Daisy (Beyond the Boundary ED)-STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION

Following last weeks Sincerely, I've decided to make a piano arrangement from an another Kyoani Anime: Daisy, the ED of Kyoukai no kanata. This song reminds me a little bit of a Vocaloid music because of the repeating piano pattern in the background and the overall "electronic" sound of the synthesizers.

No matter how often I listen to Daisy, I always get excited when I hear the chorus part.

I think one of the driving force for the entire piece is the off-beat bass rhythm and for some reason, it has a irresistable appeal to me. I tried to replicate all these rhythm pattern on the piano in the left hand and was more staccato and non-pedal than usual.

One of the big challenges of this song was actually arranging the second verse for the piano, because the melody consists of repeating the same D-note over and over again. I tried to make it sound more natural by adding the piano melody from the introduction part in the left hand in 1:38.

Instead of copy and pasting the first chorus like I always do, the second chorus in 02:13 has a variation with a vastly different atmosphere. I tried to create a dreamlike scenery on the piano, recreating the image of the beautiful night sky in the Ending animation of Kyoukai no Kanata. I am a big fan of OP and ED animations and I always dissect them frame by frame in my free time to analyze how each scene is transitioning into the other. It is usually extremely well done and I can't help but to admire the animators creating these wonderful sceneries.

The original song ends with a "open" Dmaj7/9 chord and I decided to do the same on the piano: starting 04:21 the melody is slowly climbing higher and higher, until it reaches the highest piano range, resembling the night sky as mentioned earlier. The arrangement ends in the same dreamlike atmosphere as it has started and the music has finally come full circle.

This song has been on my to-do list for a very long time and it was requested many times since I have first played it in my Animenz Live concert in 2014. It's nice to revisit those old pieces again and arranging it again with my current style.

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Piano arrangement by Animenz

Original Song: Daisy

Anime: Kyoukai no Kanata / Beyond the Boundary / 境界の彼方

Published by: Lantis (2013)

Composed by: R·O·N

Performed by: STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION