Lara plays 'To Far Away Times' from Chrono Trigger, on piano

[rappelzbassassinjk]

lara you keep it up these songs definitly take me back

[rappelzbassassinjk]

same here gear :D



[gearlockT]

when I played through Chrono Trigger I cried at this part

[MossmanProphet]

Beautiful! Your work on here is fantastic! ^_^

[takne619]

me gusta mucho la musica que tocas siempre e dicho que la musica de yasunori mitsuda tiene algo especial que resuena en micorazon gracias por esta ermosa melodia XD

[aceTL87]

after listening to this im going to buy Chrono Trigger for my DS tonight ahaha~

[DimaGMS]

Music is not about technique, talent, read, or showing themselves for their capabilities, is about emotion, and what makes you feel... you love playing music, it doesn't matter if it's hard or not...

[swamdono]

Its awesome that you play a lot of songs by ear, as Ive had a conversation with a pianist friend of mine discussing whether its possible to learn without being able to read notation.

Im a stereotypical guitarist that doesnt read music, so learning the piano has been a chore for me. So well done on an awesome memory; gives me motivation to press on.

[bummy33]

@swamdono i was always impressed with guitarists that were really good with tabliture! but just think how awesome it would be if you were good with tabs/theory & notation haha! I hope piano isn't too much of a chore, its an amazing instrument just like guitar. learning notes way below/above the staff on the ledger lines does suck... it doesn't hurt to write some of those out!

[swamdono]

@bummy33

Ah yes, not to imply that playing piano is a chore. I meant that it took a long while to learn a little bit. I usually look at the Synthesia versions of songs to see how to play.

To me, its kind of like tablature for piano.

But yes, writing out the notes is a good idea.

[NovaleeFei31]

hey, there's a guitar there. ¿Do you play it too?

[2crowler2]

oh my god Lara this is so awesome u are great!!!!

[ozucsanup]

Could you do an uncharted drake's theme or a wow song one time?

[erpeina]

the perfect girl

[mVandermolen]

This is amazing.... :)

[5059493rh]

I think that it must be your choice of piano music that bugs me. None that I listened to have given you any challenges at all. Might I sugest you try Chopin's Prelude for piano No. 15 in D flat major Op. 31. This piece demands so much feeling as your fingers caress the keys.

Robert

[lara6683]

@5059493rh I have played a lot of Chopin in my time. But my channel here is not about showcasing technique, it is about playing music that means something to people, taking then back to their childhood, or just promoting the performance of game music here on youtube. A lot of game music may not present huge technical challenges to the performer, but it does not make it any less powerful.

[hirogo55]

@lara6683 Girl, I really love you for saying that (love in an "I admire you" way, not the "marry me" way). Even if it could be not the hardest music to play, it is music that has a meaning for you..

Can you play "Aria di Mezzo Carattere" from FFVI? I think is one of the most beautiful pieces that you could hear in a videogame =)

[lara6683]

@hirogo55 I am working on this one next. I actually posted up a version about a year ago, but the I took it down cause I can do better!

[smellygoat]

@lara6683 my respect for you has gotten even higher XD

[TheLightdragon77]

@lara6683 That was well done said! I think it would not fit into the "corporate behaviour" of your Youtube channel and as far as I can remember you said once that making music is also your profession and so it wouldn't be a problem to perform masterpieces which requests high skills in playing. So I want to say thank you for your effort of giving it that kind of music to us. I like classic music too but the power that I feel by listening to the ST of a game i played is much higher. THX

[Wargzord]

@lara6683 Lara, you are an awesome person, with awesome skill, playing awesome musics! Regardless of the technical difficulty of the songs, you're awesome! Thanks for the excellent channel, and please keep posting your videos!

[omsterdan]

@lara6683 Yep! Song or music with no meaning or emotion, no mather how impressive the technique to play is, it will just be a pile of notes

[KingRangerLive]

@lara6683 You can't see me, but I am applauding you right now.

[LelouchRika]

@KingRangerLive So am I. One of the best comment I ever saw on youtube.

