A French horn Tribute to Final Fantasy VII - Part 2 - by Marc Papeghin

[kaemincha]

I would like to hear Aerith's Theme on french horn.

[chez881]

This has been my favorite game since I was 9 years old! I have played this game once a year and have beaten it every year since and I am now 23.. This sincerely brought a tear to my eye.. Thank you good sir. Amazing playing.

[oathkeeper2013]

wait 20 minutes worth of music times what 12 horns you had to do for it ........you sir have my respect as a fellow musician and a fellow horn player

[scrastocarina]

Fantastic! Tres Bien! This will definitely go down as one of my most memorable YouTube experiences. Actually, I just might have to download the mp3. Thanks!

[champloo7]

Jesus christ I come back to this after 2 months and the ending STILL gave me goosebumps. Words can't express how awesome you are.. at least, with my limited vocabulary. Inspired.

[kevinhart51]

I know how much time this must have taken you. This is absolutely incredible.  Thank you.

[amm95]

really cool playing man, very cool. the only bit i didn't like was the minor chord at the end of the battle scene. shoulda gone with the original

[marcosbravo1991]

Great workd Master xD

[Genkidayama]

Tes arrangements sont incroyables, pas d'autre mot. Bravo

[champloo7]

oh my goodness. the ending was SO epic i nearly teared! you're amazing man!

[ABRASAXdeCHAOS]

WOW! I am a big fan of the final fantasy games..and i have played french horn myself about 5 years when i was a child... so this is really great ..and shows that every music instrument can be used to play nearly all kind of songs... classic instruments,rock instruments..all kind;)

[Tefaaruru]

C'était magnifique. L'arrangement est superbe. Je me demande comment je n'ai pas pu tomber sur ton channel avant. Tu mérites 100 fois plus de vues.

[lotsatiarma]

Man. Where the hell are your 2 million views. Damnit.. This is just too amazing. I'm really going to look into french horn now because of you.

[mrjonjoseph]

This should definitely have more views. :)

[anthonyritchie]

I came to this second video with every intention of commenting and suggesting you do the music from IX. The melodies in IX would simply soar on the french horn. I can only imagine the soaring horns on Melodies of Life. You should uh... definitely work on that haha.

[anthonyritchie]

@anthonyritchie I mean to add that I was surprised to find that someone else had already commented the same thing! haha, keep up the awesome work. I can't wait to hear more :)

[ValentinaDang]

wowww. this is amazingg seriously! I love the power a brass instrument makes you feel, I don't know what it is. Anyway you rock! :] Keep it up!!! I downloaded the mp3!

[biglu30]

beautiful!

[Vince511]

This is, without question, the best arrangement of FF7 music I have ever heard. You included all of the amazing songs in the soundtrack that get frequently overlooked by the video game ensembles that perform FF7 medleys. What you've done here is incredible.

[ILOVETODANCELOL]

Incroyable hommage, j'en frissonne encore. Un grand bravo à toi pour ce magnifique medley et ton interprétation parfaite.

[orangeparade]

YOU DESERVE A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD FOR ALL YOUR VIDEOS.

[1shirlehful3]

What mouth peice(s) do you use?

[zzk486]

I cannot tell you how many times I got goosebumps. This is truly amazing, Marc. Wonderful job. Truly.

[Haeronthegreat]

Shame about the vibrato and swelling, but I suppose that's that sort of school of horn playing. Otherwise, this is incredible!

[jamiemate]

5:22 Judgement Day, one of my favourite pieces of music from the game! This video just inspired me to buy a piece of FFVII memorabilia... about 10 years too late but what the hey!

[Sararasband]

Amazing and Nice!

[Warhawk666]

That was so amazing, makes me want to play the game so bad!

[hyperion82]

MAGIQUE!!!

Comme Songe j'ai vraiment été secoué à la fin, un moment divin, vous allez faire des choses incroyables tout les deux, j'attends avec impatience vos morceaux!!

[Blixish]

I almost shed a tear at your magnificent rendition of Cid's Theme. And I don't easily shed tears!! :D

[livingganja]

three cheers for twelve horns!

the megaupload file did sound much nicer than the youtube version.

[SongeLeReveur]

Hallucinant, j'en ai eu des frissons, sur la fin. Suis bien content de t'avoir trouvé !

[pyiffer]

The word 'epic' should have been reserved exclusively for your performance.

[Hereticked]

Just like FF7 the end was especially epic. Great job!

[kinggimped]

Fantastic stuff! Amazing texture considering it's all horns. Great little bulges. Sorry it's taken so long to respond to your friends request! Added :)

Keep up the great work!

[pinktux2prom]

I would love to see what you would do with a melody like this for FFIX. In my opinion, IX has the best music of the series (but of course all of Uematsu's music is great!). On the other hand, I might just do it myself, though it most likely wouldn't be for horns. Thanks for entertaining me tonight!

[Marcpapeghin]

IX has an amazing score you're right !

If I had the time I'd do a tribute to every FF game, especially VI, VIII and IX

[xlneoMAXlx]

@Marcpapeghin I think VIII would be the best to do. God I love that game's music :O

[snkatk]

@Marcpapeghin oh gosh. Kefka's theme on 12 french horns. O_O

[wicky615]

@Marcpapeghin You can put my vote in for FF VI as having the best music of the series, or at least most memorable to me.

[HolyEupho]

you're my idol

[blacryu]

ouch, got passed up by ALL the other chocobo like 10ft from the finish line :(

[MelloLovesCocoa]

Yeah, I love you for this.

[XxengaX]

This is....hard to explain how much I love this. Nevertheless I shall try. I love final fantasy, I love the horn, put them together and i'm a happy camper for a long time.

