Friday, February 18, 2022

Announcement of "Though Seasons Change - Violet Evergarden Piano Memories"

KyoAni just announced that an album with piano cover of music used in the Violet Evergarden series will be sold starting March 16, 2022.
Update: Due to issues with the production of the packaging, the album's release is being delayed to March 30, 2022. The new cover art was announced on March 18, 2022, see end of this post for the new art.
 
 
Apparently, someone on Twitter did a bit of snooping and discovered that the model for the room used in the CD art cover could likely be one of the rooms in Peleș Castle.
The piano and the harp in the same room... but the chair is different, and instead of stained glass, the windows has a lattice frame. Until someone else finds a better candidate, I guess this will have to do. (Although it could well be some other castle in Europe, especially Germany, since the Kyoani team visited Cochem Castle and Mannheim Castle for the Gaiden movie.) 

This one looks more like it.
Same lattice windows, chairs look similar, and the piano is a mirror image. Even the chairs in the foreground look similar. Not sure where this photo/picture is from, though... the comments say it is from a place used in the filming of the movie "Winter's Tale" but I can't find an exact location.
 
The official website did not have any links for pre-order... but I found this link for pre-orders. (Those affiliate links are not mine; I got this link from this article.)
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Associate link to Amazon.com for the MP3 album

Anyway, the list of songs:

disc - 1
01.Theme of Violet Evergarden
02.A Doll's Beginning
03.A Simple Mission
04.Another Sunny Day
05.Rust
06.The Ultimate Price
07.The Long Night
08.An Admirable Doll
09.Back in Business
10.Across the Violet Sky
11.Wherever You Are, Wherever You May Be
12.Torment
13.Fractured Heart
14.Always Watching Over You
15.Never Coming Back
16.Letters From Heaven
17.What It Means To Love
18.One Last Message
19.The Love That Binds Us
20.The Birth of a Legend
21.To The Ends of Our World
22.Violet's Letter

disc - 2
01.Discovering the Past
02.The Legacy of Violet Evergarden
03.Violet and Isabella
04.A New Era Begins
05.Strangeling
06.Ink to Paper
07.A Place to Call Home
08.A Bond Between Sisters
09.Those Words You Spoke to Me
10.The Voice in My Heart
11.Yuris' Confession
12.As the Days Pass Us By
13.For the Land That I Come From (Ctrigall Drinking Song)
14.Beyond These Waves
15.The Hardships of Gilbert Bougainvillea
16.Tears in the Rain
17.A Young Boy's Last Wish
18.Live on for Me
19.Violet's Final Letter
20.Echo Through Eternity
21.Her Spirit Lives On
22.Softly Sing to Me (Magnolia Family Lullaby)

The pieces were selected by Evan Call, arranged by Sakai Mayuka, and performed by Sato Koichi.
 
Update March 18, 2022: The new cover art has been announced.
 
Update April 12, 2022: There will be a piano concert from July 16 to 17, 2022, announced here. Venue is Kawaguchiko Enkei Hall, which can house up to 100 people.
Update May 13, 2022: I managed to get tickets for the piano concert! There was actually a first round of balloting and I didn't get a ticket then. But the organizers opened up for general sales today and I managed to get tickets. 😍

Update July 8, 2022: The scores for all 44 pieces of music will be available in electronic form. The purchase links are here. Official announcement here (in Japanese).

Update August 8, 2022: A physical copy of the scores can be bought from here. The scores are being printed on demand, so quality is not going to be as good as a normal book (basically, it is going to be printed with a printer... so do not use an eraser on it).

My overall thoughts on Violet Evergarden The Movie.

Events:
 
Translations of short stories:
Gilbert Bougainvillea and the Fleeting Dream (unofficial translation of "ギルベルト・ブーゲンビリアと儚い夢")
The Starry Night and the Lonely Two (unofficial translation of 星降りの夜とさみしいふたり)
Diethard Bougainvillea's If (unofficial translation of ディートフリート・ブーゲンビリアIf)
 
Insights on the movie:
 
Audio commentary notes:

 
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