Mass Effect is an incredible achievement and probably the most complex and well realized SciFi universe out there. Now that the Legendary Edition is out, I thought it'd be a good time to finally cover Vigil, which doubles as the iconic Main Menu Theme. Since it's a very synth-pad heavy piece I went ahead with the Liara piano version from Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC.
Mass Effect is an incredible achievement and probably the most complex and well realized SciFi universe out there. Now that the Legendary Edition is out, I thought it'd be a good time to finally cover Vigil, which doubles as the iconic Main Menu Theme. Since it's a very synth-pad heavy piece I went ahead with the Liara piano version from Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC.
I don't think the Carol of the Bells ostinato has ever integrated so effortlessly into another melody. Both Carol of the Bells and Davy Jones' Theme have a unique eerie quality about them and are hauntingly beautiful. Combine the two on piano, and this comes out.
I loved Andor. It's the Star Wars I've been waiting for since the original trilogy. The calibre of storytelling easy eclipses anything else Disney has done so far with the franchise. The soundtrack is a big part of it. Sadly there's no "Main Theme" to the series, however the funeral march music on Ferrix during the "Rix Road" season finale was so hauntingly beautiful. Then the sudden switch to get rousing and inspirational... Goosebumps!
This was a challenging arrangement, mostly in the way of finding a balance between staying true to the extremely slow nature of the original piece and bringing some complexity to it so it's not the most boring piano piece to play. I hope I found that balance.
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Had some fun with the best of all the sea shanties, Soon May The Wellerman Come. Ended up a bit more Rush B than I anticipated. Middle part actually reminds me a bit of the Game of Thrones Main Theme...
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On a Pale Horse from Halo 3, is a short but iconic and fun track! You can tell ol' Marty had an awesome idea to start and then sort of ran out of steam towards the end, but it's over so quick I'm not even mad.
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I'm currently replaying Final Fantasy IX on PS4, cause it's simply the best Final Fantasy ever made, and likely always will be. The soundtrack alone stands the test of time. This is Rose of May, also known as Loss of Me or the Theme of Beatrix from Final Fantasy IX Piano Collections, composed by Nobuo Uematsu and arranged for piano by Shiro Hamaguchi. I amended the intro to be closer to what you hear in the original track.
This piano version is very special for me and probably the best one out of the whole FF Piano Collections. Out of all of the amazing character themes, Rose of May reflects Beatrix' predicament and inner doubts so well. The piano version enhances this even further. This is not only due to the original melody and the whole set-up of the piece, but predominantly due to the sophisticated use of harmonic progression Uematsu employs.
I'm currently replaying Final Fantasy IX on PS4, cause it's simply the best Final Fantasy ever made, and likely always will be. They just don't make em like this anymore. The soundtrack has so many iconic tracks, but I think Jesters of the Moon might just be the most fun one to play on piano. I added a modulator to the piano mix to achieve a sound that's closer to the original.
I have always loved this song. It completely enchanted me back when the original Final Fantasy XV trailer, then called Versus XIII, dropped some 15 years ago, remember that? Apparently it's actually only called "Somnus". Nobody really knows why the title "Somnus Nemoris" - a faux Latin roughly translating to "Sleep of the Woods" - caught on. Back in 2011 I covered this track in a mashup with Ventus' & Roxas' Theme from Kingdom Hearts, arranged by the amazing Verdegrand. For this arrangement I started from scratch and aimed to deliver the most powerful and emotional version of this song, while staying true to the original.
A bit late on the Obi-Wan Kenobi Main Theme, but this summer was didn't exactly go as planned... Back in June I sliced off half the knuckle of my left index finger - cooking is dangerous yo. Luckily I missed the tendon but hot damn did that hurt! Turns out joints move a lot and that makes the healing process agonizingly slow. I couldn't play the piano for over 6 weeks. But hey, I also married the love of my life and got to wear a Star Wars band-aid in all the pictures.
