Okay so I'm like already crying from the first few notes and then I calm down and then Iwata comes up AND THE WATERWORKS JUST GET WORKING.....This was fantastic ;)
Maybe... Or maybe his right besides Arceus... Smiling, watching all thoose pmd fans that got their lives touched by his creation. No matter how many years pass, your unforgetable name will always be inprinted is this and many other masterpieces, bringing happiness to the heart of millions for years to come.
Aura Force I'm on a roll with the "easy teases", so it seems (ex: beginning of Memories Returned) >:3 I think you'd struggle with 12-15 more than with 17+ though -- the former you're juggling 4 voices, whereas the climax is just 3.
aw, this reminded me of what really makes the mystery dungeon great. moments of charictor bonding like those with the amazing music the series is known for makes these games true masterpieces.
MrAppleSalad So true! I always liked to picture this song as the embodiment of the Partner's aspirations, rather than just an atmospheric BGM. It gives a glimpse of the inner strength within them (particular at the climax of the piece), something that just needs to be unlocked through the influence of you the Player. It's interesting to note that when this song plays during the Epilogue of the main story (shortly before the Memories Returned scene), only the first 4 measures of this song play. It's as if by losing you, the Partner has lost a piece of themselves (i.e. the rest of the song).
Damn, you got me to tear up at that last part. It's really amazing how great this piece of art we call PMD2 is. Never in a million years would I think it could still have this kind of impact on me this many years later. Keep being amazing, Bespinben.
BHawksFan01 Something that can endure the test of time, something that has value extending to later generations -- that's what a Classic is to me. Despite its cutesy exterior, PMD fits this definition all too well.
I need to make a video of me playing this song. You see, my piano teacher since kindergarten passed away on New Year's Eve in a tragic and fatal car accident. She was eight months away from turning 80. I miss her every day and I'm close friends with one of her granddaughters. :(
Evan Grant My deepest condolences, I am so sorry... I love my flute teachers and if anything were to happen to them, I'd be devastated. I'm sure your teacher is very proud of you.
Thomas PlaysTheGames If Noctowl were option for the Personality Test, I'd probably get it every time, with or without me trying :P (Truthfully though, it's only 11 PM here so... 'MURICA!)
The feels in this one is really strong because this is where your partner meets you for the first time, and this is where we reunite at the "end". End, as in the credits were rolling, and the main story ends.
***** I haven't played PMD2 since 2008 (well, doing a full run through that is) -- do you know if this piece plays anytime besides the prologue and epilogue? If it doesn't, that could really enhance the impact of this piece, having a *primacy-recency effect*
Bespinben I think besides the prologue and epilogue, it plays during the time your partner and Grovyle sees the sun rising up, and then that song plays. That's all I know. So, Mathew Zang, you were somewhat right. We go back to our own timeline after escaping from the future from the Planet's Paralysis.
***** OH MY GOD! I just had a crashing revelation!!! I knew, I KNEW that you and your partner both saw the sunset rising, but I forgot when it happened, until now! The other time this song is played was when you realize Darkrai is going to get rid of both you and your partner, and cause a huge distortion of the fabric of time and space! Earlier, he disguised himself as Creselia, the pokemon to bring peace and hope, telling you and your partner, IN YOUR DREAM, that traveling through time caused a distortion of the fabric of time and space. BUT, it was way smaller than minor damage, in fact, it didn't affect it at all! Then you realize it was all Darkrai's doing. He failed to cause the planet's paralysis by trying to destroy Temporal Tower, but failed. SO!!! The time the song plays again is when you and your partner saw the sun rising before you, your partner, and Creselia confronts Darkrai. I hope this opens your memory!
***** It would have been interesting to see Darkrai have some character development following his own poetically fitting acquisition of amnesia (yay for fanfics!) He just seemed too one-dimensional as the big-bad, which kinda contradicts one of the big themes of game that there really aren't any *truly* bad Pokémon (c.f. speech by Wigglytuff).
