Complete score available for download
on October 20th, 2010, by janHey folks! Jan here. It has taken me a bit longer than expected, but I finally got everything together for the traditional mini-album release of the film score. This time, the bundle even contains a few additional goodies, which I really hope you’ll like. But first things first:
The score
This 9-track EP contains every bit of music from the film, including the trailer cue, the DVD menu music, and of course the credits song. Since a lot of people wished for a lossless format, I’ve prepared both 192 kbit MP3 and CD-quality FLAC packages this time. Grab ‘em while they’re hot:
The cover was done by Nick Bueltge (thanks!). Click on it to see the full-res version. The music is distributed under a CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.
“I Move On”: The official music video
I’m really excited that Colin agreed to put together a music video for the credits song! You can watch it on YouTube (download versions will follow):
MTV, here we come! (What’s that you say? The last music video was seen on MTV back when Billy Joel still had hair? Curse you, zeitgeist!)
“I Move On” lead sheet
Lastly, a few of you asked me about sheet music for this song, so I decided to give my rusty LilyPond chops a workout and put a basic lead sheet together. Here goes:
I think it came out halfway nice, but if some engraving jedi among you wants to try his hand at improving the layout, be my guest.
That’s it, I hope you like the music! All of these files can also be found on my website. If you have any questions or suggestions that don’t fit in the blog comments, just drop me a line or catch me on Twitter.
October 21st, 2010 at 12:05 pm
AWESOME!
I loved the score!
October 21st, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Wow – thank you very much! I had been wondering about the sheet music myself. (and the cover looks greatt too)
October 21st, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Great, now you hear a lot of details that got obfuscated in the film!
October 21st, 2010 at 12:30 pm
And we already got the music from the DVD menu!
October 21st, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Thanks at last, Jan!
And thanks, Colin, for an official music video! That’s an amazing addition of awesome!
October 21st, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Hey – Non Derivitave… Does that mean that girl that sang “I move on” on Youtube is in violation?
Looking forward to adding this to my Jan Morgenstern collection! Thanks.
October 21st, 2010 at 12:55 pm
No, because she based it on the song in the movie, which is CC-BY.
I fully understand the NC, you feel screwed when a commercial TV program gains money by freely using you music in their $$$ content, but why ND? It takes a bit out of the soul of the whole Creative Commons idea.
Only just copying and redistributing isn’t ”Creative” at all, right?
October 21st, 2010 at 1:09 pm
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100831/04010310836/is-uncompensated-commercial-use-of-an-artist-s-content-really-that-bad.shtml
October 21st, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Those CC licenses apply to the actual recordings as they appear on different media, not the “abstract” song itself. So in the strictest legal sense, you’d still need to acquire “traditional” performance/publishing rights in order to record and publish your own version. I can state here that I’d never go after someone who does a rendition of the song and puts it on YouTube, as long as it’s properly attributed, and I’ll gladly give permission to anyone who asks me for it. Commercial usage is a different matter, but I’m generally also quite cooperative there. As for the rest of the music: If you want to do something interesting with it, just ask me. It’s a common scenario for CC creators to waive aspects of their licenses on a project-by-project basis; so common, in fact, that it’s mentioned on the license overview page linked in the post.
Even I get regular headaches from the intricacies of licensing law, and it has been the basis of my livelihood for quite some time. I’m trying to find a reasonable middle ground between keeping things in the spirit of an open movie, while still accounting for the fact that I’m doing this for a living. I can’t do a lot about the fact that some people think I’m leaning too far towards the latter, but please don’t let this turn into a licensing discussion.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Great stuff Jan! I’ve been playing the score now on guitar a few times, quite nice. I might do a developer performance after blender bugfixing
October 21st, 2010 at 1:46 pm
YAY!!!!! I LOVE this, (happy dancing)..
Can;t wait for our dvds to arrive…
October 21st, 2010 at 2:08 pm
jan: You did license the sheet music under CC, so my understanding is that people would be free to perform it unaltered without your authorization. If I’m reading the license correctly they could also publish the performance on Youtube (“communicate to the public those public recitations, by any means or process, including by wire or wireless means or public digital performances”).
