Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/41476

Last Stardust is - without a doubt - one of the most memorable insert songs in the Fate/stay night franchise and I have been asked for numerous times, whether I will ever upload a piano arrangement on my YouTube channel. Well, today is the promised day!

I listen to Aimer's music a lot in my free time and her deep, yet strong voice is absolutely fascinating. The most exciting part of Aimer songs are always the chorus part, because you can really feel the power in her voice. Sometimes, I feel even the sound of an entire grand piano is not powerful enough to do Aimer's voice justice (笑)

This arrangement is also based on an improvised version I have played in my Animenz Live concerts in the past. But compared to the live concert version, this final version is much more polished, has a vastly improved musical flow and is technically also more challenging, especially the piano solo section near the end [4:46].

The most difficult part to arrange however was the super long bridge section, starting at [2:46]. The music is building up its tension nonstop for a whole minute and I really had no idea, how translate it to the piano without sounding too repetitive.

I have been experimenting again and again with different voicing on the piano and it took me a long time to figure out the best balanced way to make the piano sound as exciting as possible. It is basically a roller coaster of emotions, using the entire musical keyboard of a Steinway Grand piano.

I also used a unique technique for the final chord [6:20] of this arrangement: by releasing the notes one by one, you can create a very interesting effect on the piano. It sounds like the notes are slowly dispersing in the air.

To be honest, there were many times where I just want to give up arranging this song. I couldn't see how to improve this arrangement even further, despite my best efforts. I could technically just "upload it as it is" long time ago since most people probably won't notice all the small adjustments I did in the arrangement.
But I know that deep down, I can do even better. I just have to try hard enough.

In a way, this "Last Stardust" is the spiritual successor of my "Brave Shine" arrangement from 2016 (   • Brave Shine - Fate/stay night Unlimit...  ), because I dedicated my entire musical knowledge into arranging this song for the piano in the best way possible. I hope my feelings in the piano music can reach the audience as well this time...

Well then, sorry for getting too serious for this weeks video description!
Next week's upload is going to be a much more uplifting song. In the meanwhile, please enjoy this final version of Last Stardust!

See you next week then!

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Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Last Stardust
Anime: Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works (2015)
Published by: DefSTAR RECORDS (2015)
Composed by: Masahiro Tobinai / 飛内 将大
Performed by: Aimer

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