If that guy can just play things that quickly straight away from a piece of paper without even practising it first, then I take my hat off to him. Or I would if I owned a hat anyway. I do play piano but I can't read music and it baffles me how people can hit all the right chords straight away just from reading dots off of lines. How do you find enough time in your life to learn that?
@@x8_ace_x by practicing playing by notes? Sooner or later you'll have to learn if you want to be a professional musician. I'm far from a master at what I play (viola and guitar) but my instructors have always used sheet music when teaching. Personally, I don't understand how people can play WITHOUT notes; don't you have to memorize the entire piece? To me that just makes no sense, it's so much easier when the song is written down so you can, you know, see what song it is and how to play it. That's just me of course, but there's no good reason not to learn to read notes if you want to be a "real" musician. It's way easier than learning to read/write in another language, I'll tell you that.
@@ignatiusgod5935 He was in a car accident. A distracted driver in a pickup truck rear-ended him in his Ford Focus. He was in a coma and survived with a brain injury.
@@ignatiusgod5935 His family has a page set up over on CaringBridge where you can get more updates on his condition and recovery. With any kind of TBI there are going to be things he can relearn and things he can't, but it seems like he's regaining some of his ability to play (at least with one hand!) www.caringbridge.org/visit/tombrier
Looking at what Tom was reading from, and then hearing what was coming out of the instrument, blew my mind. I tip my hat to you, Tom. You sir, are incredible.
+Piano Man That's why I zoomed in on the music in this one: th-cam.com/video/Ci1486DNiw8/w-d-xo.html -- and why this transcription was made: th-cam.com/video/2YoFYac4NII/w-d-xo.html
Holy crap. You and Tom(best wishes to him) are my two favorite pianists right now. I’m glad to see that he is appreciated even by someone who has a skill in transcribing and arranging music.
In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib twice in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we-- to believe that this is some sort of a-- a magic xylophone or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.
Considering this is a first read, this has to be the most impressive musical performance I've ever seen. I love that song. Please ask Tom to play some megaman music!
I guess maybe I don't understand what "ragtime" really is. I just figure it's that crusty old piano sound jangling around in the back of a western bar. I mean, the original song sounds more organ-like, so I wouldn't assume "ragtime" when I first hear it. I also now realize I spent three hours listening to a genre of music yesterday that I thought had been almost lost :P
Yes, because we are inundated with syncopated melodies today it may be difficult to know what ragtime really is (ragtime never really died; it just morphed into other things). Instrumentation doesn't matter; ragtime is played on organs too! I made a video a few years ago that demonstrates what constitutes ragtime. th-cam.com/video/e8IM5-wUdng/w-d-xo.html
What I love is that you have this excellent friend who obviously enjoys playing whatever offbeat music you put in front of him, and everyone just gathers around to hear him make magic out of it.
@@SmugSuspenders It was more commentary on the commitment one might need to become as good as Tom Brier would take up enough of the day that it would be a challenge to find time to sleep, much less be a gamer who puts in enough time playing the video games that they remember all the songs. I played too many games as a kid...
@@JacksonWithrow82 I don’t think Tom needed time as much as he relied on pure flow state. This man is incredible, I don’t think time is what what made him this good. It’s natural
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After hearing Kristoffer Maddigan say he used this channel for inspiration when creating the cuphead OST, i’ve noticed that the start of the melody (In 00:06) is reminiscent of the start of rugged ridge, both having swing, with their descending left hand and ascending right hand chords/arpeggios, i’ve also noticed that they both have a descending chromatic scale on the left hand with an ascending one on the right hand (As in 00:29, 00:37, 00:54, 01:02, 01:19, 01:27) as a sort of “intermission” when the main theme is gonna transition to itself (however tom brier plays this intermission with variation unlike in rugged ridge), as this main theme (First part being 00:12 to 00:15 and second part being 00:15 to 00:17) is repeated multiple times, with the first part mainly staying intact or undergoing slight variation, and the second part going substantial variation or straight up being replaced by another tune just like in rugged ridge. Although it stops being incredibly obvious, i still feel the ending with the descending chromatic in a strong low note to get followed up into a high note (In 02:00 to 02:06) inspired the ending of rugged ridge which, only to a degree is similar. And cant ignore the scales in 01:41 to 01:45 which were straight out copy pasted and put onto the ending of Forest Follies💀
@@Keeper1st I on first listen i didnt recognize it because i hadnt heard funfair fever alot, but after seeing it on the description and hearing it again as a refresher, it was indeed, very obvious.Very cool to see the origin of this OST i've heard thousands of times.
