I find it incredible that even after 20 years one of my favourite games, and soundtracks is being immortalised by the magical work of you, and everyone else who keeps covering these classic pieces of brilliance. Please please keep going.
I'll be avidly looking forward to your next upload :). With this particular song if you ever get a chance, or if you haven't already listen to the other Cosmo canyon version which is called 'The Great Warrior' it's very stirring, again it's another Nobou Uematsu piece. Onwards upwards :)
@@KaraComparetto I loved it! Feeling good to know there are still FF7 fans out there, all waiting for the FF7 HD soon haha =) Another wonderful song is eyes on me FF8, I don`t know why, it just fell magic to me ; )
This was one of my favorite tunes in FFVII, I spent hours at Cosmo Canyon only to hear it. I love, love, love your interpretation of it,! Beautiful Kara, thank you so much.
I know the feeling of spending a long time in one place in a game just to hear the music hahha. I do it in XIV when I'm in Foundation at night hahhaa. Thank you so much :)
I'm 33 already. I always cry at this moment in the game. Maybe it's because I don't get along as well as I'd want with my father but this song always touch my heart. Nanaki hates his father, he thinks of him as a coward who betrayed the people who swore to protect but then he discovers the true. While Bugenhagen explain it to him, Nanaki just stand in silence: - Look, Nanaki. Look at your father, at the warrior, Seto. (And the drums kick into the song while the camera shifts to show us the fearless Seto up in the canyon against a red moon in the sky) - I am Nanaki of Cosmo Canyon! The son of the warrior, Seto! I'll come back a warrior true to that noble name! So please, Grandpa... (And tears start to fall from Seto's eyes, and the drums enter again, and Nanaki howls... and I cry with him)
The emotions that this song invokes within the hearts of people are just so powerful; your arrangement has literally brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for reminding me just how beautiful music is.
I've been always a fan of FFVII, but I never realized that Cosmo Canyon's theme was sooooo good...until I watched your video interpreting it. Awesome!!! Thanks to you, I've got a new achievement in mind talking about piano playing. Really grateful to you!!
That's so nice to hear! Actually I'm not a huge fan of the Distant Worlds arrangement of this theme. I mean, it's excellent no doubt, but I fell in love with THIS piano arrangement and it's now one of my favorite FF themes to play :)
Wow, you really are into the Final Fantasy music series and I can see why. The music is outstanding! It is rich with beautiful harmonies and sprinkled with dissonance in all the right places. I LOVE the Hamaguchi arrangements. Really great what you are doing here Kara. BRAVO!! ~Jackie
Thank you, and so do I! This is one of my favorite arrangements so far. I'm not sure it's one of the most popular FF pieces, but the arrangement is fantastic!!
You are most welcome Kara! I am glad that you don't just play the favs of others, but your own personal favs.....and it really is a great arrangement! To me, passion and love for the music is more important than anything. I always say, "If I can't feel it, I can't play it" :-) Take care, ~Jackie
Just amazing how you could reproduce these pieces with such mastery! Congrats, Kara! You're a great musician, such emotion playing. This is one of my favs, alongside Tifa's theme.
Thank you for that. I hope my classical upbringing shows through, because I personally believe both Uematsu and Hamaguchi meant them to be this way. :)
A very accomplished performance showing great technical command and wonderful artistic insight and imagination. As you say, the arrangement is superb. Thank you for this very inspiring musical experience ! With best wishes, Paul
Thank you Paul! I guess my classical upbringing shows through a lot in this arrangement- it's totally my style :) Hamaguchi takes a very "impressionistic" approach with his arrangements, and I love it!
I like how you sped up the tempo so abruptly from the beginning! Definitely agree with this Piano Collections version being more classy than the OST. And would love to see you do the Piano Opera arrangement as well!! Both are really great arrangements!! :)
Yeah, the tempo change is a cool way to draw attention to the "story-like" feel of this arrangement. The layout is just perfect, and I love how it ends with the same theme as the beginning. Hopefully I'll cover the opera version in the near future!
This has always been an extremely emotional piece for me. I've never purposefully gone out to find piano arrangements for it, but this is the best playing of it on this instrument I have heard so far. My favorite part of the song would have to be the tonal shift around 2:42 here that is present in so many renditions, not sure why. You have some of the best played pieces I've ever heard on your channel, and the effort put into the recording setup shows. I hope you play pieces that you enjoy and continue to do so, sometimes I worry that songs I'm listening to might have a lack of conviction because of pressure to perform. Seriously a wonderful channel.
