Yakuza: Piano Collections, Vol. 2 (Unreleased Tracks)

[@docsamurai9199]

Miss purpleschala, on behalf of the Keegan Coffee Shack, Rose2699 would love to thank you and I would also love to thank you for your loyal contribution to the John Yakuza Family. Welcome to Kamurocho, and we love to see more beauty added to this vibrant clan.

[@purpleschala]

HAHAHAHA thank you so much for the warm welcome!!!! I'm so glad to have discovered this wonderful series this past year, the games have been peak, I'm a simp for all the characters and the fandom has been the most unserious and super fun I've experienced lol--just fantastic energy all around.

[@docsamurai9199]

@ indeed, my favorite part was when John Yakuza and the “one-eyed dancer” Tommy Yakuza kissed on the rooftop. (I followed your Spotify ❤️❤️❤️) best of luck and keep having fun!

[@purpleschala]

@@docsamurai9199 LOL THANK YOU!!!! That means a lot!!! ❤️

[@docsamurai9199]

Miss purplechala, Thank you again for your work. I find myself coming back daily.

[@purpleschala]

omg that's so kind of you--thank you so much!!

[@OrisOsiris1]

23:49 if only Majima revealed himself to Makoto and then quitted yakuza life and moved with Makoto together far away. but peaceful domestic life is not for him, actually.

[@purpleschala]

at least they got closure in K2 😭😭

[@OokiiPeter]

Ohhhh PurpleSchala you spoil us, you have NO idea how long I've waited for great piano music like this! Fantastic for studying/relaxing/reading. I'll be returning to this one often!

[@purpleschala]

awww well thanks so so much for listening to it all, really!!!

[@Manley156]

I stumbled upon these games during the pandemic during some pretty bleak loneliness. Reall helped me cope for a while and I also loved the cocktail piano sections in the bars. Great playing

[@purpleschala]

thank you so much for listening!! And thank you so much for sharing, I also had a similar experience in getting into this series in that it was exactly what I needed at that time in my life, and a lot of other people also feel the same way. There's something very comforting about these games, maybe the immersion that makes you feel like you're in a different place and time, the relatable characters just trying to make it work and rise above their upbringing/circumstances, the zany weirdness, i don't know, it just somehow works lol. Thanks again!! the jazz piano stuff is my favorite

[@Daynan]

I just finished listening to the whole thing. I like what you added to your rendition of Sad Substory (also wholesome substory😌)

[@purpleschala]

aww thanks so much for listening and glad you liked what I did with that one hahaha--i know it gets memed all the time but it really is such a nice little theme I had to do SOMETHING with it lol

[@aikahxlism]

AHHHH THIS IS SO GOOD I LOVE THE JAZZ OF THE BAR TRACKS!!!!

[@purpleschala]

omgggg thank you so much for listening I'm so happy you like it!!!! 😍😍😍😭😭😭😭 the jazz tracks are my favorite AHKJFDSFJHDLFKJ

[@kmadsmusic]

As someone who has only experienced Yakuza through fleeting clips online and segments of friends' gameplays (I've always wanted to play myself but never had the time)... THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I literally teared up multiple times listening to you play. I also felt so sad reading that these were all unnamed and unreleased tracks, so I'm so happy you gave them the love they deserve! I couldn't help but listen to this entire collection just enjoying the pure beauty of these arrangements. Amazing job!

[@miraclejohnsonvevo7071]

This was a great performance :) What I love about this is that it is the closest to a proper release of these tracks that were already played on a piano in the original version but we only could listen with that "speaker on the room" filter.

[@purpleschala]

THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG that really means a lot!!! ❤️❤️❤️ And really thank YOU again for your hard work in uploading so many of those unreleased tracks and organizing them so well! SO helpful for those K2 tracks especially during those climactic scenes with Kaoru and Kawara in the Millenium Tower, you saved me so much time from having to transcribe them from the cutscenes themselves. And as I'm playing Judgement right now also hearing some nice tracks in there that I will be checking your channel for as well, you're truly doing God's work here!!!

[@emazur8394]

I never played a Yakuza game (considering buying the one that includes Daytona 2) and know nothing about the music but came in for a quick listen (just track 1 so far). It sounds great - nice jazzy piano to relax with. I'll have to listen to the rest later but major props for doing an entire album's worth of covers

[@purpleschala]

awwww omg thanks so much for listening to this regardless and the kind words!!!!

[@JustOneGeoff]

love the ending theme arrangement! I'm a sucker for a good ending theme; they always have such a nostalgic feel

[@purpleschala]

awww thank you Geoff!!!!!

[@Pachi27]

Omg, a whole KZbin hour video album release?! Has this even been done before by you? 😮 what an endeavor!

[@purpleschala]

@@Pachi27 haha no it never has been!!! And probably never will be again the logistics were too much for my disorganized self lol

[@MarcPlaysPiano]

Listening through these now...Sad substory is really nice! And recording-wise, the sound is great. :)

[@purpleschala]

@@MarcPlaysPiano thank you so much for checking it out Marc!!!l. That means a lot! And glad to hear the recordings are solid haha omg the number of hours I agonized so much over that 😭😭😭😭

[@Gumi_Meg]

This video is a dream come true! The unreleased tracks are some of my favorites from Yakuza. Thank you for this!

