"New Messiah" and "Aquarius" (Castlevania) on Piano

[GrovyleXShinyCelebi]

Isn't it CV The Adventure II: Belmont's Revenge?

[HamsterPants522]

@GrovyleXShinyCelebi Officially the title is "Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge" but everybody knows that it's the sequel to Castlevania The Adventure.

[Dianchanta]

Yeaha! It's a Very Nice!

[IrwinJohnFinster]

I thought this was great. As a matter of personal taste, I didn't care at all for the 'diddling' of the notes around 45 seconds to 50 seconds in, but I really enjoyed everything else. The seemless transition and keychange from New Messiah to Aquarias was really impressive. The word 'graceful' comes to mind.

Why oh why did I ever give up my old classical instrument from when I was a kid?  :P

[Markell1991]

@Verdegrand Could you please do the credits theme from Castlevania III and praying hands from Castlevania Adventure II?

[DeadSanto123]

sooo good!

[mmm07]

Nice take! How long did it take you to learn both tracks?

[Lavashield]

this is really quite fantastic

[blackandblue85]

Ugh! This needs to be in .mp3 format on my iPod!!!!!! ME WANT NOW!!!!!!!

[TheDayne]

you're the best of all the castlevania piano players... thumbs up!

[Darkovith]

fantastic

[MRRJD2]

pure amazing

thought id hate it on piano..but damnnnnnnn

love it

[Commandos12]

is there a way to get the actual music sheet :o/ i wanna play it :3

[Verdegrand]

@Commandos12 i am sorry, i don't have sheets for this. it's my own arrangement, i recorded this a long time ago and unfortunately i also didn't save a midi of this so doing a transcription might be very difficult. i might be able to play this again some time in the future, but it's not sure yet and i don't know when that might be. i'll keep this in mind, though. greetings

[chaosyall]

Two of my favorite Castlevania tracks, and beautifully arranged! Fantastic work!

[cort00]

I must play this, please tell me you got the score for this and send it to me !!!! it is beautiful, powerful sounds, deep bass, fast mids ohhh just great !!

[the0vermind]

fuck whoever thumbs this down

[fiendishshape]

Interesting take on New Messiah. Great job.

[blackwallstreet1313]

Dracula disliked this video :(

[shrey1720]

Hey Verdegrand...I've been hearing some bad news about your fingers. What's wrong with your fingers? Also, do you have a video where you are actually in the video (not just your playing). I just can't picture a face with your playing. Either way, great music and keep on playing.

[kiman360]

Amazing!

[Eneomaosorchestra]

verdegrand,do you accept solicitudes? i think with your ability you can make an incredible ``riddle´´ piano interpretation,also,THE FIRST ON YOUTUBE.

and not like extrocion,but......that will give you rating and susbcribers,jaajj ^^U

by the way,incredible ability with the piano.

i hope some day...i could have your ``level´´ n.n

thanks for uploading this videos,you helped me a lot with my interpretations.

[nightmoves17]

Man, that transition at 1:10 was flawless! Great job, and don't stop playing!

[kubevubin]

Wow, great job. New Messiah is one of my favorite tracks in the series. It's a shame that there aren't too many original takes on it.

[Verdegrand]

@kubevubin Hi, yeah it's a really underrated and underappreciated piece. Too bad it hasn't been remixed in many other CV games as so many other key tracks have. Perhaps it will in the future :) I know there has been another piano solo arrangement which was played in the CV Concert, but that arrangement is one of the few piece for which there are no videos available, and the organizers of the concert ignore all questions regarding a CD or DVD release :( Perhaps we'll get to hear it in the future.

[kubevubin]

@Verdegrand - Yeah, I watched all of the available footage that I could find of that concert. It'd be an amazing experience to witness it live, but I'd certainly settle for a DVD. It's a shame that something like that would probably never be held in the U.S. Castlevania is my all-time favorite video game series, and a major aspect of my love for the series is its music.

[jolachgh]

@Verdegrand

please get some people to make sheets it is the best castlevania piano on youtube :D

[genericsavings]

Could you play New Messiah at a faster tempo? It's such a dope and obscure track.  Kudos, btw.

[Verdegrand]

@genericsavings Hi, thank you, and yeah this is played a bit slower than the original. The reason is that this arrangement was originally planned to be part of a larger medley, and playing it faster would have made other pieces too fast.

[zion1540]

maaaaaaaaaaan incredible!!!!! thanks!!!

[abadon115]

where do u study all this music, i ask cuz ur good O_o

[mortalpirate77]

holy cow.... that was purely marvelous!

I would love to get my hands on a copy of the sheet music you used, if in fact you used any.

[exaltedsky]

you actually have good technique compared to 99% of the other people who play video game music on youtube. kudos and keep up the good work!

[katrusch]

fast. beautiful. great. I´ve enjoyed it!

[artha5]

don't know who couldn't like this video

[MuerT0ps]

u can gift me that sheep!? XD i want a play that song on the piano jajjaja

U are Amazing man, sigue asi de parte de Venezuela. xD

[Torentsu]

I loed @ the end

[lapthom]

Totally awesome! I've never played belmonts revenge, but often look around for the awesome music that these series have. New Messiah is definitely my favorite at the moment. Great job.

[youirv]

XD Years since i hear that song, "Aquarius" long time i dont touch a NES since i played "Castlevania III " Outstanding = )

[youirv]

XD Years since i hear that song, "Aquarius" long time i dont touch a NES since i played "Castlevania III " Outstanding = )

[OddyMoo]

wow i like that :D

[m3dion]

Amazing, amazing work! You are a really awesome pianist, so keep up the outstanding work!

[GrandMasterEdge1111]

Beautiful...Masterpiece :' (

[kabelux]

Amazing work! Are you planning a "Calling from Heaven" version (with a lot of Arpeggios! lol) ? :-D Thanks for sharing your music skills!

[AkuNoHana]

Amazing music, performed masterfully, great video!

[S3ttl3r]

Man, make sheets for this, please!! T.T

I want play this song too!!!

[ph34rONE3443]

Ahh Aquarius is such a hard song to play. The rhythm is so strange xD

Beautiful video as always, Verdegrand. I liked your Game Over segment too. :)

[christambb01]

just wonder if I can reach you...haha someday later

[3llianX]

Excellent, as usually! It is always a great pleasure to rediscover Castlevania through your arrangements. Good job!

[Verdegrand]

@economicrecession yeah you are right, I noticed that too late. I'll make sure to avoid it in future videos. Thanks.

[CleverDjembe]

Brilliant economy of movement.

[mrPillow91]

Hey, that was cool! How are your fingers doing? =)

[Verdegrand]

@mrPillow91 Hey, thanks. My fingers are actually getting worse, but I am being told to play piano as to train the fingers @_@ which means more videos are on their way ~

[mrPillow91]

@Verdegrand =( well, I hope you'll recover soon. Stay well!

[daigoro789]

@Verdegrand oh man! shizer to hear that your fingers are getting worse and kinda odd to hear that playing the piano may be helping!? heck, if that is the case then never stop playing and uploading man! btw, the piece/arrangment was really lively and kinda sounded like you had a bit of frustrated energy to get off your chest!

[AvlidaPower]

Nice work!

[Samwerd2]

amazing dude! Keep it up!

[Geohound1989]

This was AWESOME!!!

Thanks for this video.

[sanzodono]

awesome ! thanks for playing aquarius. it's one of my favourite cv songs.

[Korpikopan]

amazing medley !

[AnimeA82]

Well played!