Shimomura's memória album to feature "Vector to the Heavens" from 358/2 Days!
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- Published on February 12, 2014 @ 02:09 pm
- Written by Arielle
Yoko Shimomura's 25th anniversary album, memória!, will be out next month to celebrate all of her beautiful & timeless compositions for games produced by Square Enix. The official music page for memória! updated today, giving fans a preview of the orchestrated version of "Vector to the Heavens", one of Shimomura's most memorable tracks from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. You can listen to the preview below:
Along with "Vector to the Heavens", the 25th anniversary album will include songs from Super Mario RPG, Live A Live, the Mana series, and more. Here is the list of songs announced so far:
- "Vector to the Heavens" - Kingdom Hearts
- "Beware the Forest's Mushrooms" - Super Mario RPG: Legend of Seven Stars
- "Song of MANA - Orchestral Version" - Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana
- "Ring of Revolving Fate" - Seiken Densetsu: Heroes of Mana
- "Elegie" - Front Mission
- "MEGALOMANIA" - Live A Live
The website also updated with the cover of memória!, which can be viewed below:
memória! will release March 26th 2014 for 3150 Yen ($30 USD) and you can pre-order the album right now from the Square Enix eStore, Amazon Japan, and the Sony Music Shop. Amazon Japan ships internationally.
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That sample *_* beautiful stuff. Just cannot wait until the full tracklist is released. Really makes me look forward to the future with Yoko's scores for XV and KHIII. She is genius.
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Doesn't this sound kind of like the music from Versus XIII's 2011 trailer? xD (this is the Heroes of Mana song on this album)
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Eargasm! Yoko's music is the last piece of perfection that makes Kingdom Hearts so awesome and unique. Want more, now!
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Doesn't this sound kind of like the music from Versus XIII's 2011 trailer? xD (this is the Heroes of Mana song on this album)
For me it sounds more like a KH Re: CoM theme but yeah, the piano tune sounds a bit like the song in the Versus XIII Trailer from 2011
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Doesn't this sound kind of like the music from Versus XIII's 2011 trailer? xD (this is the Heroes of Mana song on this album)
It really does, yeah. Then again, it just sounds like if all the classic Shimomura tunes were meshed into one song xD
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Not sure that I'll actually buy, but Vector to the Heavens sounds godly. Now to play those other games...
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For me it sounds more like a KH Re: CoM theme but yeah, the piano tune sounds a bit like the song in the Versus XIII Trailer from 2011
Yeah, like "Lord of the Castle" and other various Marluxia songs xD
At times it also reminds me of the transition to the slower half of "Darkness of the Unknown" at 2:25
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It really does, yeah. Then again, it just sounds like if all the classic Shimomura tunes were meshed into one song xD
Yeah. I love that she has a recognizable style xD Some composers don't have this same level of cohesion
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Not sure that I'll actually buy, but Vector to the Heavens sounds godly. Now to play those other games...
Good luck if you find Live A Live!
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OH. MY. GOSH. My wish has come true! Vector to the Heavens is actually included in the collection!
That preview is... so surreal. I'm completely in awe and can't wait to hear the full song that's sure to take us to euphoria and beyond.
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At times it also reminds me of the transition to the slower half of "Darkness of the Unknown" at 2:25
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I might buy memória just for this. Vector to the Heavens has always been one of my favorite songs in the KH series and now I love it even more! Shimomura has and always will be one of my favorite composers.
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Crying from the preview~ joj
Xion's theme and that battle track in general - worthy sources to be chosen for sure! Still holding out for a PE track, and of coarse more KH!
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This is so beautiful; Yoko is a goddess.
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God Vector to the Heavens sounds so... To describe it with words would be doing that preview a great injustice.
Excuse me while I got cry in a corner somewhere...
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You'd think that out of all of the KH songs, she'd do Dearly Beloved. But that has been done to death anyway, and since Vector is one of my favorite songs from Days, this is a pleasant surprise.
i'm still waiting for an orchestrated version of Musique pour la tristesse de Xion though
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You'd think that out of all of the KH songs, she'd do Dearly Beloved. But that has been done to death anyway, and since Vector is one of my favorite songs from Days, this is a pleasant surprise.
i'm still waiting for an orchestrated version of Musique pour la tristesse de Xion though
There will probably two or three more KH tracks announced so we'll see. Drammatica had four KH tracks.
I still like how "Musique porla tristesse de Xion" was handled on the Piano Collection. It mixed "Vector to the Heavens" and "Dearly Beloved" in and made it feel like a complete suite. I'd love to see an orchestral version do something similar.
Dearly Beloved needs a compilation version. One that can mix all of the Dearly Beloved together in one beautiful way.
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I still like how "Musique porla tristesse de Xion" was handled on the Piano Collection. It mixed "Vector to the Heavens" and "Dearly Beloved" in and made it feel like a complete suite. I'd love to see an orchestral version do something similar.
Dearly Beloved is actually in "Vector to the Heavens" :) The original "Musique pour la tristesse de Xion" also contained of the main recurring melody of "Vector to the Heavens" in it. Skip to 1:25
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EDIT: Can someone tell me how video embedding works on here? I've never known/needed to.
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i'm still waiting for an orchestrated version of Musique pour la tristesse de Xion though
I thought that version already existed o.O
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I thought that version already existed o.O
Only the piano rendition does. But man... it's awesome.
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Dearly Beloved is actually in "Vector to the Heavens" :) The original "Musique pour la tristesse de Xion" also contained of the main recurring melody of "Vector to the Heavens" in it.
