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The Rumbling – Attack on Titan Final Season OP [Piano] / SiM



Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/57242

So here it is, the final opening song for the entire Attack on Titan Anime series: “The Rumbling” from SiM! This piece gave me unique challenges on the piano because how does one arrange a metalcore music on a single piano? Sometimes, I feel like even 88 keys are not even enough.

But before I continue, I want to ask you something: Doesn’t the melody in 0:08 sound really similar to Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” theme? And not only that, the string melodies in 0:14 also reminds me of the main melody in Dvorak’s “From the new world” symphony (the 4th movement). Really a crazy coincidence, since Eren himself wants to create a “new world” in a way…

Some key points of this arrangement:

① 0:41 “I’M TEARLESS, I’M FEARLESS”
These aggressive growling vocals found in metal music are almost impossible to replicate on the piano but I still needed these voices in order to fully replicate the original song. I think the best approach is to just create a fitting melody out of the growling vocals while keeping the rhythm. I “translated” the growling vocals into a middle voice in 0:41 for example.

② 2:04 Beethoven joins “the Rumbling”
This is something I rarely do in my arrangements: I reharmonized the entire bridge part of the original song and only kept the main melody intact. The reason is because no matter how hard I try, I couldn’t fully replicate the sheer intensity of the hardcore metal in the bridge part with all the guitar riffs and screaming. That’s why I had the idea to create an alternative chord progression in order to make the bridge part more suitable for being played on the piano. I also quoted a little bit Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata No.23 in the left hand in 2:04, because I really like these wavy movements and they sound almost “apocalyptic” to me (plus, they are in the same F minor key)

③ 2:44 “If I lose it all, slip and fall”
I absolutely love the quiet melody before the final chorus in the original song but I wish the quiet moment of introspection could have lingered a little bit longer in the music. That’s why I added an additional musical buildup in 2:59 because nothing is more satisfying than playing an insane crescendo and then finally hammer the final chorus in 3:11.

All in all, this song is probably the “heaviest” arrangement I’ve done in a while and I cannot wait to see the rest of Attack on Titan Final Season! With that said, thank you for reading this week’s “Animenz Explains!” I hope I can see you in my next video again! It’s going to be an OST from Attack on Titan again.

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🎹Piano arrangement by Animenz

Original Song: The Rumbling
Anime: Attack on Titan Final Season (Part 2)
Published by: PONY CANYON (2022)
Composed by: SiM
Performed by: SiM
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44 Comments

  2. @livyrawles9272

    Rumbling, Rumbling, it's coming!
    Rumbling, Rumbling!
    Beware!
    Coming for you!
    All I ever wanted to do was do right things
    I never wanted to be the king, I swear
    All I ever wanted to do was save your life
    I never wanted to grab a knife, I swear
    I'm tearless, I'm fearless
    I'm burning, I'm burning
    You tell me what have I missed?
    Still wandering in the deep mist
    If I lose it all, slip and fall
    I will never look away
    If I lose it all, lose it all, lose it all
    If I lose it all outside the wall
    Live to die another day
    I don't want anything, I'm just here to…
    Beware!
    All I ever wanted to do was know what's out there?
    I refused to lose without a fight, oh, oh-yeah
    Oh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
    We're just too young, ignorant and innocent
    Like kids stay up all night in a tent, oh yeah
    How do you see me? Oh yeah
    Am I who I used to be?
    Beware!
    Nobody knows what's inside of me
    Nobody knows what's inside of me
    Nobody knows what's inside of me
    Ah
    If I lose it all, slip and fall
    Will you laugh at me?
    If I lose it all, lose it all
    Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah
    If I lose it all, slip and fall
    I will never look away
    If I lose it all, lose it all, lose it all
    If I lose it all outside the wall
    Live to die another day
    I don't want anything, I'm just here to…
    Beware!
    Rumbling, Rumbling, it's coming!
    Rumbling, Rumbling!
    Coming for you!
    Rumbling, Rumbling, it's coming!
    Rumbling, Rumbling!

  6. @ApolloGoesCrazy

    Woah, I didn't know that there was a 10th titan form! The one that gives crazy unmatched piano abilities.

  13. @bloom_pep

    God.. Animez is incredibly cool. A whole piano keyboard is not enough to reveal his talent, just a genius.

  15. @milosomboonwiwat238

    Tbh for the first time I listen to this song,it is not that good but somehow it keep stucking in my head untill I listen second time 💀💀💀💀 (the curse is activate)

  29. @cagankahraman5117

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  31. @ceilingfanenthusiast6041

    I started learning this areangement about a month and a half ago. I was stuck between this and "Noble Pope" but felt Rumbling was a more manageable task.

    I got to about 01:36 but I'm thinking I might quit tbh. Progress was faster than I expected and I could play each part pretty well for a while but it feels like after a week or two I just lose it and start being sloppy. Maybe I just don't feel the motivation to keep trying :/

    It's super hard and I just feel like I can't get the sound Animenz does. I don't know how to improve my expression. I might update this comment if I eventually keep learning but :/ Maybe I'm not ready for it. I feel like I could learn the physical movements but it would be sloppy on uninteresting, like pieces I learned 2 or 3 years ago that were too difficult for me at the time.

    Edit (2 weeks later): nah fuck that I'm gonna keep going.

  44. @Critter_Farm

    This hits way harder on piano, and this is coming from a huge, HUGE metal fan. It sounds so much more desperate and strained.

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