Legend of Zelda -- ゼルダの伝説 -- Horse Race -- 競馬 piano sight-read by Tom Brier

Yes, this is his first time seeing or hearing the music.

I've had countless requests to give Tom music from the Zelda series, but there is no ragtime in it as far as I know (having never played the games). However, I was informed of a couple tunes that could translate into ragtime. This sort of bluegrass fiddle tune translates the best.

The arrangement I was shown comes from a songbook published in Japan. The arrangements in there are way oversimplified. They don't even do the right bass notes, and the melodies are in single notes. You'll notice on the score here a few penned-in corrections that I had thrown in.

But the simplified score meant that Tom was more free to fill it in his own way, much like the popular video of him riffing off the Birabuto Kingdom theme.

The result is a great big yee-haw romp!

The tune was composed by Koji Kondo -- 近藤浩治 -- and appears both in Majora's Mask -- ムジュラの仮面 -- and The Ocarina of Time -- 時のオカリナ.

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Music

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• 任天堂株式会社
• 任天堂
• 近藤浩治
• vgm
• zelda
• sightreading
• piano
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• ゼルダ
• vgmusic

[gunnerblade]

*Looks at the score*

*Looks at Tom hands*

Something's not quite right here :p

[Keeper1st]

@gunnerblade Yeah, that's why I zoomed in on the score -- to show just how much he is filling it out.

[zachattack19942]

@Keeper1st Wow cool so he is instantly sight reading and ad libbing a lot? Amazing. Btw loved this game lol.

[Keeper1st]

@zachattack19942 Yeah. I (and others) have several videos of Tom sight-reading music (including many ragtime tunes that came from game soundtracks) and in every one, he's adding quite a bit to the music. Just enter "Brier sight-read" in the search box and you'll find more than three pages worth.

[pianistmaster1]

what's the name of the song he play on the intro?

P.S: congrats, pretty amazing video like always!

[Keeper1st]

@pianistmaster1 It's not a song, but the introduction to the finale part of the William Tell Overture, often associated with galloping horses because it was used as the theme to The Lone Ranger radio series than ran for over 20 years beginning in 1933 (as well as the 1950s television series). Heigh ho, Silver! Away!

[Keeper1st]

@skr1p7k1dd The game originated in Japan, so I include the Japanese name for the benefit of Japanese viewers who search for it.

[Kriskof]

Damn his APM is off the charts.

[hanswolfgangmercer]

this makes me feel like I've walked into a western saloon at the height of a gold rush

[ErickFilmsTV]

His hands are reading faster than his eyes.

[zachattack19942]

@Keeper1st Cool yeah there are tons your correct lol. Thank you. Franz Liszt would be very proud. I re-searched a little while back that he also had pretty much instant sight reading, even on some of the most difficult pieces too!

[Loios92]

:O wtf... *-*

[BerraG]

How do you record him without getting the loud explosion noises that must occur as his hands break the speed barrier?

[Dario7V]

Aaaaaaaajuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaa!!­! xDDDD I love this game