I have relatively few medleys, unfaithful arrangements, and transcriptions of non-video game music, so I'll be posting sporadically here at best. I do have an idea for a new, not-created-yet unfaithful arrangement, though...
Again, I'll slowly publish them on Musescore. You can listen to my works on Musescore's website (the audio will not be mastered there). These medleys and unfaithful arrangements may contain bridging melodies I wholly composed as well as music based on the source material (that isn't precisely the source material). I will not be publishing my pieces in order of arrangement. If enough of you request downloadable files, I'll start stocking up my Google Drive.
Arrangements on Musescorehttps://musescore.com/user/9996931/sets/2271631
Transcriptions on Musescorehttps://musescore.com/user/9996931/sets/2205296 (Also contains piano transcriptions of video game music)
MedleysThe Legendary Air Ride March- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2296681
It's The Legendary Air Ride Machine...if it were forced into march form and paired with a trio made of music from Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
Skull Ganged Up On- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2415901
Necrodeus's and his Skull Gang's themes sound rather similar, and this arrangement combines them into one virtuoso showpiece.
MegaloTalia- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2546131
A high-octane jazz medley of nearly all UnderTale pieces, this is rather like Megalovania in the style of Dummy!...with Hopes and Dreams woven in.
The Polka of Your Best Friend- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2652436
A high-octane medley of all UnderTale pieces, this swift polka mashes up Your Best Friend, Bergentrückung, and more.
Blazing Fast Battle - Divine Protection Required- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3602961
This heavy metal remix of pieces from Fire Emblem Gaiden is so blazing fast, regular protection will not do.
Prism of Delight- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3906481
- Google Drive .mscz: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZUkZDWlQxWFVpbVk
- Google Drive PDF: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZTmI5ekZnTnBOX1E
- Google Drive MIDI: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZWU4zUXhNc2VoYWM
- Google Drive .wav: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZWjdSY3JSdmcyTjg
- Google Drive MP3 (LANDR-Enhanced): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZWS1MbS1uWjhlOGs
This sonata-allegro on the Prism Plains theme from
Kirby: Squeak Squad and "Victory's Delight" from
Bravely Default was written for Arrangement Contest No. 8 in B# "Mix"olydian "Amalgamation" (http://forum.ninsheetmusic.org/index.php?topic=8772.0).
Spin the Cat- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4427861
Mashing up "The Feline Duplication Incident." by someone named Œnanthic and "Spin Ye Bottle" from
Shovel Knight, this aims for a round of 8-bit potion- and cat-tossing fun.
The Wayfarer and the Setting Star- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5142528
- Google Drive .mscz: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pz0v8ImfqXVHVYAbO2XCb4taTvUN7KCN
- Google Drive PDF: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ROzGq7yLMkloLWc8c6QqT8QaFS7tGeH6
- Google Drive MUS: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1E3RNE1xdIJs982N63dOwkLjjE9kef9b7
- Google Drive MP3 (LANDR-Enhanced): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m2sSJ_LvmBWw1zB9kHAPjpLQlM2CCiWI
- Google Drive WAV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rg33dkVV5FglkqYJQflWWV20L3H78QwE
This version of "Magolor the Wayfarer" (the main menu theme of
Kirby's Return to Dream Land) done in the style and meter of "My Friend and the Setting Sun..." (the Revenge of Meta Knight ending theme from
Kirby Super Star) was written for Arrangement Contest No. 9 in C-triple-flat major "An Odd Time for a Contest!" (http://forum.ninsheetmusic.org/index.php?topic=9781.0). Oh yeah, I also did toss in quotes of other Kirby themes.
Unfaithful ArrangementsVariations on Holst's Thaxted- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2271611
A reverent double theme and variations on Gustav Holst's hymn tune
Thaxted (a.k.a. the central theme of "Jupiter" from
The Planets), this starts off slowly and gracefully with a faithful (enough) version of the hymn but gradually builds to a climax. The climax breaks at Bar 104, and the piece ends mystically and quietly.
