Gotta appreciate the fact that this final boss theme of a full franchize plays while you're fighting a random old man in a random desert over a cup of paint. This is the longest cover I've ever made and one of the hardest covers of all due to its length and lack of repetition. Even if there are longer videos on my channel, they are only as long because I looped them or because they're medleys. Also, I actually played this way faster than the original. Maybe it would've been easier to actually play it in the speed of the original. Oops. Amount of notes in this cover: 4538 Next cover at the beginning of August, a pretty epic new Xenoblade 3 theme.
@robb65602 жыл бұрын
Your hard work get the best Gael Piano Cover here on KZbin and I think even in the world. Good work from a musician, studied in conservatory. This cover is so great. Thank you
@AlexDoesStuffBruh77373774773832 жыл бұрын
First and foremost: AMAZING JOB WITH THIS COVER LIKE ACTUALLY WHAT HOW DO YOUR HANDS MOVE LIKE THAT it sounds so good and accurate to an orchestra with choir it’s scary And second… Unless you fight the beeg spooky dragon that’s in some cave who has literally no story lol
@UprisingGrand2 жыл бұрын
Omg I can’t believe someone else has actually played the piece as well. It takes a lot of discipline to arrange Slave Knight Gael! Bravo!! 👏🏽👏🏽
@jonnysons2 жыл бұрын
When two legends meet at the end of the world👏👏👏👏👏 Dont you dare go hollow.
@duongnguyenngoc91602 жыл бұрын
Can you do a remake cover and add a bit more “thickness” to it. I feel like your original cover is lacking that chaos and is a bit too bland, maybe this time spice it up a little.
@kingnothing56788 ай бұрын
Bro summoned the Elder God piano KZbinr! 😭😭😭😭
@Mel-pm5rj Жыл бұрын
As someone who has been playing the piano for about 3 days now, I can confidently say that this isn't humanly possible.
@PapaBass3 ай бұрын
Ive been playing the piano for 0 days and I also came to that conclusion
@yk84372 жыл бұрын
Finally someone who nailed the second phase. The way you fly over keys is astonishing
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Yanko!
@nurikkulanbaev3628 Жыл бұрын
@@AqareCover Hey. Not only second, but I teared up when third phase kicked in! Loved the cover
@StarShade02 жыл бұрын
You definitely leveled dex to 99. Excellent cover.
@humanoidshrek5524 Жыл бұрын
he has 99 dex, hunter’s ring, and carthus milkring
@ZorrotheArtist10 ай бұрын
@@humanoidshrek5524 Throw in the Flynn’s Ring and Lloyd’s Sword Ring and you got a pretty good Katana build right there.
@humanoidshrek552410 ай бұрын
@@ZorrotheArtist imma be honest in all of my 650 hours of playing i have never used a katana build ☠️
@zach42817 ай бұрын
nah must have been int because this is some wizardry
@ZorrotheArtist7 ай бұрын
@@humanoidshrek5524 In the 2 months since we’ve last talked, I hope, for your sake, that you’ve used a katana build.
@duongnguyenngoc91602 жыл бұрын
This is legitimately the best cover of this piece on youtube. Absolutely stunning.
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you liked it!
@wootickgaming6719 Жыл бұрын
I haven't felt the feeling of "I gotta learn this for piano" so strong in my life. I gotta freakin learn this! Amazing!
@humanoidshrek5524 Жыл бұрын
how’s your progress? i wanna try this one day when im ready, too.
@mt2r-music2 жыл бұрын
Been in the hospital for about 10 days by now and in quite some pain but this genuinely made my day. As always top tier piano content. The chorus of the second phase was insane.
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
I wish you all the best, hope you get better soon.
@mt2r-music2 жыл бұрын
@@AqareCover thanks man. Hoping for more music soon too haha
@WardensSword2 жыл бұрын
See, that's what happens when u don't listen to your mom and climb trees
@Karangoa-gv4cx2 жыл бұрын
Wish you the best man hope you can get back to full recovery
@mt2r-music2 жыл бұрын
@@Karangoa-gv4cx thanks man
@ocfvortex85362 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely sick. The way I wish I could play it. Too many cover artists miss out the subtle notes that piece the song together although they are extremely good aswell. The fact that I can hear the voice, piano, violin and bass parts all in the piano is exactly why this cover is the best. You're amazing man!
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@coenenozzy2 жыл бұрын
whenever i hear piano covers of game songs (dark souls ones in particular) i allways wonder how people in the classical music era would've reacted to it, one thing's for sure: i would have been going wild in the theater for this lmao
@duongnguyenngoc9160 Жыл бұрын
It wouldn’t be very well-received if i were to be honest. The structure of the piece would be deemed too simple for the time.
