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Just my 2 cents, if it were ever possible to do this song with the organ and some accompaniments, orchestral, drums, guitar, it would be the most remarkable and captivating song project I can possibly think of. I have no idea what the logistics would be but if there were ever something worth making happen, this is it. That being said, this is stunning all on it's own. Thanks for your hard work.
I am seriously not exaggerating: you just made a musical dream of mine a reality. I have always wished for Dancing Mad to be done justice and be played on a church organ... THANK YOU SO MUCH, this performance was sublime.
I totally agree! Back in the early 2000s when I started watching video game music covers, I wished for this video to exist. Now it does, and I am a happy man.
I was lucky to hear it at a Distant Worlds concert at Gasteig in Munich on the local organ. Dancing Mad is definitely one of my top most favorites as well.
ffxiv has a soundtrack with incredible melodic diversity. While there have been many fairly decent recreations of some of the more well known tracks, often they sqrew with the underlying melody and something is lost. This is one of those exceedingly rare occasions when full justice has been done to the original, thank you.
Dude played an eleven minute piece on an instrument as complex as a pipe organ with no sheet music, purely from memory. That's an epic level of talent.
I've given this piece quite a few sincere attempts at the piano. Sheet music doesn't really help beyond the learning phase. It's complex enough you need to know it by heart. The organ take is, yet again, another animal. Mind, this piece is extraordinarily difficult. There are videos of the Distant Worlds concert, here on TH-cam where the organist at the Royal Albert Hall, who I expect to be world class, records quite a few mistakes, primarily in phases 2 and 3. This dude is sublimely skillful.
@@HakureiMikko thats live so one take. This guy gets the benefit of recording multiple takes until he gets a perfect one (something all youtubers do even if they lie and say they dont). Also humans make mistakes
@@BlairHexyde Not really true. First, being able to put in thousands of hours of practice is a kind of talent. Second, there is a massive correlation between those who are talented at something and those who put in tons of hours of practice at something.
@@MoogieSRO Apparently you have no idea how TH-cam bans everything that any copyright holders claim. You are living in an ideal, imaginary world. In reality, you get banned right away because TH-cam doesn't want lawsuits even if the law is on their side.
Many people might not expect music from a 16 bit game that came out 26 years ago to be something that can really demonstrate the aural firepower of a giant organ like this, but here we are. Honestly, this performance makes you *feel* like you're "Dancing Mad."
Japanese video game companies had an absolute folly of riches. To think that Square had Nobuo doing this, then their backup sound tech threatens to quit if he can’t do a soundtrack and busts out CHRONO TRIGGER. Man, the game music from this era is some of the best music ever written, and there is nothing anyone can tell me to convince me otherwise.
I'd argue that the music from that exact niche lends itself BEST on pipe organ. There's something similar between the two. Much like metal and classical music have common ground.
Geez, you can see him bracing at 6:57 for the sheer amount of noise the organ is about to make. I can't even imagine what it's like to be on the recieving end of that chord.
It may actually be the key weight: whether this instrument specifically is, organists who play mechanically-actuated instruments (versus electrically-actuated) actually do have to press harder on the keys as more stops are drawn and the resistance from the wind pressure increases. ... it also looks and feels super cool.
Something that should never be understated about this piece is how beautiful it is. Not just in being good music, but that it does not shy away from making this final confrontation sound immaculate and holy. It sounds like music you would hear in a church, exalting God, and that only adds to the uncomfortable nature of this final fight. Kefka has become God at his point, the heavens are opening and singing his praises. It is a beautiful and terrifying thing to behold and this music captures that perfectly. It would have been easy to just make something sound manic and intimidating like the final part, but it goes full out to show the horrifying glory of what Kefka has turned himself into.
I've actually been searching for a professionally made Organ cover of Dancing mad for a while. This is better than i could have imagined. Thank you for making my day, i aspire to be as amazing as Roman one day
@@PhoenixFlame321 I love it, and the use of Kefka's theme through out. Throw in his trademark laugh. Dancing Mad to me is a far better end game music than "Sephiroth" and I love "Sephiroth." Its both theme music and the last boss theme. Kefka got his theme that was played though the game and then Dancing Mad.
@@Gebirges probably because Kefka is not a god like most religions worship, instead, he's a god of madness, destruction, chaos and magic, hence the music sounding chaotic rather than divine
Talk about _nailing it!_ There are a literal ton of these covers on youtube, but this one has to be the only one that fully embraces the macabre insanity, and gives it true life.
