Bios, 10th Anniversary Version, from Guilty Crown, music by Hiroyuki Sawano, piano arranged by Animenz, played by Richard Yang on Yamaha N1X with Garritan CFX VST.
Guilty Crown (My Dearest) was actually the very first release recorded on my Yamaha N1X sometime back. Since then, I did Departures, and here we are, BIOS. This is indeed a very beautiful and powerful piece. I found this to be technically very challenging. But this is a bit more playable than Animenz’s original Bios arrangement, which features gangster octave jumps. I might record that one in the future if I can find the time (and energy).
Quite honestly, if you’re one who can eventually play this piece, you know exactly how to get there. Otherwise, I think it’s a bit too difficult for intermediate and below. As such, there’s no plan for piano lesson on this one. The technical stuff alone can take a few hours to talk through.
0:00 Slow Beginning
2:18 Faster
3:38 Great Part 1
4:37 4-Hand
5:39 Great Part 2
6:56 Slow Ending
As with all of my performances, I have my own interpretation, so the tempo, dynamics, etc may feel quite different from the original recording. Simply put, I play the way I like it.
