Editing Vector to the Heavens

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"'''Vector to the Heavens'''" is a musical composition by Yoko Shimomura that appears in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind]]''. An new arrangment introduced in ''Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind'' is named "'''Vector to the Heavens -Xion-'''". It is the boss theme of [[Xion]].

==Appearances==
===Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days===
*[[Twilight Town]]: {{ns|Game|Xion}} (Final Form)

===''Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX''===
====''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''====
*"Xion Attacks"

===''Kingdom Hearts Union χ''===
;Medals
*{{khux|Final Boss Xion}}

===''Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind''===
*[[Garden of Assemblage]]: Xion's Recreated Data

===''Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory''===
*"KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days: Chapter 1"

===Other appearances===
"Vector to the Heavens" plays as the background music for the "memória!" album's page on the Square Enix website.<ref>[http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/memoria/ Official Japanese site]</ref>

==Composition==
"Vector to the Heavens" is approximately three minutes and fifty-one seconds long{{KHD}}, and five minutes and thirty-five seconds long in the piano collections version. Regardless of the source, the piece has a time signature of 4/4 time. The original in-game version plays at a tempo of 
98 beats per minute for the introduction and first phrase, 160 beats per minute for the second phrase, and 83 beats per minute for the third phrase.<!--Dearly Beloved section--> <!--The piano collections track takes more freedom with both the tempo and interpretation, though the common tempo is _____ for ______phrases--> The instrumentation for both the original version and the HD remake are piano and strings.
<!--NOTICE: This is from Musique pour la tristesse de Xion. I'm using this as a reference here because the two pieces are similar. Copy/paste--In the ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' version, the first fifteen measures of the piece are written in the key of G Minor and then transition into the key of Eb [E flat] Minor. The piece has a brief introduction of two measures, lasting around nine seconds, then leads into the repeated melodic section which lasts for twelve measures, and is followed by a transition into a new phrase that lasts for sixteen measures, before repeating back to the first phrase, allowing for smooth transitions between loops. Each loop is ____ measures long.
In the piano collections version, the seventeen measures are in the key of C Minor. Beginning in measure eighteen the key switches to Ab [A flat] Major and lasts until measure thirty-two, then transitioning into the key of Gb [G flat] Major. The next section of the piano collections version contains a rendition of "[[Vector to the Heavens]]." Xion's original theme is revisited again though in measure sixty-eight and continues to till the end of the piece. This final appearance returns to the original key of C Minor.-->
 
The piece is characterized by a moving sixteenth note pattern in the left hand (piano version) or moving eighth notes (in-game version). The main melody's rhythm is a variation of "[[Musique pour la tristesse de Xion]]", incorporating various parts of the theme into this piece. Several measures of this piece features the melody from Kairi's theme and [[Dearly Beloved]]. Unlike Xion's original theme, "Vector the Heavens" is played in the upper spectrum of dynamics, with the "louder" dynamics more in use than the softer ones.

==Albums==
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File:Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and 358 2 Days Original Soundtrack Cover.png|Disc 3, Track 12 in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack]]''|link=Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack
File:Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack Cover.png|Disc 3, Track 11 in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack]]''|link=Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack
Kingdom Hearts - III, II.8, Unchained χ & Union χ (Cross) - Original Soundtrack Cover.png|Disc 7, Track 11 in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts - III, II.8, Unchained χ & Union χ (Cross) - Original Soundtrack]]''
File:Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories- Cover.png|Disc 2, Track 4 in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories-]]''|link=Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories-
File:Memória! Cover.png|Disc 1, Track 6 in ''{{w|List of Square Enix compilation albums|memória! ~ The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura}}''|link=http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/memoria/
File:Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- Album Cover.png|Track 8 in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour-#Album|Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour-]]'' album
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==Notes and references==
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