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Prologue to the Ancient Land - 0:00
Sign of the Colossus - 3:45
Battle Theme - Grotesque Figures / The Opened Way - 5:47 / 7:50
The End of the Battle (short) - 9:40
Prayer - 10:36
Silence - 12:35
Battle Theme - A Violent Encounter / Revived Power - 14:20 / 16:08
The End of the Battle (full) - 18:15
The Sunlit Earth - 20:03
Memories - 21:45
It's taken a while to write and practice this and then set up a recording date around my job, but it's finally here! A concert of solo piano transcriptions featuring selected tracks from Shadow of the Colossus. I've tried to include contrasting pieces and have them work as a convincing set from start to finish. Hope you enjoy. Watch all of it if you have the time and inclination - I practiced a lot to be able to get it all in one take!
The tracks are:
1. Prologue to the Ancient Land - accompanying the opening cinematic, this music captures the lonely, timeless quality of the landscape in which the story is set. It involves some very nice part-writing.
2. Sign of the Colossus - Sinister and ambiguous, this music is explained by the title. Maybe it's some recently-disturbed foliage. Maybe it's an impossibly large footprint in the hard ground. Who knows!
3. Grotesque Figures / The Opened Way - The first pair of battle themes, going straight from the first track (struggling) into the second, more lyrical (winning). These two tracks feature steady war-rhythms and lots of drums and brass in the original instrumentation. The piano can't really match the depth or volume of an orchestra but I've tried.
4. The End of the Battle (excerpt) - The moment when the lights in the colossus' eyes are extinguished following its defeat. Sad music for a morally ambiguous victory.
5. Prayer - Reflective, ambient music for the quieter points between battles. The hero has a lot on his mind, not least his dead girlfriend lying on the altar.
6. Silence - Technically a battle theme, but here I've given it the same function as 'Sign of the Colossus'; a sort of calm before the storm. A shadow moves deep beneath the surface of a lake.
7. A Violent Encounter / Revived Power - The second battle pair. These are both in triple time with a one-in-a-bar feel, giving the music a lot of rhythmic propulsion. The dissonant and sometimes rhythmically complex 'struggle' track precedes a triumphant 'winning' theme; one of my favourites in the soundtrack. Spot the memory lapse.
8. The End of the Battle (complete) - Another colossus is slain. Maybe the last one.
9. The Sunlit Earth - I like to think that this piece evokes the galloping hooves of the main character's horse. A difficult piano to play this one smoothly and evenly on - the accompaniment figures must be heard but not intrude upon the larger phrases. I might do a separate version of this on a gentler piano.
10. Memories - An afterthought. Simple and singing. Hope you liked it.
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I'm starting to look into doing custom arrangements for people, so if that interests you then get in touch!
This Guy.. Is a colossus , with that piano.
He is wander of that colossus piano, completely overtaking it.
so are u shaman?
Thank you, that was wonderful to watch and listen to ; ) Beautifully played. I kept expecting to hear applause at the end of each movement! I found myself clapping in spite of myself xD. I'm amazed that you can play this music without having to refer to sheet music, you must have a brilliant mind to remember all those notes in sequence... props to Kow Otani for revealing this music to the wider world!
Nomad Colossus Hey Nomad! Love your videos!
Wow! Heyo nomad! Not surprised to see you here! Isn't this so we'll made? I was actually in tears once the sunlit earth began. I cannot put into words how utterly brilliant this is. I aspire to be a pianist like this one day...
+Nomad Colossus I knew that i can found you here XD
+Nomad Colossus Just watched your newest video, then got the urge to listen to some piano SotC covers.. and here you are! :)
+PikolUploader ; ) You are still the master in my mind!
I'll keep returning to this video every now and then, and still think it has not even the slightest amount of praise and appreciation it actually deserves.
yeah
Same here. I've lost track of how many times I've come back here to listen to it.
Same dude same 😢
Ive been listening for 7. years straight
Don't forget to take breaks!
