I played To Zanarkand on piano at a wedding

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Ай бұрын

“Listen to my story, this may be our last chance.”
Whether you're a fan of Final Fantasy X, a lover of beautiful piano music, or simply someone who appreciates the magic of weddings, this performance promises to transport you to a realm where dreams and melodies intertwine. Join me on this musical journey and let the enchantment of To Zanarkand resonate in your soul.
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Пікірлер: 621

@kaelinvictus6039 Ай бұрын

If this ain't playing at my funeral I'm not going.

@grieveromega6060 Ай бұрын

People die, Yuna dances.

@reffk5306 Ай бұрын

...how?!

@sharadaarun6222 Ай бұрын

@@grieveromega6060 ... When will she stop dancing? When will it stop?

@jeread5193 Ай бұрын

Mine's gonna be 'The Oath' from FF8

@SpectreNight Ай бұрын

@@reffk5306 Gets up from the morgue and walks home.

@HooLeePhucingSheet Ай бұрын

My neck would snap so hard around to see who was playing this, it would turn into a funeral.

@StrikerEureka85 29 күн бұрын

i can imagine this music beginning to play and someone turns their head around exorcist style lol

@Otstrava 27 күн бұрын

Right there with ya buddy. Like my cat when he hears the soft food can opening.

@Sheogorath-vn6pb 21 күн бұрын

The old 360 head turn, totally normal I'm sure!

@Lygre 14 күн бұрын

A sequel to the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, anyone?

@failegion7828 14 күн бұрын

Player might have had to switch to One Winged Angel with how many bodies be piling up.

@YourBestieEstie Ай бұрын

"Listen to my story. This may be our last chance."

@italifacts1461 Ай бұрын

_A perfect quote for a wedding._

@Seiji857 Ай бұрын

"This is my story, it'll go the way I want or I'll end it here."

@zephyrias Ай бұрын

This line lives rent free in my head

@XCsuperstarr2010 25 күн бұрын

Jesus. 31 years old instantly turned 9, again.

@scatterbraineddaily4722 25 күн бұрын

That's how the groom starts his vows.

@abegosum Ай бұрын

The fact that this is the first song in the game is a real gut-punch. It's *painfully* beautiful.

@Nempo13 11 күн бұрын

Especially when you hear it later on after you realize just what the situation is...and how hopeless the main character's situation is personally while they lie to everyone to keep their spirits up.

@zackjdl Ай бұрын

I LOVE that my generation is getting to the age where we're able to do this type of stuff.

@AquiousK Ай бұрын

I’m in my mid 30s and I finally got fed up wanting to do something creative. I downloaded a guitar lesson app with the goal of playing my favorite songs from Final Fantasy and other RPG’s. I do find it a bit amusing that “traditional” music wasn’t motivational enough lol

@THEFINALHAZARD 27 күн бұрын

@@AquiousKit makes perfect sense to me honestly. I’ve been more moved, inspired, and touched by games and their music than I ever have by the “classic composers” and it’s what gave me my entire love of music and the drive to learn to play, too.

@moneyball32 23 күн бұрын

@@AquiousKvideo game music is what got me into electric guitar 18 years ago. Don’t stop playing! 15 min a day even if you don’t want to at the time-you won’t regret it :)

@l_ifeefi_l1998 Ай бұрын

Nobuo is one of the greatest soundtrack composer ever

@AnyLastWords_ Ай бұрын

Yes.

@Soujiro171 Ай бұрын

Agreed!

@FayBlue_ Ай бұрын

Yes❤

@rofo666rlz 28 күн бұрын

Him and Mr Soken

@zealous944 17 күн бұрын

I truely hope his work transcends the fact it was written for videogames and is remembered as neoclassical classics.

@belm7448 17 күн бұрын

One of the best Final Fantasy intro songs in the entire series. To this day, I still play it on my PS4 JUST to hear this song. A true classic.

@pohpiheno 15 күн бұрын

Light waves ain’t no joke either

@PyromancerRift 12 күн бұрын

Because we went from low bit to crappy games so fast. But FF6 intro is epic.

@Chibiterasu723 Ай бұрын

It's been years and it still makes me tears up

@going2021 Ай бұрын

Such a nostalgic song I love it so i understand you on that

@gerardfarresfranch7242 27 күн бұрын

22 years I believe...

@twiggyuno 13 күн бұрын

I’m with you on that

@noctisluciscaelum2960 10 күн бұрын

Every single time.

