Mario Party - Rainbow Castle (Piano Cover)

MP3: bit.ly/edUaxq
My take on "Rainbow Castle" from Mario Party for the Nintendo 64, composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. I loved the Mario Party soundtrack as a child, and this board's theme was my favorite. When I was 13, I submitted a MIDI of this piece to vgmusic.com!
Keyboard: Yamaha CVP-96
aivitran.com

[@James-rg5yj]

Cheerful, but Sad Full of wonder. Its like your childhood but you are forced to grow up

[@Johan220595]

James Adonis I feel exactly the same. Like looking back and stumbling with your kid-self.

[@strongandbigman]

This comment is so true. Ooohh the wonder.

[@zaruto761]

could not say it better myself.

[@fomikazam]

I'm literally in tears

[@michaelhobbs3426]

This song was a Best of my childhood I can still remember it playing this game non stop. Now I’m 20 years older as I don’t play this game anymore as my n64 cannot stand new tv.

[@psyxnomer]

A video that I won't forget posted over 12 years ago of a song I won't ever forget from longer than that. Thank you.

[@PoopPoopFart]

Wow, I'm really glad you posted a comment on one of my videos, otherwise I might not have stumbled across your channel! Your playing is so delicate and pretty. And I love your arrangement of this piece; you make it sound like it was composed specifically for the piano. Keep up the awesome work!

[@LluviandAgua]

Your comment is older than mostly Fortnite players

[@trixietruelove2274]

Reminds me of 1st grade. Now I'm 26. Very beautiful

[@ether6136]

hows it feel to be in your 30's now?

[@davidgreen6737]

@@ether6136 wow its been a minute

[@hyperTorless]

Wonderful stuff, I don't even know the original music. You walk the thin line between melancholy and joy!

[@LKBoots15]

Your recital is airy and beautiful, like the level itself, Aivi. Ma'am, Rainbow Castle returns in an upcoming Mario Party title soon to be released. Are you looking forward to hearing the new arrangement?

[@alicemccabe9855]

I found you right about when you started posting on youtube, I was around 12 or 13. I was obsessed with your video game covers. I remember youtube-to-mp3-ing a bunch of your stuff to put on my Zune (haha) and listening to them near constantly, along with Zelda Reorchestrated's soundtracks. I only recently found ya again but I'm glad to see that you posted somewhat recently! thanks for all the good musical memories

[@66voldemort]

This should have millions of views. I saved it to my favorites and I keep coming back.

[@TheExarion]

omg, hearing you play again is great :3 and you know you're playing is good when it has >100 likes, no dislikes, and KZbin encounters that weird "304, 310, 312, 314" view glitch that it gets stuck on :P ♥ you Aivi! :D

[@escopeto7849]

This is so goddamn beautiful. You're showering me with my childhood in a soft semi-melancholic piano serenade. Bless you and live long!

[@aiviwave]

@ManioKartWii Yes, quite a few - I submitted many MIDIs under the alias Sirius, mostly for N64 games. I was 12-14 years old, so be warned that some of my sequences were pretty atrocious :P

[@Altilongitude]

Beautiful and vaguely nostalgic and sad.

[@Besso0]

I'm still perfecting this song, so many chords I missed! :O

[@parkerbeus8345]

THE SHEETS ARE UUUUUUUP!!! musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159 Thank you Aivi Tran for such an amazing song. And thanks to Musescore for making it easy enough for even me to transcribe this video lol.

[@Cutelilpineapple]

Oh my goshhhh!!!! I've been meaning to transcribe Aivi's arrangement myself since it's been a dream of mine to play this, but you just saved me hours of figuring this out by ear. Thank you so much for sharing

[@parkerbeus8345]

@@Cutelilpineapple It makes me happy that someone else loves this song as much as I do. Thanks :)

[@eduardotorres835]

wow! amazing! I love this. I love all mario party games. I have them all, and the music is something that attracts me a lot; specially this one. Sometimes I just play the games to listen to the music, and of course I have downloaded the mp3s. But your playing is fantastic. You have included not only the music itself, but that special feeling of happiness and nostalgia that makes me cry every time I listen to it. Also it demonstrates your own sentiment for this game and the music which makes your performance even more loved by fans like me. Wonderful!

