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  names:
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    ja: 河野圭
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    ja: 宇多田ヒカル
- link: artist/797
  names:
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    ja: 江口貴勅
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catalog: 7243-5-80453-21
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category: Game
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    ja: 下村陽子
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- link: artist/15552
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: 0:55
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: 0:55
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  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: 0:38
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:53'
  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: 0:16
  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: '1:30'
  - names:
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    track_length: '2:05'
  - names:
      English: No Time to Think
    track_length: 0:33
  - names:
      English: Deep Jungle
    track_length: '3:00'
  - names:
      English: Having a Wild Time
    track_length: '2:25'
  - names:
      English: Holy Bananas!
    track_length: '2:16'
  - names:
      English: Squirming Evil
    track_length: '1:54'
  - names:
      English: Hand in Hand
    track_length: '2:26'
  - names:
      English: Kairi II
    track_length: '1:02'
  - names:
      English: Merlin's Magical House
    track_length: '1:46'
  - names:
      English: Winnie the Pooh
    track_length: '2:28'
  - names:
      English: Bounce-o-rama
    track_length: '1:48'
  - names:
      English: Just an Itty Bitty Too Much
    track_length: 0:40
  - names:
      English: Once Upon a Time
    track_length: 0:21
  - names:
      English: Shipmeister's Humoresque
    track_length: '2:11'
  - names:
      English: Precious Stars in the Sky
    track_length: '1:08'
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:51'
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  - names:
      English: A Day in Agrabah
    track_length: '2:23'
  - names:
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    track_length: '2:04'
  - names:
      English: Villains of a Sort
    track_length: '1:32'
  - names:
      English: A Very Small Wish
    track_length: '2:16'
  - names:
      English: Monstrous Monstro
    track_length: '1:56'
  - names:
      English: Friends in My Heart
    track_length: '1:30'
  - names:
      English: Under the Sea
    track_length: '1:54'
  - names:
      English: An Adventure in Atlantica
    track_length: '2:03'
  - names:
      English: A Piece of Peace
    track_length: '1:00'
  - names:
      English: An Intense Situation
    track_length: 0:48
  - names:
      English: The Deep End
    track_length: '2:14'
  - names:
      English: This is Halloween
    track_length: '2:22'
  - names:
      English: Spooks of Halloween Town
    track_length: '2:14'
  - names:
      English: Oopsy-Daisy
    track_length: 0:21
  - names:
      English: Captain Hook's Pirate Ship
    track_length: '2:06'
  - names:
      English: Pirate's Gigue
    track_length: '1:45'
  - names:
      English: Never Land Sky
    track_length: '1:26'
  - names:
      English: Kairi III
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  - names:
      English: Blast Away! -Gummi Ship III-
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  - names:
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    track_length: '2:26'
  - names:
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  - names:
      English: Forze del male
    track_length: '3:38'
  - names:
      English: HIKARI -KINGDOM HEARTS Instrumental Version-
    track_length: '1:10'
  - names:
      English: Miracle
    track_length: 0:16
  - names:
      English: End of the World
    track_length: '3:14'
  - names:
      English: Fragments of Sorrow
    track_length: '2:18'
  - names:
      English: Guardando nel buio
    track_length: '4:25'
  - names:
      English: Beyond the Door
    track_length: '1:08'
  - names:
      English: Always on My Mind
    track_length: '1:47'
  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
      English: Hand in Hand -Reprise-
    track_length: 0:55
  - names:
      English: Dearly Beloved -Reprise-
    track_length: '1:20'
  - names:
      English: Having a Wild Time -Previous Version-
    track_length: '1:11'
  - names:
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    track_length: '2:55'
link: album/5059
lyricists: []
media_format: 2 CD
meta:
  added_date: 2007-10-27T23:58
  edited_date: 2022-02-13T07:04
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T22:35
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 21074
name: Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack
names:
  en: Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack
  ja: Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack
  ja-latn: Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack
notes: 'This is the European version of the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack. It
  is identical with the japanese release with the exception that the japanese songs
  are replaced with their english counterparts.

  All Music Composed by Yoko Shimomura

  Except

  "HIKARI" [Disc1-02]

  Written by Utada Hikaru

  "Simple And Clean" [Disc1-03/Disc2-30]

  Written by Utada Hikaru

  "Mickey Mouse Club March" [Disc1-07]

  Words and Music by Jimmie Dodd

  "Winnie the Pooh" [Disc1-35]

  Words and Music by Richard M. Sherman And Robert B. Sherman

  "Once Upon a Time" [Disc1-38*]

  Words and Music by Richard M. Sherman And Robert B. Sherman

  *contains musical composition from the song "Winnie the Pooh"

  "Under the Sea" [Disc2-07]

  Words by Howard Ashman / Music by Alan Menken

  "This is Halloween" [Disc2-12]

  Words and Music by Danny Elfman

  All Music Arranged by Yoko Shimomura

  with

  Synthesizer Programming: Ryo Yamazaki

  Sound Programming: Hitoshi Ohori

  Sound Tool Programming: Satoshi Akamatsu

  Except

  "HIKARI -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version-" [Disc1-02]

  "March Caprice for Piano and Orchestra" [Disc2-31]

  Orchestra Arrangement: Kaoru Wada

  Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic

  Recording Engineer: Takashi Sakurai

  Recording Director: Tomoko Noda

  Recording Hall: Sumida Triphony Hall

  "Simple And Clean - PLANITb Remix (Short Edit)" [Disc1-03]

  Produced and Remixed by Russell McNamara for UnderCover Inc.

