THIS. This right here. As it is I've always felt a lot of Mario's music is heavily jazz & ragtime inspired, so after the 2 Super Mario World videos I just had the hugest grin thinking this is what an "HD remaster" of Super Mario Music would accurately sound like.
@@crithitjace Keeper has mentioned it a few times, but getting the licensing rights from Nintendo and other game companies to sell an album with their songs wasn't something Tom was interested in. And now with his injuries, it's not going happen even if he had the rights
@@akim2442 there are a lot of video game cover albums of Squenix games on Spotify, I don't know about Nintendo specifically but it seems like it's getting easier to get licensing rights these days at least!
The guy in the green shirt expresses all of our feelings. That feeling that you are just going to burst when sitting next to greatness. The awkward smile you can’t help but to have while sitting there witnessing history. And at the end of it, all you can do is laugh, because there are no words to describe that level of greatness. We don’t even bother to aspire to be Tom, we aspire just to be the in the same room as him. Mr. Green Shirt is already more than we can hope to be.
Man that was so good. So damn damn good. I wish Tom did video game tunes on a more frequent basis. He's so talented I'm borderline convinced there's a fairy living in his neck-beard that grants him special abilities
@@the-building-man thankfully Tom is still alive, but he's far from okay. As of last week,Keeper commented on another video "He can extend the index finger of his right hand. His left hand moves OK. He can say only "yes" or "no"."
@@the-building-man yep.. he's far from okay. Really hope he gets to receive proper treatment and therapy. Checkout keeper1st's newer video about Tom's recent update.
Heh... Will was familiar with the tune, so he had a lot of grins as Tom messed around with it. You can hear him comment afterward, "That was great, Tom!"
@@ChErRyaVe20pK that's terrible, I hope he has a smooth recovery. i was wondering what classification a bqd car accident meant but I realized it's a "bad" car accident
@@Doxsein yeah sorry that was a typo. And the owner of this channel knows him personally, he uploaded an update video on him recently. You should check it out.
Brier is such a genius. Lord, I hope he recovers. The world deserves more of him. Regardless, his impact is wide and he made such a huge impression on all of us. Bless him for even doing all this. What a gem. A true master of the craft.
How I wish I could go back in time and watch Tom play something like this in person. Sometimes you don't take "maybe someday" seriously enough until it's too late.
My son got "Super Mario 64 for DS" as a gift from a friend. He got to this song and we both said "where have I heard this before???" -- TOM BRIER!!! Thank you, Keeper, for keeping this memory!!!
Tom Brier's videos have given me so much confidence as a musician. I used to beat myself up for any tiny mistake. Then I'd watch one of his videos and realized a little mistake does not lessen my beaming smile one bit. Never met the guy but he's one of my favourite people in history.
@@pikachuchujelly7628 Keep in mind that the way he plays them is quite different, though a couple of his renditions have been transcribed. www.keeper1st.com/music/vgm.html
The guy in the green shirt, grinning in sheer delight and wonder, is basically everyone to have ever watched this video. This is lovely stuff; thank you so much for sharing Tom's talents with the world!
The composition of this video is brilliant: you've got Tom's hands well-displayed, as well as the reaction of a single observer who perfectly represents the joy inspired by his performance. Tom is a true Smilecraft!
That's Will Perkins in the green shirt. He'll be returning from a two-year mission in Argentina soon. Just before he left, I had heard him do a cool stride rendition of the Legend of Zelda theme. Maybe I can capture him playing it this year if he gets it back under his fingers.
Oh wow, Will Perkins? Now that Greenshirt has a name, I'm really interested to hear him play!! I hope his mission in Argentina went down without too much trouble! =) I gotta say Keeper1st, it seems like you've just got all the ragtime connections. Like drug dealers, but with ragtime skills. (no offense intended.) You kick proverbial ass, Keeper1st!
***** I have a few videos of Will playing. Here's one of him and Tom making up a duet version of a well-known American song: th-cam.com/video/9mUIatUr8NA/w-d-xo.html
+Stuart Murray Good question. Whatever the answer is I just hope that when he dies he does so knowing that he was a legend in his own time. The man deserves that. Nintendo would not be Nintendo without him. Joy, dread, panic, sadness, hope... he has a way of expressing situations and emotions through song like sounds are a language that he himself created. A language that everyone fluently understands as soon as they hear it and most musicians dream to speak.
