Darkness of the Unknown

Darkness of the Unknown
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Kingdom Hearts II Darkness of the Unknown

Arranger	Yoko Shimomura
Composer	Yoko Shimomura
Length	4:36

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Darkness of the Unknown

Arranger	Yoko Shimomura
Composer	Yoko Shimomura
Length	7:50

"Darkness of the Unknown" is a musical composition by Yoko Shimomura that appears in the Kingdom Hearts series. It is one of the boss themes of Xemnas.

Appearances[edit]

Kingdom Hearts II[edit]

Battles

The World that Never Was: Xemnas (Dragon, Second Armored Fight, Final Form)
Cavern of Remembrance: Xemnas's Replica Data (Final Form)^{[KH II FM]}

Cutscenes

The World that Never Was: "Naminé and Roxas", "The Depths of Oblivion", "To End It All", "The Final Battle"

Kingdom Hearts Union χ[edit]

Medals

Illustrated KH II Sora & Riku [EX]^[1]

Kingdom Hearts III[edit]

Cutscenes

Keyblade Graveyard: "The Last Light"^[2]

Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind[edit]

Cutscenes

Keyblade Graveyard: "Long Awaited Showdown",^[3] "Roxas's Heart",^[2] "The Final Key"^[4]

Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory[edit]

Cutscenes

"KINGDOM HEARTS II: Chapter 4"

Composition[edit]

"Darkness of the Unknown" is written in three movements. In the game, the three sections were split to individually loop for each phase of the Xemnas battle, and they were recombined as one for the album release.^[5]

The first two movements has a tempo of 172 beats per minute. The third movement slows down to 150 beats per minute. All three movements are in 4/4 time signature and are in C minor; the first sometimes switches to C# minor. The combined piece is approximately seven minutes and fifty seconds long.

The first movement is a heavily piano-dominated track and plays during the Dragon phase of the battle. Aside from piano, this movement is accompanied by female "ah" vocals and drums.

The second movement is split into two halves. The first half is dominated by an ostinato quoting "Disappeared" accompanied by a melody on an organ. After a bridge quoting "Organization XIII" and, by extension, "Another Side", the second half is first played on violin and eventually on strings.

The third movement is a slower, somber version of the second movement.

Elements of the track are heavily featured in Xemnas's other boss theme, "L'Oscurità dell'Ignoto". It also appears in the medleys "Forze dell'Oscurita" and "Forza Finale".

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Albums[edit]

Disc 2, Track 32 in the Kingdom Hearts II Original Soundtrack
Disc 6, Track 10 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete
Disc 4, Track 11 in the Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack
Disc 1, Track 24 in the Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories-
Disc 2, Side B, Track 4 in the Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary Vinyl LP Box

Notes and references[edit]

^ Third movement only.
^ ^a ^b As part of an unnamed arrangement.
^ As part of a unique unnamed arrangement.
^ As part of a unique unnamed arrangement.
^ Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories- website, Yoko Shimomura: "When we recorded this for the soundtrack, this track was originally three parts that made one song. However, it was split into three songs during production. It would have been troublesome, so they let me record the pattern in one song, identical to the soundtrack." (Translation by goldpanner.)

