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This is the PIANO ONLY accompaniment of the album for you to sing or play along to! The full album is called Melodia Memoria: Piano Vocal Collection and consists of the main themes from Final Fantasy XIV.
Dragonsong - FFXIV Piano Collection (Piano Accompaniment)OstilMusic2023-08-12 | ♫ -- COMING TO STREAMING SERVICES SOON! -- ♫
This is the PIANO ONLY accompaniment of the album for you to sing or play along to! The full album is called Melodia Memoria: Piano Vocal Collection and consists of the main themes from Final Fantasy XIV.
This is the PIANO ONLY accompaniment of the album for you to sing or play along to! The full album is called Melodia Memoria: Piano Vocal Collection and consists of the main themes from Final Fantasy XIV.
This is the PIANO ONLY accompaniment of the album for you to sing or play along to! The full album is called Melodia Memoria: Piano Vocal Collection and consists of the main themes from Final Fantasy XIV.
This is the PIANO ONLY accompaniment of the album for you to sing or play along to! The full album is called Melodia Memoria: Piano Vocal Collection and consists of the main themes from Final Fantasy XIV.
This is the PIANO ONLY accompaniment of the album for you to sing or play along to! The full album is called Melodia Memoria: Piano Vocal Collection and consists of the main themes from Final Fantasy XIV.
Hellooo there, it's been a while. I'm excited to share this full length duet album I did with @animevivi featuring Ending Themes from several video games. We had a ton of fun making it and we hope you enjoy listening! This song from P5 was super fun to play for me since it was just a lot of improvisation and banging on the piano until something decent came out haha. If you liked what you hear, then please check out the rest of the album and let me know what you think! ❤️
If you do want to hear the rest of it, check it out on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, or any of those other weird ones. You can find the link above.
#piano #pianomusic #pianocover #viola #videogamemusic #persona5NieR Replicant - Ashes of Dreams (Original Cover)OstilMusic2022-03-25 | So, I've been meaning to play Nier Replicant for a while now and as of this upload, I still haven't. But it's also on sale right now so I'm going to get it after writing this stupid description. You're welcome future me.
Oh right...music stuff. So this is my cover of the ending theme for Replicant that is featured on the Pixel Mixer's Nier album! This cover was made possible by the help of other amazing talented musician friends. Seriously, piano and strings is the best combo. Throw a little vocals on it and voila!
I hope you enjoy it! I have...a lot of unreleased song projects in the works so...maybe you'll get to hear those eventually.
#piano #pianocover #gamemusic #videogame #nierThe Secret World of Arrietty - Arriettys Song (Piano Cover)OstilMusic2021-11-28 | I was working on some stuff a while ago and listening to chill Ghibli tunes as one does to stay focused. I heard this song play which I had never heard before. I thought it was pretty cool so I went hunting to see if anyone had a good transcription of it. I've never seen this movie but it has been added to my list of Ghibli movies to catch up on. Is it any good?
Here's the thing about recording videos. You never really know what the result is going to look like until it's too late. Take this video for example. My dog bumped into the tripod just as I started recording and it caused the camera to shoot at a 45 degree angle. Which of course I only noticed after I was done haha...
Alas I did my best to "fix it" in post. But honestly I'm just too lazy to bother.
So please ignore the video as it moves like it has a mind of its own.
Well, got a bunch of other music projects to procrastinate on.
Ok byeeeee.
#studioghibli #arrietty #joehisashi #pianocoverOctopath Traveler - Ending Theme (Original Cover)OstilMusic2021-07-04 | The Octopath Traveler soundtrack is amazing and I absolutely love the Ending Theme. When I first heard it while playing the game, it sat in the back of my mind as a potential cover idea. Initially I was just going to do a piano version but thought maybe I could collab with my Viola friend. I tinkered with the arrangement for probably over a year, never committing to it though desperately wanting to do it.
But then the Pixel Mixer's community decided to do an Octopath Traveler collaboration album. I jumped on the opportunity to volunteer for the Ending Theme so that I would have a deadline to meet. So roping in my Viola friend, I got started working on it again.
