Gathering Stars in the Night Sky - Xenogears (solo piano arr. by Riulyn)

[@kokeshikoko6542]

とても素晴らしい演奏ありがとうございます。20年を超えてこの曲が聴けたことがとても嬉しいです。ありがとう。

[@michaelsmith4832]

This is seriously one of THE most beautiful songs I have ever heard, and you play it so well.

[@purpleschala]

thank you! it's really one of the most beautiful themes in the game, really fitting for the scenes during which it occurs

[@WastedTalent83]

i officially hate you tube... i subbed and i always follow your videos. Why i didn't see most of your Xenogears videos til now?!!!! Best game ever and the music are also at the same level. My gosh the chills ;_; i'd like to know you , just so i could shake your hand in appreciation, not only for being a good pianist but also for your taste in games ahah I keep rewriting this comment, let's give credit to the piano arr. person , whoever he/she is. amazing version.

[@pond9725]

So sweet I love this version

[@purpleschala]

thank you!!! I should revisit Xenogears omg miss that game

[@diogoguerreiro6316]

Now you made me cry. Xenogears has a great and complex story and mitsuda is just fantastic. Great job Schala!

[@purpleschala]

AHHH i am so happy you are a fan of Xenogears as well!!!!

[@samuelaquino7857]

A trilha sonora desse game é algo sublime. É algo que toca a nossa alma. E você fez justiça ao som original. Belíssima interpretação!

[@hansfaustoimageandmotion]

For the longest time Ive been wanting Mitsuda to put out a xenogears piano ost. After hearing you play I feel there is no need for it anymore hahaha. Ive been listening to your piano arrangements of xenogears and it is just the most beautiful. Play "Where The Egg Of Dreams Hatches" Please!

[@versusedge]

I love so much MITSUDA's work, he's one of the best composers ever! Thanks for your interpretation of his creation.

[@purpleschala]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! I absolutely revere him as well, thank you so much for listening!

[@melchizedekpsj]

The beauty just keeps flowing on and on... This is one of the most underrated pieces by Mitsuda-San. Thanks so much for the rendition, PurpleSchala!

[@purpleschala]

THANK YOU JIN! I really appreciate that you love this one too, as you say it is very underrated!!!

[@melchizedekpsj]

@@purpleschala Love it, love it, love it! 🙏

[@AcappellaGamer]

Beautiful playing - of one of the most gorgeous and heartfelt melodies

[@purpleschala]

THANK YOU! So happy people are still appreciating this amazing game and soundtrack in 2021!!

[@johnfenske7764]

I have to confess that I don't remember this one very well... which tells me it's been too long since I've played through Xenogears. None the less, an excellent performance of the piece and I hope I get to keep hearing more Xenogears from you!

[@purpleschala]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[@purpleschala]

@@zs1986 LMAOOOOOO YES right before disc 2 where it's all 15 hours of sitting in a rocking chair and having the story told to you ahahaha omg. I would LOVE for that game to be remade properly to fix that, AND the horrible platform jumping in the Tower of Babel omg....and Chu-Chu getting crucified lol....

[@emiwang5624]

This and Small of Two Pieces are two of my favorite pieces from any video game soundtrack. Thank you so much for covering and sharing with us! It takes me back to summer camp, where friends introduced me to JRPG music for the first time. So many happy memories of friendship and sharing headphones while listening to music on a discman :)

[@Dextroyfuller]

Lovely performance! Maria's part of the game always moves me to tears.

[@purpleschala]

Dextroyfuller THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! oh man I know right Maria’s whole story was sad!!! But Rico’s really got to me 😭 that whole Nortune segment, especially Hammer’s death was hard to take.

[@เผด็จาร-นนนนง]

it's chu chu song no ?

[@Potatointhehood]

:0

[@PianoGameKnight]

Double the goodness this morning. Seeing a video uploaded by you and animevivi :)

[@purpleschala]

AHH THANK YOU JIMMY!!!!!

[@Elohist2009]

💕I had been hoping you would cover this one or ‘the treasure which cannot be stolen’

[@purpleschala]

that one's coming!!!!! =) =)

[@Lockheart237]

The music from this game is so amazing and gets you deep down in the feels sometimes. Good playing Schala!

[@purpleschala]

GOD I KNOW RIGHT!??! Thank you so much!!!!!

[@PianoSai]

Lovely! Also, your Valley Where the Wind is Born arrangement is one of my favourite pieces of music ever!

[@purpleschala]

omg thank you so much Sai, that means a lot! It was an early arrangement and I was still really inexperienced at writing, so thank you again, I'm so happy you liked it so much.

[@AlexDevineMusic]

This is a great performance, Schala! Thanks for this, I really enjoyed it! :D

[@purpleschala]

Aqualung thank you so much Aqua!!! ❤️❤️

[@jeffreyhartmannmusic]

Sounds great PurpleS !!!! Thanks for sharing your magic and have a fine new week !!!!. . . .jeff

[@purpleschala]

thanks so much Jeff!!!! have a great week yourself! =)

[@TheCreepypro]

so beautifully played! nicely done!