@eddieb1995 Жыл бұрын
Shits battle music Lowkey
@erckupazo Жыл бұрын
@@duongnguyenngoc9160I’d say that this song for example has lots more depth than Beethoven’s 5th symphony or waterfall. Definitely sounds a lot more exciting, lots of classical music sounds similar to each other and gets boring to listen to after a while.
@duongnguyenngoc9160 Жыл бұрын
@@erckupazo oh no you didn’t just said that. Symphony 5 isn’t just “duh duh duh dun”. The multiple voicing, the development from the initial theme and all the ornaments was just on point. You can say it’s boring and that’s understandable cuz classical music isn’t for everyone. But saying this has more depth than Beethoven? That would just be plain ignorance. This piece although sounded epic, is definitely very shallow when it comes to musical ideas development. So although you like the piece and i also like the piece, please don’t ever say that it has more depth than Beethoven
@217486311 ай бұрын
@@erckupazoIs that really what you think? Listen to Franz Liszt’s “Mazzepa” or his Ballade no 1 and i can almost guarantee you won’t find it boring or also Alkan’s piece scherzo diabolico
@mydude_2 жыл бұрын
Holy crap man this is the best arrangement I've seen so far on this ost.
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@Duhemsounds2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful epic piano cover, Dark Souls series have some great powerful tracks
@furou3111 Жыл бұрын
This is incredibly underrated! Matches the feeling through each phase perfectly.
@xar94992 жыл бұрын
Man still get chills hearing this. Such a good sound track for such a great fight!
@avemflamma2 жыл бұрын
holy shit those arpeggios and jumps! you are seriously an incredible pianist
@NafiKhan2 жыл бұрын
Damn this arrangement really does the second phase justice, and those jumps look insane. Amazing arrangement, this really captures the original piece well, the melodies are really well done, excellent job
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Nafi!
@duongnguyenngoc91602 жыл бұрын
It captures well the “thickness” of the orchestra, a relentless influx of sound, clashing into each other. So chaotic yet so epic
@A_Pair_Of_Glasses2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing piece you've made here and easily the best Gael rendition on youtube. This gets the mood and feel just right with all the moving parts and you did such a grand job! Only hoping for a Nameless King cover as I know you'll do that song justice, as no one so far is willing to take the challenge.
@AndySG7 Жыл бұрын
Holy crap, what a monster of an arrangement!!! How can you even play this?! So many different techniques, this just sounds so epic!!! -Also, did I just find a hidden Domtendo easter egg in the tags?-
@cloudburst2726 күн бұрын
I thought your work on "For the dark soul" was incredible, but this is INSANE! This boss's (read, the song's) pattern is impossibly harder than any boss I've seen, you are breathtaking!
@AqareCover26 күн бұрын
Thank you! There are many more Fromsoft videos like this on this channel, I recommend checking out the video playlists on this channel^^
@comit1352 жыл бұрын
Insane! Got a new one to learn after I spend 3 more months trying to finish soul of cinder
@Karangoa-gv4cx2 жыл бұрын
What do you play on?
@comit1352 жыл бұрын
@@Karangoa-gv4cx I have a alesis recital keyboard if that's what you were wondering
@calhughes61592 жыл бұрын
you absolutely capture the back and forth in this piece, amazing job
@yasir6819 Жыл бұрын
The accuracy, expressiveness, Articulation... I rarely give a video a like, but this one is getting it.
@freewilyy9292 Жыл бұрын
best arrangement of gael's theme, keep it up, your arrangements are beautiful
@AqareCover Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Are there any specific Dark Souls songs you would like to hear ony this channel in the future?
@freewilyy9292 Жыл бұрын
@@AqareCover you think you could arrange midir's?
@vorvanjguy34702 жыл бұрын
A channel with perfect covers of amazing video game tracks and with free sheet music included? How are you not famous yet?
@kaiser9598Ай бұрын
this is one of my favorite themes... and you played it to absolute perfection! thank you so much for this wonderful arrangement!
@anazel35068 ай бұрын
Definitely the best arrangement of this theme I saw, excellent job !
@AqareCover8 ай бұрын
Means a lot, thank you Anazel!
@mcbigboy46112 жыл бұрын
Okay, the best cover of gaels theme no doubt. The start of phase 2 gave me goosebumps as well as quite a few other sections, start of phase 3 too. it sounds just like the original! Crazy good stuff man
@rishitsherekar51433 ай бұрын
1:20 sounds so much like while my guitar gently weeps
@CthulhuSeeker2 жыл бұрын
superb as always
@Antihero-mu4bb Жыл бұрын
wholey man, mad respect for that super cool piece. Defo deserves like 500k likes. Sounds awesome and thanks so much for the effort you made to play this piece!
