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The music of the video game series Kingdom Hearts was composed by Yoko Shimomura with orchestral music arranged by Kaoru Wada.[1][2] The original soundtracks of the games have been released on three albums and a fourth compilation album. The soundtracks to the Kingdom Hearts games feature several musical pieces from both Disney films and Final Fantasy, including such songs as "Mickey Mouse Club March" by Jimmie Dodd, "This is Halloween" by Danny Elfman, and "One-Winged Angel" by Nobuo Uematsu. They also features several vocal songs, the most notable being the two main theme songs, Hikari and Passion. The two themes were written and performed by Japanese American pop star Hikaru Utada. Hikari and Passion were originally in Japanese, but English versions were also produced.
Though the majority of the music has been released only in Japan, the first soundtrack was released world wide and tracks from Kingdom Hearts series have been played by Play! A Video Game Symphony at multiple venues.[3] The music has been overall well received and several tracks have received praise and their own positive receptions. The two main themes were well received by both video game and music critics, and did well on Japan's Oricon Weekly Singles chart.[4][5][6]
Contents
1 Creation and influence
2 Musical pieces
2.1 "Hikari" and "Simple And Clean"
2.2 "Passion" and "Sanctuary"
3 Release
3.1 Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack
3.2 Kingdom Hearts -Final Mix- Additional Tracks
3.3 Kingdom Hearts II Original Soundtrack
3.4 Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete
3.5 Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links
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Creation and influence
Yoko Shimomura composed the music for the three main Kingdom Hearts games and their remakes. She began composing video game music in 1988, and joined Square in 1993, but left in 2002 to work freelance.[7] In creating music, Shimomura gathers inspiration from different things outside of her daily routine, like traveling or when she's emotionally moved.[8] She has a respect for orchestral pieces, such as Piano Sonata No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Ballade No. 1 by Fric Chopin, and La Valse by Maurice Ravel.[7] Shimomura was initially hesitant to handle the music for the first Kingdom Hearts. The mix of a Square-style story and Disney characters made it hard to imagine what the game would be like, which made it difficult to write the music. Most of the musical pieces are arrangements of Disney themes, which Shimomura stated she enjoyed arranging. Shimomura felt a great deal of pressure working on such recognizable tunes, and made an effort to maintain the original mood and atmosphere of them while complying with the technical specifications of the PlayStation 2. For example, the original orchestrated tune to The Nightmare Before Christmas was impossible to reproduce on the PlayStation 2's sound system. To keep aspects of it intact, Shimomura used a trial and error method to arrange the song.[8]
In creating original music, Shimomura wanted to create songs that would make players feel good while playing to accompany the action aspect of Kingdom Hearts. She played the game and looked over scripts and illustrations for inspiration. After coming up with ideas, she discussed them with director Tetsuya Nomura and the game planners.[8] For the PlayStation 2 rerelease of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, she and her team spent much of their time working on the fight music; Shimomura wanted the different fight music to reflect different emotions such as happiness and sadness.[9] In retrospect, Shimomura has stated the Kingdom Hearts series combined the scenes and music well, and she felt very honored her music has entered into people's hearts.[10] She has also commented she enjoyed working on the project, despite its hardships, and is proud of the work.[8]
The two main theme songs were written and performed by Japanese-American artist Hikaru Utada. She wrote two versions for each, one in Japanese and one in English; the latter is used for international releases of the games. "Hikari" and "Passion" are the Japanese version theme songs for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, respectively, while their English counterparts are called "Simple And Clean" and "Sanctuary". Utada was the only singer Tetsuya Nomura had in mind for the first Kingdom Hearts theme song.[11] Utada's involvement, along with the first song's Japanese title, was announced in January 2002.[12] Her involvement for the sequel was announced in July 2005.[13] According to Nomura, because fans associated Utada with Kingdom Hearts, he did not want to have a different singer perform the second theme song.[14] Utada derived her inspiration from the worlds and characters in Kingdom Hearts.[11] She also received written explanations of the stories from Nomura.[14] Nomura has stated...(and so on)