  Remixed at PLANITb Studios London, England

  "Simple And Clean" [Disc2-30]

  Produced by Miyake Akira, Utada Hikaru and Utada Skingg Teruzane

  Arranged by Kawano Kei and Utada Hikaru

  Keyboards and Programming: Kawano Kei

  Basic Programming: Utada Hikaru

  Synthesizer Programming: Tsunemi Kazuhide

  Acoustic Guitar: Akiyama Hironori

  All Vocals: Utada Hikaru

  Recorded by Ugajin Masaaki at Bunkamura Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Goh Hotoda at Bunkamura Studio, Tokyo

  "Hand in Hand -Reprise-" [Disc2-32]

  Arrangement: Takahito Eguchi

  "Destati" [Disc2-35]

  Chorus: Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus

  Recording Engineer: Toshiyuki Yoshida

  ----

  [KINGDOM HEARTS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK]

  Sound Producer: Yoko Shimomura for SQUARE SOUNDS

  Production Manager: Kensuke Matsushita for SQUARE SOUNDS

  Production Coordinator: Masako Miyoshi for SQUARE SOUNDS

  Project Coordinators: Tae Abe for Walt Disney Records / Nobuhiko Shimizu for Disney
  Interactive Japan

  A&R Director: Hidenobu Okita for Toshiba EMI

  Executive Producers: Akira Miyake for Toshiba EMI / Akitoshi Nakata for Walt Disney
  Records / Shuji Utsumi for Disney Interactive Japan

  Mastering: Yasman for Bernie Grundman Mastering

  Illustration: Tetsuya Nomura and Fumi Nakashima for SQUARE

  Sleeve Design: Mitsuhiko Chigira for ELECTRIC

  Art Coordinator: Koji Kuroda for Kaitakusha

  Yoko Shimomura thanks to Hitoshi Ohori (Saxophone), Chiharu Minekawa, Asako Suga,
  Masashi Hamauzu, Amanda J. Katsurada, Manuela Suriano, Masaya Kato

  Special Thanks to U3 MUSIC

  Emiko Yamamoto and Miki Nishimura for Disney Interactive Japan'
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products:
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    ja: キングダム ハーツ
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publisher: *id001
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  link: album/294
  names:
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    ja: 光 / 宇多田ヒカル
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    ja-latn: KINGDOM HEARTS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  type: game
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    ja: DEEP RIVER / 宇多田ヒカル
    ja-latn: DEEP RIVER / Hikaru Utada
  type: game
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  names:
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    ja: COLORS / 宇多田ヒカル
    ja-latn: COLORS / Hikaru Utada
  type: game
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    ja: ウタダヒカル シングル・コレクション・ヴォリュー...
    ja-latn: Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1
  type: game
- catalog: JOY-535
  link: album/37548
  names:
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    ja: Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts (2012)
    ja-latn: Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts / Kyle Landry
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/62703
  names:
    en: Sharing the Same Sky
    ja: Sharing the Same Sky
    ja-latn: Sharing the Same Sky
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/75558
  names:
    en: 'Hollow & Heartless: Melancholy Music From Kingd...'
    ja: 'Hollow & Heartless: Melancholy Music From Kingd...'
    ja-latn: 'Hollow & Heartless: Melancholy Music From Kingd...'
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/81653
  names:
    en: Kingdom Hearts World
    ja: Kingdom Hearts World
    ja-latn: Kingdom Hearts World
  type: doujin
- catalog: MCOL-0197
  link: album/83689
  names:
    en: 'Music Box Classics: KINGDOM HEARTS'
    ja: 'Music Box Classics: KINGDOM HEARTS'
    ja-latn: 'Music Box Classics: KINGDOM HEARTS'
  type: game
release_date: '2002-11-25'
release_events: []
release_price:
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  price: 18.0
reprints: []
stores: []
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votes: 0
websites:
  Review:
  - link: https://bestoriginalscores.wordpress.com/2014/03/13/kingdom-hearts-yoko-shimomura/
    name: Kingdom Hearts (Yoko Shimomura) | Best Original Scores
  - link: https://www.rpgfan.com/music-review/kingdom-hearts-original-soundtrack/
    name: 'RPGFan: Stephen''s Review'
  - link: http://www.vgmonline.net/kingdomhearts/
    name: VGMO -Video Game Music Online-  &raquo; Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack
  - link: http://www.vgmonline.net/kingdomhearts-2/
    name: VGMO -Video Game Music Online-  &raquo; Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack
