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*''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' contains a version of "Dearly Beloved" that retains the original theme with pianos, violins, glockenspiel, and plucked violins, then the melody is played with flute and then has a slightly quicker, waltz-like part where a tambourine comes into play. Unlike other versions, it also switches between a 4/4 and 3/4 time signature - a reference to the "3D" in the title according to Yoko Shimomura. | *''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' contains a version of "Dearly Beloved" that retains the original theme with pianos, violins, glockenspiel, and plucked violins, then the melody is played with flute and then has a slightly quicker, waltz-like part where a tambourine comes into play. Unlike other versions, it also switches between a 4/4 and 3/4 time signature - a reference to the "3D" in the title according to Yoko Shimomura. | ||
*The arrangement of Dearly Beloved in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'' by Yoko Shimomura and Yui Morishita is a {{w|piano concerto}}. [[Tetsuya Nomura]] ordered it to be based on the ''{{w|Transcendental Études}}'', a series of twelve compositions for piano by {{w|Franz Liszt}}. The melody in the introduction of the piece is different from any of the arrangements prior until it reaches the moment where it becomes its usual melody.<ref>[http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqr3b2 KH3 Ultimania: Interview with Yoko Shimomura (Music)]</ref> | *The arrangement of Dearly Beloved in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'' by Yoko Shimomura and Yui Morishita is a {{w|piano concerto}}. [[Tetsuya Nomura]] ordered it to be based on the ''{{w|Transcendental Études}}'', a series of twelve compositions for piano by {{w|Franz Liszt}}. The melody in the introduction of the piece is different from any of the arrangements prior until it reaches the moment where it becomes its usual melody.<ref>[http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqr3b2 KH3 Ultimania: Interview with Yoko Shimomura (Music)]</ref> | ||
*"Dearly Beloved (Forest Memory)" is a version that appears in ''Kingdom Hearts III'' and is more prominently featured in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind]]''. The arrangement features the main melody on piano and the second melody on strings, with supporting flute ornaments. | |||
*''[[Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory]]'' features an upbeat iteration of "Dearly Beloved" that retains the original theme played on piano and trumpets. This version takes influence from jazz. | *''[[Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory]]'' features an upbeat iteration of "Dearly Beloved" that retains the original theme played on piano and trumpets. This version takes influence from jazz. | ||
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 1:13 |
| Kingdom Hearts Dearly Beloved -Reprise- | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 1:20 |
| Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Dearly Beloved | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories Dearly Beloved | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 2:22 |
| Kingdom Hearts II Dearly Beloved | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 2:22 |
| Kingdom Hearts II Dearly Beloved -Reprise- | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 1:28 |
| Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Dearly Beloved | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimormua |
| Length | 2:55 |
| Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Dearly Beloved | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 5:24 |
| Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Dearly Beloved | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 2:56 |
| Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Dearly Beloved | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 2:43 |
| Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Dearly Beloved | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 1:13 |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 4:19 |
| Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] Dearly Beloved | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Dearly Beloved | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 2:35 |
| Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Concert Paraphrase on 'Dearly Beloved' | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 4:06 |
"Dearly Beloved" is the opening and main theme to all Kingdom Hearts games. Composed for the first game by Yoko Shimomura, a version of the piece has been featured in every Kingdom Hearts release to date.
It begins playing as soon as the game loads and plays over the opening Menu Screen in a loop. However, if one continues to listen to "Dearly Beloved" without pressing any of the buttons on the controller for approximately 10–15 seconds, the screen will open up to Opening Menu Cinematic or Demo Loop, which will play the orchestrated version of the Kingdom Hearts theme song.
"Dearly Beloved -Reprise-" is a version of "Dearly Beloved" that plays after the credits during The End.
Appearances
In every game to date, "Dearly Beloved" plays while in the game's opening menu. "Dearly Beloved -Reprise-" plays during the ending screen, The End, in every game, as well.
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
- In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, "Dearly Beloved" plays during the special ending, "Blank Points."
Kingdom Hearts coded
- In Kingdom Hearts coded, "Dearly Beloved -Reprise-" plays during the cutscene "One Last Mystery."
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
- In Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, "Dearly Beloved" plays during the cutscene "The Duet".
- In Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, "Dearly Beloved" plays during the cutscene "The Apprentice Practices".
- In Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, "Dearly Beloved" plays during the cutscene "Into Sora's Slumber."
Kingdom Hearts III
- In Kingdom Hearts III, the secret ending "Yozora" features a unnamed variation of "Dearly Beloved".
Composition
"Dearly Beloved" contains two distinct melodies comprised out of identical chord structures, allowing them to be layered on top of each other. The second melody was first introduced in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories.
- In Kingdom Hearts, the main melody is performed as a piano solo with a synthesized choral background.
- The reprise of Kingdom Hearts features a bell solo with pizzicato strings as support.
