Portal 2 x Chopin - "Halls of Black Keys" [Piano Cover/Etude] || DS Music
Channel: DS Music
Date: 07/09/2019

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   So this has been an idea that's been a while in the making...
   I haven't done a classical music montage ever since the Great Fairy Fountain x Fantasie Impromptu (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time x Chopin) years ago, so I thought Year 6 would be a great time to bust out some new classical piano etude mashups! I've loved the Portal 2 OST to death since middle school, but figuring out a song to play on piano from its exhaustive electronic soundtrack is hard. Halls of Science 4 is a simple enough yet semi-iconic tune from the multiplayer campaign of the game, but I wanted to give it a bit more pizzazz in some way since it would be pretty boring if I just played it as is. 
   Suddenly one day, I had the realization that one of the arpeggios in the song had the same notes as the first run in Chopin's famous Black Keys Etude (Op. 10 No. 5) and BAM that got the creative juices flowing. While this isn't exactly a perfect amalgamation of the two sources, I took the main notes and chords from Halls of Science 4 and tried to give them the hyped up energy of Black Keys Etude to the best of my ability (and play as many black keys as possible :P).
   So I hope you enjoy this classical/modern music experiment! If you like it, I got some more complex and difficult ideas in mind that I might be able to try out 👀 Also let me know if y'all like the Saturday uploads or if you want it to go back to Friday afternoon, I'm kind of experimenting with scheduling too now.
   Stay classy, pianists,
   DS

P.S. Hope you enjoy the Synthesia FX in this one!
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Equipment used:
   Microphone: Tonor TC-2030
   DAW: Logic Pro X
   Electric keyboard: Yamaha P-80
   Piano VST: Ravenscroft 275
   MIDI to USB: iConnectivity mio
   Camera: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
   Video Software: Adobe Premiere Pro

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