October 21st, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Sounds so awesome, just thinking about make a powermetalversion of I move on. Saubere Arbeit Jan, den BBB-Soundtrack hör ich gern beim arbeiten, der wird nun noch durch Sintel ergänzt.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:28 pm
If you aren’t sure, just contact Jan!
Btw, has anyone of you realized that quite a lot of artists got famous by so-called ”copyright violations”? (read: performing a cover of a song live or on the internet without any license/permission/fee)
Just as a matter of fact.
But regarding Jan’s music, again, just contact him when using his work, he answers personally, just like the neighbor on the steps.
@Jan: If a commercial radio station finds this score on the internet and they want to play a track, isn’t it a bit unfeasable to first ask permission?
Sorry for the off-topic, but it’s so damn interesting!
October 21st, 2010 at 2:47 pm
This music is awesome
Jan, you did an amazing job for Sintel. – You already did for ED and BBB, but Sintel is just mindblowing.
Do you actually have a standalone album of works?
October 21st, 2010 at 3:38 pm
@Nathan Letwory:
Could you play it, amped, at the Blender Conference? (with the audience singing along!)
October 21st, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Great to see this up now! Been waiting for quite some time.
Really loved the official film-clip for I Move On, I really feel like this one song has the same soul as the movie. They were made for each other!
Awesome work Jan
October 21st, 2010 at 4:58 pm
So, does Sintel actually “sing” the song? I know this may seem weird, but I have a situation where seeing even a second of a music video can “ruin” the image I have already created for the song.
I’m betting that the music video for this is going to be great, but I’m still not sure…whether to watch it…beautiful as she may be…
I will be downloading the music though
Well down with that, especially the credits theme, though I almost wish it would go for longer; it’s like it is getting to the “best song in the world” part, and then it finishes! Oh well, at least I won’t have to hear Scales Junior in the first 20 seconds anymore!
October 21st, 2010 at 5:07 pm
You should make a longer version of the DVD menu music, beautiful!
October 21st, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Great Jan! Thank you very much!
I am listening to it right now and you can hear small details you can’t hear in the film.
Thanks a lot for the sheet as well.
Thomas
October 21st, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Thankss!!!
Amazing score
October 21st, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Jan, could you also publish the “I Move On” soundtrack without vocals?
October 21st, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Thank you!
My soul isn’t alone with these songs anymore
October 21st, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Thank you!
It’s beautiful
October 21st, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Jan – Thank you for sharing your awesome work with us.
Special thanks for the flac-version.
Listening to the Soundtrack really touches me. The music emphasizes the feeling of the film so perfectly – Thanks again
Keep up the great work – I hope i will hear your music in the next Blender-open-movie again
October 21st, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Shivers. Really.
Great job, movie theater level, inspired, light, intense, strong, delicate… i’m running short of words to express my high opinion of this work of art.
A thought. This music really moves Sintel to a higher level, and listening to it, makes me immediately connect without eye-filter to the emotions I had when watching Sintel for the first time (the time i wasn’t investigating AA problems or animation issues ;). It’s a strange feeling, it’s like watching the short again but this time with no screen except memories. I get it as a test that tells me how good is the result the whole project achieved.
October 21st, 2010 at 8:10 pm
any chance of Sheet Music for Piano?
October 21st, 2010 at 8:23 pm
omg you guys!
i don’t know what this is for i just wanna be on it ;p
October 21st, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Everyone, thanks so much for the kind words! I’m glad you like the score and really appreciate the feedback.
@alienkid10: Sorry, you’ll just have to come up with your own piano arrangement
October 21st, 2010 at 8:53 pm
OMG yay. I have been waiting for this time.
October 21st, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Thank you Jan, thank you!
and I move on…
October 21st, 2010 at 11:05 pm
FLAC files oh yeah!!!
Jan. Is there any change you are ever going to appear at the Blender Conference to receive your well deserved applause?
October 21st, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Very, very nice. I’ve been waiting for this.
