Plants vs. Zombies piano versions #7: Sheet Music!

September 3, 2010 at 4:29 pm | Posted in Plants vs. Zombies piano version series, Video Games | 102 Comments
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So as most of you know, I’ve been trying my best to post piano versions of the music from Plants vs. Zombies on youtube and I’ve been amazed at the response so far! I’m really happy to learn that there are so many people out there who can appreciate video game music, so thank-you all for the support and kind words. And if you haven’t gotten a chance, I hope you would subscribe to my channel ^_^

In the meantime, I’ve got something for you today: Since I’ve gotten literally thousands of requests for sheet music, some awesome folks have stepped up and transcribed sheet music for all of my piano videos 🙂 Thanks, you guys rock!

This set of transcriptions was done by Tobias Deussen from Germany. It has all 8 pieces: Brainiac Maniac (Dr. Zomboss), Cerebrawl, Choose Your Seeds, Grasswalk, Graze the Roof, Loonboon, Moongrains, and Watery Graves.
Pack of 8 pieces of sheet music in pdf

Ron Lester Crisostomo has also transcribed and uploaded a couple pieces of sheet music to scribd.com if you’d prefer to see them online:
Graze the Roof
Brainiac Maniac (Dr. Zomboss)

And lastly… I’m working on setting up a music store at bandcamp. Currently it has my old album and the first part of the Melolune soundtrack, but later I’ll be using it for the Plants vs. Zombies soundtrack.

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  1. Thanks for this! 😀 I’ve been wanting to learn by ear but it’s too difficult for me xD

    Comment by puddinguin— September 3, 2010 #

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    • No problem! I’m glad you’ll be able to learn the music now 🙂

      Comment by shigi— September 3, 2010 #

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      • Yeah!

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  2. Haven’t seen you talk about Melolune recently, how is it coming along?

    Comment by allen— September 3, 2010 #

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    • Hi allen, thanks for asking 🙂 It’s been going pretty well, but no matter how much time I spend working on it, it always feels like it’s moving so slowly (I supposed that’s how it is with rpgs though, hehe)… I’ve been wanting to update the thread at TIGsource, but since all I’ve really been doing is playing through and balancing the game I don’t really have anything interesting to update it with 😛
      —
      I guess the good thing is that it’s really is close to being finished. The ironic thing is that my biggest roadblock right now (besides a boss battle that’s malfunctioning) is the music! I have about 18 tracks to finish…

      Comment by shigi— September 3, 2010 #

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  3. thats so LoL 😛

    Comment by Nico— September 3, 2010 #

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  4. hi laura 🙂 im a real noob reading sheet music and it takes me forever to recreate this in flstudio…do you have by chance midi files at hand?

    i should be punished for being that lazy, unskilled and bothering….gomeeeeeeeee.

    ❤ your site, songs and stuff you do.

    greets from munich
    chris

    Comment by krz9000— September 3, 2010 #

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  5. Wow! Thank you Laura! I will try to play some of it. ^^

    Comment by Karla— September 3, 2010 #

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    • That’s awesome 🙂 Good luck with the pieces and let me know if you have any questions!

      Comment by shigi— September 4, 2010 #

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  6. laura, what are your favourite kind of music?
    and your favourite food?

    sorry but i want to know, im your fan, i have to know this things :/

    Comment by Nico— September 4, 2010 #

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    • I listen to all different kinds of music; hip hop, r&b, pop, jazz, 80s, classical, video game music, you name it (I like stuff from almost every genre). My favorite food is probably pancheon (it’s the small side dishes that come with Korean meals… mostly pickled vegetables) or matcha-related foods (Japanese powdered green tea). I could probably list like 10 things though, haha 😛

      Comment by shigi— September 5, 2010 #

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  7. This has officially made my day. I’ve been looking for sheet music for ages (I can’t play by ear at all) and to have this is just awesome! =]

    Hey, do you reckon that you’ll ever upload a version of Ultimate Battle? I would love to hear a version of that, although it sounds as though it would be as hard to play as Brainiac Maniac.