+Bespinben Honestly, I always compared Darkrai in PMD2 to either Evice or Greevil (but mostly Greevil). He corrupted a Legendary Pokemon as a bid for wreaking havoc in general (among other things), and something almost poetic happens to them at the end of their games' respective storylines (counting the Darkrai battle in PMD2 as the actual final boss).
Excuse me Ben, who made the little video at the top left corner? I’ve been trying to find it for hours because I remember the channel who made it also having a beautiful remix of this song too. If anybody knows who it is please let me know. Thanks!
Aaah, I have very nostalgic memories... All of those happy moments accompanied with a surreal environment and highly emotional yet quiet music always triggered my emotions and made those moments so memorable. Almost as if they were events happening in my own life, and this arrangement was so well done that it gave me those happy emotions despite the lack of a scenario. ...and of course, don't forget the bubbles!
39legends I think part of the brilliance of Explorers was that even though, by nature of the plot, the player character *couldn't* be you, there was still a strong feeling that *you wanted it to be you*... and that's a beautiful thing.
The feels are overwhelming, I don't care what people say - Sky (and the rest of the PMD games, tbh) was one of the most emotional, powerful games I've ever played....beautiful as always, Ben ;D;
MagikarpUsedHyperBeam PMD was actually the reason I stayed in the Pokémon fandom when I was losing interest around Gen 3. Despite the cutesy TV ads, I found a game that truly helped me understand life a little better.
Wow! I really like this piece! Played on piano is even better than the regular one! The Italian caption should be 'tranquillo' (calm), not 'tranquilo' :)
Gabriele Bianchetti DuskPiano did a great job articulating the fine details of the arrangement, and I think that's the deciding factor of a good performance of a song like this that has such very repetitive harmony (Bb, Ebm6 --> etc. etc.).Two "l"s, you got me! I wasn't even trying to be poetic with the Tempo marking, and I still messed up :P
It exists the same MIDI in the PMD2 game files, but it doesn't have the strings ensemble as the main melody. And it's played at the ending from the last chapter.
Aaah, I can't find the sheet music for this! I checked the link, but when I clicked to download the right song it said that the file was no longer there. Is there a way I can get to the sheet music?
Hey, great arrangement! I’m not much of a pianist (more of a woodwind guy, some brass too), so what do those dashed lines mean? The ones that connect the staffs (staves?).
Anderson Li You survived a murderous mob, stopped a comet, endured the Guild's tyranny, defied the laws of time...And yet, you cannot handle this!? >:D
Bespinben, is this in the same key the original song was in? It may just be me (I say that because I've not yet acquired the ability to Identify any note/key without reference), but it sounds spot on with the original piece.
39legends My arrangements technically fall better under the term "transcriptions", so yes, most if not all elements of the original I intend to recreate - (key, harmony, rhythms, texture, etc.). I do tend to get more creative though with heavily percussive pieces though (like GtI Stompstump Peak), which I use more of a liberal arranging approach to adapt to the piano.
+Bespinben That's awesome! It's hard for me to recreate pieces so accurately! Like said previously, I haven't yet acquired such skill. The closest thing to that which I can do is Identify intervals without point of reference. Do you reccomend any techniques to learn said skill. For intervals, I use familliar pieces to Identify (For example, Amazing grace for perfect 4th ascending).
39legends It's always weird when someone poses the "learn by ear or by sheet" question to me, as I fit in neither category. "Learn by ear" seems to imply this superhuman ability to hear a song once or twice and then just ham it out with some liberal interpretation, and learn by sheet seems to imply lack of aural skills whatsoever (also not true). While I do have fairly decent relative and perfect pitch, more often than not, I'm just relying on tonal memory as I create my transcriptions -- I listen to a 3 second clip of the song I'm recreating *many* times to capture all it's component parts (melody, bass, harmony, moving inner voices, countermelodies, etc.), and whatever of these components I've isolated, I hum it back to myself and use a pitch reference to identify the pitches. This is the most efficient way for me to work, rather than waiting 10-20 seconds processing notes through my mental Perfect Pitch Processor (the PPP, I like to call it), by which time I might have already forgotten the passage I was humming.