Then a brilliant idea hit me. Octopath has eight characters (octo=eight). It's about their eight stories. The Ending Theme is eight minutes long...and...well you see where I'm going. I thought hey, why not have eight musicians playing eight different instruments to cover this eight minute long song even though I have literally zero experience arranging/writing. What could go wroooooong.
Well this is the result and I'm really proud of it. I learned a lot about writing for different instruments and a bunch of other useful things. However, this cover comes down to the amazing talent of the following musicians that took my junk sheet music arrangement and played it perfectly;
I really hope you enjoy it. I can finally remove this song from my head where it was sitting for too long and move onto other things. I'm excited to hear what you think! Let me know.
And please subscribe if you read this far and haven't already. I would appreciate it!
#octopath #traveler #videogame #nintendo #gamemusic #covers #pianoKikis Delivery Service - A Town With An Ocean View (Piano Cover)OstilMusic2021-05-14 | I've been playing this song off and on for a while and just never really found the time or motivation to make a video out of it. But then I booked my first dose for the covid vaccine and thought welp, I better do it before my arm mysterious falls off!
So I rushed out this sloppy video and as soon as it was done, I went to get vaccinated an hour later.
Hope you enjoy it! Subscribe if you can, it helps. And message me in the comments, it entertains me when I'm bored.
Thaaaaanks.
#studioghibli #kikisdeliveryservice #joehisashi #pianocoverFinal Fantasy V - Ahead On Our Way (Piano and Harp Cover)OstilMusic2021-05-04 | This was the longest and shortest cover I have ever done.
A long time ago, the harpist and I had planned to do a cover together. Oh let's do a FFV cover she said. Sure I said. Great she said. AND THEN SHE STABBED HER FINGER.
Fast forward a month. Oh let's do that FFV cover now she said. Sure I said. Great she said. AND THEN SHE GOT BLISTERS.
Fast forward a month. Oh let's do FFV now, sure, great, etc. AND THEN HER HARP PEDAL TUBE EXPLODED.
Faster forward many more months. Oh let's do that FFV cover now she said. Sure I said. Great she said, but let's do it for the Dwelling of Duels monthly competition so we have a deadline and no excuses. Great I said. AND THEN SHE...ACTUALLY DID IT!
I managed to record my part in a day. Which never happens. And in a few days the song was done.
And please subscribe and send me messages. It gives me something to do.
#finalfantasy #aheadonourway #pianocover #harpcover #nobuouematsuTaylor Swift - Cardigan (Original Piano Cover)OstilMusic2021-03-14 | So I had this bet with musician friend of mine. The winner got to choose a song for the loser to do. And that, dear listener, is why you're watching me play Taylor Swift.
What was the bet you ask? Well there's this game on Nintendo Switch called Mario 35. It's like, a battle royale of Mario. Whoever out-lived the other most times out of 35 matches (yes, I'm creative) was the winner.
Yeah. It was bad. Like reaaaally bad. The score at the end was [redacted]. I'm almost embarrassed to call myself a gamer at this point.
If you want to know the score, go ask the winner herself. While you're at it, go check out her awesome Harp covers.
Thanks for listening as always! Hit me with that sub because I like to see the number go up. It gives me motivation to do more piano projects haha.
#taylorswift #caridgan #folklore #pianocoverOkami - Reset (Piano and Vocal Cover)OstilMusic2021-03-09 | Alright, just throwing this disclaimer out there; I have not played Okami at the time of this upload. Yes I know it's a crime, but I will get to it soon!
I did this cover as part of the Pixel Mixer Okami cover album. Since it only needed audio, I didn't bother making a video for it. Plus I have covid hair and I'm too lazy to get a haircut.
I joined that music community in hopes of finding some cool collab partners, and then volunteered myself for this song. I roped in my friend Emily to help me with the vocals because I don't have a beautiful singing voice, nor am I female. I'm just here to play the piano!
