Fontaine OST Piano Arrangement - Aquabus Themes
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- My arrangement of the Aquabus themes from Genshin Impact. Fontaine's soundtrack has quickly become my favorite. While the previous regions' music tend to be more contemplative or solemn Fontaine's is filled with bold and expressive song. The land exploration themes are expansive and picturesque, while the city themes are joyous and exciting but also comforting. To me, the Aquabus themes are the perfect bridge between the two, being more evocative while still remaining light-hearted.
Timestamps:
0:00 Cruising in the Balmy Breeze
1:59 Rippling Wavelet
3:40 Cerulean Tour
Sheet music: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I am very happy with this video. Rippling Wavelet is the most experimental of my arrangements so far and represents the first time that I truly feel that an arrangement is in "my style". It opens with repeated notes mimicking the strums of the mandolin, which grow and recede like gentle wave(let)s. Then, the melody appears, layered on top of arpeggios which should be played evenly, without any individual note being emphasized, to create a effect like ripples on water. As it progresses, it mellows out and uses polyrhythm instead to create a similar effect despite the fewer notes. Both of the latter techniques I use a lot while aimlessly improvising, so it was exciting to put them to paper for the first time. The second half is a repetition of the first, but markedly more relaxed - the difference should be day and night, literally. I actually wanted to transition to a night scene in the game footage, but couldn't figure out a way to do it without breaking continuity.
My arrangement of Cruising in the Balmy Breeze is less special, but still more dynamic and bold than my usual arrangements. The waltz-like left hand at 0:31 does not exist at all in the original, but it adds a liveliness to the melody that would not exist if I had tried to transcribe it literally. The left hand at 1:08, while following the same pattern throughout, has variation - in particular, I don't think I would have included the rolled chord at 1:14 in the past.
The performance also is one of my favorites. In particular, I'm quite happy with how I layered the different voices. For example, the higher notes in the phrase at 0:22 have the noticeably different tone than the main melody, while at 0:40 the separation is achieved through crescendos on each phrase and slight gaps between each.
Cerulean Tour is the most "average" out of the three. It's pretty much a 1-1 transcription, and while the melody is clearly voiced and phrased (hopefully), I am a bit lost as to what direction to take this piece. I suspect my shaping across phrases could be improved, but I'm not sure how exactly.
That's it for the analysis. I hope you enjoyed it, because there's more on the way ;)
Thanks for watching! - Hudba
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This is so nice, I hope it will get more views soon
Oh my. I barely know how to play the Piano but hearing this makes me want to learn all these pieces…
All of Fontaine’s soundtracks has been amazing so far but these calm Aquabus themes are some of my favorite to listen to casually.
Calm and French!
Good job on these! They sound great!
Thank you!
I hope you keep on posting!! You play so beautifully and I love that you’re playing the genshin songs🥹👏🏼👏🏼
Dude, you're awesome! 3 free sheets?? Of tracks NO ONE has done? Thank you so much, this was also beautiful~
Wow. Beautiful! Gj!
Peak playing
Peak video editing!
I'd lpve to use that method of layering 2 videos and using one as the background. But unfortunately my laptop screen has lines all over.
Thank you!
Maybe a different video editor might help? I've been using Shotcut (which is free) and it works well.
They got tired of copying Riding - Day and Korok Forest so they copied Minuet in G Major instead