Sangnoksu actually has a full symphonic arrangement of this song, and what's more impressive is how much it stays true to Kefka's narrative themes. Here's the link by the way: th-cam.com/video/-O-9U_QKhgA/w-d-xo.html
@@Mrhellslayerz Sangnoksu's cover is nothing short of amazing, but there's just something so aesthetically pleasing with a lone performer playing such a twisting, mad piece in an empty cathedral that makes this cover, at least in presentation, stand out more to me.
Some of Uematsu's works just seem like they were meant for the organ. So appropriate to have the final battle themes of God-like antagonists played from a God-like instrument. I don't know of any other instrument that can match that power.
The only cover that doesnt have the famous laugh that doesnt feel lacking without it. Gorgeous work. The best cover of the best boss theme for the best villain. A true monument of non-existence!
How am I JUST NOW finding this?!?!? Master organist. Use of color and registers is perfection. And you can tell he’s enjoying every minute of it. Beautiful church and organ too.
IMO Dancing Mad absolutely blows One Winged Angel out of the water. One Winged Angel is fantastic but Dancing Mad is like, a masterpiece above a masterpiece.
It is more barroque/classic, that is for sure. But that doesn't mean it is superior than One Winged Angel, that I think is melodically superior. Dancing Mad had Movements like a classical piece of music. One Winged Angel is a modern song with a electric guitar and a "Bohemian Rhapsody like" structure (it is changing all the time and it maintains fresh for it) Both have their merits and both are amazing pieces if you ask me.
@@antonironstag5085 Are you sure of that tho? I see a lot of guys online saying that, but if you actually search the quote, you'll find that he actually like To Zanarkand the best as a theme, and, originally, the IX' score. Now the VI score is his favourite. The VI' score as a whole, not Dancing Mad.
Oh man... If someone started playing this in the middle of a service, who would stop them? It would be 11 minutes of awed, kind of terrified, magnificent confusion and bewilderment.
Just realized I've walked past this church many times because it's right beside a mall and a busy train station. Wish I could have been there when he played!
6:58 That part was so intense that it honestly felt like satan himself was gunna burst from the floor as all the windows in the room shatter and all the pipes in the organ burst into flames.
I give heartfelt congratulations on you playing "Dancing Mad" without sheet music. I cannot even begin to imagine how difficult this was for you to learn and play in practice. You did a fantastic job! Your interpretation of the third movement was world class! Thanks for sharing your process with us. Uematsu would be floored with happiness by your beautiful tribute.
07:00 I keep coming back for this just because of this intense chord, which automatically makes this cover of Dancing Mad the best on TH-cam. I'm surprised the Church didn't collapse when you played this.
4:54-6:00 and 9:00 onward are some of the finest melodic work I have ever heard and Uematsu’s genius just pours out because of your astounding rendition.
Magnificent. Having the opening sequence repeated at the end is almost heartbreaking. It was impressive how you were able to consistently add and shift stops to build tension. Avoiding the functional loops of VGM and keeping the classical nature intact. Thank you for sharing your hard work.
Dunno what's more beautiful: the song, the organ, the set or the player itself... Guess I'll go with all equally as amazing and stunning. Wonderful work!
I'm really enjoying this cover because since dancing mad was composed by Uematsu to be a compilation and remix of songs and themes through the entire game you can really tell which parts of the song come from the other pieces that make up the whole. Thank you for this.
It is exceptionally rare for an organ to be used this extensively. I am sure you made this organ properly satisfied after such a masterpiece! Well done!
Oh dear sweet Jesus this.. this just literally made me tear up in the break room at work. I've been waiting for someone to do something like this for a long time. This is amazing.
Imagine asking the church if you could play video game music on an extremely expensive organ. I can only imagine how this all came about, but I very much appreciate it.
The fact that it's released on my birthday. Yes, listening to Dancing Mad while I was celebrating my birthday after struggling in grief of a loss. What a birthday.
You've capture the chilling feeling of dread I felt years ago when I challenged Kefka for the first time under-leveled and without enough phoenix downs.
This was just absolutely amazing. I listened this with headphones and could feel every single note. And the church this was played in was gorgeous as well, really added to the magnificence of the piece. Just...so much wow.
@7:00 - You see how all those knobs suddenly stick out when the massive chord hits? Those knobs are called stops. They are pulled out. He literally pulled out all the stops.
Whoever had the idea to play this song on pipe organ deserves some kind of reward. This sounds so amazing and brings me back to when I was young and first experienced this part of that game.
