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Shadow of the Colossus ~ Prayer (Solo Piano Cover)

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I've been waiting for this day since I started this channel. Shadow of the Colossus is one of my favorites games and I've always wanted to learn and perform music from this incredible soundtrack. I decided to arrange "Prayer" which is a beautiful and poignant piece of music composed by Kow Otoni. If you guys enjoy this video, please feel free to like, subscribe and comment. This won't be the last time I cover something from Shadow of the Colossus, so feel free to suggest other pieces you would like to hear! Thanks for listening!

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Moonstruck EP Teaser (2018)

Happy New Year everyone! We'll be returning to regular VGM covers after this, with a solo piano cover of one of my favorite pieces of music from "Shadow of t...

Happy New Year everyone! We'll be returning to regular VGM covers after this, with a solo piano cover of one of my favorite pieces of music from "Shadow of the Colossus coming next week. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this sneak peek of my upcoming original EP "Moonstruck" which is a combination of Chiptune, EDM, and lo-fi piano instrumentals.  Feel free to check out my other original content, as well as the collection of VGM arrangements I've made over the past year.

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The Music of Cuphead: Recording High Seas Hi-jinx!

A behind-the-scenes look at a big band recording session for Cuphead. Music composed by Kristofer Maddigan. Produced and Edited by Peter Strauss. --- Cuphead...

A while ago I posted a cover of the Cuphead “Tutorial theme” and I thought I’d share this incredible video of one of the recording sessions for the actual soundtrack. The compositions are just beautifully done and these musicians are absolutely amazing. Check it out if you are a fan of Cuphead, Jazz or just music in general. 

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ~ Mipha's Theme + Serenade of Water (Piano Arrangement)

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I always love playing Zelda music, and last weeks video got such a huge response that I'd thought I do one more Zelda video before the year ends. I've been getting frequent requests to cover Mipha's theme from Breath of the Wild, which is a lovely little character theme that reminds me of some of Joe Hisaishi's best Studio Ghibli scores. While transcribing the piece, I decided I wanted to give the ending more emotional impact than the original. While recording I ended up performing a semi-improvised version of Serande of Water from Ocarina of time as the ending. I think it really sells the piece thematically and gives it some new life. Hope you guys enjoy! All credit goes to Manaka Kataoka and Yasuaki Iwata for the original composition. 

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This weeks video should be perfect for the incoming rainy weather tonight. For this week I decided to perform a semi-improvised rendition of Song of Storms from Ocarina of Time. It's such a simple tune, so I decided to add some different harmonies and some ornamental elements to the piece. The tone of the piece is so drastically different from the original that using footage from the original game just didn't fit. So I got some beautiful stormy landscape shots from BoTW and that ended up working out really well. Hope you guys like it!

Original composition written by Koji Kondo.

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If you enjoyed this weeks VGM cover, feel free to like and subscribe for more weekly VGM covers and originals! More info below! This week I wanted to focus on a recently released game that I've been obsessing over. Cuphead is an incredible new indie game and the soundtrack is easily one of the highlights of the experience. So, I thought I'd have some fun by transcribing and performing the now infamous tutorial sequence. I was going to use the footage of GamesBeat lead writer Dean Takahashi and his hilariously bad playthrough of the Cuphead tutorial, but I thought it would be fun to record my own footage that mimicked the original. Cuphead was just released a few weeks ago, so there was no good sheet music available to base my performance on, so I decided to learn most of it by ear and am currently prepping my version of the sheet music for free release. Check back here in the coming weeks! Original music composed by Kristofer Maddigan. All credit goes to him and his amazing musical score!

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Hey guys! I’ve just released a fun new Chiptune track! Lost in a Daydream is an upbeat little track that combines chiptune, orchestral instruments and drum machine to create a whimsical atmosphere. This track originally started as background music for an animation demo reel, but I ended up liking it so much that I kept working on it for mainstream release. Enjoy! Download the new track on Bandcamp here! https://dcapomedia.bandcamp.com/track... 

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For this weeks video, I decided to cover a piece of music from one of the greatest games ever made, Super Mario 64. The music from the Mario series is so melodically clever and memorable, I feel like everyone can whistle at least one piece of music from the series. For me, that piece has always been “Inside the Castle Walls” from Mario 64. In weeks past, I’ve focused pretty almost exclusively on JRPG and Fantasy games, so I figure Mario might be a nice change. Hope you guys enjoy. Please check out my other videos on Youtube, http://www.youtube.com/DanielCapo P.S I’m considering releasing the sheet music for this at some point

Original composition by Koji Kondo. Arranged by Daniel Capo

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More Chrono Trigger!!! You guys seemed to enjoy last week's cover of "Secret of the Forest", so I thought we'd continue the theme this week and cover another fantastic Chrono Trigger track. This time I decided to go with "At the Bottom of Night", which is a much more introspective and mellow track in comparison. This is less of an arrangement than a interpretation of the original tune. Instead of a default piano sound, I performed this using an E-Piano to  more closely match to tone and instrumentation as the original.

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Happy Friday everybody! Here is my rendition of Secret of the Forest from the SNES classic, Chrono Trigger. The music for the game was originally composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. Huge thanks to my wife Katie Harrell for performing the flute part. It was mostly just fun getting to work on a project with her again. This was a really fun project to work on and I hope you guys enjoy too!

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Something relaxing and peaceful for the weekend. This is my piano arrangement of Guldove - Another World from the PS1 Classic Chrono Cross. It often gets overshadowed by Chrono Trigger, but its honestly an incredible game on in its own right and the soundtrack is phenomenal. Hope you guys like it.

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Alright guys! This was a fun one! I got a request from several people to arrange and perform the battle theme from FF9. It took me a few days, but here is my piano rendition of this amazing piece of music by Nobuo Uematsu. Please subscribe to hear more solo piano VGM covers and original music on a WEEKLY basis! Thanks for listening!

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Happy birthday Undertale! On this day in 2015, Undertale officially release and it was quickly deemed a modern classic. I truly love this game and its soundtrack, so I had to do some sort of tribute to it. Here is my cover of Snowy. Hope you enjoy!

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Project Octopath Traveler coming soon to Nintendo Switch

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Looking forward to this game. The art and the soundtrack thus far seem really exciting. We need more solid JRPG’s like this! Will be a day one buy once I get my Nintendo Switch!

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Some new video game music for an RPG that I recently composed. 

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Here is a short sneak peek of my upcoming EP in December. I’ll be making a couple more of these as we approach release.

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An interesting analysis of the music from Breath of the Wild. I personally love this soundtrack, but some of the compositional choices made have been controversial to some. Definitely worth the watch if you are interested in video game music or even just music composition in general. Good stuff.