THE VIDEO GAME PIANIST PIANO COLLECTIONS
ARTIST: Video Game Pianist (formerly known as The Blindfolded Pianist)
TITLE: The Video Game Pianist Piano Collections
RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2005
ARTIST WEBSITE:
www.VideoGamePianist.com (formerly
www.TheBlindfoldedPianist.com)
ALBUM HOSTED BY:
www.JDMafia.com ,
www.gprime.net ,
www.VideoGamePianist.com , and
www.TheBlindfoldedPianist.com
Track List
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01 Super Mario Brothers 1—Overworld Theme, Underworld Theme, Castle Theme, Victory Theme, 3:25
Underwater Theme, and Star Theme
02 Super Mario Brothers 2—Ending Theme and Super Mario Brothers 3—Overworld Theme 2:12
03 Super Mario World 1—Intro Theme, Donut Plains Theme, Yoshi’s Island Theme, 1:42
Vanilla Dome Theme, Forest of Illusion Theme, Star Road Theme, and Valley of Bowser Theme
04 Super Mario World 1—Castle Theme, Koopa Kids Theme, Victory Theme, Mario Die Theme, 3:38
Game Over Theme, Air Platform Theme, and Countdown Timer Theme
05 The Legend of Zelda—Overworld Theme, Link Die Theme, Labyrinth Theme, Item Theme, 3:58
Secret Passage Theme, Magic Recorder Theme, Triforce Theme,
Final Labyrinth Theme, Ganon Appears Theme, and Ending Theme
06 Zelda 3—Dark Overworld Theme, Rescuing Zelda Theme, and Zelda 64—Intro Theme 2:59
07 Zelda 64—Temple Theme Songs: Minuet of Forest, Bolero of Fire, Serenade of Water, 1:32
Nocturne of Shadow, and Requiem of Spirit
08 Sonic the Hedgehog 1—Green Hill Zone, Stage Complete Theme, Labyrinth Zone, 3:10
Marble Zone, Sonic Drowning Theme, Game Over Theme, Starlight Zone,
Chaos Emerald Theme, Scrap Brain Zone, Spring Yard Zone, Game Over Theme,
Extra Life Theme, and Ending Theme
09 Sonic the Hedgehog 2—Emerald Hill Zone, Chemical Plant Zone, Boss Theme, 4:09
Sonic the Hedgehog 3—Boss Theme, Sonic the Hedgehog 2—Ending Theme
10 Earthworm Jim—Banjo Race 1:32
11 Halo 2—Main Theme (Mjolnir Mix) 2:58
12 Final Fantasy VI—Kefka 3:01
13 Final Fantasy VI—Celes 2:36
14 Final Fantasy VI—Kids Run Through the City Corner 2:39
15 Final Fantasy VII—Prelude 2:18
16 Final Fantasy VII—Cid’s Theme 1:19
17 Final Fantasy VIII—Balamb Garden 1:26
18 Final Fantasy IX—Melodies of Life 3:24
19 Final Fantasy IX—Ending Theme 2:51
20 Final Fantasy X—Away to Zanarkand 1:47
21 Final Fantasy X—Silence Before the Storm 3:12
22 Final Fantasy X—Ending Theme 5:36
23 Final Fantasy X—Suteki da Ne (Isn’t it Beautiful?) 4:19
24 Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor 4:47
25 Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor—Presto 7:04
Total Time: 1:17:46
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Super Mario and Zelda music composed by Koji Kondo.
Sonic the Hedgehog music composed by Masatu Nakamura.
Earthworm Jim music composed by Tommy Tallarico.
Halo 2 music composed by Marty O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori.
Final Fantasy music composed by Nobuo Uematsu.
Transcendental Etude composed by Franz Liszt.
Piano Concerto No. 1 composed by Felix Mendelssohn.
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Bio
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The Video Game Pianist is one of the first pianists to gain recognition and respect from
people around the world and the top professionals of the interactive entertainment
industry for performing video game music on the piano. The Video Game Pianist
persona started when a video of himself performing Super Mario songs on the piano
appeared on the main page Ebaum’s World on July 2, 2004, making him an internet
celebrity overnight. The beauty of the internet allowed the video to be spread rapidly to
other joke and humor sites (such as Gprime.net, Muchosucko.com, and College
Humor.com), be viewed by millions of people around the world on their computers, and
be discussed in thousands of forums, blogs, and chat rooms. News about the Video
Game Pianist was featured on Excite.co.jp, HOT 104.7 FM, Z103 FM, “Night Life
Montreal”, “GAME Magazine”, “CUBE Magazine”, “The Observer”, and others.
