Kingdom Hearts: Dearly Beloved - GDC 2024 Live Concert 

As a longtime fan of both Shimomura's work, as well as yours, this small snippet of Dearly Beloved was a true treat to hear. Thank you Austin, for honoring her, as well as the series, in your own beautiful way. ❤

Man only a couple of notes in this many years later and this track still gives me chills.

That was really precious... Hope she liked it

Amazing, the world of composing seems so far away. To see two legends of the craft converse through song showcasing the unspoken graces of the work of another is profound. How could one even begin.

I never even played this game myself, just watched people. And this music is still absolutely burned into my soul. It's so beautiful.

Yoko Shimomura ❤❤❤

God bless Yoko and her work on lots of JRPGs.

As a longtime Kingdom Hearts fan, I must say this was BEAUTIFUL!! 🥹 Dearly Beloved has had a different variation in every game of the series and you guys have done it justice with your own live version here. 👏🏼

Parasite Eve was my first Yoko soundtrack that made me pay attention. Hope they remake that game because it was unique.

I’m replaying the series for the gazillionth time now that it’s on Steam, truly one of the most beautiful OST’s! Beautiful arrangement, Austin, there would been many a shiver down people’s spines I’m sure!

didnt expect to see kingdom hearts. What a lovely subdued arrangement especially those low string lines

One of my all time favorite pieces of video game score. Excellent arrangement Austin :)

Dearly Beloved is my fav song out of every song ive heard in my life time

So happy you posted this, thanks Austin!

duuuude. the long melancholic notes are perfect for the sax and trumpet. and i love the growly j-bass. it's great when you all play in unison, but I also really dig you all taking turns to do the arpeggios. great drumming and love when the guitar goes ham as well. this tune is always compelling, especially because of those repeated arpeggio motions as it goes through the chord progression, but I love what you brought to it with this mix of instruments! of course, I am a bit biased, since I love synths, bass, and sax :) wait a minute, youtube goofed! i wrote this on a different video with 5 guys playing together. i love this track too but my specific commentary probably makes no sense here. thanks youtube

Austin Wintory? And Kingdom Hearts? YES

It was delightful to hear all the different versions of the piece you pulled into this arrangement. It's a perfect touchstone for her work not only for its profound beauty, but also the fact that it spans the past two decades of her life.

Got literal goosebumps! Amazing!

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Love it. So incredibly deserving. Her music has been part of my whole gaming life going back to Street Fighter 2.

Truly beautiful!

Legitimately one of my favorite composers (don't worry Austin, you're up there too). I got to see her perform when I saw the World of Tres concert in NYC. It was an amazing surprise.

I love that final swell of the strings

This just made my entire day! Thank you so much for doing this 🥺❤️

What a fantastic piece, thanks for sharing Austin.

The definition of short, but sweet.

My hero! 😍 One of the greats!

Was so cool to see this Live!

So good! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The soundtrack of my childhood