Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel Medley (Hana no Uta - I beg you - Haru wa Yuku) / Aimer

Sheet music → mymusic.st/animenzzz/41468
0:00 Movie I: Presage Flower - Hana no Uta / 花の唄
2:58 Movie II: Lost Butterfly - I beg you
5:48 Movie III: Spring Song - Haru wa Yuku / 春はゆく
Whenever I decide to create a Piano Medley, I have an urge to tell the audience a story with the music alone. To achieve this, I have to make sure the flow of the music is well balanced from start to finish and each piece is musically connected with each other.
All three theme songs from the Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel movies are composed by Yuki Kajiura and performed by Aimer. Therefore, they have some sort of musical connection already by default and all I need to do is to find a good dynamic balance between each section of the 10-minute medley.
Each song is connected by a recurring musical figure - a harp-like arpeggio pattern - to create an otherworldly atmosphere for the entire medley. It appears in the introduction part of “Hana no Uta” 0:01, in the left hand in “I beg you” 3:30 and in the introduction part of “Haru wa Yuku” in 5:19.
"Hana no Uta" is a fascinating song because I can feel a certain “uneasiness” in the music. I think that’s because the Dbmaj7 chord is featured very prominently in the chord progression and it is constantly yearning for a musical resolution. I also used a few unusual left hand accompaniment in the verse 1:12 or in the chorus 1:53 to further emphasize the “uneasiness” in the music.
The biggest challenge of the medley was "I beg you" because this song is as “piano-unfriendly” as possible: It has only one chord progression for most of the time (C-major) and the rest of the song is carried by intense drum rhythms in the background. I tried out many, many left-hand patterns but none of them came close to the raw energy of a drum set. I finally found a solution by using endless arpeggio runs in the left hand 3:29 to create a bombastic, chaotic atmosphere.
Finally, we are reaching "Haru wa Yuku". This song is the main focus of the medley because it has the strongest emotional impact of all three songs and it's the only song of this medley which is arranged in its original full size. The final chorus is probably the highest melody range I have ever played. I wanted to create one last, final climax of the song by using almost every single key the piano is offering. And maybe in the hope, that the music can even reach to the heavens…
Before I go, I just want to thank everyone for your messages in last week's KZhead community post (kzhead.infoUgyC91ww.... I've read through all of them and they gave me a lot of strength to continue. Thank you so much for your support.
Life is truly mysterious, because any time could be the last time we are talking to someone very close to us. Things we take for granted can disappear without a warning. But ultimately, life goes on.
I will continue doing my best. Thank you for listening to my music.
Animenz
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🎹Piano arrangement by Animenz
Songs used in this Piano Medley
1. Hana no Uta / 花の唄
2. I beg you
3. Haru wa Yuku / 春はゆく
Anime: Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel (Anime Film Trilogy, 2017-2020)
Published by: Sony Music Labels Inc. (2020)
Composed by: Yuki Kajiura / 梶浦 由記
Performed by: Aimer
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Dedicated to my late grandfather
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