He... The 17° Colossus.
esse é BR kkkk
Vocês tocam tbm?
@@PianistaPopular toco só birimbal
@@RafaSix n toca nenhum outro instrumento?
@@PianistaPopular não toco só brimbal
17:10 The transition between the emotions on your face here is almost as amazing as the music.
OMG EHAUEHAUEHAEUAHEUAEHE
you have to feel the emotion to play it as well as this person does, its so fun though cos its really what makes is a performance too
SO UNDERATED. This deserves a few more zeros on the right of the views and likes count. Magnificent! Doing this having a job and shit, man you deserve respect. Great game, perfect game OST, and a world class performance of it. Take my like, my subscription and my respect. Cheers mate, in one take, this is insanely good for a
I'd like to manage english like you do, man. I've already saw a lot of game music in piano performances but this man knows how to play with feeling. I wonder if he really played the game.
Herbert Câmara Given the passion he puts into his playing, I assume that he surely did play it and I bet he loves having played it :) Cheers
Not 0s.9s
Agreed
mobile users: Prologue to the Ancient Land - 0:00 Sign of the Colossus - 3:45 Battle Theme - Grotesque Figures / The Opened Way - 5:47 / 7:50 The End of the Battle (short) - 9:40 Prayer - 10:36 Silence - 12:35 Battle Theme - A Violent Encounter / Revived Power - 14:20 / 16:08 The End of the Battle (full) - 18:15 The Sunlit Earth - 20:03 Memories - 21:45
Thx
Must be just me. I'm on mobile and can access the description just fine.
@@darknessdevours5827 you can now click on the description with the new KZhead update ...
@@axn30158 opa eae kkkk
Arigatoo
The Sunlit Earth made me cry both times I listened to it. When you watch that bird flying through the sky after the end of your journey, the feelings are so strong.
me too, I didn't want to leave, I also want a love so strong I would do anything like Wander
I feel it the same way,in every game of Fumito Ueda i cry in some place in there, and Koh Otani the creator of that and mostly this type of games, is amazing, and this guy is sharing their feelings with him, both amazing
Poke Poke stupid
Gravity FAN i wanna apologize for an issue mine, is Fumito ueda the owner of that sort of games, koh otani is the composer of the music. Yeah, Partner, all you said is so true, i dont know if you know that, but that is te essence of the games of Fumito ueda is create a special bond between player and the character , that is easy when you have a nice objective o an interested one, that is the purpose of that sort of games and is said by himself in the interview of Last guardian, i entirely invite all to watch it because there people dont understand that, this sort of games is in another level, dont is just for fun like all others, is smth more deep than that, is Connect With that world, all they to realize of that, if dont, well, surely Fumito ueda say:"Well, maybe you must play other games" XD, but really i appreciate that because is a people with conviction in that theme, and i understand it
Ik
this soundtrack can put me to tears itself. the very emotion put into this piece is amazing, it takes a true appreciation for the game as a whole to come up with this. I show this ost to some of my classical music buff friends and they are blown away that it's a score to a game.
+Wil Stallmann Well the composers of old wrote for operas and dances and just background music at parties, and many of the twentieth-century classical masters wrote for films. If they were alive today you can bet some of them would be writing for games, it's just another medium. Tell them that if they're being snobs!
soft chill at 0:30 / 5:52 wow chill again / 7:57 goosebumps / 9:46 I just returned to reality (yea, still chilling) / 13:00 the colossus is looking at me, but cant see him... yet / 14:22 holy fuck, that shit is enormous, i really felt that part /16:16 at last, im on it / 18:24 feels again / 20:07 the sky, the horses, the grass, the eagles... everything starts again, the reborn.
Glad you're feeling it so keenly, but I have to ask out of curiosity - are you high, by any chance?
hhh , he is right , it's exacly how it goes in this game . love your work by the way , genius
LOL. im not "high" xD I'm just a musician, like you. But i play the guitar xD anyways, I'm not offended by your comment. I must to say your video is so underrated, about the number of visit and likes. This is one of the best jobs i have ever seen in YT.
