OMORI - DUET (Orchestral Arrangement)

An orchestral arrangement of DUET as heard in the game OMORI. This arrangement has garnered over 200,000 views on YouTube.

One of my first forays into orchestration, I took inspiration from the instrumentation of pieces like Merry Go Round of Life (Joe Hisaishi) and Married Life (Michael Giacchino). I kept the piano and violin as the main players of this arrangement. To add a sense of looming inevitability, I incorporated tubular bells to invoke the chime of distant church bells. Without any spoilers, I feel the ending of this arrangement encapsulates the whirlwind of emotions many players feel towards the True Route ending of OMORI.