***** Thank you! I really hope we'll get to revisit places like this in Super Mystery Dungeon. Hearing the BGM up-to-date in 3DS quality would make my heart race.
1 person didn't get the Relic Fragment back...
maybe get hitting by the bubble gun
Lol. I applaud your humour.
Great Scott! Someone failed to stop the ultimate calamity! We're all DOOOMED!
Quickly! We must send Pelliper to find Grovyle, who should recieve it in exactly... 5 minutes and 32 seconds! We must make haste!
Make that 2 now
Okay so I'm like already crying from the first few notes and then I calm down and then Iwata comes up AND THE WATERWORKS JUST GET WORKING.....This was fantastic ;)
By God, how did I miss this for two whole days?
Perhaps Iwata no longer resides in the human world but has been reincarnated as a Pokémon living happily ever after in PMD-land.
Latios212 omg. this comment almost made me cry ;-;
Maybe... Or maybe his right besides Arceus... Smiling, watching all thoose pmd fans that got their lives touched by his creation.
No matter how many years pass, your unforgetable name will always be inprinted is this and many other masterpieces, bringing happiness to the heart of millions for years to come.
Latios212 oh god the cringe
@@pukalo the word cringe sounds dumb
I prefer to think he got reincarnated as a dog for being a good person his entire life.
"Oh I might be able to play this"
Gets to measure 17
"Nope"
Aura Force I'm on a roll with the "easy teases", so it seems (ex: beginning of Memories Returned) >:3 I think you'd struggle with 12-15 more than with 17+ though -- the former you're juggling 4 voices, whereas the climax is just 3.
aw, this reminded me of what really makes the mystery dungeon great. moments of charictor bonding like those with the amazing music the series is known for makes these games true masterpieces.
MrAppleSalad So true! I always liked to picture this song as the embodiment of the Partner's aspirations, rather than just an atmospheric BGM. It gives a glimpse of the inner strength within them (particular at the climax of the piece), something that just needs to be unlocked through the influence of you the Player. It's interesting to note that when this song plays during the Epilogue of the main story (shortly before the Memories Returned scene), only the first 4 measures of this song play. It's as if by losing you, the Partner has lost a piece of themselves (i.e. the rest of the song).
Bespinben wow, i never thought of it like that. good observation.
Damn, you got me to tear up at that last part. It's really amazing how great this piece of art we call PMD2 is. Never in a million years would I think it could still have this kind of impact on me this many years later. Keep being amazing, Bespinben.
BHawksFan01 Something that can endure the test of time, something that has value extending to later generations -- that's what a Classic is to me. Despite its cutesy exterior, PMD fits this definition all too well.
I need to make a video of me playing this song. You see, my piano teacher since kindergarten passed away on New Year's Eve in a tragic and fatal car accident. She was eight months away from turning 80. I miss her every day and I'm close friends with one of her granddaughters. :(
Evan Grant My deepest condolences, I am so sorry... I love my flute teachers and if anything were to happen to them, I'd be devastated. I'm sure your teacher is very proud of you.
The feels are strong , and for many different reasons ... also , isn't it like 6 in the morning for you ?
Thomas PlaysTheGames If Noctowl were option for the Personality Test, I'd probably get it every time, with or without me trying :P (Truthfully though, it's only 11 PM here so... 'MURICA!)
Bespinben
for some reason i thought you lived in europe .
You are amazing Bespiben!
The feels in this one is really strong because this is where your partner meets you for the first time, and this is where we reunite at the "end". End, as in the credits were rolling, and the main story ends.
