Lavender Town Creepy 7/8 dissonant version... #JunichiMasuda #pno15 #piano #pokémon #gameboy

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Lavender Town (Pokémon Red/Blue/Green/Yellow)

I decided to take a different route with this arrangement; it’s not overly complicated, but those tense altered chords make me think of a world where Pokémon was a silent film accompanied by a live pianist! Also in 7/8.

Vagrant Story (the “Joshua” theme)

I consider there to be two main themes in Vagrant Story: the “good” theme, and the “evil” theme. This is my variation on the good theme, I consider to be the “Joshua Bardorba” theme. Triplet ostinatos in the left hand contrasting the duplet melody in the right hand before a swell to chordal climax.

Reflecting on Nibelheim... ~On That Day, Five Years Ago~ #ff7 #piano #nobuouematsu #music #arrangement #drama #pno15

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Reflecting on Nibelheim (“On That Day, Five Years Ago…” FF7)

The main theme of FF7 has so many good variations, but I always find this version to be my favourite. I enjoyed adding inner moving lines and tensions, and imagine this might sound nice played by strings…