La Sonata Danza- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2428411
It's Gioacchino Rossini's song
La Danza...but in E minor instead of A minor, forced into sonata-allegro form, and now technically impossible to play for solo piano. Shucks.
Sleigh Ride Galop- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2538331
A fun rearrangement of Leroy Anderson's
Sleigh Ride in the style of a galop. ...Got taken out by a copyright strike, sadly.
Peppa'd Pig Blues- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2628671
It's the 12-bar blues...version of the Peppa Pig theme!
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Piano Duo Arrangement)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3014761
I'd say that typical arrangements of Christmas carols don't end with march variations, unlike this version.
Vladimir Horowitz Would Be Proud- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3500976
Unless you've played through "Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course", you've probably never heard of Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, or Amanda Vick Lethco. Nevertheless, this is an virtuosic Liszt-style arrangement of a scherzo of theirs.
Klein Kirby Invention- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4101806
Ever noticed how much the Cookie Country 1 theme of
Kirby's Return to Dream Land sounds like Bach's Little Fugue in G Minor at one point? If you did, this Baroque-style arrangement of the Cookie Country 1 theme is for you!
Are They Trying to Battle Us?- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4294621
Based on an "Attempt at a Battle Theme" by someone named Œnanthic, this string quartet version does not stray too far from the source.
Ragging Csikós Post- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4409191
This piece follows the grand tradition of ragtime rearrangements of classical music. In this case, Hermann Necke's
Csikós Post suffers through this treatment.
Night Torch at the Sky Fortress- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4599641
This remix of Waterflame's
Sky Fortress rearranges the melodies of that work a lot.
Sonata Completed- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4689281
This is a relatively reverent completion of an incomplete "Sonata" by someone named Lorenzo Miceli.
Scherzo on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4847816
I'd say that "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" typically doesn't switch keys between sections, unlike this piano four hands arrangement.
Concert Paraphrase on "Dragon Fight!"- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4974211
Another devilishly virtuosic arrangement for piano, this time of
Blue Dragon's regular battle theme, "Dragon Fight!"
My Birthday Got Interrupted- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5124289
It'll be tricky to find the excerpts of "Happy Birthday" in this modernist rearrangement for solo piano, but trust me, it's possible....
Variations on "The Mob Song"- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5150357
A reverent and relatively easy theme and variations on "The Mob Song" from
Beauty and the Beast, this alternates between tense and beautiful sections and ends with a bang.
Unforced Way- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5248353
This set of variations on part of "Force Your Way" from
Final Fantasy VIII shows the beauty that portion has when its usual accompaniment is stripped away.
We Three Kings Waltz- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5358948
Now with more sections than the original Christmas carol "We Three Kings" actually has!
Finish This Score...Finished!- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5471312
- Google Drive MP3 (Quaver Crafter Custom Audio): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NkTDl-Bt6Zp9wozZmECoxO4RNMcb0ovS
Done for a contest, this is a completion of a piano starter by someone named Quaver Crafter.
Toccata on "Cannonball"- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5535784
This rock-style piano toccata on "Cannonball", the 3rd and last final boss theme of
Mega Man Zero 3, comes complete with its own solo!
Etude After "Fuoco" From Roland Dyens's Libra Sonatine- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5602601
This piano etude adds accompaniment for "Fuoco", the 3rd movement of Roland Dyens's
Libra Sonatine.
O Canada Waltz- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5625453
This delightful waltz is based on Canada's national anthem, "O Canada".
Romp on a Simple Theme- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5675350
Done for another contest, this takes a simple theme from someone named musical.catfish05 on a quick-paced jazzy journey.
Toccata on the Aggretsuko Opening Theme- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5723817
This is a full-blooded metal toccata on the opening theme of the Netflix series
Aggretsuko. Beware: the original opening theme is pretty metal itself....
God Rest Ye Funky Gentlemen- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5894232
It's "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", only funk-influenced and with a solo! ...And it's for piano four hands!
Joy to the Jazzy World!- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6485654
An exuberant piano four hands jazz arrangement of "Joy to the World" is now at your fingertips!
