A French horn Tribute to Final Fantasy VII - Part 1 - by Marc Papeghin

[aalg4c]

This is stunning :D someone should do it on trombone as well :3

[RSKimboMafia]

this isn't porn...

[921144666]

This is the most win...EVER! :-D

[horuscurcino]

Excelent. You have a perfect ear!

[LittleBird1432]

<3

You blew my mind. I am seriously getting my Horn teacher to play this with me sometime.

[SuckerForRockers]

I'm a violinist and this inspired me to do something similar for violin/viola. =) Still new to recording though. It's a great experience so far

[IceFlameblade]

Being a horn player I find this to be one the most epic things ever, but the thing that surprised me more is that I randomly get goose bumps listening to this. Ha ha ha wow.

[EvanFingerstyle]

Is it weird that I think some parts of this sounded cute, almost? xD

[pineapplepeanuts]

Dude, you are the fuckin master! Best part - Final Fantasy and Dream Theater fan. Very nice

[navikiller99]

Im horrible at french horn but your great

[MrZenew]

Fantastic! That was simply wonderful! You have truly inspired my horn playing to one day be as great as yous. I look forward to seeing more from you! :)

[HappiestCabbage]

well done sir amazing!

[reillocb]

Hey there, excellent performance man! I'm actually considering doing something exactly like you, except i play the euphonium, Check out my vids sometime if you're interested, although for now its just audio only.. i wanted to ask if you have any tips with recording video and synching audio, well, pretty much what do you generally do to reach the final product

Subscribed and thanks in advance!

[Wiegieboard]

This sounds great! Real nice work!

[hinatalover678]

most kick ass thing ive ever seen your a god amongst men



[jman8760]

You are a genius!!!!!!

[spinolex]

Hey! I know you are a horn player but would you recommend your arrangement for trumpet? There is not really brass sheet music for video games und so i wondered if this would fit for me.

BTW: You are great ;)

[Marcpapeghin]

@spinolex Well, yes ! Except for the low-pitched parts, it could absolutely be played on the trumpet :)

[spinolex]

@Marcpapeghin I just bought it a few minutes ago and my first impression is "awesome". It will take a lot of practice, but it will be worth the effort. Thank you for creating such a beautiful homage to one of the best games ever made. =) Greetings from Austria

[MrDragonedge]

You should get 12 horn players together and do a concert!

[MrDragonedge]

This is unspeakingly amazing!

[BigHeadClan]

I didn't even know a french horn could be played that fast.... Might get back into it after seeing this. Great tribute keep it up

[otaku456]

I'm in love with you.



[KarlBonner1982]

What is the highest and lowest notes (nominal pitch, not concert pitch) you used in this arrangement? I can definitely hear some high Cs there but not so sure how low the lowest lines go.

[Marcpapeghin]

@KarlBonner1982 Thanks for all your kind comments ! Highest note is High D ( in Chocobo ), lowest is a low E ( in Anxious Heart )

[KarlBonner1982]

Hurry, hurry at 2:32! And you covered Anxious Heart at 5:22, which is beyond awesome. Then immediately ségué into On That Day at 5:52. Always could get confused between those two tracks.

Oh yeah...the horn isn't French, but the Fort Condor graphic at 6:50 is! I love it when video game text is posted in a language other than English or Japanese.

And I have to say that the intro to the Chocobo theme at 8:34 is one of the most original I've heard!

[TedRay77]

Amazing, but i think you know that! ;)

[vampknight45]

This is amazing! You are truly a great musician. :D I play sax but this makes me want to learn horn... ^-^

[ForceSensitive23]

this video made me practice the horn more, and play ff7 again

[schlagzeugerstar1234]

it is very very good your are my big vafourit

[DrSlipstream]

Where are the Dream Theater, Symphony X, and Neal Morse horn tributes??? I can't find them, and those are 3 of my favorite bands/musicians! Go PROG! :)

[josseh666]

Fantastic playing dude! And truly amazing arrangements!

[TheBibbz91]

I absolutely love this. I love this game and i love this piece. I would love to be able to play this in a horn choir...Oh this bring backs so many memories....Great job!

