I shared this with brother. "Wow, look at the make-up on her! That’s cool " "I know, right! The whole outfit is amazing. And her boots don’t even have sand on them!"
Ngl. Legit Dancing Mad is one of the best songs ever written that many people will never experience because it was in a video game and not a church or something.
Very good song yes but you must lack a lot of culture to call it one the best song ever written. Beside, many songs where written especially for church and were forgotten very quickly and only rediscovered "recently". I am specificaly thinking about most of Vivaldi's work, like his stabat mater that was played only once before being rediscovered 200 years later i believe.
I find this version 10 times better. Listen to this part with your eyes closed. It is much better then this. piano and organ version. th-cam.com/video/wFavxCmZbjg/w-d-xo.html
This part always makes me feel kinda bad/sad while warring against Kefka - but then he LAUGHS at you! Then it's like, "Oh, this is funny to you?! Perish in Ultima!"
VGM pipe organist here... First of all: *HUGE compliments* for this amazing performance, Kara! Since you were well-known to me as a "piano only" soloist, there were a couple of things which instantly caught my eye from an organist's perspective: Your clean and upright posture on the bench, the well-exercised pedaling technique (which, as an info for all non-organists, is pretty difficult to perform precisely with this kind of heels on her cosplay shoes) and the distinct (and correct) organ-alike touch and articulation on the manuals, which differs a lot from the piano touch/articulation that must have been stuck in your fingers' muscle memory for ages. I could instantly recognise that you must have been taking quite a bunch of organ lessons before this recording in order to accomplish an optically and acoustically convincing performance like this --- and was confirmed by the description as I read along. For all who read this, professionals and non-professionals alike: Kara has accomplished an outstanding job here, as did her companions on filming, audio mixing/dubbing and, of course, her mentors. Let alone the tuning/temperament of both instruments: Finding a pipe organ that's perfectly in tune with an arbitrary (grand) piano from a completely different location is indeed a challenge, which would normally mean that one of the instruments (preferrably, the piano) would have to be retuned completely to match the other. Keeping audio and video in sync when shooting from different angles, with multiple cams and/or in multiple takes/sessions is _not_ an easy task as well and can be tricky to handle if you're not using pro tech equipment. Almost needless to say that your Terra/Kefka costumes are top notch and thus add a high-end finish to this awesome project. *CONGRATULATIONS* and a deep, deep bow from my side.
P.S. That's an instant addition to my "Featured Music" playlist, of course. In case you're looking for a bit of inspiration regarding your future projects, please feel free to browse my channel. Indeed, I'd feel honored if I could contribute something to your next success! :-)
Oh that’s so neat I’m so glad you found the video and thought it was good! I’m in no way a professional organist- I’ve taken a couple years of lessons but I was never super dedicated- lots of reasons, like just being too lazy to leave the house to practice my instrument 😂 but since I’ve been a pianist my whole life, and super in love with baroque music, I think I took quickly to the instrument. I see where my technique is flawed, but I learned a lot of great things about the organ like, as you said, not using the same type of bodily movement that you would on the piano (after all, using more energy isn’t going to make it louder!) I was a little concerned this might make the video less interesting and less intense, but I chose to be more musically accurate 😛 also I did not actually use these shoes to record, I have a pair of suede bottomed organ shoes haha! Just subscribed to your channel, thanks for sharing!!
@@KaraComparetto (and @WoodyofmC and @JimmyOnGuitar) - I fully concur with WoodyofmC - this is an outstanding accomplishment on many counts - not the least of which is the matched tuning between the organ and piano! You did very well in your capacity as an organist - not an easy accomplishment to play both instruments with their vastly different technic. And not to overlook the excellent registration. Don't let the "bodily movement" / "more energy" thing hold you back either - it never stopped Virgil Fox - ;-) Your compositional and performance efforts have all paid off well, and JimmyOnGuitar is obviously gifted as a videographer - this is PHENOMENAL! Congratulations to all!
@@KaraComparetto Hi Kara, hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are ready to start the new year with some extra-fancy VGM+Organ power! :-) In case you'd like to take a dip into the Metroid franchise, I'd like to issue a personal invitation to you for my "Metroid: Organ Transplants" premiere, which took me the past three months of recording, dubbing, mixing, video composition, etc. --- I'd feel honored to see you joining! :-) Premiere starts on Jan 1st 2022 at prime time (8:15pm) UTC: th-cam.com/video/hQLm4DyotRc/w-d-xo.html ~~~ Have fun!
Can I just say how much I appreciate that you went for the green cloaked version of Kefka for this. The red cloak has never looked right on him to me. It doesn't match the sprite, dangit!
I just hope that future generations of kids will be able to appreciate these games and their soundtracks the way we did growing up. Truly these are timeless melodic ideas which stand outside of any other context but the great stories told within the games paired with the beautiful music takes the emotional experience to a new level. The graphics and the mechanics may become more dated, but the music has yet to be matched. Your work in keeping it alive in all our hearts is truly noble.
They will appreciate them if our generation helps share them! Just like classical music, we can pass this down generation after generation so it continues to be loved and shared!
Genuinely one of the most impressive covers of ANYTHING I've ever heard, much less of an 11 minute storytelling song with three tiers and a pipe organ voice. Well done! May much more success come to you for your skill, time, and effort!