If you like the Okami soundtrack, you should definitely go check out the full album! Sounds of Sunrise - An Okami & Okamiden Tribute Album youtu.be/kf8zoY8DKqo
Thanks for listening! Subscribe if you wanna. Or don't. But I'll probably shed a tear.Final Fantasy 7 - Aeriths Theme (Piano Collections)OstilMusic2020-04-28 | I've been playing through the FF7: Remake and reminiscing on playing the original game a long time ago. It reminded me of the "Piano Collections: Final Fantasy VII" book I used to love playing. It has been a long time since I had looked through the book. But being in the Final Fantasy mood, I figured I'd relearn this song!
I hope you enjoy it. If you do, hit that subscribe button! Do it for team Avalanche.
Note to future self; don't do that stupid piano setup you did for this...or you'll lose the good take and have to settle with this second, less-better take. Thanks.5 Centimeters per Second - Distant Everyday Memories (Piano Cover)OstilMusic2020-04-16 | A while ago I had stumbled across the movie "5 Centimeters per Second". I don't remember how...but next thing I know I was watching it at 3am one night. I remember enjoying the movie and thinking the soundtrack was perfect for the piano. Aaaaand then I forgot about it.
But during a random corona-virus-social-distancing-YouTube-binge at 3am (again), I re-stumbled on the soundtrack. So here you go!
I hope you enjoy it wherever you're currently self-quarantining yourself.
Thanks for listening!JP Saxe - If The World Was Ending (Original Piano Cover)OstilMusic2020-03-27 | I've been pretty busy lately with work and travelling so I haven't had much time to do music projects. But with the Covid-19 pandemic raging across the world, I thought I'd use this social distancing time to do a little practicing.
A friend of mine suggest that I do this song given its relevance to the current situation we all find ourselves in haha. A bit of a dark joke, but I did it anyways because...well, I have nothing else to do apparently. :D
If you liked this and want a piano cover of another song, let me know!
Remember to wash your hands! (And subscribe)Fire Emblem: Three Houses - The Edge of Dawn (Piano and Melodica Cover)OstilMusic2019-11-18 | Whoa, what's that thing that sounds like a dying duck?! Oh, that's just me attempting to play the Melodica. I wanted to try using it for a cover and...well...here's what you get haha. I apologize if your ears are bleeding.
I remember hearing this song when I attended E3 in LA (when the trailer for FE: Three Houses was released). I remember think "Yeah, that'll be a catchy cover song to do" while wandering the Nintendo booths.
And what a nightmare this cover was. Just kept having all sorts of technical issues. Some piano footage was corrupted and there is a short gap in the video. So please say hello to my dog Merlin @3:43 for filling in for me!
I hope you enjoy it anyways haha. I'm just glad it's done.
If you would like to use the Piano part for your covers/collabs, let me know!Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - UnUltima Parte Di Te (One Last You - Italian Fandub)OstilMusic2019-10-20 | ♫ Watch the group version of this Italian fandub cover here! youtube.com/watch?v=wxJyKsQGwZA
This was an awesome project to be part of. I was asked to help do the piano part for this Italian fandub collaboration. I don't know the language but I must admit, it does sound much better than the English version haha. It was a pleasure working with all these talented musicians!
Please watch the full collaborative video! I promise you it is much more entertaining than watching me just do my part.
Thanks for listening!Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Again (Original Piano Cover)OstilMusic2019-03-19 | I recently started watching FMA: Brotherhood...again. And by again, I mean I actually committed to finishing the show. I had started it about three times previously but never getting very far, stopping due to various life events.
But I finally went back to it and actually dedicated to finishing it. At the time of this upload, I'm on season 4...it's so good. I can't wait to see what happens.
After hearing this song a bunch of times, I knew I had to make a cover of it. It's the only way to get a song out of my head when it's stuck there. So to rescue my sanity, I made this arrangement.
I hope you enjoy it. As you can tell by the end, I was pretty tired of it haha...hence the eyerolling exhaustion. Also there was a bunch of technical difficulties in recording this...and an unfocused camera. I won't lie, I'm not too happy with this recording but I think it's good enough.