Mixing More Ingredients- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6745637
This rondo-form arrangement of "Mallow's Trial" from
Pokemon Sun and
Pokemon Moon keeps the chipper mood and the bounce of the original.
Variations on Beethoven's Turkish March- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6768856
This double theme and variations on Ludwig van Beethoven's "Turkish March" keeps the energy of the original but puts new spins on it.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Piano Four Hands Arrangement)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7234761
This arrangement of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" for piano four hands passes the melody between players and increases in intensity as it goes along.
The Azure Tree Stands in Mourning- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8784501
- Google Drive .mscz: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EQ32l2bPnZ6VMNSgs7byGP0CykBGkegI/view?usp=sharing
- Google Drive PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dlVyqWKvttXCVItWEYarCtb_pR8MoTQD/view?usp=sharing
- Google Drive MP3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AONkZuZxayqLdQa2aLvVliclDc9ldBbr/view?usp=sharing
This "de-bossified" version of "The Azure Arbitrator", the final boss theme of
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure, was written for Arrangement Contest No. 10 in A-flat Aeolian "Relaxing music to empty your head" (https://www.ninsheetmusic.org/forum/index.php?topic=12370.0).
Romp On Paganini- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/9050462
This madly syncopated set of variations on Paganini's Caprice in A Minor, Op. 1, No. 24 is sure to keep the groove going!
Deck Those Jazzy Halls- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/9128802
A lively jazz piano four hands arrangement of "Deck the Halls" is now here!
Concert Paraphrase on "Knight of the Wind"- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/13221574
This virtuosic piano arrangement of "Knight of the Wind" from
Sonic and the Black Knight goes hard on that song!
Fantasia on "Here We Come A-Wassailing"- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/13352296
Influenced by Gustav Holst's "Fantasia on the Dargason", this is a similarly frisky fantasia for piano four hands on the Christmas carol "Here We Come A-Wassailing".
A Little Jazzy Faithful- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/13842373
Another arrangement of "O Come, All Ye Faithful", this time for a solo jazz pianist.
Etude For the Left Hand on "Tango Pour Claude"- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/20751493
This spicy etude adapts "Tango Pour Claude" - a tango Richard Galliano composed as the backing for Claude Nougaro's "Vie, Violence" - for the left hand only.
Hark! The Jazzy Angel Sings- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/21228493
Another arrangement of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", this time for a solo jazz pianist.
Chopin's Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49 As a Victory Theme- Musescore (8-Bit Version): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/21745090
Well, not all of Chopin's famous fantasy as a victory theme for a video game - just that one victory march-like portion that appears in A flat major at one point. Only the 8-bit version is available right now, but there might be an orchestral or concert band version in the future...
O Holy Night (Piano Four Hands Arrangement)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/22244335
This arrangement of "O Holy Night" for piano four hands starts off in the style of Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria" and diverges from there.
Non-VGM TranscriptionsIn Storm and Sunshine (Concert Paraphrase)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2361736
John Clifford Heed's hit march
In Storm and Sunshine finally has a piano transcription! ...At least if you respect only the first repeats. Second repeats stop becoming faithful and start becoming devilishly virtuosic.
Elysian Quest OST Track #6 - Dangerous Enemy (Boss)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2769521
Composed by OMMAIGADD, this is a piano transcription of a boss theme of the under-development, unreleased video game "Elysian Quest".
Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20 (Chopin) (Band Arrangement)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2793561
The unusual instrumentation is due to its genesis as an arrangement for a contest, but this is otherwise a fairly standard concert band-like arrangement of Chopin's famous prelude. The flute generally plays one octave higher than anything in the original sheet music.
The Dark Journey- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3424341
Composed by Real Faction, this is a piano transcription of an ambient chiptune loop, easy to put in your video games. Perhaps the video games' characters are lost in the twilit snow...