Not even a minute and a half in and i'm crying, this is so great! I originally subscribed because you hinted at this video a long time ago. I'm glad I did, because your music has always been fantastic! I'll definitely be sticking around for more!
I just love that you can hear the organ kinda groaning as the great dramatic part of act 4 is played, like even it knows what it’s helping to grace this world with. Such a good piece, just those first few notes gave me proper chills.
I've listened to this 11x total over time. I keep coming back. Such an inspired performance of the theme for one of the most completely evil characters!
This is, in my opinion, the greatest version of Dancing Mad put to video. The organ, the maestro playing it, the acoustics of St. John's, they all combine to to create a goosebump-inducing rendition of my personal favorite composition from Nobuo Uematsu. Thank you for giving this to us, I love it!
I'm extremely stingy with likes and comments, but man... You absolutely blew me away. Final Fantasy 6 has been, and probably always will be, my favorite RPG of all time. I am both extremely impressed and insanely jealous of the amount of skill that went into this piece. The only people that I can even imagine disliking this are FF7 fanboys that just can't admit that Kefka is better than Sephiroth.
I'm not lying when I say: Kefka approves this cover! Bravo! that was an amazing SOLO performance, I only wish you had 4 arms to play the complete song.
Crazy cool. Even got the multiple camera's going. Crazy. I didn't even know organs had foot pedals that played bass notes like that. I've played guitar for like 15 years and can play a little bit of piano, but organs apparently are some next level shit.
Holy crap! This is amazing! One of my favorites from the entire Final Fantasy series, on a church organ! I am upset with myself for just discovering this now. Absolutely beautiful!
This gave me chills throughout. This has been and probably always will be my favorite boss music in the franchise, and this cover is my favorite version. I had goosebumps for most of it, but when that huge, sinister bunch of notes dropped (fittingly right when Kefka finishes his arrival), my goosebumps got their own goosebumps. Perfection.
thank you for this. respects uematsu rightly alongside other serious composers, and your organist's virtuosity speaks for itself - even a lay viewer sees that this musician speaks with delightful fluency on the instrument.
Dear God... This is just stunning. I absolutely adore the pipe organ, and to hear one of the most iconic battle themes done justice on such a powerful instrument like it was meant for... unf. I am in awe.
I felt that way deeper than I thought I would. I couldn't stop listening; truly an amazing piece performed powerfully. I'm getting it and sharing it with anyone I can. Thank you. I have tears from it.
What's your favorite part of the song? I love the section beginning at 4:51. The way it starts with such a pure, choir-like innocence, and slowly grows darker and darker as Kefka's madness seeps into the song... Absolutely amazing.
Ever notice how true masters of an instrument will move their head or or weave with the music? Its almost as if you’re not playing, but communicating. The instrument an extension of the mind, body and soul. It’s truly a beautiful thing to have the privilege of watching. Thank you.
"Communication" or showbiz? Sometimes, this pretty much condenses to exactly the same thing. True "true masters" are able to precisely control their body during a performance and focus on what they're doing. Nevertheless, I totally agree that Roman's performance was an absolutely stunning one.
@@WoodymC It always felt to me like watching someone who is so familiar with a tool (old stories of swordsmen come to mind) that they use it as if its an extension of their body. In that sense, yeah that fits pretty well in terms of no wasted movement.
Man, imagine sitting inside that church while he was playing this. I would've immediately stopped praying. Heck, the chords at 07:00 would've made me think that Satan just occupied the building, lmao.
kefka isn't really a nihilist, he's a flat out sadist obsessed with destruction. the main theme of the game is love, and its antagonist represents the opposite: hatred. in the final battle kefka has become so powerful that he's close to a god, but he's an all-hating god as opposed to all-loving. he was sort of a satanic figure at first, but then gained power and ascended to godhood.
I'm just.... stunned. That was equally beautiful, impressive, nostalgic and amazing. That he played the entire piece with no sheet music and by the expression on his face and his movements throughout, he was not only playing the music, he was feeling it at the simultaneously.
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Just my 2 cents, if it were ever possible to do this song with the organ and some accompaniments, orchestral, drums, guitar, it would be the most remarkable and captivating song project I can possibly think of. I have no idea what the logistics would be but if there were ever something worth making happen, this is it.
That being said, this is stunning all on it's own. Thanks for your hard work.
Brain fart, meant choir not orchestra.
Oh my god this blew my mind. Please do Pandemonium Castle from FF9!!