Sadly Koji Kondo is on that age when most of the things that other people create are not as good as "the good ol days of yore". The good part is that he seems to be really humble and really down to earth, I like his work. I don't like when people idolize him to the point of divinity, even he doesn't like that according to his interviews.
+Lee Godinez Well, it's just in the music, and when you take away differences in orchestration such similarities are more easily heard by the listener.
This guy inspired me to finally take piano lessons. Maybe Tom isn't able to play anymore but he still inspires other people with his incredible skills, thank you aswell for posting these videos
I remember this channel had maybe 50k subs when I first discovered this talented man on TH-cam and now he's almost up to 100k subs. Despite Tom Brier no longer being capable of uploading himself playing the piano anymore, this is just a demonstration of how his talent on camera has truly caught the attention of everyone who has stumbled across this channel. I hope you're doing well, Tom Brier.
That part starting at 5:19 almost made me cry. It was like the ending the song deserved. The end of a nostalgic era: everything was so simple when I was a child, and like every child, I always wanted to be an adult, to get a job and a house, it was just a matter of time to be an adult... Now as an adult, I just want to be a child again, but unfortunately I can't travel back in time, and the only way to go to the past is listening to these masterpieces, specially played by this legend. Tom brier you're awesome. Thank you for this.
I totally agree! Life's irony as the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard puts it, "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards".
Luiz Antonio for me when I was a kid I was like uhmmm being an adult looks hard let me bot be one and they slowing the years took ny childhood away 😂 😭
Good morning everyone in december 2024 (19th) from De Kalb, Texas. Tom Brier was one of my favorite pianist. I love listening to Tom play. It was so good. It was amazing. It was great, Tom. I still love that performance and Tom ..❤..
The joy, nostalgia, and tears this video and channel brings me are unexplainable. I first found Tom's work in 2016, and 5 years later it still brings me the same emotions. Wishing Tom all the best and a speedy recovery. Thank you.
When I'm old and gray and come back to TH-cam 40 years from now, I'm going to come back to this & feel the exact same levels of pure joy and happiness I always feel when I watch this. There's no ego, no alternate judgement or opposing thought that could EVER break this natural feeling of pure joy and happiness. Sensational! ❤️
My god, I swear I cry every time I watch this guy play. He just hits the soul like nothing else. The improvisation he adds to this already set in stone music is just incredible.
Whenever Tom laughs, I laugh right along. Such a privilege for his friends to sit by and enjoy his all-too-fleeting gifts along with him. I know it is a privilege for me just to watch his performances from afar. He’s inspiring.
Still returning to Tom's remarkable sight-reading brilliance from time to time, enjoying the sheer talent and his honest joy! He might not ever recover from the tragic accident, but he'll continue putting a smile on so many faces as long as we have this channel
I've listened to these recordings times uncounted, but I was absolutely unprepared for the tone shift at 5:20 It just wrecked me emotionally, like Tom distilled a lifetime of nostalgia into a brief musical moment. Jesus. Then he finished with a quick humorous flourish. Don't think he realized how much power he was wielding. The world is missing a legendary artist. Thank you for recording these for the rest of us.
Apart from this gent being able to play this from sight, one of the other things that blows my mind is how quickly he gets back on track if he does make a wee mistake here or there. He just plays on without a break in his flow at all it's amazing.
Who else is watching old tom brier vids to pass the time while he heals up, because you just know that no one can possibly match his skill in improvising or sight-reading songs on piano, so watching others perform Briers songs aren’t good enough for you?
This brings me to tears every time I watch it. The human potential for art and the sheer talent shown here combined with perfect execution is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
Most, but not all, of us can sight-read a newspaper. But Tom Briers can read music notation, edit it, vary it and then play it with style. Effing awesome.
I watch Tom multiple times a week and absolutely love his music and videos.What a blessing to the world.Cool cool mountain is a favorite of mine.So talented.
Tell me the dude at least saw the piece for 2 mins... I mean seriously how does one sight read AND add their own stuff to this kind of piece under 2 mins?! That is some wicked skill you have right there.
+Jeremy Ng Just like how a jazz musician reads a lead sheet or fake book. He reads enough of the score to get the melody and the chord sequence, and fleshes it out from there. Of course, he's been doing it for over 35 years, so he's become rather good at it.
