Eneomao's Machine Tower (Castlevania: Curse of Darkness) on two pianos (duet with RigorMortis999)

[pedeveludo3]

jeez...what a fuckin talent...i became your big fan...you're really unbelievable...your videos from castlevania SOTN are definitly awesome...you're a great musician man...God bless your talent.

[spartank17]

amazing!!!

[Alufear]

The only thing missing is a ticking clock heard in the background. Very nicely done. :)

[israelsamccb]

IN-CRÍ-VEL simplesmente incrível,maravilhoso,amo essa melodia,amo esse jogo,amo a música em geral!!!

[iMeRcEnArYx12x]

täydellinen!

[R3INCARNATION]

I never thought this was possible! You made my day watching this! :D More people must arrange Castlevania Music this way! Excelent job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[133Gary]

:O super bueno ... mejor dicho exelente (Y)

[DarkAngelLover1000]

MOTA BENE!

[newnemesis666]

placer and happiness for my ears

[MultiBayonetta]

perfect :)

[shadowtheoblivious]

bravo bravo excellent a masterpiece you two are phenominal

[quixilver1342]

excellent performance! I was really waiting for this piece. I love Castlevania COD!

[awesomepianolover12]

AWESOMENESS!

[HiperionB]

Well, i have to say that this is the first piano interpretation i've seen of this song... in my opinion, this is my favorite song from castlevania CoD, and when i heard this the first time, i wanted always to play it, now, i must say that your interpretation is awesome! and you too have very good skills playing piano. Thanks for the sheets and also for the video. (i am not very good at english, sorry for the mistakes).

From Colombia: HiperionB ;)

[Kratos9820]

Castlevania alem de ser um jogo muito bom, tem uma bela trilha sonora!!

[CrimsonCrescentXVII]

man i've been waiting for this video for more than 2 years, finally someone is able to play it

[israelsamccb]

nossa cara voces tocam demais...

muito bom.

eu amo castlevania...

[TheWanderingNight]

Wonderful arrangement, but it's a shame this isn't played on actual pianos - this piece really can't afford to be bogged down by the 'dampness' of the synths. It is the pulse and exactness (especially in the piano parts and the rhythm section in the OST track) of the rhythm that makes this piece tick, above all. Undoubtedly, Yamane probably consulted the pedal, especially with the staccato chord progressions in the piano, but even then, that's because her piano synth was very percussive.

[Verdegrand]

@TheWanderingNight hi, i think i know what you mean. and i dare say that this piece does in fact work on digital pianos, and if you say the synths are damped, then the reason for that will most probably be that i was the one who had the percussive beat in the left hand and i didn't manage to differentiate every single note properly. the end result is still quite decent nevertheless, i'd say. but yeah, the piano synth in the original has a special to it. looking forward to your arrangements :)

[Verdegrand]

@MilicanLakitu Hi, you can download the sheets from Mark Andrew's website (link is in the infobox), and it has the notes written in it. Greetings

[MilicanLakitu]

@Verdegrand @MilicanLakitu ah yes... thanks... i didn't notice... xD .. btw.. u're great CV pianist :))

[MilicanLakitu]

@MilicanLakitu ah yes... thanks... i didn't notice... xD .. btw.. u're great CV pianist :))

[Verdegrand]

@MilicanLakitu hey no problem, and thank you. you are the only one to have a recording of the chair room waltz, and i really appreciate that ;) it's definitely underplayed.

[MilicanLakitu]

@Verdegrand aha.. i'm going to record it once more . coz my video is bad quality... xD....

i'm in my project now... to play eneomaos MT solo xD.. but it will be worse than your colab... TT

[Michelle2815CV]

WHAT THE HELL? TWO OF THE BEST CASTLEVANIA MUSIC ARRANGERS TOGETHER!?!?!

*dies from happiness*

[Kwachii]

*like*

Is it possible to play this alone?

[Verdegrand]

@Kwachii Well it might be possible to play most parts alone, but it would lack some parts and there would be lesser details. It's worth a try though :)

[harDc0re2]

what a beautiful song, very good interpretation.

[xxVinni15xx]

Hi, I really enjoy your music!

and I love Castlevania :) (the ones for DS, at least... xD)

any chances of playing a song from Order of Ecclesia?

