"The legend" is one of the best tracks from Fate/Zero anime and Fate/Zero Original Soundtrack 1. Yuki Kajiura did a great job composing and arranging it (you simply have to check the original version). It's a theme of Alexander the Great in mentioned anime.

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I mentioned in one of my comments on SC over a year ago that I was going to change my keyboard. In the end I bought Kurzweil SP4-7 - it was about 380 days ago. Nothing top notch, I know, but rather a good stuff for its price and it's short enough to fit into one piece of my furniture (quite hard condition on 76 keys keyboards).
 
Year later I though that it's high time to finally share some of my faulty renditions and on 2013-12-16 I just recorded my simple arrangement of this track (with sadly more than one take to achieve what you hear). Mind that it's not even half as good as original, but maybe someone will like it regardless of its inferiority. There is also a video, which is the first publicly shared video of my performance (without any spectators) on my new (well, not so new by now) stage piano.

I repeated recording a few times, and you hear the last play, which still wasn't as good as it should be. Sorry for the one big mistake near the end. During play I noticed that I finally managed to perform it mostly correctly... and it lead to small delay in playing the notes... I should have played it again and again to achieve almost perfect rendition, but I had to take a rest. :)

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Recorded using Audiotrak Maya U5 on Windows 7 x64 in Reaper 4.57 and Panasonic HDC-HS700 (1080p 50p). Audio denoised using ReaFir effect in subtract mode. Video cut, resampled to 720p 25p, mixed with audio, subtitled with ASS and encoded to h264 + AAC into MP4 in Avidemux 2.6.7.

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Video watch link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peaAZ2VezM0

Video download link:
https://www.mediafire.com/?hmewvmoqtf4akvs

Sorry for imperfect A/V sync. Video and audio were recorded separately, but I haven't made any synchronization points. Next time I'll connect additional audio output directly to camera for the reference in later stages.

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Photo used in the artwork was taken by Admir Idrizi / Aljabak Photo (http://www.aljabakphoto.com), found via www.freeimages.com.


Yuki Kajiura - Fate/Zero OST - the legend [my arrangement and performance]

Ragyo is a mysterious woman from KILL la KILL (キルラキル), a television anime series produced by Studio TRIGGER. There is a beautiful theme we can hear whenever she is shown (only 2 times till the episode 12 IIRC). This piano arrangement is based on the version used in episode 11. Unfortunately I was unable to depict greatness of the original version, so you may be as disappointed as I am after all.

If you're a purist, you may notice that intro here is not what you heard in episode 11. You're right, because you heard only drums (and water) at the beginning, so I could use only the rhythm from them on the piano.

I still haven't heard KILL la KILL OST and allegedly what we heard in anime were some short arrangements of Blumenkranz (4th track on CD). I'll confirm or deny it later, but from OST preview I can tell, that at least beginning of mentioned track wasn't as good as the parts used in anime (assuming Ragyo theme is derived from Blumenkranz).

UPDATE (2013-12-30): I've listened to Blumenkranz and it indeed has this theme, but I'm not sure whether I prefer whole track over arrangement from episode 11 (I mean original one, not mine). What you hear in my arrangement from 0:10 starts at 2:00 in Blumenkranz, what is from 0:34 starts at 3:12, what is from 0:58 starts at 4:00.

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LilyPond 2.17.97 MIDI output recorded in foobar2000 v1.2.9 + foo_midi 1.229 (equipped with BASS 2.4.10.0 and BASSMIDI 2.4.8.0) using Yamaha Clavinova Grand (198-Clavinova.sf2) deprived of hammer sounds.

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MP3: https://www.mediafire.com/?lh7ts05413vvy9p
PDF: http://sheethost.com/sheet/zXe8GD

Hiroyuki Sawano - Ragyo (Kiryūin Satsuki's mother) theme [my piano arrangement]

One of anime that aired in the last quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014 is Strike the Blood - 24-episode television anime adaptation by Silver Link and Connect. It's adaptation of a Japanese light novel series by Gakuto Mikumo with illustrations by Manyako. I don't know the original light novel and anime was rather average (and often simply bad), but its first arc (Right Arm of the Saint; lasted 4 episodes) had the nice choir theme that I wanted to put my hands on. My work is not a clean transcription in the terms of backing. Purists may don't like it, but tad richer progression felt more interesting for me in the piano arrangement.

Well, you won't hear movements of my own hands, but much better ones! Hands belonging to Carlos Márquez, who played 2 of my compositions before and agreed to play something different this time, i.e. arrangement. It's simple piece, but it became much more warm and shining thanks to him. Sit well and enjoy his great performance.

Thank you very much, my Dear Performer!

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Date: 2013-11-19 (arranged), 2014-01-10 (played)
Performer: Carlos M

LilyPond 2.17.95 PDF output, MusicReader PDF 4.0 for reading the score (no paper used), played using Yamaha Clavinova CLP153SG keyboard as MIDI controller, Synthogy Ivory II Italian Grand VST as piano sound and Reaper DAW for editing.

