To me the craziest thing about this ensemble is that there isn't anything close to a drummer. There isn't anyone just keeping a beat. Everyone is contributing to the harmony AND the rhythm at the same time.
TrueRomancer04 that's because the shamisen (the guitar-like instrument) is sort of both a percussion and stringed instrument (acc. to another vid of nhk blends, the "change the world" video on the shamisen)
Huh? There is most certainly a 4/4 meter kept and all the musicians are clearly following the tempo. What's at hand here is no different than say a wind octet in the Western world.
Payton Jones YES Been ignoring Fire Emblem until Awakening (what a sinner I was) now I'm sorta enthusiast fan (because I'm not good at it, BUT I LOVE IT) everything from the screenplay, character development, art direction, music, gameplay, difficulty, etc is amazing！ It's amazing to find out that Awakening was thought to be the last entry Can't wait for Fates！！
Translation: It's hard to imagine people in kimonos playing video game music with Japanese instruments. This would've been a mismatch if it wasn't a new type of performance. Not to mention video games, a performance like this is very interesting to me, even if the games aren't.
The transition from LoZ to SMB at 6:47 is very clever. The guy plays the recorder melody from the original LoZ, which is also the same flute melody from SMB3
I love to see this kind of thing. It's not about the supposed novelty of VGM people played live; it's about great arrangements and wonderful performances. Excellent!
Ghaaaaaaaaa!!! When they started playing the Mario theme I almost cried wow that was so nice to the ears. especially the zelda one aaahhh. Dont ever change japan. Dont ever stop flinging the feels to my kokoro. im such a weeb
This is so incredible! I would love to hear them cover music from Breath of Fire, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy and Ganbare Goemon! "Super FAMIKOTO" hahaha!
Tiger Riovera well churches have good acoustics. Sounds echo off the floor and walls. I don't think it has nothing to do with religion. They probably had trouble securing a spot to play and record this as well.
My style, that nobody in my area cares about except for me. Just gotta love wagakki/gagaku! I realised that shakuhachi would be my lifelong passion when I was very depressed and the only thing I still wanted to do was to play that tube with 5 holes in it.
Konnichiwa! I don't speak Japanese only English, but I would like to tell you I'm a big fan of Nintendo, Japanim and traditional Japanese culture so thanks Kimiko for your amazing job.
![ZELDA MEDLEY [Recorder Cover]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/KlWiVWiKa6U/mqdefault.jpg)
To me the craziest thing about this ensemble is that there isn't anything close to a drummer. There isn't anyone just keeping a beat. Everyone is contributing to the harmony AND the rhythm at the same time.
TrueRomancer04 that's because the shamisen (the guitar-like instrument) is sort of both a percussion and stringed instrument (acc. to another vid of nhk blends, the "change the world" video on the shamisen)
Huh? There is most certainly a 4/4 meter kept and all the musicians are clearly following the tempo. What's at hand here is no different than say a wind octet in the Western world.
Omg Fire Emblem right of the bat, Usually it's always Mario/Zelda etc but Fire Emblem is my all-time fav, thanks for making this FAMIKOTO! :D
I'm happy to see a Fire Emblem opening too! The series has really gone far, lately, huh?
Payton Jones YES
Been ignoring Fire Emblem until Awakening (what a sinner I was) now I'm sorta enthusiast fan (because I'm not good at it, BUT I LOVE IT) everything from the screenplay, character development, art direction, music, gameplay, difficulty, etc is amazing！
It's amazing to find out that Awakening was thought to be the last entry
Can't wait for Fates！！
このヴィデオ、とても面白かったです！特に琴と三味線を弾いている方、本当に尊敬しています。
so happy to hear fire emblem in a nintendo medley :D
......so this needs to open the Tokyo 2022 Games.
or at least play 10:08 when the olympic flame is lit
That would be epic.
和服を着て教会で和楽器でゲーム音楽を演奏するなんて、誰も想像つきませんよね。
本来総てがミスマッチのはずなのに、新しいタイプの演奏ですね。
ゲーム音楽はおろか、ゲーム自体興味がありませんが、こういう演奏には大変興味があります。
Translation: It's hard to imagine people in kimonos playing video game music with Japanese instruments.
This would've been a mismatch if it wasn't a new type of performance.
Not to mention video games, a performance like this is very interesting to me, even if the games aren't.
