: Kingdom Hearts

Musique pour la tristesse de Xion ~ Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections

Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle

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…

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Piano Lesson with Richard Yang – WILL~ Violet Evergarden, arr. Animenz

Violet Evergarden

This is a piano lesson video on WILL from Violet Evergarden, arranged by Animenz. Here’s my recording of WILL. In order to follow this video, you will need the sheet music from Animenz’s sheet music store. 0:00 Introduction…

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Complete Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle Piano Collections

Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle

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…

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Complete Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections

Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections

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…

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Piano Lesson with Richard Yang – Concert Paraphrase on Dearly Beloved – Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections

This is a piano lesson video on Concert Paraphrase on Dearly Beloved from the Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections. This is a impressive-sounding piece that’s not actually too difficult. Here’s my recording of this piece. In order to follow…

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Kingdom Hearts – 12 Concert Paraphrase on Dearly Beloved

Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections

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…

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Kingdom Hearts – 01 Dearly Beloved

Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections

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…

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Kingdom Hearts – 11 The Other Promise

Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections

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…

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Kingdom Hearts – 10 Roxas

Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections

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…

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Kingdom Hearts – 09 The 13th Side

Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections

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…

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