Dark Souls - Nameless Song piano arrangement (with Sheet music)
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- This arrangement has been used in an italian short film:
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So with a really little delay (like, only a whole week, but let’s ignore that,) I have my Nameless Song arrangement done. This has been by far the most taxing arrangement I’ve ever done.
I lost count of how many times I thought I’m done with it and start the MIDI-edit just to go back again with a new idea.
I really really REALLY didn’t want to end up with a subpar arrangement for one of my favourite pieces from both the composer and the Souls series, just because I was too frustrated and rushed things, so I hope your wait and my work paid off.
Also I was tied-to-the-bed sick for a few days, so that factored in as well.
(But not too much really, as you can see from the copyright-2014-sign this has been in the works for a while.)
So about this piece…where do I start…
It’s my favourite credits song, it does the style best of all the credit songs in my opinion, but it also is the by far hardest to arrange for a piano. Transcribing took ages, arrangement was complicated because of the limitations of the piano and doubt in general, because I, as previously mentioned, really didn’t want to screw this one up.
The balance between leaving space and using the options the piano gives you feels so fragile to me, I'm glad I was able to finish this with any confidence in my arrangement at all. So... fragile.... *shudders*.
I hope you agree that this was worth it, and get enough pleasure out of it to justify my suffering.
(I’m kidding...a bit. It was also fun and motivating of course).
…I’m not going to lie, I expect to be smothered by praise in the comments for my hardship.
Also, now all the Credit songs from the Souls series have been arranged for piano. Praise the sun man, praise the sun...
Sheet music+MIDI (all of mine):
gamesheetmusic.... Souls piano collection community project:
redd.it/35iakq
Fucking beautiful. Long live Dark Souls.
+Malcefium Mike ^
(+ thanks)
DrJekyll MrHeil Welcome m80
one of my favourite games ever. made me cry first time I heard this
+Mathew Hargreaves Indeed man.
I cried at the end
It's sounds even more lonely on piano then the normal version and I love it
+Drdoom94 Thank you!
this honestly makes me want to play through the entire game again, blighttown and all. Yet I also dont want to, as I know that beating this game again will never compare to the feeling I got when I first beat it. I would do anything for that feeling again. But sadly, it'll never come. This game is truly a masterpiece if it can make anybody feel that way.
+atkirk12 For me the biggest moments were the Artorias fight and the Gwyn fight. I didn't have much problems with them, but man did they give me the feels, even when I didn't understand everything that was going on there lore-wise. (the music was mostly responsible in those cases)
The yearning for that special feeling really eats away at you. It's much worse if you didn't actually experience the game to its fullest. I ruined most of my first time through spoilers and I have never felt this much regret in my life. In fact, my first dark souls playthrough was not 1, not 2, but 3. You can probably imagine how many references from previous games that went over my head. From this dreadful experience I vowed to myself that I would try to avoid any possible spoiler of a game that I'm interested in until I have fully completed it. This is a feeling that I never want to have again, the feeling of missing out on something really special and unique. No gamer, or even no person would ever want to feel it.
How on earth did you manage to make an already beautiful piece sound even more incredible?!
Had to come back to this one, I'd say that this is the best soundtrack from DS series and your arrangement is one of the best ones I've heard! The haunting vocals in the beginning of the original always get me!
Thank you!
Yeah, it's my favourite credits song too.
It's beautiful man. This is my favorite song from the OST. Even if you have won, passed all the hardships and deadliness of Lordran, you have succeeded in fulfilling your fate... this song tells you otherwise. Nothing has changed, the cycle is just prolonged and the suffering stays...
+Vereor Nox To me, this song feels more like you're finding relief after this long and perilous journey.
Though I guess everyone interprets things differently.
didnt realise how much of dark souls' music is this haunting
I think I prefer your arrangement to the original.. It is very well done and it sounds soooo much better on piano. Gives it more of a great hollow sound, and imo, fits the end of the game much better than the original. Not saying the original didn't. The original is breath-taking but not as much as this was, and it did fit the ending very well. Anyways, rant over, that's all my opinion. Can't wait to see what you do next!