In February of 2005, Tommy Tallarico, considered to be one of the most successful video
game composers in history, was so impressed after seeing the Super Mario piano video
on Gprime.net that he immediately contacted the Video Game Pianist, and the two
became friends. Tommy Tallarico invited the Video Game Pianist to the Game
Developers Conference in San Francisco to perform at Walk of Game and the G.A.N.G.
Awards. There, the performances of music from Sonic the Hedgehog, the Legend of
Zelda, Halo 2, Earthworm Jim, and Super Mario were a special occasion; it was the first
time the Video Game Pianist performed video game music to a live audience since the
inception of the Super Mario piano video on the Ebaum’s World. Recently, he was also
invited by BradyGAMES to play piano live at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles.
As well as performing video game music, the Video Game Pianist, known in real life as
Martin Leung, also plays classical music. He is currently a freshman at the Cleveland
Institute of Music pursuing his Bachelor’s of Music degree. His piano teacher is Paul
Schenly.
Martin Leung is the First Prize winner of the 2004 Los Angeles Philharmonic Bronislaw
Kaper Awards for Young Artists and a Second Prize winner in the Darius Milhaud
Performance Auditions organized and sponsored by the Darius Milhaud Society. He is a
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts laureate of Florida’s ARTS Week
2004. He made his Carnegie Hall Isaac Stern Auditorium debut at the 2003 New York
Youth Orchestra Festival and later soloed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on
“From the Top” in a performance showing “both fleet fingers and persuasive tempo
flexibility,” according to the Tribune-Review.
At the Cleveland Institute of Music he recently appeared on “Pianofest.” In California he
continues to give concerts with the Young Artist Guild, which awarded him the
Rodestsky and AMRON Jefferson Memorial Scholarships in 2003.
His fourteen years of piano studies, which began at age four, reflect the highest awards
from the Young Musicians Foundation, Los Angeles International Liszt Competition,
Young Artists Peninsula International Music Festival, Glendale Piano Competition,
Southwestern Youth Music Festival Young Pianist, and Music Teachers’ Association of
California (MTAC) Piano Solo and the Piano Concerto State Finals, among others. At
fifteen he placed third at the 2002 Oberlin International Piano Competition with live
internet and radio simulcast.
Martin has served as a young music ambassador through performances with Orange
County’s Pacific Symphony-Chinese American League and the Pacific Symphony’s
Youth Concerts, and as a soloist with the Los Angeles-based Symphony in the Glen,
among others. In 2004 his piano trios played on the MTAC Junior Chamber Music
Series and at the state convention in San Diego.
Martin also won first prizes at both the 2004 Orange County High School and Southern
California High School Chess Championships.
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More info about the Video Game Pianist:
Born: Hong Kong
Birth date: October 18, 1986
Elementary School: Bonita Canyon and Vista Verde
Middle School: Vista Verde
High School: University High 2004
Current schools: The Cleveland Institute of Music and Case
Favorite food: Italian
Favorite music: Classical
Favorite classical composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Favorite song: Fur Elise by Beethoven
Favorite movie: A Clockwork Orange
Favorite actor: Jack Nicholson
Favorite actress: Lindsay Lohan
Favorite drink: Water
Favorite author: Roald Dahl
Favorite book: A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Favorite hobby: Swimming
Favorite thing to do on a rainy or snowy day: Practice piano and swim
Other instrument Video Game Pianist plays: Double bass
Current piano teacher: Paul Schenly
Some places performed: Isaac Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall,
Heinz Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center
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If you have any questions or comments regarding this CD or the Video Game Pianist,
do not hesitate to write him an email at VideoGamePianist@gmail.com. He promises
to read every single email.
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Special thanks to
www.JDMafia.com and
www.gprime.net for offering to host this CD. For
the kind offers, the Video Game Pianist dedicates this CD to
www.JDMafia.com and
www.gprime.net
Special thanks to all of the Video Game Pianist's fans all over the world. They have
always given the Video Game Pianist encouragement and support. The Video Game
Pianist truly appreciates all the compliments and emails he receives.
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