[@purpleschala]

awww I'm so happy to hear that, thank YOU so much for listening!!!!

[@clearcardinal]

Thank you for your hard work, it really paid off! "Makoto Makimura" is beautiful.

[@purpleschala]

@@clearcardinal AH NO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING!!! ❤️❤️❤️ makoto makimura’s theme is one of my faves really a shame it didn’t get an official release! I’m glad you liked it too!

[@andrewburns5964]

And here I thought Vol 1 was a true blessing. Vol 2 is the stuff my soul needs. You have outdone yourself once again.

[@purpleschala]

ahhhh thank you so so much!!!!! 😭❤️❤️ that really means a lot, I'm so happy people are listening to this hahaha

[@coolfish420]

I adore you for this, thank you for all your hard work. Absolutely beautiful renditions!

[@purpleschala]

@@coolfish420 omg thank you for listening, that means so much!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ I’m so glad you liked it!!!!

[@dustinp1164]

A hidden gem of OSTs that I never would have listened to otherwise. This is what I like about your channel and song choices.

[@purpleschala]

aww that really means so much!!! Thank you!!!!! 😍

[@DisposedHeroVGM]

Haha, I love how a collection of mostly odds and ends tracks from the games still ended up being over an hour long. These all sound amazing! The Only Way Out hits right in the feels

[@purpleschala]

LMAO RIGHT!?!? though the really long ones like Makoto Makimura and the Y0 ending and the Kiryu/Kaoru date took up a good 20min by themselves I ended up extending a lot of these with repeats like Sad Substory and Tachibana and especially that Rikiya substory theme got like a 70% extension because it was kinda fun to noodle on lmao. THANKS SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ALL THIS!!!!

[@cablenelsonbabygrandpiano842]

Very nice and very well ❤❤❤❤❤Thank you❤❤❤❤

[@purpleschala]

Thank you so much for listening!! so glad you liked it!

[@SocratesJohnson86]

He IS a keeper! 😭😭😭😭 This entire video makes me so happy, thank you!

[@purpleschala]

ahhhh thank YOU for listening, I'm so happy in turn you enjoyed it!!!! Zero Majima has my entire heart sob that whole scene broke me

[@shirayasha]

wow all of these were great. A lot of melancholic vibes to these songs which is very relaxing to listen to.

[@purpleschala]

oh wow thank you so much for listening to this whole thing Shirayasha!!! that means a lot!!!!

[@sanityismadness]

I'm jumping around listening to these rn, but please know this is going to be a permanent addition to my chill/concentration music playlist! I love that you're highlighting this side of Yakuza and pouring all the right emotion into it. I feel like I'm rediscovering this cutscene music and it's hitting me HARD. (Shoutout to you making me take the Sad Substory theme completely seriously for the first time in years!) I look forward to listening and relistening to this over and over!!! Thanks again!

[@purpleschala]

OHHHHH MY GODD THAT MEANS SO SO SO MUCH THANK *YOU*!!!! 😍😍😍😍😭😭😭😭😭 I'm just so so happy to meet and chat with other fans of the series and I'm so happy you remember where these things played hahaha, as these same scenes also hit me so hard omg 😭 thank you so much again! I'm so happy you like it!!

[@sanityismadness]

Hi listening to The Only Way Out yet again and crying in the club 😭

[@purpleschala]

@@sanityismadness GOD THAT SCENE BROKE ME I ABSOLUTELY HAD DO THIS ONE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FOR GUITAR 😭😭😭😭

[@lowfpsgamer1237]

This is amazing! Now revisit dancing mad :P

[@purpleschala]

lmaooooooooo I know if I pick that back up again I'll be dissatisfied with the official version and have to write my own OTL

[@lowfpsgamer1237]

Thing is a nightmare and yet I've been addicted to it ever since I heard your performance a decade-ish ago lol. At this point I'm positive you could arrange it better than Hiroyuki Nakayama.

[@AnimalisaKeys]

I'm enjoying chilling out to this! Never played a Yakuza game, but seeing how excited you and others are for it and this gorgeous music makes me want to pick one up!

[@MrMLD1972]

💝

[@purpleschala]

aww thank you so much for checking it out Annalisa, that's very kind of you! ❤❤❤ and the games are great!! they cater to a certain sense of humor lol

[@NivanSharma]

Loving the amount of Yakuza 0 in here! lol tbh I never payed much attention to those tracks you played except for sad substory and Kiryu and Kaoru cause those just stick with me. Loved listening to all of this though!! :)

[@purpleschala]

AHH thanks so so SO much for listening man!!!!!!