@blackpow3r 6 күн бұрын

💯 Just hearing this song plays the ending scenes in my head I can't...😭😭😭

@CookieTestsThings 14 күн бұрын

This was the song my wife walked down the aisle too. Good to see another man of culture 😊

@omathitis8498 12 күн бұрын

We're dwindling, unfortunately, due to all these wokeness going around 😢 If we all go down into the night, I would drift back into the Dream with this song playing on the background. It has been a pleasure going down this path, comrade.

@majornugzzz5424 12 күн бұрын

As did my wife. ❤

@sharpcircle6875 10 күн бұрын

@@omathitis8498 Bro why are you talking about wokeness here? Everyone who played this liked this sh*t, it's not political 😭

@chris_the_5th 7 күн бұрын

@sharpcircle6875 maybe because of the steady decline of marriages? Idk lol

@omathitis8498 5 күн бұрын

@@sharpcircle6875 only true gamer would understand.

@GilgaMax305 Ай бұрын

The fact that those people weren't even taking a moment to truly appreciate the music was devastating, lol

@paladinfinancial 26 күн бұрын

Walking through aimlessly, not noticing...a metaphor of missing many treasures of life

@RamChop451 24 күн бұрын

Honestly I'm sure a bunch of them who probably naturally have no gaming experience, will likely think back on this wedding and ponder over the distant memory of such melodies. The ambiance the songs bring likely have painted this wedding in a very unique way for the attendees

@somethang9264 19 күн бұрын

I'm sure someone in the crowd recognized it

@gregoryrivera3940 16 күн бұрын

It's truly a....Sin. Fiends, the lot of 'em.

@TheShootingstarhero 16 күн бұрын

@somethang9264 I doubt it, most of the people in the background does not look like the type of people who played ff10 back in the day

@DeanG142 Ай бұрын

I remember we met freshman year when I heard you playing this on the piano in the gym.

@JordanDPiano Ай бұрын

Dean is that you! Lol I remember that gym piano 🎹 good times :)

@DeanG142 Ай бұрын

@@JordanDPiano Yeah, man! Love seeing your content and it's been great to see your channel grow! You always choose great songs.

@Jechttt Ай бұрын

If I close my eyes I can see Tidus starring at destroyed Zanarkand. This is a masterpiece.

@marcosdheleno 12 күн бұрын

its was such a perfect play, that i genuinely have to ask if he is really playing or if he is just using a recording, lol. it sounds PERFECT.

@pfyang89 Ай бұрын

Omg! Those people don’t even know how lucky they are!

@benchristopher392 Ай бұрын

This is how I met a good friend of mine.... Walking past his dorm room at university 12 years ago, not knowing who lives there and stopping dead at the sound of To Zanarkand coming through his door being played on a keyboard

@3mileisland516 Ай бұрын

Those guests have NO CLUE, none at all. Beautiful ❤️

@Yesnog05 Ай бұрын

My cousin had this song played in her wedding when she walked down the aisle. It sounded so good that i want it played in my wedding as well!

@Toreadorification Ай бұрын

I wouldn't choose this particular song, regardless of how they faced it with dignity the fate that happened wasn't positive.

@GilgaMax305 28 күн бұрын

@@Toreadorification Cool...

@takatamiyagawa5688 17 күн бұрын

Is it not kind of... sombre, for a wedding?

@gyranix 5 күн бұрын

@@takatamiyagawa5688 Yes this is a very somber song for a wedding. This would be like playing the Hymn of Fayth at a wedding also.

@Digifier Ай бұрын

Even if they don't know where this is from, how are they not awestruck at this masterpiece.

@darkcadence938 Ай бұрын

They have no soul

@CrimsonRayne Ай бұрын

speak now or forever hold their peace, ..... someone stands up, "Listen to my story. This may be our last chance"

@eaglenebula2172 12 күн бұрын

What's even sadder than this beautiful song is that no one recognized it in that room.

@Tindays 15 күн бұрын

The piano is truly a majestic instrument and the man that learns to play the piano is also a majestic man.

@aerozchris7635 13 күн бұрын

true words

@timolampe Ай бұрын

I had the Final Fantasy main theme played on an organ in the church at my wedding. It was soo beautiful.

@metoo7557 Ай бұрын

Them: I know know, I always cry at weddings too You: It's not the wedding, it's the music

@calebokeefe376 Ай бұрын

Waiting around at the wedding reception thinking I wouldn't be catching feelings and then hearing this and the Tifa's theme performance. I would have needed a moment to compose myself.

