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“On That Day, Humanity Received a Grim Reminder“.
The moment, when Eren’s mother was eaten. The moment, when Eren transformed the first time into a titan, roaring of anger. The moment when Armin was desperately convincing the garrison to not attack Titan-Eren, fearing for his life. All these emotionally heavy scenes were accompanied by「Vogel im Käfig」in the anime.
Personally, this is one of my favorite Soundtracks from Hiroyuki Sawano and it could be regarded as the closest thing to a “symphonic poem” in the Attack on Titan soundtrack. The hauntingly beautiful beginning, the combination of different “chapters” in the music, and the incredible dramatic climax at the end – 「Vogel im Käfig」has it all.
Because this piece is such a cinematic masterpiece, it was the ultimate challenge for me to create a piano arrangement with a similar emotional intensity as the original soundtrack. There are many moments of “silence” in this arrangement such as in 0:35, 1:41 or 2:39 and they all serve a vital role in the music as a “breather“ between each musical chapter.
In my opinion,「Vogel im Käfig」could be divided in the following 6 musical chapters:
(I also referenced the German lyrics a little bit)
0:00 “A bird in the sky“
0:37 “The world we are living in“
1:45 “A new hope“
2:42 “All living things will die“
3:13 “Our fate and destiny“
4:56 “We will fight“
With other words, the 6 minutes and half of this arrangement is serving mainly one purpose: Building up the music until the world (literally) crashes down in 4:56. For this purpose I thought of every possible way to maximize the tension in the piano arrangement such as three hand technique in 4:56 or super fast left hand arpeggios in 5:44.
Last but not least, it is also interesting to note that 「Vogel im Käfig」 is being played in the second half of 「YouSeeBIGGIRL」and having a similar role as the musical climax at the end. I guess the finale of 「Vogel im Käfig」is just too good, haha.
With that said, thank you for reading this week’s “Animenz Explains“! I hope you enjoyed my arrangement of「Vogel im Käfig」and you could relive all the Attack on Titan nostalgia again. My next video has been decided already and it’s going to be the “musical twin“ of this piece, 「YouSeeBIGGIRL」
See you next time again!
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🎹Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Vogel im Käfig
Anime: Attack on Titan / 進撃の巨人S2
Published by: PONY CANYON (2013)
Composed by: Hiroyuki Sawano / 澤野 弘之
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