Portal 2 Final Boss Medley for two pianos | arr. FiveNineSquared

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  • čas přidán 27. 12. 2018
  • !! SPOILERS AHEAD !!
    A two-piano arrangement of the music that plays during the final boss battle against Wheatley in the video game Portal 2. This consists of two pieces, "Bombs for Throwing at You" (also "Four Part Plan") and "Your Precious Moon" (sometimes known as "Shoot the Moon"). I took liberties in arranging the mechanical sections (by completely re-writing them).
    The climatic boss fight in Portal 2 - as the imminent complete annihilation of Aperture, with all its long and tedious efforts, rests on you, the player, you can't help but feel under immense pressure. This is greatly amplified by these themes, which outline both the player's and Wheatley's struggles through the fight.
    The use of leitmotifs in "Bombs for Throwing at You" shows the struggles of Wheatley as he tries to retain control over himself and the facility. At first, we're presented with a direct reference to "Omg, What Has He Done?", reminding us of the destruction he's caused to Aperture. Then, we're thrown into a faster, more intense section as the fight starts. What I'll refer to as the "Mainframe" motif is shown here (it appears first in "You Know Her?"). It's a well-supported theory that the mainframe is what causes Wheatley and GLaDOS to become overwhelmed with power, so this motif shows how the mainframe takes over Wheatley's will. Next, the arpeggios used frequently throughout the game appear. Some have taken this to be GLaDOS' leitmotif, though I sort of see it as the "Aperture Science" motif as arpeggios are present in nearly all tracks in the game. This is over the chord progression seen in "I AM NOT A MORON!". Later, we're also presented with the Wheatley motif present in said track, overlayed on top of the arpeggios. I see this as Wheatley fighting to fix the facility, but in the other view, it can show GLaDOS and Wheatley vying for control of the crumbling Centre (the slight offset of the Wheatley motif can also show Wheatley's weakness, in that he's trapped within the Mainframe's control). I could say so much more about this piece, but this is getting hecking long so i'll stop
    I may do an analysis on BfTaY, if I have the time.
    One more thing to note is that both "Don't Do It" and "Reconstructing More Science" are both featured in "Your Precious Moon". The former, a callback to when you had to push the button to transfer Wheatley into the Mainframe, and the second, is in a way the "Main Theme" of the game, so it's fitting to place it in the ending sequence.
    If you are an older follower of me on Musescore you'd probably find this sort of familiar - that's because I made an arrangement in the same vein as this before, around 2016. I re-made the arrangement again to look less like a pile of garbage.
    Composer: Mike Morasky
    Valve - Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory Portal 2 Soundtrack Volume 3 - Songs to Test By:
    "Bombs for Throwing at You" (Track 9)
    "Your Precious Moon" (Track 10)
    Arranged by me
    Downloads:
    mid: goo.gl/3A9hkF
    pdf: goo.gl/nVuGLg
    mscz: goo.gl/TF3Gs4
    Piano thread: www.ninsheetmusic.org/forum/i...
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Komentáře • 138

  • @Nix-ib8nu
    @Nix-ib8nu Před 4 lety +122

    "Suddenly, ragtime!"

  • @melodymanic1007
    @melodymanic1007 Před 4 lety +133

    I never realized how well this song would go on a piano!

  • @Danbearpig
    @Danbearpig Před 4 lety +54

    “Suddenly, ragtime!” Haha, that was awesome.

  • @sdsys
    @sdsys Před 4 lety +215

    Ive always been upset. Id always only seen covers of Reconstructing More Science, Cara Mia Addio, Want You Gone and sometimes Turret Wife Serenade. As my favourite game and first hyperfixation, I was upset noone paid attention to the REST of the ost.
    Until I found both this and your arrangement of I Am Not A Moron. Finally, someone had done these songs justice. And I'm in love with how you've arranged them

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 4 lety +35

      My goal with arrangements is to not repeat what others've already done before, for precisely this reason. Thanks!

