Eminem uses KH melody in new Album

[Dezarius 18]

What about “Good Guy,” what’s the sample there?

That’s me doing my video game thing. Kingdom Hearts. It’s a Japanese videogame, and that’s the theme song from it. It’s one of the dopest melodies I’ve ever heard. Shout out Japanese videogames and Japanimation for inspiration. Filtered it, did some chops, did some processing to it. I basically made it unrecognizable, but I know they would have still found it. That’s why we had to deal with the clearance. But when I do anything I try to make it to where it’s not fully recognizable.

 

That's the track "Good Guy" on his new album "Kamikaze". I confess I have no idea which specific KH melody it is, maybe someone here does. I didn't even recognize until I read about it, despite being a fan of KH since Day 1. Pretty much a fan of EM since Day 1 as well so that's cool! For some reason the song on Youtube is not the one on Spotify, it doesn't even have the vocals, so I recommend Spotify (or any other such platform).

 

Note: Not sure if this belonged here or in Media, but it is KH-related not just general media.

[NoWay 63]

I actually didn’t notice a KH sample

[Dustin Lübbers 933]

if true than I can only say, the man knows whats good

[Silent 824]

He says it’s the “theme song” so i imagine it being dearly beloved maybe?

[Azure Flame 670]

Either that or Simple and Clean, as it's the most used song for KH

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

I listened intently to see what exactly was the sample, and to me, it seemed as though it was a rearranged Dearly Beloved. At least, scattered bits of it, ya know? I will say though, the fact that Eminem dabbled with KH music at all is awesome!