At first you get a really big smile out of it but when you reach around 4:30 mark you suddenly realize how musical Tom Brier really is by incorporating his own touch in it. I get a special feeling in my body only music can induce. Truly marvellous!
It's been over 10 years, I met Tom when I was a tenager, now I'm a grown up man with my own family, and still Tom continue to amaze me and by far he is the musician that most inspires me on what I should bring to people while playing. I'm a bass and guitar player from Brazil playing brasilian rythms and It's crazy how this guy has much to teach even without meeting personally and huge cultural difference. If you are musician too, let's preserve this feeling that Tom brings to us and keep what really matters in music despite of the instrument and genre we are playing. Music is not only about technique but also about healling people.
A few years ago we all would have had to pay a pretty penny to hear someone like that do something so great. I'm so grateful to be born into a day and age where I can go online and hear this - a life's worth of mastery and practice - for free. thank you so much and rest in peace, Tom.
The amount of concentration he has when he plays the piano is inspiring, legendary. The tune produced is truly amazing. Tom has brought me smiles and a new-found appreciation for pianists.I hope he recovers.
People don't appreciate the genius it takes to do this... I honestly don't know if there is a classical concert pianist who is able to do what this man does... and he seems so humble about everything too... I'm just gobsmacked at what I'm witnessing here... He could have EASILY won any America's got talent - or any other competition in the WORLD.... WOW. Just WOW. BREATHTAKING STUFF!!!!
I just want to say thanks to Tom Brier for all of this... Hearing music from your childhood from real instruments for the first time ever is something kind of unique to those of us who grew up with videogames. It really is kind of a gift to all of us. This stuff is just so epic!
He sight reads better than I read English.
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What's worse if he is a native English speaker
@@Mister.Mountain well, other than that hes a native piano player
HAHAHAHA
Hahahahhahahahhahahhah!
*throws baby penguin off cliff*
Oh hey it’s you
hi chris :D
hi mr. pizza time
Lol me too
Hello chirs
The dude in the green shirt never stopped smiling... Hes like... the representation of your youtube audience man... Thanks for sharing.
Harmonyww
Will has been doing missionary work in Argentina for the past two years. He should be coming back early next year.
Harmonyww
Wow man, thanks! im deff going to check him out.
Agreed!
He did missionary work? That's so cool!!!!!
He must be getting sore by now.
Petition to grant Tom Brier the status of legend, like Bob ross or Stan lee.
signed!
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"The kid in the green shirt" is another pianist I have videos of, Will Perkins.
I love his reactions. It just goes to show you how great Tom actually was.
Nuduk Gaming huh
He should continue the Tom's legacy
@@nudukgaming1564 was ;(
Do you know any other pianists who play video game music this well?
If Tom Brier had an album of his interpretation of video game music. I would shell out money in a heartbeat.
THIS. This right here. As it is I've always felt a lot of Mario's music is heavily jazz & ragtime inspired, so after the 2 Super Mario World videos I just had the hugest grin thinking this is what an "HD remaster" of Super Mario Music would accurately sound like.
@@crithitjace Keeper has mentioned it a few times, but getting the licensing rights from Nintendo and other game companies to sell an album with their songs wasn't something Tom was interested in. And now with his injuries, it's not going happen even if he had the rights
@@akim2442 there are a lot of video game cover albums of Squenix games on Spotify, I don't know about Nintendo specifically but it seems like it's getting easier to get licensing rights these days at least!
Keeper has a website with all of the brierized songs
@@monangtam can you share it?
The guy in the green shirt expresses all of our feelings. That feeling that you are just going to burst when sitting next to greatness. The awkward smile you can’t help but to have while sitting there witnessing history. And at the end of it, all you can do is laugh, because there are no words to describe that level of greatness.
We don’t even bother to aspire to be Tom, we aspire just to be the in the same room as him. Mr. Green Shirt is already more than we can hope to be.
Best description ever. "Mr. Green Shirt" lol :D
emilwestin
Japanese viewers, on a copy of this video posted to Nico Nico Douga, referred to him as Luigi.
Keeper1st Luigi? Is that what they call Green Mario in Japan?
MrJobocan Green Mario is Mario in a green outfit. Luigi is Luigi, Mario’s brother. I don’t know what you mean by calling him “Green Mario”.
I completely disagree with you
I love how he just cracks up after every performance, like he's genuinely surprised by how amazing it was.
Hey it's Bill!! Somehow I knew you'd seen these haha
Who’s this DOPE!? Four years late I know. Hi bill big fan of the channel.
