PMD 2: "Memories Returned" - (Piano Sheet Music)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Yet another arrangement 3 years in the making, culminating at last! In some ways I feel this song embodies the idea of your undying friendship with your partner far better than "I Don't Want to Say Goodbye". Great songs both of them, but the vast breadth of emotion this composition contains, complimented by its many musical variations (one of the reasons finishing this took so long was because of that!), really makes it hit home. I hope my transcription has done the song justice.
Special thanks to the many people who have requested this song, including:
Zekrom91872, IntenseClassicGamer, Yvette Wong, Raptormon OneThreeTwo, Noboby, Fisheh-Kitty, FlareCat, Jon Abhau...
...and last but not least, Whitehart!
(the amazing fellow who created the thumbnails for my Gates to Infinity arrangement project!)
Here is the Pokémon piano sheet music:
[PDF]: dl.dropboxuser...
[MIDI]: dl.dropboxuser...
![PMD 2 - I Don't Want to Say Goodbye (Piano Cover) [SHEET MUSIC]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/POxx5AOqwAQ/mqdefault.jpg)
You constantly remind me of the incredible PMD2 music, and show me that there is a ton of incredible music in these somewhat forgotten games. Wow.
insaneintherainmusic Yay! Thank you. I like to give less popular PMD music gems the proper light they deserve, so mission accomplished!
(You should pop on NSM sometime man ;)
I've always thought Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was incredible, but I just wish it was more well known.
+Bespinben that's awesome you got a comment from them, wow
+Bespinben U DESERVE MORE VIEWS AND LIKES!!!
i realize it's pretty randomly asking but do anybody know of a good website to watch newly released movies online?
I didn't recognize the name so I wasn't sure what to expect.
Memories were sure returned.
Still best arrangement of all time of PMD in the entire Internet.
And then after this song, then Bidoof comes and sees your partner, and then Beyond the Sky starts playing right when your partner says "B-Bidoof!.....Bidoof!....." and then starts breaking down crying. This is like my favorite game of all time.
More memories return. With the passing of Mr. Satoru Iwata, this song comes to mind. May we never forget what that great, wonderful man did for us.
The PMD2 ending was so perfect
***** It truly was a masterpiece...
***** I don't understand a thing. Why do you say that?
At least explain what you don't like, please ;)
The ending? I bawled at the end of Explorers of Sky. Everything that my partner and I went through came rushing back and I cried waterfalls. I didn't cry as much at GTI because it wasn't actually death. In GTI, you were just going home. Although that was sad, it wasn't as bad as dying in front of your partner, and watching them cry because of what happened. I still cried at GTI though because of the Frism and how they all said goodbye, looking up at you. Both were well done, but I still prefer PMD 2 to GTI.
And I respect yours. I look at the ending of GTI in a new light now, although, PMD EoS will always be the sadder ending for me. You really learn to feel for your partner, and to watch him cry just breaks my heart. I think I'll replay GTI with what you said in mind, though. Thanks.
+myName2243 / 1f1n1ty .....Well, I know that I'm replying to the half-year old comment, but I think you got something wrong about the story of EoS/T/D.
The main character of the game (who you play as) is not supposed to be you (I mean the REAL human you).
Why?
He/she has a in-game backstory, vague memories (not yours as you said) of the "previous" life and he/she in fact is from that PMD pokemon world (in future).
THIS GAME. THIS GAME. It's so good. Even though as a kid I couldn't beat it without cheating, and since then I lost my DS, this game was so unexplainably beautiful, and this piece is one of the reasons why Explorers of Sky is one of my favourite games of all time.
Most songs i recognize by melody, not name. So i turned this on to listen to while i read a book. I actually had to stop reading because after 5 seconds i knew what it was, and was in complete awe. And then i knew i had to type this comment.
This was the song that broke me in the end, I had tears in my eyes before this but this was the song to make the emotions come out in full force. I'll never forget you, Rebu.
Goosebumps, man. I don't think I'll ever love another game like I loved PMD Sky.