Let me know what you think, don't forget to subscribe!Chrono Cross - Radical Dreamers (Original Piano Cover)OstilMusic2019-01-12 | A long time ago, I did a cover of this song, which you can find somewhere buried deep on this channel. I vaguely remember doing it quickly in a sudden spurt of inspiration. It turned out alright, but I always thought I could have done a little better.
So here we are, 2019 and I've given it another go. I took some of my original ideas, changed it up a bit and created this arrangement. I feel like this new version is better than my first but let me know what you think! Did I do better or worse this time haha...
Happy New Year! Hope you have an awesome 2019.Kingdom Hearts 3 - Chikai/Dont Think Twice (Piano and Viola Cover)OstilMusic2018-11-22 | When the KH3 trailer came out, I think I was more hyped to hear Hikaru Utada's new song more than the actual game itself. How could I not do a cover of it when it was practically a piano song!
So with the help of Animevivi once again to bring in his awesome viola skills, here is our version of the new theme song. Let us know what you think!
Now...if you'll excuse me, I need to finish playing through the complete Kingdom Hearts collection.
If you would like to use my piano part for a project of your own, let me know! I would love to see someone use it for a vocal cover...cough cough...someone...please...Xenoblade Chronicles X - Theme X (Original Piano, Guitar and Viola Cover)OstilMusic2018-08-15 | I don't know where I first heard this song considering I've never played a Xenoblade game, but there's just something about it that made it stick in my head. And I knew I definitely needed to cover it.
What started as a piano solo cover...evolved into redoing it for a Piano/Violin duet...which evolved into redoing it again to add in the Guitar. But despite how many times I went over this song, I still had so much fun playing it each time.
Shout out to animevivi to helping me out with the strings! He does a ton of amazing covers and you can check out his stuff here: www.youtube.com/animevivi
Another shout out to my friend Zak for throwing together the guitar part for me. Sorry for making you do that solo...
I hope you enjoy it, I had a ton of making this. So let me know what you think!Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - One Last You (Piano Cover)OstilMusic2018-02-09 | ♫ SHEET MUSIC HERE ♫ tinyurl.com/y7ejwc2t
Whenever a new game comes out, my first thought is "I wonder if I can make a piano version of one of its songs". And that's exactly what didn't happen this time.
I got a request for this song. So I listened to it and thought "Hey, I could make a piano version of this song".
I hope you enjoy it!
Now I need to go buy this game. Or you could buy it for me, I wouldn't be mad about that. ❤Nier: Automata - Weight of the World (Piano Cover)OstilMusic2017-06-02 | ♫ SHEET MUSIC HERE ♫ tinyurl.com/yd9x839t
Edit: I have now played the game! That [E]nding ...
I was bored one day and had that piano cover itch...except I didn't know what to do! I had seen a lot of people talking about Nier: Automata and how great the game and soundtrack are. So I checked out the OST and discovered this song.
Hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think!
...I should probably play this game...Xenoblade Chronicles: Beyond the Sky (Piano and Vocal Duet)OstilMusic2017-04-10 | Composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, with lyrics by Tetsuya Takahashi Piano performed by Michael "OstilMusic" Vocals performed by Bernadette Egger
So. I've never played any of these Xenoblade games before but I saw a fellow YouTuber do a cover of this song once. I thought, hey...that's a pretty cool and felt inspired to do one as well haha. So once again, with the help my vocalist friend, here is another piano/vocal cover.
I've been slacking a bit but I have a list of songs I still want to do. So subscribe if you aren't already!
Oh...and if you or know someone who plays Violin and wants to help me with another cover, message me. At the time of this video posting, I still need a violin for another song haha.
Thanks for listening!Summer Winter (Piano Original)OstilMusic2016-10-17 | My friend Jasmine wrote a song for her "now-husband-cuz-they-just-got-married" that she possibly wanted to use during her wedding. She asked me to take her song (which has vocals she wrote) and turn it into a piano-only version cover kinda thing. Ya know..give it the ol' OstilMusic twist.
And this is the result! They ended up using it for their first dance song which was really awesome. I felt very honored that they would use it for something very special.
