Mass Effect 3 – An End, Once and For All

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Another highly-requested song from Mass Effect 3: An End, Once and For All. I haven’t played through the game yet, and although I hear a few not-so-great things about the ending, the music is fantastic.

Here’s some free sheet music for it. Everything © BioWare.

Performance

Edit 3/31/2012: I couldn’t resist playing this one. Here’s a performance.

Sheet Music

Rating: 5.0/5 (40 votes cast)

Mass Effect 3 – An End, Once and For All, 5.0 out of 5 based on 40 ratings

44 thoughts on “Mass Effect 3 – An End, Once and For All”

Ahmet March 16, 2012 at 12:33 am

Nice music, but midi file on the link was not working :/

http://sebastianwolff.info/download/mass-effect/3/An%20End,%20Once%20and%20For%20All.mid

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1. Seabass Post authorMarch 16, 2012 at 8:04 am
  
  Eek, sorry! Will fix tonight when I can export it again from Sibelius.
  
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Joker March 16, 2012 at 3:53 am

MIDI not working. :(

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1. Seabass Post authorMarch 16, 2012 at 8:04 am
  
  Will fix tonight when I can export it again from Sibelius! Sorry about that.
  
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denzel March 16, 2012 at 4:06 am

thanks so much =]

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Kate March 16, 2012 at 12:34 pm

Yes!! Thank you so much! I love it! :D

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Ahmet March 16, 2012 at 12:52 pm

Thank you Sebastian we waiting for the fix :)

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Noah Tension March 17, 2012 at 11:19 am

lol midi not working!

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1. Seabass Post authorMarch 17, 2012 at 9:49 pm
  
  Fixed!
  
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stevie March 18, 2012 at 6:22 pm

Midi still not working.

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1. Seabass Post authorMarch 18, 2012 at 7:29 pm
  
  It sure is. This doesn’t work for you?
  
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  1. stevie March 18, 2012 at 7:46 pm
    
    Thanks I realized my computer was sending to the wrong file. It’s all good, I love it.
    
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Siri March 19, 2012 at 1:55 am

This made my day! Thank you a million times over! <3

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jaVus March 19, 2012 at 11:16 pm

37th measure, the F should be a quarter note, not a half note. Really good stuff though, thanks a lot!

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1. Seabass Post authorMarch 20, 2012 at 11:20 am
  
  I was trying to combine the violin and piano parts as best as possible. Glad you like the rest though ;)
  
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reQording March 26, 2012 at 5:18 am

wow! great thanks!!! (thank you for not being like the other site that sells this:www.pianoplateau.com)

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1. Seabass Post authorMarch 26, 2012 at 8:14 am
  
  Yep – one of the main reasons for arranging this one is because fan-created sheet music should be free.
  
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Nitish April 6, 2012 at 2:27 pm

Hi Seabass,

I’ve just finished Mass Effect 3. The weird thing is that this beautiful melody persisted in my head for days! Your performance is totally pleasing to hear! Good work! Oh btw, I’m unable to download the sheet music in pdf. Can you fix it asap? Thanks! :)

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1. Seabass Post authorApril 6, 2012 at 3:23 pm
  
  Hi there – glad you like my performance. The link should work. Don’t use Internet Explorer.
  
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GarrusVakarian April 16, 2012 at 11:26 pm

Thanks a lot, Sebastian.

I love this title and it sounds very nice.
Your sheets are very useful and easy enough to play for a piano-newbie like me…^^

(Immer weiter so…)

greetings from Germany

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Mockingbird April 18, 2012 at 2:22 am

This song…Thanks you for this !

Congratz from France. :)

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MichaelLe April 23, 2012 at 7:22 am

Just wanted to say thank you so much for these Mass Effect scores, I really appreciate the effort! Thanks again :)

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1. Seabass Post authorApril 23, 2012 at 11:55 am
  
  Just standing on the shoulders of giants (composers). Glad you like the sheet music! :)
  
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ArtsAngel April 26, 2012 at 4:04 pm

This is awesome, Seabass :) I keep seeing your stuff popping up everywhere!

