Yoshi’s Island athletic theme, sight-read by Tom Brier & Co.
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Published: March 28, 2010

You can view the sheet music they are reading here: www.keeper1st.com Thanks to youtubers Quietschquatsch and Raphy013 for the music suggestion a few days ago! Not only did Tom find this a fun tune to play, but, as you’ll see, flautist Julia Riley and tubaist (tubist?) Mark Meeker decided to join in as well! After Tom’s first sight-read, you hear Julia mention another Nintendo videogame tune that she liked. That was KK Ragtime. A short time later, Tom and Julia played it from memory! I’ll have to post the video of that moment at a later date. It was fully evolved into a fleshed-out rag arrangement, much like the second run through this tune from Super Mario World 2 in this video. This tune was composed by Koji Kondo (近藤浩治). It is also known as “Hop! Hop! Donut Lifts” by some people, but in a concert video of Nintendo video game music at which the composer was in attendance, the title that appears clearly reads (if you read Japanese, anyway) simply “Yosshii Island Athletic Theme”. You can purchase Tom’s latest album here: cdbaby.com One of these days I have to get Tom to play Spinach Rag from the Final Fantasy games again… I made a score for him to read years ago, before I had a camera. Great video bring with hitvideo.org

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25 Comments
  1. NiwdeRM
    8:22 am on March 28th, 2010

    @Keeper1st sorry, did not want to inconvenience
    was just a stupid comment.

  2. cyclos12
    8:39 am on March 28th, 2010

    1:46 is the best

  3. cyclos12
    8:44 am on March 28th, 2010

    My god! Thas super cool that even the older generation loves this!

  4. Jenovav
    9:32 am on March 28th, 2010

    This is beyond epic. mature people playing my favorite childhood themes? I’ll take eight!

  5. Megabine
    10:25 am on March 28th, 2010

    I decorated when stops playing.
    xD

  6. Keeper1st
    10:39 am on March 28th, 2010

    @NiwdeRM If you want to hear a serious performance without people talking in the background, follow my own video response to this. My own response to that response is an even better quality performance, on a stage, with stereo audio.

  7. Keeper1st
    10:57 am on March 28th, 2010

    I’m continually astonished at how so many people seem offended that others might actually talk at a party. This is not a concert hall; it’s a party. It’s not a serious performance; it’s just goofing off.

  8. NiwdeRM
    11:37 am on March 28th, 2010

    shut up people!!!

  9. esemirodri
    12:09 pm on March 28th, 2010

    WOOOOOOOOW THIS MAN IS GREAT!!!!!!

  10. bluenaruto1
    1:02 pm on March 28th, 2010

    This makes me as happy as a yoshi :]

  11. chikendinner
    1:56 pm on March 28th, 2010

    THIS guy.. :D
    He is so impressive.Thank you for your videos! inspiring me

  12. Keeper1st
    2:22 pm on March 28th, 2010

    Ahhh, that makes sense. Anyway, no, I never did do any cleanup of that score. It is what it is.

  13. Brick508
    2:26 pm on March 28th, 2010

    Sorry, I ment to post that on the Air Platform theme

  14. Keeper1st
    2:37 pm on March 28th, 2010

    @Brick508 What do you mean by “fixed”? The one I have in the description isn’t broken…

  15. Brick508
    3:23 pm on March 28th, 2010

    Is there a fixed version of the sheet music anywhere?

  16. rastasato
    3:51 pm on March 28th, 2010

    wonderfull!!

  17. mrmarioman100
    4:45 pm on March 28th, 2010

    WOW, you are awesome, man i wish i could play like that! Know any lesson courses that would help me to sight read?

  18. Keeper1st
    5:44 pm on March 28th, 2010

    @Quietschquatsch Yep, that’s the one.

  19. realgrantdermody
    5:47 pm on March 28th, 2010

    Yeah, good point. I kinda thought that too.

  20. Quietschquatsch
    5:53 pm on March 28th, 2010

    Yakkety sax? I only know Yakkety yak!
    Ah, no, wait, that´s the funny saxophone melody wich is used at the Benny hill show, am I right?

  21. Keeper1st
    6:16 pm on March 28th, 2010

    I think without a saxophone, it would lose its punch. You can play Clarinet Marmalade without a clarinet (I have a video of such), but I really can’t imagine Yakety Sax without a sax.

  22. realgrantdermody
    7:06 pm on March 28th, 2010

    I think you should work up a score for Yakety Sax. It has a somewhat similar structure to that of ragtime, so I think it’d work well.

  23. SlowMoCrash
    7:52 pm on March 28th, 2010

    thats awesome

  24. Keeper1st
    7:55 pm on March 28th, 2010

    Already do. Follow my own video response, then my response to that response.

  25. atomicV1sion
    8:25 pm on March 28th, 2010

    Favorited.

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