Hi. I'm Daniel Ran.

I'm an artist scoundrel working out of London, United Kingdom.

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Epic Chord Progressions

In this post, I’ll be going through some chord progressions commonly associated with a grand feeling, or “epicness,” with some examples of how they’ve been used in popular media.

This post is a response to a comment on my YouTube video.

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Chrono Trigger – Peaceful Days (Piano Arrangement)

I’ve had this song stuck in my head for days now, and you know what that means. Piano arrangement!

As always, I like to bring out the original piece itself whilst still making it an expression of myself. Also, I wanted to preserve the subtlety of the piece. Certain people, such as Greg Pak, have went at it like a swing or jazz piece and I think that misses the point.

At any rate, here it is.

Little Farewell

Sometimes things don’t work out. Though, everything will be fine as long as you remember to take yourself with you when you go.

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Remembering Nibelheim

This piece is strongly inspired by Anxious Heart from Final Fantasy VII. It’s not quite an arrangement but it retains some of the key parts from the original track.

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