[AbsolBlogsPokemon]

I LOVE 7:14! (of course all of it, too)

[RedEm13]

I think I commented on this already...I don't remember...haha I just keep coming back to it! Truly inspiring to this amateur french horn player! And some of my other old section mates, also final fantasy lovers, LOVE this arrangement! Truth is, I was kind of an insecure player, and kinda shy about my playing level. This video really proves you can't be shy about the french horn! This inspired me to let it out a little, and its certainly helped! :D

[2winged]

This is incredible, officially I'm a flautist but I began learning to play the french horn this month and I hope someday to be able to play it this well :) Oh and the arrangement is absolutely incredible

[Foxay089]

Two people never heard of Final Fantasy before. :P

[Meteotrance]

Rah le Corp d'harmonie, il ya pas a dire j'adore le son de cette instrument, ça sonne tout de suite majestueux dans une compos. Domage qu'il soit si difficile à joué et aussi cher.

[twegadee]

Not really into this kind of instrument, but this was pretty cool! Great job :D

[maricone17]

horn model?

[bonuzround]

Holy shit, i am buying a ps one.

[spinolex]

This is absolutly fantastic!!! =)

[UltraNerdsOfTheWorld]

this game needs a french horn mod

[willhuntley91]

out of curiosity, what kind of mic did you use? i really like the tone it gave for this. not too boomy and not too punchy. i like it.

[Marcpapeghin]

@willhuntley91 a T.BONE SC400 !

[Cubes001]

Dude....2:42.....*picking up jaw from ground*

[lap116]

using which kind of french horn??

probably no f-horn??

[sgpepper123]

Awesome! You are amazing! Your articulations are impeccable! Also not to mention your amazing sound! Keep it up!

[klo1024]

dude. this is really good. I've played horn for 6 years now.. so I very much appreciate this.  What kind of horn do you use? not to mention how do you get the audio quality so good? do you have a hidden microphone behind your bell? haha

[MonstersNightmare]

AWESOME!

[AmericanVideoGames]

This is great, you really know the instrument. Music and video games, two of my favorite things.

[IAmOmega1000]

i am a 14 year old 2 year horn player, you and the music you write are amazing!!!

[GreatGatsby243]

how long did it take you to get this good

[lyconthrop]

you should a horn cover of caravan by duke ellington serious haha

[DarktoneAsano]

this is amazing

[brinkadink93]

What French horn are you playing on in these videos? Are you apart of an orchestra or do you just play for leisure?

[orangeparade]

GOSH, YOU KEEP MAKING ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE.

i almost died when i read the title of the video alone

[Claude1313]

MAD fucking respect, man. This is astounding. I fucking love the french horn.

[Mr59144]

I would really like the music to this. Let me know if it is available please.

[F0rkdaddy]

And all in one breath, great job.

[GreatGatsby243]

do you have a link for sheet music if so please tell me

[Jikyu]

pure epicness

[adnanr68]

This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. This and you John Williams video. It makes me miss high school band so much and regret not continuing to play after school. You sound aawesome and the way you put the recordings together is pretty cool. What software did you use if I may ask?

[rebishaz]

Soooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­od

[FantasygirlIX]

i love the french hornss and harp together ah makes magic i think!

[brucehembd]

This is AWESOME!

[CPUGenuis]

oh god.... 2:44....... i so want that....

[Warhawk666]

Man this is the greatest thing on youtube....

[stefanleebalbin]

wow.... i hope that i could someday play the french horn just as good as you are....

[snkatk]

I severely doubt that there is any other instrument (aside from the piano) that could pull this off. oh french horn, how we love ye.

[InTheSticks1881]

It's sooon nice when you find exceptional horn.

[Shiruto007]

do you have the score????

i want it

[drunyon214]

This makes me wish I was playing FF7 right now

[himself24680]

2:45 epic. enough said

[Atin1337]

This is the most awesome work on Final Fantasy music I've ever heard. I'm amazed beyond ... I cannot express how incredible this video is.