- The Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories version contains the original melody played on the piano, along with the secondary melody played by a synthesizer.
- The Kingdom Hearts II version transformed "Dearly Beloved" into a full orchestral piece, featuring a piano solo carrying the main melody and various woodwind solos building the secondary melody.
- The reprise of the Kingdom Hearts II version contains both melodies, but played as a piano solo.
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days contains a similar version to the Kingdom Hearts II "Dearly Beloved" reprise, except the flute used in Roxas's theme brings the secondary melody to the foreground.
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep features a new orchestral arrangement of "Dearly Beloved", still featuring a piano as with the previous games but including a violin solo featuring a third theme exclusive to this game. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep is the first game to change the chord structure of Dearly Beloved, albeit briefly.
- Kingdom Hearts Re:coded contains a slightly faster version of the original Dearly Beloved theme. It features both the first and second melodies, with pizzicato string support.
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance contains a version of "Dearly Beloved" that retains the original theme with pianos, violins, glockenspiel, and plucked violins, then the melody is played with flute and then has a slightly quicker, waltz-like part where a tambourine comes into play. Unlike other versions, it also switches between a 4/4 and 3/4 time signature - a reference to the "3D" in the title according to Yoko Shimomura.
- The arrangement of Dearly Beloved in Kingdom Hearts III by Yoko Shimomura and Yui Morishita is a piano concerto. Tetsuya Nomura ordered it to be based on the Transcendental Études, a series of twelve compositions for piano by Franz Liszt. The melody in the introduction of the piece is different from any of the arrangements prior until it reaches the moment where it becomes its usual melody.[1]
- "Dearly Beloved (Forest Memory)" is a version that appears in Kingdom Hearts III and is more prominently featured in Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind. The arrangement features the main melody on piano and the second melody on strings, with supporting flute ornaments.
- Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory features an upbeat iteration of "Dearly Beloved" that retains the original theme played on piano and trumpets. This version takes influence from jazz.
Variations
Despite not being titled as such, "Birth by Sleep -A Link to the Future-", and "Dream Drop Distance -The Next Awakening-" are versions of "Dearly Beloved".
The themes "Friends in My Heart", "Always on My Mind", "March Caprice for Piano and Orchestra", "Fantasia alla Marcia for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra" all prominently feature "Dearly Beloved".
"Musique pour la tristesse de Xion", the character theme for Xion; "A Fight to the Death", the second battle theme for Xemnas; "Dearly Dreams", the field theme for the Mirage Arena in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep; "The Key", the battle theme for Ventus-Vanitas; and "Rise of the Union", from Kingdom Hearts III, all contain the main melody from "Dearly Beloved".
"Link to All" and "Sacred Distance" from Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance centers around the main melodic theme from "Dearly Beloved".
"Yozora", the secret ending for Kingdom Hearts III, features an unnamed variation of "Dearly Beloved" with an somber piano melody added to the beginning before the main theme plays.
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory version of "Dearly Beloved," referred to as "Dearly Beloved -Swing Version-", appears as a track available to players who also have a save file from Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory. It is also heard during the Mr. Sakurai Presents video presentation on Sora, where it is played while Masahiro Sakurai talk about this track as special bonus content for players with both Challenger Pack 11 and a save file of Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory.
Albums
Disc 1, Track 1 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack
Disc 2, Track 33 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack
Disc 1, Track 1 in the Kingdom Hearts II Original Soundtrack
Disc 2, Track 38 in the Kingdom Hearts II Original Soundtrack
Disc 1, Track 1 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete
Disc 2, Track 33 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete
Disc 3, Track 1 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete
Disc 6, Track 16 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete
Disc 7, Track 1 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete
Disc 1, Track 1 in the Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack
Disc 3, Track 1 in the Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack
Disc 3, Track 14 in the Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack
Disc 1, Track 1 in the Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance Original Soundtrack
Disc 1, Track 1 in the "Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories- Soundtrack"
Disc 1, Track 12 in the "Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories- Soundtrack"
Disc 2, Track 1 in the "Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories- Soundtrack"
Disc 2, Track 6 in the "Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories- Soundtrack"
Disc 2, Track 13 in the "Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories- Soundtrack"
Disc 1, Track 1 in the "Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack"
Disc 1, Track 12 in the "Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack"
Disc 1, Track 1 in the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack
Disc 3, Track 4 in the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack
Disc 3, Track 8 in the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack
Disc 1, Track 1 in the Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack
Disc 4, Track 17 in the Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack
Notes and references
- Music in Kingdom Hearts
- Music in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
- Music in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
- Music in Kingdom Hearts II
- Music in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
- Music in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
- Music in Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
- Music in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
- Music in Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
- Music in Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX
- Music in Kingdom Hearts χ
- Music in Albums