Thank you!
Personally, I don't like my version better, but I appreciate it very much that you do. ^^
@@drjekyllmrheil1001 I like both quite a bit. There's something to appreciate about how the original was mainly, if not entirely, vocals. But at the same time, this rendition sounds absolutely amazing - each note is perfect. Just listening to it, I can begin to smell dust and aged paper as if... as if it were a story written in millenia ago, and I was reading the book. It's fascinating.
Praise to you. The wait was absolutely worth.
Thank you! I really do hope so^^
Everyone has their own songs it is either sad nor happy.
this still moved me to tears as much as the original song did :)
XRandomXShinigamiX With the original being one of my favourite pieces, this means a lot to me!
repost from silversoldier90 comment (to this song on other video):
I had a name.
Before the dark crept in and I lost myself.
I had a name.
Before being trapped in this endless cycle of death and rebirth.
I had a name.
Before being hauled off to an asylum to rot.
I had a name.
Before being chosen to fulfil a prophecy of which I knew nought.
I had a name.
Before perishing so many times I thought I would go mad.
I had a name.
Before facing the creatures of nightmares and losing myself to this quest.
I had a name.
Before facing the man whom I once thought a god, now reduced to a husk.
I had a name.
I had a name...
Was it "Jan Schropfer" by chance?
no, found this on some remix of this song. Poster was silversoldier90. That poem really suit the song as the song inspires this poem, so I reposted it on 2-3 videos with mentioning the original poster.
I know, it was a joke.
You may laugh now.
*silence*
*bows and scurries offstage*
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan can't wait to play this!
Thank you!
The current sheet music (which is the same as in the video,) unfortunately has 2 little errors, I'll (hopefully) upload a corrected version within the next 48 hours.
DrJekyll MrHeil corrected versions of both MIDI and pdf are up, enjoy!
This is absolutely beautiful. You capture the tone perfectly. Your hard work definitely shows through this piece!
Thank you, guitar cover coming soon?^^
5:45 thanks for the annotation, it shows you care :)
All I'm left with is wow... Beautiful arrangement, I am truly touched. I think you did justice to the original, well done.
Thanks!
this is incredible! thank you for the work put into this arrangement.
801music Thank you!
I'm glad you like it!
Esta melodia relaja. 🤗
How interesting, I love the sound, and the way it was composed! You did a wonderful job👍!
Kailey Kruse Thank you!
Faannn-tabulous!
Thank you!
Oh man, so good. As always.
Seedy Vagrant Thank you!
That's absolutely amazing!!
PhantomPianist91 Thank you!
This song reminds me of seigemeyer when he died sorry if I spelled it incorrectly I cried for 2 hours because of all the times I killed all of the people and animals in dark souls maybe that's why it's called dark souls because after playing it and feeling the emotions of killing and slathering every one you just feel dead hollow but playing dark souls was such a challenge and now after all of that I've still been thinking why this all happened in all of the series of souls games guess will have to wait until the dlc of dark souls 3 Maybe.
Simply perfect!
+Petter Adolfsson Thanks!
As usual, you did an awesome work! Bearer of the curse! ^^
Thank you, but I'm still a bit mad at you for your April fools video...poor Zanarkand :'(
Haha, I'm sooooorry :)
es tan hermoso
First of all you do an amazing job making these arrangements, and i hope you make more Dark Souls arrangements soon. So seeing as your a Souls fan, do you think you will be doing any Bloodborne arrangements someday?
Jace G I have to be honest, I don't like the Bloodborne soundtrack nearly as much as the other Souls soundtracks. but there are some tracks I like and consider right now, so not all is lost.
Also, thank you!
Reminding me of everything I've ever done annnnnnnnnd now it's gone
+Ong Yin Zhe Get outta here, katana-bro!
