Genshin Impact: Fontaine Main Theme (Piano Arrangement by Me)

My first time transcribing (arranging really) an orchestral piece for solo piano. It could have gone worse tbh

also video title is missing the "e" in Fontaine, oop

Score: https://musescore.com/user/48274920/s...

Original:    • Fontaine Live Symphony Performance | ...  


Note: The score is a little different compared to the visualization in the video. I made it slightly more forgiving while preserving as much of the original detail as possible. I'm not the best when it comes to keeping stuff playable...

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Where do I begin with this? Lets start with me discovering how great Genshin Impact's OST is, even though i have never touched the game. The Live Symphony performance of Fontaine's theme really struck a chord with me!

I actually wanted to transcribe the Icewind suite, but very few people have actually arranged this particular theme for piano, so I decided to try it out myself. Orchestral transcription is quite a different beast compared to what I usually do. I have to consider fine details while keeping the entire piece playable for one person (spoiler: it's almost not playable)

Being my first time doing an orchestral transcription, I asked for a LOT of help from people i know. They gave me a lot of ideas and advice and it really helped me with the process. Even though a few parts sound questionable, I'm perfectly content with the outcome

Hope you enjoy this surprise genshin arragement! I MIGHT explore another genshin piece, but dont count on it lol

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Special thanks to the people who helped me:
‪@pjotrkolster‬ (Advice about writing arpeggios)
‪@ErenSan‬ (Helped me with 1:56 -2:10)
Asriel Kujo (for checking harmonic accuracy)

Inspired by:
Eren-san and
‪@LuzireMusic‬'s Fontaine Waltz arrangement, but i ended up with something different entirely. (Fontaine more like Punten)

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