Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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A bonus transcription this week - "The Flatlands" - my favourite landscape theme transcribed here with the full sheet music and a test recording!
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➤ Analysis:
The work itself is quite simple, yet it functions very successfully. The opening pivots between the tonic (D major; 0:02), the subdominant (G major/minor; 0:03 and 0:07), the dominant (A major; 0:14) and also a brief excursion to the flattened 3rd (F major; 0:12).
The 2nd section (0:31) shifts into G minor - the minor subdominant key - with the introduction of Greek bouzouki guitars.
Then we transition into the 3rd section (0:43) in G major - the subdominant - including a wonderful tertiary modulation from G major to E-flat major 7th. This shift is so pleasant due to its seamless voice leading (e.g. the B slips down to a B-flat). For some trivia, this progression is also littered throughout "Burgeoning Power" from "Fire Emblem Fates":
youtu.be/d9IQm9mf0dU
I could slightly pick out another instrument potentially playing the oboe melody of 0:58 an octave above (perhaps a flute), though I deduced that it was simply the harmonics of the oboe resonating loudly. Though I am suspicious!
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The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using the brilliant EastWest sample libraries.
★Game: Octopath Traveler
★Developer: Square Enix
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Yasunori Nishiki
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries
★Tags: Octopath Traveler,The Flatlands, Octopath Traveler OST, Octopath OST, Octopath Soundtrack, Octopath Flatlands, Flatlands
#OctopathTraveler
#TheFlatlands
#SheetMusic
🎵 Sheet Music & Parts ➤ musicnotes.com/l/Vl2bJ
💗 MIDI / XML / Sibelius ➤ bit.ly/TandABundle
🎹 Commissions ➤ jshaw.co.uk/commissions
🎮 More Arrangements ➤ jshaw.co.uk/TandA
👍 Facebook ➤ bit.ly/TandAFacebook
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🎵 YouTube Music ➤ bit.ly/TandAYouTube
🎵 Apple Music / iTunes ➤ bit.ly/TandAApple
A bonus transcription this week - "The Flatlands" - my favourite landscape theme transcribed here with the full sheet music and a test recording!
--------------------
➤ Analysis:
The work itself is quite simple, yet it functions very successfully. The opening pivots between the tonic (D major; 0:02), the subdominant (G major/minor; 0:03 and 0:07), the dominant (A major; 0:14) and also a brief excursion to the flattened 3rd (F major; 0:12).
The 2nd section (0:31) shifts into G minor - the minor subdominant key - with the introduction of Greek bouzouki guitars.
Then we transition into the 3rd section (0:43) in G major - the subdominant - including a wonderful tertiary modulation from G major to E-flat major 7th. This shift is so pleasant due to its seamless voice leading (e.g. the B slips down to a B-flat). For some trivia, this progression is also littered throughout "Burgeoning Power" from "Fire Emblem Fates":
youtu.be/d9IQm9mf0dU
I could slightly pick out another instrument potentially playing the oboe melody of 0:58 an octave above (perhaps a flute), though I deduced that it was simply the harmonics of the oboe resonating loudly. Though I am suspicious!
--------------------
The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using the brilliant EastWest sample libraries.
★Game: Octopath Traveler
★Developer: Square Enix
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Yasunori Nishiki
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries
★Tags: Octopath Traveler,The Flatlands, Octopath Traveler OST, Octopath OST, Octopath Soundtrack, Octopath Flatlands, Flatlands
#OctopathTraveler
#TheFlatlands
#SheetMusic
