Video Games Live Bioshock Piano Solo

[rockpapercinema]

Hey BIOSHOCK fans check out the live action trailer on my channel!

[IAmWafflicious]

Would you kindly like this video?

[ComisNeos]

ITS JIBBERISH coming from this guy! how'd he get the honor to perform and butcher this piece. He's obviously never played Bioshock

[KustiMusic]

I know there are many accidentals in this piece, but this guy actually does make quite a lot of mistakes, both in notes and tempo. The sheet music for tempo is actually nothing like how he's playing it, and the sheet I've got were written by Schyman himself. To be honest, I've seen better from youtube pianists.

[mishasan134]

Brilliant, duuuude. :3

[george77772moons]

@damienfeb01 (I now regret making a #-of-dislikes comment)

[LessMestiar]

WHERES THE TNT?!?!?!!?

[estesonicyrayman]

la cancion no es asi! ¬¬

[Curristoo]

I've seen many vids of this song. This one is by far the worst one.

[flicks257]

Would you kindly...

[jamieboyrockon]

The speed makes this even better. Phenomenally done, and really captures Cohen's mind. Pure insanity, my friend, pure insanity.

[mrpotatohead34]

DUDE your SICK!

[BaalThondral]

He should play this on an organ while wearing a mask.

[MaxPianoMusic]

I can play this piece even faster... hehehe.

[chickenyogurt]

Fuck the tempo, this guy knows how to express dynamics so beautifully. You can hear Cohen's maniacal laughing and Fitzpatrick desperately begging for his life behind the piano keys.

[xXstraw666berryXx]

He raped that piano so artistically :O BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[erererer2]

PRESTO PRESTO no young fitzpatrick start over

[MrPizzapoika]

It is supposed to be this way, but id like to note that thiSs is only 18 seconds shorter than the "slow" version most people play. Some parts are much faster, and some parts are much slower.

[hazeman671]

Someone accidentally hit fast foreword/

[TheStephen8888]

Its to fast if he slowed it down a bit it would be ok and 4 any of u who says that cohens saying presto and wants him to go fast ur wrong cause if u notice he also allegro wich is fast and yes he dose say presto as well but i got the sheet music off gary skymans website and the song is surpposed to be played a little bit slower than that but apart from that this person is a great pianist

[IbanWisp]

it dosnt have a name?



[erererer2]

@IbanWisp cohens masterpeice

[ZombifyMeCapn]

They should've dressed him up as Cohen. Good lord, I need to see that. Beautiful job!

[TheAscad]

presto means (more or less) as fast as u can play... so actually this version is still too slow!

[majorasmask421]

why didn't the piano blow up?

[Brainsonom]

Whoah, this looks like more of a wrestling match between piano, and pianist!

[analfabetax987]

lol. he's good headbanger :D

[fluffyhead1992]

Sander Coehn is a spliced up lunatic so of course if he were to play the song it wouldn't sound like the perfect version we all know and love

[Sharpluke1997]

i feel as if he is playing this to live

[EaiteRandjamee]

I realize that Martin is attempting to play with as much fire and gusto as possible, but I thought a few parts got a little muddy and sloppy. Martin Lueng is still and awesome pianist though.

[GarryTheGluestick]

@EaiteRandjamee Yeah, listen to the mess that is 1:55 to 2:03

[DaGGortiz]

COHEN, YOU SICK FUCK LET ME OUTTA- *blows up*

[RazKurdt]

@DaGGortiz *a guy appears and takes a photo*

[Voidmaster05]

I haven't had piano lessons since I was 9, but MAN... I want to learn how to play this piece, lol....

[XxRobbieDxX]

I've noticed that there are a load of comments on this video saying "slow down!", so I thought I'd share my observations with you all.

In the scene in which this piece is presented we find Flitzpatrick playing the piano at a reasonably slower tempo than that of Leung, it's been accepted that the Bioshock version is the correct one, but notice that Cohen can be heard yelling "Presto!" and subsequently blew Flitzpatrick up for playing the song incorrectly.

Flitzpatrick wasn't playing fast enough.

