Kareshi stays true to Final Fantasy VI with “Mystic Awakening”
Pianist and speedrunner Daniel “Kareshi” Brown has released his first non-promo arrangement album, the Final Fantasy VI piano tribute Mystic Awakening.
The album art’s nothing to write home about, but that’s not selling point. The approach according to Dan is to “honor as many original details (keys, tempi, registers, chord voicings, sound layers) as pianistically reasonable.”
On his website, Brown went on the further state that he “felt that these tracks deserved more faithfulness and respect to the “original sound” versions than is usually heard in Final Fantasy piano arrangements.”
So basically, none of this. For all the cover bands in the scene, there really aren’t that many strict “cover pianists” so-to-speak. It’s inadvertently innovative, no? If you’ve got the dough, and want to hear this classic SNES soundtrack adapted to the ivories, see if you’re in for a Mystic Awakening.