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

This might be my favorite piece of video game score.

This song always reminds me my father, he's gone 10 months ago to heaven, I miss you daddy 😭 Thanks for great performance John🤟🏼

A master guitarist playing wonderful melodies, Square-Enix should hire you for the next Final Fantasy installment.

One of the best compositions by Uetmatsu, by far. Brings back so many memories. Excellently arranged and played, well done!! 🎉

You played that, ooh, in such a way. I felt it. That nostalgia. 10/10; the emotion.

Before I die, as god as my witness .I will learn how to play this.

This made me cry. 😢

Actually brought me to tears. Excellent performance of a beautiful piece.

Perfectly captured the emotions from this piece. Incredible.

Thank you John. One of my favorite songs

I’m shedding tears this takes me back

Balling 😭 listening to this right now

Very well done!! Sounds fantastic!

仕事で疲れた時貴方の演奏聴いて元気を貰ってます。 本当にありがとうございます。

With the song "To Zanarkand" it took me back to the time I played it with all the emotions and memories as if it was now. The song "To Zanarkand" feels like it's my national anthem

Love you for this

This is amazing! I love your passion. ✨🤍✨

One of my favorite FF pieces. You've done it justice. Beautiful work, thank you for sharing!

Wow, I've listened to piano versions of this a million times, but never heard a guitar version, it's amazing!

This song has always made numbed my soul. Even more so when u play it like this. Great work man!

This gave me goosebumps 🤍🤍🤍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I understand how much effort it takes to learn a song like this. Thank you for a fantastic performance.

Wunderschön!

Very nice! Thank you for sharing! ❤😊

I’ve listened to 10 other guitarists cover this piece and yours is still the best. By a long shot!

Amazing

beautiful!

One of the best songs from a video game imo, I love FFX. Favorite game during my childhood and still one of my favs today. Really beautifully done

Absolutely beautiful cover!! This rendition to guitar really does the original justice ❤

Stunning! The best piece I have heard of this specific track, other than the original itself. Subscribed

You not only play the song, but you also interpret it ... Friend, you have my like and my respect. Keep it up

Hearing this theme always takes me back to a time where things were a lot simpler. And it was okay to be sad sometimes about your story.

This is my childhood. Thank you for this. Subscribed & followed.

Love this song. Honestly hard for me to think of a song more beautiful than Return to Zanarkand.

After watching this a few times, I have to say I enjoy your arrangement the most. It is incredibly clean and maintains the precision of a piano composition without compromises. It must have been quite the challenge to put this together.

What a call for great adventure!😀

This deserves more views.

Awesome man!

Such a gem. Bravo! I really enjoy ALL your arrangements on FF. It's so magical to be able to hear those music in guitar, transcribed professionally and played beautifully. Thanks a lot for the music.

Such a beautiful composition and you play it so passionately. Thank you for this treat!

Incredible arrangement. Well done! Subscribing!

Incredible. I love your arrangement of To Zanarkand, I learnt the Guitar Collections version many years ago. But this one is definitely better than what I can play, though I'm happy that I'm able to play this song regardless.

I use to know how to play this song 12 years ago. Unfortunately that was the last time I picked up a guitar and you just made me want to pull out my grandpa’s (RIP) classical guitar he gifted me back out and play again. I use to go to ultimate guitar and mixed up 3-4 different tab sheets just to make it sound close enough. This is a master piece that sounds just like the actual song! Bravo.

Damn, you are the best one who play this beloved song in youtube. Some top ranking guys can't even play it fluently.

あなたの演奏素敵です。自然に流れるようなメロディでストーリーを思い出します。

Nostalgia at its finest

thank you for this beautiful rendition I need this today.

This arrangement is brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perfection....

Best FF song, it works on any instrument, great version.

Amazing, simply amazing. I played this game for over 500 hours. As god as my witness, I will learn how to play this before I die.

This is fantastic!

Awesome 🤩

Dude, you've a suscriber! Love your version

hmh.. This is kind of nice and calming. Thank you. You earned a sub.

Gaming has the right therapy, don't only take my word on that Gaming has made me not only enjoy my time at home but enjoy life in general

Congratz oeth sensei

Well played, love it~

You just melt my heart down.

Woahhhh ❤

really curious how you can play sooo well. liked it. Thanks for the good music.

Much wow. 💚🧡💜

My first and favorite ff game will be 8 but this song is my favorite out of all the music of final fantasy.