"An Empty Tome" would be a nice choice :)

[Verdegrand]

@xxVinni15xx Hello, thank you, and yeah, the DS soundtracks are really good from what I know. Haven't listened to too much Order of Ecclesia yet, but if you are looking for An Empy Tome, check out RigorMortis999's recording of it. /watch?v=BfWzq56K4Hg

[xxVinni15xx]

@Verdegrand I checked, It's a great version :)

I readed about what is happening to your fingers... :(

I hope you'll be able to recover... You're such a talented pianist :)

[RobinLSL]

Nice one! I don't really know anything about castlevania (except 2 and 4) so I don't usually bother listen to your Castlevania stuff. This was a fun listen :)

About that stereo discussion going on, I don't suggest doing it. Stereo usually sounds bad to me, any "real" sound you will hear from both ears with just a little difference between both - but you might want to experiment and find out something good!

[RigorMortis999]

@RobinLSL Stereo IS always heard by both ears with minor differences - thanks to room reflections and the like, you can never stop one speaker's sound from bleeding into the other. What you're thinking of, where each ear hears it's own sounds, is actually called "binaural" sound. It's only possible with headphones and is used for spatial effects, such as encoding surround sound in only two channels.

[RobinLSL]

@RigorMortis999 Oh. I was thinking headphones. Yeah of course, it's completely different with speakers, I can't believe I didn't think of that. Stereo with speakers is fine since, as you said, both ears will hear both speakers and it will sound fine.

Never thought of that difference between headphones and speakers...

[Verdegrand]

@RobinLSL Hey, you're missing out on great games and great music, at least play Symphony of the Night sometime :) As for the stereo, I tried out DiscoInTheNunnery's and Mark's suggestions, and it really does make a huge difference, I was very surprised and wouldn't have thought so myself.

[RobinLSL]

@Verdegrand I was going to say I don't have a PS, but then I remembered emulation exists... Maybe when I have more time!

And if that stereo thing sounds good (headphones or speakers?) then cool ;)

[DemonBelmondo]

YOURE A TRUE VAMPIREHUNTER!!!

I really can feel the curse of darkness!

[Verdegrand]

@DemonBelmondo So be it. I must descend into darkness and reclaim that accursed power once more... I will have my revenge!

[DiscoInTheNunnery]

Nice job as usual! Just a trick I learned, If you set the balance of the piano on the right so it only plays through the right speaker, and set the balance of the piano on the left so it only plays through the left speaker, it sounds so much better!

[Verdegrand]

@DiscoInTheNunnery Hello, that's a trick I haven't thought about - wouldn't it sound strange when you listen to it with headphones? Gotta try it out though, thanks for the suggestion.

[RigorMortis999]

@Verdegrand It's not a bad idea. If I were to do something along those lines I'd do more of a 50% L/R pan instead of 100% L/R for headphones like you said, and also to avoid making it mono all over again :P

[Verdegrand]

@RigorMortis999 Hm that sounds like a plan, I never even considered that just mixing two stereo tracks would kind of eliminate the stereo effect. I'll try it out and let you know how it went.

[DiscoInTheNunnery]

@Verdegrand Nope, it can be a little unnerving when only one piano is playing, but you're right, the overall effect sounds much better!

[JTehAnonymous]

You both did such a fantastic job. Bravo. =)

[1just12comment]

Your Collabs are sooooooo like together....

As if one person is playing....

Who does the editing???

[Verdegrand]

@1just12comment Hey thank you - and as for this video, I made the editing.

[Princey1512]

great collab :D solid performance,congrats for this amazing duo ;)

[CleverDjembe]

2 of my favorites come together for some kick-ass gran pianismo!!!

[AvlidaPower]

I knew you would perform my favorite castlevania theme someday!Thanks a lot verdegrand that was a godly perfomance!Good job to both you and rigomortis999 and i cant stress how grateful iam that you played this theme.Thanks and keep em coming:D!

[Verdegrand]

@AvlidaPower Hey, thanks and no problem :) I have much more plans for CV, of course, let's see if I can get my curse lifted.

[Snakethoot]

This is truly amazing, great rendition, great collab, great Verdegrand, great RigorMortis999, GREAT

[Verdegrand]

@Snakethoot Thanks, and great comment :)