[todrumtodrum]

You are an inspiration to all musicians! Loads of talent in both the arrangement and performance of this piece! Keep it going and thanks!

[YourBoone]

speechless. that was a wonderful recording.

[lentilsonlent]

If this were transcribed for a more diverse ensemble of instruments or even a full orchestra, I might crap my pants

amazing that it's all done by one person and instrument.

[Marcpapeghin]

Thanks !

The thing is it's always been a dream of mine to hear a full-orchestra FFVII ( or any FF ) symphony kind of thing..

So this was my attempt to give people an idea of what it'd be like!

[lentilsonlent]

@Marcpapeghin

Your playing is obviously virtuoso, and obviously the french horn, like all instruments, is limited in color and texture at the extremes of its range, esp. in the lower register. At times it doesn't really matter, while at other times something as simple as the addition of a tuba or trumpet could really go a long way. That being said, I don't think anyone could have done a better job armed with just one horn.

I also appreciate that you highlighted some of the more obscure tracks

[Sabre2552]

@Marcpapeghin Maybe... someone could arrange the pieces for orchestra and we could assemble a group of instrumentalists? A video of both a conductor and a piano condensation could be sent around so that each player may play in time and with nuance. If each person recorded their part multiple times to simulate multiple people, and then the end videos/recordings could be mixed and balanced. It's surely an ambitious project, but I think there are enough talented and willing FFVII fans on YouTube.

[Blixish]

@Sabre2552 I would be in for that. ^^ Although, the only instruments I can play properly at this point is piano (13 years), guitar (7 years) and vocals/singing (all my life)

[CleverDjembe]

@Marcpapeghin

There are of course full-orchestra recordings on CD, which are mind-blowing!

[KarlBonner1982]

@Marcpapeghin My uncle once wrote an email that dichotomized people into "dreamers" and "doers."  Well he was wrong. It's the "dreamer-doers" who really get the furthest!

[MrSh1nob1]

@KarlBonner1982 BUt you can also say in a different way that it's like "planers" and "executioners" ..

[MrDragonedge]

@Marcpapeghin I'm actually working on an arrangement for my Orchestra of Final Fantasy 7. I hope to get it done this summer and get it up on youtube.

[chippynose]

Holy cow, man. That was epic.

[maestrohammer]

Great job. What recording software or equipment are you using?

[Marcpapeghin]

thanks!

All was done with a T.bone SC300mic ,a Phonic AM240 mixer, plugged into my X-FI sound card.

And I use the good old Cubase.

[SinisterIntent2]

@Marcpapeghin I love these two videos so much that now if ever I find myself humming tunes from FFVII its your rendition I'm thinking of. Thankyou.

[aj64079]

Totally Cool Marc, some parts, especially the end of th e whole thing I thought I was listening to the London Horn Sound. Very Very cool, can't wait till the next one.

[Ihateusernames27]

Absolutely gorgeous! Although I must say I was a little disappointed with the lack of "One Winged Angel."

But nevertheless, truly an inspiration to all horn players (myself included)

[Marcpapeghin]

Thanks !

The reason I decided not to put One winged angel is just that I wanted to leave room to all these other amazing themes we've never heard arranged ( Cid's theme, World Crisis, Fort Condor..) I feel FF7 is now all about Aeris and One Winged Angel while the ENTIRE soundtrack is as amazing as those tho themes ;)

[Ihateusernames27]

Ah I see! Good call then!

[redrabbitjohnson]

I think it's perfectly fine that you didn't include "OWA". Like you said there are many great themes in the score that deserve some play.

[YenKaizer]

XD

One-Winged Angel is the only FFVII sheet music I have!

[mynameisniu]

perfectly agree with you. i love your selection, fort condor is an amazing track just like cid's theme, vincent's etc ... great player and great arranger too

[5amGeorge]

I play French Horn, and needless to say i thing that all of your videos and recordings are amazing, and i was just wondering if your ever going to post some music to some of your tributes?

[bestfhornplayerever]

his music is on his myspace, there is a link on this page, look on the right side of the page there should be, if im remembering correctly mediafire links, go there and there are mp3 recording of all of his awesome musical arrangements

[chrisbary]

dude, that made my day for sure

[imnotgone144]

Oh my gosh! Marc this is so amazing! I wish I could play half as well as you. What type of mouthpiece are you using? Cause I'm sure that would help with your low octaves. =P

[Marcpapeghin]

I use a Schilke 30

[InTheFlesh177]

question how come there is only four octaves and again great because it would seem like more cause my trombone can do about seven but i can get only 5 or so

[InTheFlesh177]

fix is it harder to develop higher and lower octaves on the horn

[Marcpapeghin]

Well when I say 4 octaves, I mean 4 octaves of "real" notes that you actually play and sound great..of course you can get to a triple pedal or double highs but that's just for fun ;)

[vanceperry]

This is great, Marc! My son plays the french horn and we really enjoy your arrangements and videos. Please keep them coming!

[TheBig5Brass]

Great stuff, I wish the trumpet had a range as big as horn! How many octaves can you play on horn?

[Marcpapeghin]

I'd say approximately four ;)

[littleyogi16]

awesome. I'm glad i subscribed.

[ValhallFR]

Je te l'ai déjà dit, mais ce que tu fais est vraiment fabuleux :) Bravo !

[RikuZegram]

5:15 Goosebumps for sure lol ... so pretty...

And again starting at 8:12 ...

The French horn is seriously the greatest instrument ever made lol

[AndrewKesler]

Man, You are incredible! Congratulations on your success! I can't give you higher praise!

[CarlyCarlyW]

Marc, you are amazing. Thanks so much for these superb arrangements!