That’s the mark of a truly professional musician
Music flows through you. When you’re done, it surprises you as much as the audience. It can be very draining actually!
He most likely didn't know what his hands were gonna do til he heard the result!
In all these years, a better cover has not yet been made
With how perfect this one is, probably never will
Man that was so good. So damn damn good. I wish Tom did video game tunes on a more frequent basis. He's so talented I'm borderline convinced there's a fairy living in his neck-beard that grants him special abilities
Well, previously, he was hospitalized by a car accident, but now he's okay!
@@the-building-man thankfully Tom is still alive, but he's far from okay.
As of last week,Keeper commented on another video "He can extend the index finger of his right hand. His left hand moves OK. He can say only "yes" or "no"."
@@the-building-man yep.. he's far from okay. Really hope he gets to receive proper treatment and therapy. Checkout keeper1st's newer video about Tom's recent update.
@@akim2442 @Vic Jang Oh damn now I kind of feel like a jerk. I really hope he does get th treatement he deserves
@@the-building-man you are not a jerk don't feel bad just keep praying!
Heh... Will was familiar with the tune, so he had a lot of grins as Tom messed around with it. You can hear him comment afterward, "That was great, Tom!"
Tom is one of the best humans to ever roam the earth, wish him all the best in his recovery
What is wrong with his health?
@@Doxsein he got into a bad car accident in which he got rearended and it left him partially paralyzed.
@@ChErRyaVe20pK that's terrible, I hope he has a smooth recovery. i was wondering what classification a bqd car accident meant but I realized it's a "bad" car accident
@@Doxsein yeah sorry that was a typo. And the owner of this channel knows him personally, he uploaded an update video on him recently. You should check it out.
@@ChErRyaVe20pK Oh ok, thanks for the info, I'll check it out!
Brier is such a genius.
Lord, I hope he recovers. The world deserves more of him.
Regardless, his impact is wide and he made such a huge impression on all of us.
Bless him for even doing all this. What a gem. A true master of the craft.
How I wish I could go back in time and watch Tom play something like this in person. Sometimes you don't take "maybe someday" seriously enough until it's too late.
I come back to these covers by tom often, it's truly incredible how he takes just a few lines and makes it his own.
Not sure if you've seen the other videos to see what Tom's been through. It's just awful
My son got "Super Mario 64 for DS" as a gift from a friend. He got to this song and we both said "where have I heard this before???" -- TOM BRIER!!! Thank you, Keeper, for keeping this memory!!!
Your son's got a friend with great taste.
@@exxon101 fax
what an excellent game
Just got around to beating SM64DS for the first time, actually
2:50 is so cool. I’ve never seen that on a piano before
Koji Kondo is a genius. Tom Brier put a legendary spit shine on that classic theme. Amazing work.
I'm so glad Tom invented the piano
Tom Brier's videos have given me so much confidence as a musician. I used to beat myself up for any tiny mistake. Then I'd watch one of his videos and realized a little mistake does not lessen my beaming smile one bit. Never met the guy but he's one of my favourite people in history.
I'm kinda the opposite. While Tom has largely inspired me to become a better pianist, it depresses me that I'll never be as good as him.
He's reading sheet music that I made, and embellishing upon it as he goes along.
Nice job
@@bigrealm8156 rim-job ftfy
@@XXLSkinnyMcGee good job ftfy
Do you have sheet music for these ragtime arrangements anywhere? I'd love to try and play them.
@@pikachuchujelly7628 Keep in mind that the way he plays them is quite different, though a couple of his renditions have been transcribed. www.keeper1st.com/music/vgm.html
Is this legend still alive, may god bless Tom, it's been so long since I've been enjoying his covers and only now I notice the 12 years ago mark ‼️
He doesn’t just play the song in these circumstances, HE ALSO ADDS FILLS ON THE GO!
The guy in the green shirt, grinning in sheer delight and wonder, is basically everyone to have ever watched this video. This is lovely stuff; thank you so much for sharing Tom's talents with the world!
I think that's a female actually.
SeeburgMusic That’s Will Perkins.
@@SeeburgMusic Nope, I'm a dude.
@Will Perkins
Fricking LEGEND! :D
Thank you for a-playing my song
Pure genius, especially this song. I really like Tom Brier and hope he recovers well.
