Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle Piano Collections, music by Yoko Shimomura, arranged by Natsumi Kameoka, Sachiko Miyano, and Hiroyuki Nakayama, played by Richard Yang. I recorded the Field & Battle after the original Piano Collections. That was a…

Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections, music by Yoko Shimomura, arranged by Natsumi Kameoka, Sachiko Miyano, and Hiroyuki Nakayama, played by Richard Yang. After recording the Final Fantasy XV album, it’s no surprise that Yoko Shimomura is my new favorite…

Concern Paraphrase on Dearly Beloved = Rachmaninov (Concerto No. 2) beginning + Chopin Etude (Op. 25 No. 12) + Liszt (repeating notes section) + Horowitz-style ending. It sounds pretty difficult but it’s actually not too bad. This took…

Dearly Beloved, the main theme in Kingdom Hearts, serves as a great opening to this wonderful album. In fact, this album both opens and closes with this theme. After recording the Final Fantasy XV album, it’s no surprise…

The original recording of The Other Promise is way too slow for my liking (and all available Youtube recordings I could find). This should be the only version that’s MUCH faster than the original. The feel makes much…

Roxas brings out a familiar Kingdom Hearts’ melody in simple form, as a preparation for “The Other Promise”, which extends on this melody. After recording the Final Fantasy XV album, it’s no surprise that Yoko Shimomura is my…

The 13th Side has an very slow and long first half until it picks up the pace half way through (2:02). Unique to my performance, other than being very fast on the second half, the ending, instead of…

Working Together, in my opinion, was the most difficult piece to record in this album. Even though the notes are pretty straightforward, the speed for executing these octave chords is indeed very taxing to the arms. Right hand…