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>

*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}}

 

*[[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''===

;Battles:

*Keyblade Graveyard: Luxord

*[[Keyblade Graveyard]]: "Xemnas Retreats"

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

"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.

"The 13th Struggle" makes heavy use of chromatic notes. The melody in the first eight measures of the C minor section is later incorporated into the main melody of [[Sacred Moon]].

 

The ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'' arrangement features a brief introduction, the main melodic line, and a unique middle passage with only choir and strings, following which it loops. In the ''Kingdom Hearts II'' version, this middle passage is swapped out for a new one which incorporates the melody of "{{c|Organization XIII|track}}". All subsequent versions of the track continue to feature the "Organization XIII" section from ''Kingdom Hearts II''.

 

 

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

 

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