Soundtrack Guitar
Soundtrack guitar covers some of the most recognizable melodies ever written. Film and TV themes tend to have strong, singable lines that translate beautifully to electric guitar. You get to work on phrasing, dynamics and tone control without worrying about speed or complex harmony.
On GuitarZone you will find arrangements from composers like Ennio Morricone, John Williams and John Carpenter, plus covers by Kfir Ochaion that turn orchestral scores into solo guitar performances.
Claude Bolling 1
Ennio Morricone 3
Game of Thrones 1
Georges Delerue 1
Great Fairy Fountain 🧚 1
Hans Zimmer 2
Harumi Fujita 1
I'm Calling You 1
Imperial March 1
John Carpenter 1
John Williams 3
Koji Kondo 1
Laura Palmer’s Theme 1
Le Clan des Siciliens 1
Mecano Associates 1
Paul Koulak 2
RAID Shadow Legends 1
Ramin Djawadi 1
Randy Edelman 1
Seiji Yokoyama 2
Shunsuke Kikuchi 2
Sonya Belousova 1
The Mandalorian Theme 1
Twin Peaks Tribute 1
Vladimir Cosma 2
Yuzo Koshiro 1
Playing Soundtrack Music on Guitar
Film music on guitar is all about feel. The notes are usually simple, but making them sound right takes attention to vibrato width, pick attack and volume swells. Many soundtrack melodies were written for strings or brass, so you need to think about sustain and legato playing to capture the original character.
Start with The Godfather theme for clean tone melody work. Move to the Morricone pieces for reverb-drenched tremolo picking. When you are comfortable shaping notes with your hands and amp, try the more elaborate arrangements.