my high school music director could sight read like that, amazing ability, and he could transpose everything on the fly as well...oh, did I mention he had perfect pitch...
sweet Jesus bro how does one acquire this power? sale of soul? climb a sacred mountain or some shit?! amazing. keep them coming. how about Bear Necessities from the jungle book? simple but fun tune I'd bet Tom could go nuts on
@Davixo75 The sheet music can be downloaded from the description. If you don't read music, the chords used throughout the main two strains are just Am, E7, A7, Dm, and B7. I'm sure you can figure out which are used when. Of course the melody in the first few bars of the main theme uses a chromatic descending figure starting on A, so most of those notes are non-chord tones.
@Mr0r4n9ey If you want to see something that looks sped up, check an old video I posted called "More of the Amazing Hands of Tom Brier" where I slow the video down to half speed, then play it again at regular speed. The half speed looks normal, while the correct speed looks like fast-forward!
This style and this song also had no idea they were perfect for eachother either, I keep coming back to this one video almost annually. I love it that much
I used to listen to this song when I was littler as I fell asleep and I just decided to look for it again and oh my god the childhood memories. Thank you for having such a huge impact on my life with just an incredible ragtime piano song
That is unreal. It would take an average person 20 years of practise to even play it at that level of skill. How the f...ing hell can he just sight read it and play it without ever hearing it to that standard. My tiny brain cannot even comprehend how that is even possible.
@MisterMoes Have a look at the videos of him reading simplified scores of Birabuto Kingdom and the Horse Race from Legend of Zelda. The amount that he fills in and improvises on is just wonderful.
This is an incredible song preformed by an incredible artist. I cannot believe people like this believe exist. The craft is insanely perfected in a single run. Perhaps.y favourite rendition of a song in a long time
Thanks, this is just crazy. Have watched many piano ghost n goblins video just now on youtube, this one is the best, and if it's true Tom Brier never has heard this song before neither play it, this is amazing :-) I think am becoming a Tom Brier fan, continue to upload those ragtime and video game videos :-)
I found this video when I was just 7 years old, had this song stuck in my head, then got recommended this again. Thank you for this beautiful piano playing!
1st off, saying this guy's amazing would be an understatement. 2nd off, after playing through the ghosts n' goblins section of I wanna be the guy this music is somewhat haunting.
Can't stop listening to this. It's the most entertaining Ghost N Goblins cover I've ever listened to. If there was a quality recorded album of NES covers like this one, I'd gladly buy it!!
@Pianomantodd1 At the end (from about 1 minute 40 seconds onward), he's just making up an ending off the top of his head (the sheet music has no ending, you'll notice), so of course he isn't looking at the page anymore. The sheet music is only one page (it's sitting on top of a bunch of other things that were played earlier). This is basically 24 bars repeated over and over, but played differently every time, concluding with a patented Brier extended ending.
It pretty much was. The original melody was in ragtime. The bass line was just in arpeggios. The score given to Tom just puts a march left hand on it which makes it a "true" rag.
@LunarD3mon6 Yes. It's just that one theme repeated over and over. There's no ending on the score; just make up your own. The other pages you see on the video are different tunes that had been played earlier.
His sight reading is off the charts.
badum tss
Tsukuyomi27 Play it at 1.25 speed
+Erich Diebold nono at 1.5
@@deidara1792 nuh uh, 2x
@@silvskill5358 this is correct lol
sounds like the sound track of a silent film where the curly mustachioed villian is tying a fretting damsel to a log about to go through a sawmill.
Which is exactly what it's meant to evoke.
Actor Eric Campbell comes to mind!