All those feels, the epic adventures, the joy of exploring, the bittersweet ending and that incredibly, otherwordly gorgeous soundtack.
Great re-arrangement, and that bit of game footage at the right moment was a really nice touch.
Scuro1000 Thanks for the comment! It's so nice to see the fruition of my long procrastinated work be welcomed into such open arms. Timeless games deserve timeless transcriptions, I guess ^_^ (though I mean that more in the sense I had no sense of punctuality, rather than a presumptuous notion of anything I make ever standing on par with the original composition).
I didn't ask for this... but I'm glad you gave it to me. This is literally the greatest thing I've ever heard.
Mario Lisa? Or Mona Luigi?
+Theinsanegamer10 The Mona Weegee. 'Tis a little-known classic throughout the ages.
Chasey Failnaut Ah.
Whaaa...! I'm coming Turtwig, I promise! And I promise I will stay by your side forever! ToT
Thanks Ben, I love this piece and I was starting to fear you wouldn't transcribe it after you started Gates. Your transcribing really does it the justice it deserves, great job and keep it up!
Just got to that point yesterday in my 16th run of this game :') Never gets old, this game is just too amazing to be a game. It's an experience.
Thank you for arranging the best OST again! :')
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*Opens Pulseboy*
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!
I literally clapped after watching this! Half of my family were asleep but I didn't care! It was just so beautiful!!
With a piano alone, you're able to compose a piece of music that entirely captures, and then *_amplifies_* the aspect of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon soundtrack, and that aspect is emotion!
By far, you are the only one on the _internet_ who is able to do this!!
I know what you mean. Four years ago I found his I don't Want to Say Goodbye arrangement, listened to the first ten seconds, got bored, then skipped to the end, when I found that ridiculous three part thing that sounded amazing. Then I listened to the whole thing, and here I am now, four years later.
Leo Riddell Guillemot Hopefully it was the volume of a "golf clap", haha! I'm really thrilled reading this. It's really quite challenging instilling that level emotion on my end -- usually a live performance is the key to that, but I don't have that luxury (well, I *could* do that myself, but then I'd be churning out these arrangements at a once every 2 months basis instead of once a week). Thanks again!
So beautiful. Even after I listen to the original song for like 70+ times. Dang good job good job..
I'm crying for two different reasons now. The raw emotions that this song brings to me every time I listen to it...
and the fact that I don't know how to play it on piano.
(also is casually subscribed to you now)
+MegaLCRO If you ever want to play it on piano, just keep on going. Five years ago I first saw his I Don't Want to Say Goodbye arrangement, and I told myself I could never play it. I started playing piano little by little, and after three years of self teaching and a year of work on that piece particularly, I can play it now. even if it takes a year, it's worth it.
Jay Thomas totaly BUT I CANT FIND THE SHEET MUSIC(link might be broken)
YESSSS YOU DID IT. Omg this is the greatest day ever.
Yup yup! Did it go in "Today's 'Oh my gosh!'"?
Yes it did! Not only that but it went right into my phone. I downloaded it right away. Usually I wait to gather a bunch of songs but this was worth it 100%. This is my favorite song ever.
A fantastic arrangement as always. It really does give off that special undying and eternal friendship to it, which in turn makes this theme so much more emotional. The original already was tear worthy enough, and I think that this one almost beat the original. Piano truly is a special and perfect instrument for these kinds of pieces.
Amazing job.
Thank you, truly. I'm very glad to hear that. It was really refreshing to do a song from Explorers, since I hadn't done one in awhile (or an emotional song, at that rate). And yes, the versatility of the piano to adapt to many moods and styles (especially ones with this air) is just one of the many reasons I'll never stop being fascinated by it.
Bespinben You are most welcomed, friend.
You definitely have a way with piano, your many arrangements on this channel has showed this to me in more than one way.
Keep up the fine work.
This is forever one of my favorite games,
Thank you... This song makes me cry a lot. Thank you so much for this
Wow! This is a great music composition you put together. Sounds great!
I'm also a bit surprised you remembered all those who requested this so long ago, including me.
Well done, and thanks for putting me on the special thanks list.
