Stargazers by Nightwish (Piano Version)

Sheet music: mnot.es/2rL5PFq
Stargazers by Nightwish from Oceanborn, piano version by Andrew Wrangell.
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Stargazers is the opener from the second Nightwish album, Oceanborn. It's a big, powerful song with a lot of technical, virtuosic material! Very very very difficult to play, but I think it was well worth it to pull it off. My patrons on Patreon voted for Stargazers as my next piano arrangement and I really hope you guys enjoy it!
I think that Oceanborn is such a beautiful album. With the mythological concepts in the lyrics like this, you can get a glimpse of the composer's imagination. Tuomas Holopainen wrote all of the music and lyrics and you can definitely hear the incredible effort that went into Oceanborn. I always love Tuomas's music, there's something very special about it. This is why I adapt Nightwish music for piano - the essence of the music is so good, it works very well even on different instruments.
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Stargazers lyrics:
A grand oasis in the vastness of gloom
Child of dew-spangled cobweb Mother to the moon
Constellations beholders of the 3rd vagrant
Theater for the play of life
Tragedienne of heavens
Watching the eyes of the night
Sailing the virgin oceans
A planetride for the Mother and Child
Floating upon the quiet hydrogen lakes
In this ambrosial merry-go-round they will gaze
Ephemereal life touched by a billion-year show
Separating the poet from the woe
Tragedienne of heavens…
Oracle of the Delphian Domine
Witness of Adam’s frailty
Seer of the master prophecy
The stellar world her betrothed
Wanderers in cosmic caravan
Universal bond - The Starborn
A son in the search for the truth
Following the pages of Almagest
Discovering the origin of dreams
Stargazers ride through the ancient realms
Tragedienne of heavens…
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[@dirk.claassen]

Are you kidding me??? Dude how do you even hear all the notes??? How do you arrange a song like Stargazers for solo piano and keep the atmosphere of the track?! ...And then you play it so seamlessly! My mind is blown. You sir, are a true musical virtuoso, and possibly from another planet... that is the only logical conclusion. Congrats man! I will never reach this level. I don't think it will be worth while for me to check out the sheet music, my physical and mental health will most likely not be able to bare it. :) None the less, great admiration and respect for you.

[@Composer1992]

+Dirk Claassen Aw, haha, thank you so much for your very kind words!! I appreciate it very much! I know Australia might be a fair distance away but I assure you it's still Earth! XD I just got here with my music because I spent many years working on my skills, lots and lots and lots of listening to music and figuring out how to play it on piano! And there's no reason you can't do it too if you spend the time! Thanks again!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed my video! :D

[@jymebale5545]

You have to have a very well trained ear period, this reminds me of many classical pieces I've played, I wanted see just how well it played and how good the technic was, very good, well done sir. Your playing reminds me some what of Keith Emerson has played.

[@babatoa]

I am stunned. Literally.

[@Composer1992]

+G Go Here, I'll use this anti-debuff spell! :P

[@phildsecond3934]

The nightwish's most difficult song to play by vocals or even single instruments but you nailed it .... Thumbs up to you

[@danieltetliak9737]

Oh my god... I am pianist and keyboardist... And I play some NW stuffs... And you did this one with real honor to Nightwish... Awesome work! Keep it up :)

[@Composer1992]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! :D

[@sparkdrive2900]

Daniel after 6 yrs can you play stargazers?

[@viktorlafontaine6222]

This new version is simply unbelievable. I stuck in the rain of August... I mean, absort. I'm very surprised by this arrangement.

[@uraniummore770]

When he comes to a real challenge, he takes off that band on right hand and unleashes true power.

[@florentjoannes1730]

May the most powerful piano cover of this song that I've heard! Awesome arrangement and skill! Congrats !!

[@Composer1992]

+Florent Joannès thank you so much!!

[@BolivarFTorresAlvarado]

OMFG this actually made me tear up a bit. One because Stargazers is one of my favorite Nightwish's songs and you captured it so damn flawlessly and beautifully in the piano. And two cause I'll probably never be able to pull an arrangement like this hahaha (I'll still read the sheet for the benefit of doubt XD). Regardless of that, superb job man! Thank you so much for sharing this! Makes me very very happy listening to this over and over again!