    • @Azzabajam
      @Azzabajam Před 3 lety +5

      Theres also an orchestral cover of the ost

    • @kR-qj7rw
      @kR-qj7rw Před 6 dny

      main them and variations are amazing portal 2 has so much good music and its always those 3 that get covers

  • @erinclark1369
    @erinclark1369 Před 5 lety +294

    I cant decide if this arrangement would be called 'Your Precious Plan' or 'Bombs For Throwing at the Moon'

  • @SomeDemoMain
    @SomeDemoMain Před 4 lety +70

    _PART SIX! NUKE BLACK MESA!_
    Also, 7:10 in particular hit me in the face.

    • @glados4282
      @glados4282 Před 3 lety +8

      Good plan.

    • @BarrieStirling2353
      @BarrieStirling2353 Před 2 lety +1

      that would be part six, as the booby trapped stalemate button was part five. wheatley announces this himself.

    • @no...u
      @no...u Před 2 lety +2

      PART 7!
      More Test subjects...
      I'm just getting tired of this awful itch...

    • @birdgamer3867
      @birdgamer3867 Před rokem +2

      part 8: creating a franken cube core turret

    • @alexcooper5894
      @alexcooper5894 Před rokem +1

      @@glados4282 PART 7! DELETE BLACK MESA FROM EXISTANCE!!!!!!!!!!

  • @dmynerd78
    @dmynerd78 Před 5 lety +81

    Revenge is best served on two pianos!
    Dangit now I want to play Portal 2 again...
    Also thanks for all the interesting facts in the description! I never realized how those songs used the same motif

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 5 lety +23

      Portal 2 is one of those games I keep replaying annually. Sometimes I boot up some random workshop tests to try out. After recording this I also wanted to replay the entire game again haha
      Mike Morasky’s writing for the OST actually goes very deep. He uses leitmotifs very subtly sometimes and each one carries some sort of importance (take for instance the way he wrote “Music of the Spheres”-the music heard when entering 1950s Aperture, and contrasted it with “Music of the Spheres 2”-heard in 1980s Aperture. The former uses more organic instruments, while the latter uses synths heavily. This can show how Aperture had shifted from being a prestigious human-run company to a lower-budget robot operated company). I had to do some research to get some of the info I wrote in the description tbh

  • @BeMoreBroadway
    @BeMoreBroadway Před 4 lety +19

    Despite not playing the game for years, I can recite every line from the final battle, just from listening to this song. 💕

  • @DustyyPineTree
    @DustyyPineTree Před 4 lety +35

    My god, I can't describe how much I love this piece! I also really enjoyed reading your analysis, I can't help but get hyped up about stuff like this. Great work!

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 4 lety +5

      Thanks! It was also quite fun analysing the music and speculating what the motifs meant in context.

  • @Fox_Squash
    @Fox_Squash Před 4 lety +31

    1:45 best part

  • @sansational15
    @sansational15 Před 3 lety +4

    Poor Wheatley, he was such a cute little guy and then the euphoria and all that stuff corrupted him and he turned into a monster.

  • @Gunanter
    @Gunanter Před 4 lety +42

    "This is the part where I kill you."
    *Objective: Survive*

  • @eclipsedsun3707
    @eclipsedsun3707 Před 3 lety +9

    Yo, 6:18 matches so well with the video!
    Honestly, I didn’t get the ragtime at first, but it adds so much to what can be considered Wheatley’s themes. This is so good and epic, expanding on melodies you can just barely hear in the original. Thank you so much for this masterpiece!

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks!
      I timed the explosion to hit right at that spot, but in the video editor, not in-game. It's not very impressive haha

    • @eclipsedsun3707
      @eclipsedsun3707 Před 3 lety +1

      @@FiveNineSquared I still think it’s genius : )
      Honestly, I listen to this more than the original, it’s so good! ^_^

  • @Noz0miVA
    @Noz0miVA Před 3 lety +12

    Hearing this on the piano really helps you define the different parts from each other, and hear how over time the two parts start fighting against each other to resemble Wheatley fighting back against the central mainframe.

