What Lies Within (Dungeon Theme) [Piano Arrangement] - Final Fantasy XV @synthicify

synthicify This is the theme heard in the first dungeon.

While the rest of the game didn't quite live up to my expectations, the music is absolutely amazing. Shimomura really outdid herself.

This theme is just the best dungeon theme I have heard in a long while. The mix of the haunting violin and the church organ is simply stunning and really gives of the feeling of exploring an abandonded area.

Arranged and transcribed by Synthicify
Composed by Yoko Shimomura

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

updated 7 years ago

What Lies Within (Dungeon Theme) [Piano Arrangement] - Final Fantasy XV

synthicify 2017-01-12 | This is the theme heard in the first dungeon.

While the rest of the game didn't quite live up to my expectations, the music is absolutely amazing. Shimomura really outdid herself.

This theme is just the best dungeon theme I have heard in a long while. The mix of the haunting violin and the church organ is simply stunning and really gives of the feeling of exploring an abandonded area.

Arranged and transcribed by Synthicify
Composed by Yoko Shimomura

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Those We Must Face (Bravely Default II) - Piano Version [SHEET MUSIC]

synthicify 2021-03-30 | One of the most catchy tunes from Bravely Default II so far in my opinion. I didn't realize until later that one of the boss themes is also based on this theme - so no wonder I dig that battle music that much.

I put in a little insert of a second piano during the "solos" part because I simply don't have the coordination to do those runs well while playing the other melody as well - I thought it sounded best this way.

As can be seen in the sheets, I did actually transcribe most of the individual instruments in this theme. Let me know if you watch this for piano arrangements only, or if Bravely Default covers with more instruments would also be appreciated!

Transcribed & arranged by Synthicify
Original music by Revo
MIDI: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

#BravelyDefault2 #Revo

Outer Wilds Orchestral Medley

synthicify 2021-03-14 | My biggest project yet for the best game I have played in recent times. Upon completion I searched for any orchestral tracks for the music, but I didn’t fint any. That fact immediately inspired me to attempt make some orchestration for this game. I consider this my small contribution to repay the incredible experience this game gave me. I hope some of you who finds this will enjoy it!

I cannot believe it took me years before it reached my radar. If you have not played the game, do not google it too much - just play it. I didn’t particularly enjoy the first 2 hours, but then it just “clicked” for me and it was awesome from there on.

Timestamps
0:00 Main Menu
1:21 Timber Hearth
2:35 Traveler Theme
5:22 End Times
6:35 Nomai
8:21 Credits Theme

Soundtrack by Andrew Prahlow. (amazing job, the music is always exactly what it needs to be. Never more, never less).

Virtual instruments: BBC Symphony Orchestra, East West, Piano Noir, Joshua Bell.

Bravely Default II - Bonds [Piano + SHEET MUSIC]

synthicify 2021-02-25 | Bravely Default II is right around the corner! To the surprise of nobody the music is what I'm looking most forward to. The fact that Revo is back composing the music is huge. I will play the game when I have time, mostly for the music, but I do really enjoy the combat of the series as well.

I'm still not sure of the official name of this track. It will probably keep changing for a while.
So far the possible titles could be:
Bonds
Sad
地平は変われど花は散る (from the official store for the soundstrack) Roughly translated to "Though The Horizon Changes, The Flowers Still Scatter"

Composed by: Revo
Transcribed & arranged by: Synthicify
MIDI: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

#BravelyDefault2 #Revo #Piano

Locked Away - Music challenge submission (Guy Michelmore)

synthicify 2021-01-09 | This is my submission for Guy Michelmore's How To Write Music Challenge. I tried to follow his style when composing this piece, by not overthinking every decision but just get going. It took me an evening to make but it still took me longer than I would have hoped, but that was part of the challenge - for me anyway!

I'm an avid follower of Guy Michelmore (youtube.com/channel/UCMHG0rJtVF1LohiP63FJakw) and I recommend anyone that are interested to learn about music composition and production to follow this guy. Especially for creating virtual orchestration I have picked up so many tips from there.

Cyberpunk 2077 - Never Fade Away (Orchestral Version)

synthicify 2020-12-21 | My orchestral reimagination of Never Fade Away from the launch trailer. Like the rest of the world I was super hyped for the game, but that song in the trailer really stuck with me and I ended up with this project before beginning the game at all.