If that guy can just play things that quickly straight away from a piece of paper without even practising it first, then I take my hat off to him. Or I would if I owned a hat anyway. I do play piano but I can't read music and it baffles me how people can hit all the right chords straight away just from reading dots off of lines. How do you find enough time in your life to learn that?
a silent film like animation of ghosts 'n goblins with this in the background
@@x8_ace_x by practicing playing by notes? Sooner or later you'll have to learn if you want to be a professional musician. I'm far from a master at what I play (viola and guitar) but my instructors have always used sheet music when teaching. Personally, I don't understand how people can play WITHOUT notes; don't you have to memorize the entire piece? To me that just makes no sense, it's so much easier when the song is written down so you can, you know, see what song it is and how to play it. That's just me of course, but there's no good reason not to learn to read notes if you want to be a "real" musician. It's way easier than learning to read/write in another language, I'll tell you that.
This is seriously one of my favorite videos ever.
Stay strong Tom, we're with you.
I hope he recovers fully as soon as possible
@@makim6512 hey what happened? why is tom in recovery? recovering from what?
@@ignatiusgod5935 He was in a car accident. A distracted driver in a pickup truck rear-ended him in his Ford Focus. He was in a coma and survived with a brain injury.
@@CaptainBlackBread no way... this kind of stuff always happens to the best of us.. stay strong tom!
@@ignatiusgod5935 His family has a page set up over on CaringBridge where you can get more updates on his condition and recovery. With any kind of TBI there are going to be things he can relearn and things he can't, but it seems like he's regaining some of his ability to play (at least with one hand!)
www.caringbridge.org/visit/tombrier
A Ghoul, a Ghost, and a Goblin walk into a saloon...
All three Get Minor concussions.
Bartender says: "Sorry, guys, we don't serve spirits."
Bartender says, "Sorry guys, but you can't live here"
The Bartender yells "GET THE KNIFE"
Or they all flee at the sound of a “tunk” of Arthur’s lance or the crack of the Belmont Whip.
He thought he finished the song. Little did he know he had to play the hole thing again blind folded and by memory.
#ghostngoblinsstruggle
These kids don't know
Was the song 'A trick by Satan'?
Chances are he could do it EASILY.
Tbfh
Dangit, you beat me to it! XD
This dude is overpowerd
vorval96 NERD THIS
Jake The dog *Nerf
NO! This Dude is OVERPOWERING!!
Tom Brier would be OP in....EVERYTHING.
He spent all of his EXP into leveling up his piano skill
Tom will be 41 next week, and he's been playing since he was 5.
Wishing Tom a speedy recovery. Have you heard somebody rearrange Tom's version of G&G in NES sounds?
th-cam.com/video/g-uGnhgP0kU/w-d-xo.html
@@DEBUNKALLDAY Yes. Otobeya-san earlier did Tom's Nyan Cat improv similarly.
Looking at what Tom was reading from, and then hearing what was coming out of the instrument, blew my mind. I tip my hat to you, Tom. You sir, are incredible.
+Piano Man That's why I zoomed in on the music in this one: th-cam.com/video/Ci1486DNiw8/w-d-xo.html -- and why this transcription was made: th-cam.com/video/2YoFYac4NII/w-d-xo.html
Wow. I don't know how he does it.
Tom brier, Ron, VBR, and the whole band are pretty sexy people
Holy crap. You and Tom(best wishes to him) are my two favorite pianists right now. I’m glad to see that he is appreciated even by someone who has a skill in transcribing and arranging music.
あなたのピアノを何年も聴いてます。
大ファンです😊
オシャレでかっこよくてほんとに大好きです！
He needs to play this on a xylophone that is shaped like a person's rib cage.
lol
💀💀💀
Hahahahaha
Im stoned as fuck and not mad at all that this notification brought me to this at 4:25 in the morning
In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib twice in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we-- to believe that this is some sort of a-- a magic xylophone or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.
Considering this is a first read, this has to be the most impressive musical performance I've ever seen. I love that song. Please ask Tom to play some megaman music!
The minute he sits down and places his hands on the keys... The panties drop.
Fancy finding you here
@@ChamomileFeuille ikr?
Or a bar fight breaks out over a bad poker game...
Yes he is indeed a total Wizard! 🧙♂️🧙♂️🧙♂️😆👍
Hey! You are THAT guy!