[@purpleschala]

thank you so much!! i should re-record this one haha. should do more xenogears in general actually, love that game so much

[@Nainco07]

You really play very well the piano. And you are right, this song reminds me of them every time I listen to it.

[@purpleschala]

thank you so much!! glad to see another Xenogears fan here!!! =)

[@IsrafelCello]

This is so gorgeous and I love it!!😍😭❤️ Also, your outfit is so pretty! 😊

[@purpleschala]

THANK YOU ANDREW AND PLEASE DO NOT WATCH OUR VID OF SMALL OF TWO PIECES OMG IT IS SPOILER CENTRAL

[@EscapadeFTW]

Just played this game for the first time last week. Loved this piece and great to hear you play it.

[@purpleschala]

ahhh thank you so much!!! what did you think of it? =)

[@EscapadeFTW]

@@purpleschala Well, after playing all the Xenoblade games, I feel like I already played Xenogears, but a better version of it. It has many of the same ideas and themes in the story, but they are not fleshed out nearly as well. I also though the OST overall was not nearly as good as Xenoblade 1/2 (let's not talk about X), or a lot of his other work, honestly. It definitely had some standout pieces, though, such as this and Shevat. Overall I enjoyed the game but compared to Xenoblade and even other Square games of the same era it just fell short of my expectations. Would love to see what this game would have been like if it wasn't rushed out the door.

[@purpleschala]

@@EscapadeFTW hahah that's very fair! =) funny, I felt the opposite actually after playing the Xenoblade games, I thought they were more inferior versions of Xenogears lol, though after sitting with Xenoblade 1 for a while, I had to admit it was a much, much better game than Xenogears. Xenoblade 2 I am still very mixed about; the main game I felt was mediocre but I LOVED the Torna DLC, which made me like the main game better, though I wished Torna would have been the main game instead lol. But yes I agree Xenoblade 1 was done much better than Xenogears, the themes were all fully explored, everybody had a great backstory, all loose ends were tied, Riki was WAY better than Chu-Chu, and there weren't absolutely ludicrous things like crucified mechs lmao, there was a lot of stupid things in Gears, as much as I love it hahaha. It was a shame, as you say, that it was rushed and they were running low on budget. A remake would be amazing, but it's unlikely to happen, unfortunately.

[@raifkurban9915]

Love the rendition!

[@goldman77700]

Timeless song from a timeless game.

[@purpleschala]

couldn't agree more

[@ryanshaw9301]

Well done! Thank you for sharing! I’m so glad I subscribed, I love discovering new music on your channel.

[@purpleschala]

thank you so much Ryan! that makes me very happy to hear. =)

[@anthonyoctaviano4926]

Perfect tempo!!

[@purpleschala]

thank you!

[@malachiwarren9765]

You played this beautifully and very tenderly :) Thank you

[@purpleschala]

thank you so much!!! that means a lot, I'm glad you liked it.

[@malachiwarren9765]

You're welcome :D

[@VideoGameMuso]

So sweet :) and good for you keeping up with the Xenogears haha, never enough of that these days

[@purpleschala]

hahaha thank you!!! I've been really feeling Xenogears lately and just need more of it on my channel hahaha.

[@hansfaustoimageandmotion]

Still such a beautiful cover

[@purpleschala]

thank you so much, glad to see Xenogears love in 2021!!

[@PhoenixPinion]

Beautiful version, love it

[@purpleschala]

thank you so much!

[@RichterEtrenank]

Maria Balthasar - “Let's go! Solaris'... Solaris'... enemy is awaiting!!" this scene in Shevat is one of the most moving scenes in the game.

[@purpleschala]

omg there were SO many emotionally wrought scenes in that game I love it so much sob we need a remake SO BADLY

[@RichterEtrenank]

@purpleschala to this day its my favorite game of all time. I replay it all the time and it never gets old.

[@thekiss2083]

Beautiful!! I wish I could play Xenogears, it looks like such a cool game

[@purpleschala]

it's on PSN if you ever get a chance!!!!

[@katherinemlorelei]

Literally everybody needs more Xenogears on their channel. Or just more Xenogears, full stop.

[@purpleschala]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA man the truth!!! such an underappreciated title and OST!