***** I haven't played PMD2 since 2008 (well, doing a full run through that is) -- do you know if this piece plays anytime besides the prologue and epilogue? If it doesn't, that could really enhance the impact of this piece, having a *primacy-recency effect*
Bespinben I think besides the prologue and epilogue, it plays during the time your partner and Grovyle sees the sun rising up, and then that song plays. That's all I know. So, Mathew Zang, you were somewhat right. We go back to our own timeline after escaping from the future from the Planet's Paralysis.
***** OH MY GOD! I just had a crashing revelation!!! I knew, I KNEW that you and your partner both saw the sunset rising, but I forgot when it happened, until now! The other time this song is played was when you realize Darkrai is going to get rid of both you and your partner, and cause a huge distortion of the fabric of time and space! Earlier, he disguised himself as Creselia, the pokemon to bring peace and hope, telling you and your partner, IN YOUR DREAM, that traveling through time caused a distortion of the fabric of time and space. BUT, it was way smaller than minor damage, in fact, it didn't affect it at all! Then you realize it was all Darkrai's doing. He failed to cause the planet's paralysis by trying to destroy Temporal Tower, but failed. SO!!! The time the song plays again is when you and your partner saw the sun rising before you, your partner, and Creselia confronts Darkrai. I hope this opens your memory!
***** It would have been interesting to see Darkrai have some character development following his own poetically fitting acquisition of amnesia (yay for fanfics!) He just seemed too one-dimensional as the big-bad, which kinda contradicts one of the big themes of game that there really aren't any *truly* bad Pokémon (c.f. speech by Wigglytuff).
+Bespinben Honestly, I always compared Darkrai in PMD2 to either Evice or Greevil (but mostly Greevil). He corrupted a Legendary Pokemon as a bid for wreaking havoc in general (among other things), and something almost poetic happens to them at the end of their games' respective storylines (counting the Darkrai battle in PMD2 as the actual final boss).
Rest in Peace, Satoru Iwata. You will be remembered.
There's a custom 3DS theme using this cover and I love it
On Musescore: musescore.com/user/1398211/scores/979836
Thanks so much for arranging this!
Ik it’s been 8 years, but if you see this message, could you repost the sheet music for downloading? I can’t find it anywhere
Excuse me Ben, who made the little video at the top left corner? I’ve been trying to find it for hours because I remember the channel who made it also having a beautiful remix of this song too. If anybody knows who it is please let me know. Thanks!
i can no longer find the sheet music- crying rn-
but nonetheless, this is beautiful thank you
Aaah, I have very nostalgic memories...
All of those happy moments accompanied with a surreal environment and highly emotional yet quiet music always triggered my emotions and made those moments so memorable. Almost as if they were events happening in my own life, and this arrangement was so well done that it gave me those happy emotions despite the lack of a scenario.
...and of course, don't forget the bubbles!
39legends I think part of the brilliance of Explorers was that even though, by nature of the plot, the player character *couldn't* be you, there was still a strong feeling that *you wanted it to be you*... and that's a beautiful thing.
Bespinben Whoa. Never thought of it that way. That's brilliant, Ben.
The feels are overwhelming, I don't care what people say - Sky (and the rest of the PMD games, tbh) was one of the most emotional, powerful games I've ever played....beautiful as always, Ben ;D;
MagikarpUsedHyperBeam PMD was actually the reason I stayed in the Pokémon fandom when I was losing interest around Gen 3. Despite the cutesy TV ads, I found a game that truly helped me understand life a little better.
I love your cover! ^^ Very nicely played!
Wow! I really like this piece! Played on piano is even better than the regular one!
The Italian caption should be 'tranquillo' (calm), not 'tranquilo' :)
Gabriele Bianchetti DuskPiano did a great job articulating the fine details of the arrangement, and I think that's the deciding factor of a good performance of a song like this that has such very repetitive harmony (Bb, Ebm6 --> etc. etc.).Two "l"s, you got me! I wasn't even trying to be poetic with the Tempo marking, and I still messed up :P
I kind of miss the poetic (I'd say: creative!) markings!