I am seriously not exaggerating: you just made a musical dream of mine a reality. I have always wished for Dancing Mad to be done justice and be played on a church organ... THANK YOU SO MUCH, this performance was sublime.
I second this comment!! Seriously, well done!! Beyond Well Done! This is amazing.
I totally agree! Back in the early 2000s when I started watching video game music covers, I wished for this video to exist. Now it does, and I am a happy man.
I was lucky to hear it at a Distant Worlds concert at Gasteig in Munich on the local organ. Dancing Mad is definitely one of my top most favorites as well.
ffxiv has a soundtrack with incredible melodic diversity. While there have been many fairly decent recreations of some of the more well known tracks, often they sqrew with the underlying melody and something is lost. This is one of those exceedingly rare occasions when full justice has been done to the original, thank you.
poltergeistx Johnny atma does something similar in his remix of dancing mad
That hit at 7:00 is absurd. I can't imagine sitting in that room and feeling that, good lord
My HP would drop really quickly under that kind of fire.
I was listening along, vibing, then that shit slapped me square in the face, broke my nose, cracked a rib, and then some. So good!
Saaaameeeee
When God himself is the final boss.
God damn youre right
Dude played an eleven minute piece on an instrument as complex as a pipe organ with no sheet music, purely from memory. That's an epic level of talent.
It's maybe 10% talent and thousands of hours of practise.
The genius of HARD WORK!
I've given this piece quite a few sincere attempts at the piano. Sheet music doesn't really help beyond the learning phase. It's complex enough you need to know it by heart.
The organ take is, yet again, another animal. Mind, this piece is extraordinarily difficult. There are videos of the Distant Worlds concert, here on TH-cam where the organist at the Royal Albert Hall, who I expect to be world class, records quite a few mistakes, primarily in phases 2 and 3.
This dude is sublimely skillful.
@@HakureiMikko thats live so one take. This guy gets the benefit of recording multiple takes until he gets a perfect one (something all youtubers do even if they lie and say they dont). Also humans make mistakes
@@BlairHexyde Not really true. First, being able to put in thousands of hours of practice is a kind of talent. Second, there is a massive correlation between those who are talented at something and those who put in tons of hours of practice at something.
Criminally under rated performance. Nobuo needs to hear this.
Agreed!
Uematsu would be proud. Should try to tweet this at him.
Grissini Project you really captured the feelings of the pain and battle. Cheers.
KEFKA WOULD BE PROUDER
And then this video gets banned for IP infringement.
@@niccolom Somebody doesn't know the meaning of Fair Use. (Hint: it's you, not Uematsu)
@@MoogieSRO Apparently you have no idea how TH-cam bans everything that any copyright holders claim.
You are living in an ideal, imaginary world. In reality, you get banned right away because TH-cam doesn't want lawsuits even if the law is on their side.
Many people might not expect music from a 16 bit game that came out 26 years ago to be something that can really demonstrate the aural firepower of a giant organ like this, but here we are. Honestly, this performance makes you *feel* like you're "Dancing Mad."
Japanese video game companies had an absolute folly of riches. To think that Square had Nobuo doing this, then their backup sound tech threatens to quit if he can’t do a soundtrack and busts out CHRONO TRIGGER. Man, the game music from this era is some of the best music ever written, and there is nothing anyone can tell me to convince me otherwise.
I'd argue that the music from that exact niche lends itself BEST on pipe organ. There's something similar between the two. Much like metal and classical music have common ground.
Your cover is the first one to actually do all of Movement 4 and do it justice. Well done sir. I hope that Uematsu sees this some day.
Why does the beginning of this piece sound like the Emperor’s theme from star wars to me?
Geez, you can see him bracing at 6:57 for the sheer amount of noise the organ is about to make. I can't even imagine what it's like to be on the recieving end of that chord.
It may actually be the key weight: whether this instrument specifically is, organists who play mechanically-actuated instruments (versus electrically-actuated) actually do have to press harder on the keys as more stops are drawn and the resistance from the wind pressure increases.
... it also looks and feels super cool.
Someone actually did a complete Dancing Mad arrangement on an organ?
Sir, you have all my respect
There are multiple, but -- speaking as an organist -- I'd by far rank this one the best I've listened to yet.