As for the score layout, I’ll try a hand at that…
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:03 am
wow, this really sounds so good!
@ JamikKim: no, Sintel does not “sing” in the video. Its just a mix of scenes from the Sintel Movie.
@ Jan: Nice, FLAC files
. Is there any chance to get FLACs from BBB and ED to? AFAIK there are only mp3 at ED and mp3 + ogg at BBB.
Ah, you know, that’s the mess with a community, these are unsatible
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:24 am
@Christiaan (AniCator):
Look at this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikepan/5034031938/sizes/o/in/set-72157624929522515/
And the applause lasted for a a few minutes or so.
But that doesn’t keep us from clapping our hands again!
October 22nd, 2010 at 1:03 am
Is a text-less version of the cover available (blend or png file)? It would make a great wallpaper for my brownish Ubuntu desktop.
October 22nd, 2010 at 1:08 am
Thanks Jan! It’s an amazing score and I’m excited to add it to my collection.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:36 am
@He Who Doesn’t Want to Be Named,
you can use the frame from the movie:
http://media.xiph.org/sintel/sintel-2k-png/00016445.png
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:54 am
Watching the music video, I just can’t help but get the feeling that it should solve some of the criticism, like, the movie ending?
It feels like the movie, shortened further (without dialogue), and a more hopeful ending (and I may dare say, story got clearer for those who can’t get it).
Although I like the movie a lot, that last scene (sintel and the baby of scales looking at each other) changes the outlook and atmosphere (this was supposed to be the original ending right?).
October 22nd, 2010 at 5:42 am
Score! THIS is what I’ve really been waiting for.
October 22nd, 2010 at 6:32 am
Awesomenesssssss!!!
I WANT MOOOOORE!! LOL 
Hey Jan can you pleeeaaaase do something more with the Circling_Dragons? It starts out soooo goood, and just ends
Extend it pleeeaase!
October 22nd, 2010 at 6:40 am
The score is tremendous. But how come all the screenshots of Sintel up to this point and I mean all – looks bad. It seems like a lot of work done on the modelling, but the lighting is all blown out. Shots like where Sintel sleeps with the dragon looks so bad. While I am proud of the works from the Sintel artists, I questioned why none of the screenshots, including the one, above this page with the sun and a lot of buildings, is not worth printing. It’s frustrating because I want them to look good.
October 22nd, 2010 at 7:23 am
Thanks, Jan! Since you told me about releasing the score, I couldn’t stop being eager. And now that it’s here, I’m even more excited. The song always gives me the goosebumps – everytime. I think that just proves how effective and melancholy this piece is. Congratulations to you and the Durian team for a highly-acclaimed success!
-Reyn
October 22nd, 2010 at 8:59 am
Thanks a lot Jan! This soundtrack’s awesome
October 22nd, 2010 at 9:59 am
Very nice. Both the music and the gift.
I can see how the CC NC ND is in conflict with the CC on the released movie though. The sound of the movie is CC3-AT.
Lets hope people will respect the more restrict license of this release.
It would be a pretty ripp-off if people started making money of this work gifted to the BF and its community.
Although I agree with J. that I don’t think its in the spirit of CC to add the ND, which Jan also doesn’t comment on. This way it looks like this is only used as a platform to promote Jan’s work, not to jumpstart creativity.
October 22nd, 2010 at 11:34 am
Thanks Jan. I like them all!
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:56 pm
@joeri:
In this case it’s not a big deal, just send a kind mail to Jan when using his work for your work.
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Jan,
fantastic music throughout the whole of Sintel. Hope the song gets into the charts…..
regards
TFS
October 22nd, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Awesome work Jan, can’t wait for my dvds!
October 22nd, 2010 at 7:40 pm
With the ND licence can i write a piano or a quartet arrangement ?
can i share it or must i keep it for myself ?
it’s much more for the knowing but who know if i found a pace the next month.
great work
October 22nd, 2010 at 9:20 pm
this is awesome! lov you guys!
