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Ah gee this is hard. Here's some, excluding Smash games

Your post took me a while! That's also because I rediscovered a site my father used to listen to, and now usually listen to that instead of to video game soundtracks.

(I skipped the soundtracks you were uncertain about and the soundtracks I had listened to and reacted to before)

NES: Kirby's Adventure

Very fun! There's nothing more I have to say about it, I think.

Switch: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (surprise!)

It seems like the video I listened to isn't on YouTube anymore, so I'll have to go off memory: an interesting soundtrack. A lot of empty pieces, that sounded nice but didn't have a sense of direction. There were also some more traditional themes, most of which were rather nice. Oddly though, nothing really stood out, except for the trailer theme.

Game Boy: Pokémon Red and Blue

So happy!!! The melodies are very memorable, and the basslines and other voices very nice as well. And the sound as a whole is just so sweet.

Game Boy Advance: Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

A very cheery soundtrack! I like it.

PlayStation: Chrono Cross

This one's really good! The sound quality is amazing, and because there's singing at the end, I assume it is a real recording, and not of tracker format? Some tracks reminded me of Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons. I'll be listening to this more, as it's also on the site I referred to at the beginning of this post.

PC: Undertale

Interesting! There are quite some different styles in here, and yet also much of the same melodies. I feel like this soundtrack will make a lot more sense in the context of the game.

Wii U: Mario Kart 8

I like it. It didn't impress me, as I have come to expect much from the Mario Kart franchise, but it certainly doesn't disappoint! There are some very nice new themes, and the rearrangements of old songs are well-done as well.

I hadn't played sheet music in a while, so recently I started printing sheets for Good Bye Lenin! by Yann Tiersen. I've now played almost all themes (that were included with the sheet music, there's more on the soundtrack that nobody made sheets for, probably because they don't actually include piano), but I also replay others, as I really love the soundtrack. Almost all pieces are rather easy to play, too, which is nice, as I don't read sheet music very well, and if it'd be too complicated I would be looking at my hands more than at the sheet.

Ah, thanks! I thought there might be a third option, but I figured you would tell me even if I didn't ask for it. I will look into that! It would be nice to not obscure beats, as I transcribed the piece in question because I'm having trouble playing the rhythms (I usually go from study by ear straight to piano, without sheet music in between).

Hi, it's me again!

I was wondering which of these you would prefer?

I feel like the first looks nicer, but the second is easier to play.

Nice!

In case anyone stumbles across this and wants to know what I ended up with: here's what I've got for now. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZjUa34d2SqIU3vuT9p0cc35sAOxGdZ2w
However, the end sounds really lacklustre without the part from the beginning in. Unfortunately, the parts are too far apart to play with one hand, and transposing either of the two down or up an octave sounds weird and plays weird.

Could you teach me?

Just quote the post and see what's wrong (too late now, I fixed it). In this case, apparently the url BB code on this board doesn't need quotation marks around the url, and thus added another https:// in front of the address, and read the quotation marks as part of it. Anyway:

It would also be easier to read, easier to practice... your choice.

Ah, that would have been nice then... I suppose I should have checked this again before I continued writing it down (which is a bit of a pain in MuseScore 2: it's much harder to use than I remembered it to be).

You should try to rewrite it in 4/4 swing, would look a lot better I think.

I'm not an NSM arranger, so a sheet looking good isn't an advantage.

I just noticed the dot behind the note in the tempo mark, that makes it quicker!

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This should be it.

Thank you, that looks a whole lot better... I was playing with 16th and 32nd notes. But am I right in thinking you didn't set the right tempo? I'll input it into a notation software myself soon, so I can figure it out. (I tried to just now using a metronome, but got confused)

Hello, would anyone here know how to transcribe the rhythm at the beginning of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature's Title Theme?
Here's a link to a YouTube video.
I've been trying to figure it out for an hour or so, as I can play the rhythm by feel, but when doing the bass walk-up to the main theme that doesn't work, as I have to combine things.

Ah, okay! So it's written as a G# instead of an A(b) to reflect it being the fifth, in this example. I'm not sure about the rest, though. I'll consider whether to keep it like this or make it look less cluttered, and perhaps ask someone IRL.

:/ I guess it was a mistake? Then why hasn't it been fixed? I feel like there might be a reason for it instead... What do you, reader, think? Was it a mistake, or might there be some reason for this notation?

As the guy who fixed up the arrangement, the only thing that was omitted in the piano version is an eight note A natural in the second voice first beat of measure 10. Everything else is 100% accurate and should work fine on organ.

What do you think? Did you did the G#'s and such?

Huh, I was done, I thought, but then I noticed there are lots of unnecessary sharps in the sheet. I could fix them by pressing up and then down again, but I wonder why they are there at all? After all, this sheet was fixed up by FireArrow, apparently. Then why are there for example, G#'s in the sheet? If you'd simply put an A, it's the same tone.