    Comment by AbandoningReality— September 4, 2010 #

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    • I’m glad you’ll be able to put it to good use! I would love to do a version of Ultimate Battle… I can play it on the piano, but it doesn’t sound as cool (since the original arrangement has a ton of different melodies going on at once and I only have 2 hands, haha)… but I’m trying to work on putting something together that sounds good on the piano.

      Comment by shigi— September 5, 2010 #

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  8. Hey Miss Laura. You’re piano skills are incredibly awesome. At a scale of 1 to 10 I give you an infinity to the enth power :3 Do you know where I can download Graze the Roof, Grasswalk, Cerebrawl and Moongrains in mp3 format safely! Btw I love the Zombotany unreleased music. I hope they release it in PvZ 2 :3

    Comment by pengyzu— September 5, 2010 #

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    • Hi pengyzu! I’ve actually been talking with PopCap for a very long time about getting their permission to release an official soundtrack. They’ve already drafted a contract, but their legal department needs to finalize it so that I can sign it. Once that’s taken care of, I can upload all the original mp3s from the game… I’ll let you know as soon as it’s online ^_^ (I feel like I’ve been waiting forever!)

      Comment by shigi— September 5, 2010 #

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  9. yes! i can finally found braniac maniac sheet music for my piano! thanks a lot miss laura!

    Comment by keito— September 5, 2010 #

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    • You’re very welcome keito!

      Comment by shigi— September 5, 2010 #

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  10. This will make my next project easier… 🙂 Thanks Laura!

    Comment by Davixus— September 5, 2010 #

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  11. Wow. I am loving these songs.
    Do you by chance have the music that plays during the Zen Garden? That’s what I actually came to this site looking for and I would love it if you knew where I could get that music.
    Else, I’ll have to just plunk it out by ear 🙂
    Thanks!

    Comment by Jane— September 7, 2010 #

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  12. Hey Laura,

    Sebastian Wolff did some sheet music too, but I think Tobias covered them too.

    http://sebastianwolff.info/music/

    He’s mainly a multimedia artist, but he’s quite talented at piano. He’s done lots of arrangements of pieces from games and movies, like this one 🙂

    Check him out!

    Comment by cloudbreath9— September 12, 2010 #

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    • oh and he also does some anime music arrangements, too! 😀

      Comment by cloudbreath9— September 12, 2010 #

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    • Thank-you cloudbreath! Actually, I wrote about Sebastian’s sheet music on my blog a while back 🙂 He was one of the first people to make piano arrangements based off of the original in-game music (he contacted me shortly after PvZ was released)… I agree he’s a very talented pianist!

      Comment by shigi— September 12, 2010 #

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  13. Hi Laura,

    I’m writing to complement you on your PvZ soundtrack! I find it very catchy and I especially love the rooftop theme. It’s especially cool that you share the sheet music with the world and invite remixes – such a refreshing change from the rest of the music industry!

    Ever heard of an electronica band called Shpongle? They’re a psychedelic/chillout/world music group who uses a lot of thoughtful minor chord progressions which remind me somewhat of these zombie themes. Check out one of their albums some time!

    Thanks again for such a great soundtrack!

    Brian

    Comment by Brian— September 13, 2010 #

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  14. hi laura im probably ur biggest fan i couldent love your work anymore than i do now xD im so inspired by your brilliant work keep it up sunflower 😀

    Comment by chris— September 14, 2010 #

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  15. Can you post the sheet music for “Zombies on your Lawn?” I reeeeally really wanna learn that one.

    Comment by DylanU— September 14, 2010 #

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    • Yes, I would love that! Even if it were just the chords!

      Comment by Desiree— September 24, 2010 #

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  16. I’m sending the sheet music over to my girlfriend’s younger sister. I’d love to see her play these in the middle of an anime convention or something. As for subscribing to YouTube, I’m right there, on the last page, subscriber number 22 out of 2018, so far. XD

    Comment by aniki91344— September 15, 2010 #

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  17. I want to thank you for sharing the sheet music (and thanks to Tobias for transcribing!). My son is learning to play piano, and he’s been searching for a recital piece. I had told him I doubted that the PvZ sheet music was available – it’s going to make him so happy when I tell him I found it. It also won’t drive me crazy to hear him practicing it, as some of the songs he picks are not ones I enjoy.