Music in the Kingdom Hearts series
Main themes
Dearly Beloved \| Destati Chikai \| Don't Think Twice \| Face My Fears \| Hikari \| Passion \| Sanctuary \| Simple and Clean Hikari -PLANITb Remix- \| Hikari -Ray of Hope MIX- \| Passion -after the battle- \| Passion -opening version- \| Sanctuary -after the battle- \| Sanctuary -opening version- \| Simple and Clean -PLANITb Remix- \| Simple and Clean -Ray Of Hope MIX- Don't Think Twice -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version- \| Face My Fears -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version- \| Hikari -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version- \| Passion -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version-
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts
A Day in Agrabah \| A Piece of Peace \| A Very Small Wish \| A Walk in Andante \| Always on My Mind \| An Adventure in Atlantica \| An Intense Situation \| Arabian Dream \| Beyond the Door \| Blast Away! -Gummi Ship I- \| Blast Away! -Gummi Ship II- \| Blast Away! -Gummi Ship III- \| Bounce-O-Rama \| Bustin' Up on the Beach \| Captain Hook's Pirate Ship \| Deep Jungle \| Destiny Islands \| Destiny's Force \| Dive into the Heart -Destati- \| End of the World \| Forze del Male \| Fragments of Sorrow \| Friends in My Heart \| Go for It! \| Guardando nel buio \| HIKARI -KINGDOM HEARTS Instrumental Version- \| Hand in Hand \| Hand in Hand -Reprise- \| Having a Wild Time \| Hollow Bastion \| Holy Bananas! \| It Began with a Letter \| Just an Itty Bitty Too Much \| Kairi I \| Kairi II \| Kairi III \| March Caprice for Piano and Orchestra \| Merlin's Magical House \| Mickey Mouse Club March \| Miracle \| Monstrous Monstro \| Never Land Sky \| Night of Fate \| No Time to Think \| Olympus Coliseum \| Once Upon a Time \| Oopsy-Daisy \| Pirate's Gigue \| Precious Stars in the Sky \| Road to a Hero \| Scherzo Di Notte \| Shipmeisters' Humoresque \| Shrouding Dark Cloud \| Spooks of Halloween Town \| Squirming Evil \| Strange Whispers \| The Deep End \| The Heartless Has Come \| This is Halloween \| To Our Surprise \| Traverse Town \| Treasured Memories \| Tricksy Clock \| Turning the Key \| Under the Sea \| Villains of a Sort \| Welcome to Wonderland \| Where Is This? \| Winnie the Pooh A Night on Bald Mountain \| One-Winged Angel (from FINAL FANTASY VII)
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
Another Side \| Disappeared
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
Castle Oblivion \| Disquieting \| Face It! \| Forgotten Challenge \| Graceful Assassin \| Just Wondering \| La Pace \| Lazy Afternoons \| Memories in Pieces \| Naminé \| Piccolo Resto \| Revenge of Chaos \| Scent of Silence \| Scythe of Petals \| Sinister Sundown \| Struggle Away \| The 13th Floor \| The 13th Struggle \| The Fight for my Friends \| The Force in You \| Thirteenth Discretion
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories
Dash-A-Long \| Lord of the Castle \| March-A-Long
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts II
A Fight to the Death \| A New Day is Dawning \| A Twinkle in the Sky \| Adventures in the Savannah \| Any Time Any Place \| Apprehension \| Arabian Daydream \| Asteroid Attack \| Battleship Bravery \| Beauty and the Beast \| Beneath the Ground \| Blast Off! \| Bounce-O-Rama (Speed Up Ver.) \| Byte Bashing \| Byte Striking \| Cloudchasers \| Courage \| Crossing the Finish Line \| Dance of the Daring \| Dance to the Death \| Darkness of the Unknown \| Deep Drive \| Desire for All That Is Lost \| Fantasia alla marcia for piano, chorus and orchestra \| Fields of Honor \| Floating In Bliss \| Gearing Up \| Hazardous Highway \| He's a Pirate \| Hesitation \| Isn't It Lovely? \| Kairi \| Laughter and Merriment \| Let's Sing and Dance! \| Magical Mystery \| Missing You \| Monochrome Dreams \| Nights of the Cursed \| Old Friends, Old Rivals \| Organization XIII \| Part of Your World \| Reviving Hollow Bastion \| Riku \| Rowdy Rumble \| Roxas \| Sacred Moon \| Savannah Pride \| Shipmeisters' Shanty \| Showdown at Hollow Bastion \| Sinister Shadows \| Sora \| Space Paranoids \| Sunset Horizons \| Swim This Way \| Tension Rising \| The 13th Dilemma \| The Afternoon Streets \| The Corrupted \| The Encounter \| The Escapade \| The Home of Dragons \| The Underworld \| The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers \| Ursula's Revenge \| Vim and Vigor \| Waltz of the Damned \| What Lies Beneath \| Working Together
