Final Fantasy XV Piano Collections: OMNIS LACRIMA - Rulings and Revelations

[@rach3master]

I knew immediately that I would learn this as soon as I heard the Piano Collections album for the first time. This, as well as Luna. Natsumi Kameoka did quite a good job arranging this to make it sound as epic as possible, although it's definitely one of the hardest, if not the hardest, pieces in the album.

[@pmjtrr8068]

Apocalypsis noctis is in my Option also every hard

[@pmjtrr8068]

Opinion*

[@egearalaksoystudent6650]

@@pmjtrr8068 Veiled in black is the hardest, professional pianist for 13 years in Amazons Japanese website for the sheet music book said it in the reviews, not me :d (But i also think like that lol)

[@HiraiMomoring]

Yo, that left hand agility man

[@diacryde]

これはそのままピアノコレクションに収録されていてもおかしくないクオリティです。beautiful！！

[@zerosuit3188]

Sincerely, I would pay to watch you perform live.

[@andyn2249]

You are the true king anointed by the crystal

[@ErikCPianoman]

Excellent performance and arrangement. Incredible!!

[@PabloRojas_01]

The man, the legend!!

[@robertosanchez-hernandez5952]

I know nothing about playing the piano, but this is one of my favorite covers of all time

[@Nekkiri]

WOW! Amazing! I didn't know that they released the sheet music, this is quite a discovery for me. Thank you so much!

[@adamthompson7932]

You play this amazingly, and with more tempo which is what I was hoping for after hearing original

[@purpleschala]

sick!!!! you're amazing OMG

[@LadyPunkd]

Good god, that was incredible to watch and listen to!

[@CiandieArt]

omg this is amazing i am crying 😭 it’s also nice and humbling to know that a performance as epic as this could still have an error. it doesn’t make it any less awesome though. i definitely have this on repeat now. you should try apocalyptis noctis too if you haven’t already!

[@rooklunary790]

Surprised I found this. You did amazing with the piece for how ridiculously difficult it is to get down.

[@Arrow9100kj]

You should definitely consider covering all the tracks from Moonlit Melodies. You've already done two and with this, I can see no other track being of any challenge. Valse di Fantastica and Apocalypsis Noctis are the only other difficult ones and both arent as crazy as this. You'll gather quite some views and subs as this Piano Collection has gone largely unnoticed since its release earlier this year. Great performance!

[@egearalaksoystudent6650]

Why does nobody talks about how hard is veiled in black lol:d

[@egearalaksoystudent6650]

Its the hardest track in all of the book lol

[@RichardYangPiano]

@@egearalaksoystudent6650 I was wondering if you’re willing to check out my recording of Veiled in Black: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJu7iXqOprGXp9k You can find my FFXV playlist, I got the full album recorded. Please let me know what you think.

[@vyce394]

Parfait, vous jouez tout ce que j'aime comme musique, impressionant, ff, nier, chopin, manque du Bach et c'est parfait.

[@jeremyngpiano]

Damn, that was epic!! I've just checked out a few of your other videos - awesome stuff man. Subbed!

[@kyrlics6515]

Jeremy Ng dads Jeremy I love you for introducing me to the music of ff9 specifically you're not alone

[@jeremyngpiano]

Love that one!

[@toregax]

Masterpiece. Amazing cover, fantastic job mate!

[@ferinajjg5370]

Wow I love this so much, you’re amazing!

[@stanislavwaisemiller6076]

perfectly played , respect!

[@talon1084]

Incredible work! It sounds amazing

[@gigy5051]

素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます😊😊

[@xLegend1000x]

Incrediblis Great playing, love this song, and your feel

[@AlexMoukala]

That was inspiring. Keep it up!

[@YayaPiano1]

Legendary!!!! Crazy seeing your growth after 4 years :'D Keep up the absolutely incredible work! 😄📈

[@limsyhaw7374]

You deserve a million subscriber

[@DettolObsessed]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *CLAPPING!!!! WOW!!!! you did a fantastic job for a hellish piece that keeps breaking the rhythm over and over again.

[@maDwaZz]

Absolutely amazing. Epic and intense.

