Ahead on Our Way (Final Fantasy VII piano cover)

I've been playing FF7 Remake lately, and was reminded of its great music. I came across this creative arrangement randomly last week, and promptly transcribed it for myself. The jazz fits this nostalgic theme perfectly.
Composer - Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged by Zorsy - • On Our Way (Final Fant...
Sorry, no sheets.
Piano: Kawai Novus NV-10
Piano VST: Garritan CFX Full
My current CFX settings: forum.pianoworld.com/ubbthread...

[@TheConsoulsBand]

Ahhhh this is so awesome!!! Thank you for transcribing this you played so beautifully ❤️ -Zorsy

[@virtualpoboy]

I am soooo caught up in your superb technique at the keyboard, I just hope that in my next life I can have a 10th of your skills and emotional espressivness when I rediscover the piano and all its majesty. Your playing takes my breath away and a tear to my eyes with such wonder of your talent. "Thank you for sharing your musical 'you' with the world!

[@aoiumixiv]

Its 4am and im ugly crying. Keep up being incredible! I wish i could play the piano too.

[@LouisR56]

One of my favorite piece from the original game, and I especially like how Hamauzu arranged it for the remake. Beautiful performance

[@iLikePiano]

Bravo!! Wonderful playing! Also the Zorsy arrangement is soooooo good!

[@jeremyngpiano]

Wow, pleasant surprise to hear such an interesting and cool jazz arrangement. Love it, top notch playing as usual.

[@ria9072]

im getting so many nostalgia feels rn this is awesome keep it up

[@Duhemsounds]

This is beautifully played, well done

[@radiodoc999]

This is so fine, I'm completely taken away. Thank You so much💚

[@joseph0487]

Omg this is a really good piece !!! You did it really well!!

[@ryanisthebomb203]

wonderful performance. Keep up the good work!

[@roger_tracks]

THis insane guy plays so freaking beautifully... you are amazing man!

[@LightMusicProductions]

Beautiful

[@travis9031]

Amazing!

[@siravutsuyam7938]

Very beautiful cover 💕 :)

[@likeachildluv]

I'm Melted into it.

[@haoranli4515]

Bravo! 👏👏👏👏

[@fall9189]

Amazing cover! Coincidentally was playing the 1997 FF7 as this was uploaded.

[@estebansalas5464]

I like this alot

[@SharmankaMusic]

Красота 👍

[@yumaxpiano]

Very nice ♬ Have a nice day ♬

[@mrpanicattack6688]

This is very nostalgic. I wish in the remake part 2 or 3, the player can play the piano in a random restaurant or at Tifa's house, or that Grand Piano in Shinra's Mansion. 😍

[@TheMastrodommy]

Just came across this comment after three years man! Square has heard you! 😂❤

[@mrpanicattack6688]

@@TheMastrodommy True! HAHAHA! Thank goodness Square listened to me 🤭😂

[@vyce394]

Magnifique prestation, c'est possible d'avoir la partition ?

[@suzychoi7585]

Loooovely

[@domodepiano]

It's mind boggling there isn't a final fantasy de jazz anthology or special release published yet, they did a music box years ago, and there's the great out of print ff 4hands , but no jazzo, we got mario de jazz (and eventually licensed to Alfred for NA market release ) but dang there's so much material to do this with in the existing ost and arranged output I keep hoping makoto ozone or someone will get tapped or see fit to pull the trigger and get book of these out there

[@JkyLi]

This is nice, good to see a new video. I often transcribe some music to sheet for myself to play, but I do not know what software to use, any recommend? I currently use pencil and paper, which is a bit tedious.

[@rach3master]

Thanks. You can use Transcribe! to slow down the music. If you're willing to learn notation software, you can try using something like Musescore, which is free.

[@siravutsuyam1669]

Beautiful cover 😍 could you please tell me where i can find sheet music or buy?

[@MH.Speedcrawler]

I don’t remember this tune at all from FF7. But then again, it’s been so many years since I played that game that I don’t think I’d remember any tune from the game. This is a very nice transcription from Zorsy’ version. How do you go about transcribing? Do you use softwares to capture the overall the framework first? I’m curious for my learning. Thank you, as always for sharing. PS I gather you like Nier very much - TGS just announced a remake of Nier, called Replicant in case you are interested.

[@rach3master]

Transcribing is very tedious for me. I use Transcribe! to slow down the music (playing at 15% of original speed if necessary) and figure out the piece measure by measure. Sometimes if I'm really stuck I might use automatic transcribing software to get a better clue of the harmonies. Other times I'll just give up and hire someone else to do it for me :)

[@MH.Speedcrawler]

@@rach3master I can't dictate for the life of me... 😅 On second thought, I'm probably better off leaving it to softwares and professionals after hearing your process. How are you liking it replaying Ff7?

[@rach3master]

@@MH.Speedcrawler It's pretty good. I have some question marks about the story changes and the filler sidequests, but the rest has been very enjoyable.

[@MH.Speedcrawler]

@@rach3master They changed the story? Wow... Interesting. I wonder how the changes are received by fans. Will you share with me your thoughts after you finish the game?

[@datly13]

Hi rach3, wonder if you use a sound card for recording? If it’s possible, could you elaborate on your recording setup? Your audio is always top quality and I’m curious to know what’s behind it. I don’t think having a good, expensive VST such as the CFX is enough - otherwise you can just play on a cheap digital piano and feed the Midi to it and tweak around. Thanks in advance

[@rach3master]

I use a babyface pro soundcard to help with latency. Otherwise it should sound the same no matter which piano you're using.

[@musiclove5908]

N1 or Nv10 key is heavy you are play both piano ?

[@rach3master]

N1 keys are a bit heavier in my opinion.