crossing field (刀劍神域 OP)-LiSA

Crossing Field is probably one of the most iconic anime songs of the last decade and one of the early hit songs from LiSA. For the longest time I already had a basic idea how the full version should sound like on the piano but I never had the time to properly sit down and polish the ideas floating in my head until a few days ago.

It was quite a challenge to translate LiSA's overpowering vocal performance into a piano solo piece. Interestingly, the final arrangement turned out to be more "soft" than expected, especially in the beginning and ending part. Maybe my personality has become more gentle since 2018 (笑)

Anyway, this piano arrangement is following the same song structure as the original song and I used my usual variation ideas for the repeating parts. The biggest technical difficulty was the left hand pattern in the second chorus at 2:05. I was imagining a group of string instruments playing a tremolo (fast repetitions) for this part and I tried to imitate it with the left hand.

The only place where I took some freedom in arranging was the bridge part starting at 2:38. I used a slightly different harmonization in the left hand but overall, I tried to keep a similar atmosphere like the original song. In a way, this arrangement feels like a piano cover from my "old arrangement style" in 2015. Especially the arpeggios in the final chorus in 3:37 is a technique I often used in my earlier arrangements.

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Piano arrangement by Animenz

Original Song: Crossing Field

Anime: Sword Art Online / ソードアート・オンライン

Published by: Aniplex 2012

Composed by: Sho Watanabe / 渡辺 翔

Performed by: LiSA