My Star - Final Fantasy XVI (solo piano cover)

composer: Masayoshi Soken
piano arrangement: @purpleschala

I rather enjoyed this song, as it had some jazzy elements and was different from the usual Final Fantasy theme song. However, I can't help but feel unfairly emotionally manipulated by that game ending while this song was playing in the background, haha. I did my best to imitate the wonderful singer's phrasing.

Side note: I'm very pleased with the recording mix this time.

Recorded on a New York Steinway D.

[purpleschala]

OH HEY!!! 😍very honored you played my arrangement, LOVED THIS!!! haha good on ya for changing that Bb13 back to augmented with that F# at 2:40...lol I was just SO TICKLED that the regular Bb13 with the F natural made it sound kinda like old school Uematsu Melodies of Life so I made the change lol, but when I first started listening to your vid that was the FIRST thing I thought, like, I wonder if he's gonna change that back to a Bbaug13, it's definitely spicier that way lol besides being what was originally sung. Exquisite job as always!!! <3 <3 <3 thank you for this!

[JitinMisra]

I'm surprised this guy/girl doesn't have more views. Person is just as talented as anyone else on youtube elite pianists

[capivaramanqqq]

when this theme comes in the scene, i immediately started crying. Beautiful performance

[rancidblock]

I think I'm in love with this video

[MH.Speedcrawler]

Your performance is wonderful. I haven’t played ff16 so I don’t know what to make of this piece. So much of gaming is the world building, the characters, the story and the emotional connection to this multimedia platform. So hearing this is very different than hearing your FF15 performances, because I did play that game. Thank you for sharing this and hope all is well with you.

[MarcPlaysPiano]

Beautiful work...piano, mics, and playing all.

And, cool to see purpleschala's work here!!

[americntco]

Thank you for posting this beautiful cover!👏🏼❤️

[Kougeru]

dude I've been subscribed to you since like 2017 but haven't seen your videos on my subscriptions page in YEARS. WTF YouTube...

[ginoyang]

Too ez. Rachmaster has done it again 🤘🤘

[JC-FunkMaestro]

Nice cover ! Can you play a piano version of "Logos" ? We need a piano cover of that one !

[americntco]

Did you like the NV10 you used to play in older videos? Did you find that it had some major negatives that could have deterred you from buying a digital/hybrid that expensive? Was the SK sound realistic? I already use VSTs since they sound better than what digital pianos come with, but do you think dropping $19, 000+ on a newer NV10 one day would be worth it for the grand action feel since just getting an acoustic wouldn’t be possible. 👀

[yonavlad]

Sounds a bit like the romance theme from yu yu hakusho