Is 'tranquillo' a standard word in music (like, say, 'presto' or 'diminuendo')?
***** Plot twist: *I am the terminology*
Bespinben
All hail the great Bespinben, who is ye terminologie itselfe!
This is beautiful... Thanks you so much
最高です😍
It exists the same MIDI in the PMD2 game files, but it doesn't have the strings ensemble as the main melody. And it's played at the ending from the last chapter.
*Goes and silently sobs in a corner*
Something so emotional about this one. Just thinking of the future, uncertainty, memories, time and space seem to fade away
Aaah, I can't find the sheet music for this! I checked the link, but when I clicked to download the right song it said that the file was no longer there. Is there a way I can get to the sheet music?
Oh my, how those video clips bring back memories...😢
if I ever have a wedding I want this bloke to play this song during mine and my future wife's vows
This cover is beautiful, amazing job on the piano
It's so soft... almost perfect. Distant pauses..
So touching, this game was made with so much love man... the memories.
beautiful.. where friendship began
This is one of my favorite songs in the PMD2 OST, seeing on piano makes me want to learn it now
this is so beautiful
Hey, great arrangement! I’m not much of a pianist (more of a woodwind guy, some brass too), so what do those dashed lines mean? The ones that connect the staffs (staves?).
I use dashed lines between staves to indicate how a voice should be divided between the two hands. The cross-stave beams also serve this purpose.
The first text pop-up in the video is all caps, and then it becomes normal grammar thereafter. >_> Still, great video!
Talgoran I noticed that too, hehe... Well, I think V-Beat did a great job nonetheless with the video collage ^_^ Thanks!
Talgoran My video editing software trolls me from time to time. Sorry ^^;
Oh my god bespin I cant handle these amazing arrangements asdfghjkl
Anderson Li You survived a murderous mob, stopped a comet, endured the Guild's tyranny, defied the laws of time...And yet, you cannot handle this!? >:D
I love this game
Could I ask for sheets with the fingers? I love this song! +Bespinben
+Bespinben
Bespinben, is this in the same key the original song was in? It may just be me (I say that because I've not yet acquired the ability to Identify any note/key without reference), but it sounds spot on with the original piece.
39legends My arrangements technically fall better under the term "transcriptions", so yes, most if not all elements of the original I intend to recreate - (key, harmony, rhythms, texture, etc.). I do tend to get more creative though with heavily percussive pieces though (like GtI Stompstump Peak), which I use more of a liberal arranging approach to adapt to the piano.
+Bespinben
That's awesome! It's hard for me to recreate pieces so accurately! Like said previously, I haven't yet acquired such skill. The closest thing to that which I can do is Identify intervals without point of reference. Do you reccomend any techniques to learn said skill. For intervals, I use familliar pieces to Identify (For example, Amazing grace for perfect 4th ascending).
39legends It's always weird when someone poses the "learn by ear or by sheet" question to me, as I fit in neither category. "Learn by ear" seems to imply this superhuman ability to hear a song once or twice and then just ham it out with some liberal interpretation, and learn by sheet seems to imply lack of aural skills whatsoever (also not true). While I do have fairly decent relative and perfect pitch, more often than not, I'm just relying on tonal memory as I create my transcriptions -- I listen to a 3 second clip of the song I'm recreating *many* times to capture all it's component parts (melody, bass, harmony, moving inner voices, countermelodies, etc.), and whatever of these components I've isolated, I hum it back to myself and use a pitch reference to identify the pitches. This is the most efficient way for me to work, rather than waiting 10-20 seconds processing notes through my mental Perfect Pitch Processor (the PPP, I like to call it), by which time I might have already forgotten the passage I was humming.
Really awesome, and noice track choice ;)
***** Thank you! I really hope we'll get to revisit places like this in Super Mystery Dungeon. Hearing the BGM up-to-date in 3DS quality would make my heart race.
Bespinben I guess that one day i'll have to buy a 3DS x)