I thought it would be an interesting challenge to reimagine a song such as this in an orchestral style. Especially the verses are quite unmelodic and difficult to make interesting. At first I intended to make it 100% instrumental but I'm quite bad at transcribing vocal lines and it just didn't carry the same weight as the vocals. So I attempted to separate the vocals from the track and use those upon my orchestration instead and was rather pleased with the result.

Original song: P. T. Adamczyk & Olga Jankowska
Orchestration: Synthicify

Soaring Fates [original orchestration]

synthicify 2020-11-11 | Gotta give thanks to random title generator for choosing the title as I had no idea! I have had this theme lying around for about 10 years aptly named "Instrumental" as it was the first ever non-guitar piece I wrote. At that point I had never even played the piano before. It was mostly the result of randomly plotting stuff into Guitar Pro. This full orchestration is a bit more fleshed out but I'm guessing it is 50% similar to what I sketched all those years ago.

Credits:
Music: Synthicify
Download: bit.ly/3kDemEO
VST: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Art by AquaSixio over at DeviantArt: deviantart.com/aquasixio/art/A-symphony-alone-804950260

Traveller of Time [original orchestration]

synthicify 2020-10-27 | Another realisation of an old Guitar Pro idea I created almost ten years ago. Been working on and off at this for quite a few months, quite pleased with how it turned out :)

I can still remember that my original inspiration for this piece was Time's Scar from Chrono Cross. However, other than a peaceful beginning before ramping up halfways, I don't think there's that much resemblance.

Credits:
Music: Synthicify
Download: bit.ly/3kDemEO
VST: Audio Imperia Nucleus, East West

Loss [somber original music]

synthicify 2020-10-01 | A piece I wrote this winter that I now decided to create some visualisations for! It tracks both the current chord and active instruments 🎻 . I've been experimenting a bit with interesting way to make videos for my original music where I am not playing myself. After some attempts I thought displaying the chords and instruments was kind of cool, and not too difficult to make.

Hope some people like the track and finds the visualisations cool, interesting helpful or whatever :)

Credits:
Download: bit.ly/3kDemEO
Music: Synthicify
Animations: Created by Synthicify using After Effects
VST: Audio Imperia Nucleus

Struggle For a Memory [original battle theme]

synthicify 2020-09-03 | A Metal battle theme composition.

This is a realisation of a Guitar Pro file me and a friend made way back in 2011(!). Decided I would give recording it with real instruments a go, and I don't think the end result turned out all that bad. First time mixing and "mastering" real instruments and I never thought it was so difficult to sound "professional"!

Credits:
Composition, recording & mixing by Synthicify
Download: bit.ly/3kDemEO
Animations: Created by Synthicify using After Effects
Artwork by zhaoenzhe at Deviant Art: deviantart.com/zhaoenzhe/art/The-Legendary-Swordsman-311776976

#Metal #Guitar #Music #VGM
(I have no idea how hashtags works, but obviously it's a thing)

Perilous Pastures [original orchestration]

synthicify 2020-08-28 | Original orchestral composition by Synthicify.

Actually the first "real" orchestral song that I have actually managed to finish!

Originally I started the channel for making piano arrangements but seeing as I have not uploaded a video in three years I don't intend on doing that anymore. However I still enjoy creating music and need to make it public somewhere :)

Guess most of you subscribed for piano transcriptions and arrangement. But I will mostly enjoy making compositions for myself going forward. If anyone is still sticking around I would love any kind of constructive feedback on the piece!

Credits:
Wonderful artwork by TomPrante at Deviant Art: http://fav.me/d86lhpn
Music: Synthicify
Animations: Created by Synthicify using After Effects
VST: Audio Imperia Nucleus, East West Composer Cloud
Download: bit.ly/3kDemEO

#Orchestral #Original

Dark of You - Breaking Benjamin(Piano cover + sheets!)

synthicify 2018-04-21 | Dark of you by Breaking Benjamin from the new album Ember arranged for piano.

Sheets: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v6tg37VBlojr6NkJXyGFNSmO_LcY1U12?usp=sharing

I didn't tab out the left hand as it is just improvising over the chords.