Hm, I don't know which one that is by name, but I play the entire IX album. I'll have to look up the name, I love the entire album and hope to record them all very soon!
Thank you Nicholas! In the arrangement, the tempo starts as Moderato and changes to something faster (not allegro but something a little faster than the original tempo). I took advantage of that, I thought it made for a good introduction!
I liked this video before it even started playing XD This is probably my favourite FF 7 piano collection piece. It's just got a hauntingly beautiful melody that gives me goosebumps every time. I loved the vigour with which you played this, suited it so well. Always looking forward to the next one! =)
Thank you for all these comments, I love reading them! So far this is not only one of my favorite themes from VII but also my favorite arrangement! I had sooo much fun learning this one :)
Your covers are always so high quality and professional and beautiful T_T if one stops to consider all the work that goes into these, that you do for us just for fun, its like wow, you're the best :) Also I think as I learn, I can appreciate how good you are even more than before haha Your awesome cover hereby has this FF7 fan's approval :D P.S. your hands lifting away at the end reminds me of the birds at the end of the final ending cutscene--you won't have seen the cutscene, but still hahahaha
Thank you so much Chad! And thank you for all your support here and elsewhere, you really motivate me. And hopefully I can motivate you to keep working hard till you're playing these too! hehehe. I can't wait for the remake DDDDD::::::
Whoa, really nice! You had some really excellent, fluid phrasing throughout the whole thing, I thought, and the ending had a really nice, careful decrescendo. Also, your transitions in and out of f to mp/p were reaaaaaally smooth, which is *not* easy to do (1:30 is one of a bunch of examples of that). I also thought you had really good tempo shifts. It was just really expressive in general--thanks for sharing it! (also, the arrangement is killer, you're right)
I can tell you're really listening to dynamic changes, and I'm glad you thought mine were on par! If anything, I struggle most with this, because my piano needs its hammers voiced, and my microphones aren't quite balanced right, I don't think. But there's a lot of fun to be had with the dynamics in this arrangement!
Yes it has been too long! I am still brainstorming about how I want to go about livestreaming. I have the time for it, so I'd love to make it a part of what I do :) Thank you for watching this one!!
Well that will be cool to see you do a livestream. Just have to archive and upload it when you are done so others can watch it if they cannot catch you during your stream 😉!! Looking forward to it!!
'dat Modal motiff! has such a nice Debussy like feel. i really like the bouncier tempo you chose. gives piece more pep without coming across as frantic kuppo. =)
haha thank you! It's a fine line between the OST which is a bit more upbeat in my opinion, and a contemplative piano arrangement, which I think is what Hamaguchi was going for with this one.
depending on what part of the country/world you are in, maybe a local university can host a recital if you get in touch with a music or gaming club to help sponsor you? Or maybe a local convention needs a panel and you can perform at one of those?
Nice. This song always makes me think of tradition, peaceful and unchanging. Thank you for the rendition and upload! Looking forward to more! Oh, yeah, have you heard of the NieR : Automata soundtrack before?
Thank you! I haven't heard much of the Nier soundtrack but I have received many other requests from that game! I need to find some good arrangements of the music, which is usually the hard part. XD
Kara you're back!!! Best notification I got all day!!! Do you have a fan page somewhere on which we can leave song requests? Or just follow you cause you're awesome hahaha!
Haha I know, it was tooooo long since I posted :( I'm thinking of doing a live stream here on the weeks I don't post. I hate not being in touch with you guys for such long periods of time. I don't have a fan page but you can always put your requests here in the comments! I do have an agenda already set up for what I'm recording in the future, but I love to see what you guys want, and sometimes it makes its way onto my list :)
"Tsing ... tsing... tsing ... tsing ..." says Seto by dropping some tears from the top of the mountain "Woaow .... woaow .... woaow .... woaow ..." says nanaki Really great moment enjoying keep it up this is really huge +👍
I Love your final fantasy's choices for playing so beautifuly. Have you ever thought about playing terra's theme from ff6? It will be wonderful by your hands. Thanks for another great piece :)
Terra's theme, YES! I recently watched someone's performance of that, and got inspired. I don't have all the music from the piano collections VI, but I should be able to get it easy :)
I'll be looking forward for it :). I love your work and inspires me playing also, even though I'm just a beginner. I always watch your videos dreaming that someday I'll play like you do. Thanks
Thank you Noel! I do too, it's very different than the OST but soooo nice, and soooo perfect for the piano. It's as smooth as butter under the fingers :)
Yes I agree with you. In the ff7 Piani collection are a lot of such "as smooth as butter" pieces. Hopefull i will catch your next livestream. I was on a piano concert and couldnt catch you stream. Greatings your Noel.
