Final Fantasy XIII - Vanille's Theme (Piano Collections) ~ Memories of Happier Days ~ The Road Home

(c) Square-Enix / Masashi Hamauzu
Final Fantasy XIII Piano Collections
No sheet music requests please. Buy the official sheet music book.

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At the time of recording, no official sheet music was available. This song is played according to my own transcription of the song which was performed by Aki Kuroda.

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After a very long time, there is a new video from me again! =)
Vanille's Theme, a lovely song, and in my opinion, the best piece from the Final Fantasy XIII Piano Collections.

Let me tell you a bit about how it came to this video.

It's been a long time since my last video. I mainly concentrated on learning jazz the last years, and no other Final Fantasy song motivated me enough to make a video for it. The disappointing Final Fantasy XI Piano Collections also had no song which I would have liked to play.

Fortunately, after playing the game Final Fantasy XIII, its Piano Collections were released. Like the OST, it's a very high quality album, and I'm glad that there are again good Piano Collections.

The Final Fantasy XIII Piano Collections have a couple of songs which I really like, while some others feel only too much like background music for a solo piano. Vanille's Theme is my absolute favorite of the album. However, the official sheet music was only scheduled for late August 2010, so I decided to train my ear and try transcribing it. It took me one whole day, but I'm very happy and proud that it worked out that well =) I think it's very like the original.

Including the transcription, this video took me one week to make.

Enjoy!
- Thomas Unger / Arkton

Category:

Music

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• yt:stretch=16:9
• final
• fantasy
• xiii
• 13
• piano
• collections
• vanille
• vanilles
• theme
• thomas
• unger
• arkton

[Vyszeamy]

This is amazing. It sounds similar although it is different at certain parts. However GREAT JOB! I have a question, I wonder how was the process of transcribing this works for you?

Do you like listen to the song over and over again, play it on the keys, write it down yada yada and stuff? What's the order like? I'm sure we all are curious here!

[Arkton]

@Vyszeamy Thanks!

I have a software (Transcribe) which lets me slow down and repeat the audio with additional spectrum analysis. That helps a lot, but from there it's still a long way - hearing parts over and over again, finding the keys which sound right, and then writing them down with pen and paper =)

I also split the process up for lower and higher notes (ie. left and right hand), like doing bass of a bar first and then the melody.

[Vyszeamy]

@Arkton amazing determination there Arkton! must've taken you day and night! but, in a way it is good! cause the melody, the notes, the mechanism all sticks to your mind and fingers :) and that makes it harder to escape! in comparison to just sight reading the notes and stuff. Amazing job I must say!

[Arkton]

@Vyszeamy Yes. I had a complete day of time for this one, and I had the motivation to finish it fast =)

It definitely helps you playing the piece if you transcribe it. You have already learned large parts when you reach the end =)

[dylandark05]

I remember back in the days when people wants to know how to play a particular song, say a guitar solo, people really went on and study it by themselves, they go to concerts to get a glimpse on how the guitarist play them and apply it (really lucky if shown on the big screen). Nowadays we see people playing a whole song on youtube (piano,guitar etc.) with the camera all focused on the instrument while they're playing and PEOPLE STILL ASK FOR A FREAKING TUTORIAL. What more could you ask for?

[LufflyPanda]

love the part at 3:30

[itsRyanLiew]

@9KriZ4 this kinda sounds abit like cloud smiles doncha think so ... just a bit at the beginning ...

[9KriZ4]

you are my hero :) !!! you inspired me to start piano at 13 years old and now im 17 haha I've finished learning cloud smiles inspired by you and this will be my next piece !

[bauldersboy11]

I can get lost so easily in your music.

[khsu1990]

why this song is so beautiful arghhhhhh......

[GatoSquadInc]

how the hell can people dislike this. dinkleberg.....

[mbiel002]

2 people are l'cie

[manoelerotomania]

Beautifull, dude. I`m a musician too ( At least a try it, hehe. ) and i did a version of thi song on guitar. Hope you enjoy, here it is:

youtube.com/watch?v=v7CnnaZxhg­s

[TuzIzat]

2:20 - 2:50 :") deeeeep

[DaiKozui]

I hope I wasn't the only person who cried while listening this...

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