OMG. Sounds so beautifull :')
Zidane Mina And now for the last one of this batch:
Thank you!
^^
DrJekyll MrHeil
xD Triple Combo. Keep up the amazing work
Ahhh... Endlich! Danke! :)
***** Better late than never ^^
well done piano warrior!
Amazing, well done!
Thank you!
your arrangements are amazing!! are you to pick up all by ear? wish i had the skills to do such wonderful job you just gained a sub from me
Dark Lullaby Thank you!
Yes, it's all done by ear (unless someone already arranged it before me, then I use that as help, but that is unfortunately almost never the case)
DrJekyll MrHeil i usually start my arrangements either from a midi or from someone else´s sheets, i´m not good at picking up notes by ear and belive me i tried. seeing how good you are, would you be interested in doing a few arrangements in collab with me? thanks and keep up the awesome work ;)
Dark Lullaby I'm not good at it either. It takes a lot of time and concentration for me, so the arranging afterwards is pretty much the reward for the hard work of transcribing.
Whether I'm interested in a collab depends on a lot of things (whether I like the original, how the process will be split up, how much time I have etc.), so it'd be best if you'd send me a message where you tell me all these things as detailed as you can.
First of all, this is great stuff.
Some of the tremolos felt bit off to me though, specifically the single note ones or the ones on the lower left hand notes. Bar 50-52 come to mind here, I like what you were going for, though for my personal tastes I feel like the repetition of the notes was excessive in a piece that is generally quite haunting. It sounds jarring or out of place to me (though, maybe it's just the reverb that is messing with my head). On the other hand, when you use it in 159-173, it sounds amazing.
Just my 2 cents : ).
I'm also enjoying your other arrangements, keep it up!
Thank you for your critique!
I just listened to the Bars 50-52 and have to say I like those tremolos.
I do encourage everyone to play my arrangements as they feel they sound best, so those tremolos are just 'my opinion' and everyone should feel free to disagree with it. ^^
Perfectly harmonical...
Thank you!
The piano version has a halo vibe to it.
Yeah? I never noticed, but I haven't listened to the Halo soundtracks since Halo 3.
Lord Taco It also has a Final Fantasy kinda vibe.
Lord Taco 2:55 literally part of the halo 3 theme :3
May I please use this for a video?
It fits so well and I'll credit and link you like I always do
Sure, the only thing you have to watch out for is that if you monetize it, Namco can claim (a part of) the money since they hold the rights for the original track.
Good luck with your project and thanks for crediting me!
DrJekyll MrHeil THANK YOU
[Smothering with praise]
[continuing praising]
But #impossible #toplay
FlyingJetpack1 impossible for you, or impossible in general?^^
AFAIK every part is playable.
DrJekyll MrHeil Impossible for me lol, It's made for two hands, I can see that it's playable, but I don't think I'll be able to play this any time soon o_o...
Yus!
This sounds so good. I beg of you good sir, could I obtain the sheet music to this arrangement anywhere?
Bless you
also is this playable on guitar?
+Fahri Maulana *achoo*
It depends on what you mean with playable.
Exactly like the sheet music here?
Definitely no.
Good enough to make it recognizable?
Definitely yes.
You'd have to take the time to arrange it for guitar though.
+DrJekyll MrHeil this music sheet is the simple than other i can find, maybe this is a good reference for my guitar tabs
*praisemore
Well done :]
+Himura Kenshin Thanks!
How do you get the tremolos in the last few bars so smoothly?
2:55 legit part of the halo 3 theme lol
On bar 78, are the bass notes played for 1 1/2 beats, or 2? Because it sounds like it was played it for 2, and when I tried 1 1/2, it sounded really sudden and awkward.
Scorpio The Scorpion This arrangement was mostly made through MIDI, which in my experience is hard to make sound absolutely perfect. So it’s probably not the guys fault
scared baby
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Please no hate comments.
Hi could you fix the link, I'm trying to get the sheet music