[death7unites7us]

That was absolutely incredible! You have a truly remarkable talent, and I enjoyed every second of this :)

[enVme731]

your on a god status buddy! it sounds like your playing bass clef for some parts and when I see them in this one solo I just play whatever not it is in probably 2 octaves above it.

[hyperbolicether]

YOU ARE MY IDOL!! my music teacher plays and he SUCKS compare to you!! are you a teacher?!!?!?! if not you should be one day i want to be as good as you!...sadly the horn for me is a little hard and i am starting to think might not wanna play but watching your videos again gave me hope:) thank you and keep up the AMAZING work!! A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++­+++++++

[themichaelc]

2.45 is amazing

[BitoBite]

WOW. blown away. the time and effort taken to make this video. AMAZING!

[zzplrzalpha]

This makes me wish i didn't quite playing that beautiful instrument after high school.

[SongeLeReveur]

Impressionnant, aussi bien au niveau de l'arrangement que de l'interprétation ! oO

Un grand bravo.

[marchwhelp]

Amazing tribute to an amazing game. Thanks for doing this.

[Hereticked]

Bravo! Bravissimo! :D

[AHoboIsEatingMyShoe]

Fuck. My playing sucked so much, I had to look french horn up to see if it was just me. It is. I could use some tips from these guys xD

[ACrazy09]

i love you...more than you know

[bmurphr1]

Marc definitely has to be a music major at higher institution...I was on of the top horn players in MS back in high school, and I didn't have any where near the talent this gentleman does. The tone quality, tongueing, pitch....everything sounds absolutely incredible. If he hasn't done any work for the media yet, with those kinds of skills you'll probably end up seeing him in playing for an orchestra on television somewhere in the near future! Makes me regret putting my horn down!

[leoclay1]

Omg... I don't have words to describe how amazing this is... I need to make one up... like "superfreakintasticoolmazing" Still doesn't do this video justice, though :/

[Lyeo13]

I admire this tribute solely because of the exaggerated dynamics, it really does make a big difference.

[kinggimped]

2:42 - great fingerwork! I was wondering how well you were going to pull off that part of that theme... and you didn't disappoint.

This video brings back such nostalgic feelings for me... sniff... truly amazing work :)

But now I have the Gold Saucer theme song stuck in my head for the next week or so... damn you.

[M0rganstudios]

Wow incredible man. It sounds like you worked your tail off on this. Great job!

[rockmuch9]

I know all this music by heart. I have heard it since i was 5 it's amazing thank you so much for this. I get goosebumps everyime i see it or hear it!

[The86thumper]

This is very cool. Where did you get the music?

[pinktux2prom]

One more comment. This is from my brother. He says 2:43 - 2:50 just makes his life seem inadequate.  (He's a trumpet player.)

[pinktux2prom]

Wow again! I love your arrangements...and as a fellow composer/arranger as well as a fan of Final Fantasy, John Williams, I can say I am very impressed with your ability to score the soundtracks so clearly for just one instrument. But of course, if you're going to do that then French horn is the way to go...it's so versatile! And your playing certainly utilizes that versatility too...good job!

[GabtronxYz]

really nice job. do you offer lessons?

[mirandy2007]

dude... you are frickin awesome!!!

[davizeber]

Marc, its wonderfull !! You play so good. I ´m starting to play horn a few month ago, and play this game FFVII too, until the end and i recognize every soundtrack. Really good. What´s the secret to play the horn are u play ????? Congratulations !!!

[Marcpapeghin]

thanks, glad you enjoyed it !

there's no secret really, be dedicated to your instrument and don't be afraid to play anything ;)

[ForceSensitive23]

What? No secret or whatsoever? I've playing the horn for 3 three years and I don't think I'm improving... Anyway, dedication huh... guess I'll be trying it...

[Finners1551]

well this is pretty sick... 2:00 till 3:00 is well good :)

[ForceSensitive23]

AMAZING... maybe it's still a long way to go for me to achieve that tremendous skill... anyway, IT'S GREAT!!!

[ryan23613]

what type of mouthpiece are you using?