Something that should never be understated about this piece is how beautiful it is. Not just in being good music, but that it does not shy away from making this final confrontation sound immaculate and holy. It sounds like music you would hear in a church, exalting God, and that only adds to the uncomfortable nature of this final fight. Kefka has become God at his point, the heavens are opening and singing his praises. It is a beautiful and terrifying thing to behold and this music captures that perfectly. It would have been easy to just make something sound manic and intimidating like the final part, but it goes full out to show the horrifying glory of what Kefka has turned himself into.
I've actually been searching for a professionally made Organ cover of Dancing mad for a while. This is better than i could have imagined. Thank you for making my day, i aspire to be as amazing as Roman one day
0:12 = Tier 1 (Inferno)
2:53 = Tier 2 (Purgatory)
4:52 = Tier 3 (Paradise)
6:36 = Ascension
7:17 = Tier 4 - First Half (God)
8:57 = Tier 4 - Second Half (The Clown)
10:58 = The Death of Kefka
the "ascension" part is also the build and reveal for the title when you start the game.
@@therizinosaurus214 Isn't it thematically fitting that the very first music in the game is heard right before the final confrontation happens?
@@PhoenixFlame321 I love it, and the use of Kefka's theme through out. Throw in his trademark laugh. Dancing Mad to me is a far better end game music than "Sephiroth" and I love "Sephiroth." Its both theme music and the last boss theme. Kefka got his theme that was played though the game and then Dancing Mad.
I still don't understand why the God part of the song is the most chaotic of them all. Is it because he's not a real god or what was the reason?
@@Gebirges probably because Kefka is not a god like most religions worship, instead, he's a god of madness, destruction, chaos and magic, hence the music sounding chaotic rather than divine
Talk about _nailing it!_ There are a literal ton of these covers on youtube, but this one has to be the only one that fully embraces the macabre insanity, and gives it true life.
Sangnoksu: Hold my instruments.
Sangnoksu actually has a full symphonic arrangement of this song, and what's more impressive is how much it stays true to Kefka's narrative themes.
Here's the link by the way: th-cam.com/video/-O-9U_QKhgA/w-d-xo.html
@@Mrhellslayerz Sangnoksu's cover is nothing short of amazing, but there's just something so aesthetically pleasing with a lone performer playing such a twisting, mad piece in an empty cathedral that makes this cover, at least in presentation, stand out more to me.
This might just be the best rendition of dancing mad on the internet.
Some of Uematsu's works just seem like they were meant for the organ. So appropriate to have the final battle themes of God-like antagonists played from a God-like instrument. I don't know of any other instrument that can match that power.
Very true, one of Nobuo's inspirations was Jon Lord from Deep Purple so it really helped with battle themes and fast paced rythmn songs.
Uematsu said when he was composing this song, he just didn't want to stop. It was just too much fun for him. Was it as fun to play?
From my own experience, I can tell you: It _is._
The only cover that doesnt have the famous laugh that doesnt feel lacking without it. Gorgeous work. The best cover of the best boss theme for the best villain. A true monument of non-existence!
The Black Mages' version also lacks the laugh but is great. I'd suggest giving it a listen.
How am I JUST NOW finding this?!?!?
Master organist. Use of color and registers is perfection.
And you can tell he’s enjoying every minute of it. Beautiful church and organ too.
IMO Dancing Mad absolutely blows One Winged Angel out of the water. One Winged Angel is fantastic but Dancing Mad is like, a masterpiece above a masterpiece.
Dancing Mad and the Opera are such complex pieces of music, and beautiful.
It is more barroque/classic, that is for sure. But that doesn't mean it is superior than One Winged Angel, that I think is melodically superior. Dancing Mad had Movements like a classical piece of music. One Winged Angel is a modern song with a electric guitar and a "Bohemian Rhapsody like" structure (it is changing all the time and it maintains fresh for it) Both have their merits and both are amazing pieces if you ask me.
Uematsu also says that he considers Dancing Mad his best work
@@antonironstag5085 Are you sure of that tho? I see a lot of guys online saying that, but if you actually search the quote, you'll find that he actually like To Zanarkand the best as a theme, and, originally, the IX' score. Now the VI score is his favourite. The VI' score as a whole, not Dancing Mad.
Nah bro one winged angel is always top 3 specially the remake
09:31 then 09:37 I love this sudden increase in intensity, really a beautiful piece.
"so, do you know who's playing the organ?" "idk it's either the devil or that absolute chad from the grissini project"
That whole performance shook me to my core, especially movement 2, this is sheer talent and I'm absolutely floored by the sheer love shown in this.
The sheer number of polyrhythms he’s playing rips my brain in half.
