@88bit.bsky.social
Award-winning pianist and composer, note-for-note piano arrangements of NES soundtracks and other VGM, aka @robkovacs.bsky.social http://linkpop.com/88bit
Shoutout to @davidpiano.bsky.social, who transcribed 2 Straylight songs - Star Forge and The Last Campfire - into lead sheets, now available for free on VGLeadsheets. If you want to play or cover them, these charts are a great place to start!
vgleadsheets.com/view/straylight/star-forge
Listen to my performance of "Painful History" from the Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections composed and arranged by Sebastien Skaf. It is one of the simpler yet most somber pieces in the entire collection. Enjoy!
youtu.be/DRiyu7E9J3A
I'm super pumped for MAGFest this weekend! You can catch me playing with - @megaran.com , VGM Collective and GLHF! You can also hear a recording of me playing during The Tiberian Sons set. I'll have a limited amount of merch with me as well. See you soon!
07.01.2026 08:13 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Join me Saturday at 8:15 EST for Press Play a charity event supporting @HopeForTheDay at twitch.tv/robkovacs
19.12.2025 22:46 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I'm excited to announce I'll be a featured guest performing with the Video Game Symphony at the Akron Civic Theater, Sat, Nov 22 at 7:30. They have a great program planned and I'm stoked to be a part of it!
Go to videogamesymphony.com for tickets and info. I hope to see you there!
thanks dude!
14.11.2025 23:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If you missed the Pixels & Melodies video game music concert in Munich a few months back, fret not!
You can now watch @julieelven.bsky.social and @robkovacs.bsky.social / @88bit.bsky.social’s live performance of Strange Flower from Corpse Factory on YouTube!!!
youtu.be/LA-cjGIsSZc?...
For Your GRAMMY® Consideration for BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO - Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections
Here is Raindrops and Puddles by composer Sebastien Skaf - one of the strongest compositions which also features some of my best piano playing on the album. Enjoy!
youtu.be/PwJ8CpWa-kc
Thank you! It really is!
21.09.2025 23:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My arrangement of Sidon's Theme from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is out on all streaming services. Audio and sheet music is available through Patreon. Any thoughts or comments are appreciated!
youtu.be/2oV7WOm2teE
My Severance Hall debut performing my Gusty Garden Galaxy piano cadenza with The Video Game Symphony. It was quite a thrill!
26.08.2025 00:32 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The piece begins with a simple and charming melody that develops nicely into the middle waltz section a la Chopin or Liszt. After a welcomed recapitulation we're treated to a brief respite by the calming and dreamy coda, only to be woken up by the final emphatic chord. It's quite the journey!
30.07.2025 21:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Please take a moment to enjoy my performance of "Concord" from the Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections composed and arranged by Sebastien Skaf and released by @materiacollective.com
youtu.be/Wt1j6ONm5hg
A big thank you @kim-sutton.bsky.social for her wonderful editing of this video. 🙏
Watch "Air" from Katawa Shoujo written and arranged by Sebastien Skaf. This is part of the official Piano Collections that I recently recorded for @materiamusic.com. Let me know what you think! A huge thanks to @kim-sutton.bsky.social for helping film and edit the video!
youtu.be/6eLfXg5hdyA
they sure are nice!
26.06.2025 14:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two new @CuragaRecords Video Game LoFi albums -- Final Fantasy and Paper Mario! I collabed with producer @HotlineSehwani co-arranging and playing the piano for "Main Title" from Paper Mario. And you can hear my piano on Lunar Serenade (FFXVI), produced by Save Point and Wutai.
#vgm #vgmvinyl
Wanna hear some Game Tunes live? 🎶
@88bit.bsky.social and @julieelven.bsky.social are performing in Munich TOMORROW, June 18th! Don't miss out on an incredible evening of video game music.
Tickets are still available here:
www.eventbrite.de/e/pixels-mel...
Thank you! I'm pretty excited!
12.06.2025 12:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 01 week till we perform in Germany!
12.06.2025 10:10 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I figured I'd share a little background on how this Katawa Shoujo project came to be. If interested you can read about it here - www.robkovacsmusic.com/blog/katawa-...
12.06.2025 10:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
To celebrate the release of the Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections, here is a video of probably my favorite piece from the album - Romance in Andante. Composed by Sebastien Skaf, this lovely Chopin-inspired piece with sparkling right hand flourishes was a joy to learn. Enjoy! youtu.be/47Mk-dazY9E
06.06.2025 17:18 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I'm excited for you all to hear this. :)
06.06.2025 17:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm excited for fans of the game and/or piano music to hera this album. :)
06.06.2025 17:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections album is now out everywhere on @materiacollective.com! This album features my best piano playing to date and appeals to lovers of classical piano music. Everything was recorded in my home studio on a Boston grand piano. Listen here open.spotify.com/album/3SfsVW...
06.06.2025 15:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wiosna (from Katawa Shoujo) - Piano Collections
youtu.be/mVZWvVLd4HA
Sounds like Chopin…
But it’s actually from the visual novel @Katawa_Shoujo. 🎮🎹
Music by Sebastien Skaf
🎧 Full performance in comments
#KatawaShoujo #VGM #Piano #IndieGame #ChopinVibes #EmotionalMusic
From L’Étoile (Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections) The challenge here is bringing out the melody clearly and not letting it get obscured by the background accompaniment. Do you hear all 3 layers? #pianist #piano #vgm
22.05.2025 19:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New video drop! L’étoile — by Sebastien Skaf — is one of the most beautiful and deceptively challenging pieces on my upcoming Katawa Shoujo piano album.
Watch the full performance: youtu.be/ec8ARWA7-cM
@materiacollective.com @materiaeditions.com
Huge news! I’m performing my first-ever European 88bit piano concert—live in Munich, Germany on June 18! AND, I’ll be joined by the breathtaking soundtrack vocalist @julieelven.bsky.social!
Huge thanks to composer @alecshea.com for making this concert happen.
www.eventbrite.de/e/pixels-mel...
But I'm very excited for you all to hear it! You can even pre-order and listen to some of the tracks already -
88bit.bandcamp.com/album/katawa...
