The stirring score written for the Star Wars movies - including the foreboding melody synonymous with The Empire and Darth Vader - has been recited by a woman on a keyboard.
Played in its entirety, the unidentified Japanese woman uses two keyboard decks to recreate the elaborate strings arrangement originally written by composer John Williams.
Remarkably, she is able to perfectly cover the score - which was first performed by the London Symphony Orchestra - using just two sets of keys and foot pedals.
The video of her performance shows her furiously switching between various string and wind instruments, as well as playing the drums when needed.
She begins the piece of music with the grand opening used at the beginning of every Star Wars film when the rolling text explains the context of the movie.
Then for six more minutes she continues, including all the sweeping highs and lows of the score.
Perhaps the most identifiable moment in the arrangement is the low tones reserved for scenes in the films featuring Darth Vader or The Empire.
Another memorable part, played by the woman at towards the very end, is best known as the uplifting music played at the finale of The Return of the Jedi.
Williams' Star Wars score, written for the original film in 1977, is arguably the most well known piece of film music ever created.
Using musical motifs given their own names, he created sections of music that would remain associated with certain sub-plots or characters within the films.
For example, 'Rebel Fanfare' is used to accompany scenes involving Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance, while 'Imperial Motif' was used for scenes featuring The Empire.
However, the Japanese woman is not alone in translating famous orchestral arrangements on to the keyboard.
Recently a video surfaced of a young girl recreating an orchestral version of the Back to the Future theme song.
Wearing a large white dress, she uses two decks of keyboards, foot pedals and four pages of music for the remarkable musical cover.
(dailymail.co.uk)
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