I like how he’s just some dad who’s probably never held a controller in his life unknowingly entertaining nerds everywhere.
holy fuck
added to my list of perfect comment to profile pic reactions
+K̊n̛̘̙̚e̗̚eˮ I thought the same thing
I wouldn’t have even been able to tell that this was his first time playing this song, let alone he was just sight reading it. The man, the legend. 😎
Player makes it sound like a perilous black and white movie from the 1930's, which was probably what Ayako Mori was aiming for originally?
The haunting world of Ghost 'n Goblins comes to life here like never before. Thank you so much Tom! 🎼🎹💞
This man can turn any song into ragtime, I swear!
Sure he can... but this piece already was ragtime to begin with. The arrangement he's reading even has the typical march left hand.
I guess maybe I don't understand what "ragtime" really is. I just figure it's that crusty old piano sound jangling around in the back of a western bar. I mean, the original song sounds more organ-like, so I wouldn't assume "ragtime" when I first hear it.
I also now realize I spent three hours listening to a genre of music yesterday that I thought had been almost lost :P
Yes, because we are inundated with syncopated melodies today it may be difficult to know what ragtime really is (ragtime never really died; it just morphed into other things). Instrumentation doesn't matter; ragtime is played on organs too! I made a video a few years ago that demonstrates what constitutes ragtime. th-cam.com/video/e8IM5-wUdng/w-d-xo.html
+Keeper1st the tune of the piano and the wood its made of.
What about 'Time' by Hans Zimmer. Goodluck on that one
What I love is that you have this excellent friend who obviously enjoys playing whatever offbeat music you put in front of him, and everyone just gathers around to hear him make magic out of it.
Ironic that Tom Brier was probably learning the piano while the rest of us chose to play video games instead heh. He's legendary.
Nothing's saying you can't do both
I do both.
@@SmugSuspenders It was more commentary on the commitment one might need to become as good as Tom Brier would take up enough of the day that it would be a challenge to find time to sleep, much less be a gamer who puts in enough time playing the video games that they remember all the songs. I played too many games as a kid...
I be fair if you can beat ghosts and goblins that amount of skill rivals that of a good pianist
@@JacksonWithrow82 I don’t think Tom needed time as much as he relied on pure flow state. This man is incredible, I don’t think time is what what made him this good. It’s natural
My god, this is absolutely unreal. This goes beyond natural talent, beyond pure genius!
His hands move so fast i had to watch a few times to make sure it was being fast forwarded. it's an Amzing skill he has! :)
MegaSkiboy To see his left hand REALLY move fast, check out the end of this one: th-cam.com/video/_ChNUW4HtP8/w-d-xo.html
The left hand movement is something to behold
Man I remember writing this comment. Can't believe 8 years has past. So much has changed since then.
His playing is fantastic, but his beard scares me...
Ahahaha amen bro!
Dangerously encroaching upon the neckular region.
Don't worry, his beard is probably more scared of you, just stay calm.
So what you're saying is... "Fear the beard"
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My favorite part is the guy on right just LIGHTING UP at 0:30
After hearing Kristoffer Maddigan say he used this channel for inspiration when creating the cuphead OST, i’ve noticed that the start of the melody (In 00:06) is reminiscent of the start of rugged ridge, both having swing, with their descending left hand and ascending right hand chords/arpeggios, i’ve also noticed that they both have a descending chromatic scale on the left hand with an ascending one on the right hand (As in 00:29, 00:37, 00:54, 01:02, 01:19, 01:27) as a sort of “intermission” when the main theme is gonna transition to itself (however tom brier plays this intermission with variation unlike in rugged ridge), as this main theme (First part being 00:12 to 00:15 and second part being 00:15 to 00:17) is repeated multiple times, with the first part mainly staying intact or undergoing slight variation, and the second part going substantial variation or straight up being replaced by another tune just like in rugged ridge.
Although it stops being incredibly obvious, i still feel the ending with the descending chromatic in a strong low note to get followed up into a high note (In 02:00 to 02:06) inspired the ending of rugged ridge which, only to a degree is similar.