October 23rd, 2010 at 12:02 am
Nice…and where can I buy it?
October 23rd, 2010 at 5:26 am
AWESOME!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!! YOUR WORK RULZ!!!!!!!!!
October 23rd, 2010 at 10:44 am
As always, great works, Jan!
Thank you and keep going on!
October 23rd, 2010 at 11:37 am
I’d love to see the score for the full orchestration
October 23rd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Dope!!! Thankx for the FLAC filez!
October 23rd, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Yes! The score is truly wonderful! Thanks for it!
But I had some issue about the music video. I’m a such a nag, that I went to criticise it on BlenderNation, but comments are usualy dead quickly there, so probably not many people noticed.
Basically my opinion is, that there could be retrieved more out of the given material. While I watched the video I had a feeling, that the video doesn’t react to the music oftentimes. And sometimes I feel it as really disruptive.
After my criticism I tried to make my alternative version. Regarding of the licence for the music – I simply asked Jan for permission to publish this video and he had no problem with allowing that, as he write: “as long as the attribution is there”.
So I put it on YouTube and Vimeo:
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/16110264
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-_rTtJXlmk
Enjoy and don’t forget to drop some constructive critique!
October 23rd, 2010 at 6:04 pm
“I Move On” Is beautiful; I’ve liked it so much that it’s all I’ve listened to, so I haven’t heard the rest of the songs yet! =) I’ve been singing it all of yesterday and today.
October 23rd, 2010 at 9:25 pm
I think the cover image has too much glow.
October 24th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Thank you Jan for the Lilypond – file this was a great inspiration!
After I have seen a real example of the good quality of Lilyponds’ typeseting quality, I gave myself a kick to learn Lilyponds’ syntax: I rewrote a single voice from a orchestral score because I didn’t have the single voice available and didn’t want to turn pages so often when playing.
@Psy-Fi: After that experience I can say that it would mean quite a lot of work to write all the score.
October 24th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Jan… “I move on” f*cking kills me. Thank you for that song. Ein verdammter Erste-Klasse-Ohrwurm, und der erste und bisher einzige Song, den ich je im “single Repeat” laufen lassen habe. Mach ne Single draus und ab in die Charts damit!
Great work. Really epic, and i love it´s huge dynamic range.. can´t wait to see some footage of you telling something about the making of it. Hope you made a sh*tload of bonus stuff for the DVD?
Carsten
October 28th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Thank you so much.
I love the music especially I Move On (Sintel’s Song).
October 29th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
I think “non-commercial” clause prevents songs from being used in lots of good spaces. They can’t go into wikimedia commons, they can’t be played in radios, nor played in podcasts having sponsors/ads, or being played as covers by other bands. A lot of “cases of abuse” can be stopped well with the “share-alike” clause. This way, if someone makes an advertising video and uses your music, it is forced to release it under the same conditions. Otherwise, they have to contact you for a licence exception, causing the same effect than “non-commercial” clause.
October 31st, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Jan –
INCREDIBLE WORK! and .. THANK YOU for releasing it for free
I’m actually studying music in school, and would be so grateful if you had a copy of the score (written score, that is, as opposed to audio files) that I might be able to study?
What did you write this with? Are these live performances or just some really good use of ProTools? Do you have your own in-home studio?
Once again, THANK YOU. This is incredible/beautiful/inspiring/wonderful!
November 2nd, 2010 at 1:11 am
Hi,
You may have to forgive me because I’m a bit late to the game, I only heard about Sintel from CartoonBrew’s fairly recent news story.
I am now a proud owner of the DVD and have just put the score onto my ipod :o) It is a fantastic score and does precisely what a good piece of film music should do, elevate the emotion.
Having watched the DVD, paying specific attention to the making of, it seemed a shame that no mention was made of the composer and voice cast and I wondered if you might be able to correct this on the website (assuming that I haven’t missed it somewhere)?
Thanks, I look forward to the teams next project with eager anticipation.
November 6th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I’m another to say thanks for the FLAC, but also thanks for the wonderful music. Nothing like the right music in a film to pull at the heart strings.