The composition of this video is brilliant: you've got Tom's hands well-displayed, as well as the reaction of a single observer who perfectly represents the joy inspired by his performance. Tom is a true Smilecraft!
That's Will Perkins in the green shirt. He'll be returning from a two-year mission in Argentina soon. Just before he left, I had heard him do a cool stride rendition of the Legend of Zelda theme. Maybe I can capture him playing it this year if he gets it back under his fingers.
Herbert Mortgensen *Tom "the Chosen One" Brier
Oh wow, Will Perkins? Now that Greenshirt has a name, I'm really interested to hear him play!! I hope his mission in Argentina went down without too much trouble! =)
I gotta say Keeper1st, it seems like you've just got all the ragtime connections. Like drug dealers, but with ragtime skills. (no offense intended.)
You kick proverbial ass, Keeper1st!
*****
I have a few videos of Will playing. Here's one of him and Tom making up a duet version of a well-known American song: th-cam.com/video/9mUIatUr8NA/w-d-xo.html
I wonder if Koji Kondo has seen this, or any other of these videos. And what he thinks
+Stuart Murray Good question. Whatever the answer is I just hope that when he dies he does so knowing that he was a legend in his own time. The man deserves that. Nintendo would not be Nintendo without him. Joy, dread, panic, sadness, hope... he has a way of expressing situations and emotions through song like sounds are a language that he himself created. A language that everyone fluently understands as soon as they hear it and most musicians dream to speak.
A beautiful sentiment, I agree wholeheartedly. Even as a kid with no musical objectivity, when his music played, I FELT it man, and I always will.
Sadly Koji Kondo is on that age when most of the things that other people create are not as good as "the good ol days of yore". The good part is that he seems to be really humble and really down to earth, I like his work. I don't like when people idolize him to the point of divinity, even he doesn't like that according to his interviews.
My uncle works at Nintendo and he says Koji watches them all the time.
@@WigglestheMoose Is your dad also Bill Gates?
I never realized the roots from the smb3 overworld theme in this until now. truly a gifted man if he can reveal such subtleties while sight reading
+Lee Godinez Well, it's just in the music, and when you take away differences in orchestration such similarities are more easily heard by the listener.
+Keeper1st you should tell him to sight read the legend of zelda game over theme :P
You mean this? th-cam.com/video/vhRBGCS8mlc/w-d-xo.html
I don't hear the similarities, can you explain further
Aside from the first couple of chords in the "bridge" parts of both of the songs, there are no significant similarities
This guy inspired me to finally take piano lessons.
Maybe Tom isn't able to play anymore but he still inspires other people with his incredible skills, thank you aswell for posting these videos
It really is a joy to watch this man play. It's simultaneously very impressive and just fun. Can't help smiling.
And this is already a sweet, fun song!
Because he's a genius. That's how they are; doing impressive things so easily and enjoying it while making all people happy.
+YTDekus i guess that makes me a genius. lol
i could keep listening to his piano playing over and over again
I come back to these every half a year or so
Keeper1st he’s one of the greatest living stride/jazz pianists imo. Wishing him a steady recovery.
Indeed
0:16 the face of someone who recognizes the song.
I remember this channel had maybe 50k subs when I first discovered this talented man on TH-cam and now he's almost up to 100k subs. Despite Tom Brier no longer being capable of uploading himself playing the piano anymore, this is just a demonstration of how his talent on camera has truly caught the attention of everyone who has stumbled across this channel. I hope you're doing well, Tom Brier.
Tom never uploaded any videos. He only had a TH-cam account for following and commenting on others.
Ah, I understand. Thanks for the clarification.@@Keeper1st
I refuse to believe these god blessed hands are not on a piano today. Best wishes for Tom!
That part starting at 5:19 almost made me cry. It was like the ending the song deserved. The end of a nostalgic era: everything was so simple when I was a child, and like every child, I always wanted to be an adult, to get a job and a house, it was just a matter of time to be an adult... Now as an adult, I just want to be a child again, but unfortunately I can't travel back in time, and the only way to go to the past is listening to these masterpieces, specially played by this legend. Tom brier you're awesome. Thank you for this.
Luiz Antonio Lol do you always cry like this?
I totally agree! Life's irony as the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard puts it, "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards".
same to me!!
