Tori No Uta Piano Version... the best

[@PeachMangoSmoothie]

So my sister's Japanese friends came over about an hour ago for a school project and I was still sleeping in bed. One of her friends started playing this on my Steinway and let me tell you it was the most beautiful melody I've woken up to. I immediately rushed out of my door to compliment him on playing such a beautiful song. I just had to ask the guy for the name of the song so I can learn it myself and so here I am, on KZbin, just listening and falling in love with this wonderful melody.

[@chilyl_ankles_]

This is a beautiful story my friend.. I can just imagine the pure majestic nature of being woken by this song.

[@min3160]

nice story from 13years ago for some reasons i feel nostalgia when i see old comments from old video

[@Rinue618]

I'm the hundredth like of this video, and I wish I could have good stories like this

[@Ryano526]

if anyone was wondering, the name of the pianist who composed this transcription of the piece is Shinobu Takaishi. they also made a transcription of the OP for Kanon, "Last Regrets". just to clarify :)

[@GenesicShinZyraelKai]

I've been listening to this song since the initial upload in 2008... it's been 13 years since then and this song is still very beautiful and still very emotional. Here's to another decade or so to this wonderful song!

[@benjigoenitz]

Thank you! It is a beautiful song, sometimes I play it in my piano (I didn't play in this video and I never knew who the player was) and I get very emotional.

[@GenesicShinZyraelKai]

@@benjigoenitz well what do you know... It's the uploader .. hello there .. fancy meeting the guy that uploaded this video I've been listening to this past 13 years. Yeah I know you didn't play this. I've seen many other accounts post this song as well some few months or weeks before you did. Yours just happen to last this long .. :)

[@mikagesun5645]

​@@benjigoenitz The player of this version is Shinobu Takaishi. The song was first released in 2000, its formal name is Feather in Dreams.

[@ouzh6726]

@@mikagesun5645 wow, you are the real hero lolThanks for the name

[@tipo055]

What a nice thread to match the music :)

[@volatilisporcus3707]

The intro is so crisp and innocent, like birds flying in the vast blue sky, bringing memories of that summer once again in front of my eyes.

[@gregorkuelled9336]

Coming back to this every. Such an unknown gem in piano and anime history. The feels are just exceptional as well as the arrangement skills with the piano version here. I just decided to finally learn it full ❤

[@a.s.l711]

indeed, the CD was tossed aside and sold for $1... that time anime wasn't that popular back in 2010 or 2011...

[@lolsmileyfacegirlxxx]

My mom loved hearing me play this :) still beautiful to hear no matter how many years have passed.

[@emocomebackfromhell]

Good things never go out of style. Beauty is eternal, it's only our perceptions that go bad.

[@FireMewMew]

RIP the 33 amazing people who left this world in the Kyoto Animation Fire #PrayForKyoAni

[@Raikaska]

This song is so perfect. Its my ultimate goal to play on piano. The best version. Natsukage is far mor nostalgical, but this... Truly the best arrangement.

[@Tabu11211]

Literaly the same thing over here.

[@cherylmasons]

Roman Sama you ever learn? haha

[@x0Hamtaro0x]

Not only is this one of the best covers of this song on here, but unlike most others it's really uplifting

[@JozzalynAnonymuz]

took me a few months...and finally i know how to play this version...this pianist is awesome...

[@stone-sama7314]

whose the pianist?

[@thehungergirl9894]

This piece is amazing. It really is the best. And the beggining just brings me to different places in my mind. I uploaded ths to my i-pod and listened to this on a journey to and from a school trip on a coach full of noisy and loud kids. This took me to a place of tranqulity and serenity. Just amazing. No words to describe how amazing this is. If the composer is reading this just know how talented you are and that you probably inspire thousands of people with the single piece alone. My credits to this piece. :D

[@PaddysPubPatron]

Wow. Are you me? 4 years later your comment really brought out some feels. I love you and hope you are well.

