Musique pour la tristesse de Xion (translated Music for the Sadness of Xion, aka Vector to the Heavens, or simply the Xion Theme), from Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle Piano Collections, music by Yoko Shimomura, piano arranged by…

  I recorded the Field & Battle after the original Piano Collections. That was a great call because this album, to my surprise, is actually easier than the original Piano Collections. I usually associate “battle” with “fast” and…

Sinister Sundown has a lot of scale runs that play like Hand In Hand. Once you get a hang of it, this piece is not too bad to learn. I recorded this on the 3rd day of learning.…

This piece is rightly named Wonderland’s Surprises. It has a pretty cute beginning, and a beautiful section in the middle, and a surprise run in minor a bit after that. I like this piece a lot because throughout…

This is the easiest piece in this album. I kinda skipped the learning part and got straight to recording. I was surprised it took me a few hours to finally get a clean recording. It is very beautiful…

This is one of the easier battle songs. But be aware, when you “learn” or practice this over and over, that banging at the beginning can drive you crazy. I was deeply annoyed by myself through the learning…

This piece contains two sections, A Very Small Wish, which is like a mini Waltz, then comes the Monstrous Monstro (starting at 1:50) with extremely fast chord jumps. I consider this to be the most difficult piece to…

An exciting battle song. Each section is not bad on its own. But getting through the whole piece was a bit of a challenge. I always made some stupid mistakes here and there. I wonder if I should’ve…

Hollow Bastion is one of the easier pieces in this album. It’s fairly linear from beginning to end. This would be a good starter piece if you’re new to Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections. I recorded the Field &…