Anyway, Obi-Wan Kenobi was meant to be a 2 hour film but got stretched into a 6 hour mini-series that further demonstrated the Disney executives are greedy twats that have no respect for Star Wars. But John Williams still delivered a wonderful theme. Understated, but I grew to love it. I took some minor liberties with it, as always.
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Hey, Star Wars is kind of my thing and somehow I've never done a straight cover of just the Imperial March. After doing Battle of Heroes with Patrik Pietschmann last time, it felt like the right time to bang this one out as well with the finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi premiering now as well. There's plenty of epic arrangements out there, but none are as accurate, difficult and awe-inspiring as the one by Nicola Morali, so I decided to perform his version of The Imperial March. Hope you enjoy.
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The moment has come! After 10 years, Patrik and I finally did a Star Wars collab! :D I'm so very excited this finally happened and what an awesome experience it was! He's such a talented pianist and musician so I wanted to create an arrangement that challenges us both while being technically possible to play on a single piano (even though you'd have to get real cozy). On top of that, I wanted this version to be different from both Patrik's solo version as well as what our friends at SheetMusicBoss did prior in their arrangement. So I steered away from an accurate transcription of the original and leaned into an ear-candy chord progression while mashing it up with the other great Star Wars battle theme, Duel of The Fates, as well as the Imperial March which both thematically and musically fits really well.
This was a mammoth project that we started planning back in January and it's ready just in time for Kenobi to finally bring Star Wars back to its former glory. Right, Disney? Right?? Let's see how well this statement ages.
Halo's music has always been better than it deserves. I've spent way more time than I'm willing to admit just in the main menu of Halo Infinite listening to this gorgeous rendition of the iconic main theme. Then I wondered if and how I could transfer this ethereal choir performance to the piano. It's a very different quality but I'm pretty happy with the result. In a flash of madness I then decided to spice it up further with a brief mash-up of @malufenix 's Frozen Sleep. It transitions so naturally also Malu 💖
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The Batman's soundtrack is exceptional. Catwoman's Theme in particular has a real noir vibe to it that is so hard to capture, but Michael Giacchino nailed it once again. I was really excited to cover this with @MidnightCityMusic who you might recognize from my Game of Thrones medley several years ago. He's a stunning violinist and has since started his own channel with lots of excellent covers, so check it out!
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Batman is dark, gritty, and very long. I enjoyed this different take on the iconic character quite a bit. The music was one of the biggest highlights of the film. Michael Giacchino's score is so dense, dreadful and yet beautifully melancholic. And it translates so very nicely to the piano.
@WarnerBrosPictures If you wanna use this piano version too, just shoot me quick DM first this time ;)
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The trailer for Kenobi has me excited, not gonna lie. Even after the massive disappointment that was The Book of Boba Fett. I do believe there's so much story here to draw from that Disney really can't F it up. We'll see.
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The trailer for Kenobi has me excited, not gonna lie. Even after the massive disappointment that was The Book of Boba Fett. I do believe there's so much story here to draw from that Disney really can't F it up. We'll see.
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This is an odd one, but let me explain. Animenz has always been an inspiration to me. When he popped onto Youtube about a decade ago and brutally flexed on all other YouTube pianists with his godlike skill, I was in awe, just like everyone else. His arrangements are just fascinating. Guren No Yumiya has always been my favorite, along with Unravel. I know I will never be able to reach Animenz' level, but I challenged myself to try, to become a better pianist. That was back in 2015. I practiced this piece for almost a full year and got it to about 90%. Every musician would probably agree that the last 10% of polish are often the hardest.
Those final 10% broke me. I gave up. I just wasn't good enough.
Now, 7 years later, with Attack on Titan coming to end, I slapped myself back into the challenge. It's now or never. I finally feel confident enough to upload this. It's not perfect. I had to make a few adjustments to make it playable for a non-concert-pianist like me. But I'm happy and pretty damn proud of the result.
