Soarin' Over California on piano

[sonicridersmariokart]

OH MY GOD I CANT FEEL THE GROUND UNDERNEATH MY FEET!

[sonicridersmariokart]

THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW AWESOME THIS IS.

[Luciferminusone]

I don't know how you do this. :)

[MrChaos010]

man this is my favorite ride at epcot oh and great job

[lovephilitup]

chills the whole time. Bravo (:

[Rct3andCP]

Can you some day play california screamin's music and post it on you tube?

[1taken]

@Rct3andCP Screamin' is definitely a possible future project. =)

[MrChaos010]

@1taken cna u do everybody's got a laughing place fom splash mountian

[jungleboyoven]

This is crazy good! I love the rides music.... I love the changes in tempo, and power. And I thought it could never be matched =/ And Look what I got... a AMAZING piano part of the song that is better than the original version. :D Keep em coming! I love them so much!

[cdreed725]

My day was just absolutely and completely made by finding this! =D

[1taken]

@cdreed725 I'm glad you liked it...but be sure to check out version 2, which is listed as a video response! :D Maybe I'll post a version 3 someday, since I can play it better now and have a better recording setup...

[KevinScottFries]

Could you release a MIDI file of this? It would really help. I love learning songs on Synthesia.

[ClevelandBro24]

Anyway you could teach other amateur piano players how to play the song? or where you got the music sheets from?

[1taken]

@ClevelandBro24 Well, the sheet music came from my brain, haha. I play by ear. As for teaching other amateurs how to play it...that's what the sheet music is for! =P

[heatblizzard]

Another awesome theme would be the "Universe of Energy Theme" on piano.

"Here we go, Thru the flow, It's the Universe of Energy!"

"Thru the seas,thru the skies: It's a source beyond our eyes!"

Yeah that one.  I have never been to EPCOT itself (too crowded) but I do love the park audio there and actually have that song thru the Epcot 25 torrent at Mouse Bits.

[MissMegzi1234]

i wish i was in disneyland and i wish i could play piano 'sigh'

[scarface0359]

Great, I love it!

[bassmonkey1962]

CAL-AD sucks, but this ride is simply amazing ! !

[licoricestic]

wow bravo i really enjoyed hearing your arr., cant wait to try out the sheets

[sk904]

Thanks for posting this. I am writing this out on the saxophone because of hearing this!

[daevster]

Hey 1taken! I have recently taken up playing this on the piano using your sheet music. Great arrangement! :D

[1taken]

Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[dogtherock]

Very nice Data! (I guess on YouTube your 1taken:)

[1taken]

Thanks! Yeah, somehow I accidentally ended up with the different name, but I wanted Datameister. =P Unfortunately, some guy who hasn't logged in for a year and has never posted a video has the name instead...

[dogtherock]

That sucks! You should try "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" on the piano. That could sound very cool!

[1taken]

Haha, perhaps...I've considered trying that.

[heatblizzard]

@dogtherock Or how bout try "Now is The Time" theme if that's what it's called.

"Now is the Time. Now is the best time, Now is the best time of your life!"

[Luciferminusone]

@dogtherock And the "Now is the Time" song or whatever it's called. :)  Now is the time: Now is the best time. Now is the best time of your life!

[sk904]

OMG WOW xD Sweet

[jenallica]

Gorgeous!! :)

[CadenceBlue]

Lovely and beautifully done :)

[jarredgamarra28]

u should play at Disneyland one of these days!!! you'll make it to fame!!! keep up the good work!!!

[smileypeepses12]

can i request something.... the california screamin backround music??

[smileypeepses12]

i cant stop watching your videos. they are all so great!!!! huge fan!!! :)

[1taken]

Thank you very much! Just wait till you hear my updated arrangements played on a piano that's actually in tune! ;) Soarin' happens to be one of the ones that's improved a LOT since I recorded it, actually.

[tacojack5]

Amazing. You have an amazing talent. 5/5!

[ezekielH24]

wow, tht's really good, tht's cool tht there's an arrangement for this song, but alot of ppl would kill for the phantom manor music box sheet music !!!!!!!