@emdivine 18 күн бұрын

moment, damn. I might be inconsolable for quite some time

@ailynevensen 14 күн бұрын

Oh I would have lost it 😭

@RafaelMoralesSA 20 күн бұрын

It makes me wonder if there was anyone in attendance who knew the song, or if there was any FFX fan there.... Beatifully executed.

@coltondodger 15 күн бұрын

I love the song, but I'd kind of hope not. I tentatively think that it would be a poor choice to play at a wedding, considering the tone and themes typically associated... I don't think anyone minded, but... well... that's just my thought.

@darthdodge 14 күн бұрын

@@coltondodger why? your signing your life away. that ring is sin and you'll end up being stuck in a make believe spira for the rest of your life

@coltondodger 14 күн бұрын

@@darthdodge If this is your view of marriage- than you should not get married- or be in a serious relationship. Discounting what the American legal system has warped it into... marriage is supposed to be so much more than that. SO many marriages fail because it's treated like a business transaction.

@darthdodge 13 күн бұрын

@@coltondodger luckily I'm not and never want to be again. I have my cat and we is fine thank you. Also I'm not American so can't say how your system is

@coltondodger 13 күн бұрын

@@darthdodge Well, Marriage isn't *Supposed* to be limited by nation, but it's unfortunate you didn't have the right partner. Though to be fair. Though I am not married, and I don't intend to be either. Marriage is a mockery of what it is supposed to be here as well... but there IS something it is supposed to be.

@zhen3142 Ай бұрын

Little did they know the wedding was about to be interrupted by tidus on a tightrope

@thatdoggo5254 13 күн бұрын

Or someone dressed as an Al-bhed to kidnap the bride 😂

@Hawk_of_Battle 11 күн бұрын

Suddenly starts playing Assault during the ceremony. 10/10 would crash wedding again.

@Christopher-Kisby Ай бұрын

I swear if i were at a wedding and someone dropped this banger, i would not leave their side, other than to ply them with drinks to have them continue playing until their hands bled. Beautiful man

@An00bisY00tubis Ай бұрын

In all of my 30 years of gaming, this piece truly stands high above all else. One of the best pieces of music ever composed, bittersweet and connects so strongly to the FFX story. Well played, nailed it on that piano! I bet no one else in the room even know what it was

@mikkdc Ай бұрын

One of THE best pieces of piano music EVER from ANY media, in my opinion. Beautiful rendition.

@MidiboyGregg Ай бұрын

Agreed….that and Aerith’s Theme as well. Final Fantasy period has the best music of any game ever.

@84rinne_moo Ай бұрын

I would have rushed over and asked for Suteki da ne next!! Heck whole FFX soundtrack is a banger!

@phantomninja6079 Ай бұрын

I would wait until the moment you finish and belt as loud as I can "HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!"

@thatdudefromthefuture3346 Ай бұрын

Oh my god hahaha.. my thought exactly.. hahaha

@tocheck8 Ай бұрын

😂

@HooLeePhucingSheet Ай бұрын

Because you just saw a bunch of people die and fought sin and need to vent the stress and PTSD?

@nathanking5137 Ай бұрын

The HA HA HA's in my head sounded just like Tidus 😂

@BadBrad119 27 күн бұрын

I set that as my alarm, and scared the crap out of my fiance

@sabotage6938 Ай бұрын

I haven't heard this song for so many years. Who cuts onions in here? Such a beautiful and at the same time sad song. Great memories.

@cloudbuster100 25 күн бұрын

I would be honestly thanking you for playing one of the best final fantasy themes ever thank you for sharing.

@Brewsquadtv 7 күн бұрын

Im not cryin thinking about a childhood I cant get back, in an era I cant forget...you are.

@TheKhaos1369 16 күн бұрын

The fact that no one at the party is geeking out over this makes me angry and I'm not sure why that's my emotional response.

@eldessia8826 11 күн бұрын

I would have been at that piano watching like a rat up a drainpipe

@leecoll78 11 күн бұрын

I'm with you

@BOSNI2R 11 күн бұрын

Adults being Adults (they don't know what Final Fantasy is) CHAOS has corrupted you.

@shiftymcgee9359 7 күн бұрын

Autism maybe, but yes. The tune was wasted on them.

@rhenestofel 6 күн бұрын

💯

@PandaMonium84871314 13 күн бұрын

Beautiful. This and Aerith's Theme are the only things I ever wanted to learn on piano. Never did, but at least I can hear others play.

@injlor5277 23 күн бұрын

SO GOOD BROTHER. This is my favorite piano piece from any Final Fantasy game

@RenditionLies Ай бұрын

The absolute ignorance of the people in attendance. What a beautiful rendition.