Here's my cover of the Main Theme from The Book of Boba Fett mashed up with The Mandalorian Theme. They're tough to combine outside of the opening riffs since they're written in different time signatures, so I opted for a back and forth instead.
Attack on Titan's final season just keeps getting more insane and epic and the same goes for the soundtrack. Apologies for being a bit behind. More Attack on Titan following soon!
Here's my much requested cover of Sweden by C418 from the Minecraft soundtrack. Such a chill, claiming track. I decided to lofi it a little bit to enhance the mood even further.
Here's my cover of the Main Theme from The Book of Boba Fett. I really love what Ludwig Goransson is doing with all his Star Wars work, first with that refreshing take on The Mandalorian and now this Western/Indigenous warrior chant type track that still conforms to very tried and true chord progression and simple melodies.
As for the show, it was an interesting enough first episode. I'm excited to see where they're taking it.
This is a collection of my favorite Gaming Soundtrack covers to study or relax to. All with remastered audio! You can find the sheet music for each track in their linked video.Carol of the Pink Soldiers | Squid Game Christmas Piano MashupAtinPiano2021-12-19 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: musicnotes.com/l/HHRMq
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오징어 게임) - (오징어 게임 피아노 I cannot say this enough. Carol of the Bells works with EVERYTHING! I had to turn it from a 3/4 track into a 4/4 track to make it work with Pink Soldiers from Squid Game. At first it was a werid change but now I barely notice it anymore.
I HAVEN'T SEEN NO WAY HOME YET! But just like everybody else I'm hoping that all past Spidey's will make an appearance. So here's a quick mashup of the famous themes of Raimi's Tobey Maguire Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man and Tom Holland's Spider-Man, with a sprinkle of the original Spiderman Theme!
Music composed by Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino & Hans Zimmer Arranged by Samuel Kim & AtinPiano #SpiderMan #NoWayHomeCarol of the Bells (Epic Christmas Piano Cover)AtinPiano2021-12-14 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 🎹 NEW guided piano class: bit.ly/3BX5QbD 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: musicnotes.com/l/lhRMb
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It's Christmas time again so here's my take on the original Carol of the Bells. I will continue mashing this hypnotic track up with other melodies but I thought it would be odd to never play it in its original form.
Halo Reach. My favorite game of the series with one of the most unique soundtracks. Ghosts and Glass is a fitting musical conclusion to that gut-wrenching ending. RIP Noble Team!
Side note: I kinda love and hate how Marty seems to be pathologically unable to stick to whatever key he picks. There's more key shifts in this piece than grunts to mow down in the final Reach mission.
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One Final Effort from Halo 3, Warthog Run being an extended version of that same track, has got to be one of the most iconic and epic tracks in videogame history. Not gonna lie, this one was a true challenge. Relentless opposing rhythms and several layered piano voices required some creative solutions to stay true to the original sound while keeping it playable by a human.
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Halo Reach. My favorite game of the series with one of the most unique soundtracks. "Ashes" is such a strangely beautiful but fitting piece that plays during the most understated death of the series. Sometimes it's just your time.
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Halo Reach. My favorite game of the series with one of the most unique soundtracks. This track titled "Swift, Strong, Brave" counts as the Reach main theme but it's often also referred to as the "Overture" in a extended version that works in the ending theme "Ghosts and Glass". I'll cover that track separately.
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This is a collection of my favorite Film and Anime Soundtrack covers to study or relax to. All with remastered audio! It's a bit heavy on FMA but what I can say, that soundtrack is legendary.Squid Game on PianoAtinPiano2021-10-22 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: musicnotes.com/l/5cgMZ ♫ Listen on SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2WP2DHu ♪ Listen on iTunes: apple.co/2VIIkxX
Here's my piano medley of all my favorite tracks from the Squid Game OST. And there's quite a few! I think this is longest piano medley I've ever put together.
