Can you play any videogame music?

[The Almighty Aardvark]

Whenever I hear a song I like in a video game I always have the overwhelming desire to learn how to play it. More often than not this ends in me staring at sheet music that I realize I have no hope in hell of playing, but every now and then I get lucky and find something that's doable for my level and not absolutely basic.

I play the piano (pretty casually), and I can play:
Legend of Zelda - Lost woods
- Midna's lament
Final Fantasy X - To Zanarkand
Final Fantasy IX - Jesters of the Moon
Okami - Rising Sun (learning)
Phantasy Star Online - Can Still See the Light (learning)

One I haven't even taken a stab at yet, but would love to do is this: Confrontation with the Enemy from Xennoblade Chronicles. I fear it may be beyond me though

(None of those videos are me by the way, just the versions I've learned)

What video game songs are you able to play and on what instruments? If you have videos of yourself playing, even better!

Be warned, I may try to poach sheet music from you if I see something I like

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I can play the theme music for Monkey Island on the piano. And that's about it.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I can hum it... That's good enough for me.

 

[Fishyash]

Yup, I've been playing piano for a fair amount of years myself. Here's a video of me playing Zohar's Corridors of Time arrangement... poorly... with a cheap camera and out-of-tune piano.


I'd have definitely gotten better at it if I kept at it, honestly watching this video inspires me to relearn it.

I also transcribe/arrange game music myself but I'm kinda lazy with it. I sometimes mess around with kazoos and have a few of those covers sitting in my HD, maybe I should make a youtube channel for them lol.

 

[L. Declis]

I have an actual light-blue ocarina I bought in China and I can play all the OoT songs.

Because I am a geek.

 

[Fasckira]

I can play the engineers song from TF2 on guitar, as well as the Skyrim theme albeit pretty poorly.

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

Yup, I've been playing piano for a fair amount of years myself. Here's a video of me playing Zohar's Corridors of Time arrangement... poorly... with a cheap camera and out-of-tune piano.


I'd have definitely gotten better at it if I kept at it, honestly watching this video inspires me to relearn it.

I also transcribe/arrange game music myself but I'm kinda lazy with it. I sometimes mess around with kazoos and have a few of those covers sitting in my HD, maybe I should make a youtube channel for them lol.

That's actually not that bad at all. Far better than I could muster up with my cheap camera and out of tune piano

 

[Shymer]

My son (11) has decided, for his first piece of learned music on the piano, to play the Dragonborn theme from Skyrim. I purchased the sheet music for him and now, after a few weeks erratic practice, he can play it. He needs more time to get better, but it is recognisable and I could not be prouder.

 

[arsenalabu]

I can play "Dearly Beloved" from Kingdom Hearts on piano and the original Super Mario theme as a fingerstyle guitar arrangement. I found sheet music of "Positive Force" from VVVVVV a few years back, but it was in E flat minor, and had a crazyass rhythm that was way beyond my capabilities.

 

[Fishyash]

Yup, I've been playing piano for a fair amount of years myself. Here's a video of me playing Zohar's Corridors of Time arrangement... poorly... with a cheap camera and out-of-tune piano.


I'd have definitely gotten better at it if I kept at it, honestly watching this video inspires me to relearn it.

I also transcribe/arrange game music myself but I'm kinda lazy with it. I sometimes mess around with kazoos and have a few of those covers sitting in my HD, maybe I should make a youtube channel for them lol.

That's actually not that bad at all. Far better than I could muster up with my cheap camera and out of tune piano

Thanks for your kind words. I was going by my standards though, and despite how pleased I am being able to play it without sounding like a mess, it's still full of mistakes. However I'm now going to give this arrangement the treatment it deserves. I also have the means to record it much better now... sound-wise anyways.

I had a go at it today and it might not take me long to get to where I was before, and I remember most of the notes. I even managed to find the sheet music I printed out for this several years ago, conveniently in a slippery fish so it stays in good condition (if I could go back in time to thank myself for that, I would).