And cant ignore the scales in 01:41 to 01:45 which were straight out copy pasted and put onto the ending of Forest Follies💀
And more obvious is this video. th-cam.com/video/_ChNUW4HtP8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
@@Keeper1st I on first listen i didnt recognize it because i hadnt heard funfair fever alot, but after seeing it on the description and hearing it again as a refresher, it was indeed, very obvious.Very cool to see the origin of this OST i've heard thousands of times.
That build-up and release at the end is unreal! Really caps off the song perfectly.
my high school music director could sight read like that, amazing ability, and he could transpose everything on the fly as well...oh, did I mention he had perfect pitch...
DSAS It ain’t at Tom Brier standards though.
才気の迸りを感じる。素晴らしい。
I love this tune its one of my fav songs and this guy does it justice it seems like it was meant to be played in this fashion
My dad has been playing this game for 16 years, and not even completed. I played it for a year, and completed it countless times, no sweat.
That ending was just simply marvelous
I still come back to this amazing video.
Esse vídeo sempre me impressiona
Idem
Igualmente
eu tbm kkkk
He had so much fun playing this. You can hear it *vividly*
sweet Jesus bro how does one acquire this power? sale of soul? climb a sacred mountain or some shit?!
amazing. keep them coming. how about Bear Necessities from the jungle book? simple but fun tune I'd bet Tom could go nuts on
@Davixo75 The sheet music can be downloaded from the description. If you don't read music, the chords used throughout the main two strains are just Am, E7, A7, Dm, and B7. I'm sure you can figure out which are used when. Of course the melody in the first few bars of the main theme uses a chromatic descending figure starting on A, so most of those notes are non-chord tones.
Ghost n' Goblins as a Spaghetti Western?
It's called Ragtime.
This Ragtime song will be in the Spaghetti Western version of Ghosts n' Goblins that Konami is making.
This brings me untold joy.
I always enjoy this performance. God bless hi.Love& respect.
I cant even tell you how much joy your piano playing skills bring
Everytime I hear Mr Tom playing piano brings a smile to my face. So tragic that this man can no longer play. Life's a bitch.
@Mr0r4n9ey If you want to see something that looks sped up, check an old video I posted called "More of the Amazing Hands of Tom Brier" where I slow the video down to half speed, then play it again at regular speed. The half speed looks normal, while the correct speed looks like fast-forward!
Wow, Tom Brier you are absolutely incredible! What a treasure!
This style and this song also had no idea they were perfect for eachother either, I keep coming back to this one video almost annually. I love it that much
This is still one of my favorite vids on TH-cam!
素晴らしい！！
This is just fantastic! Always loved this theme as a kid - making it ragtime is a new level!
I used to listen to this song when I was littler as I fell asleep and I just decided to look for it again and oh my god the childhood memories. Thank you for having such a huge impact on my life with just an incredible ragtime piano song
To think that all this talent can just get striped away
That is unreal. It would take an average person 20 years of practise to even play it at that level of skill. How the f...ing hell can he just sight read it and play it without ever hearing it to that standard. My tiny brain cannot even comprehend how that is even possible.
Love this guy. Makes G&G sound like it was set in the old west
Really great piano skills!
@MisterMoes Have a look at the videos of him reading simplified scores of Birabuto Kingdom and the Horse Race from Legend of Zelda. The amount that he fills in and improvises on is just wonderful.
Incredible. The fact he is moving his left hand that wide while sight-reading is quite simply amazing.
Get well soon Tom, Wishing you all the best.
I love this dude. The first half is him trying to get all the notes right. The second half, it's just pure jamming.
I can almost hear those annoying ghosts flying around : NEeeEEEEEEEEEE
I hear them too.....
😂😂😂👍🏻
This is an incredible song preformed by an incredible artist. I cannot believe people like this believe exist. The craft is insanely perfected in a single run. Perhaps.y favourite rendition of a song in a long time
Surely he can also beat the game
I'm pretty sure he just did.
I've been watching this video a couple of times a year for the past 9 years and every single time it brings a huge smile to my face.
