To the Beginning (Fate/Zero OP2)-Kalafina

It's hard to believe that Fate/zero has aired almost 8 years ago in 2012 and both「oath sign」 and 「to the beginning」 has become true Anime song classics in the last decade. I am still sad that Kalafina has disbanded for good in 2019 because I really enjoyed listening to their music with the three separate voices and with the "typical" Yuki Kajiura sound.

「to the beginning」is another Anime song where the second chorus is being skipped and instead the bridge part is playing. I also have to applaud to Yuki Kajiura for managing to do the almost impossible: despite the huge amount of key changes throughout the song, the piece still sounds very natural from start to finish. That's because all key changes are well prepared with a fitting chord progression.

Here is a rough outline how often the piece is changing its keys.

Eb minor (intro) → C minor (instrumental) → A minor (verse 1)

→ F# minor (chorus 1) → E minor (instrumental) → A minor (verse 2)

→ F# minor (bridge 1) → A minor (bridge 2)

→ F# minor (chorus 2) → Eb minor (outro)

My favorite part of the entire song is actually the bridge part, starting at 02:20 the three voices are becoming intertwined and each of them are taking turns to sing the main melody. I decided to add a right hand movement inspired by a Rachmaninoff prelude to create a stormy, yet mysterious atmosphere, while the left hand is playing the main melody.

Not much to say about the rest of the song, since it's following exactly the same structure as the original song. But I have to say, both the first chorus in 1:01 and the second chorus in 3:23 was very satisfying to play because the bass is very powerful in this section and I could go all out with the dynamics.

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Piano arrangement by Animenz

Original Song: to the beginning

Anime: Fate/zero Season 2 / フェイト/ゼロ 2ndシーズン

Published by: SME Records (2012)

Composed by: Yuki Kajiura / 梶浦 由記

Performed by: Kalafina (Wakana, Keiko, Hikaru)