7:57 goosebumps melhor musica XP
Gledson Henrique Oliveira e quais são suas expectativas pro remake? Meu hype ta la em cima
I imagine that you will never be able to imagine how important this video was to me. Shadow of the Colussus is the game that has touched me the most in my life and its striking soundtrack that awoke me to music. It was then that I found this video... Your spectacular arrangement and interpretation was like a light calling me to learn piano and develop as a musician. Today, living as a result of the study of music, I come back to appreciate his work, which is always very touching and exciting. Unfortunately I can only give a single like, which is definitely not able to express how grateful I am to be able to appreciate your precious arrangement of this phenomenal soundtrack from Shadow of the Colussus. Anyway... From the bottom of my heart, thank you very much!
Gosh - glad I could have had such a positive effect on someone! Hope the piano progress is going well for you and thanks for coming back.
14:16 that explosion there, it's just overwhelming, probably the best OST for Playstation, and I dare to say the best made for videogames, it just represents all the game is, sacrifice, nostalgia, sadness and greatness. You are a god my friend, this made me remind my childhood, thank you.
This is genuinely the most impressive thing I've ever seen someone do on a piano.
It is amazing & the fact he's memorized it all without looking at sheet music just makes it all the more impressive.
I just wanted you to know that this is, actually, the best thing ever in the history of mankind.
23 minutes ago I had a random thought of "maybe somebody has piano versions of Shadow of the Colossus music" and I am beyond impressed. I've played through that game multiple times and I feel you have captured the complete journey of the game in this arrangement. Every song is placed perfectly and I truly felt like I was reliving a playthrough of it. I'm upset with myself for not finding this video earlier! I am currently teaching myself to play piano and you have reminded me why I want to play. Growing up I'd listen to video game soundtracks like Zelda, Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy etc. and I've always wanted to recreate these beautiful soundtracks. I hope to be half as good as you someday, to be able to play this arrangement!
I'm genuinely in awe of how he managed to make a piece like the opened way sound as good as it did on piano. I've seen many renditions of it on KZhead but yours is definitely my favorite full version of it.
An absolutely amazing performance! Such a wonderful tribute to a wonderful soundtrack! Thank you and bravo! :)
Not just enough to play it wonderfully, but the description perfectly captures the emotions when playing the game and these songs come up. And he plays them likewise, making it a truly fitting cover of these songs.
the most amazing performance that i've seen in my life
I really love Shadow of the Colossus and watch some videos of musical performance on KZhead. I only know the title in Japanese so I used to search ワンダと巨像, but today I searched in English. I surprised that there are so many fantstic videos and especially your videos are perfect. I love your piano. I feel your love for the game by your performance. I am very happy to encount this video by concidence. Thank you.
ありがとうございました！私はあなたがそれを楽しんでうれしいです。
@@TheSlowPianist smooth
I'm more than impressed with your talent good sir. I didn't think 1 piano could so adeptly convey the emotions put into the orchestral compositions that were written for this game. Your skill to, not only play, but to bring forth the emotions that this soundtrack contains is absolutely incredible. Keep the up the good work!
7:51 - 9:37 Best part for me, the notes are so intense. I'd like to see what the XVIII century masters os classical music would think of that.
+DarkVortex42 Did you play the game?
Rudah Reis Yes. One of my favourite games with Mass Effect, Bioshock, Dear Esther and Hitman Blood Money.
+DarkVortex42 Good taste in game soundtracks you've got there. Wish I could do something to honour Mass Effect but I can't see how it would work.
TheSlowPianist Its a honour to receive a repply from such an artist! Thak you. Maybe you wanna give a little check in Dear Esther soundtrack, especially the track called "Twenty One". If you wanna something more known the first Halo game intro its a great game track too, i can already hear piano notes taking place of the beautiful gregorian sing. But after SoTC soundtrack, the best OST for me is the Hitman Blood Money's Jesper Kyd masterpiece. The track "Apocalypse" its one of the most powerful i've ever heard and capture all the game atmosphere.