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 3 lety +2

      Thanks! Though I did exaggerate this a lot (I added a few lines that weren't there originally to add interest).

  • @feather314
    @feather314 Před 3 lety +6

    This is a work of art. I can’t believe more people haven’t seen this.

  • @snowiedriz
    @snowiedriz Před 5 lety +15

    This needs more hella views

  • @nile6076
    @nile6076 Před 2 lety +3

    I keep wanting to learn piano to play this but every time I reach the end I'm reminded of how difficult it would really be

  • @beanlad5373
    @beanlad5373 Před 3 lety +6

    dunno if you'll ever see this, but this is really really good. great job. I especially love the Your Precious Moon part, but this is just a great song. thanks so much for making it, honestly!

  • @wugglebuggle2592
    @wugglebuggle2592 Před 4 lety +5

    I got goosebumps at The Exile

  • @Adam-lz3nw
    @Adam-lz3nw Před 5 lety +11

    Fantastic!

  • @ruoya6556
    @ruoya6556 Před 5 lety +18

    This is amazing! Well done!!

  • @crazy_genetic2136
    @crazy_genetic2136 Před 3 lety +2

    Just awesome , dude , i really GLaD somebody actually made piano sheets of this kind of hardness , my thousands of thanks to you !

  • @erinclark1369
    @erinclark1369 Před 5 lety +8

    10/10 you did an amazing job on this

  • @Jayhem_
    @Jayhem_ Před 6 měsíci

    The inclusion of parts of Bots Build Bots (my favorite ost) at 3:22 makes this piece perfect. Well done!

  • @cupofspiders5830
    @cupofspiders5830 Před 3 lety +4

    Bombs For Throwing At You on piano?! How and why does this sound good? :D I always thought was waaa-aaaa-aaay too chaotic to perform on anything like piano. Somehow, though, you managed to sacrifice a bit of the chaos in for absolute amazingness holy what
    Also, this sounds a lot like some Undertale song.
    Bonetrousle, with a hint of that ironically jazzy tone that I always associate with Undertale, maybe some Megalo Strike Back? perhaps some Pokémon R/G/B/Y Champion theme?

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 3 lety +2

      Thanks! Tbf most of this will probably involve a lot of chaos on the piano if you actually played it, so not much has been lost :P
      Considering most of my early arranging experience was literally only stuff from Undertale, I wouldn't doubt some of that sneaked into this.

  • @quantumblauthor7300
    @quantumblauthor7300 Před 4 lety +9

    *How the hell did you manage to fit the laser dance motif in there wtf*

  • @sportingslippers3256
    @sportingslippers3256 Před 4 lety +3

    This is amazingly put together!

  • @rayandadventures7035
    @rayandadventures7035 Před 4 lety +1

    I got to admit this this dude has some skills

  • @Sensible06
    @Sensible06 Před rokem

    I like piano covers. This was my favourite part of the game. Finding this was like finding the holy grail.

  • @prismaux5168
    @prismaux5168 Před 3 lety +1

    Amazing! The excellently written transcription paired with a beautiful presentation makes this a beautiful video! The notes send chills down my spine. They are just that great!

    • @prismaux5168
      @prismaux5168 Před rokem

      Listening to this again I finally read the description... very good analysis! If you're still interested in doing the longer analysis, it would be great seeing it! I realize this is a 3 and half year old video though, so no problem if you don't do it.

  • @Gxaps
    @Gxaps Před rokem

    This thing is honestly such a legendary arrangement

  • @Twasforthevine
    @Twasforthevine Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks now every time i play tf2 and am in a epic battle ,i will play this in my head

  • @WangleLine
    @WangleLine Před 4 lety

    This is amazing, thanks!

  • @HasanAkdogan
    @HasanAkdogan Před 3 lety

    Brilliant arrangement.

  • @Jevil-Gun
    @Jevil-Gun Před rokem

    I wonder how strong the control core body must be to be able to withstand 6 explosions with massive corrosion and decay splitting the 6 in half.

