do I mean? No triplets!
Every other version I have ever heard employs an underlying triplet feeling, like "O Holy Night." I like triplets just fine in this song - they are wonderful with guitar and percussion backup - but they feel very tedious on the piano, and slow down the forward motion of the piece. My opinion!
The chord pattern changes:
Unchained Melody sung by The Righteous Brothers:
Here are the Righteous Brothers, live on the Andy Williams Show, in what is, in my opinion, the best version of Unchained Melody. (If you back up the video a bit, you will hear them explain to Andy how they came by the name "Righteous Brothers.")
Buy Unchained Melody piano sheet music in the key of C, $5.99, at SheetMusicDirect
Or buy Unchained Melody lyrics and chords in the key of G, $5.99
What is Unchained Melody about? A poor fellow in prison, pining for his lover, as best as I can tell. Wikipedia has a pretty good page about it, with a discussion about the origins of the song, and its use in the movie "Unchained." (Later, this music was made famous a second time by its inclusion in the movie "Ghost.")
The original singer of Unchained Melody was Todd Duncan, in the movie "Unchained." Here he is in prison, and around him are his fellow prison inmates, touched by his singing. They are all dreaming of their release, and who will be waiting for them, hopefully, at home.
Buy Unchained Melody piano sheet music in the key of C, $5.99, at SheetMusicDirect
Or buy Unchained Melody lyrics and chords in the key of G, $5.99
Dianna:
Your website is a light in the darkness. THANK YOU for all you do in helping to spread the love of music. It matters!
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