Definitely the best piece from the ffvii piano collections, can I ask how old is your steinway? it has a very good tone and more character than some of the newer models I've heard
Thank you Nick, it's one of my favorites for sure! My Steinway is a 1925 model L. The 1920s were some of the best years for Steinway, so I am really happy with my instrument! I'm also glad you like it too :)
Wow, amazing playing! I was wondering, what fingering would you recommand for this piece? I've been trying to play it, but I'm not sure what fingering I should use
Hmmm, what do I think of this? I think it's beautiful and AMAZINGLY played! Today was quite a stressful day for me, so thank you for helping me feel better with your amazing playing cause I couldn't even crack a music joke to my friends 😭😂
I'm glad to have calmed the stress just a little bit, I know how those days are :( Just a little nice music can make all the difference! Hope you're feeling better now :)
Kara, have you ever taken a look at the Main Theme from this book? I think it's called that, I somehow ended up with the Japanese version of this book. It's the only one in E Major. There's a tricky chord in measure 14, voiced D#, E, G#, D#, and I'm interested to hear what your suggested finger for that chord is. You are my go-to resource for how to play these tunes. Beautiful playing as always!
It's the piano collections for VII? I'm sure I've played it before but off the top of my head can't remember! I'll try to take a look at it when I'm able :)
Hi Kara, just discovered your channel and.. wow, the way you play these tracks is so beautiful, i really enjoyed it. I always had a passion for videogames and music too, so I'm really appreciating what I've listened so far. If you please, I would like to give you some music suggestions on YT you may not yet know, inspiration is fundamental in my opinion :-) Ni No Kuni (gorgeous game, love it. Look for the main theme and expecially the world map cover by atin piano), Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2(gorgeous games too, you can find lots of music by hollow riku), monkey island 2, 3 (look for w3sp, he's very good), lastly Eternal Sonata Leap the Precipice by dusk piano. Hope to see this channel keep growing, it deserves it. Greetings from Italy !
thank you so much for this! All of those games except Kingdom Hearts I haven't heard of, which is surprising because I get so many new requests every week! I'll definitely keep these in mind, but Kingdom Hearts for sure will be coming up, i actually had the privilege of playing the first one ^^
Kara Comparetto glad to hear that ! I expecially reccomend you Ni no kuni, real emotional and beautiful story, definetely one of a kind. If you enjoyed KH 1 then I'm pretty sure you'd love this too :-D
Kara Comparetto if you played themes like Aladdin and little mermaid, and beauty and the beast, primarily you've done the basics for Kingdom Hearts 1 already because it's a Disney themed game for the most part with levels themed around Disney movies as well as others I won't mention to help you or give you ideas.
I actually had the pleasure of playing that game when I was younger! I only played the first one, but really enjoyed it and would love to play the next one in the series. Great music and GREAT GAME!
Kara Comparetto; apparently one of the arrangements I was looking for "Find your way" was beautifully done, but the other one that I was looking for is called "Mark of a Traitor", the theme for Corel in FF7. I will keep looking...
Remarcable ! Indeed the flow of the song is a lot different from the original, I so like the sudden changes of rhytme that you interpreted so beautifully. And as if the beauty of this song wasn't enough you smiled through it ... Beautiful song played beautifully by a natural beauty Ps: Recently Started FF IX since i never went past disc 3 ... good thing on pc i won't struggle as much...since... you know... no defective disc xD I had original... copies... friend copies and friend original even tried with different consoles cleaning disc resurfacing trying different disc 3 without shutting down the play 'cause i hadn't safe for hourrrssss and farmed for long ALWAYS SOMETHING XD ... Today i realised...that cosmo canyon boss was a piece of cake after all (Y) As soon i'm done with MGS V Phantom Pain i'll start twitching FF9 (Already in Treno in around 9 hours.. minus the 4 hours of tetra games i played to get some rare card for fun... xD)
Oh nooo a defective disc?! Haha I remember that happening to me sometimes, or worse, a sibling erasing your save file XD I hope you enjoy IX! I'm almost done with XV, it was a really emotional game. I can't wait till the piano sheet music comes out :) I also love the tempo change at the beginning, although it can be a bit deceiving for someone who isn't planning to watch the entire thing haha :)
my buddy already plays one of the piano songs of this game perfectly ahah learned by ear he was so trippin when he bought a new keyboard with pressure sensibility
This reminds me of the day I came home from school, and defeated the boss inside the cosmo canyon cave. Nanaki (Red XIII) found his petrified father pierced with arrows and learned he died defending the canyon. Red XIII realized the mistake he'd made for hating his father all those years.