[lara6683]

@KingRangerLive haha thankyou :) :)

[ImShorry]

@lara6683 That is the best reply comment I have ever seen on youtube

[lara6683]

@ImShorry I try :) It's a fine line between explaining yourself while being respectful, and being downright defensive.

[Powerslave226]

@lara6683

Although your renditions of these songs are absolutely beautiful, this comment sealed the subscribe button for me :). Definitely one of god's angels here folks!

Also, great version of this track, easily one of my favourite and most beautiful pieces of video game music ever...

[Kiamet]

@5059493rh What a strange person you are.

[Wargzord]

@5059493rh it isn't to be hard, just awesome! And she is awesome, apparently much more than u...

[GenghisClown]

@5059493rh I've always thought that in a lot of cases, the critics are the ones who can talk about it but can't do it themselves. I'm given to wonder if that's the case with you. To put it more simply:

Do you understand *why* people play music in the first place?

[KingRangerLive]

@5059493rh Way to miss the ENTIRE point of why she does this.

[Quickmind01]

Incredible!

[AngelRedN]

Really a excellent job... :)

[DimaGMS]

This is one of the best RPG games of the history and only 9200 views...

[lockeslay]

i love you.

[tioluko]

give back the tears that you made me lose with that D:

[donchoro]

nothing to say... incredible... amazing and beautiful woman...

[CodySaucem]

I concur... Shame you cant just put it out there regardless as I would love to burn ALL of these to CD's to play in the car and transfer to iPod when running ^_^

You are truly talented and fast becoming an icon especially with all the Retro covers you have done on Games (Nintendo, Squaresoft/Enix to name a few) please PLEASE NEVER STOP what you do!! I implore you..

Much admiration

Scott Cody ^_^

[chrono4281]

<3 I'm absolutely impressed with your talent. ^_^

Amazing!

[Doftzinho]

wow.... very nice

[mehdan2]

many of us listeners and potential players would deeply appreciate it if you would take the time and effort to transcribe your magnificent genius of a piece onto sheet music for us to enjoy.

[khandbleachfan]

woow nice job , you definately have better ear skills than me, Check out my video of this song please thank you :)

[DDW18]

Whoah. Didn't except that one.

I don't think you can understand how much a beautiful theme like "To Far Away Times" can be affecting when it's combined to your talent and your grace. I'll probably be crying if you were playing that right in front of me.

Congratulations, and thanks.

[bodokyto]

my favorite song of Chrono Trigger I love the feeling with which you play the themes are very good and congratulations cute

[swords480]

Seriously...awesome! Way to play underrated SoM too!

Fellas, fellas...the only way you stand a chance with Lara is your name is Taban and you make crazy inventions using her name as your password!

[DyramBlade]

@swords480

Hah!

[daredevinho]

Try mixing musics from many games :)

[Stormwterdrain]

<3

[squerintain]

Great as always, have you considered doing a cover of "The Opened Way" from Shadow of the Colossus?

[MegaSupremeKai]

i cant stop listening to this

[superberg]

Like so many others, I would pay good money for studio-quality recordings of your work. You should look into Kickstarter(or something like it, since Kickstarter is US-only), you might be surprised how much people would give to make that a reality.

[jorgerko15]

Do you also do covers for anime? If not you should do, there are plenty of awesome songs you could cover for such animes like Clannad, Kanon and Angel Beats.

Anyway, keep up the good work.

[TWinterMusic]

One of my favourite pieces from Chrono Trigger. Great job, Lara!

[vizex111]

Your really talented! Everytime I watch one of your videos it's hard NOT to like or favorite it. I can't stop favoriting your videos! :p You play so beautifully and awesomely! Thank you! :)

[Grubilman]

I spent an entire afternoon watching everything you put up. Time well spent. ;)

[twilight1138]

Just ♥

[jrobinson3k1]

Have you done any original work, or considered it?

[lara6683]

@jrobinson3k1 considered it, for sure

[svitakblue26]

=)

[XxVicistxX]

Why do I find this song just so moving, it makes me want to play the game over again so badly

[saiyamanxero]

I may hired you to play at my wedding.