[@micheledushi698]

Mesmerising

[@ahsonny8024]

Beautiful

[@mattiasjansson4738]

OMG Love it

[@woutervanwijhepianist3664]

This is amazing, surprised to see that you have so little followers :) I'm happy to add one more

[@sharpenedhands]

👏🏼 bravo maestro!

[@avzarathustra6164]

Very nice.

[@bcmspeed6917]

You are an animal 🤘

[@WastedTalent83]

lol never thought it could be so hard to play O_o Very good job man!

[@larmaggeddon1610]

Beautiful !

[@Seravi133]

Amazing!!

[@ZJ0hn97]

This is so underrated

[@FFmelodie]

Amazing !! Great job !

[@agielkencana684]

Excellent

[@Grayfox541]

This is so incredible that I almost thought that it was me who was playing. Amazing! Beautiful, powerful, heroic!

[@ianhunt5175]

This is Sasha Fontaine the leader and singer,songwritter of @b4gman_ Beautifull work. We are amazed by your stupendous performance🎼🔝🎼🔝💙💙💙💙💙

[@jeremyngpiano]

Back here at random and listening again - amazing. Question though: At 3:05, is the octave F after the first run intentional? It's written as G in the sheets.

[@rach3master]

This performance is not error-free, unfortunately.

[@ChaconneScott]

Are you planning to record Veiled in Black? That one is unplayable for me 😂

[@rach3master]

Not sure. I don't like that arrangement too much.

[@CapLimone]

Great job with your performance! I've really loved this piece since i first heard it in FFXV while I was playing the game. May you share the source of the music sheet or the book you used to study this piece? I'd really like to study it too and other pieces from this collection

[@bobsmith1754]

One of the only videos I've seen of someone who owns a more expensive digital and can play worth a damn. It honestly seems like a lot of mediocre players go for the more expensive instruments thinking they're going to make them better or something.

[@Tidus3960]

You have something against mediocre players owning expensive instruments? :)

[@bobsmith1754]

​@@Tidus3960 I have a problem with mediocre players acting like they need an expensive instrument, yes. It's a little annoying to see someone with beginner skills talk about how an upright action is just so bad and they really must have an expensive grand action - in a digital or acoustic. When they haven't come close to utilizing the mechanics of even a lower-level digital.

[@Tidus3960]

@@bobsmith1754 Digital actions tend to be more lenient towards players in some aspects of technicality. There are certain peculiarities within acoustic actions that require finer control. Hence, it's surely better to do your practice on an acoustic action if possible. An upright action is indeed limiting, although it's mostly with regards to fast trills and repeated notes which beginners won't do and I agree with you they shouldn't be complaining about.

[@magicyjw]

감동의 대서사시

[@WingedExp]

That was incredible! Can you play Nachtflügel from Kingdom Hearts 3?

[@espartacosantana4588]

Noctissssss

[@Saber_0712]

is the piano sheet music on sale?

[@MH.Speedcrawler]

I like and admire your technique. The repeated notes are very cleanly stuck and even. What did you like about piece? I ended up not buying the collection because I was a little disappointed by the arrangement for certain pieces. Such as noctus' theme. But I do enjoy listening your performance of them all. As always, thank you for sharing.

[@rach3master]

This arrangement is pretty cool from its virtuosity. I'm not very satisfied with this performance anymore though. I may redo it in the future.

[@payingtoplay]

rach3master please do. If this isn’t good enough for you I’m eager to hear what is. Because it was close to perfection for me. Also you are the only one who challenged this hard piece, I commend you for that.

[@MH.Speedcrawler]

rach3master I was going to leave a comment and say how impressed I was with the way you played the repeated notes but then thought better to check if I left a comment already... What do you know? I said I was impressed by your repeated notes a year ago already. By the way, I did end up buying the piano collection eventually, due in no small part to listening to your playing. The different techniques you used for different sections of this piece, I imagine, are exactly as the composer intended. Orchestral in voice leading and texture... Beautifully played. Thank you for sharing.

[@joffrey8795]

Nice!! What camera/recorder do you use? The sound is good !

[@rach3master]

Thanks! The camera doesn't really matter because the piano is connected digitally to a computer, which has piano software running through it.

[@joffrey8795]

rach3master oh i see, how does it cost?