The only thing this is missing is Kefka's laugh somewhere around 7:52 ish. My brain keeps anticipating it yet it never happens. Your organ work on this piece is an absolute blessing to my ears!
♥ Everyones take on Dancing Mad is always fun to hear. From Soken's fairly faithful recreation for FFXIV to the metal versions. But everyone just goes HAM for the organ solo section.
Sokens is good til the final part, the bass sounds like blown out speakers to me and I just don't find it enjoyable, this version is pretty great though.
It's abundantly clear what you and Jimmy were going for in preparing this after reading the description. But I have to say, I loved how nearly every shot up until the end looked "up" to Kefka and "down" at Terra. Captures the tension and spirit of the final fight in the game with flying colors. And the arrangement was fantastic! Thank you for this Kara!!! And shoutouts to JimmyOnGuitar for having such great taste and skill so as to make this as good as it turned out to be! The only other thing(s), still looking for that FFVI full OST and now this as an adjacent single on your website store👌Thank you Kara! Looking forward to more organ adventures pandemic-willing.
「妖星乱舞」の壮大さが良く出てる。良い演奏だね。 Uematsu said in an interview for Pixel Remastered. It's a song that came out of the "Reckless Festival" development, where we all packed a lot of things in with our passion to "just make something good". That's why "Dancing Mad" is so difficult. It's a good arrangement, thank you for the wonderful music performance.
Anybody else listen to this pretty much every day? It's fantastic. incredible piece of music, and Kara clearly put a TON of work in. Just read that years ago Game Spot did a "Reader's Choice" edition, and one of their polls was 'Greatest Video Game Villain of All Time', with 10 nominees and a write-in option. Two villains made the list as a write-in. Kefka was one of them, and he TOPPED the list at #1, as a write-in!!! Unbelievable. Such a great game, great story, great villain, great characters, and above all, great music.
I can't believe I'm two years late to this masterpiece. I can never experience this piece in real life with original instrument, not even the performance from distant worlds orchestra. Thank you for bringing one of my favorite music to live with its original instrument!
I would love someday to be able to perform this live on an organ, in an amazing church dressed as Kafka HAHA! For now this is the best I could do XD I'm glad you loved it!
11:02 This is so incredible, and it took me a couple of listens to realize it - you wove The Prelude FF theme into the ending! Fantastic counterpoint to enhance an already excellent performance!
This track is Uemastsu's Holland opus in my opinion. And you did a good job recreating it. It's amazing considering Uemastsu had no musical training, yet he still created this masterpiece.
This video is never short of amazing. This shows the power of great composition and amazing execution. Thanks for sharing this with all of us! This is why we keep coming back for more!
This is great. You really captured the essence of Uematsu's original track and of Amano's character designs. I particularly thought the use of different fabrics with widely varying colours and patterns was very much true to Amano's art. Excellent job.
Amazing job Kara! The battle between Terra (piano) and Kefka (pipe organ) turned out really poetic, you end up thinking about the story and events from the game and what each character are fighting for... Truly amazing!
I've been obsessed with video game music for my entire lifetime. I've watched countless videos, listened to thousands of remixes, covers and renditions of songs by Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu and all of the other greats of game music, and by far this video is the most impressive cover, remix, performance I've ever seen. This is a true masterpiece -- I would love to see this performed by a duet live. In fact that would be a bucket list opportunity. Bravo.
Wow. This is INCREDIBLE. I'm a huge FFVI nerd, have cosplayed both Terra and Kefka, and play the piano on occasion and this is EXACTLY the type of thing I was dreaming of seeing from someone else as Kefka's theme is far too complex for me to play. I just love the emotion you poured into this as well. I see a lot of artists who play everything technically correct but there's no often no passion in it. I love how full of emotion you are in this. It truly shines through. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful piece of art with us!
Oh wow that’s so cool! I wonder what your cosplay looks like? Would love to see! Terra is more of a closet cosplay but I thought it worked well. I’m starting to think of my costumes for the Chrono Trigger arrangement- I’d like to cosplay Schala and Queen Zeal! Thanks a lot for the compliment!!
This is seriously amazing. FF6 is my personal favourite, partially for the music, and this honestly pays such great homage to Uematsu's work while also bringing a different emotion in. I love how much space this arrangement takes up. A real audio journey.
Agreed that Dancing Mad (and the FFVI soundtrack in general) is Uematsu's greatest achievement. This is a big one for you too! This is definitely a worthy cover for the epic that is Dancing Mad, bravo on your creativity.
I can’t even guess how difficult this must’ve been to learn to play, it’s amazing how you managed to do such a beautifully chaotic song justice like this!
Such an incredible job! When I think that this song came out in 1994 (nearly 30 years ago) on 16-bit hardware, all it does is reiterate the sheer brilliance of Uematsu. The man wrote a masterpiece- truly Bach level arrangement, on such limiting hardware. Mwa hahaha!!!
So glad that you "went big", thank you for giving this, one of the greatest Uematsu works, your skill and time. I was smiling through the whole thing and chills in a few parts. Bravo, Kara!