[epirgj12]

one word.

amazing...

and especially doing it by ear! holy crap. i tried to figure out zip-a-dee-do-dah (sp) and damn is it hard. i think i have the first 3 seconds of the song, but im not sure. anyways, thanks for posting. i would give this vid 6 stars if i could.

[devil2bDK]

JUST GONNA SAY THAT!

[madad0406]

I see you've done an arrangement of 24.

24 is very cool.

[1taken]

Yeah, fun stuff!

[madad0406]

Truly amazing.

You are quite admirable.

And I could completely understand your death due to over-excitement from obtaining a score written only in the heavens.

I would feel the same way about this and the orginal score of Fantasmic.

In fact, most of the Disney scores (particularly Alan Menken's) I would die for.

But especially this and Fantasmic.

[1taken]

Aww, thanks! =) Yeah, good stuff, all of it...

[madad0406]

Did you arrange this by ear, or did you happen to obtain the original score? (and if you DID obtain the original score, you would be God to me)

=)

[1taken]

Unfortunately, I don't have the original score, though I'll probably die of excitement if I ever manage to obtain it! No, this is all done by ear, working from the original orchestral recording as heard on various Disney CDs. I really enjoy coming up with my own arrangements by ear, and this one was especially delightful.

[madad0406]

Your description is beautiful.

Your transcription is beautiful.

You're absolutely right... Goldsmith composed this flawlessly.

All I can say -- Thank you so much!

[1taken]

Muchos gracias! =D I really appreciate it. I hope to re-record this, too...my arrangement is better now, and I'd like to do it on a better piano, too.

[Actingchick666]

Wow, now I can't stop watching your vids. :) You are truley like AMAZING! :) lol Well now I feel like so bad at the piano, but its ok because i can always just turn this on an turn off my key board and pretend I am playing...yeah anyway, great job! :)

[1taken]

Haha, thank you. =) Just keep at it, keep having fun with it! Improvement happens, slowly but surely.

[Actingchick666]

Yeah well it might have taken slowley for you, but for me its like I will finely get it when im 105 and then i'm sure I will pass out and die while playing the piano. Well at least it will be something I was excited about learning.

[1taken]

Haha, well, hopefully it won't take QUITE that long. ;)

[Actingchick666]

Oh with me, it will. lol.

[AdrenalineAddict610]

One time on the ride, I actually fell asleep from the music...it's so relaxing....

[braidhaugh]

If you get the piano tuned, would you consider recording this again? I think it would be excellent

[ArnoArtner]

when will you tune your piano.. can't listen to that :), but great performace. cmon it only costs about 50$

[macias13ca]

Do you have sheet music to this by any chance? Or at least part of it like with your Space Mountain vid?

[JordiekinsxxReal]

SIDEBAR! It's challenging, though.

[ZJ1012]

Do you have a how to vid cause i would really love to learn this!

Great job by the way

[DreamImagineCreate]

OMFG THIS IS GREAT!!!

[Clrntfrk7]

I like your songs! I just wish they had a little more length to them and weren't all just atttacked but slowly faded away, I'm not sure how you can produce that since I'm only a Clarinet player but to the point where it sounds like real piano strings vibrating, as if you were standing next to a piano, I'm not sure if you're using a real or electric piano so I'll leave it at that.

[rachellyxxbeans]

this is by far the most amazing piano arrangement i have ever heard! i'm not sure my tips will mean much, because i cant even fathom how much work you put into this, and i couldnt come close to this if i tried. but maybe accenting the notes from 1:06 to about 1:50 a little less, so you can really hear the creschendo leading up to 1:55, since it is such a powerful part of the song. i have to say, the dynamics from 3:24 to the end were amazing!

[briancalifornia1]

IS that you playing the piano? if it is you do one hell of a job i heard the haunted mansion ones and they are perfect so is this one soarin over  California

[mooreentstudios]

Great work!

[jediace90]

Geez...this is awesome! Please let us know if you ever write this arrangement down so we, too, can try and be as awesome as you!

[JordiekinsxxReal]

he did! It's in the sidebar!

[Imagineer5986]

AMAZING JOB!

[IamIceHockeyChris]

I love the song and it sound great on the piano, great job!!!!

[TDRFans]

This is just fantastic :D The chords are kinda hard, right??

