Madoka Magica: Rebellion OST (Yuki Kajiura) // Piano Medley

Hello and welcome to me playing a medley so long it's dark outside by the end of it

Table of contents:

00:00 once we were
00:47 nightmare ballet
01:26 mada dame yo (まだダメよ)
02:16 nice to meet you
02:41 nothing special, but so special
03:27 Holy Quintet
05:50 one for all
07:20 the battle is over
08:04 something, everything is wrong
09:13 raise the curtain
10:01 I remember
10:35 doubt
11:11 absolute configuration
12:31 pulling my own weight
13:47 dream world
15:09 never leave you alone
16:45 this is the truth
17:29 flame of despair
19:15 this is my despair
19:49 theatre of a witch
20:26 we're here for you
21:26 take your hands
23:04 wings of relief
24:02 I was waiting for this moment
25:24 her new wings
26:40 happy ending
27:13 not yet

As you can see, this is a pretty long medley! It includes 27 out of 45 tracks from the movie, spanning the entirety of it, all of it chronological, starting with the first track up until the last. The fact that I recorded all of this in one take is some sort of small miracle, I was fully prepared to have to glue bits of good takes together to make it coherent. I'm really glad I didn't have to after all since I think having it be one take really adds to the performance, keeps the flow of it intact!

The Rebellion soundtrack has been one of my favorite soundtracks for years now and I can't tell how many times I've listened to it at this point. I could write an entire essay on why I love it so much, I must have looped it hundreds of times by now. The recurring motifs, the way the music supports the narrative so perfectly - there's something about it as a whole that's so incredibly memorable. Yuki Kajiura really outdid herself with the Madoka OST in general!

And I love the movie just as much as its music. Every once in a while I'm in an "I should rewatch Rebellion" mood, and it doesn't matter that I know every frame of it by heart, it never fails to be a great experience. I think it's the kind of movie that can only really be appreciated on second viewing, and gets better the more you notice and pay attention to

I've wanted to record a medley like this for at least 3 years now, which pretty much marks the very beginning of my transcription attempts. I still was too much of a newbie back then to get anywhere, and I quickly realized it'd be way too big of a project for my arranging abilities at the time

Fast forward to October 2020, when I started this project for the 5th time or so, once again from scratch. I transcribed it in the span of a few days, finally having gained enough experience along the way to finish the sheet music!

Some parts of it were more challenging than others - flame of despair being both my favorite track and the most difficult one to play. It took some practice! Especially the very ending, I still mess that up half the time. But I think it was worth it in the end. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out! Per usual, there are a few stumbles here and there, but I don't think they're immersion-breaking so I'll let them slide

Also really happy I managed to get this out just in time for the 10th anniversary of the franchise!

(I'm still hoping for a Rebellion sequel)



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Soundtrack by Yuki Kajiura
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I'll just put every alternate title of the movie here so it's searchable:
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika Movie 3, 劇場版, 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ, 叛逆の物語
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