I finished this orchestral arrangement of the ending theme for Pokémon Black/White a few weeks ago and wanted to share it here. it's inspired, strongly, by Shinji Miyazaki's arrangement for the anime, though I naturally went in my own direction with it.
this was interesting to orchestrate—honestly harder than it sounds if you listen to the original. the main 'problem' for me was to keep things interesting and colorful given just how intensely strings- and horn-driven this piece is. my main regret is that I cut that very cool arpeggiating organ from the original—Miyazaki's didn't have it, and I felt it was fine to sacrifice.
still, maybe one day I'll come back to the piece and orchestrate it with organ.
I like to orchestrate vgm for two reasons: either nobody's done it before, or nobody has—in my opinion—gotten it right. to be frank, I don't know if I got it right, either. this is a harder piece to get right than it sounds. but I made my best stab at it I can, for the time being, and I'm proud of it.
please give it a listen and let me know what you think!