VGM arrangements

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Banjo-Kazooie

Mad Monster Mansion

• Verbatim transcription (2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • For a fairly eclectic collection of instruments. Sadly there are no spooky noises but NotePerformer has a surprisingly decent theremin.

Breath Of Fire

Fate (Sara’s Theme)

• Close transcription (c. 2015?)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • For piano, glockenspiel, strings, I think that’s it.

Chrono Cross

Scars Of Time

• Verbatim transcription (2019?)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • Involves woodwind, guitars, strings, and a couple of types of drum.
• Piano duet arrangement (2019?)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)

Crash Bandicoot

Rockslide Rumble

• Orchestration (2019)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • A fairly heavy adaptation of what was originally some a cappella vocalisations.

Final Fantasy (general)

Theme

• Harmonisation (2021)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • A harmonisation of the main theme, originally based on the version at the end of FF6 but adapted to fit the traditional rules of four-part harmony.

Final Fantasy VI

Medley

• Orchestration (2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • Featuring: Omen (0:00), Kids Run Through The City (0:57), Coin Song (2:05), Locke (4:22), Setzer (5:23). Written just after I’d started playing the game and had no idea what most of these tracks actually referred to.

Terra

• Arrangement (2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • A short arrangement/reharmonisation for piano, strings, and woodwind.

Final Fantasy VII

Prelude

• Piano arrangement (2016)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • A valiant attempt to allow arpeggios and chords to be played simultaneously.

Tifa’s Theme

• Piano arrangement (2016)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
• Orchestration (2018)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • For a school orchestra-style setup (common instruments only), based on the version from the FFVII Piano Collections.

Dear To The Heart

• Piano arrangement (2016)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • Arranged before I was even really a Final Fantasy fan.

The Great Warrior

• Piano arrangement (2020)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • There is an egregious error in this, which I may correct at some point.

Jackpot

• Piano arrangement (2016)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • a.k.a. the traditional FF victory theme.

Words Drowned By Fireworks

• Piano arrangement (2016)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • Actually arranged because of some other fandom I was in, but I guess we’re here now.

Judgement Day

• Piano arrangement (2020)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • Possibly my favourite entry in the soundtrack.

Final Fantasy VIII

The Landing

• MIDI-based orchestration (2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • Based on an accurate MIDI, expanded to full orchestra, and I even wrote a brief coda instead of ending it on a fadeout.

Waltz For The Moon

• MIDI-based orchestration (2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • Based on a MIDI and expanded.

Unrest

• Cleaned/engraved MIDI (2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • For strings and bass.

Fisherman’s Horizon

• Cleaned/engraved MIDI (2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • For piano, flute, clarinet (?) and a probably not technically playable harmonica part.

Final Fantasy IX

Sleepless City Treno

• Verbatim transcription (2022)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • For piano.

Final Fantasy X

Battle

• Piano arrangement (2021)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • An attempt to write down what I ended up playing most times I sat at the piano in 2021.

Blitzball Gamblers

• Orchestration (2021)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • A fairly vanilla orchestration.

Auron’s Theme

• Mostly verbatim transcription (2021)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • I replaced the synth with woodwinds but it’s pretty accurate otherwise.

Daughter Of The High Summoner

• Verbatim transcription (2021)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • FFX goes hard on the triangle.

Revealed Truth

• Verbatim transcription (2021)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • For string ensemble (not string quartet) and triangle.

Final Fantasy XIV

Without Shadow

• Piano arrangement (2022)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • For Unconventional Fanworks Exchange 2022.

Final Fantasy XVI

Rooftops: The Crystalline Dominion

• Verbatim transcription (2023)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • For string ensemble, piano, percussion; possibly my favourite entry in the soundtrack, although I’m not unbiased.

A City In Ruin

• Verbatim transcription (2023)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • For string ensemble, occurs after the above.

Heal

• Verbatim transcription (2023)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • Guess who my favourite character in this game is.

Final Fantasy Tactics

Antipyretic

• MIDI orchestration (2022)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • Yet another game I haven’t played.

Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius

Duel

• Piano arrangement (2021)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • The usual battle theme. This isn’t one of my favourite final fantasies, but the soundtrack has a lot of bangers.

Kirby

Gourmet Race To Green Greens

• Piano arrangement (2018?)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • Based on the “Chamber Music” orchestral medley released for the 20th anniversary of the franchise.

Pokémon

Theme

• The theme from the anime, so I suppose it should really be on a different page.
• Piano arrangement (2016)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
• String quartet arrangement (2019?)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)

Gen 3 battles

• A vaguely ongoing project to convert the various battle themes in the gen 3 games to nice (although potentially unplayable) sheet music.
• battle20 (cleaned/engraved MIDI, c. 2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
• battle27 (cleaned/engraved MIDI, c. 2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
• battle30 (cleaned/engraved MIDI, c. 2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
• battle31 (cleaned/engraved MIDI, c. 2020)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)

Rival Battle (from Gold, Silver, Crystal)

• Piano arrangement (2022)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • For Unconventional Fanworks Exchange 2022.

Route 113 (from Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald)

• Cleaned/engraved MIDI (2022)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • For flute, clarinet, bassoon, two horns, trumpet, timpani, kit, shaker, harp, and strings.

Sonic The Hedgehog

Sonic 1: Staff Roll

• Piano arrangement (2018?)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
• Small orchestra arrangement (2018?)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • For common instruments only.

Sonic 2 medley

• Orchestration (2019)
  
  • score (pdf)
  • all parts (zip)
  • Based on the Staff Roll, expanded to include longer versions of the themes: Staff Roll (0:00), Metropolis Zone (0:15), Emerald Hill Zone (1:04), Chemical Plant Zone (1:45), Mystic Cave Zone (2-player) (2:40), Aquatic Ruin Zone (3:12), Mystic Cave Zone (3:54), Casino Night Zone (2-player) (4:52), Hill Top Zone (5:26), Casino Night Zone (5:51), Main Theme (6:43).

Sonic 2: Casino Night Zone

• Piano arrangement (2018?)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • Quick piano arrangement.

Sonic Forces: Fist Bump

• Verbatim transcription (2020)
  
  • sheet music (pdf)
  • The solo piano version. Someone on YouTube asked for this and I guess I went and did it. What an absolute mad lad.