Kara this is the definition of PERFECTION!! Everything about this is just epic…your costumes, your arrangement, the performance, the editing, is just SO GOOD that I don’t even want to hold back the tears of joy streaming down my face. How cool is that added harmony in the organ cadenza?!! You win the Internet today and for a very long time to come!!
I've seen many, MANY renditions of this piece. From solo amateurs to pros to bands and whole orchestras, like the Tokyo symphony. This version is the first to really compete with Uematsu's own metal band.
Kara, your skill is something spectacular. I had goosebumps the whole time, especially in the finale. You know how much I love your covers and with this one you have outdone yourself, it shows all the passion you put into it. Please, never stop giving us these wonderful emotions! ❤
I've heard many different renditions of "Dancing Mad" on TH-cam and many other sites. I've heard everything from piano only to orchestra to meta/rock renditions, etc. and this is my new favorite of it. Before reading the description, I could feel the conflict between Terra and Kefka in there so objective achieved! I'm looking forward to seeing your other videos after seeing how awesome this turned out to be!
This is a huge compliment, I appreciate this so much! I’m hoping to get another couple of piano/organ arrangements out for next year, but the process is long, so in the meantime I record piano covers, I hope you will enjoy them! My next one is probably boundless ocean from FFIII ☺️
I've never commented on a video before, but this was too brilliant to resist! Great job by you and Jimmy. I loved the arrangement, I loved the playing, and I loved the photography. Also I enjoyed the spirit of the juxtaposition between Kefka'S god-like power at that point in the game with Terra's hope, which was so small. Also great Kefka cosplay!
This was so fantastic! The camera work was amazing artistry as well. A reminder of the best villain in all of Final Fantasy, the only one to actually accomplish their goal and the heros didn't get to walk away victorious, but hopeful that things could be okay after. The combination of oregon and piano was mesmerizing and your costumes were fantastic as well! This absolutely made my night!
"Your constant encouragement and enthusiasm for what I do inspires me to keep playing, keep working hard, keep sharing." NO! That's you, with your beautiful passion and art, that inspire us to keep working hard, do our best, dream for our goals and never give up until we will reach them! Thank YOU, Kara. Thank YOU!
This was absolutely amazing, Kara!!! I cannot fathom just how beautifully haunting this whole arrangement was! Heard some bits and pieces from the Piano Opera arrangement, but you really made this masterpiece your own! Thank you so much for your hard work and attention-to-detail! Absolute CHILLS from watching this from beginning to end!
Esto es... es hermoso, bellísimo, sublime La habilidad con la qué toca, el talento qué usted tiene... Dios, en serio hasta la piel se me erizo por tan hermoso vídeo 👏
This is an amazing and unforgettable masterpiece. One of the best of Dancing Mad. Love so much. You’ve brought Kefka’s essence to the fullest. Congrats!
[listening to song] Wow dang, wish the organist from that Chicago concert from what feels like forever ago could've channeled some of what future-Kara's got going on here. [checks description]-- _Two Years?!_ Jeebus, the sheer dedication alone...no wonder that guy had so much trouble. I can't imagine they gave him nearly enough time to work the piece out. [reads more] ...Incredible. Thank you for your persistence and patience in bringing all this together -- it came out fantastic. I think one of my favorite moments was that cheeky little line of organ from Kefka. Got an audible chuckle out of me; everything about it so perfectly encapulates him as a villain, and it flows seamlessly into the dueling narrative here.
Spectacular! I spent much of it on tenterhooks wondering how on earth you were going to represent the drums in the fourth movement. What a great arrangement!
AAAAAAHHH I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU OMG THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL IN EVERY WAY!!!!! 😭❤️😭❤️😭😭❤️😭😭 Production, costumes (so glad you bought those boots hahaha!!!), arrangement and playing, you just completely outdid yourself!!! Congratulations on finally bringing your dream project to fruition and kudos to @JimmyOnGuitar for the insane video work!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
This means so much to me coming from you, who are such an incredible arranger and cosplayer 😂😂😂😂 I remember we talked about the boots too haha!! That seems like ages ago. I hope we get to see each other again soon, I loved meeting up with you!!
im 35. played through this game at 7 years old when it was released. still havnt found a source to evoke the feeling of mystisism this scene and song creates. it feels incredible to know theres someone who could be or even moreso passionate about final fantasy and the great nobuo uematsu
The amount of talent here is mind-boggling. If you were just a cosplayer or just a pianist/organist, us mere mortals would be jealous. But to have both of those talents combined with beauty & grace in front of the camera is something that happens maybe once in a generation.
Dear Kara, I can't believe what I watched seconds ago. I have to show respect to you and your skill and your imagination and your flow and your charisma and your tension and ... HOW WONDERFUL it is that every person on earth with internet has the ability to breath in this masterpiece of art ... for free! From time to time I record piano pieces on my own I learned by ear and it is always HARD work. BUT imagine YOUR PASSION and endurance to get this whole thing done ... WOW. I hope you always get the respect you deserve. Keep up every little thing ... it's magic. ❤
Thank you for this nice comment Alexander! Thankfully even though I upload this content for free, I am always always duly compensated for my work by my followers. It makes it possible to keep making more! :)
Why do you do this to me! It's so awesome that you did these recent recordings as I had personally been listening to Dancing Mad frequently while trading... and now I can have the pleasantry of you performing it. So much excite.