Congratulations to Jasmine and Henrique! Let's keep making awesome music together! And we need to redo this song with the vocals now...cough cough.The Legend of Zelda - Epic Piano MedleyOstilMusic2016-06-15 | Wheew, finally! I've been wanting to make a legit video for my medley for quite some time. After watching the Nintendo E3 presentation today featuring the new LoZ game "Breath of the Wilds", I felt inspired to actually go and do this.
I had arranged this medley a long time ago, back when I first thought about creating a piano YouTube channel. I was never really happy with how it sounded (although it has so many views haha). Surprisingly I still remembered how to play it..vaguely. Fixed a few things and now I think it sounds a little better!
I'm looking forward to the soundtrack from Breath of the Wilds, hopefully I'll hear something cool to make a cover with haha.
I hope you enjoy it, byeee!Final Fantasy I - Matoyas Cave (Piano Opera Collection)OstilMusic2016-05-10 | Composed by Nobuo Uematsu Arranged by Hiroyuki Nakayama Performed by Michael "OstilMusic"
Phew, this one took me a while to get through. You know when you're playing a really long game and then for whatever reason stop playing it for a while? I always find it's impossible to just pick up where I left off. That's kinda what happened with this song. I was learning it. Then stopped. Then started. Then stopped. Then I just got annoyed from having it sit on my piano. So I rushed to finish it.
It's a little sloppy but I'm glad to have it done and over with haha. I hope you enjoy it anyways!
Subscriptions make me happy. :DMetal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain - Quiets Theme (Piano and Vocal Duet)OstilMusic2016-01-15 | Composed by Akihiro Honda, with lyrics by Ludvig Forrsell Piano performed by Michael "OstilMusic" Vocals performed by "Charmie Sweets"
Happy New Year everyone! Time to get this year rolling with a new song. Thanks to Sara "Charmie Sweets" for her awesome vocals once again! We had done a cover once long ago for FF8 Eyes On Me which was really fun, you can find that on my channel as well.
And while you're at it, check out her crazy cool cosplay (A+ for alliteration): facebook.com/CharmieSweets
Annnnnd...hm. Yeah that's about it. I hope you enjoy this cover!
Like, Subscribe, Share, you know the drill haha.Final Fantasy X - Suteki Da Ne: Distant Worlds (Piano and Vocal Duet)OstilMusic2015-12-09 | Composed by Nobuo Uematsu Piano performed by Michael "OstilMusic" Vocals performed by Bernadette Egger Mix/Master by Dario Köstinger
Here's another collaboration of a "Distant Worlds" Final Fantasy version. The original plan was to do a live recording together but due to time constraints of the recording studio, we weren't able to do it in the end. But I did get to check out a cool new city/country when I visited!
Thanks again to Bernadette for the awesome vocals and Dario for putting the audio together! Go check out more of their stuff here: youtube.com/user/DeusExMusicaStudio
Hope you enjoyed our version of this song! Don't forget to Subscribe!Final Fantasy I - Main Theme (Piano Opera Collection)OstilMusic2015-11-28 | Composed by Nobuo Uematsu Arranged by Hiroyuki Nakayama Performed by Michael "OstilMusic"
Wooow, it's been a long time since I've posted something new...I feel bad. Recently got a new job this year which has been taking up a lot of my time. But I'm trying to catch up on all my music projects I had planned haha.
Anyways, here's another song from the awesome Final Fantasy Piano Opera books. This one gave me the most trouble, got pretty frustrated with by the end. Glad I stuck it out though. :P
I also made sure the camera "stand" (aka, pile of boxes) wasn't near my piano yet it still shakes. Sorry!
Enjoy and subscribe!Final Fantasy III - Eternal Wind (Piano Opera Collection)OstilMusic2015-04-11 | Composed by Nobuo Uematsu Arranged by Hiroyuki Nakayama Performed by Michael "OstilMusic"
Whew! Finally got my hands on the first book (blue one) of the Piano Opera Collection! The store I had visited in Osaka didn't have it available at the time. But a friend of mine was just in Tokyo and bought it for me as a birthday gift...even though my birthday isn't even close haha.