With the Stars and Us (Piano Version) - Persona 5 Ending Theme

synthicify 2017-07-18 | I thought no ending theme could ever beat Memories of You from P3. Guess I was wrong.

The first 30 seconds of the original tracks consists of only strings going back and forth between a few chords. Therefore the intro is original but the remainder of the
track is transcribed 100% true to the original.

Hope you enjoy it!

I tried to do something new with the editing. I found a project called Euphony that can visualize MIDI's in 3D, however the proejct seems to be discontinued but the source code
is available so I tinkered with it a bit so it was possible to overlay it to a video. It's not perfect and I couldn't get it to align perfectly with the piano, but it's a start

Composed by: Shoji Meguro
Transcribed by: Synthicify
Performed by: Synthicify

Regret - Persona 5 (Piano Version)

synthicify 2017-07-13 | Regret from Persona 5 arranged for piano.

Normally I create the sheets for the finished arrangement first and then learn the sheets. But this time I didn't write down any of the transcription but just kept it in my head.

Title Screen Theme (Sylver Park) - World of Final Fantasy [Piano Arrangement]

synthicify 2016-12-15 | I quite enjoyed playing World of Final Fantasy so I thought I would transcribe the title screen theme. This track just got Masashi Hamauzu written all over it. I tried a lot of different approaches to arrange the second part of the track, but it was difficult to preserve the power of the background strings with only a piano. Rather than trying to fill it up with left hand runs to make it 'intense' I rather tried to transcribe and play it as closely as possible.

This game is great for any fan who has played most of the Final Fantasies. The rearranged music, references and jokes are superb in my opinion. The original story and characters however...naaah...not so much

Sorry for the poor camera quality. I did not realize it was that bad before I got home and saw the footage.

Arranged for piano by Synthicify
Composed by Masashi Hamazu

Visual Novel Reader[Android] - Tutorial

synthicify 2015-05-29 | For all my piano subscribers, feel free to just disregard this video (unless you like visual novels, in which case you should watch xD)

Get on Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=moskvil.johannes.visualnovelinterpreter
Where to get converters 1: http://weeaboo.nl/download/
Where to get converters 2: http://digital-haze.net/vndswiki/index.php?title=Category:Complete

This is a video explaining how to get the Visual Novel Reader app up and running. The purpose of the app is to serve as a universal reader for any VN in the VNDS++ format.

Since I started reading visual novels I have read almost every visual novel playable by the VNDS and also made contributions myself (Kagetsu Tohya and Kanon converters). However the developer seems to be gone, and the app has been unpurchasable for a year now. Which is why I around christmas decided I would attempt to make my own VNDS interpreter. And instead of making a new platform I decided to extend upon the VNDS-format so it could support all existing VNDS novels. It would be a waste not to. Hence I am just calling it VNDS++.

Feel free to ask me any questions!

Bravely Second - Battle Theme [Piano]

synthicify 2015-04-21 | I have been feeling mixed about what I have heard from the demo soundtrack so far, but the battle theme...does not disappoint! To be honest I actually prefer this to Conflicts' Chime from Bravely Default. At first I transcribed the battle track from the demo, but later on I found out there was a new updated battle theme from more recent demos. Since I liked both, I decided to combine them into one arrangement, so I'm guessing this will be quite different from what actually ends up in the game.

I generally dislike doing battle themes on piano, because it's so hard to do such epic and energetic tracks justice on piano. At least it is with my skill level as it often requires high tempo and fast runs to mimic the power of an orchestra. I was over ambitious in my first arrangements of this theme, and even after making it simpler and simpler I'm still not able to play it as well as I should.

But that's not important. What IS important is that Bravely Second releases in two days. Though I won't play the japanese version, it means: full SOUNDTRACK. Feel free to suggest which you like when the time comes :)

From Bravely Second
Composed by Ryo
Arranged for piano by Synthicify

Sheet Music:...soon I guess

Failure - Breaking Benjamin [Piano Version]

synthicify 2015-04-09 | So this one is quite different from what I usual do, but I was so excited when I first heard this song I just had to do it. Such a nostalgic song...really brings me back to my childhood when I would listen to Phobia over and over.

