Battle Against a True Hero

From a series of (almost) daily ocean glimpses. The music is composed to a video of the sea (photons captured fresh every day). You can experience the full video version here: https://youtu.be/_7Hnh1GBPJU

Glimpse 1351 (Jun 13 2025)

This is the stripped back version of "Wind Vine", just a piano and an instance of the kontakt instrument "Scene: Lotus".
Both were recorded in one live take, fully improvised and in the case of the Lotus recording, was also modulated live during the take.
Once recorded, the Lotus recording has not been modified in any way, however, the piano had some minor editing, which was mostly removing any parts that didn't work so well, but also a few timing adjustments or a couple of note adjustments where I hit the wrong keys, but that was. to be expected as I played my fully weighted key Oxygen 88 keyboard for the first time in awhile, compared to the Korg Micro Key I usually use (which has tiny keys as the name suggests)
The piano used in this is the Kontakt sampled Piano instrument "The Giant"

Wind Vine (Piano Version)

UPDATE: Download the sheet music and orchestral track here
https://www.patreon.com/posts/17545781

If enough people want sheet music, I might be compelled to make them. Anyway for my next Undertale track, I chose to arrange one of the more emotional pieces in the game. Even though I am a pianist, I am very cautious about using the piano in orchestrations because it can sound very cliche. The majority of piano arrangements I hear are simply the right hand playing the melody and the left hand doing either chords or arpeggios of the chords. Satisfying enough for the layman, but drives me crazy listening to them, and I'm guilty of doing that too. It takes a lot of work to make an arrangement that's dynamic and fun to play.

The original track consists of a piano playing solo, and then joined by instrumentals for the second half. The latter half is extremely repetitive: I counted a total of eight repititions of the same phrase. To make it more interesting, I decided to go with three playthroughs of the melody, with the orchestral portion considerably shortened.

First playthrough - I kept the solo piano part mostly unchained note-wise. In my performance, I added lots more dynamics and sustains to really bring out the soul of the melody. The orchestra part is also pretty straightforward.

Second playthrough - Here's where I really dissect the piece to better understand how the music fits in the game. The chords and harmonies used in the solo portion closely resembles impressionism era music from composers like Debussy. The way the melody seems to drift away and change its mind helps to enforce the idea of the protagonist's loneliness. Makes sense as this is the same melody used in the beginning of the game. The melody in the orchestral portion is more conventional, and the way it just comes in suddenly (just like in the original track) is a great way to stir the emotions of the listener. The encouragement from all the side characters is punctuated by the warm strings playing in harmony.

Third playthrough - I originally planned for an even longer and crazier solo piano cadenza, but it was sounding a bit too much of a departure from the original track. The way I have the piano get more fast and intense, is like how the protagonist responds to her prior defeat to flowey and subsequent encouragement from everyone else. Because she was a pacifist in her journey, she can rest assured her ultimate battle will not be fought alone. All these articulations I used are heavily derived from stuff by Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff.

MP3 and FLAC available for Patrons. ► https://www.patreon.com/thesecondnarrator

Original Song composed by toby fox
Arrangement and fan art by Jeremiah Sun

Undertale is available on Steam

Undertale Piano Concerto - An Ending

Undertale Don´t Give Up - Epic Cinematic Cover

Cover Art: TsaoShin (http://tsaoshin.deviantart.com/art/Sans-579956243)

This is the first track for this weekend's orchestra cover marathon, I hope you all enjoy! If you'd like to know more about the orchestra cover marathon, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1kJqhmFwxI

Snowdin - Undertale Orchestra Cover

Undertale PS4 Theme - Orchestral Cover (Extended)

Just stories and tales. Probably.

Get the OST over here: tobyfox.bandcamp.com/album/deltarune-chapter-1-ost

You can find the full bunch of my covers over on tumblr, there'll be some tracks from the OST that I don't post on here just to save space: jitmakesstuff.tumblr.com/tagged/piano+cover

The Legend - Deltarune Piano Cover

hope toby fox can finish this game. Playing through chapter 01, I feel like the presentation and pacing is much stronger than Undertale. The soundtrack so far is catchy and memorable just like the original.

The Legend sequence in the opening lends itself to much gravitas. For the arrangement, I focused only on filling out the soundscape more. If there was one criticism I have of toby fox's music style, it's that he can repeat phrases a lot without any variation. This is understandable, as his soundtrack is still very extensive, plus he makes the entire rest of the game too. To make each repetition of the theme flow better, I altered the last measure in each playthrough to transition better to the next phrase.

I didn't use any fancy instruments beyond the normal orchestral set. For the final section, I interpreted it as a quartet, and added the double bass and viola with their own parts to fill out the sound. All in all, the final product has a primarily medieval/classical tone to it. This was a bit challenging to do, as slower music is not my strong suit. I have to really work on the articulations and texturing for long notes so they don't sound too flat with the virtual samples.

MP3 and FLAC available for Patrons. ► https://www.patreon.com/thesecondnarrator

Arrangement and fan art by Jeremiah Sun

Original Song composed by toby fox
DELTARUNE Chapter 01 is currently free to download

Deltarune Orchestrated

DELTARUNE Orchestrated - The Legend

Original melody by Toby Fox. Orchestral arrangements by Osirois Music.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/DGRGZr5sNSs
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3fsEHSLJVeff3aasSOQMgC
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/osirois-music/1432754313
Bandcamp: https://osiroismusic.bandcamp.com/track/waterfall-quiet-water-orchestral-cover

Undertale - Waterfall (Orchestral Cover)

Undertale - Respite (Orchestra). Original melody by Toby Fox.
Arrangements by Osirois Music.

Youtube : www.youtube.com/osiroismusic
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/3fsEHSLJVeff3aasSOQMgC
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/artist/osiroi…music/1432754313
Bandcamp: osiroismusic.bandcamp.com

Undertale - Respite (Orchestra)

Osirois Music

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