 

[Toblo1]

My sister is able to play "Still Alive" from Portal on piano , and I'm able to play the 8 melodies (Both versions from both Mother 1 and Mother 2/Earthbound) on ocarina.

 

[Aerosteam]

Yup, Gangplank Galleon from Donkey Kong Country on the piano/keyboard. Mainly from memory because I can't read sheet music very well.

Don't ask me to play it though, I'll definitely screw up one of the notes somewhere. >_>

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

My brother can play numerous Final Fantasy songs on the piano (I feel the one that he does best is FFX's 'To Zanarkand') plus the theme to Mario Bros. and Pirates of the Carribean. I taught myself how to play various gaming songs on the saxophone a while back, but I'm out of practice.

 

[Nuuu]

Oh yes, i play Touhou music on the Piano. People say it's difficult, but it just requires practice.

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No i can't, but i wish i could. I'm sure i could convince my mother to with a nice enough sounding song, she plays her piano daily.

 

[Pirate Of PC Master race]

Oh yes, i play Touhou music on the Piano. People say it's difficult, but it just requires practice.

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No i can't, but i wish i could. I'm sure i could convince my mother to with a nice enough sounding song, she plays her piano daily.

You should try to play the music that can actually be played by humans.

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I will sell my soul if I could play this.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

Yeah nothing too fancy I'm afraid. I'm sure a few people can do a basic rendition of Skyrim dragonborne on guitar, there's amazing stuff out there obviously. I can play every Sonic Mayhem song from Quake 2 on guitar and drums, and a few of the songs from Skitchin' back in 16-bit Sega days. And quite a few of the battle songs from Painkiller.

Wish I could play a few songs from the Shinobi 3 and Mazinger Z soundtrack as well, loved those Japanese composures.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I used to be able to play the entire end theme of Final Fantasy VI on synthesizer. Also the end music of Link to the Past, and a couple of songs from Breath of Fire 2.

It's been a couple decades since my fingers have tickled the (plastic) ivories, though, so I doubt I'd be able to pull it off these days.

 

[zen5887]

One time at a gig I played the Final Fantasy victory theme after a really hard song. One guy in the crowd lost his shit and ran up and high fived me. My other bandmates weren't that happy, but it was hella worth it.

 

[Kontarek]

Yup, I've been playing piano for a fair amount of years myself. Here's a video of me playing Zohar's Corridors of Time arrangement... poorly... with a cheap camera and out-of-tune piano.


I'd have definitely gotten better at it if I kept at it, honestly watching this video inspires me to relearn it.

I also transcribe/arrange game music myself but I'm kinda lazy with it. I sometimes mess around with kazoos and have a few of those covers sitting in my HD, maybe I should make a youtube channel for them lol.

I'd never heard this one before, but I have to say I LOVE the left-hand part of that piece. Awesome rhythm. I only started teaching myself piano around 2 years ago, but I completely empathize with the self-criticism as well. There's always those little lingering sections of a piece that I never feel like I can really nail as well as I'd like.

OP: Most of the piano pieces I know are actually from movies and shows, but I know a few from video games as well:

Shadow of the Colossus
-The Sunlit Earth*
-Memories
-Hope

Ocarina of Time
-Kakariko Village

Katawa Shoujo (if that counts)
-Wiosna (Title screen)
-Cloudland Swing (Rin Cinematic)
-Concord* (Lily's Theme... I think)

The two denoted with a star are the ones I would consider to be difficult; the others are all fairly simple (although I guess Kakariko Village walks the line a bit).

And now I really wish I had videos to back up what I am saying/show off mah mad skillz. I don't know. I keep telling myself I'm going to do more videos, but it's difficult for me to get my hands on a camera and I don't really like the way the speakers on my digital piano sound... so... yeah...

 

[Heidious]

I can play the acoustic version of Portal's "Still Alive". I can't sing the lyrics though. I...I can't sing at all.