Do you think at any point you'll do OST versions of FF music? As nice as these Piano Collections ones are I still do prefer the originals :) I also thought of another great series it would be great if you could look into for music - Castlevania!
Ah yes, Castlevania! I hope to cover some from that someday, I think there are some nice arrangements out there. I personally prefer the arrangements over the OST, because for me it's not just about the theme but also what can be done with that theme in a piano arrangement. The piano can do so much, and I love seeing what others have done with it to make these themes really shine!
"I am Nanaki, son of the warrior Seto!"
Easily one of the most emotional moments in the game.
I cry my eyes out every time I play/watch that.
Bro you made me tear up reading this in my mind 😂
Nanaki would be proud!
Seto, too!
@@EloiSioMichalski what about bugenhagen? LoL
@@John-dd8kh so would he, I guess haha
Seto is crying hearing this beautiful cover.
I find it incredible that even after 20 years one of my favourite games, and soundtracks is being immortalised by the magical work of you, and everyone else who keeps covering these classic pieces of brilliance. Please please keep going.
Thank you so much, and I definitely will. It's comments like these that make me want to keep going!!
I'll be avidly looking forward to your next upload :). With this particular song if you ever get a chance, or if you haven't already listen to the other Cosmo canyon version which is called 'The Great Warrior' it's very stirring, again it's another Nobou Uematsu piece. Onwards upwards :)
@@KaraComparetto I loved it! Feeling good to know there are still FF7 fans out there, all waiting for the FF7 HD soon haha =) Another wonderful song is eyes on me FF8, I don`t know why, it just fell magic to me ; )
This was one of my favorite tunes in FFVII, I spent hours at Cosmo Canyon only to hear it. I love, love, love your interpretation of it,! Beautiful Kara, thank you so much.
I know the feeling of spending a long time in one place in a game just to hear the music hahha. I do it in XIV when I'm in Foundation at night hahhaa. Thank you so much :)
I'm 33 already. I always cry at this moment in the game. Maybe it's because I don't get along as well as I'd want with my father but this song always touch my heart.
Nanaki hates his father, he thinks of him as a coward who betrayed the people who swore to protect but then he discovers the true. While Bugenhagen explain it to him, Nanaki just stand in silence:
- Look, Nanaki. Look at your father, at the warrior, Seto.
(And the drums kick into the song while the camera shifts to show us the fearless Seto up in the canyon against a red moon in the sky)
- I am Nanaki of Cosmo Canyon! The son of the warrior, Seto! I'll come back a warrior true to that noble name! So please, Grandpa...
(And tears start to fall from Seto's eyes, and the drums enter again, and Nanaki howls... and I cry with him)
The emotions that this song invokes within the hearts of people are just so powerful; your arrangement has literally brought a tear to my eye.
Thank you for reminding me just how beautiful music is.
I only just found your work, and it is exceptional. Thank you for the light you bring into the world.
du velours une vrais régal de nostalgie. MERCI !
How interesting this track on piano. Love it, Kara! Thank you for your work 💓
This is just so beautiful, bravo!
RIP Nanakis playability in FF7 Remake...
( Amazing arrangement for my Nanaki... he would be proud..THANK YOU)
There are so many good sounding tracks in FF7, this one being one of my favorites. You play it perfectly excellent work.
Thank you! I have really enjoyed all the FFVII collections music so far!!
Kara Comparetto, the music from Cosmo Canyon was great. Have you ever done The Forgotten Capital (City) theme song yet?
no I haven't done that one yet- is that also from Final Fantasy VII?
I've been always a fan of FFVII, but I never realized that Cosmo Canyon's theme was sooooo good...until I watched your video interpreting it. Awesome!!! Thanks to you, I've got a new achievement in mind talking about piano playing. Really grateful to you!!
