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The Kalafina official site has confirmed the rumour that was circulating the past few days. Kalafina will perform the Theme song of the 2nd Madoka Magica movie entitled Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica ~ Eien no Monogatari ~ which summarize the events of the 2nd half of the anime series, and will premier on October 13, 2012. The new song will be titled 「ひかりふる」 Hikari Furu (Light Falling) and the single release is set for October 24, 2012!.

There will be 4 version of the single:

In addition, a remix of Kalafina’s song “Magia” that was used as Ending Theme of the anime series, has come to light with a new trailer for the movies. The new Magia is titled Magia [quattro] and seems to have strings addition. Also ClariS, the duo that performed the OP “Connect” for the TV series, will sing the theme song “Luminous” for the first movie “Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica ~Hajimari no Monogatari~”.

Below you can watch a trailer with 15sec and 30 sec samples of both Luminous and Magia [quattro]:

Thanks to Keiri, elcazador and Kowz for the news!

Shinko Music has published a sheet music book for the opening and ending themes of Fate/Zero. The book includes four pages of color artwork and four songs, of which the latter two are composed by Yuki Kajiura.

Title: Yasashii (Easy) Piano Solo & Hikigatari Fate/Zero ISBN: 9784401026692 Order online: CDJapan – HMV Japan LiSA – oath sign AOI EIR – MEMORIA Kalafina – to the beginning Haruna Runa – Sora wa takaku kaze wa utau

A very exciting news has surfaced! According to the Ustream dedicated pages,Yuki Kajiura Live vol #9 “3 days special” “Japanese song only Special” (August 31) & MUSIC ENERGY 2012 (August 30) are going to be streamed at Ustream!

You can watch the lives after you have: 1. made a Ustream account or have logged in using your facebook password, and 2. have bought a 1000Yen (for the YK live) and 500Y (for Music Energy) worth of digital ticket.

You can find more info about the 2 lives at out Future Events page, and details about the ticket purchases here. The Kajiura live is expected to start at 19:00 / 7PM Japan time.

• MUSIC ENERGY 2012 Ustream page: here.
• Yuki Kajiura Live vol #9 “3 days special” “Japanese song only Special” Ustream page: here.
• Ticket info: here

Unfortunately it is confirmed that from the MUSIC LIVE 2012 stream, Sony’s participants (Kalafina, Haruna Luna) will be excluded from the streaming.

In other news, a Kalafina “to the beginning” Box containing a T-Shirt, a color wrist band, and a a pouch with zip fastening, and now on sale on CD Japan for 4800yen. Unfortunately only 5 of them have remained on store, [Purchase it from CD Japan!]

Thanks to Keiri for the lives and Spirica Rose for the box news!

[EDIT] Notes (thanks to Keiri): You need to purchase one viewing ticket for each stream – one for YK Live, and another one for MUSIC ENERGY if you’d like to watch both concerts. The videos will also be archived and you can view them later if you have paid for the live broadcast’s net tickets. If you haven’t bought the tickets for the live broadcast, you can still purchase tickets after the live broadcast has been streamed to gain access to the archived videos. If you bought tickets for the live broadcast, you can gain access to the archived videos without requiring to purchase another ticket for the archived videos. Last but not least, the streams aren’t region locked.

Today, NHK World‘s Imagine-nation show, one that talks about anime, games, and their creators, featured an interview of Yuki Kajiura in English, probably taken from the time she and FJ went to L.A. for AnimeExpo 2012. george1234 has recorded and upload it on Youtube. Enjoy!

The tracklist of the second soundtrack for the Fate/Zero anime, composed by Yuki Kajiura, is out! It is included inside the 2nd Blu-ray Box that’s releasing on September 19, 2012 simultaneously on Japan and, North America. Click on the discography entry below to see the tracklist!

Fate/Zero Original Soundtrack vol. 2 ANZX-9441 ~ 9447 | September 19, 2012 Soundtrack 32 Tracks [Preorder it from CD Japan!]