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This was meant to be KH3's title theme, but it got the boot when Nomura thought it wasn't grand enough for the game meant to end the Xahanort saga. But they didn't want her work to go to waste, so they slid it here. That's why it has the character refs in it, to say, it's time for the hearts within sora to awaken once more. There was an interview about this, I believe.

Wow dude that's fantastic fits perfectly!

Lol cool idea! Makes me like this faux-trailer that ate up precious dev time and Munny ever so slightly more! “Liberation of Reynatis” from Reynatis would probably also work really well

Ishimoto frustrates me so much cuz It is so obvious he's forcing a style he has no experience on whenever he tries to compose. I am sure if he tried what he knows best for KH, his work would be better appreciated and stand out more. But in any case, yeah, this fits way better

This is so cool! Much better than the original and wonderfully choreographed :D

Neat thing indeed! (And perhaps even possible with modding if isolating the SFX is possible)

The fact that Ishimoto did compose the original track for this scene and also the final boss theme makes me worried he might be head composer for the next game. Which like, no please 😭😭😭😭 Also super excited for the kh3 vid!

Hell yeah, love it when a new Green Requiem video drops!

No, no, this can't be right. A clear melody? Sonically pleasant orchestration? Buildup that actually leads somewhere instead of pointless choir patterns? Outrageous!

Also am I crazy or does part of this song sound like a heartbeat

Alllll my homies hate Ishimoto compositions. This is sooooo much better.

Yozora reaching for Nameless Star is how I feel waiting for Green Requiem's new music analysis and KH4 🙃

Hmm, if Kingdom Hearts had a loser with it's 4th wall... I could guess that the inappropriate music choices could be "explained" by the bug blocks and glitches messing with the soundtrack. Though not even that can work for the phone version's decision with "The 13th Struggle".... that must have been one MASSIVE collective brain fart for no one to catch that.

I know I’ve watched through the “The Music of” series before but I just finished going through it again and wow! It truly heightens my already seemingly insurmountable appreciation for the music of this series and I want to thank you for the time and effort you’ve put into this series! Drawing out all the connections and evolutions for the tracks/motifs is astounding, in addition to the great editing and intermissions out in, especially for this video!

What an AMAZING video!! Not only did you spectacularly break down the relationships between songs, but I loved how the video was edited so we could listen along and hear these connections. SO GOOD!! I never realized how amazing Kingdom Hearts was at its music narratives.. I love BBS so much!! (My favorite soundtrack is Dismiss and my fav character is Terra 💕)

One thing I think that was missed is At Dusk actually does have another reference. It references Vector to the Heavens intro ostinato! Foreshadowing that you have to defeat your best friend AT the place your friendship grew. Not only is Xion’s theme tragic but it’s the callback to At Dusk that really makes Vector to the Heavens so powerful. It’s that ostinato that’s actually omitted in Eternal Moments in BBS because you have Lea and Ventus but no Xion equivalent.

Great analysis. By the way, I also think this game was really well made even though it's short. But it makes up with good replayability. Kinda makes me want to replay it tonight for the first time in over 2 years.

Can you break down Sekito's instrumentation? I'd like to explore his cheap style. Honestly, Kingdom Hearts music got worse with his arrival. His tracks sound too bland and uninspired, and the instrumentation is just too cheap to be likeable.

11:00 I think the idea behind "Xemnus" is actually very interesting. It's no accident that it's misspelled, never associated with Xemnas, and has no musical ties to his other themes. With its use in the movie as an "Axel and Saïx traitor theme" I think it speaks somewhat to the idea of these orders coming from "Xemnas" (air quotes and all) but since the quotes couldnt be used for a track title, the intentional misspelling is used instead. As for its original use, only during the scene where Xion finds out her keyblade is replicated (leading her to find out SHE is replicated) it still holds this meaning wherein it's "not the real deal." As a point of note, Xemnas barely actually appears in Days, and only in cutscenes. He's never a character with which the player has any interaction. He's never in the grey area, never goes on a mission, never fights with or against you.

"Wiggly Finger Piano Keys are Never Animated Correctly"

time to listen to this whole series of videos at work today! glad i decided to search "kingdom hearts music analysis" randomly

Just rewatched this video series and it's still very impressive! I especially appreciate the evolution in visuals and editing. In particular showing scenes where the tracks play helps me a ton to follow along personally. Aside from the Twister segment which I thought was a bit too meanspirited and unnecessary this is really enlightening and helpful. Some thoughts I had on Other Promise in the credits of Backcover: As was discussed in the comment section of your days video, it does symbolize the tragedy of an inescapable fate, which feels kind of fitting for backcovers story looking at it from that perspective 🤔 I'm not saying it's perfect but maybe it's a consideration for why they chose it.

This series has been an absolute joy to watch. I love music and obviously KH has some absolutely stellar pieces and use cases to examine. Waiting warmly for the KH III breakdown if that's still in the cards!