MP3: https://www.mediafire.com/?d6lqlxfi4vmxb71
PDF: http://sheethost.com/sheet/jd0scM

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UPDATE (2014-01-30):
Apparently STRIKE THE BLOOD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 (ストライク・ザ・ブラッド オリジナルサウンドトラック Vol.1) doesn't have the original theme, which is greatly disappointing. It was used quite early in anime after all, so if it isn't in Vol.1, then getting it in Vol.2 is even less likely to happen, unfortunately.

UPDATE (2014-05-30):
Rejoice, STRIKE THE BLOOD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.2 (ストライク・ザ・ブラッド オリジナルサウンドトラック Vol.2) have this theme finally, as it appeared again toward the end of anime, so we could expect it after all. You can find it on 25th track:

血脈を継ぎし者 / Person to Joint the Bloodline

Therefore my track title has been renamed (and artwork was updated too). My arrangement was based on the short version of it that theme, i.e. the one we could hear in episodes 2 and 4 of Strike the Blood. Now, when I heard full piece, I am considering preparing longer version.

UPDATE (2016-05-29):
Better translation of 血脈を継ぎし者 is One Who Follows the Bloodline. But I won't mess with the title of this track anymore. Maybe one day I'll prepare full size arrangement that is also closer to original and then I'll use this better title.

ASSUMED SOUNDS - Person to Joint the Bloodline (TV-size) [my piano arrangement played by Carlos M]

This is the piece that should have been released many months ago. Today (2015-06-01) is Children's Day in Poland, so it's really a nice date to finally publicize what I finished over half a year ago. I originally intended to play it myself, but concluded later what I already perfectly knew - composer should not constrain the music by his own limitations. Beginning and ending "came" to me rather quickly, 1/4 was mostly ready in 2014Q1, but written down only in 2014Q2. Back then I didn't aim for 3 minutes. In 2014Q3 I didn't work on this piece as far as I remember. It was the last quater of 2014, when I finally wrote down some new "plot". At the end of October 2014 I had almost 2/3 of the current track. Eleven days and three extensions later I stopped working on it.

I guess I'll refrain from describing what titular fawn may be doing in various parts of my track. I would lie if I told you that I had very clear promenade that I wanted to depict in the notes. When beginning notes and a few more bars "came" to me, the title became pretty obvious. I think it's not that easy for young deer to really swagger, but youth is full of energy that has to be vented somehow, so it should be possible. Youth is also ADHD-ish, child does one thing, but half a minute later she or he may switch to something different. Anyway, title is only a kind of hint, don't read it too literally.

If you heard some of my earlier tracks, you possibly already noticed that this is my longest composition so far. 135 bars with 180 BPM gives exactly 3 minutes and I hope you'll enjoy these minutes very much!

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Opus:  PPP #13
Date:  2014-11
Album: Imprints

LilyPond 2.19.21 MIDI output recorded on 2015-06-01 in foobar2000 v1.3.8 + foo_midi 1.242 (equipped with BASS 2.4.11 and BASSMIDI 2.4.9.4) using Yamaha Clavinova Grand (198-Clavinova.sf2) deprived of hammer sounds.

MP3: https://www.mediafire.com/?2kft7r7scj150as

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Photo used in the artwork was taken by Lynnae Lowe, licensed via http://www.istockphoto.com.

Fawn swaggers

One year has passed since my last SoundCloud upload.
And I think that https://soundcloud.com/przemoc86/fawn-swaggers uploaded back then remains my best work. But...

On May 24, 2016 my year count changed its first digit from 2 to 3, so I came up with a very simple jingle that proves I'm still alive. Its time signature is 6/8, because I'm from 86 (I doubt 8/6 is even used at all...). I'm sorry if you expected anything longer. There are some motives in my mind that are awaiting being written down, so there is a high chance that my 15th composition will see the daylight this year (and will be tad longer than this one).

Check the video if you want:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzGxf3o5xyo

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Przemoc - 30 notes
Opus: PPP #14
Date: 2016-05-24
Performance: Przemoc (2016-05-26)
Keyboard: Kurzweil SP4-7 (000 Standard Grand)

Recorded using Audiotrak Maya U5 on Windows 7 x64 in Reaper 5.201 and Panasonic HDC-HS700 (1080p50). Video precut and remuxed from MPEG-TS to Matroska for further work using ffmpeg 3.0.1. Finely cut, mixed with audio, subtitled and rendered using Reaper (which used ffmpeg 2.8.6). Video finally encoded to h264 + AAC into MP4 using ffmpeg 3.0.1.

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MP3: https://www.mediafire.com/?shnu6o6o5dococr
MP4: https://www.mediafire.com/?lbtxkkf4rhias2x

30 notes (per hand)

Main theme from the great Ip Man movie, not your average martial arts flick, I tell you.
Possibly one of the best Donnie Yen's role. Kenji Kawai, mostly known as anime music composer, did an excellent job too.

I simply had to arrange it for piano and record, as it's extremely powerful melody. It's also my first performance released at SoundCloud. But sadly, I cheated. I recorded different parts many time (even splitting hands) and glued them together, to obtain somewhat better results. I am definitely a poor performer, so even now, embarassingly, it's far from being really good. But I had to stop at one point. Remember to check the original version.