It's not only Nobuo's magnum opus but perhaps yours as well after reading about all the difficulty involved with recording this one, it's a brilliant performance and probably my favourite Dancing Mad cover at this point.
Congratulations on such an incredibly polished performance - it's all about the attention to detail! The back story in your description provides an appreciation of the hard work and persistence you went through over the past 18 months to turn vision to reality. Edit: This arrangement is so much more 'complete' than the FFVI Piano Collections arrangement.
You guys, check out Jimmy's Final Fantasy guitar covers! th-cam.com/users/JimmyOnGuitar
More FF covers? Just twist my arm why don’t you 😜
The entire FFVII soundtrack? Subscribed.
Wow!
sadly he does to much FF7... cant abide FF7 its to bestgirl stabby! #traum4life
oh my god you play pipe organ too ?
Pianos... organs... clowns... Where do they come from? And where do they go...? Such meaningful things... I'll enjoy them all!
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
I shared this with brother. "Wow, look at the make-up on her! That’s cool
" "I know, right! The whole outfit is amazing. And her boots don’t even have sand on them!"
That's funny :)
Sand....hahaha!! 🤣🤣
They’re IN my boots!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@KaraComparetto Lol! 😆
@@KaraComparetto Hehe ...where are your loyal (modly) troops when you need them?
Ngl. Legit Dancing Mad is one of the best songs ever written that many people will never experience because it was in a video game and not a church or something.
Ngl. I was looking for this comment.
Very good song yes but you must lack a lot of culture to call it one the best song ever written.
Beside, many songs where written especially for church and were forgotten very quickly and only rediscovered "recently". I am specificaly thinking about most of Vivaldi's work, like his stabat mater that was played only once before being rediscovered 200 years later i believe.
Rather than fighting physically, Terra and Kefka decided to have a battle of music
Yes that was the idea!!!
And as befits a god; he gets the organ while she gets a lousy piano
@@Poonbahbah I am surprised no pianist insulted you yet after calling a stenway and son "lousy" tbh
9:39 I swear to god no matter what version of Dancing Mad I listen to, this part always sounds amazing.
True.dat
I find this version 10 times better. Listen to this part with your eyes closed. It is much better then this. piano and organ version.
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The death of a god, it's fitting so perfect for that part
This part always makes me feel kinda bad/sad while warring against Kefka - but then he LAUGHS at you! Then it's like, "Oh, this is funny to you?! Perish in Ultima!"
I love this part❤
VGM pipe organist here... First of all: *HUGE compliments* for this amazing performance, Kara!
Since you were well-known to me as a "piano only" soloist, there were a couple of things which instantly caught my eye from an organist's perspective: Your clean and upright posture on the bench, the well-exercised pedaling technique (which, as an info for all non-organists, is pretty difficult to perform precisely with this kind of heels on her cosplay shoes) and the distinct (and correct) organ-alike touch and articulation on the manuals, which differs a lot from the piano touch/articulation that must have been stuck in your fingers' muscle memory for ages. I could instantly recognise that you must have been taking quite a bunch of organ lessons before this recording in order to accomplish an optically and acoustically convincing performance like this --- and was confirmed by the description as I read along.
For all who read this, professionals and non-professionals alike: Kara has accomplished an outstanding job here, as did her companions on filming, audio mixing/dubbing and, of course, her mentors. Let alone the tuning/temperament of both instruments: Finding a pipe organ that's perfectly in tune with an arbitrary (grand) piano from a completely different location is indeed a challenge, which would normally mean that one of the instruments (preferrably, the piano) would have to be retuned completely to match the other. Keeping audio and video in sync when shooting from different angles, with multiple cams and/or in multiple takes/sessions is _not_ an easy task as well and can be tricky to handle if you're not using pro tech equipment.
Almost needless to say that your Terra/Kefka costumes are top notch and thus add a high-end finish to this awesome project. *CONGRATULATIONS* and a deep, deep bow from my side.
P.S. That's an instant addition to my "Featured Music" playlist, of course.
In case you're looking for a bit of inspiration regarding your future projects, please feel free to browse my channel.
Indeed, I'd feel honored if I could contribute something to your next success! :-)
Oh that’s so neat I’m so glad you found the video and thought it was good! I’m in no way a professional organist- I’ve taken a couple years of lessons but I was never super dedicated- lots of reasons, like just being too lazy to leave the house to practice my instrument 😂 but since I’ve been a pianist my whole life, and super in love with baroque music, I think I took quickly to the instrument. I see where my technique is flawed, but I learned a lot of great things about the organ like, as you said, not using the same type of bodily movement that you would on the piano (after all, using more energy isn’t going to make it louder!) I was a little concerned this might make the video less interesting and less intense, but I chose to be more musically accurate 😛 also I did not actually use these shoes to record, I have a pair of suede bottomed organ shoes haha! Just subscribed to your channel, thanks for sharing!!
@@KaraComparetto (and @WoodyofmC and @JimmyOnGuitar) - I fully concur with WoodyofmC - this is an outstanding accomplishment on many counts - not the least of which is the matched tuning between the organ and piano!