[@katherinemlorelei]

@@purpleschala I should replay it at some point. So many games in the queue though! D:

[@purpleschala]

@@katherinemlorelei OMG THAT'S LIKE ALL OF US RIGHT HERE CRYING OVER OUR BACKLOG 😭i'm in the middle of Trails in the Sky and a third of the way through God of War 4 and Horizon Zero Dawn is still in the plastic 😭

[@katherinemlorelei]

@@purpleschala I had to make a rule for myself to not buy a game unless I was going to put it in the top or near the top of my queue. lol Cause yeah, I totally have Horizon... and played it only for an hour. I've been going through FFXIII trying to actually finish it this time (gotten to Pulse at least twice before then got distracted by sidequests). Next in my queue is Hellblade cause it was on sale recently. I've not heard of Trails in the Sky... is it any good? :O

[@purpleschala]

@@katherinemlorelei LMAO that is a good rule that i should also make for myself. Trails is a series of JRPGs, i think Trails of Cold Steel is on PS4--a lot of people whose opinion I trust recommended them to me so I'm starting with Trails in the Sky, the first one. So far it is a very pretty game but not yet grabbed me, though i am told to stick it through the first chapter at least, so I'm trying to do that lol. AHHH man FF13 is so hard to get through especially when you get to Pulse, I got bogged down there too because it's so linear up to that point before BOOM, open world. Come to think of it, I should probably try to play that one again hahahahaha. I liked XIII-2 better than XIII, and only played 5 min of Lightning Returns lol. I should really revisit XIII. GAHHH BACKLOG

[@beaueuv]

Beautiful ❤

[@purpleschala]

thank you so much, I love meeting xenogears fans

[@เผด็จาร-นนนนง]

chuchuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu !!

[@Jedimaster20]

You play so beautifully and give so much emotion to the piece! Thank you for these videos! You’re so talented! Keep going! Hopefully we get to collaborate soon! 🎹 🎵

[@purpleschala]

thank you very much!!

[@jinzemailragnarok3709]

there might be a newer game that got a better story or gameplay , but the music in this game really make it so special , the one and the only one indeed

[@purpleschala]

i'm glad you think so! I absolutely love Xenogears so much, second disc and all lol. Such an impactful story and fun gameplay and I got so emotional at the end

[@AlainSTO]

Tell me this is on bandcamp to buy! I want this rendition on my itunes.

[@lake4ishikawa]

ok, best arrangement of this song I've heard so far except for the original.

[@purpleschala]

Riulyn really did a great job with this arrangement! I should re-record it

[@Tohlemiach]

All hail the best Xeno!

[@purpleschala]

YES YES YES OMG THIS! even though I do really love Xenoblade 1 and I'm playing Xenosaga now and gaining an appreciation for that one, Xenogears will always be hands down my favorite Xeno game.

[@Tohlemiach]

purpleschala same lol. After the FFVII remake was announced, the only thing left that I want in this world is a Xenogears remake

[@purpleschala]

@@Tohlemiach man that is one remake I would LOVE to see, especially for the second disc to be done properly, but it's unlikely. Squaresoft lost interest in the Xeno series back in the day so Takahashi had to form his own team and pitch it to Namco, and as I'm playing Xenosaga I read somewhere that he was actually unhappy with how Xenogears turned out (like too many fantasy elements) that Xenosaga was mainly a reboot, like a retelling of the Xenogears story how he really wanted to tell it, with more sci-fi. So yeah, if there was to be a Xenogears remake he would have been the one to do it, but it seems like Xenosaga was how he got that all out of his system. It makes me sad, i mean I am appreciated Xenosaga in its own way, but there will never be another game like Xenogears. I like the other Xeno games, but Xenogears is really something special.

[@testing448]

Treasure which cannot be stolen pleaseeeeee do it

[@shinultima2140]

This came out beautifully. Please do ID also if possible. 👍

[@purpleschala]

thank you so much!!!! oh man The One Who is Torn Apart IS SO COOL and would be cool to explore on piano

[@ajbahus]

Is Mitsuda your favorite JRPG composer? For me he’s tied with Sakimoto as mine.

[@davidkawaichan]

which model is your Steinway ? I am looking to buy one as well, need some suggestion :/

[@purpleschala]

it's a Model B!

[@davidkawaichan]

@@purpleschala thanks !

[@ascetic3312]

Lovely. I like your sheer shirt thingy (I don't know fashion so I don't know it's proper name); it's very pretty.

[@purpleschala]

hahaha thank you!!!

[@domodepiano]

H Y P E ! ! !

[@domodepiano]

Edit on relisten , need to mention how remarkable your phrasing in this is , the melody being basically entirely doubled as octaves , requires some finesse to achieve that continuity of singing tone and unbroken line, smart pedaling too, in the hands of the non adept this has potential to be a disjointed mushy mess, this isn't Debussy, Rebikov, or Griffes, ... ---> really effective playing!

[@testing448]

Or do tears of the stars hearts of the people from xenogears

[@chadveez4908]

Xenogears has the best tracks next to nier automata

[@purpleschala]

def one of Mitsuda's best, just wish he had composed more for it. WE NEED A REMAKE OMG

[@FleshyCannibal]

I love it. Great job again!

[@purpleschala]

thank you!!!!