: July 2021

Final Fantasy XI – 02 Ronfaure

Final Fantasy XI

Richard Yang playing Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy XI, while the music appears fairly simple, there’s a lot more to it than I thought. All the pieces actually require a lot more attention to the touch and pedaling. The…

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Final Fantasy XI – 01 A New Horizon – Tavnazian Archipelago

Final Fantasy XI

This is a beautiful theme worthy to be the opening piece in the FFXI Piano Collections. This series is unusually unpopular for reasons unknown. There aren’t too many recordings of this piece, or in fact, other pieces from…

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Final Fantasy XV – 10 Apocalypsis Noctis – Shadows Foretold

Final Fantasy XV

Apocalypsis Noctis (and Stand Your Ground) are the two pieces in Final Fantasy XV Piano Collections that sound more difficult than they actually are. The tempo being “Presto” is questionable. It’s labeled as such but the OST is…

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Final Fantasy XV – 09 Omnis Lacrima – Rulings and Revelations

Final Fantasy XV

Omnis Lacrima is supposedly the most difficult piece in Final Fantasy XV Piano Collections. But I still found Veiled in Black more suited for that title. What gave me the hardest time were the C-D-G-C-D-G octaves at 1:33.…

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