竈門炭治郎のうた-椎名豪

I have finally watched Demon Slayer last week and I am really impressed by the excellent soundtrack from Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina. Especially the soundtrack in the fantastic Nezuko and Tanjiro scene in episode 19 was particularly memorable and I decided to make a piano arrangement for that soundtrack, known as Kamado Tanjiro no Uta.

However, I was taken aback upon hearing the full version of Kamado Tanjiro no Uta. The song is unusually long, there are many repetitive elements and finding a good balance between the two contrasting themes in minor and major key is quite difficult to pull off on the piano.

I tried to find suitable variations for the chorus repetitions, but I simply couldn't come up with a good alternative. That's why I decided to change a little bit the song structure.

By omitting the second verse and adding a new ending part after the final chorus, I have kept the overall length of the song while at the same time, it also manages to avoid being too repetitive. Furthermore, I feel like the chorus of the original song is ending a little too abruptly. All the buildup in the 5 minutes is released in an instant - and then nothing else is following up. I kinda wish there would be at least some kind of an epilogue left, after all the buildup (or perhaps I am just too used to "book ends" elements in music).

Ultimately, my goal for every single one of my piano arrangements is to find a good balance between tension and releases, in order to create a "natural" flow of music. I hope I managed to pull it of this time.

Until then!

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Piano arrangement by Animenz

Original Song:

Kamado Tanjiro no Uta / 竈門炭治郎のうた

Anime:

Kimetsu no Yaiba / Demon Slayer / 鬼滅の刃

Published by:

Aniplex

Composed by:

Go Shiina / 椎名豪

Performed by: Nami Nakagawa / 中川奈美