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Hey everyone, I wanted to bring some awareness to what looks like a pretty blatant arrangement theft happening right now. I don't use Reddit very often, but I felt like I had to share this here to see what you all think.

A larger piano creator on Instagram (Valentinos piano) recently released an arrangement for "Drowning Love" and is charging $12 for the sheet music on his store.

I did some digging into the timelines, and from what I can tell, he didn't arrange this. It appears to be a note-for-note copy of an arrangement made by a smaller Japanese arranger named Tatsu, who posted his version way back in May and sells his sheets for only 500 yen (~$3).

If you compare the two, Valentino basically cut out the first part of Tatsu's arrangement. His Instagram video plays one-for-one exactly what Tatsu plays starting at the 1:44 mark of Tatsu's YouTube video. It sounds slightly different because of the specific piano/VST they are each using, but the notes, rhythm, and voicing are completely identical.

Valentino's post has over 50k likes right now from people who think he created this, while Tatsu's original video only has around 50k views total.

I did my research before posting this, checking the upload dates and comparing the notes, but I'm not 100% sure about every single behind-the-scenes detail since I'm just a fan. Feel free to check the timelines yourself and let me know if I missed something. But looking at the release dates, it really looks like a copycat situation. I don't know anything about this type of situation or if its common or accepted? just thought id put my opinion out there.

• Original Arrangement by Tatsu (Posted in May):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOAD9jE0eNg
• The Copycat Video by Valentino:https://www.instagram.com/p/DaJWNneoS1V/?hl=en
• Valentino's Profile:https://www.instagram.com/valentinospiano/?hl=en

On his instagram Post as of now there seems to be no-one really bringing this to attention.

https://youtu.be/vj43KoJiNMg?si=NibCRvbS6nfITMbb

This guy did a beautiful rendition of Color Your Night from Persona 3, but he played the whole thing by ear; he doesn't have any music sheets ready.

Hoping someone can help with a cultural note? This is a screenshot from the movie Tales from the Hood. The mortician/>!devil !<is playing this Faustian-sounding tune at the beginning of the movie, when the young men pull up, timestamp 00:02:46. You can hear the music in this clip here (starts at the beginning, sorry it's so short, there aren't a lot of clips of the beginning of the movie).

The movie is rich with music to tell the story, so given that the identity of the mortician is a huge reveal at the end, I'd love to know if the music he's playing at the beginning is a tip. Is this music related to hell/the devil/Faust/Don Giovanni perhaps?

If you can even pin down the era, probably composer, or likelihood of intended audience, that would help. Or if it isn't even real music and is just a prop for the movie, that would at least answer my question.

Unfortunately, Spotify couldn't recognize the short clip of the music played. The part you hear sounds like the second line on the left and continues from there (I play piano).

Thanks so much!

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Hey everyone we are back!

This time we wanted to recreate the gritty, epic atmosphere of Morricone's masterpiece using nothing but 4 cellos. It was a massive challenge to translate the iconic harmonica textures onto strings, relying heavily on specific technical voicings and harmonics to keep that piercing, haunting quality alive.

Let us know what you think of the arrangement and the blend!

Here is the IG link where you can get the free Score Excerpt and listen to it sounds like!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaGR5vUtcoq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Edit: typo

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2001 the movie recess what is this sheet music in the background?