@Hyrule409 29 күн бұрын

To be fair, they're talking to relatives and friends that all probably flew or drove half the country to get together. Weddings and funerals are the only time the vast majority of families get together like this. I know it's beautiful piano, but let's be real here.

@DJBV 16 күн бұрын

Everytime i hear this masterpiece flashes of my time with final fantasy 10 goes through my mind, such a bittersweet story.

@kings5223 9 күн бұрын

Two seconds into this painful masterpiece takes me back 20 years.

@t.e.b.2565 Ай бұрын

What a time to grow up in the golden age of RPGs with such masterpieces

@stephh4908 26 күн бұрын

I would start crying if I heard this during a wedding lmao

@takatamiyagawa5688 17 күн бұрын

Because it's the soundtrack to a bittersweet love story?

@WarriorsPhoto 10 күн бұрын

One of my favorite if not favorite FF songs. Beautifully rendered and this is a great place to play a gentle song like this. Thank you Jordan. 😊

@El_Crazyknight Ай бұрын

Ever since I played my first Final Fantasy (8) when I was like around 10 I was hooked with Video Game soundtracks and Movie soundtracks. I always said video game music is basically the modern version of ''classical music'' and I wish it would get more recognition even have their own prominent spot in awards shows.

@ryno4ever433 Ай бұрын

@El_Crazyknight Nobuo Uematsu specifically takes a lot of classical influence - video game music spans all genres of music however.

@El_Crazyknight Ай бұрын

@@ryno4ever433 oh for sure 100% just saying like someone like Nobuo ,I would put him up there with the classical music geniuses of history in my opinion.

@kingjinendra6521 Ай бұрын

I would have been the first person to walk over taking a video of this masterpiece excellent job brother

@shonen84 Ай бұрын

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing! I remember playing this in my local electronics store a long time ago. Everybody around immediately stopped and listened. Customers, staff... “Final Fantasy eh?” one guy said. Another couple just said nothing but I could see from the look on their faces they knew as well.

@keithmusselman6003 28 күн бұрын

Hearing played on piano does seem to add to the melancholy nature of the game. What a great song.

@Tolinar 18 күн бұрын

Holy cow. The tempo. The pressure. The delays. The performance was flawless. How long have you been practicing this?

@lpgames2908 3 күн бұрын

it's amazing how fast music can take you to a different time.

@TheLok0812 15 күн бұрын

The audacity of the people ignoring this masterpiece!

@DarkPrince080 4 күн бұрын

This song is my happy thought it really feels like a warm hug it makes me feel safe

@arkhaminmate7957 16 күн бұрын

One of the most beautiful pieces in all of the Final Fantasy games. FFX has been & always will be my favorite. The fact that those people didn't recognize what it was from or even take the time to just appreciate such a beautiful song is truly saddening.

@sleepfishl 4 күн бұрын

Beautiful piece. It's been so long... and yet... it's just as emotional as it was a decade ago.

@ThePekitz 5 күн бұрын

Im asking myself why ain't anybody is really paying attention to this beautiful master piece 😢

@craiglind7700 12 күн бұрын

I haven’t heard this in over 20 years and it had me crying in the first couple of bars…

@challicedarkon 19 күн бұрын

LOVE this song.

@drizzo4669 13 күн бұрын

Took like 90 seconds for me to start getting teary-eyed. 😢

@kblargh Ай бұрын

_"Saigo kamoshirenai daro. Dakara, zenbu hanashite okitai'n da."_

@SupahNerd Ай бұрын

"Listen to my story. This...may be our last chance.

@raphaelfrancis4509 10 күн бұрын

Everytime I hear this song.... Right in the feels...

@toufonglo3228 9 күн бұрын

Man…those feelings inside just resurface… why am I feeling emotional suddenly.

@XChronicHash 7 күн бұрын

Hits right in the childhood, takes me back to simpler times

@fandomrandom3155 12 күн бұрын

So goddamn beautiful. I only got through maybe a quarter of the game, but this intro is absolutely iconic and hits me like no other in the franchise.

@deanoxd968 10 күн бұрын

This song moves my heart without fail every time even after all these years

@decha1799 8 күн бұрын

This song always gets me choked up. Such a beautiful piece of music.

@AnatheaceIV 22 күн бұрын

Amazing. Here’s to the first final fantasy I ever played as a kid. ❤️‍🔥

@SecondRunner1 12 күн бұрын

Pure epicness. Lets take a moment, my friends, and cherish this moment.