Well, you could call my impeccable memory... or you could call it a folder on my desktop with screenshots XD
At any rate, thank you!
Wow! Thank you so much for this arrangement, it sounds amazing! I remember requesting this a long time ago and I have been looking forward to it for so long! Also thanks so much for putting me on the special thanks list as well, it really means a lot. And congrats on this arrangement, it brings back so many great memories of PMD2 :-)
I can't listen to it. It starts and I am already crying my eyes out.
This is beautiful! Thank you so much for accepting our request. I always adored this piece as it is basically showing you how you and your partner grew together and how you formed an undying friendship. And even though you had to say goodbye, he will never forget the impact you had on his/ her life. Thanks to you, they got to see their greatest dream become a reality.
Wow, I'm so glad you decided to arrange this one. This is one of my favorites from the game, and I really feel like it goes as a set with the ending theme and the little coda to the story following the credits (there's music to that too, if you remember). Awesome job! I'm eventually going to play all of your arrangements together (perfect timing, too: I was having a bit of writer's block with a PMD story and this snapped me out of it). Keep up the fantastic arrangements!
It's been awhile.
Good god, is this a great way of really marking the adventure's end - a call back to all the good that happened in a world nearly doomed to paralysis. Definitely well arranged here, as it hits the highs with such force they scream at you with the same power and emotion found in-game. Also, the gameplay footage made the music really hit home and brought the slightly meloncholy yet very powerful and tearful joy the piece struck with originally.
This is why I've still got a subscription to you after all these years. And seeing this come when you've left your hiatus is a fantastic treat.
Stupendous job. I'm very proud of you, man.
Jakoshark! Man, sure is nice to see the oldies still around!
~not that your old ()~ (you know what I mean)
Thanks so much for the comment. What PMD2 song do you think I should do next? It felt nice to intersperse my Gates to Infinity project uploads with a token like this, so I kinda want to keep that going.
PMD music is just gorgeous
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND YOU DESERVE ALL THE EVERYTHING GOOD IN THIS WORLD
PIANO IS GODLIKE AND SO IS PMD AND YOU PLAY IT EXPERTLY
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH HOLY F
Yes! Another Pokémon Explorers of time/darkness/sky cover! Oh man! This brings back memories of my partner going through his memories with me, before I left him. Sadly, there's something wrong with my DS, so I can't play Explorers of Time!!
Gosh darn the feels! I can't bring myself to listen to the whole thing. Well played Mr. Bespinben.
Curse you ben! You and your ability to cause all the feels with your amazing takes on the PMD series' Music.
I REAALLY LOVE THIS SONG... OMG I've missed this song for so long.
Many people think that Beethoven are the great ones,Mozart, and such. But this piece is so beautiful, but many would downgrade its status because its a video game sound track. Wow bespinben, you are an amazing musician! I know you didn't create this, but you did a wonderful job arranging it. I would never be able to play this, I'm too lazy. But it makes great background music to listen to while playing a video game :)
+docguinn Not saying that Beethoven isn't great, but this is a lot more poignant than his pieces
+docguinn I guess it just depends who's doing the listening. :)
+docguinn Theres just a single problem with it... without beethoven this probably wouldn't exist. He had a big impact on how music is composed.. Even a piano might sound way different without him :D
Beethoven is a better skilled composer. However he only had a Piano and an orchestra. He is a goal for people to achieve as he understands music masterfully without a textbook. Today we get a textbook to learn. This music is beautiful partly because of the evolution of classical music and culture in japan. Culture gives meaning for quality Japan is losing that. People nowadays have way more tools and knowledge of what is great music but they waste it. Pokémon mystery dungeon is an amazing piece of art and ITS FUN IT'S A GAME. Beethoven is a remark on how great people could be at piano even from a young age. He is a pianist and shunned in popularity compared to now. However I enjoy like you the feels of POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON!!!!! LET'S GO EXPLORING!!!!!! *Cries in de corner* T-T
Terra Beautifully put, my friend
I watched all the PMD 2 videos you made in one go, ran out of tissues.