@AqareCover Жыл бұрын
Thank you!^^
@tedboialt2 жыл бұрын
stop questioning me for reading the tags!!! also this was amazing, thank you! -Ted
@lazyidiot344627 күн бұрын
This is genuinely insane, appraised!!!
@ManfredTheFirst3 ай бұрын
The ominous marching sound really makes this song. It's incredible how much stress it develops ingame.
@xaviergonzalez76814 ай бұрын
What a Masterpiece and what an interpretation, kudos
@xypnovoid299611 ай бұрын
Brilliant!! The way you move your fingers across the piano is unreal, great work!
@alexcarreteroterrones55226 ай бұрын
This def deserves more likes, such good work man!
@PonchoGbriel8 ай бұрын
And here i thought the boss fight was the hard part, amazing job!
@ЕвгенийПетров-м4ш7х Жыл бұрын
Вау, браво. Для меня как начинающего осваивать пианино, это просто недосягаемый уровень. Спасибо, маэстро, это было невообразимо приятно не только слушать но и наблюдать❤
@seelvus7771Ай бұрын
absolutely incredible! you are a fantastic player.
@cottoneyemoe Жыл бұрын
Great performance of a great arrangement, you really captured the intensity and drama of the original.
@3seusdrawer8224 күн бұрын
Thanks for providing the sheet music for free, you're a legend ❤
@mattiafesta253 Жыл бұрын
Your touch is magical, you didn't even use the left pedal singole time...
@adamyohan Жыл бұрын
This is incredible.
@zonkguy31 Жыл бұрын
Master piece
@jimijenkins25482 жыл бұрын
Uprisinggrand brought me here. Glad to find another person covering these masterpieces.
@braydentblack2 жыл бұрын
Excellent work as always! My absolute favorite fight and theme in Soulsborne! I’d love to see your take on more music from these games, with some personal favorites being: Darkeater Midir, Godfrey - First Elden Lord, and Sir Alonne! Thank you for your your hard work and always making my day with your covers!
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting me know! Souls content is one of my favorite ones to make so there's a high chance one of your favorites will be covered one day.
@Karangoa-gv4cx2 жыл бұрын
Definitely my favorite series for sound tracks. Some of my favorites being gehrman, lady Maria, geal, and ludwig.
@moonlapsepiano2 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable, this is such a good cover
@abyssalx22 жыл бұрын
It's beautiful. Superb work! ✨
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@lemaismarabou84615 ай бұрын
What an amazing piece! And not a single dislike! congratulation and thank you
@realtyking22502 жыл бұрын
Yup one of the best covers so far.
@fpejanovicАй бұрын
4:40/5:25 best part of the song. so subtle - it's a shame the alternative version of the original ost that was a ps4 dynamic theme never got official published. travesty that they didnt bring the same theme functionality to the PS5
@queenvictoriann2 жыл бұрын
Man, I think you were built to cover Soulsborne music. This is so good. I’m speechless…
@chrwhish2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful excellent work, I cannot thank you enough for making this it is actually beautiful. I one day hope to be able to play this as well. You made my morning this is glorious
@1berto_Cls2 жыл бұрын
Incredible work here, I'm speachless
@happyhaunter_5546 Жыл бұрын
The TRUE final boss of DS3, and the greatest boss fight of all time, period, zero exceptions.
@sololo81862 жыл бұрын
dammm i was waiting so long for a good piano version of this one really thanks
@miguelsalgueiropiano80032 жыл бұрын
Very well played my friend, you are really good!!
@wifi912 жыл бұрын
Yo you brought me back to the first time I got into that fight. Love it!
@SavageEntertainmentYEAH6 ай бұрын
Second phase is when I start taking him a bit more seriously 😂 3rd phase me n Gael are now on equal terms
@jyhan74642 жыл бұрын
YOU ARE MY SAVIOR PLEASE CONTINUE THIS
@sulyvahnsbeast3652 жыл бұрын
Thank you, man. It was awesome.
@spokeybackontwitter77552 жыл бұрын
This was amazing, i hope you keep doing great work like this
@unlimitedquickworks73874 ай бұрын
Wow, actually nailed it
@gamerash17102 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps plus weeping 😭❤️❤️❤️
@emil18ao Жыл бұрын
Amazing cover
@alairepercival99202 жыл бұрын
Beautiful cover. Great work!
@GrzesiekMatuszak5 күн бұрын
If I had 3 wishes from a genie one of them would be to be able to play anything on piano. This piece would be my first
@TheBestiaryCompendium3182 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@TripleARawn2 жыл бұрын
knockin these outta the park
@xdxsdd25022 жыл бұрын
Incredible work. Thank you
@josephmoolecherry33782 жыл бұрын
Holy shit 1:56 that accuracy
@barbodx99572 жыл бұрын
This is so good keep up the hood work❤
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jenusanbaskaran7472 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@marielleladt38302 жыл бұрын
BRAVO.
