Suzume no Tojimari - Soundtrack Medley (Main Theme) [Piano] / RADWIMPS
24,445Main theme (すずめ) 0:00
Sky Over Tokyo (東京上空) 2:13
Closing the Door (戸締まり) 4:25
KANATA HALUKA (カナタハルカ) 6:50
After the huge hit “Your name” and “Weathering with You”, I was really looking forward to watching the newest movie by Makoto Shinkai. And I have to say, “Suzume no Tojimari” has really exceeded all my expectations and has quickly become my favorite anime movie from the last few years.
The message of the movie is really strong: Telling people to not lose hope for their future, even after experiencing a great disaster. I was also really surprised that the movie is directly referencing the 3.11 earthquake in Japan.
Since I was so impressed by the movie, I decided to make a piano medley and used four music pieces from the official Suzume no Tojimari soundtrack.
[There are minor spoilers about the movie in the following paragraph, please read it at your own risk]
The main theme (すずめ) 0:01 is easily the most memorable melody of the movie: A simple theme in D-minor, initially played by the right hand alone. Throughout the movie, this theme has reappeared many times in different variations. I also wanted to include the "deep breath" of the vocalist from the original song as well. If you look closely at my right hand in 0:01 you can see that I deliberately raised my hands to recreate the "deep breath".
Part 2 (東京上空) 2:13 is another memorable scene in the movie. This particular soundtrack is playing when the giant Mimizu is about to cause a great earthquake in Tokyo. The musical buildup is very long and I added more and more layers (including the powerful drums in 3:22) until the music suddenly comes to a stop in 4:20. I tried my best to express a feeling of both beauty and despair on the piano.
Part 3 (戸締まり) 4:25 is a variation of the Main theme and it's being played near the end of the movie, in my favorite scene: Suzume finally went through the door and realized that little girl is actually her younger self from the past. She encouraged her past self to stay strong, even after all hope is seemingly lost after the earthquake. I still remember the final conversation between Suzume and younger Suzume:
“Big sister, who are you?”
– “I am your tomorrow”
I really, really love this scene, it was just so well made.
Part 4 (カナタハルカ) 6:50 is the ending song of the movie and serves as the grand finale of the medley. This is also the only piece in a major key and I added an additional finale with fast runs to celebrate the end of Suzume’s Journey. Finally, at the very end I played the main theme again but this time in a major key: A proof that all things will end well, if you give it enough time.
Well then, that’s it for today! Thank you for reading my video description!
I hope you liked my Suzume no Tojimari Soundtrack Medley. I really love doing medley-type arrangements since I have the freedom to experiment with different song orders.
I am already looking forward to watching the next Makoto Shinkai movie - and I can't wait to see what kind of story we will experience next. Until now we have defeated a comet (Your Name), a weather anomaly (Weathering with you) and this time, a giant earthquake worm. What's next, I wonder...
PS: The postcard you are seeing in this video was a special gift I received from the theatre after watching the "Suzume no Tojimari - Blu-ray version" screening of the movie last week in Japan.
See you next time again!
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Songs used in this Medley:
1. すずめ feat.十明
2. 東京上空
3. 戸締まり
4. カナタハルカ
Anime: Suzume no Tojimari (2022)
Published by: UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC (2022)
Composed by: RADWIMPS, Kazuma Jinnouchi
Performed by: RADWIMPS feat. Toaka
Piano arrangement by Animenz
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