STYX HELIX（Re:从零开始的异世界生活 ED1）-MYTH & ROID

Since the second season of RE:ZERO is currently airing, I decided to finish an old piano arrangement project I have started years ago: STYX HELIX by Myth & Roid. It's a fairly unique song because of the extensive usage of Auto-tune of the singer's voice and the hypnotic bass patterns.

When listening to Styx Helix, I feel like I am floating in a deep ocean, trapped in an endless, surreal world. I tried to do a similar approach on the piano by introducing flowing hand movements to create a mysterious atmosphere, almost like the listener is floating on a stream of piano notes.

I had a hard time to decide which melody I should play for the chorus part on the piano in 1:05. If you listen closely to the original song, you will notice there is a constant additional voice in the background, singing along the main voice. I decided to sometimes play the "upper" melody, and sometimes the "lower" melody on the piano to make a good mix of both.

The music seemingly stops after the final chorus melody in 3:51, but it's immediately being revived again by the "play again" (F#-G#-C#) melody in 3:55. The music is starting from anew and it's building up towards a big finale until it reaches the climax with the ascending arpeggios in 4:20.

The original song has a fade-out ending which I haven't heard for a while in Anime songs. I decided to let the sound of the piano disappear into the thin air as well by playing in the highest register of the piano with a mysterious right hand pattern in 4:28. The final note was supposed to be a hypothetical C#8 key, but unfortunately this key doesn't exist on a grand piano (yet). I wonder if there is a piano somewhere in this world with a C#8 key though, so I can finally play the final note and make the piece complete.

Well then, that would be everything about this week's upload! Styx Helix started as a lyrical arrangement, but after I included the flowing movements in both hands, it sounds like an invisible clock is constantly ticking the whole time, giving this piece a certain rhythmic energy. I think it is actually quite fitting, considering the importance of "time" in the Re:Zero Anime.

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Piano arrangement by Animenz

Original Song: STYX HELIX

Anime: Re:Zero / Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活

Published by: Kadokawa (2016)

Composed by: MYTH & ROID

Performed by: MYTH & ROID (mayu)