November 19, 2008

The Enchanted Rose

“The Enchanted Rose” is an alternate theme that I composed for the Beast’s Castle world from Kingdom Hearts II. I’m a fan of the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack by Alan Menken, and when I imagine the Beast’s Castle, I think of watery piano runs, haunting strings and gentle melodies. I was a little jolted by the crashing cymbals and fast pace of “Waltz of the Damned” from Kingdom Hearts, so I wanted to try composing something closer to Alan Menken’s enchanting soundtrack, while keeping the light-hearted bounce of Kingdom Hearts music.



Ever notice that the “Prologue” from Beauty and the Beast sounds a bit like “Aquarium” from Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals?

12 comments:

  1. Wow... This is really very well done. I'm impressed, I've been going through the videos and things on your blog, and we share a very similar musical taste, I haven't found a single thing I didn't enjoy. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who can see the charm in the game tunes. ^_^

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  2. Hi Nicholas! I'm glad we share similar tastes, too. I think a lot of game tunes are memorable and well-crafted, it's just a matter of getting past the MIDI instrumentation (though MIDI can be a charming art form all on its own). Thanks a lot for stopping by. :)

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  3. Hi Aivi.
    I can't believe you actually composed this beautiful song. When I first heard this song I imagine a live story but the two lovers couldn't be together and she went away from him and then the strong part of the song comes to play. Like I have said if you really put your heart in this songs you will surely get somewhere in your life as a composer and pianist. By the way the blog is really well done and I love the "waltz for luma" sign at the beginning.

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  4. Its me again the anonymous.
    I forgot to tell you that I'm a big super fan of the Kingdom Hearts Series and I recomend you to play the song of the main menu of Kingdom Hearts. (sorry forgot the name) That's such a beautiful song as well. Soon Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep will come out. I will tell you if there are good songs in the game you should play. By the way you can call me Ri wich is the way they call me.

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  5. Hi Ri, thanks a lot! I think the Dearly Beloved theme from KH2 is absolutely gorgeous. Admittedly I never got the chance to finish the game, but I'm always up for listening to good game music no matter where it's from. :)

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  6. Just out of curiosity, do you have a yamaha clavinova? From watching your videos I reconized your piano, because mine is similar. (I have a clavinova)

    ~M-Rick

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  7. Hi M-Rick, you are correct - I have a Yamaha Clavinova CVP-96. Nice to see another Clavinova user out there!

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  8. Did you use your clavinova to record your pieces like this one?

    ~M-Rick

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  9. I figured! haha. The instrumentation seemed very similar to a clavinova. =D That's pretty amazing! I don't think i could have the patience to record all of those tracks. Not to mention the time it took to write the music. You have a good talent there Aivi!

    ~M-Rick

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  10. Can you convert this to piano and make sheet music? I love waltz of the damned and can play it on piano, but this is remarkably good. on a scale of 1 to 10, this gets an easy 15

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  11. OHYMGODDESS!!! Yes please that would be brilliant if you could get sheet music for this! :)

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