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In "World of Ice" (ep. 9), there is music that starts off with something that
sounds like a harpsichord, after Himari enters a hidden door in the library
(around 6:11). Strings (mostly playing pizzicato, I think) and a clarinet come
in later. Normally I'd assume that this might be something original created
from the anime -- for instance, I've heard stuff that could pass as classical
music in the _Monogatari_ Series.

However, I've noticed pieces that were clearly not original being used in this
series, such as the beginning of Mozart's Piano Sonata K. 331 (when Himari is
still in the normal section of the library), or the famous
[theme](https://youtu.be/-ENf4VEhI40?t=45s) from Dvořák's 9th symphony (in
"Because I love him"). Thus, it seems plausible that this is not original
music.

What is the music playing here? I tried to look up the soundtrack or the
episode on the fan-made wiki, but neither gave a full listing. Is this
original music, and _if not_ , where is this music from?

**Update:** If I'm not mistaken, the same track appears in the first half of
ep. 21 ("The Door of Fate We Choose"). This would suggest to me that it's more
likely to be original music, but I'm not even completely sure right now if
it's the same music.

**Update 2:** I tried to search Musipedia, which largely is a classical music
identification site, for the beginning of this section of the soundtrack and
came up with no results that seemed correct. I also listened to this section
of "World of Ice" a second time and it struck me as less "Baroque" and
"classical" than I initially thought. Original music seems more likely, but
I'm still having trouble obtaining the title of this music. (It's definitely
nothing listed on this [Tumblr](http://seizon-senryaku-
shimashouka.tumblr.com/).)


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What's this music in "World of Ice"?


I finally managed to dig up the track that I wanted after I listened to a
number of _Penguindrum_ -related uploads on SoundCloud; it was
[listed](https://soundcloud.com/meteord-1/karei-sora-no-ana-bunshitsu) as
"Karei. Sora No Ana Bunshitsu". From some more searching, [it
appears](https://web.archive.org/web/20160405210844/http://japansmusicworld.blogspot.com/2011/12/mawaru.html)
that this can be found on the bonus CD of [vol.
3](http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005FTUX4Y/himarinnet-22/) of the
Blu-Ray. **This all indicates that this was probably an original
composition.**

I'm unfortunately still having trouble figuring out what the original Japanese
name of this track is; English websites so-far have only given romaji
transcriptions of the title, and searches for "そらのあなぶんしつ" thus far have not
yielded any particularly promising results. (It does not help that I don't
really know Japanese.)


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