Kingdom Hearts: Dear Kairi ~ "Another Side, Another Story" (Piano Arrangement) + Sheet Music
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I'm very happy to announce that my incredibly talented friend, Nathan Stang has transcribed the whole piece for your viewing pleasure. You can download it at the link below. Nathan is also an incredible musician and composer and you can visit his artist page at http://www.nathanstangmusic.com
Sheet Music Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RRw5iAZr_N_ldIaTSStxHmwFCWcty6aj
More about the piece:
Hey guys! I hope everyone has had a great first month of the year! I apologize for the late start on videos this month. I wanted to get some new content to you guys much earlier, but I've been making lots of exciting changes to my workflow, which has taken a bit more time than expected. This week I finally arrived at a point where I could begin working on new content and I am so excited to be sharing with you my first video of 2019.
With Kingdom Hearts III finally releasing this week, I thought it was finally time to share an arrangement I've been working on for some time now. It's been such a long time since I've revisited the music from this series and even longer since I've played the games. The original Kingdom Hearts has such a special place in my memory, but for whatever reason I just haven't played any of the games since the 2nd game came out in 2006. Once I began listening to Yoko Shimomura's breathtaking soundtrack to prep for this arrangement, all the wonderfully warm memories suddenly came flooding back.
The soundtrack as a whole is absolutely stunning, but I wanted to center my arrangement around 3 of my favorite pieces from the OST. I knew right from the beginning that I wanted to center the arrangement around an altered version of Kairi's theme. Her theme is one of my favorite melodies from the OST and the beautifully tragic tone of the piece really captures the essence of story. The original piece is written in 4/4, which is very lovely, but in my head I've always heard this piece in 3/4. Once I made that small meter change, the whole feel of the piece transformed into something more akin to the style of composer, Erik Satie.
For the intro and the transitional middle section, I adapted the introductory passages of the piece "Another Side, Another Story" which originally plays during the secret cutscene at the end of the game. The opening piano section of that piece works so well as an introduction to Kairi's theme and as transitional material to the last piece.
When people think of Kingdom Hearts music, they usually can't help but think of the beautiful looping piano track "Dearly Beloved". It's such an iconic piece and it was a lot of fun working it into the end of my arrangement. The climax of the piece is a mix of the "Dearly Beloved" theme, mixed with a fragment of Kairi's theme. I'm really happy with the way that gradual reveal in the climax turned out and I really hope you guys enjoy it.
Cheers!
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♫ Based on these pieces from the Kingdom Hearts series.
"Another Side, Another Story"
"Kairi I"
"Dearly Beloved"
Composed by Yoko Shimomura
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Roland RD-100
Focusrite Scarlett 6i6
Rode NT1A
Canon T5i DSLR Camera
SOFTWARE:
DaVinci Resolve 15
Reaper DAW
Garittan CFX Concert Grand Piano VST
Kontakt 5
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