How lucky is that guy in the back, to hear him playing irl 😢😢😢
How about playing WITH him? th-cam.com/video/9mUIatUr8NA/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, this is just crazy. Have watched many piano ghost n goblins video just now on youtube, this one is the best, and if it's true Tom Brier never has heard this song before neither play it, this is amazing :-) I think am becoming a Tom Brier fan, continue to upload those ragtime and video game videos :-)
Is he playing that music just one shot? wow..
Ahh you played it perfectly on your first try,
Now play it again backwards to see the true ending
I found this video when I was just 7 years old, had this song stuck in my head, then got recommended this again. Thank you for this beautiful piano playing!
I would LOVE to see some Castlevania ragtime :)
1st off, saying this guy's amazing would be an understatement. 2nd off, after playing through the ghosts n' goblins section of I wanna be the guy this music is somewhat haunting.
Awesome man!
Actual sheet music too.
Now learn Castlevania 1 for NES!!!
This just made me SO happy! Never saw this before, and G'nG and I go wayyyyy back. What an excellent perma-grin feeling.
eu quero aprender a tocar piano por causa desse cara :3
I love how he just starts and nails it right away xD No hesitation or learning curve.
0:31 his hands are a blur
and I like the 20 second impromptu ending
Ah marvelous Ghosts N Goblins series music piano and video games well done.
I FEEL THE ENERGY OF THE DAMN MUSIC!!
Was the ending improvised?
I know about what Tom has gone through since this. Hope he and his family are doing well.
@@tom_something Of course - another patented Brierized finish.
楽しくお洒落になってる。
あなたがそれを好きでうれしい!
i love the guys reaction when gets the hardest part right the first time ever playing this song
7 people injured themselves attempting to play this song
Good thing he didn't or he'd have to finish the song in his underpants.
Get ready for October 31, 2014!
AverageO
Genius :)
***** Explain it please :D
Sahtopi G play the game
Can't stop listening to this. It's the most entertaining Ghost N Goblins cover I've ever listened to. If there was a quality recorded album of NES covers like this one, I'd gladly buy it!!
Wow this was 12 years ago?! Hope this amazing pianist is doing well!
😢
Bruh
Are you kidding?
Wow, really cool to see him pretty much instantly slip into this one, I think he liked it quite a bit!
Listening to this song in any format makes my blood fucking boil with pure rage. Still an amazing cover though.
I must have watched this video one hundred times over the past few weeks and everytime I still cant believe its real.
I like how Tom makes this sound Ragtimey
In the case of this one, it already was arranged that way for him.
:D when I first heard Nyan cat I was sure someone had adapted it in ragtime and immediatly looked for it on the internet and there was Tom.
Make a Wild West Halloween movie using this music. BTW Happy Friday the 13 February 2015!
It went from scary to a silent movie era soundtrack, I LOVE IT!!!
so good
@Pianomantodd1 At the end (from about 1 minute 40 seconds onward), he's just making up an ending off the top of his head (the sheet music has no ending, you'll notice), so of course he isn't looking at the page anymore. The sheet music is only one page (it's sitting on top of a bunch of other things that were played earlier). This is basically 24 bars repeated over and over, but played differently every time, concluding with a patented Brier extended ending.
It sounds like the music playing in a late 1800's saloon where you drink with ghosts and goblins.
Nah, a 1910s saloon in a black neighborhood of Baltimore, perhaps.
Maybe. :)
@@Keeper1st The difference between the two being...?
This made me smile. Partly because I love this game and it's difficulty and his incredible playing skills on this piece.
what a hero
These videos are so much fun. You can't help but smile as you watch and listen
What a master!!!
It pretty much was. The original melody was in ragtime. The bass line was just in arpeggios. The score given to Tom just puts a march left hand on it which makes it a "true" rag.
Impressive !!!
@LunarD3mon6 Yes. It's just that one theme repeated over and over. There's no ending on the score; just make up your own. The other pages you see on the video are different tunes that had been played earlier.
この曲聞いた時、墓場のステージよりコンサート会場で戦闘してる感じがする。
GOOSBUMPS incoming. I love this Game and played it a long time on NES... THX 4 this Video!
This should be raking in more money that stuff like PewDiePie. Wow. That was truly amazing!
This video always makes me smile. Thanks Tom
omfg
Saul Silver your profile picture sealed the deal