Braveheart Theme – James Horner

About this piece

This is the main theme James Horner wrote for Braveheart, Mel Gibson’s 1995 film about the Scottish knight William Wallace. In the film the melody is carried by Uilleann pipes over strings; on the piano it becomes a slow, singing line that is a good first piece of film music to learn. The preview on this page plays the opening 30 seconds of the 1:27 arrangement (133 notes, about 4 a second). The arrangement is set at around 96 bpm, in 4/4. You will need about 5 octaves, from F2 up to G7. About 27 % of the preview’s key presses sound two or more notes at once; the rest are single notes.

The range is wide, so sit at the middle of the keyboard and let your arms travel.

Full song

1:27

Preview

the opening 30 s, 133 notes

Tempo

about 96 bpm

Time signature

4/4

Range (full song)

F2–G7 (about 5 octaves)

Notes (full song)

546