[GarryTheGluestick]

@XxRobbieDxX Yeah, I like how he adds a sort of...insane feel to the song. Playing it probably how Cohen would.

[Zackkitsune]

@XxRobbieDxX No...NO! NO! NO! NO! NOT FAST ENOUGH!

[jctman1]

@Zackkitsune its way to fast

[Zackkitsune]

@jctman1 It was a joke.

[Vesivian]

@XxRobbieDxX It's called a piece.

[HalfAccount]

@Vesivian

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[ArcticWeaselStomper]

@XxRobbieDxX But then if you follow the original sheet music written by Gary Schyman, you find that the original tempo is something like 76, completely not Presto at all. It raises the question as to whether the lines from the script actually fit the music, as they may have been developed in different time frames.

All in all, it's up to the pianist to interpret the piece, as an actor would a monologue.

[fuckinlolipop]

@XxRobbieDxX then i guess Cohen would of sayed this was perfect :P

[Silverblood9]

@XxRobbieDxX It seems that Leung doesn't want to be blown up by Cohen....

[deltalabmodhl2]

PRESTO! PRESTO!

[NoobyIntellect]

Someone got raped on the piano?

[spanian77]

i..n..s..a..n..e.............

[MultiMacsek]

Cohen would surely blow this guy up

[Affael]

in my opinion this is much better than the original because he plays it like a mad pianist during tempest. much better, this is more insane than the original.

[gustgriswold]

too fast, and a little to advanced compared to the real one, but close though, BOOM, heh that was quicker than i expected...

[nudeood]

@gustgriswold

It's not close to the 'real one' this is the real one. I have the sheet music and I can play this and I will tell you as a musician (and Bioshock lover) that this is actually amazingly played. So yea, he plays very fast at the beginning, but watch closely. It is all on purpose, towards the end you can see he slows down and speeds up accordingly, like an insane demon trying to claw its way out of the body of a beautiful artist.

AKA cohen. =]

[Herbhip]

*head xplod*

[gooddarkjedi]

PRESTO PRESTO NO NO NO.

[thatguygamer3425]

XD he got exactly one clap

[xxsm13xx]

whats the name of the song? is there like an album version or something?

[terrytatefan4532]

@xxsm13xx It's called Cohen's masterpiece.

[sweetgandra]

Great video!!! Great game!!! Martin Leung rules!!!!!!!!!! Sander Cohen rules too!!!!!!

[typicalviewer2]

@xxsm13xx you can actually get a vinyl album with this song on it when you buy the limited edition of bioshock 2. it also comes with a cd an artbook a couple posters and oh a game. this song sounds amazing on vinyl.

[ColdRiceBall]

@xxsm13xx I'm sure you've already heard this, but it's Cohen's Masterpiece. It's from the hit game Bioshock ( I would highly suggest that you play the game. It's unlike any game I've ever played before.... it's amazing....).

[TheMrAsianK]

@ColdRiceBall , true say. it changed my life, and im not crazy...its so beautiful but at the same time it has a sense of fear and mystery. awesome game, awesome story, awesome music.

[xXGoldenFishXx360]

OMG OMG OMG It s beautiful( R.I.P. Cohens (If you kiledl him))

[ColdRiceBall]

@xXGoldenFishXx360 R.I.P. Cohen... but I didn't attack him! I accidently did one thing a little too fast, and he tried to kill me! I attacked out of self defense.

[4An0n]

i don't really care if he makes the mistakes on purpose or not. for me they just fit perfactly to the insanity of the song. 

[george77772moons]

24 people are too busy sucking Atlas's mutated cock to press the Thumbs Up button. TOO HELL WITH ALL OF THEM!

[kenshinkajima]

well. he buttraped that song.... :l

[xsabaskatesx]

Why didn't the piano blow up? ALLEGRO ALLEGRO!

[gingersnapshard666]

It may sound odd, but i love it, it's my favorite song from the game.

[edusouthpark]

asian guy playing an imposible masterpiece at super human piece, so new (sigh)

I also dont like how it sounds, i prefer the other people in youtube that plays that song, they do it slower and i like it

5 stars anyways =D

[HoZzIe27]

sounds crap :(

[barfridman]

it doesn't sound good at all , the kid plays it agressively.