You did very well in your capacity as an organist - not an easy accomplishment to play both instruments with their vastly different technic. And not to overlook the excellent registration. Don't let the "bodily movement" / "more energy" thing hold you back either - it never stopped Virgil Fox - ;-)
Your compositional and performance efforts have all paid off well, and JimmyOnGuitar is obviously gifted as a videographer - this is PHENOMENAL! Congratulations to all!
@@KaraComparetto Hi Kara, hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are ready to start the new year with some extra-fancy VGM+Organ power! :-)
In case you'd like to take a dip into the Metroid franchise, I'd like to issue a personal invitation to you for my "Metroid: Organ Transplants" premiere, which took me the past three months of recording, dubbing, mixing, video composition, etc. --- I'd feel honored to see you joining! :-)
Premiere starts on Jan 1st 2022 at prime time (8:15pm) UTC: th-cam.com/video/hQLm4DyotRc/w-d-xo.html ~~~ Have fun!
Church: "So, you want to dress up as Kefka the *God of Magic* and play one of the most sinister songs we've ever allowed in our church?"
Kara: Yes.
😂😂😂
Nice one, I got that
The priest: Let her, that game is awesome.
if you are friended with your head pastor I think should be fine. lol!
Yeah, and...? I have friends who do a Vampire the Masquerade live action game in a church.
Those kefka boots are adorable tbh
They were the first piece of the costume I got!
0:02 Tier 1
2:50 Tier 2
5:22 Tier 3
7:21 Ascension
7:53 Tier 4 (First Half)
9:39 Tier 4 (Second Half)
11:33 End of God Kefka
Thank you! Will pin this after a few days
@@KaraComparetto
reminder to pin
@@KaraComparetto Pin please? lol
@@KaraComparettoPIN?
I don't think it'll be pinned, guys
My favorite part of this song is always the Bach chorale part. It just epitomizes everything about Kefka's grandiose idea about himself.
Yes, falsely assuming his worthiness!
This is a masterpiece. The outfits, the emotions, the piano, the organ.... I can't believe what I just saw/heard. Bravo!!!
I'm so glad you loved it that much!
Major props to the wardrobe department.
Life... Dreams... Hope... Where do they come from? And where do they go...? Such meaningless things... I'll destroy them all!
Hope Nobuo Uematsu sees this someday. His masterpiece being performed by a master
I love it, Kefka and Terra in a Piano and Organ Duel, playing the greatest boss theme of all time.
Nothing beats the sweet music of Kara playing in unison! MUW-HA-HA-HA!
🤣🤣
This cracked me up 😂.
Kara didn’t have to go that hard but she did, she did it for us 🥺
Can I just say how much I appreciate that you went for the green cloaked version of Kefka for this. The red cloak has never looked right on him to me. It doesn't match the sprite, dangit!
Oh my goodness I had no idea anyone even did red, it HAS TO BE GREEN!! 😂
Yes, I never get tired of covers of dancing mad. This is one of the best I've heard
thank you so much!!!
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I just hope that future generations of kids will be able to appreciate these games and their soundtracks the way we did growing up. Truly these are timeless melodic ideas which stand outside of any other context but the great stories told within the games paired with the beautiful music takes the emotional experience to a new level. The graphics and the mechanics may become more dated, but the music has yet to be matched. Your work in keeping it alive in all our hearts is truly noble.
They will appreciate them if our generation helps share them! Just like classical music, we can pass this down generation after generation so it continues to be loved and shared!
Genuinely one of the most impressive covers of ANYTHING I've ever heard, much less of an 11 minute storytelling song with three tiers and a pipe organ voice. Well done! May much more success come to you for your skill, time, and effort!
Oh my goodness thank you 😭😭
The only thing this is missing is Kefka's laugh somewhere around 7:52 ish. My brain keeps anticipating it yet it never happens. Your organ work on this piece is an absolute blessing to my ears!
LOL yeah and I will proably leave out the Lavos scream in my Chrono Trigger arrangement 😭😂😭😂
@@KaraComparetto I just found your channel--did you do World Revolution!?!?!
best version I've heard yet, but want one like this but with percussion
♥ Everyones take on Dancing Mad is always fun to hear. From Soken's fairly faithful recreation for FFXIV to the metal versions.
But everyone just goes HAM for the organ solo section.
Sokens is good til the final part, the bass sounds like blown out speakers to me and I just don't find it enjoyable, this version is pretty great though.
Well Uematsu knows how to write for organ
It's abundantly clear what you and Jimmy were going for in preparing this after reading the description. But I have to say, I loved how nearly every shot up until the end looked "up" to Kefka and "down" at Terra. Captures the tension and spirit of the final fight in the game with flying colors. And the arrangement was fantastic! Thank you for this Kara!!! And shoutouts to JimmyOnGuitar for having such great taste and skill so as to make this as good as it turned out to be!
The only other thing(s), still looking for that FFVI full OST and now this as an adjacent single on your website store👌Thank you Kara! Looking forward to more organ adventures pandemic-willing.
I love how you noticed these little nuances, makes all the hard work so worth it!! Thank you Connor!