I really like this song, it's very catchy. And it's a fun challenge to play with all the crazy rhythmic stuff going on in the middle.
Hope you enjoy it! Feel free to share, subscribe and all that usual stuff!Final Fantasy XI - Memoro de la Stono: Distant Worlds (Piano and Vocal Duet)OstilMusic2015-02-20 | Composed by Nobuo Uematsu Piano performed by Michael "OstilMusic" Vocals performed by Bernadette Egger Mix/Master by Dario Köstinger
A while ago, I received a message from Bernadette asking if we could do a collab together. As usual, I was up for it and let her pick the song haha. She chose the Distant Worlds concert version of Memoro de la Stono.
This was a fun arrangement to create since it really hasn't been done before. It's also essentially two songs in one so it took a little extra work to get it done haha. But I think it turned out sounding great! As usual, this was done by ear so I don't have any sheet music available. Aside from a few notes I wrote in that little book but that wouldn't be much help haha..
Also thanks to Dario for his awesome mixing magic haha. Definitely made us sound much better! Check out more of his stuff here: youtube.com/user/DeusExMusicaStudio
Hope you enjoyed our rendition of this song! Be sure to Subscribe to hear more stuff I have coming!Local Natives - You & I (Original Cover)OstilMusic2015-02-11 | Composed by Local Natives Piano performed by Michael "OstilMusic" Vocals performed by Del Hartley Guitar/Mix performed by David Lee
Here's something a little different! This was a fun project I did with my friend Dave and his amazing vocalist friend Arthur "Del Hartley". It was a cool experience to work with someone so talented and also record live with him. I'm more used to online collabs where I do my part first and send it off to singers to do vocals via the power of the internet haha.
And as always, please like/share/SUBSCRIBE! :DFinal Fantasy IV - Theme of Love (Piano Opera Collection)OstilMusic2015-01-20 | Composed by Nobuo Uematsu Arranged by Hiroyuki Nakayama Performed by Michael "OstilMusic"
Hey everyone, here's a third song from my Piano Opera books! I've always thought about doing my own cover of this song eventually but I really like this arrangement version. You can see a few other songs from these books on my channel!
There's another song I would love to do but it's found in the blue book (FF I-II-III) which I don't have unfortunately. Hopefully I can get my hands on it soon! But in the meantime, I have a ton of other song projects to keep me busy haha.
Subscribe if you want more piano stuff and I hope you enjoy!Colbie Caillat - Try (Original Piano, Guitar and Vocal Duet)OstilMusic2015-01-07 | Composed by Colbie Caillat Piano performed by Michael "OstilMusic" Vocals, Guitar and Film by Wes Anderson Audio and Location by Trevor Hewer
Spent the day recording this with two of my good friends Wes and Trevor! We all had the day off and decided to get together and make some sweet music. I think it turned out pretty good for a one day project. I hope you all enjoy it, let us know what you think! :D
Thanks to Wes's awesome camera and film skills, we were able to make a pretty cool video. Thanks to Trevor for letting us use all his equipment/house and making us sound good haha.
I have lots of songs planned for 2015! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out. :DFinal Fantasy VI - Searching for Friends (Piano Opera Collection)OstilMusic2015-01-04 | Composed by Nobuo Uematsu Arranged by Hiroyuki Nakayama Performed by Michael "OstilMusic"
Here's another song from the Piano Opera books I found in Japan! FF6 is one of my favourites and I'm glad that this song was included in the book haha. I really love how this song was arranged and it was a ton of fun to learn and play.
Hope you enjoy it as usual. Feel free to share it with others! If you liked it, then please subscribe! :DBilly Boyd - The Last Goodbye (Original Piano and Vocal Duet)OstilMusic2014-12-17 | Want to make your own cover using the piano audio? Let me know! Composed by Billy Boyd Piano performed by Michael Ostil Vocals performed by Sabrina Valenzuela
The last Hobbit movie came out today (at the time of this upload that is haha), so what better way to celebrate the end of another epic trilogy than with a song cover!
