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A brand new Famitsu interview was released with Kingdom Hearts composers, Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito! This interview mainly covers these composers' overall thoughts on the Kingdom Hearts III soundtrack along with its development. Take a look at some of the important bits of the interview translated by our team's Ryuji! We will update this article once more parts of this interview are translated. UPDATE [13/12/2020]: We have updated the translation after spotting a mistake. The updated parts have been highlighted in red. View full article -
A brand new Famitsu interview was released with Kingdom Hearts composers, Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito! This interview mainly covers these composers' overall thoughts on the Kingdom Hearts III soundtrack along with its development. Take a look at some of the important bits of the interview translated by our team's Ryuji! We will update this article once more parts of this interview are translated. UPDATE [13/12/2020]: We have updated the translation after spotting a mistake. The updated parts have been highlighted in red. -
The well known composer for the Kingdom Hearts series, Yoko Shimomura, recently chatted with Square Enix about the iconic track 'Dearly Beloved' and how it has evolved throughout the course of several years and several games. Shimomura had several notable comments regarding the initial composing of the track. Shimomura delves into several aspects of this song such as the technology that was used to compose it across its various iterations as well as the inspirations and ideas she had for purposeful theming. There are also some interesting and unexpected comments, such as her thoughts on fans reacting so emotionally to the 'Dearly Beloved' iteration present in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Kingdom Hearts II was when Shimomura began to realize that Kingdom Hearts would become a truly long-lasting series which is why she was quite emotionally invested and put quite a bit of effort into that iteration of 'Dearly Beloved'. Shimomura has a difficult time choosing her favorite version of the track and believes that wanting to change prior tracks would be denying the efforts she took when she initially composed them. Also of note, she comments on the version of 'Dearly Beloved' present in the recently released Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory. She states that it was a delight for her since she got to tackle the iconic track from a whole new angle. This was something she wanted to do for years. Additionally, she makes a curious comment about a scrapped version of the song. Lastly, Shimomura closed off her thoughts by saying: You can view the entirety of the article at Square Enix's blog, here. What are your thoughts on these compelling pieces of trivia regarding one of the franchise's most well known tracks? Let us know in the comments below! -
The well known composer for the Kingdom Hearts series, Yoko Shimomura, recently chatted with Square Enix about the iconic track 'Dearly Beloved' and how it has evolved throughout the course of several years and several games. Shimomura had several notable comments regarding the initial composing of the track. Shimomura delves into several aspects of this song such as the technology that was used to compose it across its various iterations as well as the inspirations and ideas she had for purposeful theming. There are also some interesting and unexpected comments, such as her thoughts on fans reacting so emotionally to the 'Dearly Beloved' iteration present in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Kingdom Hearts II was when Shimomura began to realize that Kingdom Hearts would become a truly long-lasting series which is why she was quite emotionally invested and put quite a bit of effort into that iteration of 'Dearly Beloved'. Shimomura has a difficult time choosing her favorite version of the track and believes that wanting to change prior tracks would be denying the efforts she took when she initially composed them. Also of note, she comments on the version of 'Dearly Beloved' present in the recently released Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory. She states that it was a delight for her since she got to tackle the iconic track from a whole new angle. This was something she wanted to do for years. Additionally, she makes a curious comment about a scrapped version of the song. Lastly, Shimomura closed off her thoughts by saying: You can view the entirety of the article at Square Enix's blog, here. What are your thoughts on these compelling pieces of trivia regarding one of the franchise's most well known tracks? Let us know in the comments below! View full article
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A Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy concert is being performed in Ludwigshafen, Germany on April 29th, 2020. This concert is featuring Final Fantasy VII music from Nobuo Uematsu alongside Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts music from Yoko Shimomura. The music chosen is specifically from the Final Symphony and Symphonic Fantasies performances. You can purchase tickets for this performance here. These songs will be performed by the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz which is a well known German symphonic orchestra based in Ludwigshafen. Do any of you German Kingdom Hearts fans have any interest in this upcoming concert? Let us know! -
A Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy concert is being performed in Ludwigshafen, Germany on April 29th, 2020. This concert is featuring Final Fantasy VII music from Nobuo Uematsu alongside Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts music from Yoko Shimomura. The music chosen is specifically from the Final Symphony and Symphonic Fantasies performances. You can purchase tickets for this performance here. These songs will be performed by the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz which is a well known German symphonic orchestra based in Ludwigshafen. Do any of you German Kingdom Hearts fans have any interest in this upcoming concert? Let us know! View full article
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Don't have much time... but wish to ask the question to the fans. How do you think this piece of music will be utilized, if at all, in KH3 and what themes do you think it relates to?- 5 replies
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Question about the relation between the two bits of music and why the was not followed more directly in Dissapeared and in the Final boss them
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