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I've recently listened over most of the music in the game, and one of the most eye-catching titles to me is, "Nocturne." The reason this is so eye-catching to me is because i really love classical piano music, and knowing that Nocturne is a song played by one of my most personal favorite pianists, I couldn't help but wonder. I notice some similarities, so I can't help but wonder if the music in-game was inspired by Chopin. To me, it almost sounds like some parts are from the song, but in a little bit of a reverse order. I thought I would get other people's opinions on this, so I would be happy to know what you guys think.

Here's Frederic's "Nocturne,"

In my opinion it is a bit difficult to tell.
I think I can see vaguely where you are coming from but to me this particular piece of Chopin is definitely a piece from the romantic era but the Nocturne from the game is even more so. Apart from that the Nocturne from KS has also some jazzy influences that are hinted at when the drums begin to play but really come into play at the end of second third (well, approximately, not too sure at the moment).
These two pieces may be related but that is probably mostly because they can be attributed to the same era (while the ingame Nocturn, of course, is more modern).

Yeah it's very similar, I don't think there's much doubt that it was inspired by the original, it' just got a bit of a new spin on the song.

It's similar because it's a Nocturne. A Nocturne is a type of piece evocative of night. Chopin actually wrote loads. About 20 of them I think.

I'm guessing the similarities lie in the melodic shaping and the accompaniment being mostly arpeggiated?

Personally I preferred Chopin's etudes but that's because I alway fancy a challenge. Not that I'm good enough to play more than a couple but piano was never my first instrument. Chopin man, not played that stuff since College.