Ian Murphy

But 3D does happen after KH2 because Coded takes place after KH2 too. Many people refer to KH2 because they're more likely to have played that and skipped Coded, regardless of how important the plot of Coded is, because to some people, it's "just another spin-off" and "not worth their time" simply because it doesn't have a Roman numeral in the title.

Ansem's a time traveler and Xemnas is a bigger manipulative S.O.B. than he's ever been made out to be. There's our answer.

Hey, clearing up misunderstanding is what I strive for.

The answer lies on the official website, at least in regards to Disc 1: http://www.square-en...sem/page/kh/3d/ This site, as you are no doubt aware, lists the song titles, as well as the staff members responsible for the composition (作曲) and arrangement (編曲) each song. Among the credited composers and arrangers are Yoko Shimomura (下村陽子), Kaoru Wada (和田薫), Tsuyoshi Sekito (関戸剛), and Takeharu Ishimoto (石元丈晴). The songs from Disc 1 previewed on the site are credited by the following people: Dearly Beloved - Composed by Yoko Shimomura, arranged by Kaoru Wada Storm Diver - Composed and arranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito TWISTER -KINGDOM MIX- - Composed and arranged by Takeharu Ishimoto CALLING -KINGDOM MIX- - Composed and arranged by Takeharu Ishimoto UNTAMABLE - Composed and arranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito SOMEDAY -KINGDOM MIX- - Composed and arranged by Takeharu Ishimoto Majestic Wings - Composed and arranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito Wild Blue - Composed and arranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito As you can see, only Dearly Beloved had Yoko Shimomura's credit listed. The remaining eight tracks on Disc 1, which are not previewed, were all credited as being composed and arranged by Yoko Shimomura. Now, I don't know which songs on the other two discs were composed by which people (save the Nutcracker Suite and Bare Mountain), but I know enough to know that this soundtrack is at least more of a collaborative effort. So I guess we can't really say it's Yoko's fault for making the songs. Maybe she approved of them, but I really don't know for sure.

I noticed they mentioned "Xigbar" on this list instead of "Braig". In fact, he was called Xigbar on one of the magazine scans, and resembles his Nobody's self rather than his human self, as the other apprentices do. Does this mean he's still a Nobody? Well, see, you know those songs from the first disc that are previewed here? Besides the rearrangement of "Dearly Beloved", Yoko did not compose those songs. I don't know the name of the one who composed these previewed song, but it appears they're previewing the songs that were not made by Yoko, besides "Dearly Beloved" of course. I don't know if the previewed songs from the second disc were made by Yoko either. But I do know that if you're judging solely by the songs previewed here, you are being unfair simply by the fact that not all the songs have been heard yet.