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1. Seabass Post authorApril 26, 2012 at 4:37 pm
  
  Yay! Thanks~
  
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Kate May 10, 2012 at 6:39 am

Are you still planning on doing “A Future for the Krogan?” That one would be really fun to play.

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1. Seabass Post authorMay 10, 2012 at 12:25 pm
  
  Sure.
  
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Henry June 14, 2012 at 5:33 am

Wow, thank you so much! When I heard this song I wanted to play it sooo much, and thanks to you now I can! Nice work by the way, the performance was very touchful!

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Gloria June 27, 2012 at 5:27 am

Well now you have to do the Extended Cut version :)
Great job by the way! Beautiful songs, masterfully arranged!

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1. HY7 June 29, 2012 at 4:08 pm
  
  I would absolutely love this as well!
  
  It transitions out of piano so I’m not sure how this would work. The ending is less frantic and much happier, so I think it would be an even better piece.
  
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  1. Commander Shepard July 7, 2012 at 3:55 am
    
    I’m Commander Shepard and I approve this message!
    
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stephen July 13, 2012 at 12:09 pm

Fantastic work and i would love to see you do the extended version of this
(heres the link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLxv_g_zQkY

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Anderson July 18, 2012 at 1:08 pm

“You did good, child. I’m proud of you!”

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Dan July 28, 2012 at 10:25 am

Thanks for the music, Sebastian!

If anyone is looking for an Extended Cut version, I put one together here for everyone’s enjoyment.

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1. Seabass Post authorJuly 29, 2012 at 1:02 pm
  
  Sweet, nice work! Interested in hosting it on SheetHost (instead of Google Docs)?
  
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  1. Dan July 30, 2012 at 4:15 pm
    
    Thanks! Yes, I would be interested in hosting it on SheetHost, but it look like they are in private beta now.
    
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Lovedthemusic101 August 1, 2012 at 12:05 am

That was the best song! I could literally feel it. the best game music I have heard

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Toni September 27, 2012 at 10:10 am

Don’t let the opinions of the nay-sayers and their bad “reviews” stop you… the whole trilogy is wonderful, especially since the addition of the extended cut dlc for ME3. And the music is incredible throughout the entire series of games. The talent required to create such an amazing imersive story, from design to music and everything in between; just awesome. Every time I finish the trilogy, I tell myself I’m going to go play something else, and then I start over again :) And the music is a huge part of the experience. This song is amazing; so emotional. Thanks for sharing!

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UncertainPianist November 19, 2012 at 11:24 am

Hey, brilliant arrangement! You’ve really captured the piece. I’m printing it off as I type. Nice performance too; just make sure you bring out the tune ;)

This is my second favourite piece from the ME3 soundtrack; that’s behind I’m Proud Of You. Any chance you might do an arrangement of that?

Also, I personally prefer the EC version of An End to the original, particularly the ending. Might be worth looking into…?

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Jessica Cotter November 27, 2012 at 7:33 pm

I love how this is played i have always wanted to play it but the problem is i have a keyboard ctk-800 i want to play the music but i cant because there are never music pieces for it if anyone knows or have any pieces for a keyboard I WOULD LOVE IT

your an awesome pianist

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Jules February 4, 2013 at 10:21 pm

Great work!
My only qualm is that the ending (last two bars) needs a bit of work. The ending in the original song was melodramatic enough with its smooth transition to an augmented chord, but with a piano alone that transition is not so smooth and sounds too out of place.
I would recommend having a listen to the Extended Cut version (they modified the end of the piece and added a bit in the middle, as it was a longer cutscene) – it ends on a major instead, making it a lot easier to reproduce on piano.
I’ve uploaded that track here for your convenience (in OGG format, straight from the game files):
An End, Once and For All – Extended Cut.ogg

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Nick February 23, 2013 at 7:30 am

Thank you so much for this !! Great job

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