[@fk2106]

The full beauty of sound and melody, harmony and rythm. .So very much more satisfying the the minimalist 2 and 3 note "popular" music of today.....

[@devinonearth]

Whaaat! That's the most badass cover I've heard of this song! Amazing how you preserved the feel of such a complex ensemble arrangement like Stargazers. Kudos to you! 😁🎹🤘

[@julietemicolgouveia7920]

amazing work. Stargazers is one of my favorite lyrics and this piano version is perfect! congrats for the work

[@didijaku]

Wow man. I am truly hypnotized.

[@Composer1992]

I'm really glad you like it! :D

[@IntegralofChaos]

One of the rare instances in the world where yelling 'fuck!' is caused by an extreme positive reaction. This was incredible, especially how the left hand is able to just run across the keyboard as the distances between keys, the pressure needed, the separation of finger movements, has all been routed through the brain for years and years of practise and practise. And that's not even getting into the fact that this was done by ear. Intellectually, I understand how someone who worked with music their entire life would become talented in it to this extreme degree. I'm a software engineer by profession and a lot of things come easily to me that I see many others struggle with. Being this good at piano and musical arrangement comes with the territory of having the dedication to put time into it, and the genuine love for the musical arts themselves. Yet I feel a bit sad watching this as well. My dad got me a keyboard when I was young too; not 5, but close. I didn't really get into it. Granted, I was doing some small-level programming stuff even at a young age, but still I had plenty of time, if I had chosen to, to work on keyboard and to understand music theory... I just didn't. Youth was wasted on the young in this case. I've started forcing myself to practise about an hour every day with that same keyboard my dad got me. Starting simple, like Castlevania and Banjo Kazooie tracks. Trying to play without looking at my hands, getting a feel for note distances. But at the end of the day, I work in software, have other projects, and I just will never have the time that I could have had had I started young, nor the superior knowledge sponge of a young brain. Anyway, what all this is leading up to, the point I am trying to make, is that Fluttershy is my favourite pony, and if anyone says otherwise I'm going to hit them with my umbrella. Also the Nightwish font is Shelley Volante, not Nelson Script... which I think is the font used here but I am not sure. But seriously this was an amazing rendition and even if there is no conceivable way I will ever be able to play anything like that assuming immortality is not invented, it's still an inspiration.

[@Composer1992]

Woah, I don't get to read such a detailed comment very often, but thank you for taking the time to write it! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, I put a lot of effort into them so it's really wonderful to hear how you enjoyed it! I've done some coding and software stuff so I really respect what you can do because I know it's hard and involves a lot of problem solving, not to mention the different languages you have to know! I also want to learn other things but there's only so much you can focus your efforts on at once. It's so cool that you picked up your keyboard, keep playing your favourite music and you'll improve! And trust a software engineer to have a fave pony, haha! I found Nelson Script through a Google search, and I had it wrong this whole time, damn. I'm glad you liked the video though! :D

[@IntegralofChaos]

My detailed comments are a direct result of the fact I don't comment much because when I do I have a need to keep talking, which can get annoying after the first 67 times. Also as evidenced by how long it took to respond, I get distracted easily with billion other things all the time. I fear I likely won't ever be good enough at piano, so ever dream shall it remain, but I won't stop practising it even as a hobby. Sometimes I get on fire and do well and sometimes I just suck. It can be rather mentally taxing to keep making the same mistake (especially in terms of misjudging the distance to move the hand) no matter how many times I try to actively teach myself that proprioception that I need. Which is totally a word and counts in any standard ruleset for Scrabble. I wish I could just look at a note and know exactly where on the keyboard it is from where my hand currently is; right now my thinking is relative, like a note looks a fourth away, so try to feel a fourth away... oh but remember the key.... having taken Music Theory in the past I do understand the concepts of keys and chords and scales and such, but putting it into practise in order to sight read is very difficult. Ever since I stopped looking at my hands I got better at reading music faster, but if I could, for instance, start recognising chords, even when chopped into bits, as well as their inversions, it would probably allow me to learn pieces faster and more effectively. Right now a lot of the bass lines for the songs I play love octave jumps, or (I don't know the technical term, Music Theory was years ago and I replaced a lot of that learning with Software Engineering and Underwater Basket Weaving) something like a chord in the key of the piece starting from one note, adding the base of the chord one octave up, if that explanation makes sense. Anyway, remember when I mentioned the need to keep talking? I'm going to stop now. I'm also curious as to what forms of software design you did, mainly because I am curious.