Great work there buddy!Glad to see you still uploading quality pieces and letting us download them.Thank you!
Wow. I couldn't print this music off fast enough. I love this, it was always one of my favorites. And you certainly did it justice c:
I'm really glad you've started doing the newer game too, I loved thise ones almost as much as MD 2 ^-^
I longed for a piano transcription of one the most beautiful Pokemon pieces in my opinion! I am so happy to actually listen to this. Thanks for boosting my confidence as a pianist! Time to put Memories Returned in the Must Play List! :3
I love it! Thank you for making this!
Excuse me, I need to go cry ;~;
My name is Pika Montoya
You killed my partner
Prepare to cry
Bespinben way to steal that from NocturneOfShadow ;) lol
MartianMedia Ssshh I'm secretly advertising NSM ;)
(on the off chance someone googles the quote anyway :P)
Bespinben Sneaky. I like it.
Bespinben I got the quote, princess bride.
I can't not give this a go. Im sorry I can't be good enough at this instrument to do your awesome arrangements justice, but I can dream ^_^... It took your whole hiatus of like 2 years for me to learn the last thing of yours i tried to learn (And still fucked that up!) so this sounds like another little project for another few years! Hyped and scared, thanks again for the awesome music and arrangments.
Arguend0 Hey hey, you're a lot better now than you were 2 years ago, and I wouldn't hesitate to say I'm a lot better than I was 2 years ago as well. Like seriously, I look at some of my old stuff and I think "Gee wiz, did I even think about *how* this will actually be executed?". So I think this here will definitely be a much more pleasant experience than learning Primal Dialga ;)
It was in the end. I'll probably reupload it once I've ironed out a few of the kinks - I haven't really touched it since I recorded it. Sorry for the trolly one i uploaded at one point as well, as well as all the delete/reploading I tend to do - I never feel like I ought to be showing it off. Still, would it be possible for you to drop some quick feedback on it? I want to polish it off a bit, then I'll learn something from PMSD (you should totally suggest something :D)
about 5 years after finishing the game about a dozen times i still cry
Sick stuff!
Just subbed ;D
My first thoughts-
Great a song I might be able to pla- (measure 23 left) :(
Around 50 I started crying again. PMD 2 Is still making people cry years after its creation through this piece of music, great job.
Ben Wilson Bespinben -- now offering free performance consultation!(The block chords aren't as intimidating as they look, but things do start picking up after m. 23, lol)I'm really happy that the section past m.50 retained the emotion I was trying to instill in it. The OST accomplishes this with some extra layers of instruments, but since I have only 1 at my disposal, some reinterpretation was needful. I mean, I can write "fortissimo, with great passion" all I want, but if the accompaniment I write doesn't reflect that, then there's no substance.While writing this piece, I was reminded of the fact the last time I played through the main-story of PMD2 was in 2008. It was really quite astounding seeing those old feelings resurface again as I watched some LPs to get in the right mood for arranging. Truly, the measure of something's worth is estimated by its ability to affect people long after it has since outlived its "glory days".
thank you so much for making this!!!! When I get time (probably in march) I will learn this!!!! Bespinben you are awesome!
That part at 2:07 gives me chills, this song is powerful.
Genius bonus: Who noticed I threw in the "hope" motif from Gates to Infinity at 1:46?
now that you mention it...
i thought the intro was gates to infinity... but ... seems like im not a genius :D
pikamario123 Don't count yourself out just yet! The LH ostinato from the harp part at the beginning (D,E,D,A,D,E,D) is actually VERY similar to the 16th note ostinato in the full version of GtI's "Hope". In fact, they're even in the same key - D major. Cool huh?
Bespinben wuhuu! i was right :D
by the way... if i would be able to play these sheets , i would do it the whole day.. but sadly i need to wait a bit with it. the best ones are always the hardest ones...^^ but someday i will. but i had one question about your fogbound lake sheet. at 0:36 in your video the left hand plays some chords and needs to flip over the right hand. why is it like that? for me its by far easyer to do the right hand part with the left hand (so the left hand always plays the chord and then the background motif , which plays trough the whole song) and the chords , the left hand is supposed to play with the right hand. if you do understand , what i mean , id be happy about an answer^^
I see it now. No wonder that bit sounded familiar..