That's so nice to hear! Actually I'm not a huge fan of the Distant Worlds arrangement of this theme. I mean, it's excellent no doubt, but I fell in love with THIS piano arrangement and it's now one of my favorite FF themes to play :)
I was hypnotised. Beautiful
Wow, you really are into the Final Fantasy music series and I can see why. The music is outstanding! It is rich with beautiful harmonies and sprinkled with dissonance in all the right places. I LOVE the Hamaguchi arrangements. Really great what you are doing here Kara. BRAVO!! ~Jackie
Thank you, and so do I! This is one of my favorite arrangements so far. I'm not sure it's one of the most popular FF pieces, but the arrangement is fantastic!!
You are most welcome Kara! I am glad that you don't just play the favs of others, but your own personal favs.....and it really is a great arrangement! To me, passion and love for the music is more important than anything. I always say, "If I can't feel it, I can't play it" :-) Take care, ~Jackie
You have done a marvelous work with one of my favorite soundtracks from FF7 - thank you!
You are so underrated! Easily one of the best (if not the best) I've seen and heard on TH-cam.
Will follow and support as much as possible :)
Thank you Simon!! :O And thank you for subscribing, hope to see you around! :D
My all time favourite piece of video game music, this is the best cover I have ever seen. You are incredible.
"I am Nanaki, son of Seto... Warrior and protector of Cosmo Canyon."
The way you feel the music and control the sound is so amazing. I love your interpretation of songs of my childhood. I’m so glad I found your channel!
This is the most beautiful version of Cosmo Canyon I’ve ever heard.
I wish i had the opportunity to learn to play like you do. You give me hope where many have squandered it.
Enchanting. Simply enchanting. 😃
Just amazing how you could reproduce these pieces with such mastery! Congrats, Kara! You're a great musician, such emotion playing. This is one of my favs, alongside Tifa's theme.
Hi Kara, this one was definately worth the waiting. Flawless perfomance as usual, keep up the good work!
Thank you very very much Demian!!
This song has something that touches my deepest strings for some reason. 20 years and I haven't found out what or why... loved the performance!
I'm late as fuck... but I would wait another 1000 years to hear this cover.
Love, love, love, this song! What a beautiful rendition. Thank you Kara for your beautiful works, they inspire my day.
Amazing cover, as usual. In my opinion there is no other channel that go though the final fantasy piano collection that beautifully. Keep it up!
Thank you for that. I hope my classical upbringing shows through, because I personally believe both Uematsu and Hamaguchi meant them to be this way. :)
Kara, thank you for your wonderful pieces of piano =), greetings from Chile.
Thank you Nicolas! Greetings from New Hampshire!
I love ur videos, u bring so much life to such wonderful pieces of music, Thank you!
I love Cosmo Canyon theme, is so beautiful. Well played! I loved it.
I like a lot the piano collections version of this theme, you have a beautiful playing as always :)
Impressive. great song. great work
You are beautiful Kara, Bravo!
A very accomplished performance showing great technical command and wonderful artistic insight and imagination. As you say, the arrangement is superb. Thank you for this very inspiring musical experience ! With best wishes, Paul
Thank you Paul! I guess my classical upbringing shows through a lot in this arrangement- it's totally my style :) Hamaguchi takes a very "impressionistic" approach with his arrangements, and I love it!
I needed to hear this right now, thank you for posting.
Wow. What an incredible angle on this beauty!
My God this takes me back! Thank you for this :)
I like how you sped up the tempo so abruptly from the beginning! Definitely agree with this Piano Collections version being more classy than the OST. And would love to see you do the Piano Opera arrangement as well!! Both are really great arrangements!! :)
Yeah, the tempo change is a cool way to draw attention to the "story-like" feel of this arrangement. The layout is just perfect, and I love how it ends with the same theme as the beginning. Hopefully I'll cover the opera version in the near future!
Simply amazing. Thank you!
This has always been an extremely emotional piece for me. I've never purposefully gone out to find piano arrangements for it, but this is the best playing of it on this instrument I have heard so far.
My favorite part of the song would have to be the tonal shift around 2:42 here that is present in so many renditions, not sure why. You have some of the best played pieces I've ever heard on your channel, and the effort put into the recording setup shows. I hope you play pieces that you enjoy and continue to do so, sometimes I worry that songs I'm listening to might have a lack of conviction because of pressure to perform. Seriously a wonderful channel.
