Super Mario Bros. Underwater Screen Test
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Channel: Video Game Pianist · 2018 · Music
Video Game Pianist Martin Leung performs Super Mario Bros. 1 - Underwater composed by Koji Kondo. Reviews "Martin Leung, a pianist who gained fame on YouTube, brought down the house with his signature blindfolded performance of the theme from Super Mario Brothers." -Seth Schiesel, The New York Times "…a brilliant pianist…" - Leo Cotterell, The Times (United Kingdom) "Pianist Martin Leung totally rocks the house." - Chris Kohler, Wired "The concert also included a performance by pianist Martin Leung..." - Grace Jean, The Washington Post "There were a couple of piano solos by Internet pioneer Martin Leung that garnered some of the loudest cheers." - Scott Iwasaki, Deseret News "Martin Leung, the “video game pianist” famous for a blindfolded medley of “Mario” tunes..." - Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities "Nowhere were the contrasting motifs of video-game music more evident than the transition from jubilant -- and blindfolded -- Internet sensation Martin Leung's buoyant rendition of the theme to "Super Mario Brothers" to his later knockout performance of the emotional "Final Fantasy" theme, a layered symphony in itself." - Michael J. Pollack, The Westfield Leader Biography Video Game Pianist (VGP) aka Martin Leung is one of the first musicians to play video game music on the internet. In 2004, a video of the formerly called The Blindfolded Pianist playing Super Mario pieces with the Super Mario theme played blindfolded premiered on eBaum’s World and gprime.net. The video soon became viral, and about one year after the premiere of the video, VGP performed at PAX 2005 at the Meydenbauer Center, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema as part of the Celebrity Guests Signature Series with 21 encores after VGP’s concert, and the BradyGames booth at E3. In 2006 VGP performed at PAX 2006, the BradyGames booth at E3, an iam8bit party at Gallery 1988, Harucon II, The Union Club of Cleveland, was featured in MTV’s “The G-Hole,” and appeared in an article on the front page of the Cleveland Plain Dealer Arts section. The article is titled, “Pianist Makes a Name as Video Game Virtuoso.” In 2007 VGP performed at the 4players.de booth at the Games Convention (Germany), Solon Center for the Arts, and Case Western Reserve University. VGP has performed video game music in 17 countries. More recently, VGP performed at PAX West 2018, PAX West 2016, the Jonathan Club, San Francisco Comic Con, Indianapolis Comic Con, and at Tampa Bay Comic Con. In March 2019 VGP will perform at Britton Recital Hall at the University of Michigan. VGP’s website is videogamepianist.com, and his YouTube channel is youtube.com/MMLeung. 𝄆 Selected Playlists 𝄇 𝅘𝅥𝅯 "Untypical" YouTube videos that are under 5 minutes in length http://bit.ly/2Mv1xiR ☆ Super Mario franchise http://bit.ly/mariopiano 𝄢 Sonic the Hedgehog franchise http://bit.ly/sonicthehedgehog_piano ♕ The Legend of Zelda franchise http://bit.ly/thelegendofzeldapiano ◍ Pokémon franchise http://bit.ly/pokemon_piano 𝄋 Donkey Kong franchise http://bit.ly/donkeykong_piano ♫ Banjo-Kazooie http://bit.ly/banjo-kazooie ♬ Banjo-Tooie http://bit.ly/banjo-tooie 𝄠 Animal Crossing: New Leaf http://bit.ly/animalcrossing_newleaf ☺Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon http://bit.ly/luigismansion_darkmoon 𝅗𝅥 Mega Man 1 http://bit.ly/megaman1 ☮ Final Fantasy http://bit.ly/finalfantasypiano ⛿ Team Fortress 2 http://bit.ly/teamfortress2_piano ♞Dota 2 http://bit.ly/dota2_piano ✿ League of Legends http://bit.ly/leagueoflegends_piano 𝅘𝅥𝅯 Patron-Funded Videos http://bit.ly/patronfundedvideos 𝄴 Breath of the Wild Transcription and Commentary http://bit.ly/breathofthewild_transcr... 𝄵 Patreon: http://bit.ly/vgp_patreon ⛫ Website: http://bit.ly/vgpianist 𝅘𝅥𝅱 Facebook: http://bit.ly/vgp_fb ❉ Twitter: http://bit.ly/vgp_twitter 📷 Instagram: http://bit.ly/vgp_ig