[TriumphantDarkness]

Wow, an Asian kid playing everything perfectly at super-human speed. Show us something we haven't seen before! -_-

[mummyboy]

I think he's really in the music.

i disagree with people says he just plays note !

[thecolorunknown]

It was too fast, but impressive nonetheless.

[Vesivian]

all i heard was only one clap at the end

[Vesivian]

what grade is the song

[edusouthpark]

@Vesivian like sooper mega inhuman imposible grade i think

[fertski]

@Vesivian OVER 9000!!!!

[Alxmir23]

even though he is good,i dont like it,sounds like he is just playing the notes

[dontsmashthatbug]

Fast is good sometimes, but too fast is obnoxious. Hes not conveying emotion, he's franticly pounding, and you're milking the softer parts wayyyy too much.

Is it true you got the music two hours before playing it for the first time?

[HoZzIe27]

@dontsmashthatbug ARGH THE MILKING

[PHATKIDZfilms88]

"TAKE THE EARS OFF/... PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!!!!"....bioshok...one of the best games ever

[Vesivian]

OMG he is awesome best part obviously from 0:00 - 2:38 !!!!!!

[Usylys]

lol most people don't actually realise that the pianist got the sheet music something like, 2 hours before the actual concert. That's a pretty fkn good effort for 2 hours worth of prac

[JonasNMaximus]

He plays it to fast. Would you kindly slow down...?

[Smaco]

YEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!! :D:D:D

[Sharpluke1997]

did cohen loose the explosive trigger, nothing blew up... NOTHING

[ThatSplicerGuy]

cohen is never seen PLAYING his masterpiece, almost like he was ashamed of it...........

[zeppelinrules76]

@ThatSplicerGuy in his apartment its playing on the record player nonstop, unless you interrupt it.

[vivalachunk]

woah woah! is your mom dying or something!

SLOW DOWN!

[gamingaddictmike125]

@vivalachunk it's supposed to be played this fast from a musical point of view, although it is played slower in the game, cohen wanted it prestissimo which is as fast as possible essentially, that's why he is yelling at the guy in the game playing it xD

[PrettyPinkJewzilla]

@vivalachunk Well, if he doesn't satisfy Cohen fast enough, he'll die.

[jolielyli]

just love it!!! Well played... Cohen would be proud :)

[anglofdth000]

This version is amazing, that itachi91 guy's version is complete shit compared to this, I know the other guy is playing it "right" but, it just doesn't come close to this, it just makes me want to punch him in the face

[StanleyBradshaw]

AMAZING.

I love the VGLO.

[Dead3eD]

Love the song, love the game.

[iRamUrMother]

God dammit when was it in Montreal :(

[Teknibaal]

Way too fast = he makes mistakes = argh....

[thebioshockguy1]

thats guys great but they need to actualy dress him up as sander cohen. now that would be epic!!!!

[insanodeleite1]

ive seen a lot of asians are skilled they play really fast the piano but with no feelings

this ruins the masterpiece completely

[ImDrunkOnBaileys]

@insanodeleite1 it's because there all androids sent out by satin to kill us all when the anti-Christ hits the frenzy button destroying civilization as we know it and their ultimate goal to destroy all feeling, (like Sayid from LOST). It's all basic R.E curriculum. lol

[Pangaway]

Wow. He played it way too allegro. I find that ironic.

[iRamUrMother]

@holub1sko its supose 2 be that way ......

[yuonacotncsaepe]

Loud

At least I killed Cohen so He can ONLY roll over in his grave

[Tommygun1135]

Where's his rabbit mask? And white makeup? And mustache?

He does a fine job, but it'd be cooler if he looked like Sander Cohen.

[ShanyyHUN]

There's something missing... Oh! The dinamyte from the piano. Allegro, allegro! xD

[vikvale]

I want ot go at a Video Games Live! It must be an amazing experience. The guy nails this masterpiece to the floor...

[waltercarnby]

No. It's rubbish. He has no idea how to play this piece.

[Maximilian9994]

@waltercarnby WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ? HE´S GREAT!

