Slow Version

[solleader]

pure epicness!

[djmaetness]

this is so awesome. love this song so much. but i cant play it yet :/

keep it up!

[VanMedia]

too slow, just a bit faster but not too much

[blackrpg]

As strange as this may sound, the key that being played between 1:16 and about 2:03 sound beautiful to me. How did you come about changing that?

[TMBATMANSOrgamecha]

I really love this version and you played it well... probably at perfect tempo, too

[kronephon]

Just wanted to say that i prefer this version to the one in the game. It's really awesome.

[willzurmacht]

wow perfect!!

[wogboypaul]

how long did it take you to learn that?

[hyenaboi1]

Perfect pitch and just the right length too.

[TranceAnton]

Dude, this sounds exactly the same as the real one, just slower.

Amazing job.

[marugarden]

It's the slightest bit slower than the original, but it's the way it should be.  Very nicely done.

[AmiraSama]

love it! by far my favorite theme of any FF game. i lke the sorta happy part in the middle, i kind of reminds me of in the game towards the end where he starts to crack but then loves Zidane to a point to save his life at the cost of his own. i like it slow too, it really grasps the evil and makes you think about instead of being bombarded by notes...

[Mathiasvandenberge]

Beautiful!

And, haha Ninja Gaiden game over-music. :)

[aerithgainsborough]

Wow that is beautiful. I just keep playing this over and over again! Wonderful talent. :) Best version of Kuja's theme I've heard in a long time!  I like how it's slow, Makes it feel even more deep into the song. ^^

[jefferylugo]

The tempo is excellent and the form and skill are excellent as well. I only have one qualm and it is this: you are using too much sustain pedal, my brother. Try raising and dropping the pedal on every 2nd count (for this song; the Parasite Eve every 1 count) and watch the difference. ^.^

[LegendAmongRebels]

I got to say something about the slower version just gets to me, I wish this would play everytime im about to walk into a room! This is right up there with the imperial march from Star Wars for me =)

[volvariella]

Indeed, I think this theme sounds better at slow speed! 

[mannyyoshi]

FINALLY!!! Some one that has the right notes the video is cool!!! just play a little bit faster. ^_^ Every body else plays it to fast i prefer it to be slow in order to hear it right THANKS!!! :)

[crimsonrooster]

Truly epic!

[StockBreak2]

Very good performance. It brings back a lot of memories...

If I'm not mistaken this version was on a separate CD, right?

[fitzthe13]

i wish there is a synthesia to it or midi format of it somewhere... really want to learn it badly... my dream piece to learn...

i wish you could make some tutorial steps to it...

[pdfkickass]

I knew I've always envied pianists for a reason. Such grace and lovely hands! Bravo!

[Selphi1988]

OMG I LOVE IT <3~ ty THANK YAAAA <3~

[HolySwordsman1]

i have never heard anything from nobuo that someone altered that i enjoyed, until i heard this. people say its slow but picture kuja when he hits trace and is destroying memoria, it fits nicely.

[crozsi]

I'd love to hear this played live in a café somewhere. Would be brilliant!

[foreverinfame]

i agree this is the best well paced your on pnt great job thanks for everything

[princeofpersia45]

omg im favouriting this. well done good sir.

[Eaderbreca]

* Drools * :O Do you have a piano sheet?

[RibbitGoFrogGo]

i would like to learn this. YOU ROCK

[fugeneral]

No not faster...this is perfect...the menacing, evil...I LOVE IT. You rule!

Peace bro!

Could You film it again above and show how to play it...I cant read sheet but i really want to learn it!

[vincevnc]

There's a tutorial video for the short version in my channel.

[dondons1987]

@fugeneral I agree I love it at this speed!

[fugeneral]

@dondons1987 Isn't it, the guy's magnificent. I still come back now and then and listen to him. I am still learning this i got stuck on the middle cause i cant control my fingers...it's so hard to play it perfectly..

[dondons1987]

@fugeneral I know! I can only play the first bit, but I find it hard as I don't play piano so its waay to advanced for my non coordinated fingers ^-^

[Baujioss]

I personally prefer it when its played slower. It seems more menacing, and reminds me alot of kuja's elegant evilness.