@@nintendogurkan9055 playing video game music "in the church" with Japanese instruments
教会は音響が良いですからね。
西洋音楽は教会と共に発展したと考えると、これほど演奏に適した場所は中々ない。
日本は何せ風土が風土ですからね……外部と遮断して固有の空間を作ろうって方向性は真逆と言って良い(笑)
勿論何が演奏に適するのか、何が醍醐味かどうかも音楽文化によりけりでしょうけど……音楽の選曲も含めて和洋折衷で面白いですよね（ゲーム自体は日本のですけど、音楽は西洋の理論の上なので）。
理屈はあれど、思いつくかどうかは別なのでやっぱり凄いと思います(笑)
So beautiful to have the three traditional Japanese instruments playing this amazing rendition of classic video game theme songs.
The transition from LoZ to SMB at 6:47 is very clever. The guy plays the recorder melody from the original LoZ, which is also the same flute melody from SMB3
MonkeySmist I saw that too
Isn’t that a shakuhachi?
@@mugikai2800 Yes, it is.
I love to see this kind of thing. It's not about the supposed novelty of VGM people played live; it's about great arrangements and wonderful performances. Excellent!
It's nice to hear the Fire Emblem Theme first :D
tears of joy stream down my face as i'm left in awe, unable to come up with words as to how amazing & beautiful this sounds
Incredible rendition of classic Nintendo music.
本当に綺麗な音ですね。日本の伝統楽器は耳に快いです♡
Really cool to start off with Fire Emblem! A nice change from many other medleys of Nintendo music!
すげ～しか出てこない。凄すぎる。
This makes me want a Fire Emblem game with a Japanese warring states / fantasy theme instead of a European medieval / fantasy one.
Looking back at this comment, it's interesting what they did with the latest games.
i think this person predicted the future. they made Birthright/Conquest in around the year that this comment was posted.
well done my friend.
oh my goodness this is amazing :D
Please do some more Zelda music? it was beautiful
Ghaaaaaaaaa!!! When they started playing the Mario theme I almost cried wow that was so nice to the ears. especially the zelda one aaahhh. Dont ever change japan. Dont ever stop flinging the feels to my kokoro. im such a weeb
Damian Marcus Migueloz Well... at least you know you got a problem.
I don't think he has a problem, it's perfectly acceptable for music to make you cry, especially if it is beautiful and of a nostalgic theme.
+Pit Kid Icarus you, my angel have no soul
Gabry the Awesome I'm talking about him knowing he's a weeb.
Sorry Pit Kid Icarus i didn't know
This is still the most heavenly thing I've ever heard.
I love how they included both Fire Emblem and Zelda because they are my favorite two franchises of Nintendo.
This... is so beautiful. :') Especially that Fire Emblem at the beginning.
私は琴を聞いたことがいっぱいありますが、こんな使い方は初めて聞きました。ゲーマーとしてこれはもうすごすぎます！ありがとうございます！
This is so incredible! I would love to hear them cover music from Breath of Fire, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy and Ganbare Goemon! "Super FAMIKOTO" hahaha!
very pleasing to hear this, i have a feeling almost all nintendo musics was meant to be this way
The one wearing purple is beautiful!
That Fire Emblem ..
Wow the amount of talent and dedication is obvious Famikoto, BRAVO! Arigato Gouzaimas!
wow this is lovely! when they started playing the LoZ theme i got this image in my head of Link traveling across the mountains of Japan :D
素晴らしい、楽しませていただきました
Nice! Fire Emblem is the first song
This was simply amazing! Greetings from a fellow musician/singer.
4:46 best part. the song after is pretty awesome!!!!
Wow, amazing. 偉大な仕事 Please do more!!
Really like the Fire Emblem and Legend of Zelda parts! 10/10!
This is Freaking Amazing!!! I Love it!!!
I imagine miyamotos ancestors creating a popular card game in old japan that people would have tournaments as this music would play.
Funnily enough. Nintendo started off making trading cards
This is just beautiful
Man if church was like that back in the states I wouldn't mind going
This video is incredible
鳥肌立ちました！！
とてもカッコ良いです！
My ears just came
Agreed
My ears went. 8=d
Indeed
How have I only come across this now?! Love it thank you!
4:39 Nostalgia is over 9000!!!
beautiful
初めて聴きましたが、鳥肌になりました。素晴らしい。
I love these instruments and this just makes my heart jump for joy! Thank you!