[@rishi-gl4si]

@@PaddysPubPatron 3 years later and I just stumbled upon this! Hoping that you are well :)

[@lGl025]

the opening... merry christmas mr lawrence

[@mrwolf433]

Only small percentage of ppl noticed

[@Malick-ix9io]

Tori no Uta + Roaring Tides = Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Haven't you heard? He's Sakamoto.)

[@YenAmiracle]

I love that it put the very first part of the original song, the key melody at the last part of this piece (5:38). The beginning is the end. Vice versa.

[@hellopsp180]

That metaphor is just so strong! Where there is an end. A new life begins.

[@Stev0isnub]

5:35-5:46 gives me chills. My favorite rendition of Tori no Uta.

[@melonhead4423]

Im telling you, the piano can make ANY song sound so peaceful and beautiful. This is why im dieing to play the piano.

[@MyNameHidden123]

I... This song... the anime... What's to be said that hasn't already been said? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and Air is truly beautiful. This song speaks wonders to any who know what it is... I cannot put to words how I feel right now as I listen to the song. But I hope you all who read this, will understand what I am trying to say...

[@Brisingr2392]

I actually like the opening more than the whole song

[@FLUQMAN]

also this part 2:48

[@EBThisThat]

I absolutely adore this theme song...I used to play it on my piano but a much simpler version of it. No WAAAAAY I could ever meet the epicness of this playing here.

[@noctuslucis15]

This is good for piano concertos and ECT. It sounds pure, transcending (and goes to the opposite direction), and with energy

[@walterlanzar3593]

Oh god, goose bumps everywhere.

[@prepyazn]

Heard the piano and violin version many many times and will never get tired of it...the intro to this will always be beast!!!

[@taka1225]

This song is still a legend in 2021.

[@BoredomGrey]

This has so for been the best cover I'll ever found... no other piano transcription I've heard has yet to compare. Really dynamic, and isn't just a simple transcription of the song. I'm printing off this one for sure.

[@SaberTooth_TFG]

What about Animenz’s? Ah, wonder if you’d see this comment, even after 10 years.

[@afshinrahman7919]

​@@SaberTooth_TFG This sounds harder than animez arrangement

[@TheOneWifNoUsername]

This song got me through many math tests back in High School when I was just so damn nervous.

[@munto1783]

最高です！ ピアノヴァージョンは初めて聴きましたが、鳥肌が立ちました。 ＵＰ感謝です！

[@adriansimsoongleong8878]

I have the cd I bought it for a dollar it was literally put outside of the store like junk but I knew back then it is gold. That was 2006.

[@CesarPierobom]

So many feels and chills at 5:35. 10/10

[@dreamwarrior93]

Every time I listen to this song, it always reminds me of the sky and the clouds roaming in the skies... :) Sometimes, it even makes you want to imagine yourself flying in the heavenly skies with Pure-White Angel Wings on your back that's lager than life! :D

[@Yvanne]

An amazing song... filled with emotion

[@YumiEvo]

OMG, this anime made me cry so hard lmao. Once i heard this song I remembered everything even though I haven't seen it in a while. I think I may go and re-watch it again and cry my eyes out.

[@armynso]

10/10

[@armynso]

*****∞/10 :D

[@Aeir100]

armynso 10 tens out of 10 tens, both to the tenth power... ;p.

[@xjohnx5672]

9.99999999x10^99/10

[@Luffy-yz9gj]

+xjohnx567 onepiecechaptersinnumbers/10 Okay that's too much

[@Apresias]

I have been listening to this song since you put it on youtube, and i have to say it never gets old :D

[@lunarflower54]

This truly is the best piano version of Tori no Uta. I love it!