[waltercarnby]

@Maximilian9994

No. Listen to the original. Listen to the pauses Cohen makes. Does this guy keep the pauses and the breaks? No. He goes fur pure, sheer speed. Doesn't keep the spirit of the original.

And as we know, speed =/= quality. If he had listened (and read) the proper version, he would have been able to play this properly. He didn't, and he just plays this full speed.

[genesis557]

@waltercarnby he plays it waay to fast and sloppily, though much better than i can haha, best i can do is song of storms and zelda's lullaby.

[aklm0462]

@waltercarnby And you do? Show the world then, it's a hard piece to play, based on insanity. Insanity is never played like a computer, where every note is perfectly in tune. Insanity at the bottom of the sea : Do you think they're going to have perfect players in a mad world? Mistakes are needed, if you played the song perfectly it'd be boring, there'd be no insanity to it at all, just quavers and semi quavers. But this man plays with the best thoughts of it

[Crezth]

@aklm0462 Don't be dense. There's insanity, and then there's musicianship: Garry Schyman knows the difference and this shrub does not.

[Crezth]

@aklm0462 That was the dumbest thing I ever read.

[aklm0462]

@Crezth So now you're actually making fun of insane people? Look, musicmanship means playing the song correctly, sure you need that, but without shee music do you have any idea how hard this song is? It's hard for anyone to be able to sight read, now try learning it and playing without in front of a giant cloud, on stage perhaps a different piano. His playing is how I imagine it should be played : can't you hear it? Come back when you know what insanity feels like, human!

[DhDo74]

I remember my jaw dropping in Fort Frolic level. Such a beautiful well done level.

[Poiison]

Agreeeeeed. It was the best level! Next to Steinmans.

[UshiromiyaReiji]

ALLEGRO~~!!

[MisterFerrel]

omg make it stop!!! DX

[Dalxien]

Mr. Cohen would be proud. :D

[AtomicStarBurst]

Wow...that was amazing. His fingers were flying.

[ongpohheng]

honestly, i didnt enjoy his banging on the piano@@ it doesnt really potray any mood from the insanity of bioshock@@ its just random banging. i prefer to watch an ametuer play this piece with less talent than him but with the proper mood cause he understand the piece. this is just showing technical difficulties

[tatox666]

is the cohen masterpiece

[surferjosh98]

alegro alegro! no NO!

[ccarbelaez]

that piano just got rape!!!

[Sharpluke1997]

he plays like he is strapped to a piano full of bombs

[ccarbelaez]

lol

[MERSHITEISE]

i hear a lot of mistakes, if he's just take it a little more easy.

[Telonelemon3]

@MERSHITEISE  Those mistakes are sappoed to be there. Its cohen for gods sake!

[MERSHITEISE]

@Telonelemon3 Cohen was a genius, he cares bout his artwork, and did it right.

then again, more than anyones life or the rest of the world

if this pianist would just SLOW DOWN a bit on the splicing he could maybe do it right.

[MERSHITEISE]

@Telonelemon3 Cohen might have been socially disturbed(to say the least) we was an artistic genius! i think he would have liked this to be performed properly. on top of that, his art wasnt quite abstract.

[councal]

WOW. AWESOME

[Usul573]

Does anyone know the piano piece we hear at the main menu in Bioshock?

[SanVanSkater]

@Usul573

I used to think that was a piece! It is actually just you moving up and down on the menu screen!

[Usul573]

@SanVanSkater

No it's a piece, you can hear it.

[SanVanSkater]

@Usul573

I just realised there are two piano pieces on the main menu. One is you moving up and down the menu screen and there is a fainter one in the background. I guess you mean the quiet on ein the background!

[Usul573]

@SanVanSkater

Yeah, you have to wait for a minute and listen closely.

There's some ambient noises and stuff you have to listen through also.

Probably just some standard little jazz piece or something, but I still wonder what it is.

[zappazoey]

You have GOT to be kidding me!

[mrbastos784]

I knew he was good. but WOW this is awesome

[dashboardforfire]

i feel bad for that piano JEEZUS.

are you sure this video isnt sped up a bit?

[criana]

That's intense.