I’m getting both dancing mad and the ffvi soundtrack up in the store ASAP! Maybe this weekend, it’s in the works!! And on streaming platforms too :)
I didn't notice that with the camera angles... That's bloody brilliant!
「妖星乱舞」の壮大さが良く出てる。良い演奏だね。
Uematsu said in an interview for Pixel Remastered.
It's a song that came out of the "Reckless Festival" development, where we all packed a lot of things in with our passion to "just make something good".
That's why "Dancing Mad" is so difficult.
It's a good arrangement, thank you for the wonderful music performance.
Thank you sooo much :)
Anybody else listen to this pretty much every day? It's fantastic. incredible piece of music, and Kara clearly put a TON of work in. Just read that years ago Game Spot did a "Reader's Choice" edition, and one of their polls was 'Greatest Video Game Villain of All Time', with 10 nominees and a write-in option. Two villains made the list as a write-in. Kefka was one of them, and he TOPPED the list at #1, as a write-in!!! Unbelievable. Such a great game, great story, great villain, great characters, and above all, great music.
Oh that's so cool! Also thank you for listening daily!!
I can't believe I'm two years late to this masterpiece. I can never experience this piece in real life with original instrument, not even the performance from distant worlds orchestra. Thank you for bringing one of my favorite music to live with its original instrument!
I would love someday to be able to perform this live on an organ, in an amazing church dressed as Kafka HAHA! For now this is the best I could do XD I'm glad you loved it!
Ok, how many of us had Kefka's laugh ringing through their head at the end of this!
Noo he's defeated in the end! XD
"Whoooop whoop-whoop-whoop-whoop-whoop-whoop!"
11:02 This is so incredible, and it took me a couple of listens to realize it - you wove The Prelude FF theme into the ending! Fantastic counterpoint to enhance an already excellent performance!
Wow. I didn't catch that on the first pass, fit right in. Beautiful!
This track is Uemastsu's Holland opus in my opinion. And you did a good job recreating it. It's amazing considering Uemastsu had no musical training, yet he still created this masterpiece.
This is amazing. Final Fantasy 6 is my favorite one. Kefka is seriously an underrated villain. It needs a remake. Would be so legit.
This video is never short of amazing. This shows the power of great composition and amazing execution. Thanks for sharing this with all of us! This is why we keep coming back for more!
@@nathanbloom1844 thank you Nathan :)))
This is great. You really captured the essence of Uematsu's original track and of Amano's character designs. I particularly thought the use of different fabrics with widely varying colours and patterns was very much true to Amano's art. Excellent job.
I had so much fun making that costume! Kefka’s pants and shirt came right from my own closet 😱
I came here to say this and was glad to see others had caught that detail!
Amazing job Kara! The battle between Terra (piano) and Kefka (pipe organ) turned out really poetic, you end up thinking about the story and events from the game and what each character are fighting for... Truly amazing!
I've been obsessed with video game music for my entire lifetime. I've watched countless videos, listened to thousands of remixes, covers and renditions of songs by Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu and all of the other greats of game music, and by far this video is the most impressive cover, remix, performance I've ever seen. This is a true masterpiece -- I would love to see this performed by a duet live. In fact that would be a bucket list opportunity. Bravo.
Wow thank you Jordan!! I might first have to clone myself to do a live performance myself 😁 but would certainly love to collab with someone on it!
Wow. This is INCREDIBLE. I'm a huge FFVI nerd, have cosplayed both Terra and Kefka, and play the piano on occasion and this is EXACTLY the type of thing I was dreaming of seeing from someone else as Kefka's theme is far too complex for me to play.
I just love the emotion you poured into this as well. I see a lot of artists who play everything technically correct but there's no often no passion in it. I love how full of emotion you are in this. It truly shines through. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful piece of art with us!
Oh wow that’s so cool! I wonder what your cosplay looks like? Would love to see! Terra is more of a closet cosplay but I thought it worked well. I’m starting to think of my costumes for the Chrono Trigger arrangement- I’d like to cosplay Schala and Queen Zeal! Thanks a lot for the compliment!!
Truly a mind-blowing performance! Goosebumps at every transition and beautifully executed! Bravo!!
You should be SO PROUD OF THIS! This is amazing! So well arranged, performed, recorded etc.etc.etc. You are amazing!
Thank you Sydney😭😭😭😭😭❤️
Dancing mad is one of my favorite song from FFVI
You played it perfectly! Thank you !
Regards from France
Thank you mario, greetings from New Hampshire!
25+ years after the game's release, amazing musicians continue to honor Uematsu-san's genius and immense catalogue
This is seriously amazing. FF6 is my personal favourite, partially for the music, and this honestly pays such great homage to Uematsu's work while also bringing a different emotion in. I love how much space this arrangement takes up. A real audio journey.
Yes it’s hard to beat the FFVI soundtrack!
Agreed that Dancing Mad (and the FFVI soundtrack in general) is Uematsu's greatest achievement. This is a big one for you too! This is definitely a worthy cover for the epic that is Dancing Mad, bravo on your creativity.
Thank you Steve :)
I can’t even guess how difficult this must’ve been to learn to play, it’s amazing how you managed to do such a beautifully chaotic song justice like this!
Thank you David!!
