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After reading Eragon by Christopher Paolini, I was struck by the awesomeness of a teenager making the New York Times Bestseller list with his first novel. If that’s not living the “American Dream,” I don’t know what is.
Anyway, the book is quite good and I am very impressed by Chris’s accomplishment. So in honor of him and his first novel, I’ve written a piano tribute to my two favorite parts of the book: the world of Alagaesia and the protagonist Eragon. This piano piece begins and ends with an Alagaesian theme while the middle section is a tribute to Eragon. I hope it does both justice.
This was recorded off my old Roland HP-30006 keyboard and synthesized via a very nice Steinway-based soundfont. Yes, an actual live recording will always sound better, but this will have to do until I can afford an actual Steinway. (Which, according to my calculations, should be sometime around 1 Jan 2135).
(last updated 10 March 2010)
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That was amazing, I would love to here that in a movie. That’s if they come out with a 2nd Eragon movie? You should send that too Christopher Paolini and see what he thinks about it. Maybe he will use it for something. I’m not sure but the middle reminds me of something I have heard in my past, besides my pondering it definitely has a magical essence to it. I’m definitely a fan of this song!