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 39 (Elgar)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5310430
- PDF: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sirD7Wwr__jOktazRRYSvoyBwY7s0zYD
Finally, a free piano transcription of Edward Elgar's
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A Minor! Beware: your hands need to span a 10th each to play several of the chords.
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 39 (Elgar)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5270121
- PDF: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lHpOF7jYNg6FMrlhxm4b52toGANnPmOg
Finally, a free piano transcription of Edward Elgar's
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C Minor! Beware: your hands need to span a 10th each to play several of the chords, and at points, I even demand an 11th.
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G Major, Op. 39 (Elgar)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5350806
- PDF: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HAIT5bFAA2H6tmS7NbCvQgsU_fcztEZs
Tired of signing up for websites to get a full free piano transcription of Edward Elgar's
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G Major? Now you don't have to!
Sorcerors Battle (B♭ Clarinet Transcription)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6160308
One of Jake "virt" Kaufman's beloved chiptunes now has a clarinet transcription!
Zaghnol Comes- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6900599
This is a piano transcription of a particularly progressive metal OverClocked ReMix of "Hunter's Chance" from
Final Fantasy IX, arranged by Juan "SixtoSounds" Medrano.
VGM Non-Piano TranscriptionsThe Wonderful 101Tables Turn (B♭ Clarinet Transcription)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5368084
This power-up theme is one of the most popular themes in
The Wonderful 101.
In this transcription, Bars 50-56 are the ending I semi-improvised.
KirbyDistant Traveler (Magolor Race EX Theme) (B♭ Clarinet Transcription)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5409668
Originally a stage theme in
Kirby's Dream Collection, this gained a second life as a stage theme in "Dedede's Drum Dash".
In this transcription, Bars 47-63 are the ending I semi-improvised.
Save the Kingdom! Ordeal Quest (B♭ Clarinet Transcription)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6284699
This plays when fighting against some Ordeal bosses in
Team Kirby Clash Deluxe.
In this transcription, the last part of Bar 45 is the ending I semi-improvised.
Kirby Fighters Deluxe - Title Theme (B♭ Clarinet Transcription)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6837055
This, the title theme of
Kirby Fighters Deluxe, returns in
Kirby Battle Royale as a battle theme.
In this transcription, Bars 15-18 are the ending I semi-improvised.
BravelyBattle of Anne (B♭ Clarinet Transcription)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6306588
This theme plays the first time you fight the evil cryst-fairy Anne in
Bravely Second.
In this transcription, Bars 165-183 are the ending I semi-improvised.
StardustSuper Stardust HD - StarFighting Across the Universe (Lave Theme) (B♭ Clarinet Transcription)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7125888
This is the theme for the first level of
Super Stardust HD, the planet of Lave.
In this transcription, Bars 187-205 are the ending I semi-improvised.
Metal RemixesPiano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109, Movement 2 (Beethoven) (Metal Remix)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2596481
This heavy metal remix of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109, Movement 2 attempts to keep it reverent...but how reverent can metal remixes of classical music be by default?
Spring Celebration (Stephen Chatman) (Metal Remix)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5101011
Another relatively reverent heavy metal remix, this time of a piece called "Spring Celebration" by Stephen Chatman that you might remember from your piano exams.
Shadow Rituals (Michael Markowski) (Metal Remix)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5792316
Yet another relatively reverent heavy metal remix, this time of a concert band piece called "Shadow Rituals" by Michael Markowski.
Piano Sonata No. 1, Movement 3 (Julian Cochran) (Metal Remix)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5877211
Still another relatively reverent heavy metal remix, this time of the third movement of Julian Cochran's Piano Sonata No. 1.
Csardas Macabre, S.224 (Liszt) (Metal Remix)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7683905
Another relatively reverent heavy metal remix, this time of Liszt's Csardas Macabre, S.224.
Prelude in F Minor, Op. 52, No. 3, Movement 1 (Saint-Saëns) (Metal Remix)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/23606197
Yet another relatively reverent heavy metal remix, this time of a certain prelude nestled within Saint-Saëns's Six Études, Op. 52.
I've now published my first VGM medley!
