Sonic Mega Collection - Intro Performed by Video Game Pianist

Sheet music: http://videogamepianist.com/sheetmusi... Sonic Mega Collection - Intro Performed by Video Game Pianist Sonic Mega Collection - Intro was requested by Blackno2! This video was made possible by the generous support of Video Game Pianist's patrons, including DD, LL, Skyl SL, Vic J., Jonathan L., Marilou H., Florian R., Hera P., Brian S., 88bit, Blackno2, Hydronaut, Pianist Frias, Victor A, Jesus P., Frederik R., and Caleb R.! For the best viewing and listening experience, please select the highest video playback quality of 1080p60. Music composed by Hideaki Kobayashi. 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. 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    / mmleung  . Reviews and Mentions "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 "The concert also included a performance by pianist Martin Leung..." - Grace Jean, The Washington Post "...A brilliant pianist..." - Leo Cotterell, The Times (United Kingdom) "Pianist Martin Leung totally rocks the house." - Chris Kohler, Wired "Martin achieved a staggering degree of Internet fame with a six-minute video ... It's a hilarious, jaw-dislocating virtuoso performance. ...Martin is the gold standard in a shockingly large kingdom of Internet-only Super Mario tributes ..." - Rob Harvilla, Riverfront Times http://www.videogamepianist.com   / martinleungmusic     / vidgamepianist     / videogamepianist     / videogamepianist