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Photo used in the artwork was taken by Sucker, found via www.freeimages.com.

Kenji Kawai - Ip Man OST - Maestro [my piano arrangement and performance]

Opus: PPP #10
Date: 2012.10
Album: Beyond piano

Lilypond 2.16.0 MIDI output recorded in Audacity 2.0.1 + LinuxSampler using SalamanderGrandPianoV3Retuned.sfz and Chorus - Mixed.sfz (from Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra 1.0) soundfonts.

MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?etsuj1eme8b5bx2

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Photo used in the artwork was taken by Slavomir Ulicny, found via www.freeimages.com.

Where is my notebook?

Opus: PPP #11
Date: 2012.10
Album: Imprints

LilyPond 2.16.0 MIDI output recorded in foobar2000 v1.1.15 + foo_midi 1.174 (equipped with BASS 2.4.7.1 and BASSMIDI 2.4.7.9) using SGM-V2.01 soundfont.

MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?upkh5d73e737thl

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You have to check a better version, being a real performance: 
http://soundcloud.com/przemoc86/ladybug-flies-played-by-carlos-m

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Photo used in the artwork was taken by Andrea Kratzenberg, found via www.freeimages.com.

Ladybug flies

First recording and performance of any of my compositions.

Carlos M (http://soundcloud.com/cmdigital) recently asked me if I would like him to try something from my compositions. He was curious if I am open to the idea. Could I reply: no? :-)

He played my SMS - slow, minimal and simple piano piece written in 16.0 bars. How well he played? You have to check it yourself, but I can assure, you won't be disappointed. Human touch really makes difference (compare with MIDI recording straight from Lilypond: http://soundcloud.com/przemoc86/sea-waves)

Thank you very much, Carlos, for your scrummy rendition and being the first! (Hopefully not the last one!)

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Opus: PPP #8
Date: 2012-03-29 (composed), 2012-11-06 (played)
Album: Imprints
Performer: Carlos M

LilyPond 2.15.34 PDF output, MusicReader PDF 4.0 for reading the score (no paper used), played using Yamaha Clavinova CLP153SG keyboard as MIDI controller, Synthogy Ivory II Italian Grand VST as piano sound and Reaper DAW for editing.

MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?yjbfhn3a3imo0sx

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Photo used in the artwork was taken by EveBlackwood (http://eveblackwood.deviantart.com), found via www.freeimages.com.

Sea waves [played by Carlos M]

Second recording and performance of any of my compositions.

Carlos M (http://soundcloud.com/cmdigital) did a stunning job here. He put a spirit into my piece and made the ladybug really fly! It's truly fantastic rendition.

You can compare it with MIDI recording straight from Lilypond: http://soundcloud.com/przemoc86/ladybug-flies, but there is not much to compare. Carlos' version is superior in every possible way and on all levels of perception.

Thanks, Carlos, for the superb performance of my piece!

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Opus: PPP #11
Date: 2012-10-11 (composed), 2012-11-06 (played)
Album: Imprints
Performer: Carlos M

LilyPond 2.16.0 PDF output, MusicReader PDF 4.0 for reading the score (no paper used), played using Yamaha Clavinova CLP153SG keyboard as MIDI controller, Synthogy Ivory II Italian Grand VST as piano sound and Reaper DAW for editing.

MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?immtfoztw09j9vo

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Photo used in the artwork was taken by Miki Kucevic, found via www.freeimages.com.

Ladybug flies [played by Carlos M]

Opus: PPP #12
Date: 2012.06
Album: In memory of "Change 123"

LilyPond 2.17.19 MIDI output recorded in foobar2000 v1.2.4 + foo_midi 1.209 (equipped with BASS 2.4.9 and BASSMIDI 2.4.8.0) using Yamaha Clavinova Grand (198-Clavinova.sf2) deprived of hammer sounds.

Change 123 is beautifully drawn manga about a girl with split-personalities. If you like martial arts and comedy, yet ecchi doesn't bother you much, you should give it a try. It's quite surprising that this isn't a popular manga, hence my small tribute.

MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/download/6hj9lhxobb8wizx/Przemoc_-_Towards_Zero.mp3
MP4: http://www.mediafire.com/download/0vx9fn4big0eib7/towards-zero.mp4

Towards Zero

My composing journey started with learning LilyPond (music engraving software) in November 2011. I am not well educated in music, but I like music and I know some basics (nothing from composing field though).

I hope you'll enjoy listening to my music. Feel free to leave comments. I'm especially fond of constructive critique, so even if you hate any of my works, I'll be glad to read about pinpointed origin of this hatred. I mean it!

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Past SoundCloud collaborators:

Carlos M:
http://soundcloud.com/przemoc86/sea-waves-played-by-carlos-m
http://soundcloud.com/przemoc86/ladybug-flies-played-by-carlos-m
https://soundcloud.com/przemoc86/assumed-sounds-battle-theme-played-by-carlos-m

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