The Legendary Air Ride March is a Sousa-esque march made virtually entirely of music from Kirby games. It can be listened to here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931). That's also where you can see the sheet music! If you want downloadable sheet music, ask me enough times and I'll put it on Google Drive.
(I finished working on this before JDMEK5 posted his arrangement of The Legendary Air Ride Machine. I realize that several of the harmonies are wrong, especially after The Legendary Air Ride Machine has looped once.)
If you like music that isn't from video games, I've made a concert paraphrase (a spicy piano transcription) of J. C. Heed's march In Storm and Sunshine here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2361736)! You can take it significantly slower than I indicate.
If you like music that is from video games, I've made an arrangement of Necrodeus and his Skull Gang's themes! It's called Skull Ganged Up On, and you can listen to it here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2415901).
EDIT: If you like heavy corruptions of music that isn't from video games, I arranged Rossini's La Danza into sonata-allegro form a long time ago, called it La Sonata Danza, and published it today here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2428411). Thing is, it's now in E minor instead of A minor...and it's impossible to play for solo piano.
If you care that I just released an arrangement of a Christmas song in the summer, I've published Sleigh Ride Galop today! Leroy Anderson's wintertime hit is now in the style of a galop, and you can listen to it and get the sheet music here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2538331).
If you like UnderTale music, I've got a big jazzy medley of them in MegaloTalia here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2546131)! ...Alright, there are two non-UnderTale songs in that piece...
You'd be surprised how many heavy metal remixes of classical music exist. To join them, I've published a metal remix of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109, Movement 2 here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2596481)! Yes, this is one of his short, fast pieces. I apologize in advance for how bad the Musescore version's instruments sound.
Probably one of the most eccentric arrangements I've ever done--the Peppa'd Pig Blues here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2628671) is a 12-bar blues version of the Peppa Pig theme by Julian Nott!
If you like UnderTale music, The Polka of Your Best Friend here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2652436) is another energetic medley of them!
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your genre mash-ups, thanks for sharing. :) It must be quite a bit of work to re-arrange pieces in this way, but the results at least are very entertaining.
...Yeah, I'm offbeat sometimes. Transcribing a boss theme of an unreleased indie video game would be one of those times. Listen to my transcription of the "Dangerous Enemy" boss theme of the under-development game "Elysian Quest" here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2769521)!
My first time arranging a piece for anything resembling a concert band is here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2793561). That would be Chopin's Prelude in C Minor you're listening to (Op. 28, No. 20).
My first piano duo publication is here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3014761)--and it's a timely one: O Come, All Ye Faithful!
Real Faction composes a wide variety of music, and I've published a transcription of one of his ambient chiptunes today - The Dark Journey (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3424341)!
Like more virtuoso arrangements? Try Vladimir Horowitz Would Be Proud (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3500976) on for size! You might never have heard of the piece it's based on, though...
Ooh, I love your Legendary Air Ride March! Keep up the good work!
Yeah, I've been into heavy metal remixing lately--Blazing Fast Battle - Divine Protection Required (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3602961) is a remix of battle themes and "With Mila's Divine Protection" from Fire Emblem Gaiden in a progressive metal style.
NinSheetMusic's latest arrangement contest (http://forum.ninsheetmusic.org/index.php?topic=8772.0) just announced winners, so now I can finally post my entry in this thread!
Prism of Delight- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3906481
- Google Drive .mscz: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZUkZDWlQxWFVpbVk
- Google Drive PDF: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZTmI5ekZnTnBOX1E
- Google Drive MIDI: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZWU4zUXhNc2VoYWM
- Google Drive .wav: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZWjdSY3JSdmcyTjg
- Google Drive MP3 (LANDR-Enhanced): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZWS1MbS1uWjhlOGs
It's a sonata-allegro using the Prism Plains theme from
Kirby: Squeak Squad as its first theme group and "Victory's Delight" from
Bravely Default as its second theme group. Jollity ensues.
Another Musescore user tipped me off to https://www.landr.com as a music file-enhancing website, though I don't think that site did much to my .wav.