[@CassieAccordeon]

Hello you, I am French so I'll use google translation to make myself understood in English. Miss, your music is absolutely wonderful, a lot of emotion in chaqun of your songs, I like very much your talent, you are amazing Bravo! Full of good things for you and see you soon Cassie

[@LaMusicadelMaster]

i never though that Mitsuda created this song, i like so much this song, as a musician and gamer, i have to say that this song is so beautiful. jeje, i tried to play this song years ago but i haven´t take the time to play music for a while. as i hear,this song is in Eb right?

[@DrShnure]

Bowser and Bowser Jr. disliked this video! Bowser because he hates Mario, and Bowser Jr. because he wasn't in the game. He's jealous of baby bowser/koopa kid.

[@fernandoamayaespinoza3320]

Twelve years later ando it is still my favorite rainbow castle's performance. I need a tutorial. Where are You Aivin?

[@EsojestMort]

Oh wow, so the Rainbow Castle MIDI on VG Music is made by you? What a coincidence, I used exactly that MIDI when I made my Mario Paint version. This gotta be my favourite game of all time, and this is one of my favourite songs from it. Thanks a lot for playing it. I loved every second!

[@EmLeahlie]

I would greatly appreciate it if you arranged sheet music for this. It would mean the world to me, when my brother comes home for a visit, I can play it to him (:

[@D3stinySm4sher]

@waltzforluma I recall. That's pretty damned awesome. Do you remember how to play it? You should show me some time. It'd be pretty neat for you to arrange that - I imagine that song has a special place for you. =)

[@Tiblink2]

It is really magnificent what you play... I begin in the art of the piano and I hope to have one day the same level of perfection as you:) thank you very much (I'm so sorry for my english, i'm a french ^^)

[@2xmachine]

Phenomenal, i got here through listening to VIP mellow so often i just had to check it. I subscribed

[@Truttle]

Too bad he didn't go on to do the whole series. But then, that might be a bit exhausting, considering which series we're talking about. Anyway, amazing job. As usual.

[@clutchtastic_]

I come back to this video every now and then to remember a simpler time in my life - still in high school, still a kid, still played games like these. Oh nostalgia, how I loathe thee

[@Ilykwafflesandcheeze]

I've never heard of Rainbow castle until you! :) Thankyou for making all the nice videos! You're one of my inspirations of piano. But how did you learn how to read sheet music? i want to play To the gateway. And of course the others. lol

[@chocomochino]

I listen at your perfomances on my Ipod! You make this mexican Happy

[@aiviwave]

@nglite Thanks, Yuu! You flatter me :)

[@D3stinySm4sher]

@Bubbajjsammer5 She told me recently that Dire Dire Docks was actually the very first song from a video game she learned how to play. =)

[@Imagine0134]

By the way, what notes do you play in the first chord? I'm trying to learn it, and I have something, but it's not quite the same. Just individual notes; what are they?

[@GiantBulbasaur]

I absolutely couldn't live without listening to one of your videos. But... I subscribed a long time ago and listened to every single one of your videos, because I wanted to.

[@im_Spade_]

SO good. :] I wish I had played a little more mario party 1 back in the day (I mostly played 2). Still beautiful as always! You should do something from Mario Party 2!

[@shadowmetalmario1]

You played one of my favorite tracks from Mario Party! I have to say, you're a pretty awesome pianist, keep up the good work. ^^

[@SirAndrewT]

239 people before me got it right with the thumbs up, another awesome performance! I wish I could borrow your skill for a day to see what it feels like :-)

[@omgthegamer]

Awesome! I didn't know Mitsuda had some pieces in a Mario game. This was really nice to listen to at 3am :) I took a break from studying for my biology midterm lol

[@ntnavy1]

wow, really impresive performance. i don't nkow if you take request but would be great if can do the music of zonnes from star fox 64.

[@aiviwave]

@49nitramsp Thank you very much!

[@amyleeluvr]

Thank you for playing this one. You are the only person, besides the original, who has played this one and it is simply amazing!

[@alphamew1773]

By any chance, do you have a downloadable copy of the sheet music for this? I'd love to learn how to play your take on this piece.

[@JonnyMusicOrganist]

The closest one you can ever find is the sheet music that you'll find in the description of this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/poi7h2lrq5psrdE You're welcome. ;)

[@parkerbeus8345]

I just finished it! Happy playing. musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@amyleeluvr]

@Bubbajjsammer5 I thought she should have done Dire Dire Docks a while ago. But whatever she does is AMAZING nonetheless!

