Hikari, the Warrior - Octopath Traveler II (Harp Cover)
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2023
- Harp cover of Hikari's theme from Octopath Traveler 2. Original music by Yasunori Nishiki, harp cover by Samantha Ballard.
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Back with another Octopath Traveler II harp cover! (I kind of can't believe how long it took me to get this out, but what else is new 😅)
When Octopath 2 came out earlier this year, of course my brain went "wow this soundtrack is amazing!!" and then immediately to "which songs should I cover?"
Unlike with the first Octopath Traveler game, the character themes from Octopath 2 seemed much more difficult to translate to solo harp. Castti and Agnea stuck out to me right away as tracks I could cover (Agnea will come later but as usual I am slow); with Hikari, it seemed melodic enough that I could make it work... but then I didn't really know what to do. The lush orchestral texture adds so much majesty to the original, so how could I possibly make anything close to matching that energy on the harp?
Well, I sat down at my computer with the harp next to me, and then immediately after saying to myself "I have no ideas," the first section of the song just kind of came out of my fingers. I decided to focus on octaves in both hands rather than trying to fill everything up with notes and try to sound like an orchestra, which I didn't think I could really do. Instead, the sparser texture with octave doublings gives it a sort of power and clarity that I liked.
The middle section was the perfect opportunity for a couple of harp techniques - some sons etouffees to mimic the string pizz/plucked string instruments from the original, and the end of the section I use a 2-handed trill on a B natural and C flat string to emulate the sound of what I think is a guzheng at the end of the section of the original.
I hope you enjoy the cover! It certainly was an interesting challenge and a little different from the more relaxing stuff I usually play.
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YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO omg what a pleasant surprise to see you do this one!!!! 😍😍 LOVE THIS SO MUCH especially those bass octaves and the idiomatic flourishes are just fantastic!!
Thank you so much Ruby!!!!!!! I was so excited to use the low D because it's so rarely needed haha, I'm so happy you liked it though, yours and Andrew's was so epic too!!
1:17 OBSESSED with this note progression. So amazing. Beautiful playing as usual 💖 If you did a OT2 harp album I AIN'T COMPLAINING 🥰
Ahh thank you!! :D I think another album is an inevitability at this point hahahaha
@@SamanthaBallard I love your abiltity to play the harp.
Hikari and Temenos are my favs 🥹🫶🏼 thank you for this video!! Lovely as always
Both so lovely and so different hahaha. Thanks so much for watching!
AHHH! i've been waiting for this cover for a long time, so glad it's finally here! 😊 this is my favorite character theme so i can't wait xD
I hope you liked it! :)
I love hearing the differences in the way each cover artist I've seen doing Octoath II stuff is taking each track, both because of creative visions and having to make it woek for their instrument. Well done, this is a lovely rendition. To me, it sounds like it could be the (slightly) simplified tavern (or relaxing...or both) version of his theme.
Thanks so much Seo 🥰
The great prelude for the direct 👏👏👏
I'm gonna watching it next 👍
Haha, awesome. Thanks so much for watching!
Always love hearing a harp rendition of just about anything. This was a great listen - thanks for this !! :)
Thanks so much!
Haven't yet played Octopath 2, but this theme is amazing! I'll consider choosing Hikari as my main character.
Excellent cover, Samantha!
Thanks Brandroid ^^ Hikari is definitely an excellent choice as a starter! Though tbh they kind of all are haha
I love how you play with such passion! the expressions on your face shows how much you love to play the Harp. Can we request some Xenogears play? "Small Two Pieces" particularly
Wow, this is such a beautiful harp playing!! So enchanting and wonderfully performed. Really love it!! 👏😊
Thank you!
Amazing cover! I didn't know it was a theme from Octopath, but honestly that wasn't surprising : only good songs come from this series haha!
Hahaha, that's so true. Thanks Ectobast!
Amazing arr. and performance!!
Ahhh thank you so much Moises!!!!
Wow ! I don't even know the original song but this was captivating !
Thank you!
Fantastic performance Samantha, so well done! All the best to you my friend!🎷🎷
Thanks so much!
so cool how you made this work on harp! it couldn't have been easy but not only did you do it, you made it sound beautiful and soothing so thanks for that!
Wonderful job! I love this theme so much! It sounds like the triumphant journey home to reclaim the throne. Chills!
Thanks Shea!
Another amazing performance! Thank you!
Thanks so much!
Amazing I love it. Great work ❤ Octopath 2 is a amazing game and the Soundtrack is awesome.
Thank you so much! And yes, completely agree!
Amazing cover
Thank youuuuuu!
Great video. The song is great, and the lighting is perfect. Well done!
Thanks so much, I'm glad you liked it! :)
Absolutely amazing!
Thanks Scott! 😄
Sweet! ✌🏻💛😎
Beautiful job, Samantha!
Thanks Bob!
Hell yea! Thank you
Very beautiful piece!
Thanks Bryan!
Thank you so much that was wonderful ✌️
Thank you!
I just love your cover, great work! Congratulations on the video too, the lighting is fantastic.
Thank you! By the way, I found your channel recently and I love your playing! :D
@@SamanthaBallard Thank you so much Samantha :)
This is beautiful Samantha
Thanks Duhem!
Excellent as always.
Thanks so much :)
Obsessed with your Octopath covers! Can't wait to hear more-- any plans for Flamechurch? I loved that theme!
Thanks Conlin!! Not sure yet which town themes I’ll be doing but I loved that one too ;-; so great hearing the flamesgrace chorale in Octopath 2
Wonderful performance!
Thanks Meadow! :)
I really need to play this game just so I can experience the OST for myself lol.
You definitely should, it's so good!!