Grandma – NieR Gestalt & Replicant Piano Collections

When I had to stay home for many days after my knee surgery, NieR Gestalt was there for me to carry me through those times. I rushed through the game in a few days and consequently got all endings (easier than in its sequel).

Even before I played the game, I had known some of its OST, thanks to a cover a long time ago by Zorsy. It was always ‘up there’ to play, and now the time has come. Despite having COVID-19, I hunkered down and got a version I’m satisfied with.

The remake NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139 will be releasing soon (April 2021) and I will definitely be picking it up. Hoping that they also remaster the music to truly show-case how great it is.

While we’re waiting for that, I hope you enjoy my cover of the piano collections version of Grandma:

Roxas – Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections

Most readers will know that The Other Promise is my favorite piece. Which makes it even stranger that it took me this long to upload Roxas’ Theme.

I took a surprising amount of takes for this “simple” piece, as I wasn’t happy with how it sounded quite often. My teacher used to say that the simple pieces are those in which you can really see someone’s musicality. This pretty much meant how much you’re expressing yourself in the piece; how much that you convey through the notes played. Since one isn’t as focused on the technical aspects, it should be a higher priority here and it’s what can make some simple pieces sound better than really complex ones.

 

On another note: the video quality suffered a bit in my opinion, but I had to adjust on the fly to Shotcut, since there’s no Windows Movie Maker in Windows 10. I’ll try to find another alternative for next video, as to me it seems as if some audio quality was lost, which to me is the most important part of these uploads.

If anyone has any recommendations, I’d love to hear them. 🙂

 

Hope you enjoyed the video!