Gonçalo Pereira - Nenufares Cintilantes

Found this original guitar improvisation by Gonçalo Pereira, a Portuguese guitar virtuoso. The title is Nenufares Cintilantes (Google translation: "Sparkling Water Lily", not sure how accurate it is tho).

I really hope Gonçalo Pereira has recorded a studio version of this melodic guitar music, which I couldn't find further info on the internet, it's just so amazing! I'm not gonna talk about his guitar skills and techniques, no one's gonna question about that.

The elements that made this improvised instrumental music sound amazing are his musical vocabularies, and great sense of music, the other thing that I'm not sure is that my guitarist friend said his "big hand" is part of his great music creations because it can stretch so wide to play something impossible to be done by guitarists who have relatively smaller hands... hmm......

Enjoy~

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Final Fantasy X OST - Besaid Island (Besaido-jima)

I'm not a gamer, but was introduced to Final Fantasy X OST by my ex-boss. I actually skipped almost all tracks of the 4-disc set except for this one, Besaido-jima @ Besaid Island by Japanese game composer, Masashi Hamauzu (浜渦正志).

The song tile has best described the song. It really makes you feel like you're spending a wonderful holiday on a beautiful island, waking up early in the morning to the sunny beaches and cooling breeze.

I love the simple arrangement of the song with the touch of oriental kind of new age style. Hmm... feel like taking a break to a special island on earth...




Final Fantasy X: Original Soundtrack (2001)

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