Anatomy of a Piano Arrangement: Vampire Killer (Castlevania)
WIP Earth Painting - Legend of Mana (the most real RH workout)
FF7 main theme WIP (testing ideas, practicing the voicing etc)
WIP Dream of the Shore - Chrono Cross. been woodshedding this tricky 2004 arrangement for a while
Yakuza 0 - Heartbreak Mermaid WIP lol crazy of me to adapt this to piano but itās a banger I had to
Shellac bar theme (Yakuza 3 and 4). Tough little exercise in independent voicing š
WIP Yakuza 0 - Ending Credits (Western version). Almost done with the Y0 piano album project!!
Yakuza 0 - As You Like (cabaret club prep vocal theme). Tricky bugger to arrange on piano but fun
Yakuza 0 - Money Makes Money (the real estate theme), just messing around to see if it works
Yakuza 0 - Sad substory theme, some experimental explorations
Yakuza 0 - Judgement (Shinpan), because Iām not normal about Nishiki šš
Yakuza 0 - The Only Way Out (āI can end it for you, I can make it quickā). Recording this one today
RIP Yoshitaka Murayama. Thank you for giving us Suikoden (Leknaatās theme from Suikoden 1)
Yakuza 0 - disco dancing minigame is HARD omg but Friday Night is a cute little jam
Yakuza 0 - Baka Mitai jazz piano version, heard it in karaoke club during substory w/the Dojima kid
Yakuza 0 - another unnamed cabaret/bar theme (for jazz combo, reducing it down to solo piano)
Yakuza 0 - transcribed a nice little unnamed piano track that plays in Majimaās cabaret club in Ch.3
Castti Octopath but make it Wayne Shorter (WIP cello melody to be added later)
WIP Dance of Illusions (Castlevania SOTN)-part of a little medley Iām putting together for š
Forbidden Colours - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Sakamoto). Excited to collab w/@PernelleMusic!
WIP metronome practice Divine Bloodlines (Rondo of Blood). Netflix Castlevania debuts in a week! š
Happy bday Torna DLC, my plans to cover best fight theme in Xenoblade history have yet to manifestš
Officially entered my Xenoblade phase again. Learning Off-Seer, canāt resist a Mitsuda menu theme
FFXVI but make it FFXIII lol (Cliveās theme (to be played by PitTan) over Fangās chord progression
WIP Lovely, Dark, and Deep - Final Fantasy XVI. Sounds like it could be in a Xenoblade game
Not done with FFXVI yet but canāt wait to hear when this gorgeous sultry track plays in the game
FFXVI IS AMAZING SO FAR IāM OBSESSED!! šā¤ļøHeard this theme about 9 hours in and had to transcribe
WIP Ochette, the Hunter (Octopath but make it Mr. Mister)
WIP Seaside Town - Octopath Traveler II (piano part)
Octopath but make it Persona 5 (WIP Ku, Land of the Scarlet Sunset - Night)
Octopath but make it NieR (The Harborlands WIP)
WIP Hikari the Warrior (Octopath but make it Hisaishi)
Octopathā¦but make it Hamauzu
RIP Wayne Shorterā¦one of my favorites of his
Doing up Octopath Traveler 2 ft. @RahulVanamali and @IsrafelCelloās powerful thumb position
WIP Requiem for the Gods (Castlevania SOTN), my counterpoint professor would kill me but w/e lol
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 vocal song clip from this morningās Direct (99.9% sure itās Mitsuda lol)
WIP Vagrant Story - Opening (amazing OST, amazing game, so excited to finally start work on this!)
Work in progress - Staff Credits from Final Fantasy Tactics (piano arrangement)
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Hi there! I'm a pianist and grumpy old school gamer and this channel is a musically-manifested diary of all the games I've played and loved from my childhood up to the present day, i.e., basically a piano shrine to Hitoshi Sakimoto. lol
Albums on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, and Youtube Music:
open.spotify.com/artist/1vKcZvjKATZz5QOObxdxpN?si=ā¦
itunes.apple.com/us/artist/purpleschala/1156194004
Sheet Music (solo piano arrangements only):
www.musicnotes.com/sheet-music/artist/purpleschala
I do not share the sheets for my ensemble arrangements (duets/trios/quartets/quintets, etc). Sorry!
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