Working Together - Allegro Vivace (Finale) - Sonata on Themes of Kingdom Hearts
13Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections, music by Yoko Shimomura, arranged by Natsumi Kameoka, Sachiko Miyano, and Hiroyuki Nakayama, played by Richard Yang.
NOTE: Piano Lesson video will be available on May 18 via link here: https://youtu.be/OsWVDH0CDaw
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 on 1:12, for example, is the kind of motion that is especially tiring for me due to previous injury. I had a pretty major mistake right after this section because my right hand was just too tired. For the same reason, I couldn't really do more than a few takes in the same period. So I just settled for this one. Other than that major mistake, and a few small ones, this was not a bad take.
After recording the Final Fantasy XV album, it's no surprise that Yoko Shimomura is my new favorite game music composer. Both Kingdom Hearts and FFXV music really call to me. In many ways, the Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections were arranged to be much more classical than any other game music I've recorded to date. While the whole album is very difficult, it is doable with enough practice. This album took me just over 1 month from learning to recording. One problem I had was that the OST seems a bit on the slow side on almost every piece. So don't be surprise to find much faster versions of these pieces here (i.e. Hand In Hand, and The Other Promise are MUCH faster than the original). Since I've never played the game, my interpretation is really to play the music the way I like it, irrespective of the game itself, or the original recording.
All of my videos are shot by the iPhone 12 Pro. Although it captures the sound fine without popping, etc, it does not capture dynamics well. Everything sounds pretty loud yet the bass does not sound louder when called for. So try to be forgiving on this poor man's recordings. Also, it's unfortunate that nothing I play is perfect, but should be pretty close and enjoyable otherwise.
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I've grouped all of my recordings into playlists. For Kingdom Hearts:
Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlJL4oIR7cbHXVpk1442Qe1Gmo4ckNI3N
Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections Field and Battle
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlJL4oIR7cbFjy3ftS22pALVLQ4ib87jl
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