@dillywillykins21492 Күн бұрын

The fact that you played this and zelda music in the same sitting has me ❤

@NordsternLP 6 күн бұрын

... and no one listened. It was beautyful! Thank you for sharing.

@elvay6847 2 күн бұрын

I'm no pianist, but this seemed like a flawless performance. Beautiful work, Sir.

@JordanDPiano 2 күн бұрын

Thank you :)

@bobbyamos2098 12 күн бұрын

I went to the FF Orchestra and when they played this, alot of the audience was in tears

@The80Kat Ай бұрын

I have loved this song since 2001 bro I was 18.

@joelyjowell3 27 күн бұрын

What a beautiful song fr . And it takes me all the way back home 😢

@StreamingwithJay Ай бұрын

I def would have asked for “Movement in Green”

@edwingomezjr.2482 Ай бұрын

O Zanarkand, you bring back so many memories ❤❤❤❤

@missbradicah Күн бұрын

This sounds so lovely, I would've stopped what I was doing just to listen! Huge Fina Fantasy X fan here!

@Toasty_Llama 14 күн бұрын

This song definitely brought back memories of me playing FFX many years ago. Probably one of my favorite game music songs ever.

@TheRealHarleyQuinn666 12 күн бұрын

I'm crying listening to this. I see my childhood flash before my eyes. These are my favorite FF games. I even have a tattoo of a moogle riding a chocobo and believe it or not I dressed as Rikku to our local nerd convention many years back. Thank you for sharing!!! I cried the whole video

@andykegs5584 22 күн бұрын

I love this melody and the piano is such a beautiful instrument. Eyes always get a little wetter hearing this.

@blackpow3r 6 күн бұрын

Oh my goodness, I would've had a whole experience randomly hearing FFX music being played like this at an event I am attending. 😭😭

@johnnyvansguard869 17 күн бұрын

I’m putting this in my will. Send me off to this song at my funeral. I’m going to zanarkand

@leecarter669 13 күн бұрын

Everytime I hear this song, it absolutely puts me in a trance! I love it. And you played it fantastically!! Thank you for this. One of my favourite games

@goukhanakul 11 күн бұрын

This brought me back to a time long ago in a place filled with mystic and wonder👍

@islahabdur-rahman Ай бұрын

Beautiful bro, thank you for playing this. My favourite game of all time

@going2021 Ай бұрын

One of three for me

@SlideIX 19 күн бұрын

I’m not too proud to say that this tune brings a tear to my eye. It’s a beautiful piece either way but for those played the game and truly appreciated the story it turns it into something special.

@bobshewmake5369 Ай бұрын

They were not aware they were literally listening to the greatest piece ever composed. I could listen to every iteration of this song from the slow piano to the electric guitar and never get tired of it. I never played Final Fantasy after the 3rd one (USA Super Nintendo one), but I can definitely recognize and respect a masterpiece when I hear one.

@johncampbell1191 14 күн бұрын

This song brings back such memories.

@illcitizen 10 күн бұрын

made me realise how much I liked FF10

@hanksilman4016 12 күн бұрын

If someone stoped and broke down crying where they stood they a real one.

@johnmccombe6342 13 күн бұрын

Such a beautiful song. If I were to ever get married, I would want this and Besaid Island played at my wedding.

@Absolhunter251 18 сағат бұрын

I want this to play at a wedding for sure and see people recognizing it 🤭

@BurrShotHam711 15 күн бұрын

i heard this in church one time at the beginning of mass (i think i was the only one that noticed it but it took me a minute to recognize it) it's a great song!

@puppymonkeybaby13 8 күн бұрын

This video should have a million views, bravo sir. BRAVO 👍

@Thomascanndrum 13 күн бұрын

Unbelievable song. Always so emotive.

@shawncarnline8451 11 күн бұрын

Oh man the feels! What a game. Forever in my top 5.

@schecterman91 8 күн бұрын

This song was a staple for me growing up! I just discovered you and love all of the renditions! Thank you!

@TristamWolf 13 күн бұрын

If I had the means and the money, I would learn Piano just to play this song. One of my absolute favorites of all time.

@samuelhaverghast2442 15 күн бұрын

I wish i was at that wedding, would be nice to see that song played live, probably would've tipped you as well for playing it

@FayBlue_ Ай бұрын

Woooow , this brought tears to my eyes and memories. Beautiful playing and so beautiful for the people there to listen to this ❤

@irelynwhispersong 7 күн бұрын

I had a mix of final fantasy music at my wedding, those who knew needed out, those who didn't know complimented us on how nice the music was. I love that we can do that now and it seems completely normal haha