    And I really appreciate your generosity, offering the entire collection at no charge. Very kind. 🙂

    Comment by Truly Scrumptious— September 19, 2010 #

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  18. Hi Laura! Just happened to chance upon your website and discovered your piano versions of the PvZ music :3 Thank you so much for writing these pieces, particularly the Pool Level music ^_^ You have no idea how much time I spent in that level *sigh*

    Comment by Ian Khoo— October 11, 2010 #

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  19. Hi Laura! I noticed measure 6 on Cerebrawl was “simplified”! (and that was random! 😛 )

    Comment by Pie Lover— October 16, 2010 #

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    • Never mind.

      Comment by Pie Lover— October 24, 2010 #

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  20. Hi Laura, thanks for posting the sheet music, all 8 of them! 🙂 Really enjoy your work 🙂

    Comment by Tony— October 26, 2010 #

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  21. Hello Laura…if it is really you and not a zombie…I will not call myself a “fan” but I’m more so an admirer of your work. I’ve been wanting to compose music for video games for a long time, and hearing your music only fueled the flame that is my passion…or perhaps even a poison it has grown so intense.

    I have a synth at my place, and have some very similar effects that you’ve used in the music for “Plants Vs Zombies”. I’ve learned to play (by ear) several sections of tunes, some even in different keys and in various harmonies as well as switching them up and playing them both in major keys and minor keys.

    I had some questions, if you do not mind.

    1. Is there a website that has download links to the music from the “Plants Vs Zombies” game?

    2. On the roof level, I caught what sounds to be either latin/italian flare. It’s latin, correct?

    3. Do you have a specific email adress I could use for contacting you? If it’s too personal or invasive of your time, I will not enforce you allow me to have it.

    4. Would there be a way for me (if there is going to a sequal) to submit some of my ideas for music, zombies, plants (I have some sketches) or audition for voices of zombies? I’d love ot be the voice of my favorite Halloween creature.

    Comment by Wendi— October 27, 2010 #

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  22. Thank you, I am a huge fan of your music. I will be nice to play it myself.

    Comment by Bram— November 2, 2010 #

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  23. OMG thank you sho sho much! You’re AWESOME !!! Love all the themes from PVZ ❤

    Comment by Jessie— November 16, 2010 #

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  24. Yes there are mistakes in transcription like the ones in Brainiac Maniac and Cerebrawl.

    Comment by Pie Lover— December 20, 2010 #

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  25. And Graze the Roof

    Comment by Pie Lover— December 21, 2010 #

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  26. Hey Laura,

    Great work! Looking over these the only suggestion I’d give you is to use key signatures! Also, I noticed you write in A Major a lot, don’t be afraid to mix it up! I look forward to hearing more (:

    Yours,
    Josh

    Comment by Josh— December 22, 2010 #

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  27. please post a rigor mormist music sheet!

    Comment by miao sen— December 27, 2010 #

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    • I second this.

      Comment by Zack— September 20, 2013 #

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  28. please post a zombies on your lawn piano music sheet

    Comment by pi— January 16, 2011 #

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  29. iam like too zombies

    Comment by plantscare— January 16, 2011 #

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  30. i like your site

    Comment by plantscare— January 16, 2011 #

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  31. Thanks for the post, im always looking for ivdeo game music to play on piano

    Comment by Germain— January 17, 2011 #

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  32. Hi Laura,
    When I first looked up a piano version of the music for plants vs zombies, I found a video and your face popped up. I was like “she’s so cute!” Then you started playing and I was in heaven! When I first started playing the game, I was immediately drawn to the music first and foremost. The first stages of the game are very slow and you can’t help but be drawn into the music. I will be learning your music and adding it to my repertoire. When I find a piano in a mall or hotel or something, I’m going to play some of your songs because I love them and I would love to share your music with people who may not have played the game.

    Comment by Jimmy— March 2, 2011 #

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    • the music is awesome
      and the game is so fun!
      😀

      Comment by ricky— March 9, 2011 #

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  33. This popped up when I tried to view the sheet music for Plants vs. Zombies: Forbidden

    You don’t have permission to access /shigi/PvZsheetmusic.zip on this server.

    Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
    Apache/2.0.54 Server at http://www.freshpulp.com Port 80

    Comment by ferg— March 15, 2011 #

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    • Uh oh… it seems as though the server’s been having some problems lately. It might just be down for maintenance, but if it isn’t back up by tomorrow I’ll try to see if there’s something else that’s wrong with it. Thanks for letting me know!

      Comment by shigi— March 15, 2011 #

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  34. Hi Laura,
    I want to ask you if you could post the sheet for Rigor Mormist (It’s my favourite) because in two months I’ll have a piano concert and I’d like to play it on it.
    Thanks for posting the other ones. Now I’m learning Cerebrawl, it’s awesome!

    Yours,
    Alexis
    Alexis

    Comment by Ale— March 26, 2011 #

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  35. hi laura good work

    Comment by docky— April 23, 2011 #

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  36. hi laura,
    I’m learning graze the roof. It’s pretty hard

    Comment by docky— April 23, 2011 #

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  37. Hi Laura,
    Your good I went on youtube and saw you play your way better than me 🙂

    Comment by docky— April 23, 2011 #

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  38. Hi Laura,
    your soooooo good:):):):):)

    Comment by docky— April 23, 2011 #

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  40. very nice song and full of mystery in every tone
    it very comfortable to be heard in my ear
    have a twitter account? tell me please 🙂

    Comment by sandishadunk— May 21, 2011 #

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  41. Hello!
    I love playing Plants vs Zombies ! And i’m looking for the Zombies on your Lawn sheet music, I would LOVE IT if you could post it or tell me a good website where i could find it. By the way I play the Tenor saxophone so I would like it if you could find it in Bb ( B Flat major) and if not, no worries I’ll just transpose it 🙂 Ok Thank You & By the way i think your music ROCKS! ❤

    Comment by Alexandra— June 3, 2011 #

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  42. Is there any chance we could get a midi File?

    Comment by bobthebuilder— June 5, 2011 #

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  43. […] Laura Shigihara posted about other folks’ transcriptions and arrangement on her blog: https://shigi.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/plants-vs-zombies-piano-versions-7-sheet-music/. UPDATE 2: YouTuber Jetibest performs […]

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  44. wow! fantastic… thanks for making these available to us, my son is thrilled!

    Comment by virginie— June 22, 2011 #

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  45. Hey Laura!I’m a first time visitor of your website. I love the game Plants vs Zombies and I thought oneday that it would be nice to learn to play it on piano. I just hoped it would be easy, because I’m only third grade. I’m learning Cerebrawl right now and it’s awesome, I don’t think it will take me too long to learn it. Thanks for all the hard work you put into your job, 😛

    Comment by Jessica Dooper— July 20, 2011 #

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  46. I’ve just bought the musics from your store and was trying to play Grasswalk watching your video. It would be easier now with the sheet. Thanks

    Comment by Roberto— July 23, 2011 #

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  47. I like the watery graves, it has that certain feel to it at the middle. Though that is the part I can’t play w/ both hands playing at the same time.

    Comment by Zacharugi— August 10, 2011 #

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  48. Awesome stuff! Does anyone have sheet music for “Zen Garden”?

    Comment by shigifan— August 12, 2011 #

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  49. Is there sheet music for the fog levels?

    Comment by Joey Harrington— August 24, 2011 #

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  50. Hey!

    Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
    I feel so guilty downloading this for free! I wish i could donate…

    Anyways hope to hear more from you! Thanks again! 🙂

    Comment by NoBrainNoGain— September 27, 2011 #

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  51. Do you have the music sheet for the song Brainiac Maniac???
    I really really adore this song!!!!!
    I tried to learnt in the music sheet transcribed by Tobias Deußen, but its not very accurate compared to yours.
    I really really would love to have the original music sheet if possible.
    Would you please, kindly reply me asap. Thanks!!
    I love your music!!!!!