[@rach3master]

The piano software is about $200.

[@joffrey8795]

rach3master Thanks a lot! If you still have a website link i am interested😊

[@rach3master]

www.garritan.com/products/cfx-concert-grand-virtual-piano/

[@RichardYangPiano]

@rach3master, I’m learning this right now. The main section after the intro, do you pedal on every beat, or do you use half-pedal? Full pedal, even when changing on every quarter seems a bit much for this particular section. I’m trying to experiment different ways, they all sound completely different.

[@rach3master]

Been a while since I've played this. It'll depend on your specific piano. I think I would play with almost no pedal or just tapping the pedal briefly on the important beats in my case.

[@RichardYangPiano]

@@rach3master Thank you so much. You’re honorably mentioned in my Somnus video btw. Great inspiration. After recording all the FF Piano Opera, I thought the “regular” piano collections would be easier. Surprisingly, FFXV does take some practice.

[@AlejandroSanchez-on8xn]

Practice time... Forever lol

[@zerowing747]

Senpai notice me :)

[@dealitor1379]

Hi mind to share what piano you play with now?

[@nogamenolife705]

Its the Kawai NV10 from what I see. I think its the better piano action he/she prefers.

[@RonCecchetti]

2:11 - lil Wayne lolipop

[@diegocenturion1199]

Where did you get the scores? I love the songs of ff xv. By the way, beatiful song ;)

[@TheAlanFFM]

is this the official piano collection composition or did you add/edit things?

[@kermitwithamustache3885]

He added things to make it more unique

[@ruicihong3640]

where did you purchase the sheets? thanks!!!!

[@rach3master]

Amazon Japan

[@pianogameshow]

Where do you buy piano collection's sheet??

[@rach3master]

It's on the Japanese Amazon site, so you'll need to make a Japanese account for that first.

[@pianogameshow]

thank you so much, I also play the piano and I've played some Final Fantasy's themes. You're better them me but if you want to see them, watch my videos!

[@jihada.5288]

Sheet music?

[@RaySanMusicStudio]

Amazing! Great jop! What is you setting for that vst Yamaha CFX? ,sound great I have it and no sound like that!

[@rach3master]

I'm using the Classic (Full) piano with Close and Ambient Mics at equal balance. I've made some other tweaks to the default settings but they don't affect the sound as much.

[@Gallahaut]

I seriously thought that was a real piano at first! Amazing! I need to learn this.

[@jacobnault1272]

I have the CFX VST and your video is telling me I should give the Classic perspective another chance. I usually prefer the Player perspective.

[@m3lissr]

Still waiting for the tutorial actually ":((((

[@antonioiacono5673]

you can find synthesia's tutorial on youtube

[@MyChemicalFruitCake]

what. the. fuck. kind of hands do you have? I wish I can play this. e-e;

[@RichardYangPiano]

@rach3master, I don’t know if you would be willing to provide some feedback on my performance of Omnis Lacrima? Yours is a true inspiration. Any feedback, positive and/or negative is welcome. You might also check out my Veiled in Black, all in my FFXV playlist. Omnis Lacrima is currently on my channel home page. Thank you so much!! Edit: the only thing I can’t really do about yet is the recording sound quality, all shot on iPhone. My Yamaha N1X is still not here after 2.5 months!

[@rach3master]

I listened, and you did a great job on a difficult piece! My main suggestion would probably be to take off 5% of the speed after the intro. I sense you are probably playing right at the edge of your ability, so the tempo is not always smooth as you move in and out of difficult sections. Also, this could be more of the recording quality, but it sounds a little too uniformly loud throughout. You can look for opportunities to reduce the intensity, such as when the texture is not as thick. That will in turn make the meaty sections sound more impressive in contrast.

[@RichardYangPiano]

@@rach3master Thank you so much for your feedback. The loudness is unfortunate due to lack of real recording gig. And you’re totally right, this is pretty much as fast as I could do. I’ll take the tempo back a little. Again, thank you so much for your feedback!

[@gabewaller3999]

Rachmaninoff + final fantasy isnt a bad combination

[@umyeh7586]

Do Ravus Aeterna it's more dramatic and authentic

[@umyeh7586]

By the way amazing work

[@sakura710725]

Amazing!!