Do you have the music sheet?? I really want to play this piece for my music assessment :D

[filathor]

WOW!!!!!! this is just fantastic,. Im riding again :))

[edwood666]

o ok. well thats a start. :)

[edwood666]

can you send me the chords via email?? I wanna play this! If you put this on finale please send to me

[tarckatsumi]

The music in this ride may be one of those i wont forget in my entire life, i just love it, and a few minutes ago i was thinking "what about interpreting this on guitar", but i tough that the one in the ride was so perfect it couldn't be better, but i clicked here and surprise, almost as good as the original. Thanks for uploading

[zreeder]

One more thing, did you learn how to play it?

Or did you play by ear?

[zreeder]

Thanks anyway for typing back. I listen to it almost everyday. It is so nice and peaceful!

[zreeder]

That was great,and I really want to learn it. So it would be great if you could show your hands playing the keys and go through a quick lesson. That would really mean a lot.

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

[SuperxXSunshines]

great job! i love it! it sounds identical! i cant wait until i go to disney in march!!!!!!!!!!!!!!im SO excited! GREAT JOB

[M1CK3Yanimation]

is there anyway you can turn this into an MP3 cuz its so awesome and itd be awesome if i could listen to it on my ipod

[mtxilay13]

i love this ride!!!

[markbundles2]

lucky. lol. but the rides amazing nonetheless

[markbundles2]

Your so welcome. I miss this ride. I've only been on this ride twice. The lines are soooooo long, but for the second time, i waited only 30 minutes with my friends. It was well worth it, because my friend had never been to epcot before and she had an absolute blast in the front center section. Thanks for the memories.

[markbundles2]

at 2:44, the orange grove scene is my favorite part. This gave me goosbumps, escpecially at the end. Good job, good job.

[M1CK3Yanimation]

best music in all of disney parks

[Roboprop]

This brought tears to my eyes, it's that good!

[atbsfire]

I love this! :D, I enjoy hearing your stuff on the "VF Radio" ;D

[demonickid151]

yeah if anyone misses it just cause of the super long wait shame on them

[Coastergeekperson04]

The problem with using FastPass is that when we visited the attraction at 11 AM, the FastPass was already up to 6:00/6:30 PM.

[demonickid151]

yeah they added it too epcot a few years ago this ride is probly the best ride i've been on in diney world and land

[DVkid]

Great arrangement! Any chance you'd be willing to make this available to a fellow Disney-crazed pianist?

[CAScreaminDude]

Visions Fantastic loves your music.

[Guitarattict]

One of the best rides/ride soundtrack experiences ever. Great choice, and amazing job.

[AdrenalineAddict610]

I'd love to hear Splash Mountain's soundtrack on piano! I'm kinda got some parts of it down, but I'd be thrilled to see how you do it! BTW, beautiful job on Soarin'!

[outatime8]

oh cool ill check that out

[outatime8]

what about you you have to be doing somthing else hmmm?=?

[outatime8]

well I will stick to what i can do but my job is still slowing me down for 3d work its messing me up havent worked on it for weeks.

[outatime8]

COOL COOL stuff eye ha ha im thinkin of making bttf the ride the same way but I dont know where ill get a model OMNIMAX screen that will have to be as masive as my front room. HA HA HA

[outatime8]

hey I asked before=) did ya see homeimaginerrings new video.

[brindle15]

Good job, Joe!

[rlcoolastic001]

you make the most awesome piano versions of famous disney rides! thank you for doing this for all of us! keep up the amazing job!!

- rlcoolastic

[outatime8]

did ya see hmeinaginerrings new vid he hooked up his motion base to the emv! its cool as for piano I was playing the angels in the outfield theme.

[outatime8]

SUP DUDE! ha ha whats new for your music recordings.

[outatime8]

oh yeah the sipsons is real chep in intirior desighn the 90s where more detaild te simpsons stripes te roof decor now it looks all cheap. the ride itself is exelent

[outatime8]

oh yeah the extireor of bttf yeah universal didnt fund the higher parts of the building much the lower parts like the sighn the line and que areas holding rooms and domes. AMAZING. oh buy the way try and get on the simpsons because befor I departed from operating they were going to tone it down im telling you because it will kill the beginning it feels like your dropinh on a high roler coaster.