[@Brianmystic2]

@dahalomastafriend Haha...you're right I was looking at the re-feel version and thought is was the only one on sperion. Thank you so much for telling me about this. I have been dying to play this beautiful arrangement for a long time, and now I finally can! Thanks again, Brian

[@bulmasman]

After going into this series without any real prior knowledge, It wasn't the ending I was initially expecting... it was so much more though. Simultaneously one of the saddest and also most beautiful endings to anything i've ever seen

[@Dfireanime13]

The title does not lie, definitely the best.

[@Twistfeather]

i cant play a single note and have never ben abel to the years i have lifed so fare... but what magic a person can make when they sit infront of a piano and are abel to play as fantasic as this. what a talent. Im tbh glad that im just abel to sit lisen to this and nothing more.

[@craiver00]

I tried to learn this musical piece before but can't play it properly. Learned half of the piece then quit playing it. Then recently i saw someone able to play this on youtube which makes me want to learn this piece again. >_>

[@jnnja11]

I praise the god that can actually play this piece this amazingly....

[@es_es0825]

Still as awesome as the first time I listened to it

[@Firregani]

I think it fits because the lyrics talk about being weak but trying to find their own wings to fly on. The piano gets really soft at parts and then gets stronger.

[@madokarainbow8957]

It's amazing! This song is so beautiful.

[@stephenkessel6037]

Yo Billy if you come back to this I'm still listening to this gem, love you bb 💞

[@JacobusSmoak]

wow... This piano composition is just fantastic...

[@PRIMEthebest]

Wow, more than 10 yrs

[@Arterial449]

The original song is excellent, the piano version is even better. The pianist is a genius, the one who transcribed this song (the pianist?) is a prodigy. I normally don't listen to this kind of music, but this is just awesome. I'm trying to play this right now, and I start serious practicing after ATCL. The days which are wrapped in the scene of summer and to pass gently An encounter with the girls repeated in the sunlight Summer continues to where as well She is waiting in the air AIR

[@LarissaBethChan]

I was watching the beginning of Princess Tutu while this was playing...Simply epic. I love this song...And whoever played the music.

[@Seshoumaru9001]

@benjigoenitz you were right this is the best ive heard til now, and even tough i sense some lil mistakes or pauses it sounds really WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

[@may_3031]

I don't know if you still need this, but its just her mimicking the sound of a dinosaur since she loves them ^^

[@LlamaGuy42]

actually, the rather sharp tone of the piano fits the song perfectly, as compared to a warm and soft tone.

[@xDeathRabbit]

Ugh...I get goosebumps everytime i listen to this~ So beautiful

[@xzeitgber]

Oh wow, this version sounds amazing. Kinda has a jazz feel to it too o.o

[@MrFuzzFuzz]

Jeesh, the opening just overshadows the rest of the song.

[@greenenergy17]

Thanks for posting the links to the sheet music and midi. I look forward to learning how to play this song in the future.

[@Konasium]

whoever arranged this is awesome.

[@ElricSowrd]

RIP Tomoko Kawakami : (

[@emocomebackfromhell]

So young and talented. Why are all the wonderful people disappearing from this world?

[@goldentrout4811]

God rest her soul. I'm sure we'll meet again someday..

[@ritz5102]

Her goal.

[@FireMewMew]

Otaku_GameFan Misuzu’s VA?

[@LawlietS95]

For some reason, I've always loved this song

[@DanzQueen]

Good lord....this is absolutely beautiful. I've never heard anything so enchanting.

[@yoshiXG]

It really is the best version :)) thanks for putting it up ;)

[@YukiKuroi]

I can not tell you how many times I have cried watching this

[@Lightavion]

It's 2:30 in the morning, and I swear that Picture has been moving this whole time! The clouds. They're moving.

[@MeiyoFurukawa]

Now, the perfection has a song...

[@nikkori11]

singing along

[@here2there4life]

i said the same thing for kanon 2006, but after a bit of prodding, i got around to watching it and loved it, give it one more shot

[@animangamania]

The show and this song makes this idea stuck in my head: Wings = Freedom.