November 16th, 2010 at 2:56 am
Thank you so much for the soundtrack, I love it so much. I enjoy singing I Move On it is such a beautiful song. I recorded myself singing and I would like to put it on YouTube but I would prefer to ask first, is it OK if I sing your wonderful song and publish it?
November 28th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Hello Jan,
I please to share a French version of your beautiful song which stays all the day long in my mind from many weeks.
I really enjoyed playing with LilyPond to do this task.
Hoping someone will try to sing this version.
I suggest more translations in other languages to spray freedom, harmony and generosity! :o)
Long life to Bender Fondation projects
Score :
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B39RYnk4LQU_YmM0YzM5YmMtNDY1Yi00ZTk4LTk5MDUtMThkMDE5Y2RjM2Fk&sort=name&layout=list&num=50
LilyPond source :
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B39RYnk4LQU_ZmUyYTQ5NmUtODQyYi00MWM2LTlkYzAtNjAzM2Y2Y2I1ZGYz&sort=name&layout=list&num=50
November 28th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Keleido, I’m sure your French version would be beautiful to hear!
November 29th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Great gift
I like so much “I move on”
THANKS
December 1st, 2010 at 10:44 am
Hey all! This is really directed at the team but…
Is there a copy of the sintel font I can get my hands on? Everytime I see a new image uploaded it always has some new characters writen in the sintel font so this led me to beileve an entire font has been made!? If so could you please post a link or email me the link (you guys have my email
nudge nudge wink wink).
Josh
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Hi,
I’m involved in a film-association called ISC cinéfeel based in Paris.
I am currently in charge of organizing an short movies and potographs exhibition. I am really interested in your short movie sintel, which is very well realized. I was wondering if you were possibly interested in me broadcasting it during the exhibition. The exhibition will be free, and I won’t get any profit on you. The only purpose is promoting young talents,
and promoting cinema to a larger audience.
If you guys are interested, you can email me back as soon as possible.
Yours,
Astrid RENET
December 9th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
The leadsheet is also available in MusicXML format and MuseScore format on MuseScore.com See : http://musescore.com/score/1324
January 25th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Hi …
hey guys , after I see this short film,
I just feel that how do I love animation & ofcourse blender,
to making my dreams.
Thank you very much for this amazing work.
I love the animation , the soundtracks & everything in this fabulous short film and I love the credit’s song very much.
It’s such an amazing song.
January 25th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Hi all,
Sintel genuinely changed my life, and I can personally relate to the story (growing up)… which only made it a harder strike at my heart, when I watched it for the first time, than for others who merely sees it as a sad story.
The soundtrack is stunningly well made and especially Sintels song is worth mentioning. It’s so full of meaning, and does, like other people say, do very well in capturing the whole point of the movie and compressing it into a relatively short piece of music. Every time I hear it (or sing it, as I’ve been doing for the last cuple of days) it’s like watching Sintel all over again.
Fortunately this revelation does, as for Sintel in the movie, give one a chance at a fresh start… a chance nobody should waste.
Great job, really. And thanks so much for the free soundtrack download
February 6th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
Thanks very much! I love this soundtrack! It’s very very well made. (sorry for my english
).
May 8th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
This is some excellent work! Many thanks for providing this…. It’s really EPIC
May 10th, 2011 at 8:20 am
Really great work! I love them !
And thanks for sharing.
June 16th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Great job!! I love this
July 13th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Thank you so much! I love Sintel and I specially love your music. I have to say that I admire you, and Helena´s voice is amazing. I have been listening to the song hours and hours, once and again and I just wanted to play it at keyboard.
Congratulations again!
August 14th, 2011 at 12:06 am
BFEIFLEBELBSOMFG you have no idea how happy this makes me. *head explodes from the awesome*
August 21st, 2011 at 5:15 am
I’ve love this song THERE IS NO WORD TO DESCRIBE THIS SONG. IT IS EPIC AND AWESOME ADD TOGETHER
September 11th, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Thank you very much, Jan.
I love the soundtrack.