[PatrolBC]

You should play it a little faster ;]

[vincevnc]

Yeah, it is a bit slow :p

[Kujaangelofdeath]

Wow! This is so awesome! I love Kuja and you play his theme wonderfully. ^-^

[SaiyanCal]

Love it mann ^-^ awesome job

[derpatron]

Hey where can I find sheet music for this?

[BethShanFan]

I want it too!!

[vincevnc]

Let me know your email address and I will send it to you.

[Lucrecia7]

i love you

and this song

[vincevnc]

:-)

[MoeTuesday13]

This song is just so creepy and evil yet elegant and calm. Perfect song for Kuja. Great job playing it. Never gets old.

[LTKriti]

Awesome, this has always been one of my favorite tracks of ff9. Cool you kinda mixed it with your own parts!

[sp0kk]

That piano sounds beautiful!

[bryanyxw]

this is great.gets boring after awhile.wished nobuo composed the pieces during the fight with Trance Kuja.would sure as hell like to get my hands dirty with it.

[evaMASS]

I can just feel Kuja's evilness around me with his half naked ass hanging around me.

[BluntAnim]

@evaMASS haha

[lamHARDCORE]

This is amazing. You put a whole new feel into the song.

[michaeljt5]

can you plz make a instructional video on how to play this im having a sorta hard time learning it. plz. thx... great video you play it just like nubuo uematsu

[vincevnc]

There is a tutorial video for the short version in my channel.

[oberonfamily]

i love this!

[dondons1987]

lovely, I love this piece!

[UltimaKuja]

Excellent.

I enjoyed listening to you play.

[Lovefist233]

it could have done without the electronic wank at the end of the video, but well played

[vincevnc]

You know you like the ending wank. Admit it ^.^

[stravers1234]

this is great, you're the only guy on youtube that actually plays it at the right speed!

[caelbreda]

u're really good....

[nobodyfromnowhere]

That Steinway sounds pretty good. Is it just what you have or would you recommend it?

[gerardsk8ordie]

Seems to be diabolic! xD

very good job!

[xelten]

its almost like a sadistic lulabuy(i know i spelt it wrong)

[Ichorose]

beautiful

[9728741]

very nice man :]

[omegaisdead]

man you are so good, i almost wanna play final fantasy 9 again now..... but my ps 2 and 1 are broken D=

[Foreingwind]

you could play it on your computer =D, i am

[d1am0ndsp1n]

I could put like 100 starts but the bar wont allow !

Great !!!

[Silonex1]

This was just wow its amzing. Your freaking good. ore is just me that bad i go fore your the good player. 5stars

[Roan7995]

The sound quality is excellent. You did a fine job of arranging this piece, too.

[bazz013]

very well done:)

[AcTiiVeZz]

AMAZING!!.......but how is this an extended version when the original is just over 9 miutes?

[Eaderbreca]

Absolutely amazing! Favs * ! :D

Where could I find this version piano sheet?

[Ultimatebrownstuff]

Stunning!! 5/5

[jvandle]

sounds amazing on that steinway. what model is it?

[vincevnc]

Really? I hate it. I think it sounds terrible but that's probably just me. I actually like some of the Yamaha uprights better. Model number is New York 415305M (I think).

[Panikdemet]

never listened to the extended version before

thats awesome man

good job

[Zakkuso]

Absolutely fantastic, I love it!

[Careen95]

soooo nice can you send me the music sheet pls for the extended version?

[Ednei666]

wow! AMAZING!

[jozez333]

Sounds really good but slowed down 5/5.

[drummer2439]

that's almost the correct speed. just maybe a couple ticks faster and he has it.

[BlackMageVivi456]

that is so COOL!! i wish i could do that!!

[JanSkylar]

really cool

[Ravenwoods69]

fkn amazing

[MusicoNato]

can send de sheet extend pls?

[vincevnc]

Let me know your email address and I will send it to you.

[Ceminon]

I like your rendition. :) Nice job.

[Initrode]

Quite impressive! I'm shocked that this, Freya's Theme, and Kingdom of Burmecia are not on the Piano Collection cd's!