Thank you for such thoughtful words! Means so much to me :)
Absolutely shook
C'est vraiment beau a regarder et a entendre.Je te tire mon chapeau.
This is really beautiful
One of my favourite tunes in Final Fantasy VII. Nice work.
one of my favorites too!!
The key suits this melody well, beautiful harmonics
Love it :)
have you ever played the Burmecia / Freya's theme from IX? I haven't seen it on your channel, I'd love to hear it
Hm, I don't know which one that is by name, but I play the entire IX album. I'll have to look up the name, I love the entire album and hope to record them all very soon!
Yes please!! Ff9 has a beautiful soundtrack and storyline! One of my most favorite and most emotional game ❤️
nghe mà hoài niệm quá... cảm ơn Kara, bạn trình diễn rất xuất sắc
Wow, pretty fast, especially for those parallel 4ths... really keeps you on the edge of your seat, so to speak! Nice tempo choices; great work!
Thank you Nicholas! In the arrangement, the tempo starts as Moderato and changes to something faster (not allegro but something a little faster than the original tempo). I took advantage of that, I thought it made for a good introduction!
A very controlled and graceful allegretto indeed ! Good luck in the rest of your quest ~
Such a great song! You have awesome taste!
I liked this video before it even started playing XD
This is probably my favourite FF 7 piano collection piece. It's just got a hauntingly beautiful melody that gives me goosebumps every time.
I loved the vigour with which you played this, suited it so well. Always looking forward to the next one! =)
Thank you for all these comments, I love reading them! So far this is not only one of my favorite themes from VII but also my favorite arrangement! I had sooo much fun learning this one :)
Nice interpretation Kara thanks!
Thank you Jake!!
THE SONG OF MY PEOPLE!
Great job Kara!
Hahaha I'll just have to guess on what you mean by that XDXD thanks Jake!! And thanks for being there on my stream!
Your covers are always so high quality and professional and beautiful T_T if one stops to consider all the work that goes into these, that you do for us just for fun, its like wow, you're the best :) Also I think as I learn, I can appreciate how good you are even more than before haha
Your awesome cover hereby has this FF7 fan's approval :D
P.S. your hands lifting away at the end reminds me of the birds at the end of the final ending cutscene--you won't have seen the cutscene, but still hahahaha
Thank you so much Chad! And thank you for all your support here and elsewhere, you really motivate me. And hopefully I can motivate you to keep working hard till you're playing these too! hehehe.
I can't wait for the remake DDDDD::::::
Absolutely enjoyed every second.
Whoa, really nice! You had some really excellent, fluid phrasing throughout the whole thing, I thought, and the ending had a really nice, careful decrescendo. Also, your transitions in and out of f to mp/p were reaaaaaally smooth, which is *not* easy to do (1:30 is one of a bunch of examples of that). I also thought you had really good tempo shifts. It was just really expressive in general--thanks for sharing it! (also, the arrangement is killer, you're right)
I can tell you're really listening to dynamic changes, and I'm glad you thought mine were on par! If anything, I struggle most with this, because my piano needs its hammers voiced, and my microphones aren't quite balanced right, I don't think. But there's a lot of fun to be had with the dynamics in this arrangement!
Is so beautiful, and the music also... ❤
So glad to have discovered you!
Thank you Cat I'm happy you did too!!
Been a while since your last video but it was worth the wait XD!! Performance was beautiful as always. Keep it coming and see ya in your next video!!
Yes it has been too long! I am still brainstorming about how I want to go about livestreaming. I have the time for it, so I'd love to make it a part of what I do :) Thank you for watching this one!!
Well that will be cool to see you do a livestream. Just have to archive and upload it when you are done so others can watch it if they cannot catch you during your stream 😉!! Looking forward to it!!
Simply excellent.
I came here to see what fingerings you used on all of those quartal harmonies, and it helped!
Excellently done!
That was really good.
Goosebumps.
'dat Modal motiff!
has such a nice Debussy like feel.
i really like the bouncier tempo you chose. gives piece more pep without coming across as frantic kuppo.
=)
haha thank you! It's a fine line between the OST which is a bit more upbeat in my opinion, and a contemplative piano arrangement, which I think is what Hamaguchi was going for with this one.