I did mention at one point that one bar of the Cookie Country 1 theme of Kirby's Return to Dream Land sounds just like one bar of Bach's Little Fugue in G Minor. Well, try to write a (two-part) invention on the Cookie Country 1 theme and mix in a little of Bach's Little Fugue in my Klein Kirby Invention (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4101806)!
...Admittedly, I'm having trouble uploading it right now, so if the link is broken, that would be why.
The piece finally uploaded--yay!
I've joined a series of contests where I rearrange specific works in Musescore--the first of my contest entries is Are They Trying to Battle Us? (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4294621) I bet you've never heard of the piece it's based on, Attempt at a Battle Theme (https://musescore.com/c9h18o2/scores/4235351).
Like hearing screwed-up versions of classical music? Well, back during ragtime's heyday around 1895-1910, a lot of screwed-up ragtime versions of then-contemporary classical music were made. Perhaps my ragtime rearrangement of Hermann Necke's Csikós Post, Ragging Csikós Post (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4409191), would fit right in!
Want a remix combining Shovel Knight music with stuff from a composer you don't know? Try Spin the Cat (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4427861)! One of the pieces it remixes is something called "The Feline Duplication Incident." (https://musescore.com/c9h18o2/scores/4286076)
Like listening to Waterflame? Maybe you'll appreciate this remix of Waterflame's Sky Fortress, Night Torch at the Sky Fortress (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4599641)! Then again, maybe you've never heard of Waterflame....
If you're into completions of piano sonatas, try my completion (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4689281) of "Sonata" by someone named Lorenzo Miceli! Then again, maybe you aren't....
I'll see whether I can make arranging Christmas carols a yearly tradition--here's my Scherzo on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4847816) for piano four hands!
Like nearly impossible, somewhat unfaithful arrangements for solo piano? Try Concert Paraphrase on "Dragon Fight!" (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4974211). If you have no idea what "Dragon Fight!" sounds like, it's here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_dNNKTr93g). It's the regular battle theme of the video game Blue Dragon, for those of you who are curious.
Like metal remixes of solo piano music? Then you might be surprised how naturally "Spring Celebration" by Stephen Chatman transfers to progressive metal! Listen to this (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5101011) and come back to me. Maybe this piece triggers memories of your advanced piano exams....
Wondering how hard I can rearrange a piece? Guess you'll find out with My Birthday Got Interrupted (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5124289)! It ends up shredding the "Happy Birthday" song into (still recognizable) bits.
NinSheetMusic's latest arrangement contest (http://forum.ninsheetmusic.org/index.php?topic=9781.0) just announced winners, so now I can finally post my entry in this thread!
The Wayfarer and the Setting Star- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5142528
- Google Drive .mscz: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pz0v8ImfqXVHVYAbO2XCb4taTvUN7KCN
- Google Drive PDF: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ROzGq7yLMkloLWc8c6QqT8QaFS7tGeH6
- Google Drive MUS: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1E3RNE1xdIJs982N63dOwkLjjE9kef9b7
- Google Drive MP3 (LANDR-Enhanced): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m2sSJ_LvmBWw1zB9kHAPjpLQlM2CCiWI
- Google Drive WAV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rg33dkVV5FglkqYJQflWWV20L3H78QwE
It's a remix of "Magolor the Wayfarer" (the main menu theme of Kirby's Return to Dream Land) done in the style and meter of "My Friend and the Setting Sun..." (the Revenge of Meta Knight ending theme from Kirby Super Star)! And that means that the first theme's meter gets screwed up.
This is my first time arranging a piece from a movie--my Variations on "The Mob Song" (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5150357) from Beauty and the Beast! I tried to make things relatively easy this time.
Like string quartets? Like slow movements? Hopefully I did a good job with Unforced Way (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5248353), a set of variations on part of "Force Your Way" from Final Fantasy VIII! ...Without its usual busy accompaniment.