[Pwnd0z3r]

Very good! You play that piece very well! Always practice! ;D

[RicoRiley]

lovely

kuaj was effeminate, but you have to give him credit for being secure enough to dress as such. and for speaking in poetry. the only other person who effectively does that is epros

[Tess1061]

I've learned about 90$ of this song...and I wish I could perform it with such perfectionism. haha.

Great job. =]

[nikinanime]

Kuja Female???

LOL

He is male noob XD

VERY GOOD I LOVED IT =D

[aquarioshinso]

KUJA'S A FAG THAT'S WAT HE IS!!!!

[pysic14]

hard to say i mean do they really give a good description on what kuja is i mean when you enter terra theres only female ones with tails zidane only male if i remmber them saying they never said anything about kuja being male (if i recall bring some evidence like maybe a video or something with the subtitles of the characters of what tehre saying like kuja is the second male i made or something something that was directly from the game) thats evidence so we can end this gay ass conversion.

[shiromori]

There were female AND male genomes in Bran Bal. The female genomes wore pink and the males wore orange. They only had the same haircuts, hence the confusion. Also, Kuja was made before Zidane, not after. Zidane was meant to be the perfected version of Kuja, the Angel of Death.

[divinitywolf]

This piece is harder than it looks.

I'm learning it but its not the walk in the park i thought it'd be.

Beautifully haunting piece though

[cavajust]

This version makes me sad...

[mathias290]

Its things like this that make me want to learn piano.

[addy121]

my thoughts exactly

[Spikexox]

Beautiful, You play'd it very well, I love Kuja's Theme and You play it perfectly. Well done!

[Anaesthaesia]

Sweet. :D

[gjmvi]

Perfection!

[FreedomNo1A]

Calming

[Eaderbreca]

Oh wow, thats the best I've heard so far. This version of Kuja theme is even more touching. It really makes me shiver everytime I hear it. I don't know if it's the truth, but I read somewhere that they used this version first become Kuja was actually a girl, and that this version is more woman-like. But thats only a rumor about this version. Anyways, you play it really well.

Anyone knows where I could find a piano sheet for this version?

[Eaderbreca]

* woops I meant because, not become ;) sorry!

[vincevnc]

Oh ok. That makes more sense :) Let me know your email address and I will send it to you.

[killerz1230]

kuja is actually a female 0.o !?

i always thought kuja was a male . wtf

[savagesnowball]

Kuja is a man, fuck.

[Nessephane]

It's a woman standing in the moores, in the dancing rain.

[gallexea]

It sounds much more sinister when played slowly.

I love it <3

[darthsane]

Brilliant even if isn't playhed at full speed!

[luvlyfealot]

Its not too slow.

[mikeJ334]

Yeah, a little bit.

[ailovesu204]

Man, I wish I could play this!!

[speekoftheozz]

Nice playing. Sends chills up my spine everytime I hear this being played, its great lol.

[espuderito]

mann thank  to you for posting this

[SomnioxDali]

Kuja's theme is one of my favorites and you played this wonderfully :)

[omegaweaponredux]

its offical being able to play the piano is baddass.

[RFigments]

This version seems a little more melancholy than the other one did. I like it, this version adds more depth to the original piece.

[ffpm]

Interesting version... I like it!

[starlightdreamer06]

This is very nice. I could listen to Kuja's theme all day...it just seems to have that hauntingly beautiful melody that entraps the listener in its snare.

[Karsodus]

For once someone that plays it both good and at the correct speed. Very nicely preformed. Is it your own version?

[vincevnc]

No, I think it's arranged by Shiori Aoyama. i'm not 100% sure. I only played a few keys differently.

[gslimjim98]

to me compared to the original its a lil slower IMO.

[basmanian]

aw man you got to teach me that

[envy6]

i love your version!! this is so gorgeous!

[ailovesu204]

WOW. This is so beautifull...Fantastic. Perfect view of the piano! I want to try...

[jinakuo]

WHOA! i totally like this version is soo awesome thank for uploadind/sharing...the end was lol! sweet!

[tolfatolfa]

you play this song at the PERFECT speed, but could you post a video that is just the original song? not that i dont like this version, id just like to hear both ^^

[vincevnc]

ok, i'll post one later when i have time :)

[tolfatolfa]

for someone who hasnt played piano in three years and wants to play again SOLELY for this song....this looks so hard T.T lol

[vincevnc]

First