[@kurdasmahlt1357]

I used this video to convince myself that in the live version of Planet Earth, Tuomas inserted in his solo the first part of chorus from Stargazers. I thought that I was going insane, but nope. That's how on point and clear your playing is in this, that it stuck with me and I used it as a reference instead of the original song :)))) Bravo

[@darkreverie6282]

That is enchanting man. Great work.

[@Composer1992]

Thanks so much! Much appreciated!!

[@shaan814]

Wow. That was amazing. Awsome work and really captured the beauty of the song

[@blondie3268]

Dude. Woah. What kind of music education do you have? This is incredible.

[@Composer1992]

Glad you enjoyed!! I've played piano since I was 5, did lots of music things in school, then did a music degree, and now I make a new piano video every week. :)

[@ChebRollerMisha]

Thank you Andrew for this brilliant and outstanding cover! You did so great job! This song especially means a lot for me as it makes me feel so happy and so excited every time when I listen to it even when something in my life goes wrong at the moment. Since the very first chords it grabs you by the powerful sequence of mathematically perfect rhythms and notes resulting in the fascinating melody and don't release until the very end. It somehow tells you: "Don't worry, everything is going to be OK. Throw away all your sadness and bad feelings. Be brave, dive into your fantasy and let the music lead you exploring the deepest pieces of your mind. Find something that you always wanted to find." Just a great and magical composition from Nightwish.

[@Composer1992]

+ChebRollerMisha I'm so happy to hear you feel that way about it! It's a little like that for me at the moment too. Music is so good for taking away those kinds of feelings. That's why Nightwish is so special.

[@lcc457]

Great. it's my favorite. good job. I'm downloading right now.

[@Composer1992]

+Lourran Carcheno Coco That's awesome to hear!

[@n0n0999]

This is fantastic! Great job Andrew.

[@Composer1992]

+Nourhan Bassiouny Thank you so much!!

[@gofrszs1321]

This is so great ! Your arrangements are better and better, I'm really looking forward for every new one !

[@Composer1992]

+Gofrsz S Thank you so much! I'm looking forward to bringing you more arrangements!

[@penguinz1738]

So amazing to hear this beautiful song played by you! Amazing as always! :)

[@Composer1992]

+Lileček ah, thank you so much! So glad you liked it!

[@penguinz1738]

You´re welcome! :)

[@randyburrill2340]

Best version on youtube I've seen.

[@Avalyahful]

Unbelievably well played. I'm speechless.

[@masterj5082]

Why are you soooo good? This is purrfect... Best covers on the whole internet...

[@Madbull01]

Great Skill Dude. Awesome!

[@Composer1992]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it! ^^

[@snowflake45789]

Beautiful :) one of my favorite nightwish songs

[@Composer1992]

It's a good one!

[@charliefox2705]

Woooow!!! Increíble interpretación. Saludos desde México. Amo esta canción. Es de mis favoritas y de las más difíciles que he aprendido a tocar!!!

[@goldenwing5960]

I'm looking to start learning to play the piano sometime soon and hearing these covers is getting me really excited. I know that it will take a really long time and a lot of dedication, but I can't wait until I'm able to play my favorite songs like this! Thank you for your videos!

[@thebestuser9367]

Incredible!

[@Composer1992]

+Nightwalker thanks so much!

[@gittally]

Amazing! Note perfect! You deserved more viewers, especially from all Nightwish Army all over the world. I subscribed!

[@Kommanderi]

The poet and the pendulum next, please. This is absolutely gorgeus work.

[@fsp_x]

Sounds Unbelievably good!

[@metalvolnutt7841]

This is so badass and amazing! I wish I had the ability to make such incredible arrangements of the songs I wanted. Anyway, outstanding job! Greetings from Mexico :D

[@Composer1992]

Thank you so much!! I'm so happy you like it! Greetings from Australia!

[@WorldMonologueGames]

Epic performance, Andrew. Congrats. Love to see it on a grand - it deserves better than a keyboard. Keep it up.