@flocon2neige2773 ай бұрын
My life goal is too learn is masterpiece as well as u played it 🙌
@bgkclassic2 жыл бұрын
Very impressive young grasshoppa
@noiwontsignyourarmpit5263 Жыл бұрын
I'm tempted to start learning Piano just so I can eventually play this.
@enkhdari Жыл бұрын
bravo 👏
@holoko99382 жыл бұрын
Very Epic ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@うーろんちー-d6l2 жыл бұрын
素晴らしい演奏です
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
ありがとうございます!
@Kha-man3 ай бұрын
I wish I could like this more than once
@mrtoxicwastelandАй бұрын
Ms yuka really pulled a tempest sonata on us and we didnt even notice cause we kept getting clapped by gael 😅
@chad.savage2 жыл бұрын
This is good
@d3ec3 ай бұрын
Woah, that's really beautiful! May I ask your permission to use the first notes of this awesome cover in a Elden Ring video?
@AqareCover3 ай бұрын
Thank you! Yes, of course, I'd also be glad if you could link this cover in the video description if you do use it. Thanks for your interest!
@blankclanmk82 жыл бұрын
des is ja fast wie in DAAAK SOOULS
@AqareCover2 жыл бұрын
ok
@alphonse5906 Жыл бұрын
Gael must be proud
@sithlordzach8418 Жыл бұрын
This man did his absolute best to make up for the unfortunate handicap of not being born with three or four fully functioning arms and hands. Seriously, though, can't even imagine how hard this was, especially doing it all in one take. The complexity of the original piece does not lend it well to being transposed to a single person at a piano, though this orchestration did a phenomenal job of preserving the important parts of the song while also allowing time for shit like hand movements and accounting for the fact that no one person can physically play three or four lines at the same time. You see similar issues with people trying to play 8bit songs, like from the Pokemon games. It's just not possible to play a song requiring three hands with only two.
@AqareCover Жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you liked it! I just would like to note though that there were a few takes in this.
@RenUnderscore Жыл бұрын
amazing how if you analyze it, most dark souls 3 songs stay on the root chord for a while until they need more harmonization, it has made me realize sometiems you dont have to be complex to sound great
@AqareCover Жыл бұрын
That's actually a technique called organ point that is being used to make something sound serious. You're right, the bass doesn't need to be complex at all for something to sound good, but the bass staying the same is actually not a way of making it simple but rather a deliberate technique to give it the right character. If you analyze the harmonies of Dark Souls themes, they are actually pretty much the most complex in all of gaming.
@Hobbes9 Жыл бұрын
@@AqareCoverpedal point?
@FriedMetroid2 жыл бұрын
The last movement on piano really sounds like a Chopin piece
@TehDMCmaniac2 жыл бұрын
Challenge accepted, hold my lack of skill.
@PilotMusicShows Жыл бұрын
This is so beautifully played. Did you make a midi recording of it??? If so, is there any way you could post it??? It would really help me to learn. Thanks in advance. I apologize if others have already asked in the comments below. I did not read all of them.. Sincerely, Michael
@AqareCover Жыл бұрын
Hi Michael! You can get all of my MIDI files at once on Patreon for 2$: www.patreon.com/user?u=13326524 Hope that helps!
@hjchoi2063 Жыл бұрын
How can you play this music with just one piano? Amazing!
@akaraponestonsomboon43492 жыл бұрын
@ayamzyr75993 ай бұрын
give it to me, that thing... your dark arrangement, for my ladies composition... ... .. . ah, is this the harmony, the harmony of the dark orchestration...?
@sablepaul441 Жыл бұрын
my reaction to both the fight and this cover Phase 1: uhm, okay, I can probably hadle this in a couple of weeks Phase 2: ...no way Phase 3: STEVE HARVEY STARE 👁👄👁
@bianks39162 жыл бұрын
👑
@whisperscribe8 ай бұрын
Damn... I wish I knew to play this song
@mustafaemir462 Жыл бұрын
1:19
@sebastianlansky14156 ай бұрын
Is this the blood?
@logictom7254 Жыл бұрын
Did you cut all the small sections together tp not play it one go? Not meaning it I a bad way, am just curious. it is still hella impressive :D
@AqareCover Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes, I'm using cuts, also because every section has a different tempo. I'm playing with a metronome, and between the sections I need to change the metronome tempo so that the upper part of the video is synchronized with the lower part^^
@logictom7254 Жыл бұрын
@@AqareCover Oh, that sounds like a lot of effort. Respect for doing all the cuts just for a perfect tempo