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Single Release: Pollyanna (I Believe In You)

I had the pleasure of being featured on the newest Pixel Mixers album! This time we did Earthbound, and I was allowed to handle perhaps the most iconic track of them all. Most people might know it from insaneintherain's jazz arrangement. Mine is not an incredibly complex arrangement, but the jumps are quite brutal. My goal was to match the upbeat pop feeling of the original, and I'm happy in terms of that! And I think the solo came out neatly. As usual the sheet music is included, hope you li...

Track round-up June 2024

Hi! I hope everyone has been well. I've been sick for a while now, and in addition to that, me and my wife had to move apartments because our landlord was selling. Needless to say, it's been extra hectic lately. But my health is improving and I'm finally settling into the new place (and office!). I'll probably share some photos of the office room once I get my new piano. That's right, yet another huge item on my list that's been taking up time haha, I'm finally upgrading from my old Yamaha P-...

Sheet Music Books Interest Poll

Hi! Don't get your hopes up, but I'm looking into making some limited edition sheet music books and/or physical albums of previous releases. It would be quite nifty! A prerequisite would be a fee to cover print and shipping, but ideally it'd be no more than $10-20 bucks.

Let me know what you'd be most interested in:

Album Release: Frieren - Piano Journeys

As promised, here is my Frieren album! Much like Violet Evergarden, this series is beautifully scored by and brought to life by Evan Call, who I've grown quite fond of. In this release you can find a variety of difficulty and moods, ranging from the challenging and violet Zoltraak, to the everyday sounding and intermediately challenging Time Flows Ever Onward, and to the calming and soothing Headpats and Praise. As usual I've put a lot of work into the arrangements ...

Track round-up April 2024

(Updated to v2 now , fixes on the Frieren sheets). Apologies for the delay for this one, normally I like to post it the first week of the month. I've been sick and busy trying to finish a Frieren release, more on that soon (as you can probably tell by the contents). Feeling better now and things are moving! Oh, and if you are looking for the recent Stardew tracks on my Youtube channel, they were posted in an earlier package (they're also included in my Stardew album post). Without further ado...

Track round-up March 2024

This month saw the release of my Komi Can't Communicate album, so be sure to check that out in the previous post if you haven't yet! Apart from that, I've been doing some seasonal anime OSTs such as Dark Aria from Solo Leveling and Zoltraak from Frieren. The difficulty level is quite high this month, but the aforementioned Komi album does have mostly slow/easy to learn tracks. Without further ado, here are the March tracks:

-Nature's Crescendo (Summer, Starde...

Album Release: Komi Can't Communicate - Piano Reflections

Notice: For those of you who are awaiting the newest sheets, the March package will come by the end of the week!

My second album for 2024 is "Komi Can't Communicate - Piano Reflections"! As you can probably tell, this is in the same series as my previous Silent Voice and Kaguya-sama EPs, a short and concise album that features six piano solos from the source material. As opposed to the Kaguya-sama album, this leans more heavily on the soundtrack as opp...

Track round-up February 2024

This month saw many projects moving to completion! I finally finished my 2016-2023 full discography for second tiers and up. It's a complete package of everything I have ever released to streaming services, including 30 releases, 220 tracks and 200 scores. Do consider pledging in the Minim (Deluxe Megapack) tier if you want to download it! But in the all-tier category I finally released my full fledged, 14-track Stardew Valley album that I hope all of you ar...

Massive Update - Full Discography 2016-2023!

A delayed Christmas present! Please enjoy my life's work in this updated discography that features a massive total of:

-30 releases
-220 tracks
-200 scores

I decided to include piano solos from collaborations in this package, so seven of these are attached under "collabs" in the "singles", with sheet music of course.

I have compiled some releases into one, such as my two Minecraft releases now being disc 1 and 2 of "Minecraft: The Complete Pi...

Album Release: Stardew Valley - Harmonic Harvest

I'm happy to finally announce and release "Stardew Valley - Harmonic Harvest"! A 14-piece, lovingly crafted piano album that pays tribute to Stardew Valley. Join me in celebrating ConcernedApe's amazing score, and in reliving the seasons of this wonderful game.

Tracklist:

01: Stardew Valley Overture
02: Cloud Country
03: Spring (It's a Big World Outside)
04: Pelican Town
05: The Stardrop Saloon
06: Summer (Nature's Crescendo)
07: Dista...

Track round-up January 2024

Hi! How's the year treating everyone so far? I'm here to deliver the January pack for 2024, and it's a juicy one!

-Ask Me Why (The Boy and the Heron) - Easy
-The Reluctant Heroes (Attack on Titan) - Easy/Intermediate
-One Last Adventure (Frieren) - Easy/Intermediate
-The Stardrop Saloon (Stardew Valley) - Intermediate/Hard
-Spring (It's a Big World Outside, Stardew Valley) - Intermediate

Frieren has been high in demand, so t...

