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 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.
I'm back! Alan Wake 2 is absolutely crazy, and the musical number Herald of Darkness is my gaming highlight of 2024! On top of being a certified banger, it's chock full of interesting musical choices, including a jazz section. I love the way it was composed in a way that the game can loop each section indefinitely without the player noticing as they navigate the fever dream that is the "Let's Dance" sequence. Boiling is all down to a piano cover was challenging, but the most fun I've had in a long time! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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Music composed by Old Gods of Asgard (Poets of the Fall) Arranged by Wei Fung & AtinPiano Copyright: RemedyLinkin Park - Numb (Piano Cover)AtinPiano2024-07-30 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: musicnotes.com/l/kgjKS ♫ Listen on SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2WP2DHu ♪ Listen on iTunes: apple.co/2VIIkxX
Here's Numb by Linkin Park. I tried to keep the style of this piano cover close to me last one of In the End, but Numb is a more energetic song in general. Hope you like it!
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Music composed by Brad Delson, Chester Bennington, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon Arranged by Wei Fung & AtinPiano Copyright: Linkin ParkLinkin Park - In The End (Piano Cover)AtinPiano2024-06-24 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: musicnotes.com/l/tvRK8 ♫ Listen on SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2WP2DHu ♪ Listen on iTunes: apple.co/2VIIkxX
This cover of Linkin Park's In The End is heavily inspired by the Scala & Kolacny Brother's version. I highly recommend checking out their cover with lyrics, it's haunting.
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Music composed by Brad Delson, Chester Bennington, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon Arranged by Wei Fung & AtinPiano Copyright: Linkin ParkRafaels Final Act - Baldurs Gate 3 OST (Piano Cover)AtinPiano2024-05-30 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: musicnotes.com/l/95zKm ♫ Listen on SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2WP2DHu ♪ Listen on iTunes: apple.co/2VIIkxX
Last but not least in my Baldur's Gate 3 series: Rafael's Final Act! What a fantastic boss fight with a real Disney villain. Basically impossible to translate the impact of this operatic piece to the piano so I made some adjustments while hanging on to the bombastic nature of this track.
Down By The River from Baldur's Gate 3 is an incredibly beautiful track that underscored some very special moments I'm sure! I've made some small adjustments, including a new ending that seems a little more fitting for the love theme it is.
Finally finished my first playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 and the credit song The Power had a very profound effect on me. Playing it on the piano has been one of the most rewarding experiences since possibly Melodies of Life. The entire BG3 soundtrack is just fantastic but this has got to be my favourite. Lots of elements here can also be found in Down by the River, so perhaps I'll cover that one soon as well...
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an absolutely incredible show and after having seen the first episode of Netflix's adaption, I have high hopes that they finally faithfully adapted it to live action.
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First video of 2024! Sorry for the delay; I've been very busy playing Baldur's Gate 3. Still on my first playthrough, over 100 hours logged, its expansiveness, quality and consistency are breathtaking. BG3 may be the best game of the decade, possibly the best one I've ever played in my life. The soundtrack is also full of outstanding tracks. I Want To Live was the first one that really gripped me. It's so calm and delicate, which makes is deceptively hard to perform well on the piano. Finding the right balance of dynamics without ever getting to heavy took a lot of experimentation. Next up on BG3 playlist: The Power.
'Tis the season for another Star Wars Carol of the Bells mashup. I was playing around with many different Star Wars melodies and finally settled on the somber Funeral March from Andor. It makes for a slower version of Carol of Bells but mashes together really nicely. I'm particularly pleased with how the final part worked out.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you. I wish you all a restful end of the year and a Happy New Year. See you in 2024!
This piano version of Metallica's iconic ballad Nothing Else Matters is heavily inspired by the stunning cover of Scala & Kolacny, a Belgian women's choir that recently caught my attention for their beautiful and minimalist covers of iconic songs. This version strips the introductory guitar solo and a lot of the embellishments from the song and leaves a fragile and haunting core. I've added some of the embellishments back in from a piano perspective to keep it interesting - choirs just hit differently. Hope you enjoy this interpretation!
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Music composed by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Arranged by AtinPiano and EmPiano Copyright: MetallicaHalo 3: ODST - Bits and Pieces | From the Ashes (Piano Cover)AtinPiano2023-11-01 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: musicnotes.com/l/CnHN4 ♫ Listen on SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2WP2DHu ♪ Listen on iTunes: apple.co/2VIIkxX
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Bits and Pieces, also known as From the Ashes is the final track from the ODST soundtrack and has been requested many times since my cover of Deference for Darkness. It's an another iconic pieces by the legendary duo of Marty & Michael, and with the latter now also finally leaving Bungie for good, I guess that's it.
This took me a long time. Mostly cause a violin-choir combo is already tough to translate onto piano, but the sheer length and build-up of Journey from Destiny 2 made this one an exceptional challenge. Made some small changes to keep it interesting and help with the pacing so it doesn't become tiring to listen to. Hope you like it!