Thanks to the help of Sabrina for lending her awesome voice for this! And also her awesome skills at editing the video together haha. It looks great. :D
Hope you enjoy it, don't forget to like and subscribe!
Image credit: "Once Upon A Time In Hobbiton" by DaleComte (DeviantArt).Final Fantasy IX - Not Alone (Piano Opera Collection)OstilMusic2014-11-21 | Composed by Nobuo Uematsu Arranged by Hiroyuki Nakayama Performed by Michael "OstilMusic"
I went to Japan recently and during my travels through the country, I stumbled across a Yamaha store in Namba, Osaka. I was browsing through the piano books there and stumbled across the video game section. I discovered the Final Fantasy Piano Opera books which I never knew about before. I ended up buying the red book (FF IV/V/VI) and black book (FF VII/VIII/IX). Unfortunately they didn't have the blue one which contains FF I/II/III.
I love the arrangements that Hiroyuki Nakyama created for the songs in these books. They're very unique and original takes on these classic Final Fantasy songs.
I plan on learning some more songs from these books. :)
Please subscribe! :DKingdom Hearts - Simple & Clean (Original Piano, Guitar and Vocal Cover)OstilMusic2014-11-13 | Composed by Hikaru Utada Piano performed by Michael "OstilMusic" Guitar performed by Paolo Castillo Vocals performed by Emily Mai
I have always wanted to cover this song. I've thought about doing it as just a piano/vocal duet as usual. But one day, a talented guitarist messages me on Reddit asking if I wanted to pair up and do a cover some time. So with the help of my friend Emily, this cover was born haha.
This was my first 3 person collab so it was new challenge! What made it even harder was the fact we're all from drastically different time zones hahaha...Canada, UK, Philippines. Someone is always sleeping.
We're all really happy with how this turned out, and we hope that you like it! For more awesome guitar and vocal stuff, check out Emily and Paolo's channels:
And be sure to check out Paolo's channel for the instrumental version of our cover so you can sing along with it and make your own cover! Do it for Rotom! Click here for that instrumental: youtube.com/watch?v=vMMbqhztqgY
Don't forget to subscribe and share!Lana Del Rey - Young & Beautiful (Original Piano and Vocal Duet)OstilMusic2014-09-29 | Want to make your own cover using the piano audio? Let me know! Composed by Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels Piano performed by Michael "OstilMusic" Vocals performed by Jasmine Thompson
A long time ago, someone had asked me to cover this song. I can't remember who..but someone did haha. I had done my piano part for it a while back but finally got around to actually finishing it with the help of my friend Jasmine!
I think my camera "stand", aka a bunch of stacked boxes with a phone holder for a car balancing on top... was touching my piano. Hence the slight shaking of the camera on my end haha.
Hope you like it! Subscribe, share, the usual.Chrono Trigger - Epic Piano MedleyOstilMusic2014-09-15 | ♫ Sheet music is available! ♫ Grab it for free! Or pay-what-you-want to show your support. ❤ You can download it here: gumroad.com/ostilmusic
Prepare your ears for an epic journey through time! Chrono Trigger is one of my favourite video games ever and I couldn't just choose one song to cover...so I made a medley haha.
This medley was quite challenging for me. But it was a ton of fun trying to piece all the songs together into something that made sense. I am really happy with the way it turned out! It's also super long, making it the longest song I've ever recorded/covered haha.
Please like, subscribe and share this video if you enjoyed it!
Here are the songs in order of their appearance:
Epilogue - To Good Friends 00:00 Chrono Trigger 01:00 Peaceful Days 02:54 Robo's Theme 04:38 Lucca's Theme 05:58 Wind Scene 07:26 Corridors of Time 09:39 Frog's Theme 12:03 To Far Away Times 13:52 Chrono Trigger 16:22 Epilogue - To Good Friends 17:09Sam Smith - Stay With Me (Original Piano and Vocal Duet)OstilMusic2014-08-30 | Want to make your own cover using the piano audio? Let me know! Composed by Sam Smith Piano performed by Michael "OstilMusic" Vocals performed by Jasmine Thompson
This was an interesting song to do. The original song has a very simple structure to it which let me go wild and do my own thing easily haha. It was fun!