  • @hugovankeulen5115
    @hugovankeulen5115 Před 3 lety +6

    I might be really late, but I love how you inserted the light motif into the part at 7:24 it's something you don't hear in the original score and it adds so much

  • @actuallobster1775
    @actuallobster1775 Před 4 lety

    Holy hell that is amazing. I didn't think making a piano version of this song was possible, let alone such an amazingly composed one. You are incredible!!! Thank you so much for this!!!

    • @actuallobster1775
      @actuallobster1775 Před 4 lety

      No but seriously, I absolutely adore what you did to this track. I keep coming back to it.

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 4 lety +1

      Glad you liked it so much haha

  • @stormy1303
    @stormy1303 Před rokem

    This is literally so cool

  • @Danbero
    @Danbero Před 4 lety +12

    Are you going to make more Portal 2 arrangements? I used yours to make an orchestra with them. But Im also working on own arrangements like one of my personal favorites "don't do it" "I saw a deer today". But im curious if you are going to make new ones. I really like how you use different leitmotifs that are heard trough out the game and how you build different play styles and chords into it and not only try to get the notes right. You straight up turn into an arrangment.

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 4 lety +9

      Thank you for the compliments! Well, I’m not _not_ open to doing portal stuff, but for now I don’t really have anything from it I’m planning to arrange.

    • @Danbero
      @Danbero Před 4 lety +4

      @@FiveNineSquared I mean since you build reconstructing sience and cara mia into bombs for throwing at you, you could if you're open to it, arrange them by chance. Maybe you could help me a little if that is ok for you?

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 4 lety +6

      I think there’s quite a lot of sheets for both of those pieces you mentioned actually. Specifically Cara Mia. I’ll think about doing an arrangement of Reconstructing Science.

    • @Danbero
      @Danbero Před 4 lety +3

      @@FiveNineSquared That would be really awesome, what would be also really cool if you ever do a piece to "the part where he kills you", just if you feel like doing that. I might do one to that

  • @diegosatori5718
    @diegosatori5718 Před 4 lety +1

    Damn nice arrangement

  • @UpsideDownCycle
    @UpsideDownCycle Před 3 lety +1

    Phase 3 has hints of bots build bots in it that I never heard in game

  • @mrboxhed5214
    @mrboxhed5214 Před rokem

    This sounds really good, wish I could read it

  • @captaintoad-ef6zt
    @captaintoad-ef6zt Před 5 lety +4

    Brilliant piece!

  • @Shytzedaka
    @Shytzedaka Před 4 lety +1

    Very nice.

  • @shakewell42
    @shakewell42 Před 3 lety +1

    This song being this happy is so cursed

  • @kakayney1191
    @kakayney1191 Před 3 lety +1

    (core 1) SPACE I WANNA GO TO SPACE. (Wheatley) WE ARE NOT GOING TO SPACE.
    tracks: bombs for throwing at you.

  • @minefan7
    @minefan7 Před 4 měsíci

    3:21 after arranging bots build bots, I feel like these notes patterns are very similar to ones found in that piece. Overall bombs for throwing and your precious moon seem to recall the most motifs

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 4 měsíci

      That section wasn't part of the original music by the way. You're correct that I referenced Bots Build Bots for it though.

  • @nyan_cat272
    @nyan_cat272 Před 9 měsíci

    the best part is how beautiful it sounds on piano

  • @hansonkerman7286
    @hansonkerman7286 Před 2 lety +3

    Check it out! I’m a bloody musical genius now! _alright, so that’s a G… what are these little dots and arrows? ah, whatever_ (plays the worst fucking music you've ever heard)
    I have no idea what I’m playing! But I can find out! Oh, right, bombs-

  • @96calvin
    @96calvin Před 2 lety

    This is nostalgic

  • @kittlesgames6808
    @kittlesgames6808 Před 4 lety +3

    suuuuuudenly raaaaaaaagtiiiiime

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 4 lety +2

      It didn't occur to me why a lot of people specifically pointed out this line from the score until you wrote it out like that LOL
      And it's funny because I've replayed the musical countless times and I didn't make the link still. I didn't even intend for the reference there!

