Ghosts ’n Goblins - 魔界村 - theme sight-read by Tom Brier, piano - ピアノ

The melody of this 1985 Capcom coin-op videogame theme always has been ragtime, but the left-hand part in the game was arpeggiated. Last year, I received an arrangement from YouTube’s “MrTrent“ with a march bass and some extra little bits thrown in which turned the theme into a true rag. I finally got around to giving Tom a copy of it during this ragtime party last weekend. The theme was composed by Ayako Mori (森 安也子). The game Ghosts ’n Goblins was titled 魔界村 (“Makaimura“) in the original Japanese. The sheet music that Tom is reading can be downloaded here: or from my page ...and just now I notice that I put a wrong note in the 13th measure. Ah well. It’s obvious that it’s wrong though, so shouldn’t be a problem.