[@Sanjesh_P]

thank you so much for the trip down memory lane!! I absolutely adore this series and the tonal variety the OST brings on a side note... I would love to hear a yakuza bar jazz album from you, the dynamism in your playing pairs with them so well 😌

[@purpleschala]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE SO MUCH THAT YOU ARE A FAN AS WELL OMG and thank you so much for listening to this mess sob 😭 and duuuuude!!!! it would be my DREAM to do all the bar themes omg they're my favorite because I'm a jazz fangirl to the core and one of them has actually been in the works, i just have to stop being a big baby about the transcribing process and actually get down to it 😭 BUT THANK YOU AGAIN OMG and if you did any Yakuza covers I would DIE there are so so many awesome guitar tracks you would absolutely slay on!!!!!

[@DoubleGuyVI]

This was incredible just listening to all of these tracks, I love the Yakuza games and this was a treat to hear your cover. I'll definitely be listening to this on my down time again like I just did

[@purpleschala]

omg thank you so much!!!!!

[@hyothehuman]

For being unreleased OSTs that only play at very specific cutscene moments, I can immediately picture the moments that they play and immediately get chills all over again. For me, this piano collection deserves a seat right next to Kara's Chrono Cross complete soundtrack for piano. Absolutely RAD!

[@purpleschala]

HAHAHAHAHA OMGGG THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I'm so pleasantly surprised you recognize the cutscenes they're from, I didn't think anyone would because most of them play so briefly it's easy to miss!!! Thanks again for listening!!!

[@CoolThanks514]

Finally found a good time to sit down and listen to all of these, incredible work as always! This series has so much music, and so much of this more emotional music is often overlooked. I hadn't even really noticed until this video how much of it just isn't in the OSTs they release, and it just goes uncredited and sometimes even unheard. You're really doing these all justice with this, many thanks for that. On a side note, the music from Rikiya's substory really hit me hard, he's such an underrated character.

[@purpleschala]

OMGGG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS WHOLE THING that truly means a lot, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!!!

[@LegendOfGoro]

I would just like to thank you deeply for putting so much passion into these songs! They really are perhaps my favorite thing about the Yakuza series.

[@purpleschala]

@@LegendOfGoro OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH for listening!!! ❤️❤️❤️ being a new fan of the series I’m so happy to meet other fans that appreciate the music especially the shorter untitled ones in the bars and cutscenes!! Thank you again!

[@TigerNightmare]

This is such a special shooreh pippi, I'm collecting so much kullipaas.

[@purpleschala]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣LOLOLOLOLOL ONAST

[@enchingenching8368]

Lov it idol

[@WarriorW0rm]

Nobody: Purple Schala: 🎶Yakuza🎶 Incredible work.

[@purpleschala]

HAHAHAHAHA THIS IS LITERALLY MY CHANNEL IN A NUTSHELL 🤣🤣🤣thank you!!!!!!!!

[@sheephat]

Oh I'm looking forward to listening to all of this. Thanks!

[@purpleschala]

omg thank YOU!!

[@TheCreepypro]

this is so wonderful and I love it so much! I should be listening to christmas music but I am going to have to put this on at least once a day till christmas and maybe even after christmas! thank you for being the gift that keeps on giving!

[@purpleschala]

AWW thank you so so much hahaha! that means a lot!

[@TheCreepypro]

@@purpleschala hey you too!

[@domokun]

yaaaass

[@purpleschala]

@@domokun ❤️❤️❤️

[@Big.Joe.Grizzly]

You are absolutely incredible. Can i make a request? I would loooveeeee to see you play "Final Fantasy X - Calm Before The Storm" specifically the original version not the rearranged version. but I know you would add your own magic to it 🤩 there is plenty of sheets online too...

[@purpleschala]

thank you so much!!!!! FFX isn't on my radar in the near future but that's really a very nice theme and I'll consider it!!

[@Roescoe]

I really like that Kiryu and Kaoru piece. It reminds me of some Nier automata. Also disappointing there's no ost release of these as they're really good.

[@Roescoe]

Ah and that leitmotif shows up again in Promise at Serena.

[@purpleschala]

oh wow great ear in picking that up--I didn't even notice that until you mentioned it and I went back to listen haha! Good to know they were intentional in their composition for these accompanying tracks, thanks so much for pointing that out!!

[@xAngoryx]

Oh hell yessssssssssssssssssssssss

[@purpleschala]

thank you!!!!

[@Beigemage0621]

After all that insanity and bullcrap from last week it's amazing a piano collection from a game about gangsters with swords can be so soothing. Thank you😊😢

[@purpleschala]

ahhh thank you so much!! That's Japan for you I suppose lollll (wouldn't mind moving there to escape said insanity...that keeps getting worse....OTL)

[@RWUltima]

Can you please play Nezuko's Theme? I've spent years trying to play it at regular speed but no matter which breathing technique I use I can't perfect it!

[@purpleschala]

Ah sorry I’m not enough of a Demon Slayer fan to be motivated to play anything from it, but I’m sure there are a lot of great covers/tutorials out there, like Animenz

[@MrMLD1972]

💝

[@grocery-k9h]

Reina deserved better :(

[@purpleschala]

FOR REAL OMG NISHIKI FUMBLED aksdjhfasdkfjhsfjshf