Thanks a lot to my old friend Jasmine for providing her talented voice for this collab! And to her uncle Vid for mixing it together in his awesome studio. You guys make it sound awesome!
If you like it, please subscribe and stay with meeeeeeee. I'll see myself out.Rhythm of TimeOstilMusic2014-08-21 | I was browsing some random test recordings I had scattered on my computer and came across a very short recording I had done quite a while ago. I thought it sounded pretty neat so I turned the tiny clip into a full song haha.
Also, naming songs are hard. Well, I hope you enjoy it. Please SUBSCRIBE! :DRaise the SailsOstilMusic2014-07-07 | It's been a while since I've actually done an original song. So I sat down and made one today. This was a pretty quick song, so it's nothing special but I liked how it turned out, I think it's quite catchy!
Hope you enjoy it. Subscribe if you doooo. :)Frozen - Let It Go (Original Piano and Vocal Duet)OstilMusic2014-02-21 | Want to make your own vocal cover using the piano audio? Let me know! Composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Piano performed by Michael Ostil Vocals performed by Courtney Wolfert
Everyone around me has been singing this song lately. It got stuck in my head pretty quick since it is quite catchy haha. I hope you enjoy listening to it, let us know what you think! Now I should probably go see the movie...
Thanks to Courtney for agreeing to do the vocals for me! She really adds life to the video for sure haha. Thanks to her for editing the video as well! Go check out and support her channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/KortNeezy
If you would like to use my piano file to make a cover, let me know! I would love hear more people use it.
If you enjoyed this, please like, subscribe and share this video!Mighty No. 9 - Main Theme (Original Piano and Viola Duet)OstilMusic2014-01-29 | Mighty No. 9 - Main Theme Composed by Manami Matsume Piano performed by Michael Ostil Viola performed by Chris "Amaterasu"
I've always been a huge fan of the Mega Man series growing up. So when Mighty No. 9 was announced, I was super excited. And what better way to get hyped up than to do a cover of the theme song!
Thanks a ton to Chris and his awesome talents for agreeing to collaborate with me on this. Also thanks to him for putting the video together and mixing the audio. For more great songs by Chris, visit his channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/8Amaterasu8
If you enjoyed this, please like, subscribe and share this video!16 Melodies - Mother 3 (Original Piano Arrangement)OstilMusic2013-08-07 | Composed by Shogo Sakai Performed and arranged by Michael Ostil Sheet Music: dropbox.com/s/jtzqtjpjdjs23nr/16Melodies.pdf?dl=0
I've always been a big fan of Earthbound. I think it's the only RPG that I've played more then once. I haven't actually played Mother 3 yet but I definitely plan to, especially after doing this song!
If you enjoyed it (and I hope you did haha), please subscribe.Chrono Cross - Radical Dreamers (Original Piano Arrangement)OstilMusic2013-07-12 | Radical Dreamers - Chrono Cross Composed by Yasunori Mitsuda Performed and arranged by Michael "OstilMusic"
I was working on an original song, when suddenly something I played made me think of this song. I don't know why, I've never played Chrono Cross although I am familiar with this song.
So I thought this would be an awesome song for a violin/piano duet. Or a vocal/piano duet. Or a violin/vocal/piano trio! And then it ended up as a solo. But hey, if you want to collab this song (or any other song, with any instrument), let me know. I'm always here. ;)
Anyways, I hope you enjoy it! It's an original arrangement by ear so there aren't any sheet music.
And as always, please subscribe!Never Look BackOstilMusic2013-06-20 | I was sitting at my piano doing some improvisation and this song popped out. It's pretty messy since it was heavily based on the improv but I guess it turned out pretty good. Probably could have balanced it a bit haha.
I always find that these little melodies will get stuck in my head forever when I play piano... like an annoying song repeating in your brain in the morning. This was one of those cases. Now I am free! :)