    • @kittlesgames6808
      @kittlesgames6808 Před 4 lety

      Robang59² oh lol

  • @Pnezyx2056
    @Pnezyx2056 Před rokem

    I'M WAITING FOR MORE OF PORTAL 2 STUFF

  • @brandonjsobot
    @brandonjsobot Před 3 lety

    So cool

  • @BankerPaul
    @BankerPaul Před 3 lety

    Very interesting.

  • @GunmannYT
    @GunmannYT Před 3 lety +3

    2020's ending song

  • @Azzy2935
    @Azzy2935 Před 2 lety

    hehehe, heard the music million times , but this one is much more soothing and gentle. 🌸🌸💖💜

  • @ReyHunter
    @ReyHunter Před 4 lety

    Yes

  • @bearreyes1837
    @bearreyes1837 Před 3 lety

    The hijacking part has a letimotif of YOUR PRECIOUS MOON On part 2 of the letimotif of the piano.

  • @rhysbaker2595
    @rhysbaker2595 Před 6 měsíci

    weirdly, some parts of this remind me of U.N. Owen was Her from that one Touhou game

  • @Emm1lyn
    @Emm1lyn Před 3 lety

    Can you give download of Piano version of Your Precious Moon?

  • @CyberController-
    @CyberController- Před 3 lety

    Welcome *TO MY LAIR*

  • @mramazingpinecone4153
    @mramazingpinecone4153 Před 3 lety

    I wish you could put portals on wheatley s shields

  • @whooshdooshporpalar1371

    how do you recognize the notes?
    did they make a sheet for this?

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 2 lety +1

      By ear! It isn't that hard once you've gotten a lot of practice.
      Nah, they never made official sheet music (unfortunately), but it's because the soundtrack isn't orchestrated for any sort of ensem.

  • @tristenarctician6910
    @tristenarctician6910 Před 4 lety +1

    Jazzy

  • @user-xs5yz3hv3w
    @user-xs5yz3hv3w Před 4 lety +1

    2.07

  • @ijnh9336
    @ijnh9336 Před 2 lety

    5:57

  • @user-xs5yz3hv3w
    @user-xs5yz3hv3w Před 4 lety

    2:07

  • @MartinPurathur
    @MartinPurathur Před 4 lety

    Noice

  • @orionbarnes1733
    @orionbarnes1733 Před rokem

    Four Part Pian(o)

  • @corndog_clubb
    @corndog_clubb Před 3 lety +1

    You forgot the 3D printer noises

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 3 lety +1

      Well you need to install the 3D printer module onto your keyboard first

  • @user-xs5yz3hv3w
    @user-xs5yz3hv3w Před 4 lety

    -2:07

  • @valoch3187
    @valoch3187 Před 4 lety +1

    I love this so much!
    Video seems to be really out-of-sync tho.

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 4 lety +4

      Thanks! The OST version of the track is actually different from the one that plays in-game, because the music changes depending on what stage of the fight you're in. So for example the first part actually loops until Wheatley finishes his monologue. It wasn't possible to sync some parts nicely because the playthrough I recorded was either too short or too long for the specific part of the music.

    • @valoch3187
      @valoch3187 Před 4 lety +2

      @@FiveNineSquared Yep, I do understand why it is out of sync, there's no your fault in this. Also, this sounds even better if you replace second (I think it was second one) piano with organ imo.

    • @FiveNineSquared
      @FiveNineSquared  Před 4 lety +2

      True, it would make more of a distinction between the two players I guess. You can still try to play this with an organ and piano combo though!

  • @sammylammy996
    @sammylammy996 Před 3 lety

    kinda reminds me of touhou a little bit

  • @peculiar10293
    @peculiar10293 Před 4 lety +3

    100th like

  • @RealityContractor
    @RealityContractor Před rokem

    This has aged...poorly.