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EDIT: Can someone tell me how the video embedding works on here? I've never known/needed to.
Yes, I know this. This is why I said it works well as a full suite because they are able to combine all of those songs together. xD
Also when putting a video on the forum, you only need the url. HTML doesn't work on here.
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Yes, I know this. This is why I said it works well as a full suite because they are able to combine all of those songs together. xD
Also when putting a video on the forum, you only need the url. HTML doesn't work on here.
Oops, looks like I misunderstood and that would work well. Maybe they'll surprise us and make this version of "Vector to the Heavens" include more/bring out the parts of "Musique pour la tristesse de Xion" and "Dearly Beloved."
Thanks for the info and fixing the video :)
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Oops, looks like I misunderstood and that would be cool.
Thanks for the info and fixing the video :)
I didn't really make myself clear so it's all cool xD *u* it'd sound gorgeous orchestrated. (Also wish we'd get a 1.5 orchestral album because Musique pour la tristesse de Xion & Vector to the Heavens were gorgeous on there too)
No problem!
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I didn't think Yoko could make Vector to the Heavens even more beautiful. I'm also really surprised about Beware of the Forest Mushrooms. I've always wanted Yoko to rearrange a track from Super Mario RPG lol.
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I'm excited for that Vector to the Heavens orchestration. I'm hoping we can hear Ventus's theme in some way. It's probably my favorite character theme in all of the games.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't SONG of Mana also in Drammatica?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't SONG of Mana also in Drammatica?
Nope, my good friend. Song of Mana wasn't on the album.
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Beautiful! Just Beautiful! I sorta wish that was the one used in 1.5 during Xion's death scene.
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I really hope that there are some Parasite Eve tracks on here. A new version of Kyrie would be amazing!
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Bless you Shimomura!
We're getting Theme of Aya. It says so on the bow.
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Wow, a track from PE! Awesome!
Though, having forgotten how it sounds like, I had to look it up to jog my memory... it's been 15 years after all.
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8D So happy~
It's interesting that the specific track title is mentioned, when every other phrase is just the name of the series the music comes from.
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Still getting over the fact that "Beware the Forest Mushrooms" is in the album. That was easily one of my favorite tracks in the entire game.
Btw, any time frame on when exactly this is being released?
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Yoko posted most of the tracklist from the master copy on Twitter last month. It has Dearly Beloved also.
1. Dearly Beloved, Kingdom Hearts
2. Beware the Forest's Mushrooms, Super Mario RPG
3. Kiss of Jealousy LIVE A LIVE
4. Ring of Revolving Fate, Heroes of Mana
5. Elegie, Front Mission
6. Vector to the Heavens, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
7. Dragon Killer Medley, Legend of Mana
8. A.Y.A., Parasite Eve
9. Pain the Universe, Legend of Mana
10. Megalomania, LIVE A LIVE
11. ???
Source: Nubuwo - Yoko Shimomura 25th Anniversary album Memória
I'm dying to know what's covered up at the bottom. Is that an S? Somnus from XV?
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Yoko posted most of the tracklist from the master copy on Twitter last month. It has Dearly Beloved also.
1. Dearly Beloved, Kingdom Hearts
2. Beware the Forest's Mushrooms, Super Mario RPG
3. Kiss of Jealousy LIVE A LIVE
4. Ring of Revolving Fate, Heroes of Mana
5. Elegie, Front Mission
6. Vector to the Heavens, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
7. Dragon Killer Medley, Legend of Mana
8. A.Y.A., Parasite Eve
9. Pain the Universe, Legend of Mana
10. Megalomania, LIVE A LIVE
11. ???
Source: Nubuwo - Yoko Shimomura 25th Anniversary album Memória
I'm dying to know what's covered up at the bottom. Is that an S? Somnus from XV?
Thank you for this!
Somnus was on the drammatica album...so I don't think it is that. There is a country in FFXV called Solheim, though...
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Yeah, I'm just fantasizing because I'm dying for a nugget of new info about XV. I wonder if covering up the bottom of the tracklist was on purpose or accidental. Release is 3 weeks away and they still haven't divulged a full track list.
On another note, I'm surprised they're including Super Mario RPG since that's a Nintendo-published title. I expected this to be an all-Square CD. (Yeah I know it was developed by Square.)
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Yeah, I'm just fantasizing because I'm dying for a nugget of new info about XV. I wonder if covering up the bottom of the tracklist was on purpose or accidental. Release is 3 weeks away and they still haven't divulged a full track list.
On another note, I'm surprised they're including Super Mario RPG since that's a Nintendo-published title. I expected this to be an all-Square CD. (Yeah I know it was developed by Square.)
I want to believe it was on purpose to make us hope and dream. The song from the E3 2013 trailer or the Versus XIII 2011 trailer or even just a new, unreleased song for FFXV would be absolutely heaven sent. Can't wait for my copy of the album to come in the mail at the end of the month, now.
I was surprised too! I guess because Square developed it, they had the right to release music for it which pleases me to no end. I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo is getting a cut from this album, though.
I would assume they had to get the license for the song from Nintendo. Just because they developed it doesn't mean they own it.
XV music as a bonus track! I got my wish!!
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I would assume they had to get the license for the song from Nintendo. Just because they developed it doesn't mean they own it.
XV music as a bonus track! I got my wish!!
You mean "Omnis Lacrima?" I only just discovered this today.
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February 12, 2014 @ 07:22 pmOffline