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[Xagzan]

Forza Finale is a cool name but Oscurita di Xehanort has been with us for almost two years. That IS the name of the track as far as I’m concerned.

Eh, at least it's not another "Dismiss" lol.

Hang on a sec....we got an interview a while ago where it was clearly stated Keiji Kawamori handled Forza Finale, didn't we? But that's not the name listed now.

 

[Sign]

Eh, at least it's not another "Dismiss" lol.

Hang on a sec....we got an interview a while ago where it was clearly stated Keiji Kawamori handled Forza Finale, didn't we? But that's not the name listed now.

I think this just means we misinterpreted Shimomura's words? She was praising Kawamori for this arrangement, which we took to mean he was the person responsible for it, but since he's the Music Supervisor for KH3, she could have very well just been giving him kudos because he's the one in charge.

 

[Absent]

I’m team Forza Finale and Oscurita di Xehanort both suck. I mean Forza Finale sounds like a fanmade name too.

I can’t wait for this.

 

[Xagzan]

I think this just means we misinterpreted Shimomura's words? She was praising Kawamori for this arrangement, which we took to mean he was the person responsible for it, but since he's the Music Supervisor for KH3, she could have very well just been giving him kudos because he's the one in charge.

Well there goes my whole belief system~

Ok if it was Yasunori Nishiki after all, well he also did One Winged Angel Rebirth so goddamn.

I’m team Forza Finale and Oscurita di Xehanort both suck. I mean Forza Finale sounds like a fanmade name too.

I can’t wait for this.

My own personal fanmade name would've something like Harbingers of Darkness/Xehanort, or whatever those are in Italian lol.

 

[NoWay]

Who actually names the tracks? Is it the composer? Or anybody else?
Like Nomura tells Shimomura: “I want a track called The Other Promise which is the VS Roxas theme and Roxas’ story is like this...”

back to topic: I’m really disappointed with the name of the 13 Seekers theme boss theme. It’s literally “Replicas”. I mean, yeah Sherlock that’s true but why is this title so lackluster?
I would have even liked “13 Seekers of Darkness” but “Replicas”?

 

[Sign]

Who actually names the tracks? Is it the composer? Or anybody else?
Like Nomura tells Shimomura: “I want a track called The Other Promise which is the VS Roxas theme and Roxas’ story is like this...”

back to topic: I’m really disappointed with the name of the 13 Seekers theme boss theme. It’s literally “Replicas”. I mean, yeah Sherlock that’s true but why is this title so lackluster?
I would have even liked “13 Seekers of Darkness” but “Replicas”?

Usually the composer does, yeah. Sometimes Nomura has input, but it's very rare. They talk a bit about naming schemes here:

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In your mind, which song is the KINGDOM HEARTS song?

TN: "Dearly Beloved" is used often; it's a great song. But the title is hard to remember. What does it mean?

YS: Someone precious to you.

TN: Oh, really? Well, now I know. "Precious." Like The Lord of the Rings (laughs).

YS: I didn't use the internet back then. I was using a dictionary and saw it and thought, "This is it!" I can't believe it's been fifteen years and you can barely remember the title... Speaking of titles, there's a song called "Sunset Horizon" in the KINGDOM HEARTS II secret movie. I didn't want to use the word "sunset," but you did; the poor mediator had one tough job. Don't you remember?

TN: No... I wonder why I wanted to use that word so badly.

YS: I can't remember why I didn't want to use that word (laughs).

TN: I wonder if it's because I often went to Sunset Boulevard during the production of KINGDOM HEARTS II (laughs). Nevertheless, all your titles are hard to figure out. Some are in English, some in Italian. What is it you're trying to do? (laughs)

YS: They're generally in English, with a little bit of variety thrown in the mix...

TN: None of your titles help me realize, "Oh, that song!" You should keep them simple.

YS: My English isn't very good... A part of me would like to name them in Japanese...

TN: We've come this far, it'd be confusing if we switched now (laughs). When I'm making a trailer, I have to listen to every song
because I can't tell which title goes with which song. You should've named them in Japanese from the start!

YS: There was a discussion regarding naming the songs in English so they'd be understood by a wider audience.

TN: Speaking of song titles, I remember during the production of KINGDOM HEARTS II, we'd been referring to Roxas only as "the mysterious boy," but you named a song after him and put his name out there.

YS: That you remember (laughs). It wasn't supposed to be released yet because it was a spoiler, but it went out anyway. It was supposed to be released after the game.

TN: There was a reason we'd stuck with "the mysterious boy" since the beginning... See, this would've been a perfect opportunity for you to use one of your hard-to-understand titles! (laughs)

YS: But all of the other characters' themes were named after them. Anyway, it went on to become a popular song so it all worked out.

