I thought the spiral Knights title theme is cool, with a nice relaxing theme to it. So I wanted to try to play it on piano.
Problem I cant get the music...
The first person who sends me the sheet music for piano to xdrasimo@gmail.com will get 200 CE possibly more depending on what I have at the time.
Thanks for reading this.
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The cradle theme song is the best for me are you talking about that
Hey, I can do an arrangement for piano for you, no prob. Specify for me exactly which part and I'll whip up a pdf today.^^
So the title theme as I understand it is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wYW1uEMOuc
Is that right?
Hey, you should record it and post a link! I'd love to hear the result.
My son is napping now, so I started decoding this lovely prelude in c minor. ^^ Thank you so much for chiming in "Listener!" I'll totally post a link to the finale playback of it as soon as I can get it off the paper and into the box. For a fellow composer I sure am lousy on the keys. I can mash it out but it isn't pretty. xD
Anyway, I'll totally post a link to the software playback. I'd be honored if you listened to it!
Well, here it is. I could only manage so much in the duration of my 10mo old son's nap, but he's up now and here's what I came up with. I posted a file of the clunky software pianist performing my arrangement. I could get much more ornate with it as I didn't capture everything, but here's a basic piano part that even I could play (if i practiced it a little lol). Also, my commission is only 200ce... so it's like... yeah you get what you pay for hahaha. If anyone (especially Harry) is interested in a more thorough version, let me know and I'll keep working on it.
Here's a link to a soundcloud page that has the audio file. I will privately email a copy of the score to the OP to claim my reward, but feel free to enjoy that and some other old crusty home-recorded jams from back in the day.
That is beautiful, Virtuewis. Thank you for sharing Title on the Piano.
Any chance you could provide a download link of the score? I'd really like to play this too.
Spiral Knights has a Title Theme? What is it? The battle music? The haven music? The logon music?
@ Qwote and Xylka-Mkii: Thanks so much for listening! I will email the score to anyone who wants it, but I wouldn't want to post it somewhere public without SK or Harry's permission. You can mail me in game with an email address you'd like me to send it to. ^^ It's not exactly "done" yet. I still have to add some directions and a couple harmony notes. I listened to it today and noticed that I need to fix a few notes at the end and fill in the harmony a little more. It will be totally playable though! ^^
@ Batabii: Your third guess is correct (logon music). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wYW1uEMOuc
I'll do a little more polishing on this one and repost the music. It will sound way better with the finishing touches. Stay tuned!
Can't wait to hear it :D
EDIT: Isn't Harry Mack's forum name "Listener", if I recall correctly? o:
@ Xylka-Mkii: Yeah, it is! It's such an honor for me because I'm a huge fan. Doing this arrangement for 200 ce is like... not the best payment for my work, but you know it's a labor of love because I'm all about the SK soundtrack. So I spent a couple of hours on it yesterday, which many of you already listened to, but I put some more time into it this afternoon and I posted the resulting audio file on that same page:
https://soundcloud.com/total-listener
It should be the one at the top of my page: "Spiral Knights title theme". It has more of the feel of the actual music as if someone was actually playing it instead of the notation playback. I had to add some stuff in there for it to do that correctly, but I think it came out really well for what it is. I kept it simple so that it ought to be playable by any of you who are actual pianists (I'm a hack). Again if anyone wants to learn this piece, just message me in game and I'll email you a pdf.
Thanks to anyone who gives it a listen! :D
@ Virtuewis
Yay, my memory isn't completely dead yet :D
Also thanks again for arranging this for piano. 200CE isn't much, and I wish I could pay you too (I've been trying to learn the title theme by ear for a looong time) though at the moment I'm broke >_<
I do plan on coming back to playing Spiral knights more often soon enough. Gotta save up for a better computer first off, and then start grinding for CE and whatnot. I'll be sure to give my share too for the sheet music. Wouldn't be fair to just walk off like that x3
But yeah, can't wait to hear more! :)
Perhaps a complete piano collection of SK's soundtrack in the near future? (assuming its funded lol)
I'd gladly pay some good money for that. (And don't hold me to that, because as previously stated, I'm poor. :<
Hey V,
I'm more than a little impressed by this. You did a wonderful job figuring out how to condense a lot of nonsense into a playable, almost respectable, piano piece. Thanks a lot for your time and effort.
If I had to change anything it would be at the 1:34 mark, highlighting the e-flat as the melody note instead of the d, which acts more of a grace note, but it's such a tiny nitpick I'm ashamed to even mention it.
I was curious about the ending however, choosing to end it minor instead of moving to major. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQBZRi532ag
In one case it leave the whole thing a bit doleful (not necessarily a bad thing), but in the other, you get to end on a picardy third! Which is lovely if only for an unnecessary star trek reference.
