Upon request, here's a performance of the recently-arranged Test Drive, from DreamWork's masterpiece How to Train Your Dragon. The soundtrack was composed by John Powell. This is probably the hardest of all HTTYD arrangements I've done. Unless you count "See You Tomorrow," which is in its final stages of being arranged :)
Upon request, here's a performance of the recently-arranged Test Drive, from DreamWork's masterpiece How to Train Your Dragon. The soundtrack was composed by John Powell. This is probably the hardest of all HTTYD arrangements I've done. Unless you count "See You Tomorrow," which is in its final stages of being arranged :)
Your pianist, SebastianCivilization V - Field of Poppies (piano cover)Sebastian Wolff2012-07-25 | Steamsale happened, and I grabbed Civilization V. Here's me playing a pretty jingle from the soundtrack. Composed by Michael Curran, Geoff Knorr. (c) 2010 2K Games.
So, this new Mass Effect 3 game came out. More importantly, the Mass Effect 3 soundtrack came out, full of fantastic music by Clint Mansell, Christopher Lennertz, Cris Velasco, Sam Hulick, and Sasha Dikicyan.
Here is a request: I Was Lost Without You - Mass Effect 3's Love Theme. 2-hour turnaround! I'm getting blazingly fast for transcriptions. At least for short, slow-moving songs.
Your pianist, Sebastian http://sebastianwolff.infoPushing Onwards - VVVVVV - piano coverSebastian Wolff2012-02-02 | I've loved VVVVVV since it came out and took hold of my free time. I still have to beat Veni, Vedi, Vici...
There is also a different version out there by arranger and musician Brent Kennedy. His version is more of an arrangement than a reduction - which this performance is. I will never have the dexterity that @UnofficialSoundtrack has. Have a listen to his performance... which is much cleaner and much more epic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BASgTQGjdEg
Pushing Onwards, along with the rest of the fantastic VVVVVV soundtrack was composed by Magnus Pålsson.
So I've seen HTTYD about 5 times now and fell in love with the movie, characters, DreamWorks, and the composer - John Powell.
This is one of (currently three) How to Train Your Dragon piano covers I'll be uploading, since I already arranged sheet music for the following songs from the score: - Where's Hiccup? - Forbidden Friendship - Romantic Flight
So I've seen HTTYD about 5 times now and fell in love with the movie, characters, DreamWorks, and the composer - John Powell.
This is one of (currently three) How to Train Your Dragon piano covers I'll be uploading, since I already arranged sheet music for the following songs from the score: - Where's Hiccup? - Forbidden Friendship - Romantic Flight
On a related note, wish me luck for my DreamWorks internship application!
So I've seen HTTYD about 5 times now and fell in love with the movie, characters, DreamWorks, and the composer - John Powell.
This is one of (currently three) How to Train Your Dragon piano covers I'll be uploading, since I already arranged sheet music for the following songs from the score: - Where's Hiccup? - Forbidden Friendship - Romantic Flight
This performance was long overdue. I arranged this by request about 2 years ago. Anyhow, here it is: Professor Layton's Theme, the title theme from the first game in the series, Professor Layton and the Curious Village (レイトン教授と不思議な町). The soundtrack was composed by Tomohito Nishiura (西浦 智仁). The song and game belong to Nintendo.
Your pianist, SebastianKingdom Hearts: Concert Paraphrase on Dearly BelovedSebastian Wolff2009-06-18 | This is my official plug for something I have been anticipating for three years: an official "Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts." Square Enix released the CD in Japan on May 27th, and a sheet music book today (June 17th). With 12 amazing arrangements by Kaoru Wada (和田 薫) of some of the best Kingdom Hearts songs composed by Yoko Shimomura (下村 陽子), it's one of the most amazing things I've heard.
Here is my favorite track, by far, already arranged for your listening pleasure.
Happy Birthday, Amaya-san! Thank you for Cave Story, in all its magnificent glory; the music, the art, the story...
In addendum to the previous Cave Story Medley, here is the most emotional and amazing song from the game, now in a 4-handed version. Due to biological restrictions, I had to record it twice, once for the melody, once for the harmonization.
And here's what I've been mainly working on since October. If you're not sure what this World of Goo (WoG) thing is, I must pity you and direct your attention to http://worldofgoo.com
And yes, I did go to Kinkos and have them nicely print and bind the sheet music for me. No, you can't have my copy.
Tracklist: [00:11] World of Goo Beginning [00:38] The Goo Filled Hills [00:59] Brave Adventurers [01:36] Another Mysterious Pipe Appeared [02:42] Regurgitation Pumping Station [03:12] Threadcutter [03:50] Rain Rain Windy Windy [04:44] Jelly [05:51] Screamer [06:29] Burning Man [07:03] Cog in the Machine [07:44] Years of Work [09:43] Are You Coming Home, Love MOM [10:50] The Last of the Goo Balls and the Telescope Operator [11:42] Best of Times
This is probably one of my all-time favorite pieces. If you have not seen the anime, please do so now; you have missed out on life until you've watched it. It is licensed in the US, so you should be able to get your hands on it.
"Seijaku no Toki" means "Time of Silence" unless I am mistaken. T'was composed by the wonderful Anze Hijiri who composed about half of the soundtrack for Utawarerumono alongside Nakamura Miyu. I learned this piece by ear; there is no sheet music for it. Please don't ask for any.
For anyone who hasn't seen "Wolf's Rain," go out and buy/obtain it, since it's one of the best anime series I've seen so far.
Piano improvisation [if you couldn't tell] on "Shiro, Long Tails," which is from the Wolf's Rain OST 2; all copyright, fame and glory go to Yoko Kanno. (c) Bandai Visual, BONES, others.
Your pianist, Sebastian WolffKingdom Hearts Piano MedleySebastian Wolff2006-08-18 | Hokay, so, in lieu of proper sheet music, I decided to arrange my favorite KH / KH2 songs for piano. In chronological order:
[00:00] Dearly Beloved [01:25] Hikari [02:57] Organization XIII [03:53] Roxas [04:59] Kairi [05:43] Waltz of the Damned [06:50] This is Halloween [08:11] Scherzo di Notte [08:53] Hallow Bastion [09:50] Rowdy Rumble [10:21] Darkness of the Unknown [10:58] Pirate's Gigue [11:25] Dance to the Death [12:08] The 13th Dilemma [13:14] Fragments of Sorrow [13:52] Destati [14:53] Guardando Nel Buio [15:23] Hand in Hand [16:02] Friends in my Heart [17:05] Treasured Memories
I improvised the entire medley; I had a bit of help from ichigo's ( http://www.ichigos.com ) with Hikari and I wrote some sheets for Hallow Bastion and Darkness of the Unknown myself.
I would have included a lot more songs, since the soundtrack is just plainly incredible, but 20's a good number and 19:43mins is already pushing it. (Sorry to you "Passion" fans) KH / KH2 music (c) Disney, Hikaru Utada, Yoko Shimomura, Squaresoft, Square-Enix, other people; This is Halloween (c) Danny Elfman. Please don't sue me. Note: this is my first (recorded) piano piece, so please flame politely.
EDIT: Um. for some reason youtube didn't like my video and decided to meddle with the audio and video synchronization. *shrugs*
EDIT 2012: Video synced. Only took 5 years, YouTube :)