[aragost]

One of my favorite pieces! Great memories :) Thanks for sharing!

[ghosthacker123]

Samus

[Fabiocpessoa]

Muito Bom = Very Good

[alwynnan]

Impressive :)

[thor25521]

cool

[DeathFlea]

This music always brings tears to my eyes.

[TheBlondeJesus]

Have you ever thought of selling a CD of all the songs that you have played? I would definitely buy it!

[lara6683]

@TheBlondeJesus i'm not sure that I can, cause these are covers

[xWiseWolfx]

@lara6683 I like the idea of an CD too. There are ways to take care of the copyright laws, but that depends on the country you live in. Unfortunately I don't know, how this is handled in Australia. I really hope, that there is a way, that is suitable for you. Would definitely buy it :-)

[TotzthePlaid]

@lara6683 You'd have to pay a fee to the copyright holders, but aside from that... oh wait, that's U.S. copyright law I'm thinking of. I don't know how Australian law differs. You should see about looking it up at least!

[Requiem191]

@lara6683 You may not be able to sell your covers, but you should check out OCRemix.com and get with all of the musicians there! They put out albums with remixes and covers of video game music for free. It might be something you'd find interesting! It would be awesome to see you work the people there!

Great stuff!

[cristianop79]

@lara6683 but these covers are better than the originals...

[CanuckianMusician]

@lara6683 You'd need to see if you could buy the rights from Square Soft from them. If you can get em then its fair game :) 

[ShawnPattonC]

@lara6683 Actually, you can, though you need to go through some legal stuff first with licensing. Daniel Tidwell does it with metal covers of the same type of awesome nostalgia-inducing music. He has almost the same number of subscribers as you (though significantly more upload views) and seems to do pretty well on sales. You might be able to contact him and get some advice on how to get started. His channel is metaldaniel03. Definitely include some pre-order bonuses if you do this.

[HyruleForever]

More Zelda and Chrono Trigger, pls.

Love your every video <3

[Applekations]

Also maybe more interesting suggestion would be if you were to do "bonded by Clair" from Threads of Fate, I am convinced that "Demon Days" the song by the Gorillaz is in the same key or close enough that you could combine them. If you actually do this, you will become my personal hero. Not even kidding about that.

[Applekations]

Please do Bonded By Claire from Threads of Fate!! It's such a good peoce. Plus, you'd be like the first person to do it too I think, cause I can't find it anywhere and you're awesome at this.

[Bezedrubio]

do u ever tried play anything from Final Fantasy IX???

[maraudersvt7]

I wanna hear this song at my wedding, played exactly like this. truly amazing work

[lisayoran2000]

beatiful

[blix2001]

marry me.........

[EvlMagus]

<<<<<< Rush of memories

[HatsuneMikuandRin]

Oh and check out studio ghibli

[HatsuneMikuandRin]

Can u do HATSUNE miku?

[SkullChickia]

@HatsuneMikuandRin i second that

[RottenHedge]

do you like tori amos?

[geek1983]

Could you play a part of the Warcraft II human music please?! Say yes please! ^^ It's a classic, right? ^^

[BakaNekoChanSan]

Have you played To Good Friends before? If not, could you play it? ; u ; <3

[DivineBanana]

@AJ14141414141414 ohh good idea. playin something from princess mononoke would be amazing

[Peach4801]

so...pretty

I love all your music you play on the piano

It would be amazing if you played music from okami

[srhtyldz2010]

great

[superluigiac]

Marvelous! As always...

[AkatsukiSimo]

=). is there anything you can't play like a total boss. awesome work once again.

[legacycz]

No dislikes. That's what I'm talking about8-).

[flowerFOG]

oh god! this is the music of destiny! 

[flowerFOG]

oh... cant we fly through time together?

[YayILikePie]

One of the best things about logging into Youtube after a week or two is to find new videos from you. Thanks for sharing.