+DarkVortex42 I always imagined Wander calling Agro when i heard that part.
Não consigo parar de escutar! Simplesmente S-U-R-P-R-E-E-N-D-E-N-T-E!!!!
Felipe Souza cara... quais são suas as suas expectativas pro remake?
Vim aqui várias vezes e nunca tinha visto um br
pois e ne, achei que BR so gostava daquelas merda de funk.
enquanto isso tou a ter a minha primeira experiencia na minha ps2
Hihi
Holy shit, all the details. He didn't skip most of the minor details of the songs, that made such a difference compared to most of the tabs and midi files of them when I was looking back in 2012. Great job sir, now I can't seem to start my day without listening to this concert atleast once.
I am here for this rendition of The Opened Way. I used to play this one back in the day, but nowhere NEAR this impressive. I always love seeing performers moving their whole body when they get so into playing. Excellent work!
as a person who played this game since it came out on the ps2.... i'm in tears. thank you for this masterpiece sir😢❤
Thank you for putting memories last. It hurt and felt like a swig of fresh water
I...didn't even miss the orchestra, that's how well you encompassed the soul of the original soundtrack. Incredible 😭😭
20:03 The sunlit Earth de longe é a minha preferida😢😊❤
Eu choro
@CH PUB nossa cara vlw por me lembrar desse vídeo :'/ em que minuto ele toca essa aí que vc falou??
@CH PUB ainda sim kkkk simplesmente não tem como enjoar de nenhuma dessas faixas
Sunlit earth é perfeita , quando estou triste eu a ouço
@@0.Sonny.0 Mt bom mano
This man loves Shadow of the Colossus. I do too.
Your rendition of "A Violent Encounter / Revived Power" was the best I've ever heard. From one pianist to another, that was incredible! Subscribed :D
How does this not have a billion views?
I've already commented this two years ago. But i keep coming back, this is my favorite piano video in the world. Started playing when the pandemy started and i had lot of free time. Now i love the piano. And this performance really moves me, it brought me tears of pure joy and emotion today. Thank you
Goodness, a year later and I am still coming back to watch this over and over again. 🌸
I am completely blown away ! What an amazing and beautilly rendition of this game's OST !
Shadow of the Colossus... Nuestras viejas memorias, de cuando eramos guerreros, y peleabamos contra gigantes... tantos duelos olvidados...
solo presenciaste la hazaña de wander. si no trasladas los feelings a wander no comprendes la historia.
Best piano rendition of the SofC soundtrack I've ever heard
My favorite one is the opened way at 7:50 I just love watching him play with so much heart and soul, he really passionates this
Glorious. Truly some of the best music the human race has produced.
This is my favourite video on KZhead. That performance of The Sunlit Earth is on par with the original piece. I’ve tried learning it because of you and it’s only increased my appreciation of your performance.
Wow this is awesome, congratulations you really play the sensibility of these musics.
being a pianist and a gamer this was a real treat for me. Was a joy to listen to. My absolute favorite track from SOC was Revived power and I wish you played this for longer (but it's probably very tiring!). Awesome arrangement, well done!
I'd never heard of a face-melting piano, but A Violent Encounter at 14:20... Holly fucking shit man...
oh.. my.. god! I'm having such chills! I might have even dropped a tear. You, sir, are a god among mere men! I hope you'll never stop playing piano
07:58 :') mis lagrimas bro ese momento mas epico con la musica perfecta cuando no te quedaba mucha energia para sostenerte del coloso y te caías y volvias a subir sin rendirte xd q bien
Aaaagro! chiflido*
*silvido ajajajaajj qué gracioso :3
Luqqas Flores es triste su final de juego
I found the sheet music. Learning this is number one priority now
nice dude
I was so stoked for the part at 8:00. Was not disappointed! Flawless performance.
