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Kingdom Hearts music appears at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2021

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Published on July 23, 2021 @ 10:35 pm
Written by Arielle
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Kingdom Hearts fans were given a huge surprise this morning when "Hero's Fanfare" from Kingdom Hearts 3 and "Olympus Coliseum" from Kingdom Hearts played during the opening ceremonies for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2021. 

Yoko Shimomua took to Twitter to give her heartfelt thanks for the honor of having her music featured at the 2021 Olympic Games. 

"Olympus Coliseum" and "Hero's Fanfare" from "Kingdom Hearts" were played in the game music medley during the player entrance songs! It's a great honor for me. I saw it in the rear side. Thank you for your immediate congratulations ♡

Yoko Shimomura 7/23/21 via Twitter

Here is the full tracklist of songs that played during the opening ceremonies as each country was introduced:

Dragon Quest - "Overture: Roto's Theme"

Final Fantasy - "Victory Fanfare"

Tales of series - "Sorey's Theme - The Shepherd"

Monster Hunter - "Proof of a Hero"

Kingdom Hearts - "Olympus Coliseum"

Chrono Trigger - "Frog's Theme"

Ace Combat - "First Flight"

Tales of series - "Pomp and Majesty"

Monster Hunter - "Wind of Departure"

Chrono Trigger - "Robo's Theme"

Sonic the Hedgehog - "Star Light Zone"

Winning Eleven (Pro Evolution Soccer) - "eFootball walk-on theme"

Final Fantasy - "MAIN THEME"

Phantasy Star Universe - "Guardians"

Kingdom Hearts - "Hero's Fanfare"

Gradius (Nemesis) - "01 ACT I-1"

NieR - "Song of the Ancients"

SaGa series - "The Orchestral SaGa - Legend of Music"

Soulcalibur - "The Brave New Stage of History"

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Nukara

July 23, 2021 @ 03:30 pmOffline

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I don't know if this will be reported in the news on this site.
But I was very pleased to listen to music from Kingdom hearts and Final Fantasy.
The Hercules world theme was very much in the subject.
And it's also nice that this Kingdom hearts franchise is gaining popularity so much that the music from this series of games is played at such significant events.:)

AegisXIII

July 23, 2021 @ 03:43 pmOffline

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Wait, what? For real? I need to find the videos.

bambii

July 23, 2021 @ 03:47 pmOffline

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AegisXIII

Wait, what? For real? I need to find the videos.



It works so seamlessly, you almost don't notice at first!

AegisXIII

July 23, 2021 @ 03:51 pmOffline

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Wow. This is amazing. That made my day.

Zettaflare

July 23, 2021 @ 04:36 pmOffline

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Awesome. It's nice that the franchise is starting to become more mainstream. And the theme for the Coliseum is very fitting for the Olympics

KudoTsurugi

July 23, 2021 @ 04:39 pmOffline

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Zettaflare

Awesome. It's nice that the franchise is starting to become more mainstream. And the theme for the Coliseum is very fitting for the Olympics

Very fitting indeed. According to the set list, they used both themes for Olympus Coliseum, both the over world theme and Hero’s Fanfare.

okhi12

July 23, 2021 @ 05:02 pmOffline

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I absolutely loved it. Not only KH and FF but Dragon Quest too, which isn't surprising in the slightest given it's the most popular jrpg series in Japan.
It reminds me of that time in 2004 when an american syncronized swimming duo used Liberi Fatali from FFVIII.

AegisXIII

July 23, 2021 @ 05:09 pmOffline

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Now I want to see ice skating on Impeto Obscuro.

Cyborg009

July 23, 2021 @ 05:11 pmOffline

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bambii



It works so seamlessly, you almost don't notice at first!

it's perfect!

okhi12

July 23, 2021 @ 08:28 pmOffline

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AegisXIII

Now I want to see ice skating on Impeto Obscuro.

The Mirror Aqua theme would also be fitting. Just imagine a live performance of the spellweaver finisher to that theme, just like the Queen of the rink objective in 0.2

So cool, both literally and figuratively.

Perkilator

July 23, 2021 @ 09:05 pmOffline

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Wow, wasn’t expecting that!

If KH is big enough for the Olympics, then it’s certainly…becoming more mainstream, but also it’s certainly big enough for Smash (not that I expect it, but still).

Oracle Spockanort

July 23, 2021 @ 10:35 pmOffline

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(piggybacking on this thread for the main article~)

KeybladeLordSora

July 24, 2021 @ 12:38 amOffline

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I mean...I know it fits the subject plus "haha Olympics Olympus" but I kinda wish they used a different song from the series.

A bit negative, I know, but it's cuz I'm sad that they put all this effort only to have no real audience there.

Soldier

July 24, 2021 @ 12:55 amOffline

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KeybladeLordSora

I mean...I know it fits the subject plus "haha Olympics Olympus" but I kinda wish they used a different song from the series.

A bit negative, I know, but it's cuz I'm sad that they put all this effort only to have no real audience there.

Perhaps that's why they did it in the first place....

Absent

July 24, 2021 @ 01:37 amOffline

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I got three words for ya kid, "Awesome."

Recon

July 24, 2021 @ 01:40 amOffline

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Honestly this was so cool and unexpected. I was in the kitchen with the TV on and I was like “…wait a minute” So cool to hear this. I wonder how many athletes actually know these songs

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AR829038

July 24, 2021 @ 02:48 amOffline

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This was honestly incredible. And they played it over and over again, too. 10-year-old me would never have believed something like this could happen.

Sakuraba Neku

July 24, 2021 @ 09:48 amOffline

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Japan is on another level. You love to see it!

SweetYetSalty

July 24, 2021 @ 01:34 pmOffline

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Olympus Coliseum is super fitting for the theme to play for the Olympics. Also considering it's been in every KH game minus DDD it's such a iconic theme to hear. All it needed was someone dressed as Phil to greet everyone as they came in to make it 100% perfect.

memoryofhearts

July 24, 2021 @ 02:31 pmOffline

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not just kh but nier and ff are also used in the olympics.

MATGSY

July 24, 2021 @ 11:14 pmOffline

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Makes sense they'd play the coliseum theme, there's just as many people in the stands! :p

P.S. About time Starlight Zone got some recognition. 2nd best level from STH1 but it's always forgotten.

Face My Fears

July 25, 2021 @ 01:26 amOffline

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I cried when I found out about this. Several friends of mine sent me clips of the theme playing, but I didn't believe them. If only the closing theme for the games was "Sanctuary ~after the battle~" performed by Utada live.

Sakuraba Neku

July 25, 2021 @ 08:50 amOffline

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AR829038

July 25, 2021 @ 04:09 pmOffline

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Face My Fears

I cried when I found out about this. Several friends of mine sent me clips of the theme playing, but I didn't believe them. If only the closing theme for the games was "Sanctuary ~after the battle~" performed by Utada live.

Honestly, I'm content with this. This is something I never imagined would be possible, and yet it's real. I'll remember this day for years to come.

VanitasRemnant

July 29, 2021 @ 09:42 amOffline

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It's honestly wild that that happened, its amazing how far the series has come.

LightUpTheSky452

August 7, 2021 @ 05:12 amOffline

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Oh, yeah. I saw The Gamersjoint post about this when it happened.

It's amazing that the series has come this far. It's hard to believe that some years ago, I was making threads just imagining KH going mainstream (like, enough so that we could have a cake show have an episode dedicated to it) and it seemed like a pipe dream. And now we're here:)

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