Luiz Antonio for me when I was a kid I was like uhmmm being an adult looks hard let me bot be one and they slowing the years took ny childhood away 😂 😭
❤️
I miss this man so much
He died?? 🙏
@@seronymus No, but I believe he was in an accident that made it nearly impossible ever to play again. We all still wish the best for him, though.
Good morning everyone in december 2024 (19th) from De Kalb, Texas. Tom Brier was one of my favorite pianist. I love listening to Tom play. It was so good. It was amazing. It was great, Tom. I still love that performance and Tom ..❤..
The joy, nostalgia, and tears this video and channel brings me are unexplainable. I first found Tom's work in 2016, and 5 years later it still brings me the same emotions. Wishing Tom all the best and a speedy recovery. Thank you.
That tender outro.... Godspeed Tom. Godspeed.
When I'm old and gray and come back to TH-cam 40 years from now, I'm going to come back to this & feel the exact same levels of pure joy and happiness I always feel when I watch this.
There's no ego, no alternate judgement or opposing thought that could EVER break this natural feeling of pure joy and happiness.
Sensational! ❤️
Honestly I clicked the like button before I listened to it. I regret nothing!
Same here, I've seen some videos and he's pretty damn good.
The improvised key changes at the very end as he chromatically descended were literally perfect. Such an amazing musician.
I can't believe how old these videos are now.
Yooo bro Tom ate the piano! 😢 hope someday we get him playing again
Il ne sera plus jamais celui qu'il a été.
My god, I swear I cry every time I watch this guy play. He just hits the soul like nothing else.
The improvisation he adds to this already set in stone music is just incredible.
Whenever Tom laughs, I laugh right along. Such a privilege for his friends to sit by and enjoy his all-too-fleeting gifts along with him.
I know it is a privilege for me just to watch his performances from afar.
He’s inspiring.
He gave it One pass sight read...the rest was Tom Briar Mountain....spectacular
Still returning to Tom's remarkable sight-reading brilliance from time to time, enjoying the sheer talent and his honest joy! He might not ever recover from the tragic accident, but he'll continue putting a smile on so many faces as long as we have this channel
Literally not even done with the first loop and he's already jazzin' it up as he sees fit, this man is absolutely god-tier.
that guy is a f**king genius!!
*fucking
Thank me later.
@@l3p3 You know he used the asterisks to censor "fuck", right?
@@kapsaysin sure, I misunderstood the intentions, sorry
I've listened to these recordings times uncounted, but I was absolutely unprepared for the tone shift at 5:20
It just wrecked me emotionally, like Tom distilled a lifetime of nostalgia into a brief musical moment. Jesus.
Then he finished with a quick humorous flourish. Don't think he realized how much power he was wielding. The world is missing a legendary artist. Thank you for recording these for the rest of us.
Something about the chord progression from 5:16 onwards makes my eyes get all sweaty
Edit: It's really just the whole section from 4:54 to the end
yeah its so sad i dont know man its the feelings
+NerkMineRaiste It's like listening to my childhood drawing to an end
UnleashNinjaGuru exactly what I thought the first time I watched this!
i don’t think anyone understands the sheer amount of skill you need to pull this off
Tom Brier is a treasure!
Apart from this gent being able to play this from sight, one of the other things that blows my mind is how quickly he gets back on track if he does make a wee mistake here or there. He just plays on without a break in his flow at all it's amazing.
The guy in the background personifies my feelings for this :)
He's every one of us!
Who else is watching old tom brier vids to pass the time while he heals up, because you just know that no one can possibly match his skill in improvising or sight-reading songs on piano, so watching others perform Briers songs aren’t good enough for you?
I'm listening to him everyday at work. No words can describe him.
Tears on my eyes..
+dancre Everytime
evertim
Oh good, I'm not the only one.
Eyes on my tears
Tom's officially a musical genius...as are you, the author of these arrangements.
Koji Kondo
ThaVillageGamers I meant the piano arrangements you mentioned in the description specifically; I know Koji Kondo wrote the original version ; )
SmashBroRazz oh okay
Just to point out - Tom's version is an interpretation. I'm pretty sure the sheet music isn't quite as crazy as his playing
How does one get so good at piano… what a legend…
This brings me to tears every time I watch it. The human potential for art and the sheer talent shown here combined with perfect execution is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
if you didn't know sadly in a car accident he was paralyzed partially, I hate how its always the best people who get done in by fate
Most, but not all, of us can sight-read a newspaper. But Tom Briers can read music notation, edit it, vary it and then play it with style. Effing awesome.
