Aerith and Marlene - A Familiar Flower (from Final Fantasy VII Remake) Cello and Piano

[@froggybabt5579]

chills !! this is one of my favorites from the remake- so glad to hear talented people showing it some love ! great work !

[@IsrafelCello]

It's one of my favorites too, and it stood out to me as one where we could do something really cool putting our own spin on the track. :) I'm so happy you enjoyed it!!!

[@shigashi]

omg this is SO beautiful. Thank you once again for making such great music.

[@IsrafelCello]

THANK YOU STEPHANIE!!

[@dagga19k]

Wonderful job, you two! This is one of my very favourite tracks from FF7R, and you played it so well!!

[@IsrafelCello]

Thank you so much! It's one of my favorites too (so happy FF7R got best music at the game awards btw)

[@PianoGameKnight]

The arrangement and collaboration is always amazing from you two!! :)

[@IsrafelCello]

Thank you!! We had such great source materia to work with, here (yes, I miss-typed that, but I'm just going to leave it, haha) from Uematsu-san and Hamauzu-san, I'm just happy we could come close to doing it justice! :D

[@sonatina3]

This is stunning! The harmonics effects work really well too.

[@IsrafelCello]

Thank you so much!! This track was a bit of an experiment with the harmonic effects, and your comment makes me incredible happy!

[@jeffsmith1096]

Perfect duo for a perfect music 👍

[@IsrafelCello]

Awwww, thank you!!!

[@JDmusicwoodwinds]

Such beautiful playing! Loving those enharmonics. Amazing the sounds that can be done with just cello and piano

[@IsrafelCello]

Thank you!! It was definitely a process, experimenting and figure how to get the right feel for this track with just a cello and a piano, but I'm super pleased with how it came out. 🙂

[@Duhemsounds]

Always beautiful work from you two :)

[@IsrafelCello]

Thank you so much for saying so!! :D Cheers!

[@gwenlyn10]

beautiful! keep up with your arrangments and the channel!

[@IsrafelCello]

Thank you so much!! 😊 I definitely plan to, got a lot more projects in the works!

[@Dotoku14]

Anyone know if 0:57 onward is part of another song from the series? It sounds so familiar, but its obviously not part of Aerith's theme.

[@IsrafelCello]

Interesting question! I know once you hit 1:10, it is Aerith's theme, just completely reharmonized. But the other material, if it's from another part of the series, I'm not aware. Interestingly, on the soundtrack, Both Masashi Hamauzu and Nobuo Uematsu are credited on this track. My assumption, knowing what I do about the composition of the OST, was that Uematsu is credited for the Aerith's theme melody and probably a general concept for the song, Hamauzu probably did the arrangement and composed some original material to sort of "glue it together." But I could be wrong, so happy to hear if anyone else has a take on this.

[@taylorcaswell7924]

It might be referencing Waiting to be Found, a theme from the Train Graveyard chapter when Aerith is lost? I can see why they’d allude to it when she finds a little girl, left all alone. Edit: Just tracked it down and nope, Waiting to be Found only came to mind because of Aerith’s reharmonized theme (which is definitely present). I could swear I’ve heard that counter-melody-like short bit leading into the reharmonized theme at another point in the OST though!

[@shigashi]

around 00:53 gives me like FF13 vibes :)

[@dagga19k]

Same here! This track gives me strong FF13 vibes, it sounds a lot like Epilogue from LRFF13!

[@Seraphim190.]

beautiful!

[@IsrafelCello]

Thank you!!

[@Seraphim190.]

@@IsrafelCello Loved it

[@Tohlemiach]

Ah fuck. Wasn’t planning on crying today.

[@IsrafelCello]

You should have seen me, arranging the music and editing the vid for this. Basket case!

[@Tohlemiach]

IsrafelCello oh I can’t imagine! I just have to say, your expression while playing is out of this world. Most music is listened to just with audio, but seeing a performer in flow, channeling pure creation, is just something else entirely. That heavily contributed to the feelings haha!

[@gameronnow7332]

What???? Is this the original???