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| Kingdom Hearts II Roxas | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 1:00 |
| Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Roxas | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Roxas | |
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| Arranger | Yoko Shimomura |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 2:27 |
| Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Roxas | |
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| Arranger | Hiroyuki Nakayama |
| Composer | Yoko Shimomura |
| Length | 2:36 |
"Roxas" is a musical piece composed by Yoko Shimomura that appears in the Kingdom Hearts series. It is the character theme of Roxas.
Appearances
"Roxas" appears primarily in cutscenes.
Kingdom Hearts II
- Prologue: "Naminé's Room," "My Summer Vacation Is Over"
- Dive to the Heart: "Why Sora Was Chosen", "Time to Sleep"
- The World That Never Was: "Why Sora Was Chosen", "Roxas"[KH II FM], "Good-bye, Buddy"[KH II FM], "Time to Sleep", "There Was No One There", "A Friend Within", "How it All Began", "I Wish I Could Meet Him, Too"
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
- Twilight Town: "Why the Sun Sets Red", "After the Battle"
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Sora's Story
- The World That Never Was: "Roxas's Grief"
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
- "Why the Sun Sets Red"
- "Day 50 - Familiar Sound"
- "Day 298 - Sora"
- "Day 355 - Unsaid, Unheard"
- "Roxas Leaves the Organization"
- "After the Battle"
Kingdom Hearts Union χ
- Medals
Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory
- "KINGDOM HEARTS II: Chapter 1"
Kingdom Hearts III
- Twilight Town: "Ansem and Xemnas"
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind
- Keyblade Graveyard: "The Sigil"
Composition
"Roxas" is approximately one minute long in the original version, fifty-three seconds long in the HD remake, and two minutes and thirty-six seconds for the piano collections cover. It plays at a tempo of 60 beats per minute. It has a time signature of 4/4 and is written in the key of D minor. The instrumentation consists of flute, piano, and female vocals.
The music itself gives off a mellow, melancholy feel. There are two measures of piano with backing vocals before the melody comes in. This melody is carried by the flute, which features a prominent vibrato in the HD remix version. In the first 4-measure phrase, the accompaniment starts on the D minor chord, which brings the melancholy mood, but it gradually gets more uplifting as the chords shift the tonic to d minor's relative F Major. The second 4-measure phrase has an identical melody to the first, but this time the accompaniment begins on F Major, making the repeated phrase sound much brighter. However, Roxas's story was always steeped in sorrow, and as such, for the final 2-measure phrase, the accompaniment jumps back to the tragic D minor, low and heavy on the piano.
Albums
Disc 1, Track 13 in the Kingdom Hearts II Original Soundtrack
Disc 3, Track 13 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete
Disc 1, Track 13 in the Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack
Disc 1, Track 10 in the "Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack"
Disc 1, Track 18 in the "Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories- Soundtrack"
Notes and references
- ^ Replaces "The 13th Struggle" from Kingdom Hearts coded
- ^ Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts version