Here's my video game saxophone cover of Where We Used to Be from Xenoblade Chronicles 2! I'm Sab and I love saxophone and video games, so now I make covers that combine two of my favorite things!
This is one of my favorite tunes from Xenoblade Chronicles 2! And it says a lot because there is A LOT of REALLY good music from this game haha!
I wanted to keep this arrangement simple since the original is just solo piano. It's been awhile since I've done something a bit more classically oriented and I miss it. I just finished my undergrad in classical saxophone and music education. One of my favorite parts was getting to collaborate with a pianist to play classical saxophone repertoire. I thought about how I would want to adapt this solo piano tune to work for saxophone and piano. I thought back to an arrangement I commissioned David Peacock for and drew inspiration from him as well as some of the earliest pieces of classical saxophone works I performed in college.
This song is so beautiful and holds so many memories now that I finished the game. I wanted to capture the feeling of one of the first areas you see in the game, which is this green field with a beautiful blue sky. I got some footage around my area to really evoke that place. Just starting up at the blue sky full of clouds and greenery everywhere!
I hope you enjoy this simple cover of #WhereWeUsedToBe from #XenobladeChronicles2