[Kotra3]

Wow, your hair is long :S

[rmeyer0120]

As always you make my mornings a bit brighter :) Beautifully done as always.

[HiroKawazu]

I'd like to hear Border Village Dali from FFXI.

[conafly22]

You always grab my attention when you plays chrono trigger, awesome!

[luisokskar]

becouse of this video, i will play chrono trigger 1 more time *-*'

[daigoro789]

ahhhh, i love this! this vid is not just a nostalgia hit for me 'cuase of the actual CT piece that you're playing, but also the vid itself brings back memories of the good ol' days when you first uploaded this...ahhh...how time has gone by so quickly!

*sighs*

[stelmo502]

very nice Lara. :) hagwe

[Cruiser052]

You just made nostalgia kick me in the face by playing a song from my favorite game ever. <3

[ZeroVirus619]

ou're a really gifted musician Lara, I love your work. I've be wanting to learn violin for som time, it's such a magical instrument, I'm just a little bit on the lazy side to be honest, haha.

Also I was wondering could you possibly do a cover of Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts? It's a little repetitive, but I think it's a wonderful piece nonetheless.

[oldfrend]

maybe you could play some of your fumbling guitar just so we feel like you've not completely evolved beyond us.

[Tweedalede]

You're really talented, it would be awesome if you could manage to do the Black Mage Village theme or Vivi's Theme form FFIX. :)

[AxeManAnthony]

Loved the ending theme

[utzie12]

Lara, somehow you never fail to make my day a little better. Thank you! :)

[darkrcn]

I just love this game...

It brings back so many memories of my childhood...

Thank you Lara, for these almost 4 minutes.

[NeoTrovador]

I loooove this song!

[VenomBurst]

WOO chrono trigger! Lara you are awesome!dont know if i have said that yet......well now i did!

[brandonmenegon]

SWEET CHILD O MINE PLISSSS

[dvdeckr]

Just wow... Remember, whatever happens in life, you have admirers here!

[Moonstonedos]

everytime I hear ya I say youre great!! I wish I could play as well as you.

[MussashiXXX]

Ah... I just fell in love! <3

[hiznix]

Brilliant as usual ^_^

And do you also play guitar?!

[lara6683]

@hiznix I do, not terribly well to be honest :)

[DarkWolffen]

I love you so much Lara... Can you play To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X? *-*

[lara6683]

@DarkWolffen it's already done

[DarkWolffen]

@lara6683 Oh I saw it now. Sorry for the mistake.

[neurotizando]

No, marry me!

[DarkWolffen]

Marry me? <3

[NejiLee]

I love you

[jediwatchman16]

Chrono Trigger is what got me into RPGs

[Jackcabbit]

Chrono Trigger music already makes me emotional, and your rendition of it brought me to tears in the first minute. Thank you for the wonderful piece.

[xSynbios]

Chrono Trigger for the win!

[nagot21]

Your playing always gives me goosebumps. =] [2]

[s0d0]

Your playing always gives me goosebumps. =]

I love you.

[KennethMichaels]

This is my favorite.

I would really enjoy it if you re-recorded it in HD for me... ahhh everyone.

[Skullcrusher1]

You know whenever I see you in my sub box I get really exited and my attention is solely focused on y...ooooh...nice guitar!!!! :D

[cyricmoonblade]

<3 <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

that is all

[sebasforvey]

very good , seems you are getting a personal style .

[KidEatingClown]

You got a gift, girl. It's time to really do something with it. Go make some money lol

[Oddsors]

This game's soundtrack alone makes me wish I got around to playing it back around the time of its release. Too bad I was 11 and unemployed!

Good job as usual!

[bigbardos]

@Oddsors the game is on ds and virtual console (and on snes and psone) so it shouldn't be so hard to find, I'll recomend it, even affter so many years it's still awesome

[shushusao]

oh i love this song

bring back so many memories... when i was little playing with my sister :')

good old times

well done!

[CiscoTheMan]

Fantastic:)

[master301000]

Wow my god... Those are nice widow sheets and oh yeah clean piano too. Good job Lara