[PS4] Final Fantasy VII Remake - "The Valkyrie" by Static

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Submission Information:
Series: Final Fantasy
Game: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Console: PlayStation 4
Title: The Valkyrie
Instrumentation Solo Piano
Arranger: Static

[Static]

VGMdb info: https://vgmdb.net/album/97176

The soundtrack version (first video) and in-game version (second video) are slightly different, and I arranged the track in a way that essentially combines both of them with a few adjustments. The transitions (m105-112 and m177-184) were taken from the soundtrack version, and the looping points were taken from the in-game version. The in-game version transition from Phase 2 to 3 (at 12:00 in the video) is quite different, but the soundtrack version is similar enough and I think fits better within the context of the arrangement, so I used that.

I may have gone a bit overboard on this one...

[TheZeldaPianist275]

holy

[Fantastic Ike]

I may have gone a bit overboard on this one...

No kidding! But looks great. Was hoping someone would do a VIIR sheet sometime

[Whoppybones]

Wowzers! Static did it again!

m17-24 - I hear a recurring A-F# violin every beat in the RH, and I don't think the C# comes in until m21. Also as a side note, the MIDI file quiets down the LH here, though I assume it's meant to be the other way round.
m95-96 - Does the top F# wait until b3 of m96 to change?
m100/104 LH - I think it jumps back down to the E# like it does through most of the piece
m144/152 RH - b4 the C plays again here as well
m251/252 RH - It might be good to drop the chord an octave to reflect the octave drop in the original.
m278-281 LH - It seems to be more heavily accented on b1 and b3 through these measures rather than the pattern of prior measures.

I'd say I can't wait to play the finished version, but I don't know that I ever will. This is a very difficult piece, but boy is it impressive!

[Static]

m17-24 - I hear a recurring A-F# violin every beat in the RH, and I don't think the C# comes in until m21. Also as a side note, the MIDI file quiets down the LH here, though I assume it's meant to be the other way round.

The RH in this section was deliberately simplified so that part of the arrangement wouldn't sound too heavy. since the first phase is supposed to be a very gradual buildup. The important part was to keep the chord progression (F#m, A/C#, Dmaj7, Bm), so the individual notes were not a priority there. Not worried about the MIDI playback since like all my sheets, they're made primarily for performers, but I'll probably clean up the playback once I'm finished making any other edits to the sheet.

m95-96 - Does the top F# wait until b3 of m96 to change?

I hear it that way in the violin part, the F# to G# motion stands out particularly. The same happens in m32.

m100/104 LH - I think it jumps back down to the E# like it does through most of the piece

That part was taken from the in-game loop (around 2:30-2:44 in the video), where the bass voice does not go to E#. It actually stays on F# the whole time, while another bass voice moves to G for mm.99-100 and 103-104, so I wanted to emphasize that motion in the arrangement.

m144/152 RH - b4 the C plays again here as well

Yep I hear it too but I wanted to emphasize the C-Bb-A-Bb motion, so I intentionally left it out.

m251/252 RH - It might be good to drop the chord an octave to reflect the octave drop in the original.

Good idea, changed that.

m278-281 LH - It seems to be more heavily accented on b1 and b3 through these measures rather than the pattern of prior measures.

The bass drum plays on b.1/3 there but I wanted to emphasize the string rhythms there, especially continuing into m.278 where the RH switches to the tremolo. I realized I started the tremolo too early, in m.276, so I adjusted that as well.

I'd say I can't wait to play the finished version, but I don't know that I ever will. This is a very difficult piece, but boy is it impressive!

Thank you, and thanks for the feedback!

In addition to the above, I also hid the half rest in Layer 2 in m.80 RH and changed m.273 LH from Bb to F.

New files are up now.

[goldenscruff]

Wow big piece.

m182 & m190 & 198 I'm not hearing the Gn
m187 & 195 I'm hearing Cn with the Gn, this might be undertones
m191 & 199 Again I can hear a Cn
m192 & m200 I don't hear an F# here.
m199 I don't hear a Bb

m209-216 What are your thought's on dropping some of the LH notes to add in some of the horns. I think that would add more to the build up.

m229 I think I hear the Dn written on b3.25 come in before the Horns. Could just be really slow attack of the horns

m247 I'm hearing a Gn in the LH not Fn. I also think the roll down to the bottom Cn is also too much to play at tempo.

m290-291 I'm hearing some significant add2 (En) in this chord.