Really, i'm so glad you finally come back... Man, those arrangements of yours are so wonderful! (Sorry for the bad english)
Your English is fine, I wouldn't have noticed.
Their English is better than most lmao
Jay Thomas Lewis Pitt Thanks! ^^ It's because I'm spanish and i'm not very good at english
Door To Light Thanks! Gee, it's unreal how close PMD mirrors my life sometimes. You all welcoming me back so fervently, even months after the fact... it's really cool.
Bespinben Nah :$, thank you for all you work and all the hours I've been enjoying your music, I wish you the best of the lucks with your channel! ^^
Wow you worked on this for 3 years? Thats amazing, and this was great. 😊 So full of emotions and little touches.
You just earned yourself a subscriber, your channel is amazing :D
Oh thank you! I'm sure there's bound to be a hole in my array of arrangements, so feel free to give me a point in the right direction whenever :)
No wonder this sounded familiar. I played the PMD on Nds as a kid. So beautiful...
Amazing as usual
I love your compositions!😃
I almost cried listening to this.
Beautiful.
This is amazing.
Why can't I like this more than once?
I need it cry again
Loved this game and this soundtrack (+primal dialga theme)
Ah, I wish could speak in music theory terms. Oh well. Great job on the intro part!
Thank you! (...does that mean it wasn't so great past the intro? :P jkjk)
I love your profile picture, Piplup is just the best.
Nicely done!
I'm head banging to this.
A little critic with this is that the elegant sad parts are one or two octaves too low, they don't sound sad, but more like army marches. But this one is great as usual.
Thank you :) Which parts specifically do you refer to? M. 11-21 I put an octave lower to feel more "collected", and so that way when I use the higher register of the piano later it carries more of a punch, like a break in the psyche. That's how I always viewed the song - like a psychoanalysis of the partner's emotions.
Bespinben Ah, okay, thank you for sharing, that were the measures I referred to.
cantavanda Oh awesome! Glad we were on the same page, and we now are both cognizant of each other's... cognizance, haha. I'm not the only one with this interpretation -- check out LegendaryHeropon's "Life Goes On" (part 3/3 of his PMD2 medley), which also uses this choice in octave registration for this section of Memories Returned.
geeks but love the song
keep it up
Team Rainbow
Nice work Piplup
Nice !
This arrangement of this song made me cry and I've never even played this game
This is the first time I've ever cried over a form of media before
That's saying something
I... have no words to describe this. It is quite obvious that you did not lose your touch in the two years break. I think you got better actually. The other ones, though great, sometimes went fuzzy the louder they were or got. Not always, but Happydragonite also had the same problem. Can you PLEASE do hope theme from PMD 3? There are only a few piano remixes of it. Not enough, no where near enough for a good song. I have a true friend that I love as a sibling loves another family member, he is not related, but a brother to me anyway, much like in this game. I have known him for 13 years. It will be 14 years soon.
***** Okay. I did not see it.
A happy hardcore remix of this would be absolutely badass
noisestrikeofficial Considering the love this game gets from the Poké-remix community, I'm sure someone's done it, haha :)
Bespinben i was gonna do it, but the midi and the way it's arranged makes it kind of hard to extract elements. The midi sounds good in 170 bpm though :p
Just... Crying.
Awesome
Awesome ²
pmd2 classic would even better as the Remake cause of old memories and the story was perfect so pmd2 is the best pkmn game Form my child time
You are awesome.
Bethany and Karl thank you oh so very much ;__;
Usually, PMD music contains lots of motifs, especially near the end of the game, but the only recognisable riff in Memories Returned is the PMD main theme. I always wonder why this doesn't sound more like Don't Ever Forget...
Amazing, can't compliment you enough, really. Ever tried adding strings to your arrangements? Some pieces, I find, could always use an "orchestral" effect to them while keeping piano as the main instrument.
