Uploaded August 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"Farewells are bittersweet... but as long as you live, you can never escape them. To feel sadness is to live... but as long as you are alive, the future is a blank page."
After a very long time, I'm happy to present an orchestral cover of "Proof of Existence" from Super Paper Mario, which is one of the last pieces you hear in the game!
I spent the past couple of months learning about orchestral music. I wanted to do better than the last cover I did, which also originated from Super Paper Mario. Back in February, I didn't know as much as I did now, so I was really stuck while making this. However, after the 85 hours I put into this one piece -- not including the time I spent learning -- I finally reached an end. I'm very happy to have finished this and kept some kind of promise. It's been so long since I've ever finished such a big project.
Unlike previous covers, there were a lot of things I had to take into consideration. I needed to arrange things by foreground, middleground, and background, make use of multiple orchestral libraries, and many other small details that you'd consider for a real orchestra (like giving woodwind players time to breathe, or let them switch parts between one another). I also worked with instrument articulations and dynamics, so the music varies in volume and expression (this was the most tedious thing to accomplish).
Nevertheless, I'm happy to have come this far with such a large and time-consuming project, and I thank you for listening to my music, no matter at what point. I hope this lets you relive fond memories of Super Paper Mario, if you have any! I know it has for me. ^^
"Farewells are bittersweet... but as long as you live, you can never escape them. To feel sadness is to live... but as long as you are alive, the future is a blank page."
After a very long time, I'm happy to present an orchestral cover of "Proof of Existence" from Super Paper Mario, which is one of the last pieces you hear in the game!
I spent the past couple of months learning about orchestral music. I wanted to do better than the last cover I did, which also originated from Super Paper Mario. Back in February, I didn't know as much as I did now, so I was really stuck while making this. However, after the 85 hours I put into this one piece -- not including the time I spent learning -- I finally reached an end. I'm very happy to have finished this and kept some kind of promise. It's been so long since I've ever finished such a big project.
Unlike previous covers, there were a lot of things I had to take into consideration. I needed to arrange things by foreground, middleground, and background, make use of multiple orchestral libraries, and many other small details that you'd consider for a real orchestra (like giving woodwind players time to breathe, or let them switch parts between one another). I also worked with instrument articulations and dynamics, so the music varies in volume and expression (this was the most tedious thing to accomplish).
Nevertheless, I'm happy to have come this far with such a large and time-consuming project, and I thank you for listening to my music, no matter at what point. I hope this lets you relive fond memories of Super Paper Mario, if you have any! I know it has for me. ^^