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Really enjoyed Kevin Kiner's new Title Theme for Ahsoka, weaving in Sabine's Theme and Hera's Theme, with a sprinkle of what I think is Leia's Theme? Good stuff Kevin, keep it up!
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Music composed by Kevin Kiner Arranged by EmPiano for AtinPiano #StarWars #Ahsoka Copyright: Lucasfilm/DisneyDestiny 2 - Grasp of Avarice (Piano Cover)AtinPiano2023-08-05 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: musicnotes.com/l/7rhNZ ♫ Listen on SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2WP2DHu ♪ Listen on iTunes: apple.co/2VIIkxX
Grasp of Avarice from the Destiny 2 soundtrack was so much fun to arrange and play! Or should I call it "Dies Irae", the song? It's subtle (really not), but virtually every chord progression in this track is just a variation of this Gregorian death chant. Anyway, sorry that this took a while but it turned out to be actually quite challenging. Next up is Journey!
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Never played the Destiny series, but you can tell this soundtrack was created by one of the brilliant minds behind Halo. I tried something here with applying a different reverb to the upper notes to create a similar feel to the original. This version was arranged by Christian Murray. You can see his original video here: youtu.be/6hZUisBihZc
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This cover of Radiohead's Creep is heavily inspired by Postermodern Jukebox' version, which is easily my favourite iteration of the song. I did transpose it back into its original key of G major, while PMJ's version was in F major. I first started working on this arrangement well over a year ago and then procrastinated forever on finishing the second half. In the end it's not nearly as grandiose as the PMJ version or even just as a piano solo, but I think it captured the essence and energy of the original quite well while offering a unique spin. What ultimately gave me the push to finish it was Creep being featured in the opening to the new Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Not a great reason but it reminded me to get back into the song and polish this up. Hope y'all enjoy.
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If joy was a song, the Super Mario Bros Overworld Theme is it. This legendary tune by Koji Kondo is so much fun to play, seriously, get the sheet music linked above and give it a try! All credit for the arrangement and sheets go to Philip Kim, who took on this incredibly accurate adaption.
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Music composed by Koji Kondo Arranged by Philip Kim #SuperMarioBros Copyright: NintendoStar Wars Jedi: Survivor - Main Theme (Piano Cover)AtinPiano2023-04-22 | 🎹 Learn the piano here: http://goo.gl/Uw5CEn 👍 Support me on PATREON: patreon.com/AtinPiano 🎵 Get the SHEET MUSIC: patreon.com/posts/81872129 ♫ Listen on SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2WP2DHu ♪ Listen on iTunes: apple.co/2VIIkxX
This has been a long requested piece and I'm glad I finally got around to covering Jedi: Fallen Order's Main Theme. It's a little peculiar in its pacing, being 6/4 throughout and moving very quickly from one musical idea to the next. Nevertheless, it has truly beautiful moments and an evocative motif. Also I respect Gordy and Stephen for never giving into the easy harmonic resolution and perpetually blue-balling the listener, waiting for the chord they wanna hear but never comes xD Can't wait for Jedi Survivor to come very soon and get more of that soundtrack!
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Paul Carter (@benbrick on YT) who wrote the famous Evangelion 3.0 ED track Sakura Nagashi with Hikaru Utada reached out to me a couple of months ago and asked me to cover his track for its 10th anniversary. Hard to turn down a request like that :)
This is my piano cover of The Choice from The Last of Us, as featured in the original game and the new HBO show! This is truly a beginner piece that can be played by most aspiring pianists but stills delivers lots of emotion.
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Sheet Music is not available at this time, as Square Enix is still in the process of releasing the official soundtrack and won't license the piano sheets until that process is complete.
This is my piano cover of the main theme from The Last of Us Part II. It's a brilliant variation of the first game's main theme in how it's just more broken and fragmented.
This is my piano cover of the main theme from The Last of Us, now out on HBO and updated with my latest sound and visuals! I was hoping there would be some sort of variation on this iconic theme by Gustavo Santaolalla, but it turns out some things don't need any changes. Absolutely loved Episode 1, can't wait to see how this continues!
Finally got around to watching Wednesday over the holidays, really enjoyed it! Danny Elfman's rendition of Paint of Black was really quite something, like every possible variation of that tune packed into one track. Lots of fun to play, surprisingly difficult to learn. I added the original in the middle just cause it's too good not to include.
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.
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 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.
Missing your favourite track? It's probably on one of the subsequent volumes of this series! Check it out: The 10 most beautiful Gaming Piano OSTs to study/relax to (Vol. 1): youtu.be/XL8_8ylhWzo The 10 most beautiful Gaming Piano OSTs to study/relax to (Vol. 2): youtu.be/U38qh2r66YQ
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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!