Piano arrangement: Synthicify
Original music: Breaking Benjamin

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Menu Theme - Bravely Second [Piano + Sheets]

synthicify 2015-03-17 | The theme that plays in the menu in Bravely Second arranged for piano!
Basicly it's the sequels equivalent for Eternity's Moment. To be honest I like this menu music quite alot more than Eternity's Moment. But overall from the demo soundtrack (I only listened to it, didn't play) I'm a bit disappointed. But I can't go and compare every of Ryo's track to Revo's, that'd be unfair. Will have to wait for the release of the whole soundtrack first.

Been a long time since last upload, I've been lying dormant waiting for Bravely Second...Just ONE month to go now!

Feel free to suggest which tracks I should do from the new OST ^^

From Bravely Second
Composed by Ryo
Arranged for Piano by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Winds Direction (Agnés Theme) - Bravely Default[Piano]

synthicify 2014-09-14 | I actually transcribed this months ago, but had so much trouble making an arrangement I was satisfied with. Quite obvious I had to do this one sooner or later. though, as it would've been totally "unacceptable!" to only do 3 of the 4 characther themes xD
Though speaking of unacceptable things...It seems Revo won't be making the soundtrack for Bravely Second...*sob* Apparently Ryu from Supercell will be making it in his place, though I love quite a few Supercell songs, I'm unsire if it really can live up to Revo as creating a soundtrack is somewhat different from songs.

I also had some fun with combining synthesia with a top-down view. What do you think? Should I keep doing it like this, or do it normally?

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Arranged for Piano by Synthicify

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Akame Ga Kill ED - Konna Sekai, Shiritakunakatta Piano Solo [Sheets]

synthicify 2014-07-14 | The ending theme of Akame Ga Kill arranged for piano.

To me, this is by far the best op/ed of the season. Akame Ga Kill is also the show I'm the most interested in so far, given I haven't checked out everything else yet.

Original Artist: Miku Sawai
From Akame Ga Kill
Arranged for piano by Synthicify

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Sword Art Online 2 OP - IGNITE [Piano + Sheets]

synthicify 2014-07-08 | The opening theme of SAO2 "IGNITE" by Eir Aoi arranged for piano.

I've been excited to hear this ever since the snippet in the PV released some time ago, but with my luck I obviously had to work the weekend of release which staggered my progress abit xD

This is also the first time I record something on my old P-95 as it's the only one I have available at home now in the summer. While the sound isn't all too bad, the touch is absolutely horrible and the response is poor...But it works I guess

From Sword Art Online 2/Gun Gale Online (GGO)
Original Artist: Eir Aoi
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

The Bravely Default Piano Medley!

synthicify 2014-06-22 | A 12 minute medley of selected tracks from Bravely Default!

So I realised most of my videos are rather short( under 2 min), which is rather boring, so therefore I decided to make a medley of several tracks I haven't done yet. It seemed like the proper way to finish off my Bravely Default piano coverage for now :) If I counted correctly, with the addition of this medley, I have now transcribed 19 tracks from Bravely Default.

This is my first time trying to arrange a medley, so I naturally have alot to learn when it comes to arranging and making it flow well. But this was an incredible amount of work! I used nearly a month of dedicated work to transcribe, arrange and learn these 20 pages of music...(well, at least my draft was 20 pages).
I really hope those who follow me because of my Bravely videos enjoy this one :)

I first intended to cut the medley before the final part as I ran out of time, and had to leave before I recorded it all, but I decided to go back again later to get that final piece recorded as well. And due to the sheer length of this, I had to lower my error-acceptance-treshold in order to be able to get the recording done in a day.

There's a total of 8 different tracks, as well as a few references to other j-rpg music thrown in :)

Composed by Revo
Arranged and transcribed by Synthicify

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Child of Light - Battle Theme(Dark Creatures) [Piano]

synthicify 2014-05-29 | One of the battle themes (and the best in my opinion) from Child of Light.

Now, I haven't actually played the game myself yet as I better wait until after finals, however, I have listened to the ost an awful lot. This was the track that really stood out for me from the others, with an epic full orchestration and a really sense of a battle theme. In that regard I feel my arranged failed at the last part, there was just no way I was able to replicate the epicness of the trumpets, but I have been working at this for weeks, and just couldn't get the final part right. I really recommend listening to the original!

From Child of Light
Composed by Cœur de pirate
Arranged for piano by Synthicify

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Boat Soaring Through the Heavens(Airship Theme) - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2014-05-14 | The air(boat)ship theme of Bravely Default arranged for piano.