[Marcpapeghin]

A Schilke 30

[ironspeed12]

@Marcpapeghin you're using a schilke 30? I play on a Schilke 30 because its awesome for low notes. But i find it hard for high notes lol. Then again i find high notes hard either way :(

[Thepillows93]

wow. Outstanding arrangement and playing. o-o I love playing french horn, it's just very difficult for me lol. I hope to be as good as you someday ^^

[MelloLovesCocoa]

I fucking LOVE you for this D':

You're my new Hero!

[lentilsonlent]

yes yes yes yes yes

[Marcu5r0xs0x]

Wonderful arrangement!

What software do you use to put together the videos/tracks?

[Marcpapeghin]

Thank you !

I use Magix Video Deluxe

[1337evan]

absolutely amazing. Please release your scores. :-)

[BalletCava]

Once again, you are brilliant. Plus, I love Final Fantasy- my favourite soundtracks. :)

[IcyBaker4867]

dude this makes the music in the game sound like balls

[KimmiMammaBear]

I'm absolutely in love with what you do. I played in high school, and fell in love with the horn. You're amazing, and i wish i could get back into it. =)

[kutturkuttur]

lol. i started paying more attention when the chocobo theme played. lol. nicely done.

[OsXFTWin]

Wow. You are amazing. How long have you been playing?

[Marcpapeghin]

thanks!

well it's been...16 years now

[mynameisniu]

awsome arrangement man, i love french horn. did you do this all by ear or transcribed some sheets? love the tracklist you chosen too!!

[Marcpapeghin]

Thanks !

Some of it was based on the piano sheets, and the rest was done by ear, carefully listening to the original tracks and transcribing them.

[sdghomero]

Absolutely superb!! It is because of guys like you that youtube is still worth browsing about!

[PWCB]

Fantastic!

[angelobonaccorso]

very beautiful!

[plokfast]

8O just that... just too god like.

[tom1uphat]

This is too awesome; it makes the ost sound like crap when I'm playing FF7!

Gratz!

[raskafari7273]

this was actually shared to me

[djpretzel]

It's FREEDOM horn! Awesome job arranging for horn; my sister played the instrument so I know how difficult it is!

[YenKaizer]

Fun fact:

The French Horn as we know it actually came from Germany.

[mynameisniu]

@djpretzel omg djpretzel O__O

[DemonStar89]

Great work! :)

[Verdegrand]

This is indeed amazing, you put a lot of work into this, it shows and it is highly appreciated. Awesome!

[clarinetgrl811]

amazingagain!

[ExaltedZero]

Haha this is amazing.

[BENebuchadnezzar]

pretty damn good, thanks for sharing

[bestfhornplayerever]

hey marc everyone asks u how high u can play, but how low can u play especially in this piece how low is the lowest note?

[Marcpapeghin]

I couldn't tell the lowest note in this tribute but it's not that low.

Now my lowest note should be around two octaves below middle C

[InTheFlesh177]

This a win but i know that your John Williams tribute was good but i mean holy crap this is almost five times literaly better.

[zippers787]

Such wonderful sound on French Horn! What age did you start playing? Do you practice like 24/7?

[Marcpapeghin]

Started at 8...i'm now 24 !

I play a lot yep, but it's not very regular..but when I do its pretty intense ;)

[bestfhornplayerever]

dude marc u r awesome i was waiting all summer for ur release of ur final fantasy tribute amazing

[link1123]

O_O This is more amazing than the John Williams Tribute. O_O

[Alexisonfire22]

Marc is there anyway to purchase the sheet music you created for this?

[Marcpapeghin]

It's not available ( yet ) as it's also copyrighted, but if the demand for the sheet music is important I will try to make it happen !

[RikuZegram]

I got goosebumbs... French Horns are amazing, and I love your Tributes! :D

[kiq911]

duuuuuuuuuuuddEEE!!!! woooooooow man that was awsome!!!!!!! Excelent work!!! cant wait 2nd part lol!!

[jy9693]

AWESOME.

[CarlyCarlyW]

Excellent !!

[TheBig5Brass]

Great work man!