I got goosebumps seeing your emotions after the contemplative section :D :}
Thank you Martin! I'm glad you even enjoy the final fantasy music :) I can't wait to see your next bust!
Just... wow. She's lovely and plays great music incredibly. Would pay for tickets if i could!
Wish I could give a real concert sometime!!
depending on what part of the country/world you are in, maybe a local university can host a recital if you get in touch with a music or gaming club to help sponsor you? Or maybe a local convention needs a panel and you can perform at one of those?
Just awesome
I love this song. ♥️ Bugenhagen would endorce your performance, along with Nanaki. 😊
Nice. This song always makes me think of tradition, peaceful and unchanging. Thank you for the rendition and upload! Looking forward to more! Oh, yeah, have you heard of the NieR : Automata soundtrack before?
Thank you! I haven't heard much of the Nier soundtrack but I have received many other requests from that game! I need to find some good arrangements of the music, which is usually the hard part. XD
Alright. Hope you enjoy the music too! Looking forward to it if you ever play the pieces!
Kara you're back!!! Best notification I got all day!!! Do you have a fan page somewhere on which we can leave song requests? Or just follow you cause you're awesome hahaha!
Haha I know, it was tooooo long since I posted :( I'm thinking of doing a live stream here on the weeks I don't post. I hate not being in touch with you guys for such long periods of time. I don't have a fan page but you can always put your requests here in the comments! I do have an agenda already set up for what I'm recording in the future, but I love to see what you guys want, and sometimes it makes its way onto my list :)
"Tsing ... tsing... tsing ... tsing ..." says Seto by dropping some tears from the top of the mountain
"Woaow .... woaow .... woaow .... woaow ..." says nanaki
Really great moment enjoying keep it up this is really huge +👍
I Love your final fantasy's choices for playing so beautifuly. Have you ever thought about playing terra's theme from ff6? It will be wonderful by your hands. Thanks for another great piece :)
Terra's theme, YES! I recently watched someone's performance of that, and got inspired. I don't have all the music from the piano collections VI, but I should be able to get it easy :)
I'll be looking forward for it :). I love your work and inspires me playing also, even though I'm just a beginner. I always watch your videos dreaming that someday I'll play like you do. Thanks
Love this song!
Me too! thank you david :)
Beautifully played, Kara! Can I request FF7 Main theme? Thanks!
Wow this is amazing. You made your own way through his pice and I like it more than the original version.
Thank you Noel! I do too, it's very different than the OST but soooo nice, and soooo perfect for the piano. It's as smooth as butter under the fingers :)
Yes I agree with you.
In the ff7 Piani collection are a lot of such "as smooth as butter" pieces. Hopefull i will catch your next livestream. I was on a piano concert and couldnt catch you stream.
Greatings your Noel.
This sound is good.
Bravo!
Well done!
Great work
Definitely the best piece from the ffvii piano collections, can I ask how old is your steinway? it has a very good tone and more character than some of the newer models I've heard
Thank you Nick, it's one of my favorites for sure! My Steinway is a 1925 model L. The 1920s were some of the best years for Steinway, so I am really happy with my instrument! I'm also glad you like it too :)
Incredible videos! Do you mind sharing where you get your sheet music?
🔥J'adore
Next level: Piano Opera
Wow, amazing playing! I was wondering, what fingering would you recommand for this piece? I've been trying to play it, but I'm not sure what fingering I should use
Hmmm, what do I think of this?
I think it's beautiful and AMAZINGLY played! Today was quite a stressful day for me, so thank you for helping me feel better with your amazing playing cause I couldn't even crack a music joke to my friends 😭😂
I'm glad to have calmed the stress just a little bit, I know how those days are :( Just a little nice music can make all the difference! Hope you're feeling better now :)
Kara, have you ever taken a look at the Main Theme from this book? I think it's called that, I somehow ended up with the Japanese version of this book. It's the only one in E Major.
There's a tricky chord in measure 14, voiced D#, E, G#, D#, and I'm interested to hear what your suggested finger for that chord is. You are my go-to resource for how to play these tunes.
Beautiful playing as always!
It's the piano collections for VII? I'm sure I've played it before but off the top of my head can't remember! I'll try to take a look at it when I'm able :)
Yeah, the book I have is blue with a piano on the cover. You're the best!