esse jogo não é apenas um jogo qualquer que te diverte por algumas horas, é uma OBRA DE ARTE que te faz se conectar com aquele mundo e com os personagens de uma forma impressionante. Choro toda vez que ouço ''The Sunlit Earth''. Simplesmente PERFEITO, o jogo e seu vídeo (Que também dá pra considerar uma obra de arte).
im fucking shocked... no words
I started thinking of all the things I wanted to write to let you know just how amazing this video is, but I realized this comment would be way too long. So, from one artist to another, I thoroughly appreciate every aspect of this performance and the effort you put in man, thank you so much!
That's praise enough - thank you.
The_H_Side, exactly my thoughts! Thank you TheSLowPianist for this 23 minutes of miracles, you did incredible hard work! (I stand and applaud, really)
You are simply an amazing pianist that everyone should strive to be like. Awesome performance a complete jaw dropping performance!
Who would ever dislike this? This is a beautiful solo cover of one of my favorite games. Excellent job!
Dios... Casi lloro de la emoción en el minuto 7:59... Simplemente una OBRA MAESTRA
I have no words to describe how good this is. It's so inspiring, it reminds me why I love playing piano. I think that if you made videos more frequently your channel could easily become very popular.
I wish I could, but it's a balancing act. Firstly between these videos and my other musical projects, and secondly of course between quality and quantity (quality of arrangement and performance, whether or not by memory, etc). But thank you for watching and I'm glad you find something worthwhile in my work.
TheSlowPianist scusami , vorrei comprare i tuoi spartiti come posso fare ?
Absolutely fantastic, even as I could hear the original compositions in my head not only did I hear no errors I heard a lovingly restored form of this jaw dropping soundtrack. Every accented note and loud heavy cord recreated the same power that a full orchestra could make. The quieter calmer pieces similarly emphasised the peaceful and solemn nature of the events of this game. And yet still Sign of the Colossus felt as eerie as ever. Incredible work man!
7:50 best part... he even smiles while playing. great.
My favorite soundtrack, ever. You did it justice. Rock on my guy.
OMG it was amazing to watch your fingers fly on the piano playing my favorite video game soundtrack, and I couldn't stop myself from smiling and humming along with it! That was amazing!!!
WHY DOES THIS VIDEO NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS?!! It deserves at least a few million views. This is so beautiful.
Made a huge beefy dude cry tears of joy, thank you. Beautiful performance.
Holy moly. What an incredible performance. I can't exaggerate how much talent shines through in every aspect of this concert. You put a huge smile on my face at multiple places. Good work!
you captured all the intricacies of each piece on one piano I didn't think it possible, I think they call your types geniuses. breathtaking!
Also guys, look how happy he is playing the opened way!
Pasan y pasan los años. Y mi corazón siempre vuelve a este concierto.
It is so hard not to cry when watching this, but alas, I must crave a good cry I guess. I don't think I'll ever stop coming back for more. Thank you.
Why doesn't this have more views? You deserve more attention, man! This is beautiful!
I'm 10 years late to this absolute banger
I'm so glad I rediscovered this! When I was younger this video inspired me to try the piano myself and I even managed to learn a few of these songs thanks to you! They were beautiful in their time. You are very talented my friend! I can see the spirit of divinity flowing through you and onto the keys! I mean that with all sincerity. I believe with the entirety of my being that this is what it means to do the will of God.
AMAZING!! you are a genius
BRAVO!!!!!
From Sign of the Colossus to Prayer I feel like those five songs one after another represent (more or less) the five stages of grief: 1 Denial 2 Anger 3 Bargain 4 Depression 5 Acceptance
This is awesome! I'm in love with your playing style. Please keep creating, you're the most expressive VG piano coverer I've seen on KZhead!
+TheSlowPianist this... is a masterpeice, when im bored, i put my earphones on and listen to this... you, sir, deserve all the credit...