Thanks again, I for one greatly appreciated listening to it.
Woohooo! Thanks so much for listening!!!!!! Oh, and happy Father's Day!
I agree with you about the end (1:34 on to the double bar, I'll look into that Eb). No shame in good constructive criticism sir! It means so much to me that you would have any comments at all. I cut the end a bit short but only because of time constraints. Now that I'm out of school (as of this week), I'll have tons of time to work on some new projects. I'll definitely finish up the Title all the way to the picardy 3rd (lol star trek) and add a couple others that would work well for piano to make a little SK suite or something. I was also thinking about arranging a couple of other SK favorites for acoustic instruments. I'd love to hear some of this stuff for string quartet! Let me know if you have any special requests! And Listener, thanks for the inspiration!
Listener :D
And @Virtuewis, if its not much trouble, could I request the Clockwork Terminal theme (if that's the name. The song where Basil is located in the Arcade. I can't recall if that's just the title theme, or if its a different version of the theme. Its been too long since I've been there.) And perhaps the Main theme (Plays at the battle just before the Royal Jelly boss.) And Haven theme... because its haven :3
Other than that, hearing a mix of upbeat and calm tunes would be nice in the "mix" Sky Islands Day and Day Action would be a good example. And for lols adding the Mission Complete tune at the very end :3
Sorry if that's a lot, but I love the music from this game too much >w<
Found the links:
http://youtu.be/6YWuF6_HU8E <--- Main Theme
http://youtu.be/MkUNpjz6gT0 <--- Sky Island Day Action
http://youtu.be/s8WV0uzELf0 <--- Sky Islands Day
http://youtu.be/1prVJLPIb1A <--- Haven
double edit: http://youtu.be/xVfQQKmMagw <-- What my memory thought was the Basil stop at the Clockworks. Might sound better for strings though, so maybe no-go for that one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj9_Ooq1FBY&feature=share&list=PLD673DDEB... <--- Playlist of all if not most of the songs.
If I could, I'd request all the songs, but I wouldn't want to put all of it on you at once x3 (Plus I think arranging Whitespace Swarm or the Unknown passage for piano would be torture lol)
Eventually having a complete cover for the soundtrack would be incredible though.
EDIT: And maybe some of that classic FSC battle music? :3 I'm asking for way too much >_<
Oh man, that youtuber Harry linked to has the full versions of the music not found in the game files! Wonder why it hasn't been taken down yet.
Before I log on tonight, I wanted to drop by and thank the OP, Xdras for meeting up with me in game. He hooked me up with a nice tip and we proceeded to shred the depths a bit. Good times.
Also, @ Xylka-Mkii: Those tunes would be pretty tough to make into a convincing solo piano piece. I'd rather try some other ensemble with them. Some day... /sigh There was one that lent itself to solo piano quite well though: http://youtu.be/s8WV0uzELf0. I jammed around on it and came up with this: https://soundcloud.com/total-listener. It should be at the top of the page called "Spiral Knights Sky Islands for piano." Check it out, I think it rocks. It's one of my SK favorites for sure.
Thanks for doing this Virtuewis. I immensely enjoyed listening to that Sky Islands track. Absolutely wonderful. :)
Please make more!
Simply awesome :D sky islands was one of my favorites of the game too
I should buy some bow rosin and fix up my violin. Getting an ensemble together actually sounds like a good idea o:
Calling all Spiral Musicians!
Awwww, thanks ya'll. I really like that one too! The original Sky Islands is a pretty sweet jam. I would rock that even if there was never a game to back it up, haha. I really love that groove! It is in notation as well (that's how I work, I just put everything into notation first), so if anyone needs a copy of that score just message me in game as a few of you have already done. Anyway, I have one more on my piano list for now. I'll probably get around to it this weekend if I'm lucky. Next stop: Haven! :D
I'll put it on that same soundcloud page and drop by with another link here when I get it done.
https://soundcloud.com/total-listener
peace
Hello!
I know this thread is ages old, but I have recently started learning piano and developed this craving for playing some of SK's tracks. There is, however, almost no sheet music available online.
@Virtuewis, if you happen to read this and still have the files from back then, could I please ask you to come into contact with me? I would try through soundcloud, but the linked user profile seems to have been deleted.
Or if anyone else should read this and have some sheet music of their own, please contact me as well.
It would mean a lot to me.
You can find me as "Tengor" on steam or discord.
Only one tip is location of music file: ...Spiral Knights\rsrc\full-music-bundle.jar
For 90% you won't get sheet.