The use of The Key of Light at the first keyhole might not be as random as you think. The entirety of Turning the Key, the keyhole locking/unlocking theme from KHI, is present in The Key of Light from 32 to 47 seconds in. This might mean that The Key of Light is an evolution of Turning the Key, since they're both related to the keyblades and keyholes. The equivalent section in The Key of Darkness from 37 to 54 seconds is reminiscent of Turning the Key, but is clearly different from its portrayal in The Key of Light. Maybe that segment of The Key of Darkness could be considered some sort of dark version of Turning the Key since they share the segment of their tracks that they occupy. The Dearly Beloved motif entirely replaces both the Turning the Key and "dark" Turning the Key segments from The Key of Light and The Key of Darkness as far as I can tell. Maybe some of the background melodies are shared but if there is a resemblance it's no longer front and center.

You pointed out a connection between A Fight to the Death and The Tumbling where the latter uses a similar part to the former but without the Dearly Beloved resemblance, but there might be another The Tumbling connection. In Fate of the Unknown from ~33-45 seconds in and again from ~69-81 seconds in, a snippet of notes similar to the ones you pointed out in The Tumbling seem to be featured. Edit: Additionally, it says to check which Olympus Coliseum field theme is used in the spreadsheet, be it KHI or II. It's neither. Rather it and Go for It! are their ReCoM versions. Road to a Hero's rendition is also a new version for BBS rather than reusing (reunusing?) I or II's. I also believe this unused BBS Road to a Hero is the version that would go on to be used for a scene in Country of the Musketeers in DDD, making it no longer unused as of that game's release. Would that then count this version of Road to a Hero as a BBS or a DDD version since while it was composed for BBS it was only used for DDD instead?

Ok this is really really late and might have been mentioned already but what do you think of the beginning of the melody/theme in wave of darkness [G Ab F]? Destati? (There is also the violin downward semi quavers figuration but what has demon tide got to do with Tension Rising 🤔?)

Small observation as it's already a medley piece, but part of "Fantasia alla marcia" (from 1:05 to 1:55 in the song) is actually a combination of quotes from "The Afternoon Streets" and "Lazy Afternoons" in a part that you marked as simply original material. It starts with "The Afternoon Streets" melody followed by a similar downward contour from "Lazy Afternoons," then repeats. Also, I noticed you fixed on the spreadsheet that Working Together quotes Dearly Beloved, I was about to call that out. Love this video series! Would have made it myself if it didn't already exist.

That scene really got me. İt is even more romantic than when they kissed i think ❤

I really appreciate this video. Idk man. Borders admiration. Cause why even do it this professionally? It just seems like you respect the content to the max. You really make the fans enjoy the content with you and your study of it. Much love.

I did it. I'm 3 years late, but I found all of the emblems since I haven't seen anyone but one person mention it!! 😅 Secret Emblems: 1:29 Roxas 9:52 Bottom Left of Xion 14:56 Paopu Fruits "Plucking" 22:02 Saïx 25:40 Trees Edit: Thank you! It was fun, and I recently finished 358/2 Days, so I felt the need to find them all, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. 😢😂

Late to the party. But it makes perfect sense to me& I absolutely cannot wait for this full video.

I had the ps4 kh3 theme so I would hear this everytime I'd start it and although it got old after a while I was still able to sit back and appreciate it sometimes? If that makes sense? Anyways, looking forward to the KH3 music breakdown, been loving these

Ok but why does the music climax *BEFORE* Xion gets "revealed" and Xion's actual part is in the reverse shot to Lea?

What do you mean the cutscene didn't go like this??? 💔(To be fair I only saw it maybe once, but listened to this version of Dearly Beloved multiple times, so my brain must've conflated the two experiences and just assumed...) Either way, lovely video, your headcanon makes perfect sense! I will wait patiently for the full KH3 musical analysis! 💜💜💜

I noticed in your notes for Kh3 you were disappointed for Kh3 scala songs what are your opinions on the Missing Link scala field and battle theme

Oh man. This is so cool, i love this much better

You may be onto something

ur brain

I guess pre rendered scenes don't come with adjustable sound but I managed to mute all music or voice or sfx in other scenes

So cool, and so exact I struggle to imagine an explanation of why this would have been written this way otherwise! Can't wait for the KH3 video!

3:48 AM. Damn, burning that midnight oil.

wowwww. that's incredible

KH3 seems to have a lot of weird music quirks that seem to have been switched around. I know we've talked about Edge of Existence possibly being originally the Final World battle theme, like: - In-game, the track is listed under "ew" which is the world identifier for the final world. - If you use mods to spawn in an enemy in the Final World, Edge of Existence plays - Edge of Existence as a name just seems a lot more thematic for the Final world i have some beef with the kh3 dev team lmao

I wanted to add Forest Memory into the dearly beloved medley I did last year but it was too complicated to adapt, so I just added the little quotes and that's it. But the orchestration is so lush and beautiful, I love it.

I've always wondered why the character references, especially the statement of Xion's theme, were cut out from the final game. Shimomura went through all the work of creating an extra "Dearly Beloved" only for it to fade out before the most interesting part? This thought experiment makes total sense, I am now a believer.

It might have been done to remove the Ven reference (as At Dusk is more specific to Axel/Lea, Xion, and Roxas). Ventus is very tangential to the scene

Making me cry bro. This doesn't seem like that crazy of a head-canon , It works perfectly with the shot. I think it makes lots of sense. I think the Days song might have just ended up conveying Axel's attempt at remembering more transparently and they just went with that instead.