Track List: 0:00 - Way Back Then 1:53 - Dawn (Saw-Byeok's Theme) 3:30 - Owe 5:24 - Pink Soldiers 6:20 - Unfolded 7:45 - I Remember My Name
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Squid Game deserves all the hype it gets. What an incredible show. Episode 6 really hit hard and this track titled Remember My Name that played during the end credits stuck with me. Also I couldn't pass up this opportunity to put together another quick costume hehe
This is a collection of my favorite Gaming Soundtrack covers to study or relax to. All with remastered audio! You can find the sheet music for each track in their linked video.Halo 3: ODST - Deference For Darkness | Another Rain (Piano Cover)AtinPiano2021-09-24 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 🎹 NEW guided piano class: bit.ly/3BX5QbD 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: musicnotes.com/l/NfKMP
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Deference For Darkness aka Another Rain from Halo 3: ODST is the most unique track in the entire Halo series. The melancholy is so iconic and really made ODST feel so special and different from the main games. I can't wait for Halo Infinite to hopefully take the franchise back on track!
This is a collection of my favorite Gaming Soundtrack covers to study or relax to. All with remastered audio! In the case of Not Tomorrow it's actually a brand new recording since I lost the MIDI file a long time ago.Spider-Man: No Way Home - Official Teaser Trailer (Piano Cover)AtinPiano2021-08-26 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: musicnotes.com/l/rvNMQ ♫ Listen on SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2WP2DHu ♪ Listen on iTunes: apple.co/2VIIkxX
0:05 TVA Theme 1:19 Green Theme 2:28 Mobius' Theme 3:46 If You Love Me
5:03 TVA Theme
Now that the sacred timeline has calmed down and everyone lost interest in Marvel's best show so far, I decided to achieve my glorious purpose and record this medley of my favourite tunes from the show! As you can hear, I decided to move everything into Fm except for the one licensed track of the soundtrack which remains in its original Eb.
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Darth Revan has one of the best Star Wars themes, period. Also this arrangement might hold the record for most time signature changes in a single track. Anyway, off to play Knights of the Old Republic again!
Music composed by Jeremy Soule Arranged by AtinPiano & Samuel Kim
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This has been requested quite a bit and I'm happy to oblige. Sabine Wren's theme from Star Wars Rebels is quite iconic but also very short so mashing it up with The Mandalorian Theme seemed like an obvious choice.
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Here it is, The Bad Batch Theme from Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This was a ton of fun to arrange an record and I'm excited to see what the 8th season of Clone Wars - I mean The Bad Batch - has in store! It is a really short theme so I decided to work some other tangentially related theme into it. Can you name them all?
Thanks to SEGA/CreativeAssembly for sponsoring this video. It's been such a long time since I played Rome: Total War and I'm legit excited to jump back in!
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an absolutely incredible show. Watch it, I cannot recommend it enough. Do not watch the Netflix film. It does not exist. You have been warned. Now let the Avatar's Love wash over you.
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Here's my piano cover/tutorial of The Mandalorian Theme and The Force Theme with elements from A Friend and Open The Door. Not much to say about this moment other than it's kriffing awesome!
Here's my piano cover/tutorial of Carol of the Fates, a mashup of Carol of the Bells and Duel of the Fates. Facing off the two arguably most famous ostinatos of all time was no easy task, particularly because one of them is in 4/4 and the other one is in 6/8! Carol of the Bells is my favourite Christmas song and after last year's mashup with The Imperial March I decided to turn this into a Christmas tradition. Which Star Wars Theme should I mashup next with Carol of the Bells?
Here's my piano cover/tutorial of Carol of the Mandalorian, a thicc mashup of Carol of the Bells and The Mandalorian Theme. Carol of the Bells is my favourite Christmas song and after last year's mashup with The Imperial March I decided to turn this into a Christmas tradition. Which Star Wars Theme should I mashup next with Carol of the Bells?