[AgentTwiggy]

Oh man, that had me on edge, which is exactly the way it should be played :D Perfectly crazy.

[EnuMaNots]

He was great !

super !!

[bud389]

he plays it too fast, doesn't sound good.

[matikata]

I can understand why you would think that, but the further you are through music the more you understand that it isnt about the notes and the timing, its about the feeling behind the notes which bring their own timing. This pianist is depicting someone who was once a master of the arts, and has driven him to insanity over the fact that there is no one to appreciate his work anymore, so the piece becomes more messed up and crazy because, thats the feelings behind them. sorry if i seem patronizing

[Whooshy31]

@Matikata, while I would agree with you on some aspects of this, you aren't completely right. He butchered the "frantic" feeling in this song I'm sorry. Example: I would not defend someone playing Moonlight sonata first movement way faster than the original while still keeping some parts relatively the same tempo. His tempo is off in way too many parts thus ruining the song.

[matikata]

Lets see how you would play the piano when you've been trapped underwater for years on end with fucked up creatures stalking you and no one to appreciate your work. You're too hung up on the original recording of this song to step out of your comfort zone and listen to a character playing this song.

[Jorisje83]

@matikata agreed

[Whooshy31]

I'll retract my previous and leave you with this. There are people who give a rendition of their style towards a piece they are playing. It does not excuse tonality mistakes and unstable tempos. Justify that. If you do happen to think of any excuse toward it you are a horrible musician.

[matikata]

I said step out of your comfort zone to LISTEN to a character (Cohen) playing this piece after whatever happened to him. I never critisized your playing or anything, in fact i would really like to hear something if you don't mind sharing =] But I truly believe that if you went mental, utterly crazy lonesome fucked up word crazy, you'd probably play a bit like he does.

[Sharpluke1997]

PLEASE TAKE THE EARS OFF!

[falubii]

It's my curse!

[Karttikeya]

He doesn't take the time to play. Too fast, too lame

[hiomioman]

He is angry and frustrated!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sharpluke1997]

if he wore a mask and some white makeup, he would actually look like cohen

[nolifeATALL23]

hes suppose to make mistakes.....i think you would make a few mistakes if you had bombs strapped to the piano your playing on. this was a fantastic game 13 out of 10!(off the chart)

[xEtchiSketchx]

@nolifeATALL23 HAHAHAHHA! Yes I would imagine being strapped to piano with explosives would entail some mistakes.

[NaSaKeX]

Haha this is too presto and he isn't keeping his loose ends tied.

[LAGGZZZ]

PRESTO PRESTO . NO! NO!! NO!!! (pleassse) . later U SICK FUCKerLEPION

[vesemashouk]

exactly, every mistake he makes is on purpose, he is playing it how cohen would have played it. a sorta mixed mash of maddened passion..

[runnybabbit12]

@vesemashouk yes but remember cohen wanted it to be perfect like his masterpiece. if you ask me the mistakes shouldn't have happened but he should play like a crazy precise meticulous person

[runnybabbit12]

@vesemashouk @vesemashouk yes but remember cohen wanted it to be perfect like his masterpiece. if you ask me the mistakes shouldn't have happened but he should play like a crazy precise meticulous person, which he did kinda except for the mistakes

[Josephbm91]

So he beasted that Fmaj arpeggio with one hand at :24, and you guys think he can't play right notes if he wants to?

[Mresn]

ta la na na!!!!! NO NO NO!!!

[KefkaSprite]

I want to TAKE THE EARS OFF!

PLEASE!!

TAKE THEM OFF!!!

PLEASE!!!! :(

[Max0Inq]

Maybe there are few mistakes, but this guy catchs the soul of old freak Cohen in this performance.

[righteousham]

whoa whoa whoa, man slow down.

[hazeman671]

yes he is

[raisethealarm7]

playing it too fast?

[MeldedHaloEnds]

Be honest..........who was waiting for the piano to explode? That's what I thought.

"Allegro allegro! Noooo nooooo!"

[773demond]

He Captured Sander Cohens Masterpiece

[AleRox9995]

COENS MASTER PIECE!

[vesemashouk]

hes really capturing the true feeling here.. i want to here a higher quality recording tho