[outatime8]

anyway you told me to ride it well im getting weeks off ill check this ride out but respect that I have more respect for universals back to the future the ride AKA the simpsons for the disney emaginerrs admiting the rides surpass there rides i can give you a list star tours, soarin , well thats it space mountain kicks the crap out of the revenge of the mummy coaster at universal I think disney passes every other ride but bttf/simpsons.

[outatime8]

YOU LISTEN TO YOUR PROFESSORS TOO MUCH. true those guy made me doubt GOD.

[outatime8]

=O SO CALLED ITS NOT ONLY USED FOR TIME TRAVEL THOSE WORDS HAVE TO EGSIST WITHOUT THE THEORY OF TIME TRAVEL BECAUSE TIME IS STILL AN ORGANIESED PART OF LIFE THAT CAN BE LOST AS FAST AS IT PASSES SO IT IS PROPER AND FITTING THAT i USE THOSE WORDS IN THIS SITUATION.!=D =( =@. OUTATIME

[outatime8]

WELL HA! vids on you tube dude your not thinking fourth demensinaly.B)

[outatime8]

well what I shuld have said was it dont use its mighty sound on cue like when you see a large mountain it cues it to fast so you dont feel it at least do it after you pass a mountain when you realise your extremly high.

[CalieProductions]

Nice videos!

[outatime8]

I dont see much in the song it spills all the mighty sounding music at the beginning and leaves nothing for the real beuties.

[sramboz]

YAY! i love this song! thank you very much! it's on my favorites now!

[outatime8]

ok then a girl from the make a wish foundation enterd car number nine through half the cours of the ride the girl sufferd a anerisum causing her to colaps unconsious her car was lowerd almost emediatly after she colapsed when the car was lowerd fire station 51 was too late. that was the one and only sad death on back to the future the ride.=( in universal city studios hollywood.

[RequiemBell104]

incredible ride, excellent score, job well done! Love the blue screen at the end too lol.

[outatime8]

eh! well I read what I read I experenced it every day on and off on and off bttf and the simpsons glad I aint there anymore. but ya know there was a death im shure youll be able to find on bttf a little girl died from the make a wish foundation. ill give ya the info after a meeting im having.

[outatime8]

abandond well not really I mean they are still using the theaters today they arent going to get rid of the flat high screens its just omnimax i really dont remember the name of the link its one of those high funded nerd blogs.

[outatime8]

on a site i found yesterday on google not on IMAX on google I typed ommnimax on soarin. im shure most will tell you on most ya choose its be cause the shape of the screen if your in the middle your fine but you get a seat on a high or further to the side you will get a distorted image and like universal they are so large you have to have guests on high places we have had guests almost kill themselfs jumping out the cars we have had a girl die for a anerisum.

[outatime8]

oh yeah the ride system is familear its the last omnimax scrreen ever built by IMAX its a new desighn its flater and wider unfortunate this ends construction of all these theaters.

[outatime8]

well fixed the problem oh buy the way have I been short tempery for a while.

[HomeImagineering]

I always thought the actual editted video of Soarin' was a little... home video-ish, and the ride too damn cold haha, but you're right about the music. Hard to find fault.

Great cover =)

If you can get your head around California Screamin's score, I will love you forever. It's taking me AGES to tab it on guitar

[break09]

Can you make a video showing you playing this

[outatime8]

ok I fixt my glitch this is nice I just learned about this ride its operation system is a bit familear. ;)

[RTCMAHL]

Nice job with the piano!

All by ear??

[outatime8]

omg my comments arent showing up on this vid I cant see them allit looks like to me is a new vid with no comments can ya give me a few muinetes to fix it.

[outatime8]

THIS AINT RIGHT WHAT DID i DO?=(

[outatime8]

WELL ID NEVER im verry dissapointed =(

[outatime8]

whats sorin ive seen a thing about it on rct3 but ???.

[CalieProductions]

Wow! Amazing! Very well done! Soarin, is my most favorite ride at DCA. The first time I went on it I fell in love with the theme song for it. It's one of the best rides of all time.

[adamvonwillis]

Fantastic!

[JordiekinsxxReal]

i like it.

great job.