Isaac Marion THIS if only people listening knew how absolutely insanely difficult this is, it’s staggering
And I thought polyrhythms on the piano were hard. This includes two feet, this is insane 😂
BrodeurBear I keep looking for the hidden tentacles playing the extra parts because he’s clearly not human.
Isaac Marion hahaha!!!! And we haven’t even mentioned this is all from memory....
@@MarionRelics Ultros would agree with you.
That poor priest listening behind the altar.... The organist has finally gone mad.
Hahaha
Oh man... If someone started playing this in the middle of a service, who would stop them? It would be 11 minutes of awed, kind of terrified, magnificent confusion and bewilderment.
*Dancing* mad.
I'm sorry. I had to.
"The Devil has taken over my Church!"
@@johan9428 "You just played a tritone, in *MY FREAKING SERMON*
Try to imagine being outside the church and ear this by chance.
"Jesus is really jammin' this evening, Myrtle. Let's start going on Sundays again, what do you say?"
Any atheist in 5 mile radius would turn christian instantly
Just realized I've walked past this church many times because it's right beside a mall and a busy train station. Wish I could have been there when he played!
6:58 That part was so intense that it honestly felt like satan himself was gunna burst from the floor as all the windows in the room shatter and all the pipes in the organ burst into flames.
That's why it had to be played from within the sanctity of the church, otherwise satan would have been summoned.
He, quite literally, pulled out (almost) all the stops.
It throws your body into Fight or Flight mode.
I want this part going on while I enter the church for my wedding. Just to terrify my in-law family.
Imagine being in that room and some ff6 fan in the back gives a ghastly cackle in the back like kefka
By all meanings of next words, MAKE IT HAPPEN!
I never played the game in my life but having seen some playthroughs and more I’d certainly try it.
I wish I could've been there to listen to that performance in person. It's incredible.
8:55～ nobody can avoid getting goosebumps!!!!!!!
I give heartfelt congratulations on you playing "Dancing Mad" without sheet music. I cannot even begin to imagine how difficult this was for you to learn and play in practice. You did a fantastic job! Your interpretation of the third movement was world class! Thanks for sharing your process with us. Uematsu would be floored with happiness by your beautiful tribute.
6:37
This shit has me literally shivering. I would love to experience this live one day.
07:00 I keep coming back for this just because of this intense chord, which automatically makes this cover of Dancing Mad the best on TH-cam. I'm surprised the Church didn't collapse when you played this.
荘厳すぎてクラッシックを聞いているような感じ
とても素晴らしいです、高評価以外ありえない‼
4:54-6:00 and 9:00 onward are some of the finest melodic work I have ever heard and Uematsu’s genius just pours out because of your astounding rendition.
you’d probably really like some of Shigeo Sekito’s work too. try “For Heavens Sake”.
Magnificent. Having the opening sequence repeated at the end is almost heartbreaking.
It was impressive how you were able to consistently add and shift stops to build tension. Avoiding the functional loops of VGM and keeping the classical nature intact. Thank you for sharing your hard work.
8:56 the change.. was truly beautiful..
If you don't consider this the greatest piece of composition in gaming history, you are simply lying to yourself, fantastic cover!!
Man imagine hearing this as you walked by the church at night.. You be thinking you about to battle something fierce.
Dunno what's more beautiful: the song, the organ, the set or the player itself... Guess I'll go with all equally as amazing and stunning. Wonderful work!
I wasn't ready for 8:59 to the final note.... goosebumps. Amazing.
I'm really enjoying this cover because since dancing mad was composed by Uematsu to be a compilation and remix of songs and themes through the entire game you can really tell which parts of the song come from the other pieces that make up the whole. Thank you for this.
Wait, it was? I never noticed any real similarities between any part of this and the main game
Aaron Brindley Look up 8-Bit Music Theory’s analysis of Dancing Mad
@@sydniusalminia5364 play the game again. You will notice all the clips
It is exceptionally rare for an organ to be used this extensively. I am sure you made this organ properly satisfied after such a masterpiece! Well done!
Oh dear sweet Jesus this.. this just literally made me tear up in the break room at work. I've been waiting for someone to do something like this for a long time. This is amazing.
it's what Kefka would have wanted.
you monster. you absolute savage.
7:00 chills for days
10:14 oh my GOD
Maegistic, the original is already mind blowing in itself. And the organ makes it even more powerful, or should I say THIS IS AMAZING
Absolutely wonderful. I always envisioned Dancing Mad as a full organ suite, and this arrangement is wonderful.
