Editing The 13th Struggle

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"'''The 13th Struggle'''" is a musical composition by Yoko Shimomura that appears in the {{c|Kingdom Hearts|series|''Kingdom Hearts'' series}}. Two new arrangements were introduced in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind]]'', named "'''The 13th Struggle -Luxord-'''" and "'''The 13th Struggle -Larxene-'''". It is the boss theme of several [[Organization XIII]] members, which are fought alone, Friend Cards aside.

"The 13th Struggle" is the field theme of the landings of each floor of [[Castle Oblivion]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]''.<ref>Replaced by "{{c|Castle Oblivion|track}}" in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Re:coded]]''.</ref>

===''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories''===

*Castle Oblivion: {{ns|Game|Axel}}, {{ns|Game|Larxene}}, {{ns|Game|Vexen}}

*[[Twilight Town]]: {{ns|Game|Vexen}}

*Castle Oblivion: [[Vexen]], [[Lexaeus]], [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]] (first battle){{KHCoM}}

*[[Destiny Islands]]: [[Zexion]]{{ReCoM}}

*[[Twilight Town]]: Axel

*[[The Land of Dragons]]: {{ns|Game|Riku|The Mysterious Man}}

*[[The World That Never Was]]: {{ns|Game|Luxord}}

*[[Cavern of Remembrance]]: Axel's Replica Data{{FMII}}, Luxord's Replica Data{{FMII}}

 

*[[Betwixt and Between]]: Defeat the Nobodies with help from Axel.

;Cutscenes

*Prologue: "Axel", "Axel's Wrath"

*Twilight Town: "Axel's Atonement", "His Last Words"

*The Land of Dragons: "The Man Who Stands on the Snowy Mountain"

*The World that Never Was: "Luxord", "As the Battle Ends"

===''Kingdom Hearts coded''===

*Castle Oblivion: {{ns|Game|Data-Roxas|???}}<ref>Replaced by "{{c|Roxas|track}}" in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Re:coded]]''.</ref>

===''Kingdom Hearts III''===

*Keyblade Graveyard: Luxord

 

;Cutscenes:

 

===''Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind''===

 

*Keyblade Graveyard: "Past Redux: Xemnas Retreats"

"The 13th Struggle" is approximately fifty-eight seconds long in ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'' and one minute and forty-four seconds long in ''Kingdom Hearts II''. In all versions the tempo is 180 beats per minute. <!--check this--> It has a time signature of 4/4 time for the entire piece and is written in the key of G minor, with brief modulations into both F minor and C minor before looping back to the start. "The 13th Struggle" has a four measure introduction that leads into the repeated melodic section, and lacks a conclusion, allowing for smooth transitions between loops. Each loop is forty measures long{{ReCoM}}, lasting around one minute each <!--check this-->. The instrumentation consists of: organ, a large brass section featuring trombones, choir, strings, orchestra bells, snare drum, piano, cymbals, and timpani.

 

 

 

{{sec-stub}}<!--The alternate version plays during Luxord's game.-->

 

 

 

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