Whether you recall Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 39 from Fantasia 2000, an orchestral concert, or you just searched it out on your own, check out my piano transcription of this march (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5270121)! Beware: this gets very difficult at points.
It's fun to make piano transcriptions of Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches when they otherwise aren't free, and his Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 39 is no exception. Check out my transcription here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5310430)! Careful: this is still pretty difficult.
It's your lucky day if you like Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches--check out my piano transcription of Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G Major, Op. 39 (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5350806)!
'Tis the season again: here's a third piano duo arrangement of a Christmas carol! The We Three Kings Waltz (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5358948) lets both pianists play the famous melody as this dance unwinds towards its dazzling end.
I'm starting a series of monophonic transcriptions of video game themes I do not feel confident at all about transcribing for piano! They'll probably all be for B♭ clarinet because I have some of the most experience with that instrument. They'll all be for video game themes I cannot otherwise find sheet music for, and most, if not all, of them will be for themes I have a hard time finding remixes of, period. They'll all be reflective of my VGM singing style, so they'll often include some accompaniment parts.
Here's the first one: "Tables Turn" from
The Wonderful 101!
My B♭ clarinet transcription of "Tables Turn" from
The Wonderful 101: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5368084
The Wonderful 101
Here's my second monophonic video game theme transcription: "Distant Traveler" from
Kirby's Dream Collection!
My B♭ clarinet transcription of "Distant Traveler" from
Kirby's Dream Collection: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5409668
Kirby's Dream Collection
Missed my less faithful arrangements? Then you may be interested in this completion of the work of someone named Quaver Crafter that I did for a contest: Finish This Score...Finished! (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5471312)
Want a less faithful piano arrangement that isn't nearly impossible to play for once? Try Toccata on "Cannonball" from Mega Man Zero 3 (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5535784)! "Cannonball" is the theme of the 3rd and last final boss phase of Mega Man Zero 3, for those of you who are curious.
Want to see how good a job I can do to transcribe a guitar piece for piano and add accompaniment to it, a la Schumann and Liszt's etudes on solo violin Paganini works? Listen to Etude on "Fuoco" from Roland Dyens's Libra Sonatine (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5602601)!
Who knows? Maybe "O Canada" doesn't sound so bad as a waltz for two pianists (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5625453)...how good a job did I do?
Want to see how far I can take another person's 4-measure melody? Find out in Romp on a Simple Theme (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5675350)! Be aware that this is a jazz rearrangement.
Wondering what a heavy metal-style piano toccata sounds like? Try my Toccata on the Aggretsuko Opening Theme (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5723817)!
Like metal remixes of concert band music? Well, listen to how well Michael Markowski's "Shadow Rituals" translates to thrash metal here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5792316)! I hope I did a decent job and that people can actually play it....
Ooh, we played Shadow Rituals for a band concert my senior year, I'm gonna check this out...
I thought that Julian Cochran's Piano Sonata No. 1, Movement 3 translated well to heavy metal, so I decided to make precisely that kind of remix of it here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5877211). Check it out!
Got used to my two-piano arrangements of Christmas carols every Advent? Well, this one is slightly different because it's funk-influenced and has a solo: God Rest Ye Funky Gentlemen (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5894232)!
Here's my first clarinet transcription of non-video-game music!
My B♭ clarinet transcription of "Sorcerors Battle" by Jake "virt" Kaufman: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6160308
Here's my third monophonic video game theme transcription: "すくえキングダム! しれんクエスト" ("Save the Kingdom! Ordeal Quest") from
Team Kirby Clash Deluxe!
My B♭ clarinet transcription of "Save the Kingdom! Ordeal Quest" from
Team Kirby Clash Deluxe: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6284699
Here's my fourth monophonic video game theme transcription: "Battle of Anne" from
Bravely Second!
My B♭ clarinet transcription of "Battle of Anne" from
Bravely Second: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6306588
Portions of this transcription were simplified or even fudged, and I'm the least certain about my transcription of Bars 155-156.