 

[Zettaflare]

I like the name Forza Finale. It could act as a double meaning due to the Xehanort trio battle acting as a Swan song for Xemnas, Ansem, and Young Dickanort. It's a finale for those three characters

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Forza Finale sounds like Microsoft wanted to make the final mainline Forza game.

 

[rokudamia2]

My boy Suzuki was responsible for the forze de male arrangement!, Shame about the missing tracks though

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Totally calling a KH3 Plus album

 

[Xagzan]

Which is more likely, that or a Remake Plus album?

 

[the red monster]

Wait... just noticed chains to bonds doesn't include the dismiss and terra's theme part.
Square, we are not in april fools yet.

 

[Squood!]

I still don't get why Let it Go has "As It Is" slapped onto its name.

 

[Sign]

I still don't get why Let it Go has "As It Is" slapped onto its name.

Because localization. Disney intentionally kept "Let It Go" as the title because it's iconic, but those words don't really mean anything in context of the song in Japanese. The extra words were appended on to get the actual message across.

 

[Rydgea]

Interesting packaging. Might fit nicely incognito alongside my vinyl. Still going to need those additional tracks, yo.

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In your mind, which song is the KINGDOM HEARTS song?

TN: "Dearly Beloved" is used often; it's a great song. But the title is hard to remember. What does it mean?

YS: Someone precious to you.

TN: Oh, really? Well, now I know. "Precious." Like The Lord of the Rings (laughs).

YS: I didn't use the internet back then. I was using a dictionary and saw it and thought, "This is it!" I can't believe it's been fifteen years and you can barely remember the title... Speaking of titles, there's a song called "Sunset Horizon" in the KINGDOM HEARTS II secret movie. I didn't want to use the word "sunset," but you did; the poor mediator had one tough job. Don't you remember?

TN: No... I wonder why I wanted to use that word so badly.

YS: I can't remember why I didn't want to use that word (laughs).

TN: I wonder if it's because I often went to Sunset Boulevard during the production of KINGDOM HEARTS II (laughs). Nevertheless, all your titles are hard to figure out. Some are in English, some in Italian. What is it you're trying to do? (laughs)

YS: They're generally in English, with a little bit of variety thrown in the mix...

TN: None of your titles help me realize, "Oh, that song!" You should keep them simple.

YS: My English isn't very good... A part of me would like to name them in Japanese...

TN: We've come this far, it'd be confusing if we switched now (laughs). When I'm making a trailer, I have to listen to every song
because I can't tell which title goes with which song. You should've named them in Japanese from the start!

YS: There was a discussion regarding naming the songs in English so they'd be understood by a wider audience.

TN: Speaking of song titles, I remember during the production of KINGDOM HEARTS II, we'd been referring to Roxas only as "the mysterious boy," but you named a song after him and put his name out there.

YS: That you remember (laughs). It wasn't supposed to be released yet because it was a spoiler, but it went out anyway. It was supposed to be released after the game.

TN: There was a reason we'd stuck with "the mysterious boy" since the beginning... See, this would've been a perfect opportunity for you to use one of your hard-to-understand titles! (laughs)

YS: But all of the other characters' themes were named after them. Anyway, it went on to become a popular song so it all worked out.

This is still one of my favorite interviews. Just Mom and Dad ripping on eachother.

 

[Launchpad]

Definitely married to Oscurita di Xehanort over Forze Finale, which seems to favor Forze Del Male in title more than the other two. Meanwhile, Oscurita di Xehanort more accurately describes the fight against Xehanort's last vestiges, the final three darknesses closest to his true form.

Man, this is what happens when you take almost two years to get your soundtrack out

 

[Wally71551]

Definitely hurts to see Nachtflügel be the only track to make it in from the Secret Episode. Really wanted the pre-rendered cutscene music for the good/bad ends seen as rips are impossible for them.

 

[rokudamia2]

Definitely hurts to see Nachtflügel be the only track to make it in from the Secret Episode. Really wanted the pre-rendered cutscene music for the good/bad ends seen as rips are impossible for them.

Yeah I really love that version of dearly beloved that plays in an oath to return.

 

[Idreamaboutcats]

Same, and also the subtle nod to Sora’s theme when he and Yozora were talking in the Final World.

 

[Vaddix]

Wait, am I mistaken, or is the name of Data YX's theme not quite right? Y'all think that's a typo? Or did they really decide YX's theme would share a name with that of Xemnas, despite being two very different songs?

(To clarify for any unsure what I mean, YX's battle themes have been classically titled either Dark Impetus / L'Impeto Oscuro, while Xemnas's have been Darkness of the Unknown / L'Oscurità dell'Ignoto; on the track list, both YX and Xemnas battle tracks are L'Oscurità dell'Ignoto variant titles)