In my opinion this is probably the best airship theme since ff6 (!). The way it mixes up with the previous tracks and speeds up the tempo, really makes it the perfect theme for soaring through the heavens.

Though I have to say that the amount of time I invested in this piece, is far from reflected in the end result. I first began transcribing this sometimes before easter and been working on it every now and then. Even after going through numerous arrangements iterations I still always end up in the same track in terms of arranging. I really wanted to finish this arrangement, and be 100% satisfied with each part, but I just had to settle with it and move on. On the other hand, I can't really think of any other BD track I REALLY feel like doing as of now. I have had That Person's Name Is in the works since newyear, with all melody and chords written down, but I don't think I will get around to finish it, so if anyone would like the unarranged sheets for that one, just ask.

And sorry for the poor lighting, didn't realize it had gotten so dark before I got some decent takes...

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Arranged for piano by Synthicify

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Time Left + Yuzurenai Omoi - Gokukoku no Brynhildr[Piano]

synthicify 2014-04-29 | A piano arrangement of Time Left(Nokosareta Jikan, first played in episode 6) and Yuzurenai Omoi(orchestra version of the OP) combined, as I thought they fit together rather well, so I decided to do both in one arrangement rather than two seperate.

So the sountrack was released some days ago, which someone uploaded to youtube, but sadly it didn't last more than a day before it was taken down by copyright infringement. Luckily for me I had already written it down, but as I have barely listened to the tracks I had to just arrange from what I had written down. It's also very prone to not being entirely accurate as it didn't give me time "prooflisten".

Thus far I actually like the animé rather well. I was abit sceptical when I found out it was from the same author as Elfen Lied, but the first four episodes aren't too bad, and with such a godly soundtrack!

Currently I remember hearing Yuzurenai Omoi (during ep3?), however I can't recall having heard Time Left yet.

From Gokukoku no Brynhildr
Composed by Nao Tokisawa
Arranged by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

I have moved on to write the sheets in musescore rather than Guitar Pro like I used to. The program is clumsy and takes 5x longer time to make, but hopefully it looks abit better :)

All of You Is All of Me - No Game No Life [Piano Solo + sheets]

synthicify 2014-04-19 | So I have no idea yet what this one is called as the OST hasn't been released yet..Only that it plays at the epic moments in the series (played in episode 2 and episode 3 thus far) xD

Though the show seems good enough I must say that so far the music has really stood out. Especially with episode 2, where half of it was filled with good sountracks, this being one of them. Also, having to transcribe while listening to the episode with dialouge covering the music over and over again, is quite tedious. It's not the most inspring piece, musically, as it is only 2 chords throughout the whole piece, but the melody is always paramount. Can't wait for the full ost release

Edit: So the soundtrack *finally* came out, and I could update the title accordingly, at last :)

From No Game No Life
Composed by
Arranged for piano by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei ED - Millenario [Piano Solo]

synthicify 2014-04-17 | The ending of Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei arranged for piano.

Another of the shows I will be following this season. The chorus really reminded me of quite a few other themes, and was really tempting to include quite a few (e.g FF1 main theme, Dark Cloud village, a song from Air and so on...) so I had to rewrite the arrangement quite a few times, but ended up with only a slight reference...

And since it is holidays I got a chance to record on a grand, however I only got a cheap mic so the audio quality is not the best.

From Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
Composed by ELISA
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

No Game No Life OP - This Game [Piano + sheets]

synthicify 2014-04-11 | The opening song for No Game No Life arranged for piano.

Judging from the first episode the show seems interesting enough, though I fear it might progress into a generic game animé, I hope not. Also possibly the best opening song so far.

I have actually been spending alot of time arranging and learning this piece, and it took me over an hour of recording to get something decent enough. Really should have spent even more time practising it, but I really wanted to get it done before leaving for Berlin and Distant Worlds xD

From No Game No Life
Composed by Konomi Suzuki
Transcribed and Arranged by Synthicify

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

* Please do not use the midi to post your own Synthesia videos, I provide them for those who would rather learn by midi than sheet music. Thank you :)

Isshuukan Friends ED - Kanade [Piano]

synthicify 2014-04-08 | The ending theme of Isshuukan Friends arranged for piano.