[@im_Spade_]

SO good. :] I wish I had played a little more mario party 1 back in the day (I mostly played 2). Still beautiful as always!

[@IridescentAudio]

just had to show this to my friend who loves mario party music. very nice!

[@Bi_scotti_5]

@waltzforluma yes that was very good. perfect. if you could still give stars on youtube 5 stars. i favorited too.

[@LumpyHippo]

I just realized there are no haters or stupid people in any of her video's comment sections.....what is this?

[@timodude1985]

How did i miss this? haha I love mario party! Your music is way better than the original. Sorry mitsuda.....

[@siphillis]

More than anything, I applaud your restraint when you play. This is the song as Yasunori Mitsuda composed it.

[@madpistol]

Nice little waltz! Very fitting for a great game back when I was a kid. Awesome job!!!

[@66voldemort]

What can I say? I love you. Even tho i'm a straight female. That's how amazing your music is! Beautiful!!

[@EmLeahlie]

OH MY GOD! THAT'S FREAKY!! A few days ago, I was feeling nostalgic about how me and my brother used to play Mario Party when we were kids, and now we're all grown up and he lives halfway across the country and I was wishing someone would make my day ): Aivi, I truly respect you! Thank you so much! I wish you were my piano teacher.

[@jonny2005450]

@TalentedPianistll Damn, if there were only more kids like you in the world... Kudos to you, child!

[@aiviwave]

@omgthegamer Yeah, the combination of Yasunori Mitsuda and colorful Mario worlds is very appealing to me. Good luck on your midterms! I took a break from... er... sleeping.

[@coffeeandcream531]

This was made by Yasunori Matsuda?! No wonder why I loved playing this board.

[@keios1676]

Wow great job! From 0:56 - 1:12 put a huge smile on my face

[@Newbpwn3r180]

i remember playing this game on the n64 back in the day..thanks for bringing back the memories

[@cmilocja]

@OdnetninAdlez 2 people disliked so far, showing they don't like Aivi's awesome music. u.u''

[@henkeful]

if you close your eyes it sounds like a lalaby.. it's so beautifull.. in the start atleast xD

[@MrRiffraff84]

Sounds WAY better than the original! Also reminds me a little bit of "my heart will go on".

[@aiviwave]

@marzy17 Thanks, Ross ♥

[@OrangeVision]

Really, I have to admit, even though I'm really into video game music, I had totally forgotten this piece. It's a wonder why, it's clearly one of the best songs on the entire series. And your take on it was absolutely cosmic, I've pretty much listened this from the day you uploaded the video. If you ever make sheets out of this, let me know.

[@parkerbeus8345]

Sheets: musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@Twinklefink]

omg i beg you for the sheet ;-; i wanna play this so badly :'( but only the way you play it! :(!!!!

[@JonnyMusicOrganist]

The closest one you can ever find is the sheet music that you'll find in the description of this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/poi7h2lrq5psrdE You're welcome. ;)

[@Twinklefink]

Jonny Music omg my comment is now 6 years old but you still replied hahaha thank you sooo much 🙏🏻❤️

[@parkerbeus8345]

@@Twinklefink Hey these sheets are accurate to Aivi's arrangement if you want them! They're free too :) musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@ChannelleCooper]

Wow! Amazing job! Absolutely love your take on this song.... keep up the amazing work. :)

[@Pancakeofdoom27]

wow your Piano playing is beautiful, makes me wish i had some sort of musical talent. >.

[@TylerMcNamer]

Land on the question mark space so I can see Toad again.

[@MrGameAndWatch]

wow... just wow... definitely just put me in a really good mood. so happy i subscribed:3

[@TheSilta]

In the center of your console, is that a Konohana blossom from Okami? :)

[@JordanDupuis101]

This is beautiful! Too bad there's no sheet music for it though :/ But amazing playing! It sounds like... heaven :D haha

[@parkerbeus8345]

There's sheet music now! If you still wanna play the song, that is, haha musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@jonathanparecki]

Incredible!

[@mirrorpiece]

THIS WAS COMPOSED BY MITSUDA?! i never knew that, but i can totally hear it now.

[@Arrow9100kj]

Splendidly performed! I only discovered that Yasunori worked on the Mario Party soundtrack yesterday! How fortunate that you would upload your cover today ^_^. Any chance that you'd write a sheet Aivi?

[@parkerbeus8345]

I finally made the sheets if you want em: musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@StewartStewart]

it's nice to see such a great video from you first thing in the morning! Thanks!

