Vector to the Heavens
| Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Vector to the Heavens | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 3:51 |
| Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Vector to the Heavens | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Field and Battle Vector to the Heavens | |
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| Arranger | Sachiko Miyano |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 5:35 |
| memória! Vector to the Heavens | |
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| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
"Vector to the Heavens" is a musical piece composed by Yoko Shimomura that is used in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX.
Appearances
"Vector to the Heavens" plays during the boss battle between Roxas and Xion, during Xion's Final Form in Twilight Town.
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
- Cutscene: Xion Attacks
Other Appearances
"Vector to the Heavens" plays as the background music for the "memória!" album's page on the Square Enix website.[1]
Composition
"Vector to the Heavens" is approximately three minutes and fifty-one seconds long[KH Days], 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 95 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. The instrumentation for both the original version and the HD remake are piano and strings.
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
Disc 3, Track 12 in the Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack
Disc 3, Track 11 in the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack
Disc 1, Track 9 in the Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle Soundtrack
Disc 1, Track 6 in the "memória! Soundtrack"