[@myrna5232]

Meu Deus que issoooo, meu sonho conseguir tocar essa música 😭♥👏👏👏👏

[@morgan_nichol]

They played this live last concert of theirs I went to, everyone went nuts lol. Very nostalgic, amazing job man, can I request "Nightwish - Bless the Child"? looking forward to more of your work.

[@fircykfircyk488]

Superb ! I'm loving it ! Congrats !

[@P1ratRuleZZZ]

Great cover, very challanging! Rhytm is so stable... Really beatyful but on acoustic piano would be super awesome

[@Composer1992]

+P1ratRuleZZZ If I had the facilities, I would!

[@TheDivineRhythm]

It blows my mind you don't have more subs ._. These arrangements are amazing and your playing is always spot on.

[@Composer1992]

+TheDivineRhythm thank you so much! I try to do my very best for my videos. I have a dream of 10K subs! Maybe one day! XD

[@annikaternstrom2740]

Once upon a time I could play the piano... This is amazing! Awesome! Keep it up! 👍🤗💖

[@keenawireheart7238]

Wow, that was flawless! Impressive!

[@geertjanssen8455]

Absolutely amazing! Thank you much for this! Awesome!

[@lucasprimo6305]

Perfect! Watching In 2021, at Brazil.

[@kaileorichards6306]

All I can say is Wow! This is the dreamers theam for all

[@matthewhamel7192]

im unassuming this goes under the easy category.

[@FDKSM]

I must have two comment on youtube in 10 years ... What is that !? This quality is impressive! I love the original music, I almost prefer your version on the piano! 50,000 views? what's this fucking problem!

[@PchlaPddy]

Keep doing this! It's amazing!

[@Composer1992]

I will, I will! :D

[@gaborcs.3367]

Absolutely amazing...no words...well done :) :)

[@Composer1992]

+Csipy 991 I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@lasseheikkonen1823]

Absolutely amazing! You are very talented! 👍☺️

[@karaguilar-gn5vn]

Wow❤ it was amazing

[@krisz7910]

OMG mindblowing!!

[@leosurname6993]

Stunning! Do more Nightwish please!

[@RehnStillnightOfficial]

another wonderful rendition. 😊😊😊

[@Composer1992]

+Rehn Stillnight Thank you so much Rehn!

[@jjlm204]

Monster... very good

[@sirindipiti151]

Бесподобно! Лучшее, что слышал на пианино.

[@emilham]

This is great staff man

[@noellelafetra1322]

amazing!! every new transcription you do completely blows me away even more than the previous one. thanks for sharing this with us! do you plan on doing Sleeping Sun at all? I'd love to see your take on it.

[@Composer1992]

+Noelle la fetra Ah, thanks so much! I think I could do it at some point! ;)

[@ErynithMawen]

I wish I could be able to play the piano like you, it's really impressive!😮

[@林漢-i3g]

You really deserve a better piano, man! Very well played! :)

[@Composer1992]

+Honn Lam Haha, thanks! I just use what I have.

[@wherermytacos5903]

this is amazing, you must have practiced those quick notes so much ! you have my like

[@jonijo7803]

Amazing...👍👍👍

[@jonatanhenrique4313]

Amazing!!! 👏👏👏

[@josesantosperezleal2422]

Beautiful man

[@julianives6947]

wow, amazing

[@Beegeezy144]

Awesome. 🤩

[@kartzap4417]

Wow! Awesome❤️

[@Composer1992]

+kartza p Glad you think so! :D

[@DiegoCastro-ky4gl]

Es un genio.

[@azuquitar4]

Beautiful! ❤

[@fumonshow87]

Impressive!

[@arcanesiren629]

Fantastic as always! :D Could you do Tutankhamen?

[@Composer1992]

+ArcaneSiren I think I could! It might make a good arrangement!

[@lyubden]

I would like to hear this song in your arrangement, because no one has done an arrangement for it yet, only in electronic form

[@SpaceXtract]

Got sheets for this? I know that's half the work but I'd love to learn this!

[@Composer1992]

They are on my Patreon :)

[@gustavogeres5993]

Could you do Gethsemane? It's one of my favorites

[@meruleus3433]

That's wonderful :)

[@Composer1992]

Thank you so much!