ディスク起動音から第1弾ソフトのゼルダになるのが良いですね、カッコいい！
あとマリオはどんな楽器だろうとポップになるのが面白すぎる。スゴい
テレッテ！テレッテ・ッテ！！(笑)
Anyone else notice they're playing in a Christian Church?
Tiger Riovera well churches have good acoustics. Sounds echo off the floor and walls. I don't think it has nothing to do with religion. They probably had trouble securing a spot to play and record this as well.
[Tokugawa Shogunate stares intensely]
即プレイリスト入りでした。このアレンジ、すごく好きです！！！うpありがとうございます！
涙がでました。すごい懐かしさと楽器のすばらしさと!
Great performance, congratulations! I got the shivers!
I Loved it
4:29 Famicom Start-up theme, first one that I knew where it was from.
Then it immediately gets into songs I can pinpoint immediately after they start playing.
Please god do the Oukami soundtrack, though I know part of the point of doing modern songs is the juxtaposition
Great to listen! Congrats for this great work!
lovely!
I'm grateful I managed to find this
OH...THIS IS BRILLIANT!!!
It’s great for the Fire Emblem theme alone
Truly amazing, great job! ^^
Oh my god this is so beautiful ❤❤
It was so calm and I loved the underwater theme from Mario!
Very lovely arrangements and love the presentation, you all have great class!
Oh my god..The Fire Emblem theme at the beginning made my day...
you guys playing the mario theme reminds me of the 1st mario theme
ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНОЕ ИСПОЛНЕНИЕ!!
GREAT PERFORMANCE!!
壮大なパフォーマンス!!
A NUUUU CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE MY NAME JEFF OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU
和風アレンジも素晴らしいですね！
I think they could have added more Shamisen playing...
Beautiful!
FIIIIIIYARE EEEEEMBUREEEEEEMMMMM
教会だろうが神社だろうが、これはこれでイイ演奏じゃなかろうか!?
和楽器とゲーム音楽のコラボ、今後も期待してまっせ!!
My style, that nobody in my area cares about except for me.
Just gotta love wagakki/gagaku!
I realised that shakuhachi would be my lifelong passion when I was very depressed and the only thing I still wanted to do was to play that tube with 5 holes in it.
arigatou gozaimasu!
I love Japan so much.
If I was hearing impaired, and I was about to hear something for the first time... this would be it. Omg
Beautiful.
Nintendo themselves got me here.
Me too it's cool to see their favorite platlist once in a while on their own channel
The tingles are here
ディスクシステム起動音⁉︎ 懐かし‼︎ 30年位聞いてないのにすぐ思い出しました。^_^
すごいですね！お筝を習っているゲームオタクとして楽しかった(^^)
Thank you! 12月28日に演奏会もいたしますのでよかったらご来場くださいませ！
www.2083.jp/concert/20141228famikoto.html
カプコン特集です。
+Robert Grayson Great and Awesome Japanese language ability you have.
+Robert Grayson
Translation: This is amazing! It was fun as a game otaku learning how to play the koto (^^)
+kazushi okimasa
Translation: Thank you! We will also perform Capcom music on December 28th, so please come visit us!
weeb
ポリアンナからここに迷い込むとは思わなかった。ファイヤーエムブレムのメインテーマは、ゲームミュージックの中でも特に好きな曲。こんな素敵なアレンジを聞けて嬉しかった。…危なくなったらスタコラ逃げます。
Awesome すげええええ！
Soon as together we ride played I was like "AAAAAAAAHHH!!" the moment I recognized it.
とても心が落ち着きますね！ゲームオタクならではの落ち着きぐわいですかね！
❤
Gotta appreciate the other instruments in the world :)
As a Nintendo fan and a fan of Indian instruments,
nice to see this sort of blend of two worlds
Beautiful
Gracias
Official Nintendo channel has this on their favorite list!
I love it and it also puts me to sleep
非常に素晴らしい
Background looks like a church,in which it makes it more awesome. Also they saved the best for last :) nothings is more upbeat than mario music
This was fantastic!
全部素晴らしかったけど特にゼルダの伝説が最高でした！
和楽器の音色はとても美しいですね
Girl playing Shamisen sooo pretty *-*
Konnichiwa! I don't speak Japanese only English, but I would like to tell you I'm a big fan of Nintendo, Japanim and traditional Japanese culture so thanks Kimiko for your amazing job.
One year ago I got interested in Chinese instruments now I got FASCINATED on Japanese instruments!
お正月にこれやってほしいな
That is one hell of a pick...
This is beautiful. Thank you.
4:39 music to my ears