Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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My cover of Somnus with the MStudio string quintet!
I commissioned Oleh MStudio to perform the string section for this track, and recorded my own live piano and vocals to the original score.
The result is one of my proudest works yet; Somnus is a special and beautiful song to me and many others, and I would not be able to do it justice with anything less.

Oleh and his team did an amazing job with the string section and I could not have done this cover without them.
Please check them out here! fiverr.com/oleh_mytrofanov

This track is now available on streaming services! If you liked this track, please support it here.
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/track/0Uk9jJZBAQJiZx7Qw3Xajg
APPLE MUSIC: itunes.apple.com/album/id/1735525278
BANDCAMP: dwelch.bandcamp.com/album/somnus


FULL CREDITS:
TITLE: Somnus (from Final Fantasy XV and Versus XIII)

Composer: Yoko Shimomura
Lyrics: Tetsuya Nomura
Arrangement: Yoko Shimomura
Transcription: musescore.com/user/15713316/scores/3372681
Vocals: Daniel Welch
Piano: Daniel Welch
Violins: Alexey Zavgorodniy
Viola: Alexey Zavgorodniy
Cello: Kateryna Mytrofanova
Double Bass: Oleh Mytrofanov

FOOTAGE FROM (in order of appearance):
Final Fantasy Versus XIII Trailer, from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2009): youtu.be/HPWWGwgUHr4
Final Fantasy XV "Dawn" Trailer (2015, PlayStation): youtu.be/FXMJTGna_xA
Final Fantasy XV, Intro (Departure), recorded: youtu.be/RaEFLqyBBag
Final Fantasy XV, Chapter 9 (Callings), recorded: youtu.be/r_q5KOvWnpY
Final Fantasy XV, Chapter 12 (End of Days) Royal Edition cutscene, recorded: youtu.be/FUwcJJcLtBE
Final Fantasy XV, Chapter 14 (Homecomings), recorded: youtu.be/29o_XGVIk6k

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