This is the Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections Field & Battle version of Xion’s Theme, from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. This piece took several months to … well, not quite perfect, but get it to this level. There are a few errors. Cookies to you if you didn’t notice them.

I also invested (probably way too much) money into some new recording gear. The new camera is a mid-range Canon toy, the EOS Rebel T3i 18-55mm. It’s very pretty. I also grabbed a a microphone set: the MXL 440/441 Ensemble, featuring a unidirectional one pointing to the back of bass strings, and a cardioid for ambience. Everything’s mixed by a Behringer XENYX 1202FX. Small, compact, powerful, affordable, highly recommendable for everyday recording.

So yes, I love my new basic rig. All for under $2000. If you like what I do, feel free to donate :)

Footnote for the curious: Yes, I am wearing my custom Organization XIII cloak.

A while ago, someone requested a performance of Shrouding Force of Evil / Fragments of Sorrow. This song:

I just rediscovered that I started arranging this song many weeks ago, so I finished it. Here is the rather difficult result:

Sheet Music

• PDF
• Sibelius
• Midi

---

I’m working on re-arranging it for Piano and Viola. I just need to find a good string player who’d be willing to play the melody. Any takers?

Sheet Music

• PDF
• Sibelius
• Midi

---

For the next few weeks, hopefully months, I’ll be doing a weekly video game concert thing, part of DAMNLAG. Expect a new video game song performed every Tuesday. They’ll all be posted on my YouTube channel.

Here is the performance for Week 1: A request for a song from Final Fantasy XIII. Since it’s a simple song, I quickly arranged some piano sheet music to go with the performance. Final Fantasy belongs to SquareEnix. Enjoy!

Not too proud of this – might have to redo it at some point.

Here is Eyes on Me, from Final Fantasy 8. Buy the album or game to support the awesome folks who created it.

No sheet music from me, don’t ask. It’s from the official FF8 Piano Collections plus a variation, since I forgot parts of it.

I’ve been a bit busy lately, and haven’t had much time to dedicate to music. However, I bring you a few new videos, and new arrangements in beautifully notated sheet music form.

Legend of Mana: Title Theme (Seiken Densetsu, 聖剣伝説)
PDF
Sibelius
MIDI

---

Yup, I cosplay.

Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts, from the Kingdom Hearts Piano Collection

Sheet Music:

CD:

---

Composed by Yoko Shimomura (下村 陽子)
Arranged by Natsumi Kameoka
Copyright 2002 Walt Disney Music Company

This is my official plug for something I have been anticipating for three years: an official “Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts.” Square Enix released the CD in Japan on May 27th, and a sheet music book today (June 17th). With 12 amazing arrangements by Kaoru Wada (和田 薫) of some of the best Kingdom Hearts songs composed by Yoko Shimomura (下村 陽子), it’s one of the most amazing things I’ve heard.

Here is sheet music for my favorite track, arranged for you to also perform and post on YouTube.

Sheet Music for Concert Paraphrase on “Dearly Beloved” from the Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections:

• PDF
• Sibelius
• MIDI

Legend of Mana: Title Theme (Seiken Densetsu, 聖剣伝説)

Follow-up: a better version:

---

Sheet music

• PDF
• Sibelius
• MIDI

Kingdom-Hearts_-_Night-of-Fate.mp3

Sheet music (which I didn’t use) available here, courtesy of Xald Balghostriped: http://www.squaresound.com/arrangements/file.php?id=917

---

Hey, more Kingdom Hearts music!

I remember this being requested all over the place. So, here it is, a very rough, off-beat interpretation of Night of Fate.

© Yoko Shimomura, Square Enix

Final-Fantasy-VII_-_Aeriths-Theme.mp3

This was a request from Youtube user aphrodite1404 with a special arrangement of the song. Personally, I like this a lot better than the version from the FFVII Piano Collection.

This arrangement is nowhere else to be found. Credit to Lake and RAM.

Everything © 植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu) and Square Enix. I don’t own it, sadly.

Picture also © Square Enix, but art credit goes to this person: http://akiba.sub.jp/img/ic20051009aerith.jpg