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{{w|Yoko Shimomura}} is the primary composer for the series, with {{w|Tsuyoshi Sekito}} and {{w|Takeharu Ishimoto}} joining for later entries. {{w|Utada Hikaru}} created the theme songs, while a number of other artists have made arrangements and orchestrations for the series. | {{w|Yoko Shimomura}} is the primary composer for the series, with {{w|Tsuyoshi Sekito}} and {{w|Takeharu Ishimoto}} joining for later entries. {{w|Utada Hikaru}} created the theme songs, while a number of other artists have made arrangements and orchestrations for the series. | ||
==Terminology== | |||
Certain types of music tracks in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series are divided into categories. "Field themes" are played when exploring a specific world. "Battle themes" are songs played during combat: "boss themes" are a special type of battle theme used in boss battles, while "world battle themes" are used for standard enemies in a given [[world]]. Together, field themes and and world battle themes are "world themes". | |||
Some specific characters have their own music theme used outside of battle, called "character themes", which almost always use the name of the character as the title of the track. Special tracks played during scripted events, such as cutsenes or mandatory encounters, may be referred to as "event themes"; unlike other categories, this distinction is not given by official materials, but is used here as a means to disambiguate these types of tracks. | |||
==Original soundtracks== | ==Original soundtracks== | ||
===''Kingdom Hearts''=== | ===''Kingdom Hearts''=== | ||
The soundtrack for ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}'' was composed entirely by Yoko Shimomura. Nearly 100 original tracks were made for the game.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania]]''''', '''Yoko Shimomura''': "Also, the number of songs on the CD soundtrack was 76, but the game’s data actually has 99 songs. I said, "I don't want to have any more than 100!" and I stopped at 99." (Translation by [https://kh-ultimania.livejournal.com/6608.html KH Ultimania])</ref> The international release of ''Kingdom Hearts'' featured two additional tracks, and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Final Mix]]'' included a further two more. A small handful of tracks were arrangements of existing Disney, ''Final Fantasy'', or classical pieces, but the majority of the soundtrack was wholly original. Hikaru Utada composed the theme song pair, "[[Simple and Clean]]" and "[[Hikari]]". | The soundtrack for ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}'' was composed entirely by Yoko Shimomura. Nearly 100 original tracks were made for the game.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania]]''''', '''Yoko Shimomura''': "Also, the number of songs on the CD soundtrack was 76, but the game’s data actually has 99 songs. I said, "I don't want to have any more than 100!" and I stopped at 99." (Translation by [https://kh-ultimania.livejournal.com/6608.html KH Ultimania])</ref> The international release of ''Kingdom Hearts'' featured two additional tracks, and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Final Mix]]'' included a further two more. A small handful of tracks were arrangements of existing Disney, ''Final Fantasy'', or classical pieces, but the majority of the soundtrack was wholly original. Hikaru Utada composed the theme song pair, "[[Simple and Clean]]" and "[[Hikari]]". | ||