Amazing! ^^
Hi Kara, just discovered your channel and.. wow, the way you play these tracks is so beautiful, i really enjoyed it. I always had a passion for videogames and music too, so I'm really appreciating what I've listened so far. If you please, I would like to give you some music suggestions on YT you may not yet know, inspiration is fundamental in my opinion :-) Ni No Kuni (gorgeous game, love it. Look for the main theme and expecially the world map cover by atin piano), Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2(gorgeous games too, you can find lots of music by hollow riku), monkey island 2, 3 (look for w3sp, he's very good), lastly Eternal Sonata Leap the Precipice by dusk piano. Hope to see this channel keep growing, it deserves it. Greetings from Italy !
thank you so much for this! All of those games except Kingdom Hearts I haven't heard of, which is surprising because I get so many new requests every week! I'll definitely keep these in mind, but Kingdom Hearts for sure will be coming up, i actually had the privilege of playing the first one ^^
Kara Comparetto glad to hear that ! I expecially reccomend you Ni no kuni, real emotional and beautiful story, definetely one of a kind. If you enjoyed KH 1 then I'm pretty sure you'd love this too :-D
Kara Comparetto if you played themes like Aladdin and little mermaid, and beauty and the beast, primarily you've done the basics for Kingdom Hearts 1 already because it's a Disney themed game for the most part with levels themed around Disney movies as well as others I won't mention to help you or give you ideas.
I actually had the pleasure of playing that game when I was younger! I only played the first one, but really enjoyed it and would love to play the next one in the series. Great music and GREAT GAME!
Kara Comparetto; apparently one of the arrangements I was looking for "Find your way" was beautifully done, but the other one that I was looking for is called "Mark of a Traitor", the theme for Corel in FF7. I will keep looking...
Remarcable ! Indeed the flow of the song is a lot different from the original, I so like the sudden changes of rhytme that you interpreted so beautifully. And as if the beauty of this song wasn't enough you smiled through it ...
Beautiful song played beautifully by a natural beauty
Ps: Recently Started FF IX since i never went past disc 3 ... good thing on pc i won't struggle as much...since... you know... no defective disc xD I had original... copies... friend copies and friend original even tried with different consoles cleaning disc resurfacing trying different disc 3 without shutting down the play 'cause i hadn't safe for hourrrssss and farmed for long ALWAYS SOMETHING XD ... Today i realised...that cosmo canyon boss was a piece of cake after all (Y) As soon i'm done with MGS V Phantom Pain i'll start twitching FF9 (Already in Treno in around 9 hours.. minus the 4 hours of tetra games i played to get some rare card for fun... xD)
Oh nooo a defective disc?! Haha I remember that happening to me sometimes, or worse, a sibling erasing your save file XD I hope you enjoy IX! I'm almost done with XV, it was a really emotional game. I can't wait till the piano sheet music comes out :)
I also love the tempo change at the beginning, although it can be a bit deceiving for someone who isn't planning to watch the entire thing haha :)
my buddy already plays one of the piano songs of this game perfectly ahah learned by ear he was so trippin when he bought a new keyboard with pressure sensibility
Funny I was just listening to this OST version two days ago, and this pops up in my notifications
Wow cool! I hope you liked it. This arrangement has a bit of a different style than the OST, but I think it works very well, I love it! :)
This reminds me of the day I came home from school, and defeated the boss inside the cosmo canyon cave. Nanaki (Red XIII) found his petrified father pierced with arrows and learned he died defending the canyon. Red XIII realized the mistake he'd made for hating his father all those years.
I always love to hear parts of the story that I have missed! I will play this game someday, I swear hahaha :)
Listen, Nanaki, the whispers of your homeland...
Ahh amazingly played again :) I was wondering what kind of microphone you are using to record the piano? It sounds so good :)
Thank you Sami! I use two Rode M-5 microphones, one on the bass and one on the treble. I connect them to my computer through a Scarlett interface :)
Nice work
Thanks so much CJ!
Bugenhagen would be proud of you!
😂😂😂
Do you think at any point you'll do OST versions of FF music? As nice as these Piano Collections ones are I still do prefer the originals :) I also thought of another great series it would be great if you could look into for music - Castlevania!
Ah yes, Castlevania! I hope to cover some from that someday, I think there are some nice arrangements out there. I personally prefer the arrangements over the OST, because for me it's not just about the theme but also what can be done with that theme in a piano arrangement. The piano can do so much, and I love seeing what others have done with it to make these themes really shine!
i expected you to be banging on the piano for the drums lol
Take your time