Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends - The Piano Guys (Wonder of The World 1 of 7)

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ALL THE SOUNDS YOU HEAR WERE CREATED BY THE CELLO, PIANO, AND ASIAN PERCUSSION

THE STORY:
Yes. That is the Great Wall of China. No. It's not green screen.

Since ThePianoGuys began, it has been our impossible dream to put a grand piano on the Great Wall. People laughed at us when we said we were determined to do it. It is done. All of us at ThePianoGuys would like to //dediCate\\ this music video to the visionary behind it all and the man whose dream this has always been: Paul Anderson.

CREDITS
"Oogway Ascends" from the Kung Fu Panda Soundtrack written by Henry //JacKman\\, John Powell & Hans Zimmer
Published by DWA Songs (ASCAP)
ThePianoGuys arrangement produced & written by Al van der Beek, Jon Schmidt & Steven Sharp Nelson
Also based upon & inspired by Frederick Chopin's Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor
Performed by
Steven Sharp Nelson: electric, carbon fiber, acoustic & steel cellos; cello-percussion; Asian percussion
Jon Schmidt: Piano
Al van der Beek: Percussion
Additional Tanggu (Taiko) percussion by Gigi Romney
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Al van der Beek at TPG Studios in Utah, U.S.A.
Produced & Filmed by Paul Anderson & Shaye Scott
Edited by Shaye Scott & Paul Anderson

China Crew:
Ivy Song: Event Leader/Coordinator
Alex Xue: Event Consultant
Liu Sheng (Sean Liu): Fashion consultant and on-site coordinator
Zhang Xuewen: General Manager of Huang Yaguan Great Wall
Zhang Mingyu: Deputy General Manager of Huang Yaguan Great Wall
Liu Yanyun: Marketing Director of Huang Yaguan Great Wall
Zhu Mai: Photographer
Hu Guang: Camera Assistant
Peng Shuai: Camera Assistant
Sun Zhenning: Jib Operator
Cai Na: Manager of Yamaha Artist Service Beijing
Wang Weijun: Piano Technician
Jian Xin music Instrument Co: Moving Company

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[pietergoweiler]

"I have some bad news"
"There are no bad news. Just news"
"Tai Lung has escaped"
"That *is* bad news"

[WastedTime]

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen, but felt by the heart.

[amirul]

"Yesterday was history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That is why we call it the present."
-Master Oogway

[bhutanbob]

"Panda. We do not wash our pits in the Pool of Sacred Tears."

[dryocampa]

That piano has been where no pianos have gone before.

[apersonwithacomment]

The camera person is working as beautifully as the piano guys.

[romulomontes]

"But a peach cannot defeat Tai Lung"

"Maybe It can, if you're willing to guide it, to norture it... To believe in it."

[Dominx]

I heard this in the Olympics for figure skating, and I was like ”holy, is that Oogway’s theme I’m hearing??”. Now I realize it actually was. epic

[SharaRaizel]

I love that China’s Ice Dance team, Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu used this song for their Free Dance routine this year and performed it at the Olympics. The moment I heard the piano’s opening measures while watching the team competition event I freaked out and said, “Holy cow! This is the Piano Guys’ arrangement!”

Now after watching them for the second time tonight during the Ice Dance medal competition (and knowing what was coming) I could truly appreciate both the song and the routine that they built around it. Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu truly did it justice and I hope the Piano Guys are proud of making this arrangement so beautiful for cello and piano and that they did it so well that someone used it for competition at the Olympics!

[carlosace]

"Master, you can't leave me!"
-"You must believe."
"Master!!"

[hanslee]

If Eastern and Western music met earlier in history, we would have a sh*t ton of good music/tunes

[AnimeLibera]

Your song made it to the 2022 Winter Olympics! Congratulations!!

[melsunday]

That guy managed to make his Cello sound like a freaking Er Hu. How is that even possible??
Also, they brought a piano onto the Great Wall of freaking China. I'm done.

[duanehamilton]

Am I the only one who noticed that these guys basically bought the Great Wall of China for like an hour😂😂😂

[Matthieu_Roth]

"They did not know it was impossible, so they did it"! Mark Twain

[hanac]

I just realized the dramatic chords are from Chopin's Prelude Op. 28 No. 20. I love how these guys incorporate classical music into their own :)

[AMz-ldxy]

I just love how passionate they look while playing, some how it calms me

[jungao]

as Chinese I must say I love it... I can feel my country through the music ... thank you

[GhostPuddle]

Ok, now I desperately need a How To Train Your Dragon score from these guys.

[ishanmungikar]

Never realized the Chopin prelude was incorporated into the piece. It's really a beautiful touch.