Here's a nice, exuberant jazz arrangement of "Joy to the World" for piano four hands: Joy to the Jazzy World! (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6485654)
Looks like I haven't done an unfaithful arrangement in a while - here's my latest one, Mixing More Ingredients (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6745637)! It's based on "Mallow's Trial" from Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon, a.k.a. "Mixing Ingredients" in some circles.
Man, I haven't tried a set of variations on classical music for a long time. Here's my latest one...which I started several years ago: Variations on Beethoven's Turkish March (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6768856)!
Here's my 5th monophonic video game theme transcription: the title theme of
Kirby Fighters Deluxe!
My B♭ clarinet transcription of the title theme of
Kirby Fighters Deluxe: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6837055
Managed to create a piano transcription of non-(strictly-)video game music: the OverClocked ReMix "Zaghnol Comes", arranged by Juan "SixtoSounds" Medrano, itself a remix of "Hunter's Chance" from
Final Fantasy IX!
My piano transcription of "Zaghnol Comes": https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6900599
"Zaghnol Comes"
https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03404
Here's my 6th monophonic video game theme transcription: "StarFighting Across the Universe" from
Super Stardust HD, the level theme for the planet Lave!
My B♭ clarinet transcription of "StarFighting Across the Universe": https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7125888
"StarFighting Across the Universe"
https://soundcloud.com/aritunes/02-starfighting-across-the?in=aritunes/sets/super-stardust-hd-soundtrack-mega-bundle
OK, pretend the video loops better.
The annual public-domain Christmas carol arrangement for two piano players is back! This time, I've arranged Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7234761) for piano four hands!
You might be surprised how much Liszt's Csardas Macabre, S.224 already sounds like heavy metal, so I made a metal remix (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7683905) of it!
Nice remix! Don't see much classical-to-metal stuff. If I had one critique though, the drums could be a bit more interesting, even if you want to make them on the simpler side.
NinSheetMusic's latest arrangement contest (https://www.ninsheetmusic.org/forum/index.php?topic=12370.0) just announced winners, so now I can finally post this!
The Azure Tree Stands in Mourning- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8784501
- Google Drive .mscz: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EQ32l2bPnZ6VMNSgs7byGP0CykBGkegI/view?usp=sharing
- Google Drive PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dlVyqWKvttXCVItWEYarCtb_pR8MoTQD/view?usp=sharing
- Google Drive MP3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AONkZuZxayqLdQa2aLvVliclDc9ldBbr/view?usp=sharing
It's a more relaxing, "de-bossified" arrangement of "The Azure Arbitrator", the final boss theme of
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure.
Did this set of rockin' variations on Paganini's Caprice in A Minor, Op. 24, No. 1 for a contest, actually - here's Romp On Paganini (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/9050462)!
Yet another Advent, yet another two-pianist arrangement of a public domain Christmas carol...this year, it's "Deck the Halls"'s turn with Deck Those Jazzy Halls (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/9128802)!
Made a Concert Paraphrase on "Knight of the Wind" (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/13221574) this weekend!
Here's my annual public-domain Christmas carol arrangement for 2 pianists: Fantasia on "Here We Come A-Wassailing" (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/13352296)!
Decided to make a little jazz solo piano arrangement of "O Come, All Ye Faithful" this winter - it's A Little Jazzy Faithful (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/13842373)!
Ooh, very nice stuff
Came up with my first arrangement for the left hand only of someone else's work - Etude For the Left Hand on "Tango Pour Claude" (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/20751493)!
Decided to make a short jazz arrangement of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" today - here's Hark! The Jazzy Angel Sings (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/21228493)!
Nice! Jazz is one of the hardest genres to master but I think you did a good job
I've wanted to arrange that one victory march-like portion of Chopin's Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49 as a victory theme for a video game for years! ...Well, I've started with the 8-bit version here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/21745090)!
Here's my yearly public domain Christmas carol arrangement for two pianists - O Holy Night (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/22244335)!
I've always thought the Prelude in F Minor of Camille Saint-Saëns's Six Études, Op. 52, No. 3 sounded shred-tastic, so I made a metal remix of it here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/23606197)!