This is beautiful. Absolutely love this piece. I did piano lessons back in my late teens and I asked my tutor if I could learn this a few months into it. He chuckled (which was justified). But having done classical guitar lessons for just under a year now, I think I can tackle this. The thought of being able to play this the way you do is just... No words

I didn’t think to zanarkand could be pulled off on guitar but here it is

Hermano te mereces un aplauso 👏

I like to recommend to friends to play FFX and I enjoy watching them get emotionally WRECKED by it. Exxxxxcellent~~!

I love how your face show that you intensly feel the music

Ooof, that was nice! One of my favourite pieces from the game, but I play guitar not piano, so... off to Patreon I go!

Beautifully executed. Can you tell me if you write the arrangements for the guitar or pick them by ear and practice each section separately to build the complete song. If you happen to write the arrangements, what is your source to create them, is it only ears? If not, where do you get the written sheet for this piece? Thank you again for your efforts and performance

That was fuckin beautiful.

この曲を愛してくれてありがとう。

this got me so exited i am sweating out of my eyes

Can I cry now?

To me this song represents a long journey full of love, courage, loss, and pain. When I hear this, I remember the hard and good times; feeling bless for where I landed. However, it was not without its sacrifices and pain. When I was 18, I was coming out of foster care and enlisted during the surge in Iraq. By the time I was 22, I was a hardened combat veteran with 2 combat tours. I went on to do 3 more in Afghanistan as an NCO. I saw first hand the impact of War. The sight of blood and carnage no longer bothered me. I did not fear death, but sometimes wished for it. I was broken. My only goal is to ensure my sons will never have to go through what I did at such a young age. Sometimes knowing that I have ensured that they will have a childhood brings tears to my eyes.

Found my way here from Instagram. This took me back to the 10th grade. Thank you! I would love to hear your version of the dwarf fortress theme!

😍❤️ beautifull

….amazing… I just wish I could see someone do an overlay of sounds for Run (FFX version). I’d listen to it on repeat for hours.

O'er the ruins, an ancient light.

Why do you have such a less amount of Follower? Holy, you are amazing Dude! It gives me so much chills... Beautifull! I try this Song by myself, but im too bad and my fingers get a cramp while doing this 😅😆

Holy shit

you’re tickling my heart ❤

Perfect. Priod

song about accepting death and moving on

😊 Love this song!

You really show the true mood of it. Very sad

If i always hear that i think.. yes let us or me go home... but not where i life a another home which i dont know maybe till i find it. To Zanarkand is the only FFX Theme i realy love.

ga tahan dengernya 😭

2024 and this shit is so good. Wish he gave link to chords tho or tabs.

Followed you from tiktok you are amazing keep up the work dude I'll share wherever I can

There any tabs for these versions

Emotional one

If HBO ever makes a show based on FFX, this song definitely needs to appear in the soundtrack.

This song no matter how its played makes cry, and I'm not afraid to admit it. Everyone loves ff7 so much I rate ffx higher

いいね！わたしはこのゲームプレイしたことないけどいい曲だw

Can I ask how long you’ve been playing? That was quite something.

Amazing again!! Come on dudes Lets hammer those likes/shares and get this channel up on the algorthym.

In Zanarkand's shadows, memories rise, A saga of valor, beneath starlit skies. By the flickering flames, they gather 'round, In ancient ruins, where echoes abound. Through firefly whispers, tales unfold, Of love and strife, of hearts so bold. Braska's plea, Oren's solemn plea, To break the chains, to set them free. Seymour's mother, a sacrifice made, For power's allure, in shadows laid. Jecht's promise, to shatter the cycle's hold, In defiance of fate, in courage bold. Yuna's choice, a defiance profound, To forge a new path, on hallowed ground. Against tradition, they stand as one, Their journey rewoven, their victory won. Unalesca's fury, a final test, Yet their spirits endure, in the quest. With strength united, they face the fray, Breaking free from Yevon's sway. Sin's demise, in a clash of might, As heroes rise, in the fading light. Jecht's sacrifice, a final plea, To break the cycle, and set them free. In Spira's dawn, amidst joyous cheers, They confront their loss, their triumphs, their fears. But in unity forged, a new dawn gleams, Their souls entwined, in hope's endless streams. Yuna's voice, a beacon bright, Guiding them home, through darkest night. For in dreams' embrace, their journey finds, A timeless bond, where love unbinds.