As much as we all love Simple and Clean/Hikari, you have to admit, the thought of possibly having it as the theme song for yet another KH game is a tad bit 'o overkill. =)
So! In all honesty, what, in your opinion, would make the ideal Kingdom Hearts theme song? For any of the games. Or all. Whatever, it's your choice. Can be abso-ma-lutely anything. From any artist. Any genre. Etc... yadda yadda yadda.
Include song title, the artist/group that performs it, and your reason why it would make the ideal KH song. Include song lyrics if you want to prove your point. Not to mention you can have as many as you like, I mean, you could have more than one, right? Feel free to add to your list if you want to. I'll start:
Song: Sekirei ~Seki-ray~ by Gackt
Reason: Ignore the fact that that this song is about an endangered species of flightless bird and just acknowledge that this would make a pretty kickass/meaningful KH:CoM Reverse/Rebirth song. It's a Riku song, most definately. Plus it's quite beautiful.
Song excerpt: (translation in italics)
kono doko made mo tsuzuku shiroi daichi wa tooku
mou harisakebu koe wa dare ni mo todokanai
Far off in this endlessly continuing white earth
My voice that's crying out can no longer reach anyone
kono karada no itami o kakusu you ni
sora kara no yasashisa ni dakare...
Like it's concealing this body's pains
I'm embraced by kindness from the sky...
See what I mean? Or if you don't, basically this describes Riku's inner struggles with the dark, blah blah... you get the story. But in the end, he can rely on his friendship with Sora (thus the "sky" bit there) to help him win his fight. Bwahaha.
Song: Asrun Dream by Gackt
Reason: Another Gackt song! This is the song that I did a KH AMV to (which will never see the light of day unless people ask me reeeally nicely as it's horrible x_x) and I found out, that KH FMV-ness goes quite nicely with the Asrun Dream-ness. ... Anyways, it makes for a nice overall KH-y feel song. I adore it personally. Lyrics-wise, it's pretty KH-ish. Guuuhhh...
Song excerpt: (trans. in italics)
yoake no naka o tesaguri de aruite
hikari o abita anata no sugata ga kioku ni yakitsuite
ima mo koko ni iru
I walk, groping in the dawn
Bathed in light, your body is scorched in my memory
Even now, you are here
"mune ni kizamareta kimi no kasuka na shiroi kioku wa koori no you ni..."
nanimo nokosazu ni soba ni ita kamoshirenai to iu kage dake o nokoshite
"Etched into my heart, your dim white memory is like ice..."
Perhaps you were close by but left nothing behind, nothing but shadows
Gah, it's kinda Riku-sounding, but THAT'S OKAY. ._.;; There's absomalutely nothing wrong with that. Anyways, yeah, you can probably figure out this for yourself. =)
... So Gackt makes good KH-sounding music. I swear, I'm not obsessed.
Full Lyrics for Sekirei ~Seki-ray~
Full Lyrics for Asrun Dream
So! In all honesty, what, in your opinion, would make the ideal Kingdom Hearts theme song? For any of the games. Or all. Whatever, it's your choice. Can be abso-ma-lutely anything. From any artist. Any genre. Etc... yadda yadda yadda.
Include song title, the artist/group that performs it, and your reason why it would make the ideal KH song. Include song lyrics if you want to prove your point. Not to mention you can have as many as you like, I mean, you could have more than one, right? Feel free to add to your list if you want to. I'll start:
Song: Sekirei ~Seki-ray~ by Gackt
Reason: Ignore the fact that that this song is about an endangered species of flightless bird and just acknowledge that this would make a pretty kickass/meaningful KH:CoM Reverse/Rebirth song. It's a Riku song, most definately. Plus it's quite beautiful.
Song excerpt: (translation in italics)
kono doko made mo tsuzuku shiroi daichi wa tooku
mou harisakebu koe wa dare ni mo todokanai
Far off in this endlessly continuing white earth
My voice that's crying out can no longer reach anyone
kono karada no itami o kakusu you ni
sora kara no yasashisa ni dakare...
Like it's concealing this body's pains
I'm embraced by kindness from the sky...
See what I mean? Or if you don't, basically this describes Riku's inner struggles with the dark, blah blah... you get the story. But in the end, he can rely on his friendship with Sora (thus the "sky" bit there) to help him win his fight. Bwahaha.
Song: Asrun Dream by Gackt
Reason: Another Gackt song! This is the song that I did a KH AMV to (which will never see the light of day unless people ask me reeeally nicely as it's horrible x_x) and I found out, that KH FMV-ness goes quite nicely with the Asrun Dream-ness. ... Anyways, it makes for a nice overall KH-y feel song. I adore it personally. Lyrics-wise, it's pretty KH-ish. Guuuhhh...
Song excerpt: (trans. in italics)
yoake no naka o tesaguri de aruite
hikari o abita anata no sugata ga kioku ni yakitsuite
ima mo koko ni iru
I walk, groping in the dawn
Bathed in light, your body is scorched in my memory
Even now, you are here
"mune ni kizamareta kimi no kasuka na shiroi kioku wa koori no you ni..."
nanimo nokosazu ni soba ni ita kamoshirenai to iu kage dake o nokoshite
"Etched into my heart, your dim white memory is like ice..."
Perhaps you were close by but left nothing behind, nothing but shadows
Gah, it's kinda Riku-sounding, but THAT'S OKAY. ._.;; There's absomalutely nothing wrong with that. Anyways, yeah, you can probably figure out this for yourself. =)
... So Gackt makes good KH-sounding music. I swear, I'm not obsessed.
Full Lyrics for Sekirei ~Seki-ray~
Full Lyrics for Asrun Dream
I wouldn't want to change it.