[@kaputasri]

Thank you so much for putting the download links for this awesome cover. This best cover of this song that i have heard on you- tube.

[@PR0DIGY09]

You sir are my hero for having the sheet for this song! Thanks!

[@LadySesshomaru1]

Such a beautiful melody..

[@XOSiren18XO]

@benjigoenitz o.0 Man, I bow to you. This is an amazing cover.

[@pstank1]

I'm impressed that you got that far. I know people who have stopped at the beginning of the 3rd page because of the difficult rhythm. Keep on going. It is quite manageable.

[@hakobiya3]

how wonderful ! I think、misuzu spent a satisfactory summer...

[@FL1P1N0Y]

Yeah.Listening to piano music makes me relax too.Good stuff.

[@GalbertKun]

I cried, so touching rendition

[@KagomeFan44]

Thank you for uploading this video! Shh I'm playing this for my mom's birthday ^.^ I'm already halfway through the song! Thanks for the link to the sheets too! I was playing by ear the whole time, now I can finally just read the notes xD

[@someguy120100]

up to the fourth page...listened to this again.....NO NOT GOOD ENOUGH ... rushes back to piano to keep learning I love this song so much....I really want to learn the whole thing....

[@Illusionstar64]

An awesome arrangement of an incredible song. Serious kudos to whoever did this! It's fantastic! :D

[@Cosmic_Horror]

omg whoever plays this must have about a billion hands!!!! I love this version of the song! I think this version should be in the intro...

[@OldEmixX]

This is just awesome I'm at a loss for words

[@nitro836]

I don't usually like music from anime, but... Mother of god, this is BEAUTIFUL!

[@miyatakikou]

アレンジがとても綺麗で大胆かつ繊細とてもナイスです。UP有難う御座います。

[@hoperz97]

You can hear the emotion put into this song while it was being played. :)

[@gowkid87]

This song is so beautiful.

[@Lilskyley]

I cried... It's so beautiful

[@SSB_Master_Hand]

I actually listened to another piano version of this on Grooveshark. Both are equally awesome.

[@L0wrey]

Amazing! I don't play the piano myself, and this sounds SO hard to play. This song is so fantastic, I had to listen to it just before exams just to relax XD

[@darkcylander]

I don't know why, but for some reason this music makes me remember my summer of 1999 which was the summer I moved, the pokemon crazy was going on and we played a lot of N64. huh, strange.

[@emocomebackfromhell]

The mind is strange like that. You never know what might trigger memories to resurface.

[@TonyT61]

I absolutely love the opening, the song as a whole is great but the opening just separates it from the other transposed piano pieces that other pianists have made

[@YANGyednew]

This is the best piano version ever!!

[@AltruistiCynic]

@JCTMuas Woah, woah, woah. What? The same person who made this (from what I hear/read) awesome anime, made Clannad? MUST WATCH. I love the entire Clannad anime. Just made me cry. A LOT.

[@Injusticeee]

Nostalgia has strucked me.

[@EVALIAS_]

I never have see a so beautiful song ... x.x

[@ryechristian9799]

This is amazing. In truth air was one of the first and best animes i've watched. It completely changed my perspective of the world. The music is amazing, but I cried so much when it came to an end. It's so much like Kanon and Clannad! :)

[@Icecwmelf]

Gonna start learning this again. Last year, all i bothered to do was up to 0:28, but now, im in the mood to go all the way.

[@marinaactia9740]

awesome!! * - *

[@2ndintelligentWorld]

this arrangement is pretty sick

[@Alhalmeya]

yea this that one. so beautiful

[@CheesyxCrackers333]

the piano has an amazing way from turning a bad day into a peaceful one :)

[@299unique]

The best piano solo I had almost ever

[@melonhead4423]

I MUST COMMENT 100 TIMES ON THIS VIDEO BECAUSE ITS THAT BEAUTIFUL!

[@SilverSkyCloud]

this sounds awesome