So beautiful. I'm currently sat in my room crying to this from all the emotions it's giving off.
Imagine asking the church if you could play video game music on an extremely expensive organ. I can only imagine how this all came about, but I very much appreciate it.
The fact that it's released on my birthday.
Yes, listening to Dancing Mad while I was celebrating my birthday after struggling in grief of a loss. What a birthday.
You've capture the chilling feeling of dread I felt years ago when I challenged Kefka for the first time under-leveled and without enough phoenix downs.
This was just absolutely amazing. I listened this with headphones and could feel every single note. And the church this was played in was gorgeous as well, really added to the magnificence of the piece. Just...so much wow.
@7:00 - You see how all those knobs suddenly stick out when the massive chord hits? Those knobs are called stops. They are pulled out. He literally pulled out all the stops.
The camera should just pull back at the end to reveal Nobuo just sitting in a church pew.
Actual cannibal Nobuo Uematsu.
Doing the Citizen Kane slow clap.
Whoever had the idea to play this song on pipe organ deserves some kind of reward. This sounds so amazing and brings me back to when I was young and first experienced this part of that game.
Not even a minute and a half in and i'm crying, this is so great! I originally subscribed because you hinted at this video a long time ago. I'm glad I did, because your music has always been fantastic! I'll definitely be sticking around for more!
It only took me less than 20 seconds...I have no regrets.
I'm playing through all Final Fantasy games and so far VI is my favorite and i appreciate this cover.
4:53 I serious got teary eyed. Most beautiful part of the piece. So powerful to hear on a real organ.
I’m still amazed that Uematsu created this masterpiece of a song for a game on the SNES. The SNES! I just can’t believed he managed to do that.
This song feels so evil in the best way possible.
It's one of the reasons the game works so well and worth replaying to the end. Love this on the SNES engin and even more here.
This is a weekly listen for me. I'm amazed every time I see/hear it. Thank you guys for doing this.
Yes! I was hoping you would cover this masterpiece. My hopes were not in vain, this was phenomenal! Bravo Grissini Project!
@@grissini huge? I think that's an understatement. Are there bigger, longer, more complex songs out there for the organ?
"Dancing Mad" actually refers to the pianist/organist fingers
Ok
Oh dang!
*P O G*
Dont forget the feet which actually would be dancing as well
And "Dam Gnicnad" is the sound they're going to make when they finally break. (Organist's humor, too.) ;)
This is hands down the most absolute cover of this song on the planet. Congrats man
What an absolute Dancing Madlad. Seriously though this is amazingly done.
The instrument was used to it's full capacity this is PhD. level work.
I just love that you can hear the organ kinda groaning as the great dramatic part of act 4 is played, like even it knows what it’s helping to grace this world with. Such a good piece, just those first few notes gave me proper chills.
I've listened to this 11x total over time. I keep coming back. Such an inspired performance of the theme for one of the most completely evil characters!
At 7:00 - completely bone chilling. I absolutely love this!
Part that starts at 4:55 was our wedding music in church this summer, played on a church organ of course. Was so epic and so is this, bravo!
This is, in my opinion, the greatest version of Dancing Mad put to video. The organ, the maestro playing it, the acoustics of St. John's, they all combine to to create a goosebump-inducing rendition of my personal favorite composition from Nobuo Uematsu.
Thank you for giving this to us, I love it!
think this is the only video of someone actually playing the full length of Dancing mad on the organ.
It can’t be
I'm extremely stingy with likes and comments, but man... You absolutely blew me away. Final Fantasy 6 has been, and probably always will be, my favorite RPG of all time. I am both extremely impressed and insanely jealous of the amount of skill that went into this piece. The only people that I can even imagine disliking this are FF7 fanboys that just can't admit that Kefka is better than Sephiroth.
I'm not lying when I say: Kefka approves this cover!
Bravo! that was an amazing SOLO performance, I only wish you had 4 arms to play the complete song.
I'm just in awe right now. Why haven't more people watched this? This is just beautiful.
再現度完璧だからこそドラムとコーラス欲しくなる
ぜひ完全版を
Crazy cool. Even got the multiple camera's going. Crazy. I didn't even know organs had foot pedals that played bass notes like that. I've played guitar for like 15 years and can play a little bit of piano, but organs apparently are some next level shit.
Holy crap! This is amazing! One of my favorites from the entire Final Fantasy series, on a church organ! I am upset with myself for just discovering this now. Absolutely beautiful!