Of all Tom's video game songs, this one might be the best. It's certainly debatable, but this is an amazing version of this song.
Props to the truck driving by at 4:10, impeccable timing
Those last 3 chords brought a tear to my eye
truly a remarkable piece of footage
I think that would be like Lizst's or Mozart's sight reading level skills
Genius.
He looks and sounds so confident. I love him.
I watch Tom multiple times a week and absolutely love his music and videos.What a blessing to the world.Cool cool mountain is a favorite of mine.So talented.
year 2022 and tom brier still its the best
back again, wishing the best for Tom and co. I can always come back to this video, my personal favorite.
Tell me the dude at least saw the piece for 2 mins... I mean seriously how does one sight read AND add their own stuff to this kind of piece under 2 mins?! That is some wicked skill you have right there.
+Jeremy Ng Just like how a jazz musician reads a lead sheet or fake book. He reads enough of the score to get the melody and the chord sequence, and fleshes it out from there. Of course, he's been doing it for over 35 years, so he's become rather good at it.
Amazing... I'm just blown away XD
The keyword is practice. ;)
At first you get a really big smile out of it but when you reach around 4:30 mark you suddenly realize how musical Tom Brier really is by incorporating his own touch in it. I get a special feeling in my body only music can induce. Truly marvellous!
この方のピアノほんと好き
It's been over 10 years, I met Tom when I was a tenager, now I'm a grown up man with my own family, and still Tom continue to amaze me and by far he is the musician that most inspires me on what I should bring to people while playing. I'm a bass and guitar player from Brazil playing brasilian rythms and It's crazy how this guy has much to teach even without meeting personally and huge cultural difference.
If you are musician too, let's preserve this feeling that Tom brings to us and keep what really matters in music despite of the instrument and genre we are playing. Music is not only about technique but also about healling people.
A few years ago we all would have had to pay a pretty penny to hear someone like that do something so great. I'm so grateful to be born into a day and age where I can go online and hear this - a life's worth of mastery and practice - for free. thank you so much and rest in peace, Tom.
The one dislike is from the baby penguin we all threw off the cliff as children
I'm just smiling and bouncing around on the couch hearing you play, thank you you made me feel incredibly good
still has the same effect 2 years later
Same for 3 years later
same 8 years later :)
So awesome, I want to hold a penguin up to my chest and slide down a huge mountain...
Martin Messner lol but you'd kill it
And then throw it off the cliff?
I personally think this is one of Tom’s best sight reads when it comes to these video game pieces. I’m also partial to the Super Mario Land 2 ending.
What a joy to listen to.
I'm glad I found this gold channel
I love you Tom!! Real tears of joy on this one... These videos give me life. Thank you forever~
Came back for this year's dose as well.
Always a pleasure to hear tom play even 9 years later, and very motivating
wow that was 9 years ago! that nostalgic! im here in 2022 cause remembered my childhood memories. even camera quality looks so retro haha! awesome!
SD Widescreen FTW!
Hot damn I have never seen an instrument come to life in such a way than at 1:35.
This is so beautiful.cool cool mountain has always been one of my favorites
The amount of concentration he has when he plays the piano is inspiring, legendary. The tune produced is truly amazing. Tom has brought me smiles and a new-found appreciation for pianists.I hope he recovers.
Can we appreciate the OP also for arranging this stuff too, a hell of a skill in itself? We can't wait to see you back at it one day Tom
Legend
People don't appreciate the genius it takes to do this... I honestly don't know if there is a classical concert pianist who is able to do what this man does... and he seems so humble about everything too... I'm just gobsmacked at what I'm witnessing here... He could have EASILY won any America's got talent - or any other competition in the WORLD.... WOW. Just WOW. BREATHTAKING STUFF!!!!
How much training does it get to this level? I read that he's one of the greatest living pianists...
I just want to say thanks to Tom Brier for all of this... Hearing music from your childhood from real instruments for the first time ever is something kind of unique to those of us who grew up with videogames. It really is kind of a gift to all of us. This stuff is just so epic!
Absolute legend. The arrangement and the performance are fantastic. Thank you for this!
what kind of monster would dislike this
A sonic fan
Someone without good taste in music
a baby penguin
The ones who get pushed out of the Ice Slide by the Big Pinguin during the race.
@@Okeana_Aster xD
3:10 front row seat to greatness just soaking it in.