[PS1] Xenogears - "Faraway Promise" by Libera

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Submission Information:
Series: Xeno
Game: Xenogears
Console: PlayStation
Title: Faraway Promise
Instrumentation Solo Piano
Arranger: Libera

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[Libera]

[Latios212]

I love this song

Things:
- m. 1/5 beat 1: I hear an A above the F in the left hand
- Not sure if you're going for direct transcription at the beginning since octaves are (rightfully) omitted in favor of just the main melody in m. 9+, but in m. 3 beat 3 I hear the B octave doubled in the left hand, and in m. 4 beats 3-4 I hear the E and C octave doubled
- m. 22 beat 1: I hear a B instead of E in the left hand
- I could be wrong and this may just be up to interpretation but I think the dotted quarter in m. 27/31/35 could be written as the E instead. This would simplify things a bit, at least visually
- The high C in m. 33 beat 3 isn't there
- The upper C in the LH of m. 39 isn't strictly necessary. Conversely, I think it might do nicely in m. 38.

[Libera]

Thanks for checking!

I love this song

The actual version is better but also ... harder to put on piano.  I think this works pretty nicely.

I love this song

Things:
- m. 1/5 beat 1: I hear an A above the F in the left hand
- m. 22 beat 1: I hear a B instead of E in the left hand
- The upper C in the LH of m. 39 isn't strictly necessary. Conversely, I think it might do nicely in m. 38.

All of these adjusted.

- Not sure if you're going for direct transcription at the beginning since octaves are (rightfully) omitted in favor of just the main melody in m. 9+, but in m. 3 beat 3 I hear the B octave doubled in the left hand, and in m. 4 beats 3-4 I hear the E and C octave doubled

Yes the idea was to only do the doubling in the opening and in the last few bars.  Some of these seem fainter than others, but I've put them all in.

- I could be wrong and this may just be up to interpretation but I think the dotted quarter in m. 27/31/35 could be written as the E instead. This would simplify things a bit, at least visually

Yeah it's not super clear what the voicing here is meant to be.  I tried to go follow roughly what happens in the proper version (although it doesn't fit 100%).  This is what feels right to me and I decided that it didn't really affect how the outcome sounds so I've left it as it is for now.  Let me know if you have any strong feelings about it though.

- The high C in m. 33 beat 3 isn't there

Oh whoops that bar is completely wrong.  I must've copied it over with bar 29 when I trying to make the rolls look consistent and forgot to fix it.  Thanks!


Files updated.

[Latios212]

The actual version is better but also ... harder to put on piano.  I think this works pretty nicely.

Yeah for sure, it's a nice quick sight read. One day though... maybe we'll have the full version

- I could be wrong and this may just be up to interpretation but I think the dotted quarter in m. 27/31/35 could be written as the E instead. This would simplify things a bit, at least visually

Yeah it's not super clear what the voicing here is meant to be.  I tried to go follow roughly what happens in the proper version (although it doesn't fit 100%).  This is what feels right to me and I decided that it didn't really affect how the outcome sounds so I've left it as it is for now.  Let me know if you have any strong feelings about it though.

Since it's not really clear (and doesn't really matter much, as it'll sound the same anyway) I'd opt for the E just to make it simpler to read. What you have is fine though, if you want to keep it.

Everything else looks good so I'll approve!

[Bloop]

Definitely looking good, cute song! The only thing I noticed is that in m2 beat 4, I heard an F below the A in the R.H. (pretty much like the first note in m1), but that's all ^^

[Libera]

Sure, we can have that one too.

Thanks for checking, files updated.

[Bloop]

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