[@ledylopez1111]

I have the same piano! You made an incredible sound out of it! the best version I've heard in my entire life! incredible! the essence of Nw in all your interpretation! you are amazing! God bless you! I subscribed to your channel! you are an amazing musician! Could you do the same song but with a piano accompaniment version for the voice? ❣️ thank you! a hug from Argentina from your new Chilean follower! 🇨🇱🇦🇷❤️

[@Composer1992]

Thank you for the kind words! I have other projects I want to focus on, so I don't plan to make any more versions of this. But I'm glad you like this one!

[@firstviicar]

This is my first time hearing this song myself and Im s t u n n e d. Ive always been amazed by how fast people can play the piano and how beautiful it sounds! subscription earned!

[@Composer1992]

+Autumn Lundgren thank you so much! I'm very happy to hear you enjoyed it. And thank you very much for subscribing!! :D

[@mirkajackova9546]

you sir, are a true master. I think even at the same level as the grandmaster Tuomas :D

[@bruhrer]

SUPERB!!!!

[@Composer1992]

+bruno taboada THANKS!!!!

[@Soaches]

Awesome! Will you ever make Last of The Wilds?

[@Composer1992]

+Soaches Thanks! And I might if enough people ask for it!

[@thebestuser9367]

Yes please!!!

[@gofrszs1321]

Would be awesome :)

[@Composer1992]

Seems like people are keen for this! :D

[@valarmorghulis6822]

+Andrew Wrangell Music "If enough people ask" So I have too ask too. :D

[@hanjarsutangkas]

Keren bang.... Pengin belajar piano

[@henri.lisboa]

PERFECT

[@elenaandtheworld]

Please can you do BLESS THE CHILD?? It would be awesome!!

[@wilkyesilva7211]

Cara até tinha esquecido o quanto eu gostava de Nightwish

[@ledylopez1111]

😮❤OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Dimitar94]

Reminds me a bit of Avenged Sevenfolds Second Heartbeat. Great Performance!

[@purplepick5388]

Awesome 😁

[@melanieschmidt96]

This is awsome. Well done👍 Pharao sails to orion could be a nice one fir you to play as well 😙

[@Composer1992]

+Melanie Schmidt thank you!! And Pharaoh is a great song, I would enjoy doing that one!

[@IrenePetitto]

Omg you're great!

[@АлексейКвитков-л9ч]

Офигенно.

[@pronobeshchatterjee687]

u play awesome. can u do a tutorial video

[@joskuoraa5643]

bravo! so amazing that I cant beleve how good you are I think you should go to play piano/keyboard to nightwish with tuomas ;)

[@Composer1992]

+joskuoraa Haha, thank you! I think I will leave it to the real Nightwish though! :P

[@joskuoraa5643]

Andrew Wrangell Music nah! I think that if you could play your piano version of shudder before beautifull album I would say Im 100% sure that nightwish would recruit you :P

[@Saracen93]

Can't believe I just discovered your channel. Would love to hear Gethsemane

[@PoringTower]

WTF :D?! WOW! So f*#°ing good! And the more I listen, the more I love it. I'd sell an organ to play like that.

[@Composer1992]

+Anissa Ivone Frisoni Aw, thank you so much Anissa! Don't go sacrificing your musical instruments though, then you won't have anything to play! ;)

[@PoringTower]

Ahah, now I have everything I need to play but I lack skill. I'm not sure I'd sell a playable organ, but maybe a kidney for a bit of talent... I've got two after all. Anyway I can play the first measure! And with a bit of patience I'm sure I could pull the ten seconds starting at 3:40 off. :P But I trust you when you say this arrangement is omg to play and I haven't given the Poet up yet. One impossible piece at a time.

[@dani260382]

😲😲😲😲 Amazing

[@suzannewood783]

This is amazing! Do you have sheet music written out for all of your stuff?

[@avtomoerussia]

Охренеть. Вот это оранжировка - просто супер!

[@KikoMarinho]

Wow! that's fucking awesome! 👏👏👏❤

[@elsapham7908]

wow awesome!!

[@xzw58]

Many parts it sounds like a cumbia 🥺

[@lavero7744]

❤❤❤