This gave me chills throughout. This has been and probably always will be my favorite boss music in the franchise, and this cover is my favorite version.
I had goosebumps for most of it, but when that huge, sinister bunch of notes dropped (fittingly right when Kefka finishes his arrival), my goosebumps got their own goosebumps. Perfection.
Absolutely love the stained glass windows in the background. Man, European civilization was beautiful when Europeans still believed in something.
C'est pas la première fois que tu m'impressionnes mais là, je suis tout simplement sans voix ! Merci d'exister, c'était incroyable
thank you for this. respects uematsu rightly alongside other serious composers, and your organist's virtuosity speaks for itself - even a lay viewer sees that this musician speaks with delightful fluency on the instrument.
パイプオルガン風のゲームミュージックを本格パイプオルガンソロでアレンジして下さってどうもありがとうございます♡︎（ ˆᴗˆ ）♪
これでFF6の素晴らしさが世界に伝わるぞ♪
Man, imagine this organ performance PLUS the Church choir in the background singing to this!
That would be insane!!
Dear God... This is just stunning. I absolutely adore the pipe organ, and to hear one of the most iconic battle themes done justice on such a powerful instrument like it was meant for... unf. I am in awe.
I felt that way deeper than I thought I would. I couldn't stop listening; truly an amazing piece performed powerfully.
I'm getting it and sharing it with anyone I can. Thank you. I have tears from it.
What's your favorite part of the song?
I love the section beginning at 4:51. The way it starts with such a pure, choir-like innocence, and slowly grows darker and darker as Kefka's madness seeps into the song... Absolutely amazing.
To be Honest this play is INSANE! such amazing performance. GREAT JOB!!
After the end. I wanted to standup from my couch and start to clap in the middle of my living room at 6 am.
Oh my Lord, I could feel my heart STOP at the 7:00 mark.
Marvelous work. I could hear the percussion and brass in my head as you were playing.
That's what I call "pulling out all the stops."
... Organ humor.
I laughed too hard at this ... lol
That's what I call "pulling out all the organs"
...Ukrainian hostel humor.
That's what I call _"pulling out all the humor."_
...My comment.
@@ethanotoroculus1060 that's what I call pulling out all of my comment
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@@vaimantobe3034 Arright I'm no saint but that's just wrong.
Ever notice how true masters of an instrument will move their head or or weave with the music? Its almost as if you’re not playing, but communicating. The instrument an extension of the mind, body and soul. It’s truly a beautiful thing to have the privilege of watching. Thank you.
"Communication" or showbiz? Sometimes, this pretty much condenses to exactly the same thing.
True "true masters" are able to precisely control their body during a performance and focus on what they're doing.
Nevertheless, I totally agree that Roman's performance was an absolutely stunning one.
@@WoodymC It always felt to me like watching someone who is so familiar with a tool (old stories of swordsmen come to mind) that they use it as if its an extension of their body. In that sense, yeah that fits pretty well in terms of no wasted movement.
Man, imagine sitting inside that church while he was playing this. I would've immediately stopped praying. Heck, the chords at 07:00 would've made me think that Satan just occupied the building, lmao.
That's pretty much what Kafka was, a Satanic Clown.
@@ohmjarukom9907 was he?? He was more like a nihilist, the picture of him is like the blend between an angel and a demon.
@@leonardoflorentin Kefka evolved into the fullest being, one so beyond perfection he could no longer exist. All hail the mad god?
kefka isn't really a nihilist, he's a flat out sadist obsessed with destruction. the main theme of the game is love, and its antagonist represents the opposite: hatred. in the final battle kefka has become so powerful that he's close to a god, but he's an all-hating god as opposed to all-loving. he was sort of a satanic figure at first, but then gained power and ascended to godhood.
_"Some people just want to watch the world burn."_
Kefka: *_"Been there, done that..."_*
That performance deserved a standing ovation
When you played this, there are no words to express it. I actually cried because this song tells a story and it was so amazing. Thank you for this.
Ah mon gars, j'en ai la chair de poule !
Magistral !
Tiens tiens GBRR !
Vous ici ?
I'm just.... stunned. That was equally beautiful, impressive, nostalgic and amazing. That he played the entire piece with no sheet music and by the expression on his face and his movements throughout, he was not only playing the music, he was feeling it at the simultaneously.
Kefka Approves...
MOUA-HA-HA-HA
Indeed he does
Ha, ha, ha... Uwe, hee, hee...!
the little run starting at 4:35, leading into the fugue....instant chills.