It seems I will be following quite a few animés this season, this being one of them. The ending so is also easly my favorite op/ed thus far and I knew immediately after hearing it during the first episode that I had to play it. After practicing for half a day straight I was able to get a decent recording at last.

Isshuukan Friends seems interesting enough, though the premise isn't exaclty original (the end of Clannad:Tomoyo After, or Ef: A Tale of Memories, for example).

From Isshuukan Friends
Composed by Sukima Switch
Anime-version by Sora Amamiya
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

* Please do not use the midi to post your own Synthesia videos, I provide them for those who learn better by midi than reading sheets. Thank you :)

Gokukoku no Brynhildr OP [Piano]

synthicify 2014-03-31 | The opening theme for Gokukoku no Brynhildr (BRYNHILDR IN THE DARKNESS -Ver. EJECTED-) arranged for piano.

Gokukoku no Brynhildr, one of the few upcoming animé this season that actually peeked my interest. Probably mostly due to the PV beeing really good, both visually and musically.

So it seems this is actually the opening theme, only that it was shortened in the promotional video. I thought about redoing it now that the whole theme is available, but the cut out parts are really just "nonsense" that wouldn't really fit well for piano anyways. Except for the extended ending and the key change that was pretty cool.
However, I might update the sheets with the extra parts

Usually I finish the sheet music and arrangement before recording, but for this one I didn't, so it is slightly improvised, hence a quite simple left hand as I wanted to keep the rythm clean.

Composed by Tokisawa Nao
Arranged for piano by Synthicify

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

* Please do not use the midi to post your own Synthesia videos, I provide them for those who learn better by midi than reading sheets. Thank you :)

You Are My Hope(Tizs Theme) - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2014-03-21 | Tiz's special move theme arranged for piano.

My favorite of the character themes, and it is given to the most bland and boring character (of the main four that is), well, at least he got something going for him xD I had planned to extend this arrangements with parts from the vocalized concert version (as with Baby Bird), but before I got so far the concert had been taken down! :( That concert is the most epic thing I have seen recently, probably heard it through like at least 15 times...Anyways, luckily it seems to be resurfacing bit by bit xD

Listening to the original after I made the arrangement, I realize I probably should have kept it more simple, less tones, at least during the verses. It's hard to restrain oneself with such an energizing theme ;)

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Arranged for piano by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Once More - Never 7 [Piano]

synthicify 2014-03-12 | The main theme from the Never 7 visual novel.

I really enjoyed this visual novel, though I can't say if that is because the previous one I read was so poor (Shikkoku no Sharnoth), nontheless, I really enjoyed it. The music was pretty good, and considering it is a 14 years old visual novel, I thought for sure alot of the themes would have been transcribed, shockingly, there was none. Seems Never 7 is alot less popular than I first thought.

From Never 7
Composed by Takeshi Abo
Transcribed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Baby Bird (Edeas Theme) - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2014-03-04 | The special move theme for Edea, Baby Bird, arranged for piano!

Definately the character theme I heard the most when playing the game, as Edea was pretty much the one I used to kill...pretty much everything with! And because she's obviously the best of the characters (together with Ringabel).

Even though the theme is so short, it took a surprisingly long time to get this one done, and it still turned out sloppy xD. Also decided to throw along the intro used in the vocalized version, because it's awesome! (Seems they changed the key of the theme to better fit the singer in the orchestra version)

Well...can't really think of any other Bravely Default themes as of now I really have the will to do, however, feel free to suggest ;)

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Tears of Sylph - Ys I & II Chronicles [Piano]

synthicify 2014-02-20 | Felt like doing a track that isn't from Bravely Default, though I'm not entirely done with it yet.

Was just listening through the YS ost while studying yesterday and felt a sudden urge to do this. It's simply sad to see how this series is the most underrated and unknown jrpg franchise (really), considering it is as old as Final Fantasy. The only complaint of the games are some weaker story lines, but the gameplay and music easly makes up for it. The music...it can easy rival that of Uematsu's work on the Final Fantasy series.

From Ys I originially, though the version I transcribed is from the Ys I & II Chronicles remake.