Such an incredible job! When I think that this song came out in 1994 (nearly 30 years ago) on 16-bit hardware, all it does is reiterate the sheer brilliance of Uematsu. The man wrote a masterpiece- truly Bach level arrangement, on such limiting hardware. Mwa hahaha!!!
Kara, this is insane. You bring so much love to these!!! Literally crying.
I love when you guys cry!! XD
Just like Kefka xD
FF6 story, characters and music is just amazing. Truly an inspiration for a lot of musicians. Lets appreciate it and Kara's playing 👌💜
So glad that you "went big", thank you for giving this, one of the greatest Uematsu works, your skill and time. I was smiling through the whole thing and chills in a few parts. Bravo, Kara!
It would’ve been so hard to produce something sub par for such an incredible piece of music!!!
One of my favorite songs in all of video game history. 🎶🤘
Please do the chrono trigger thing, I love that soundtrack
Yes! Please!
YES!!!!! CHRONO TRIGGER PLS
Kara's done lots of great Chrono Trigger pieces! Check 'em out! th-cam.com/users/KaraComparettosearch?query=chrono%20trigger
Chrono trigger music is some of the best out there. Definitely holds its own against FF6.
I want to say Kafka won this one, but in reality everyone who got to listen to this won. This is a musical gift
National treasure
5:25 YES! YES! .... that is my reaction
We Final Fantasy fans don't deserve you Kara.
This is absolutely amazing.
You've outdone yourself.
Thank you for sharing your work with us.
Kara this is the definition of PERFECTION!! Everything about this is just epic…your costumes, your arrangement, the performance, the editing, is just SO GOOD that I don’t even want to hold back the tears of joy streaming down my face. How cool is that added harmony in the organ cadenza?!! You win the Internet today and for a very long time to come!!
Oh my goodness thank you 😭😭😭😭
I've seen many, MANY renditions of this piece. From solo amateurs to pros to bands and whole orchestras, like the Tokyo symphony. This version is the first to really compete with Uematsu's own metal band.
Wow what a compliment, thank you!!!
This is your best one. From drunk me and the funny Italian man
Kara, your skill is something spectacular. I had goosebumps the whole time, especially in the finale. You know how much I love your covers and with this one you have outdone yourself, it shows all the passion you put into it. Please, never stop giving us these wonderful emotions! ❤
I’ve been doing it all these years because of you guys! I won’t stop if you guys don’t stop listening! ❤️
I really hope everyone watching this can appreciate what a remarkable performance this is. Just wow. Thank god for youtube.
Yes I’m thankful too 😭
Sorta captures the insanity of Kefka in a whole new way, with it just being piano, and the pauses between some of the bars. Love this.
I've heard many different renditions of "Dancing Mad" on TH-cam and many other sites. I've heard everything from piano only to orchestra to meta/rock renditions, etc. and this is my new favorite of it. Before reading the description, I could feel the conflict between Terra and Kefka in there so objective achieved!
I'm looking forward to seeing your other videos after seeing how awesome this turned out to be!
This is a huge compliment, I appreciate this so much! I’m hoping to get another couple of piano/organ arrangements out for next year, but the process is long, so in the meantime I record piano covers, I hope you will enjoy them! My next one is probably boundless ocean from FFIII ☺️
@@KaraComparetto Awesome! I'm looking forward to that! XD
This is one of the best covers for this song
🤩This is f BRILLIANT!👏 cannot wait to see the rest!🥰👍
The amount of focus and attention to play all three of those parts during that one organ section is just NOT something my brain is capable of.
Hahaha just lots and lots of practice!! 😆😆😆
I've never commented on a video before, but this was too brilliant to resist! Great job by you and Jimmy. I loved the arrangement, I loved the playing, and I loved the photography. Also I enjoyed the spirit of the juxtaposition between Kefka'S god-like power at that point in the game with Terra's hope, which was so small. Also great Kefka cosplay!
Wow thank you! I am honored that you would come out of the woodwork for this!!
When I eventually choose to dramatically descend into madness over a 12 minute period, it will surely be to this incredible arrangement.
This was so fantastic! The camera work was amazing artistry as well. A reminder of the best villain in all of Final Fantasy, the only one to actually accomplish their goal and the heros didn't get to walk away victorious, but hopeful that things could be okay after. The combination of oregon and piano was mesmerizing and your costumes were fantastic as well! This absolutely made my night!
I love to hear this, thank you so much!!
"Your constant encouragement and enthusiasm for what I do inspires me to keep playing, keep working hard, keep sharing."
NO!
That's you, with your beautiful passion and art, that inspire us to keep working hard, do our best, dream for our goals and never give up until we will reach them!
Thank YOU, Kara. Thank YOU!
Kara, you really outdid yourself. I'm going to listen to this for years.
Kefka's shoes!! Haha, love them!
This was absolutely amazing, Kara!!! I cannot fathom just how beautifully haunting this whole arrangement was! Heard some bits and pieces from the Piano Opera arrangement, but you really made this masterpiece your own! Thank you so much for your hard work and attention-to-detail! Absolute CHILLS from watching this from beginning to end!
Thank you soooo much!!
Unreal. The full song no less.
