Final Fantasy IX - Bran Bal, the Village Without Souls

[MeLTvS]

Such dulcet melody. Do you have a sheet for this? :D

[Aerosion]

i died of old age and was reincarnated as your mom's dry snatch waiting for you to finish playing this crap

the song is not this slow in the game you dumb whore

also get some lessons, you made like >9000 mistakes

[Hitaru07]

@Aerosion Sucks for you being so unknowledged..

This is the Piano Collections version, not the ingame music..

Better get your stuff right, thanks

[Lordoftheringsmfan]

this song is like erik satie gymnopedie ...

[kB5ka]

So depressing.

[Freya1350]

this song is actually a scary song but...in some ways it is a buetiful one(lol i dont no how to spell sr)

[0madmadame]

by far the best version of this song IMO. you play it amazingly.

[foshizzlekun]

I almost wanted to cry listening to this. That's my favorite song in the whole game, and the piano version brings it to a whole new level. THANK YOU.<3

[cbadefgurl]

great.... youre great at tempo

[TreCeratopsz]

this is beautiful... i havent been able to find anyone else who plays it this way..

can you send me the tabs or whatever? because i reaaaaaally wanna learn this

[minosknossos]

I have to say that piano isn't the right instrument for this composition.

[JRafamaiden]

the way how the water in the glass move whit de sound, is manifique

[Delldongo]

lool, well i didn't do it on purpose

[squeekytoy123]

Where is this? The place Zidane was from? (curses sister for comendeering her FFIX)

Anyways, lovely playing.  Very eerie in a good way!

[xellestar]

Yep, the village of bran bal.

[FlowerEmblem]

The name Bran Bal will forever remind me of bran flakes...

You played beautifully, good job :D This was one of my favourite pieces from FF9 :DD Somehow, the piano collections version reminds me of dinner music, though...in a good way!

[foshizzlekun]

LOL.

[angryantiracist]

I absolutely love the rather clear influence from Satie. It's a beautiful piece.

[dissident93]

@angryantiracist Just like Esto Gaza.

[pfaggella]

where did you find the music for this?

[JRafamaiden]

Piano Colletions

[FaggotFairyPrincess]

I really loved this song from FFIX, and you play it very well. I wish I could play piano. ._.

[Delldongo]

Thank you.

Everyone can play piano :)

[shakugannoren]

Its very beautiful, please don't ever delete this video ^.^

[Delldongo]

Why should I do such a thing ? ^^

[TheCaptMarco]

Beautiful, i'm self taught too, but you kick my ass. :P

great job, total badass.

[xellestar]

This song is one of my favorite from the soundtrack.

However, no offense intended, alot of this doesn't sound 'right' to me, for example just as i am typing this bit it's @ 2:55. There seems to be some chords added between each bar which don't belong, is it just another arrangement?

Nice playing, anyway.

[Delldongo]

Thanks :)

I played the Piano Collections version, not the OST version. When the "theme" was given again, there's, indeed, a medium voice added. You should take a look to the sheet music, it's a very strange one ;)

[xellestar]

Of course! Silly of me... I should have realized. I even have the original piano collections, not listened in a long time however. If i remember right quite alot of the arrangements are very strange on them!

[Delldongo]

Yes, it's arranged by Shiro Hamaguchi ... It's best work is for FF8, I think.

[xellestar]

I just ripped all the piano collections cd's from ff7 to ffx-2 to my pc again :]

I think you're right, FF8 definitely has some of the best piano and especially orchestral work on the spin-off soundtracks. Fisherman's Horizon, Ami (doh!), The Oath, Silence and Motion, The Successor (double doh!) all excellent choices for piano.

[Delldongo]

You're right too. I should think to record some of these pieces : The Oath or The Successor. I've already done Ami ^^

[DevonCosmos]

Bran Bal had such a... depressing aura. Lurve this song though ^.^ 5/5

[noobierook]

good game good song good all final fantasy!!!

long live final fantasy 9!!

[flintmarkios]

Bran Bal.... I remember that song so well.

[Delldongo]

I'm a self-taught pianist, too :p.

I think this piece is not too hard, but I love the harmonics and the chromastism in the middle part.

[PirateGuy01]

I've been trying to learn this piece for about two months now. I'm a self-taught pianist so learning a piece takes me a while.

On the final three measures of the first page. When it goes B G D F# D A F# G Bb A B C C# D, and it's in 3/4 time...oh geez I REALLY need help with that part. Cause, it might just be, but it doesn't sound right at all.

On another note, great job on the piece, it sounds great.

[Delldongo]

Try to play the triolets as piano and legato as possible.

[bcmkit]

Finally somebody posted "Bran ball, The Soulless Village". Thank you.. By the way, great job on this piece

[Delldongo]

Thanks :)

[tommyk77]

nice playing. i'm not a fan of the arrangement. to me it's those lovely arpeggios that really characterise the piece. the harmonic progression is brilliant aswell. this just makes it sound like a gymnopodie. you're a good pianist though

[Delldongo]

Wow. Thanks a lot.

I think it's a beautiful arrangement, and I love playing the center part (from 1'35 to 2'10), with the chromatism at the left hand.

[tommyk77]

Yeh i guess. have you heared the three gymnopodies by Erik Satie? this arrangement  is incredibly similar. it takes away Uematsu's originality i think. There should be a good orchestral version of this. that would be good :-)

[Delldongo]

Lol, I study them :) Gymnopédie, Gnossiennes, etc. But Uematsu can't be blame, it's Shiro Hamaguchi who made the arrangement ^^ And, even in Satie piece, there's no part like the middle in this piece. We could say "Bran Bal" is a tribute to Satie (like a piece in FF4 Piano Collection, too)

[tommyk77]

yes, i see what you mean. I lve satie's music. especially the third gymnopedie and caresse. Hamaguchi can however be praised for his brilliant orchestration of Liberi Fatali. it's awesome