I like the play style you have, as well as showing emotion through body gestures and movement, really adding either melancholic or intense feeling. Around 7:00 minutes in, right before going into "The Opened Way" you really portrayed a strong sense of intensity giving a feeling and emotion to the music, syncing with how the notes are played aggressively! Amazing performance as you continue to inspire me to become just as skilled :D
The Song Memories is by far my favorite of the Shadow of Colossus OST. You play it flawless and as a fellow musician I applaud you. Such a simple and sweet tender piece of music that just really draws a person in and you feel at such peace.
i am so glad this beautiful music is getting outside of its medium, i've tried to share it with so many people the past 10 years amazing peformance
This is so perfection. I'm so pleased by this concert!
This is awesome, love this game and love it's music, you executed all of this so perfectly, and in one take! You have all my respect and admiration.
This is flawless. Gave me goosebumps, and you can see the passion in you when you play this incredible music. Keep it up!
The prologue... I always feel it like a knife sinking into me. No joke. I'm always instantly brought to tears.
This is art, i´m so glad to hear that, you have a great talent man!
This is fabulously done, and with such great skill and emotion!
Several moments were reminiscent of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, well played.
in "grotesque figures" I imagine the bass as Colossus and the treble as Wander himself. It starts tensely as if the ground were shaking with the colossus' steps, then he really appears and notices. At first you get tense and don't know what to do, but soon you start to create a strategy to overcome that giant, which is when the treble starts to lead the way of the music, and the two start to merge and one can't go on without the other. until it ends. and everything becomes silent, opening the door to "the end of battle".
Congratulaions man! I don't have words to describe how incredible is this. I am a huge fan of this soundtrack and you're the first person I've seen that could actually capture the essence of the score into the piano. The medley is great, the combination of the pieces, everything is really great. Congratulation once again.
Amazing
Amazing job, my favorite part is the second battle theme, you've played it so well it gave me goosebumps !
I'm impressed by your effort and control in dynamics, it really gives the best significance to every piece you played! Thank you for sharing this, it is a wonderful tribute.
No words can describe how perfect and amazing this is wow this deserves over a million views :D
In the part of The Opened Way i'm thinking "this is fucking perfect" But when i listening A Violent Encounter and Revived Power... This is my reaction ";__;" simply A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
Who can dislike this? Seriously, this is totally incredible.
Dude, you deserve way more subs. That was awesome!
This is absolutely fantastic! I've never seen so much focus and emotion in any performance like this. Had me in tears man, especially when you started playing The Sunlit Earth.. You are remarkably talented!
Time seems to slow to a standstill while watching this. There's something so very careful and patient about this pianist- *sees youtube channel title* - Ahh. It all makes perfect sense. :)
The way you played The Opened Way is just gorgeously intense! An amazing rendition to the entire soundtrack! You're very talented
Good god man, this is incredible!!! Wow... Well done, sir, very very very well done!
I love the way you play The Prologue. I listen it when I study.
I have to say brother. My personal favorites are "The Opened Way" at 7:50 and "A Violent Encounter" at 14:20. You have my respects. You played in such a way that you somehow fuse and became one with the music and the piano itself. The practice and hardwork you have put into this has really paid off. Amazing work. I'm certain one day you will become a great piano player for Big budget movies. Well, at least if that's what you looking forward to...or if you prefer a more quiet life and play the piano mora as a hobby then either way you have my gratitude and respect for uploading such a great master piece. One thing though....I gotta admit I was a little bumped you didn't played "A Dispair Filled Farewell". But if you ever get the chance. I would very much like to hear it. I give your video and your talent a 10/10. Keep up the great work!!!!!
Wow! This was an incredible explosion of feeling, sound just flows through the soul. Very few pieces of music can force me to close my eyes and take me to other places. This was once of them. Thank you for this wonderful rendition. I truly haven't been this relaxed in a very long time, will be putting this one in my favorites.
Incredible. Anything that I can say has already been said, so I'll say this: str8 ballin'.