Esto es... es hermoso, bellísimo, sublime
La habilidad con la qué toca, el talento qué usted tiene... Dios, en serio hasta la piel se me erizo por tan hermoso vídeo 👏
10/10 for the stylistic camera fade for the Kefka motif at 9:13
This is an amazing and unforgettable masterpiece. One of the best of Dancing Mad. Love so much. You’ve brought Kefka’s essence to the fullest. Congrats!
Wow thank you!!
[listening to song] Wow dang, wish the organist from that Chicago concert from what feels like forever ago could've channeled some of what future-Kara's got going on here.
[checks description]-- _Two Years?!_ Jeebus, the sheer dedication alone...no wonder that guy had so much trouble. I can't imagine they gave him nearly enough time to work the piece out. [reads more] ...Incredible. Thank you for your persistence and patience in bringing all this together -- it came out fantastic.
I think one of my favorite moments was that cheeky little line of organ from Kefka. Got an audible chuckle out of me; everything about it so perfectly encapulates him as a villain, and it flows seamlessly into the dueling narrative here.
Hahah yes and terras expression when she gets interrupted! I love that part too. Thank you!!
honestly, i'll admit i've never even played final fantasy, but this sounds absolutely amazing
The first time I heard this piece was before I played the game too! But I still loved it :)
ティナとケフカをイメージした衣装とパイプオルガンとビアノのみで表現した独自の世界観が新鮮で良いですね！
Thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️
I wouldn't miss it for the world... if Kefka doesn't do anything to it.
A perfect composition blessed with the perfect interpretation. Astonishing!
This was an absolute masterpiece! I love Dancing Mad!
@KaraComparetto You make Kefka look gorgeous!
Spectacular! I spent much of it on tenterhooks wondering how on earth you were going to represent the drums in the fourth movement. What a great arrangement!
HAHAHA well at least the piano has the percussion quality 😂
I sure hope someone showed this to Nobuo Uematsu...He deserves to see this!
AAAAAAHHH I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU OMG THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL IN EVERY WAY!!!!! 😭❤️😭❤️😭😭❤️😭😭 Production, costumes (so glad you bought those boots hahaha!!!), arrangement and playing, you just completely outdid yourself!!! Congratulations on finally bringing your dream project to fruition and kudos to @JimmyOnGuitar for the insane video work!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
This means so much to me coming from you, who are such an incredible arranger and cosplayer 😂😂😂😂 I remember we talked about the boots too haha!! That seems like ages ago. I hope we get to see each other again soon, I loved meeting up with you!!
im 35. played through this game at 7 years old when it was released. still havnt found a source to evoke the feeling of mystisism this scene and song creates. it feels incredible to know theres someone who could be or even moreso passionate about final fantasy and the great nobuo uematsu
If I could love this multiple times I absolutely would. This is astounding!
Just hearing you say this is all that matters!!
I love the costumes, absolutely fantastic all around! Thank you for sharing this!
Cool! Love it! Great performances!
3 years later, still my favorite piece of yours!
Appreciate all the hard work that went into this one, Kara! Keep on reaching your goals, its great to see and hear the wonderful work you create.
I appreciate this Henry!
The amount of talent here is mind-boggling. If you were just a cosplayer or just a pianist/organist, us mere mortals would be jealous. But to have both of those talents combined with beauty & grace in front of the camera is something that happens maybe once in a generation.
Awww thank you
This is absolutely incredible! Probably the best Final Fantasy Cover I've ever heard and seen on youtube
Eeee I love to hear this!
11:01 complete chills and 11:20 was some awesome hand movement!
Freaking amazing, the synergy between both instruments in the last part was just IN-SANE. Amazing work, from music to production!
it's hard to go wrong on that part!
Dear Kara, I can't believe what I watched seconds ago. I have to show respect to you and your skill and your imagination and your flow and your charisma and your tension and ... HOW WONDERFUL it is that every person on earth with internet has the ability to breath in this masterpiece of art ... for free! From time to time I record piano pieces on my own I learned by ear and it is always HARD work. BUT imagine YOUR PASSION and endurance to get this whole thing done ... WOW. I hope you always get the respect you deserve. Keep up every little thing ... it's magic. ❤
Thank you for this nice comment Alexander! Thankfully even though I upload this content for free, I am always always duly compensated for my work by my followers. It makes it possible to keep making more! :)
Why do you do this to me! It's so awesome that you did these recent recordings as I had personally been listening to Dancing Mad frequently while trading... and now I can have the pleasantry of you performing it. So much excite.
I’m so glad!! :)
The professionalism is off the charts.
Amazing work!! I can only imagine how much effort this took to produce! 👏 👏 👏
Thank you so much Jake! Hope you have been well
It's not only Nobuo's magnum opus but perhaps yours as well after reading about all the difficulty involved with recording this one, it's a brilliant performance and probably my favourite Dancing Mad cover at this point.
Ahhhh thank you!!!
Congratulations on such an incredibly polished performance - it's all about the attention to detail! The back story in your description provides an appreciation of the hard work and persistence you went through over the past 18 months to turn vision to reality.
Edit: This arrangement is so much more 'complete' than the FFVI Piano Collections arrangement.
Thank you Alan, I appreciate this so much!
Never heard dancing mad, now this is the best video I've ever seen
Wow I hope you enjoyed your first listen!!