:)
Love it
Excuse me while I go die in a corner of happiness.
Nice :)
Very nice.
Thank you! I like to imagine certain "voices" behind lines of music as I arrange (ex: "Our First Meeting"), even if it's all piano in the end. Measures 1-5 and 34-38 just screamed "CELLO" to me ^_^
Bespinben Ha, yeah I can see that, especially the melody lines, and especially 34-38. Awesome. :D
I wish the links still worked. I can find your other pdfs online, but not this one.
As if this really needs to be said: _Gorgeous_. I couldn't have wished for a better transcription.
I always thought it was just a ritardando when you changed to 9/8, but I like your version better.
Edit: W-Wait, that one part was left out... What was the song you listened to to arrange this?
Edit edit: Apparently I've been "disrespectful" by not acknowledging these few measures, but I can't find a version of the song with those measures missing. Where should I be looking?
I want to learn this, but my hands are too small to play octaves quickly and efficiently ;-;
can somebody send me the PDF pleaaaase? this is my favorite pokemon track of all time, unfortunately though the link doesn't open for me...
PLEASE HELP
This ending was pretty nice after 73 and a half deaths in temporal spire, aka torture.
Please arrange Memories Returned for pipe organ, tubular bells, and choir. I believe it would be breathtaking if this piece were arranged for these instruments.
Would an arrangement of Quicksand Cave be possible?
Also, made me cry. ;_; This might be my favorite piece of music ever.
Quicksand Cave, and while I'm at, the other 3 few songs relative to that quest (Northern Desert ftw!) ^.^ When, though, is the question.
Are you perhaps the same mastersuperfan on NinSheetMusic?
Bespinben Yes, I am.
I do realize I have a tendency to leave things unfinished and move on. xP
Please re-upload the links, I'd love to play this song and yours is the best version I could find... :(
Did you play this yourself? It sounds god-level.
Bespinben, could you upload again the links to the PDF and MIDI? They doesn't work plz
Look, I need an MIDI, but your Dropbox links are dead and it was deleted from Ninsheetmusic for inactivity. Please, for everyone who wants to learn this, put it on Google Drive and update your download links! I can't find this arrangement anywhere anymore!
Contact me if you need the sheet music for this one. I know how frustatring it is if you can't get it
Hello here! I would like to have the sheet please :D
sheets my g?
If you're still responding to this comment thread, I'd love to have a copy.
How can I let you contact me?
@@danielliang9266 check my channel info
That sounds amazing Ben. Great job. Do most the people who request and download the sheet music play these pieces for their own entertainment, or concerts, or what? I'm curious how your music is used.
:O :O :O Greatest thing I've read all week!
I keep a playlist with all the performances of my sheets I've found on UA-cam - currently it's at about 12 videos. So, I imagine it's mostly for personal use, though I could feasibly see something like this being used for someone's private piano recital piece (like Rock or somebody, haha -- not necessarily concert, but close!).
Bespinben I know a friend of mine that does most of his recital works using your pieces. In fact I think he recorded himself playing Parting if u remember pianoproductions19. He's also learned primal dialga... he's good.
Hi Bespinben, I just wanted to let you know that your links are broken. I don't know if you did that on purpose or not, but I thought I'd let you know anyways. I love your work.
Can you make the Temporal Spire Sheet please? I have many problems to hear the notes like the organ in the background. D:
Yet another arrangement I've procrastinated far too long!
(I think I started that one December 2011 lol)
Will do! How soon? Don't know yet :P
Good Luck, it's hard to make a arrangement xD I make a Gigi D'agostino in Pokemon BW Style, and it's not very easy xD
dropbox link is dead :-( But looove the arrangement v much!
the links are broken... anyone have the pdf sheets?
Did you get it? i need it aswell
On page four measure 58, how am I supposed play the left hand? What do you recommend for finger position?
You are also attempting to play this? Best of luck :P
But I'm almost at the end....
The dropbox links are dead, could you pretty please reupload it somewhere?
Is there any way to get a sheet from it? The dropbox link doesn't work