Composed by Yuzo Koshiro
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Land of Civil War (Hartschild Town Theme) - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2014-02-19 | The theme of Hartschild arranged for piano. Really, had I heard this theme before playing the game, I would never have guessed it to be a town theme, simply too epic :3

I actually transcribed this over a month ago, but I had so much trouble trying to arrange the whole theme to make sense on piano, especially the bridge part. So to not waste all the hours that went into transcribing and failed arranging attempts, I simply dropped the bridge and focused on the last half of the theme. The sheet music will however contain my original transcription of the other parts if anyone feels like trying those parts :)

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Land of Beginnings (Caldisla Town Theme) - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2014-02-15 | The theme of the begninning town, Caldisla.

Being one of the first tracks you hear in the game, it does really well setting the bar of how awesome the music in this game is. The town where it begins, and the town where it ends, I finally completed the game at last!

I think I might be running out of fuel and ideas for arranging Bravely music, can't think of any more tracks I immediately feel like doing, we'll see.

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Loves Vagrant (Ringabels Theme) - Bravely Default[Piano]

synthicify 2014-02-04 | Love's Vagrant from Bravely Default which is Rinbabels theme for special attacks. Though the story overall is okay the characters is really what makes it great, Ringabel in particular xD

I gave myself quite alot of freedom with this theme. The original is a peculiar piece and proved abit tough to translate to piano, hence I slowed the tempo and added some original parts as well as another theme to atleast try make it a tad more interesting. Got abit mixed feelings about the result though. Also, I'm very good at messing up when I play , so ended up combining two takes to retain some sanity, even though it isn't really a difficult piece.

Composed by Revo
From Bravely Default
Performed and transcribed by Synthicify

I have had quite a few requests for MIDIs. With the program I use to make sheets I can easly export the sheets straight to MIDI, however, I have been reluctant to do this because of high chance of people redistributing for their own gain (e.g Synthesia videos!). Though for people who struggle reading sheet music, I can see the appeal for MIDIs (I did so myself before learning sheet music). I will also go back and add MIDIs for all my other videos. But please don't redistribute :)

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Prelude: Moving Toward Hope - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2014-01-30 | The first theme you will hear in Bravely Default! It plays at the start menu and at various points throughtout the game, as well as being a well used leitmotif. The start menu is also pure genious once you reach chapter 6. I normally just rush through to load the game, but when I hesitated once, I had time to notice. Not really sure at exactly what point it changes, but it was really cool little detail. "Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies" Yep...just gonna leave that there!

After spending roughly two weeks at failing to get a satisfying arrangement for Land of Civil War, I decided to try something else and ended up with this which went rather painless. Also got most of the work done for one of the character themes ;)
I still haven't beaten the game, but only 2 jobs missing so closing in!

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Land of Immortality (Eternia Town Theme) - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2014-01-15 | The town theme of Eternia from Bravely Default.

I really wish there was more to do in the towns other than resting at the inn so I could hear the town themes even more, because they are all awesome (especially Eternia and Hartschild)

I apologize for somewhat sloppy triplets and dynamics, I had actually got a rather perfect take earlier after an hour of recording, but it seems the camera eventually times out if recording for too long...And for this take the firealarm actually activated towards the end, but by making the obvious priority, it turned out okay-ish afterall, though I edited a bit too fast, hence the slight unsync...

Composed by Revo
From Bravely Default
Transcribed and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Beneath the Hollow Moon - Bravely Default [Guitar]

synthicify 2014-01-12 | The theme Beneath the Hollow Moon from Bravely Default.

I was actually working on another track from Bravely Default for piano, but it kinda wore me out before I could finish, so decided to do something else: this.

It's the first time I actually try recording more than one instrumental track, quite less work when just recording 1 piano track synced with 1 movie. Also did some very elementary mistakes, like forgetting to turn off the TV when recording acoustic, which is the source of all the background noise...Not fine-tuning the guitars before recording...In the end it turned out quite alot messier than I imagined.

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Transcribed and performed by Synthicify

Tabs: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Stepping Along - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood [Piano]

synthicify 2013-12-31 | Stepping Along from the animé Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Decided to quickly throw together something rather easy so I could manage to get one more recording on the grand before the vacation ends.

I really enjoy the moments when this plays in the series. Nothing really says moving on with the adventure like this theme. As far as I remember it plays when they leave Rush Valley, but I'm pretty sure it plays on other occasions as well.

From Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Composed by Akira Senju
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Silence of the Forest - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2013-12-28 | The dungeon theme "Silence of the Forest" from Bravely Default. Parts of this theme really sounds quite like Legend of the Wind by Joe Hisaishi, for those familiar with Studio Ghibli :)

I'm really not used to play on a real piano yet, especially having a mechanical sustain pedal is still kind of foreign, I guess I might be pedaling too hard or something, which is the cause of the "brushing" sounds throughout the video.

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Transcribed and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

To Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X [Piano]

synthicify 2013-12-26 | To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X.

Although there are a gazillion covers of this one already, I thought I might as well upload it anyway from my session with the grand piano.

From Final Fantasy X
Composed by Nobou Uematsu

The Day the Wind Blew - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2013-12-25 | The Day the Wind Blew from Bravely Default, which plays for the first time in-game when you restore the wind crystal. I'm hoping to hear it more often in the game as well, but my progress has been slow since I get so captivated by the awesome music.

So I found an opportunity to play on a grand piano for the first time in my life, and my... is it something else! This is also the first time I have tried recording an acoustic piano and I really don't know squat about getting a good sound, so the audio recording I ended up with really doesn't do the grand justice.

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Transcribed and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

World of Scattering Flowers - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2013-12-16 | World of Scattering Flowers from Bravely default transcribed for piano.

Perhaps my favorite theme from the Bravely Default ost, okay, one of my favorites at least...definately top five though! My point being, the ost is simply stunning.

I probably should have spend some more time fine-tuning the arrangement and practiced a bit more, but today was my last chance to get it done before the holidays, so so be it.

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Transcribed and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Claire Farron - Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII [Piano]

synthicify 2013-12-13 | Despite the Final Fantasy series being in a little bit of a decline compared to the earlier installments, there's one thing that has yet to disappoint: the OST. And from this game this particular track stood out to me. Considering there are already plenty of Lightning themes, I can't help but think that this one probably would play at some kind of climax as its title is Lightning true name, really looking forward as to where I will find it in the game!. It has a nice "despair & hope" feel to it, and especially the "The Promise" leitmotif at the end is rather brilliant.

Edit: So I just finished the game, and it seems my prediction was right,was not disappointed with how it was used in the game, even though I had to wait untill the very end to finally hear it!

From Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Composed by Naoshi Mizuta
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Eternitys Moment (Menu Theme) - Bravely Default [Piano]

synthicify 2013-12-06 | The menu theme from Bravely Default

So I literally heard this theme for the first time yesterday, and decided to immediately transcribe it inbetween exam preparations. It's not entirely accurate, I couldn't be bothered to figure out the exact patterns used in the left hand, but it's somewhat okay enough.

Never gave this game much thought untill I recently listened to the ost and found out just how awesome it is. I will definately be getting this game for that reason alone xD There's especially one more theme from this game I will definately attempt.

From Bravely Default
Composed by Revo
Transcribed and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

Tales of Xillia 2 Ending Theme (Proof of choice + I Believe, I Can Believe!) [Piano]

synthicify 2013-11-30 | The credits/ending theme of Tales of Xillia 2 arranged for piano.

This is one of my favorite Tales music pieces, especially with the incorporation of "Song 4 u" in the latter half. Although it kind of loses one dimension of epicness without the choir in the end... I can't wait to hear these themes in-game when it get localized!

From Tales of Xillia 2
Composed by Motoi Sakuraba ("I Believe, I Can Believe!" based off "Song 4 u" by Ayumi Hamasaki)
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/2KSOKqu

A Snow Light (Flanoir) - Tales of Symphonia [Piano]

synthicify 2013-11-23 | A Snow Light from Tales of Symphonia, which seems rather appropriate as the snow has just begun to fall over here.

I have yet to play this Tales game, however, I do got the collectors edition of the ps3 remake pre-ordered and I can't wait to play it! This took way more attempts than it should have, and I yet couldn't get one clean recording, so I had to slice it up a little...

From Tales of Symphonia
Composed by Takeshi Arai
Arranged and performed by Synthicify

Sheet music: http://www.mediafire.com/view/1lu4ysc4yuch29i/Tales_of_Symphonia_-_A_Snow_Light.pdf
MIDI: http://www.mediafire.com/download/p62bgnsif6ogndd/A_Snow_Light.mid