    Comment by Jess Gee— October 8, 2011 #

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  52. thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by PERRUNO— October 10, 2011 #

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  53. oh great seems like i need to learn how to read music sheets after all xD learning by ear just takes me forever >.<

    Comment by iaknihs— October 14, 2011 #

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  54. Hi!)I’m from Ukraine,and I very bad speaking english.sorry…But I think you understand me)I want to take a piano sheets from begin of a game(theme)Can you find this sheets for me.please.Thank you))))))))))

    Comment by Vadim— December 3, 2011 #

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  55. This has helped me a LOT. But where is the ultimate battle sheet music?
    (If you reply my comment send me the link PLEASE) 🙂

    Comment by rodrigo— December 16, 2011 #

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  56. Dear Laura,
    Thank you so much for your generosity in providing the sheet music for this for free. I was stunned it was available, thank you so much, it will give me something to do during the school holidays. My hubby and kids will love it too. It is an awesome soundtrack, you are so talented!
    Thanks again, wish you all the very best, Merry Christmas 😀

    Comment by Angela— December 18, 2011 #

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  57. Good :’) ITS COOL SPEK very spanish no very good inglish

    Comment by Daя¢kєтt— December 23, 2011 #

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  58. Can anyone please tell me where to find the sheet music for Brainiac Maniac, watery graves and choose your seeds? In fact, I don’t really care which song I get from plants vs zombies, I am just obsessed with the game and I just have to know at least 3 songs. Thanks! Bye! 🙂

    Comment by Rubeus— May 9, 2012 #

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  59. こんにちはLauraは、あなたはピアニカバージョンのために音楽をアップロードできますか？

    Comment by Dewanto— October 10, 2012 #

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  60. i cant download the piece graze the roof…

    Comment by hello— November 30, 2012 #

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  61. OMG….thank you!!!!!!

    Comment by Ann— December 2, 2012 #

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  62. Regards for composing “Plants vs. Zombies piano versions #7:
    Sheet Music! mybluedream”. I personallymight definitely be returning for much
    more reading and writing comments in the near future. Many thanks, Moshe

    Comment by http://tinyurl.com/maryprior22154— January 28, 2013 #

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  63. We’re attempting to learn the jazzy portion of Nighttime in the Front Yard on alto saxophone. Anyone who can point us towards any sort of sheet music, even if it’s not for sax specifically, gets brownie points and a lifetime of adoration.

    Comment by Synfony— April 25, 2013 #

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  64. Thank you so much for letting us print your music FOR FREE!!! I am already trying to learn this!

    Comment by Chris— March 13, 2014 #

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  65. Thanks for this. I’ve been playing the treble clef on oboe. Fun.

    Comment by Noel Lana Tavano— June 15, 2014 #

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  66. I’ve always liked this music. Sadly, I can only learn by watching people or by ear…….

    Comment by PvZbroughtthehouzedown— July 13, 2014 #

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    • If you look on my youtube channel, I’ve uploaded videos for just about every track in the game… So you can learn by ear (or by watching) if you’d like!

      Comment by shigi— July 17, 2014 #

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  67. Wow… can i find brainiac maniac midi version for synthesia programm here?? I very want to learn it.& sorry for my english.People in Kazakhstan are also play pvz) cauz music in this game is really good.

    Comment by Хускар Массакров— September 4, 2014 #

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  68. where can i find sheet of dis music? sadly, i can’t learn by ear or just watching people:( Miss laura, i m your fan too 🙂

    Comment by Хускар Массакров— September 4, 2014 #

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  69. What is the easiest PVZ pieces to play on Piano. Would you please number all of them starting 1 as easiest, 2 a little harder etc……

    Comment by Indestructible— December 7, 2014 #

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  70. hi laura, i love you music!!!!!!!Could you please tell me where I can find the Rigor Moremist piano sheet please.I have all of them.It s the oly one left!!!!Please!!!

    Comment by Lucas Ferreira— July 7, 2015 #

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  71. I loved this post! I just read your blogs fairly often and you’re always coming out with great stuff.

    I shared this on my facebook and my follwers loved it! Keep up very good work.

    Comment by Quinn— May 11, 2017 #

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  72. can I know which grade is Brainiac maniac?

    Comment by chumben— February 28, 2018 #

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