[@darek4488]

@Nintend0Fr3ak What's wrong with Koji Kondo? He always will be irreplaceable.

[@nsejita]

I never played this particular game, but I really liked the sound of this. :D

[@1991ace1]

Still one of the best covers of this amazing song

[@melodyrosie9246]

is there any chance that I could get the arrangement for this. My sister loves this arrangement you did so I would like to play it for her birthday.

[@parkerbeus8345]

Here: musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@aiviwave]

@mistersonic93 I try my best, even though it's not so easy to find time these days :)

[@Q9R42]

Never thought i'd hear a cover of this song. Very well done.

[@FunkayNinjaBe3st]

I love love love love it so much! I want the music sheet for this so badly! It's just so beautiful! T__T

[@parkerbeus8345]

I made up the sheet music! I hope you're still interested: musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@OdnetninAdlez]

@Billymichel123456 0 people disliked this video because it's awesome :D

[@finork1234]

O my gosh Aivi that was awesome! I love the piano pieces that you make from video game songs. Thanks to you I can now play zora's domain and space junk galaxy on the piano and I would like to play this song too. Can you make sheet music for this?

[@parkerbeus8345]

musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@raruivo]

Your cover is so great! Have you made the piano sheet? Can upload it for us? thx ^^

[@parkerbeus8345]

Sorry it's a couple years late haha. I got the sheets up today. musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@Pancakeofdoom27]

ahhhhh this seriously just fills me with happiness, (goes to download)

[@MrLannyb0y]

i love this it makes me smile thank you very much :) i shall like it

[@Mickster2233]

C'mon people! 735 more likes so she can get 1000! She deserves it!

[@hotataho]

Oh you make me cry :'-( you soo awsome good . I LOVE YOU

[@kabelux]

Really Impressive! Thanks for all, your videos and MIDI File! :-D

[@Brambite]

gutsy garden galaxy / super mario galaxy 2 theme sheet please!!

[@Yoshi889]

I downloaded your MP3 of this song and I absolutely love to listen it in my car. Amazing job! ^^ I also loved Mario party games when I was a child and this song together with "Bobomb battefield" strongly reminds me of my childhood. I quote VCompact, it would be great if you release the sheets ;)

[@parkerbeus8345]

Here ya go: musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@Yoshi889]

Parker Beus Wasn’t certainly expecting a reply after 8 years, life’s full of surprises xD Thanks for the score!

[@aiviwave]

@D3stinySm4sher This is true. I figured it out when I was 10. :]

[@BK3007]

I hope there will be a score on this beautifully played piece! I really would LOVE to learn how to play it this version! ;) *hint hint*

[@parkerbeus8345]

Hint taken. musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@Bi_scotti_5]

@D3stinySm4sher I know but she never made a video on youtube.

[@Reckno64]

2011 was the year I became obsessed with Mario party. This song holds lots of nostalgia for me. ❤❤❤

[@newrecord1000]

The first Mario Party game I had was Mario Party 4 and I first got it back in 2006/2007 however I didn't become obsessed with Mario Party until September 2010 when I started watching play throughs on KZbin after I got my first laptop.

[@aiviwave]

@Senshuu Thank you - I'm glad we have similar taste in music, then!

[@theWhiteWolfos]

The problem with your music is that it's impossible to simply listen to once! PLEASE make sheet music for this; it's so awesome!

[@parkerbeus8345]

Sheets: musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@PokeWizKev826]

Just wanted to say I heard this way back in the past and it continually amazes me now. I just wanted to know if you or if someone else happened to transcribe this piece? I would love to give it a try!

[@parkerbeus8345]

I transcribed the song! Here ya go: musescore.com/user/14447476/scores/6238159

[@Gruntilda-Winkybunion]

hey, just sitting here looking for Mario Party 1 remixes and found your awesome video. i would have never thought that i end up in tears, while searching for good music! thank you! i love this game!

[@NicoMendozaMusic]

My favorite MP1 track 😭

[@ComposerKuandohan]

Ahh, the amazing feeling of nostalgia... Thank you for this. :D Amazing arrangement! Yasunori Mitsuda would be proud!

[@manlychaan]

This was my favorite level..why are you such an awesome piano player? Thank you so much for playing this song!

[@Paulmethius]

Wow! i love it! also side note, i like the flower candle