Album Release: Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Piano Reflections

I'm closing off 2023 with this release, "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Piano Reflections"! Under the same subtitle as my Silent Voice release from last year, this EP features six selected tracks from the series. I enjoyed the ending songs so much, so I've covered them in succession (ED1-4 are tracks 2-5 respectively). Most of the tracks are within the intermediate difficulty level, but I'd classify track two as the hardest one, and track six as the easiest.

I've followe...

Track round-up December 2023

Happy new year!!! I hope you've all had a pleasant holiday. I'm here with last month's tracks, a week late than what I'd prefer but nevertheless, it's all to ensure the quality of everything is up to a good standard ;) Without further ado, here are the December tracks:

-Call of Silence (Attack on Titan) - Easy/Intermediate
-Kansetsu Ki (Kaguya-sama: Love is War!) - Intermediate
-Kaze Ni Fukarete (Kaguya-sama: Love is War!) - Intermediate+
-Heart Note...

What series would you like to see arrangements from in 2024?

Put simply, what do you want me to cover in 2024? The poll is multiple choice, so please pick all of the ones you'd like to hear! Any stand-outs will influence what I choose to prioritize next year :)

Album Release: Emotional Anime on Piano Vol. 1-3 Bonus Tracks

EDIT: Because I couldn't get two of the tracks through licensing for streaming services, I've added them as bonus tracks instead! And to fill the holes, I've added two additional tracks, one from Violet Evergarden and one from Princess Mononoke. Enjoy the extra content ;)

Today I'm dropping of a bonus album! These are a collection of tracks that didn't make the cut on the main "Emotional Anime on Piano" albums for various reasons, but that many would still like to see ...

Track round-up November 2023

Hi everyone! Not much time to write since it's late at night (and there's many projects going on at the moment), but I hope that you are all well and looking forward to the holiday season. I want to deliver two more albums before the end of the year and the Stardew one in January!

There was a huge demand for Violet Evergarden covers (and has been for years I suppose), so last month I did my first batch of new arrangements, to accommodate that. I also had the pleasure of doing a commis...

Track round-up October 2023

I'm currently in the process of finishing up my Stardew Valley project, so this month is heavy on those. As for what comes after, I'm going to lean into tracks from Violet Evergarden in the next few months, since everyone in my Youtube poll voted for that :) Other series I'm currently eyeing of doing several more tracks for are Kaguya-sama, Attack on Titan and Your Name. What would you like to see?

Oh and by the way, in case you've missed it, I just ...

Album Release: Emotional Anime on Piano - Vol. 4

Here's the first of those three projects I mentioned! And in time, for once.

This weekend saw the release of the new entry in my "Emotional Anime on Piano" series. In the last three we visited a city, a forest and a battlefield. For the fourth one, I wanted to go with a school backdrop, as I wanted to feature a number of slice of life anime on it. That, and it fit with the idea of a yellow sky (the previous three were blue, green and red, so I wanted to do yellow next). Within the hall...

Track round-up September 2023

Here is the September package of tracks! Includes everything released since the previous package, and covers the rest of what will come out on the Youtube channel this month! The uploads are bit delayed because of the Suzume album release, so most of them have not come out yet and are the first to hear them :) There's a lot of variety this time around, so I hope there's something to enjoy for all of you. Without further ado, here are the tracks in the September package:

-KANATA HALUKA...

Album Release: Suzume - Piano Adventures

Suzume - Piano Adventures is officially out now and available on all platforms! 🪑🐈🚪

This is another one of my signature, piano focused anime albums. But in addition to the piano solos, disc 2 contains absolutely stunning performances by Mewsic, gratia and jmabate. I want to give a huge thanks to them once again for their contributions ❤️ "Suzume" is out on Blu-ray as of last week, so I think this is a good way to prepare for a rewatch, or perhaps reminisce about the film.<...

Track round-up August 2023

Here is the August package of tracks! Includes everything released since the previous package, and covers the rest of what will come out on the Youtube channel this month! The latter three tracks are not yet public, so they are an exclusive ;)

Without further ado, here are the tracks in the August package:
-Resound! (Your Lie in April) - Intermediate
-That Kind of Summer (Souiu Natsu, Kaguya-sama: Love is War) - Easy+
-Inferno Ballad Ver. (Piromare, Promare) ...

Single Release: Bubble - Uta's Song & Shikisai

New single! While many may consider "Bubble" not much more than an average movie, I'd argue strongly that the soundtrack is anything but. Hiroyuki Sawano rarely disappoints, and in this score he outdid himself yet again in my opinion. The incredibly beautiful melodies and motifs are spread throughout the soundtrack, creating one of his best in my opinion. 

I created a piano medley based on the soundtrack last year (Included "UTAtoHIBIKI", "MERMAID" and a little bit of "HIBIKI"), an...

Track round-up July 2023

July is here! And with that, I bring you the July package of songs. 

While I keep my focus mainly on anime, I love to dabble into VGM (video game music) every now and then. This month I've returned to the world of Pikmin, since Pikmin 4 is releasing this Friday! I offer the iconic Forest of Hope from the first game, and a brand new, hot off the shelves arrangement of the Title/main theme from Pikmin 4, before it's even released! On the anime side of things, I've a...