01. DEARLY BELOVED 00:00 Dearly Beloved - KINGDOM HEARTS II Ver. 02. DESTATI 4:10 Destati 03. TREASURED MEMORIES 7:32 Treasured Memories 04. THE WORLD OF KINGDOM HEARTS 11:34 Mickey Mouse Club March 12:30 Olympus Coliseum 13:46 A Very Small Wish 14:51 Waltz of the Damned 16:31 Secret of Neverland 17:36 The Silent Forest 19:36 La Cloche 05. FATE OF THE UNKNOWN 21:33 Fate of the Unknown 06. THREATS OF THE LAND - KINGDOM HEARTS Battle Medley 25:02 Night of Fate 26:09 To Our Surprise 27:09 Go For It! 28:01 Having a Wild Time 28:27 Hand in Hand 29:21 Arabian Dream 30:05 Monstrous Monstro 30:44 An Adventure in Atlantica 30:52 Spooks of Halloween Town 31:26 Pirate’s Gigue 32:13 Scherzo Di Notte 07. HEROES AND HEROINES - Characters’ Medley 33:14 Sora 34:02 Riku 35:03 Kairi 35:44 Naminé 36:43 Roxas 37:37 Musique pour la tristesse de Xion 39:46 Terra 40:27 Aqua 43:03 Ventus 43:29 Enter the Darkness 08. VECTOR TO THE HEAVENS 45:46 Vector to the Heavens 09. WAVE OF DARKNESS 51:32 Wave of Darkness 10. DAYBREAK TOWN - The Heart of χ 54:44 Before the Daylight 56:54 Wake Up, World! 11. THE OTHER PROMISE 58:48 The Other Promise 12. LET DARKNESS ASSEMBLE - Final Boss Battle Medley 1:04:02 Guardando nel Buio 1:06:22 Darkness of the Unknown 1:07:57 Dismiss 1:10:14 L’Impeto Oscuro 1:11:10 Destati
Can we all just appreciate scherzo di note.. it's clearly the best of this album even if the full battle theme wasn't played and cut short for some stupid reason. Just listen to how whimsical the woodwinds sound in this version. The drums, booming with absolute pride and power. Pure passion. The string instruments play in absolute tandem and harmony. The brass instruments are loud and proud with the small sound of the piano. Staying faithfully to the original and 1.5 versions of this song. A small sound, with a critical impact. This song, scherzo di notte, is not a joke of the night. It is a song of whimsy, brilliance, valor, pride, a song of radiance that certainly doesn't sound hollow. LET THE BATTLE THEME OF THE RADIANT BASTION BE RECOGNIZED AND KNOWN TO ALL OF THE KINGDOM HEARTS FAN BASE. RECOGNIZE SCHERZO DI NOTTE!!!!!!
I love this opinion!! I really like this theme in the games as well-my favorite usage being in KH1 where Sora says “I don’t need a weapon, my friends are my power!” and it cuts to Riku fighting Sora with Scherzo Di Notte playing. That whole game, Riku is jealous of Sora’s keyblade and the fact that Sora spends too much time with Donald and Goofy over him. And Riku indeed ended up eventually getting the keyblade, Donald, and Goofy-and when he loses this when Sora enters Hollow Bastion castle, the theme plays with Riku desperately fighting Sora. I think the theme helps emphasize the clash between Sora’s optimism and determination with Riku’s darkness and hopelessness. And I feel the theme’s rendition in this album encapsulates Riku’s desperation and hopelessness right before he fully falls to the darkness. It certainly is one of the best battle themes in the series. May the sound of Scherzo Di Notte ring throughout the land for all to hear!
The whole thing is good but my favourite part is honestly the part before it goes all crazy, it's a very different sounding Scherzo Di Notte in a good way, the way the instruments just bounce off of each other despite such a contrast between how they sound is incredible.
At 8:26 when it shows Riku and Kairi, I was reminded of that one scene with in FFVII:AC when he saw Zack and Aerith. It was so cute seeing that little parallel, even if it was unintentional. The white background really helped show the resemblance to it too--- at least, that's what I see.
Nice point! It seems like something that is quite common for these Square Enix games now that you point it out. I took the footage for 8:26 from Roxas’ flashbacks as Sora in KH2. There is a similar scene like that at the end of Sora’s campaign in CoM where it shows all the Final Fantasy characters Sora had met in Traverse Town and Destiny Islands. The parallels must be far reaching!
I was supposed to walk down the aisle to Dearly Beloved but I had to have a covid wedding and everything was changed 🥲 Its ok though the replacement song was Hikari
As a kid, I loved this series for its fun combat and disney characters. As a teenager, I loved the series for the final fantasy characters and aesthetics. As an adult, I love this series for the amazing music I have secretly cherished my whole life. During none of that time did I love this series for its writing, tho, lmao.
Wow Wave of Darkness sounds as fresh as the first time I ever heard it. 🤩🥹🙌🏽 Holy crap the violin on that second part?? And then the main melody slowly and grandly kicking in again?? So satisfying. Delicious, even! Absolutely beautiful, wowowow!!! To be alive at the same time as Yoko Shimomura and to know her music is a true gift. This series hands down wouldn’t be what it is without her. Thank you for the upload!! 🤍 Precious trip down memory lane.
@tametonic3985 😂😂😂 wtf... I was commenting on the video prior to this but didn't submit it until after it went to the video. Thought it'll still gonna go to that comment section and not this one lol
iv been to the actual ochestra twice and each time they glazed over atlantica in less then 10 seconds lmao always got a laugh from the audience, that aside it really is amazing i recommend any fans to check it out! its a good time!
What if Dearly Beloved is the song to soras "final send off" after his heart is no longer returnable? It's theorized that Quadratum is some kind of an Afterlife world.
everyone has their names in Heros and Heroines - Characters’ Medley.... but Xion.. they put "Musique pour la tristesse de Xion". after translating it means "Music for Xion's Sadness". 🥲 why am i 13 years old again feeling sad about 358/2 days ending 🥲🥲🥲
