Music from the official Celeste Piano Collections, composed by Lena Raine, arranged and performed by Trevor Alan Gomes, and engraved by David Peacock.

Digital album available on bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, and elsewhere. Limited edition CDs and vinyl available. Also available as a physical book!

In the game itself, Prologue perfectly invites us into the world of Celeste beginning with its stark, plaintive and simple opening figure and culminating in the brilliant flourishes of the ending, setting the stage for what?s to come. I played around with the manual echo effect, letting the echoed notes freely ?bounce? off of the initial one. Quite fun!

Music from the official Celeste Piano Collections, composed by Lena Raine, arranged and performed by Trevor Alan Gomes, and engraved by David Peacock.

Digital album available on bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, and elsewhere. Limited edition CDs and vinyl available. Also available as a physical book!

Capturing the echoed, persistent sound of the arpeggios in this tune was a particular joy. I find that the result is very satisfying and comfortable to play; the secret is taking your time and never letting the tempo feel too rushed, allowing the notes of each arpeggio to unfurl organically. The arrival of the groovier, backbeat-driven section keeps that sort of calm, collected feeling, even as the intensity is rising. Then the final section creates a false sense of security before launching into the ferocious opening of Awake!

Part of what makes the music of Celeste compelling is the high energy that so many of the tracks have. Lena is particularly skilled in creating rhythmically-saturated, high octane grooves. In this particular arrangement, the way I chose to capture that was through constant 16ths in the right hand, almost like a Chopin etude or Hanon exercise might have. While the bulk of this track is certain to keep you ?awake,? the ending brings the themes to a melancholy conclusion.

Music from the official Celeste Piano Collections, composed by Lena Raine, arranged and performed by Trevor Alan Gomes, and engraved by David Peacock.

Digital album available on bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, and elsewhere. Limited edition CDs and vinyl available. Also available as a physical book!

The final piece of the soundtrack was the track that struck me the most when first listening to the Celeste OST. It is poignant, thoughtful, and harmonically dense. I sought to honor that sort of thoughtful nature with an original section toward the middle with mixed meter resembling the music of Debussy. Dig in and really take your time experiencing the chords of this one?its harmony is particularly unique and rewarding.

Music from the official Celeste Piano Collections, composed by Lena Raine, arranged and performed by Trevor Alan Gomes, and engraved by David Peacock.

Digital album available on bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, and elsewhere. Limited edition CDs and vinyl available. Also available as a physical book!

Quiet and Falling & In The Mirror together create perhaps the most interesting relationship between any two tracks of this album. In the Mirror Temple stage, there comes a point (spoilers) where you encounter a mirror that alters the level? significantly. The music is then changed into what is essentially an audio mirror, forming two halves of a uniquely haunting complete picture. To contrast the more steady, constant nature of Quiet and Falling, In the Mirror is performed with a slightly choppy, ?not quite right? feeling.

Music from the official Celeste Piano Collections, composed by Lena Raine, arranged and performed by Trevor Alan Gomes, and engraved by David Peacock.

Digital album available on bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, and elsewhere. Limited edition CDs and vinyl available. Also available as a physical book!

This is the first track on any of my piano albums to include another instrument. It was a pleasure to arrange for the super talented violinist Michaela Nachtigall, aka ?Otama-Mama.? I see it as the perfect strawberry on top of the rest of the work, a delightful added dessert. The track is particularly peaceful and inviting, and the addition of violin reflects that especially well.

Music from the official Celeste Piano Collections, composed by Lena Raine, arranged and performed by Trevor Alan Gomes, and engraved by David Peacock.

Digital album available on bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, and elsewhere. Limited edition CDs and vinyl available. Also available as a physical book!

First Steps perfectly encapsulates the flavor of both the game and soundtrack of Celeste?it?s an energetic, brisk introduction to the adventure that?s in store, while also hinting at some of its darker elements. This arrangement explores the theme in some new ways, particularly with some reharmonization, and culminating in the energetic motor rhythm with the left hand simulating the driving percussion hits of the original.