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
Cavern of Remembrance \| Deep Anxiety \| Fate of the Unknown \| Happy Holidays! \| Rage Awakened \| The 13th Reflection \| The Other Promise \| What a Surprise?!
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Another Side -Battle Ver.- \| At Dusk, I Will Think of You... \| Critical Drive \| Crossing to Neverland \| Fight and Away \| Musique pour la tristesse de Xion \| Mystic Moon \| Results and Rewards \| Secret of Neverland \| Vector to the Heavens \| Xemnus
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts coded
On the Debug!!
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
No More Bugs!! \| No More Bugs!! -Bug Ver.- \| Pretty Pretty Abilities \| Wonder of Electron \| Wonder of Electron -Bug Ver.-
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
A Date with Fate \| Aqua \| Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo \| Big Race \| Birth by Sleep -A Link to the Future- \| Black Garden \| Black Powder \| Castle Escapade \| Cheers for the Brave \| Daydream upon Neverland \| Dearly Dreams \| Dessert ★ Paradise \| Destiny's Union \| Dice and Shine \| Dismiss \| Drops of Poison \| Enter the Darkness \| Enter the Void \| Eternal Moments \| Extreme Encounters \| Fresh Fruits Balls \| Future Masters \| Go! Go! Rumble Racer \| Hau'oli, Hau'oli \| Hero or Heel? \| Innocent Times \| It's a Small World \| Keyblade Graveyard Horizon \| Mickey Mouse March \| Mákaukau? \| Neverland's Scherzo \| Peaceful Hearts \| Radiant Garden \| Rage Awakened -The Origin- \| Risky Romp \| Shaded Truths \| Tears of the Light \| Terra \| The Key \| The Key of Darkness \| The Key of Light \| The Promised Beginning \| The Rustling Forest \| The Secret Whispers \| The Silent Forest \| The Tumbling \| The Worlds \| Unbreakable Chains \| Unforgettable \| Up Down Adventure \| Ventus \| Xehanort
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix
Dark Impetus \| Forze dell'Oscurita \| Hunter of the Dark \| Master, Tell Me the Truth \| Monstrous Monstro -Arena Ver.- \| Night in the Dark Dream \| Night of Tragedy
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Access the Grid \| All for One \| Broken Reality \| CALLING -KINGDOM MIX- \| Deep Drop \| Digital Domination \| Distant from You... \| Dream Drop Distance -The Next Awakening- \| Dream Eaters \| Dream Matchup \| Ever After \| Gigabyte Mantis \| Hand to Hand \| Ice-hot Lobster \| Keyblade Cycle \| L'Apprenti Sorcier \| L'Eminenza Oscura I \| L'Eminenza Oscura II \| L'Impeto Oscuro \| L'Oscurità dell'Ignoto \| La Cloche \| Le Sanctuaire \| Link to All \| Majestic Wings \| My Heart's Descent \| One for All \| Prankster's Party \| Ready to Rush \| Rinzler Recompiled \| SOMEDAY -KINGDOM MIX- \| Sacred Distance \| Storm Diver \| Sweet Spirits♡ \| Symphony No.6 "Pastoral" Op.68 \| TWISTER -KINGDOM MIX- \| The Dread of Night \| The Dream \| The Eye of Darkness \| The Flick Finalist \| The Fun Fair \| The Nightmare \| The Nutcracker Suite Op.71 \| The World of Dream Drops \| Traverse in Trance \| UNTAMABLE \| Victor's Pride \| Wild Blue \| Xehanort -The Early Years- \| Xigbar
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts χ[chi]
Before the Daylight \| Wake Up, World!
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]
A Nameless Planet \| Battle at the Big Bridge \| Dancing Mad \| Game Central Station \| Hand in Hand -Union χ Version- \| Hero's Duty Troopers \| I'm Gonna Wreck It! \| Mission Complete! \| Pixel Hero \| The Candy-Filled Kingdom \| The Fastest Racer \| TWISTER -UNION χ MIX- \| Welcome to Niceland
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover
Master of Masters \| Passing the Power \| Scala ad Caelum \| The Foretellers
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-
Aqua -Mirror Illusion- \| Forest of Thorns \| The World Within \| Wave of Darkness I \| Wave of Darkness II
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts III
8Bit Smasher -Link Version- \| A Pirate's Adventure \| A Pirate's Freedom \| Afterimage \| An Adventure in Atlantica -Link Version- \| Anger Unchained \| Aqua -Dark Dive- \| AR -Augmented Rhythm- \| Baymax Rebooted \| Blast Off! -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| Bounce-O-Rama -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| Burning Ambition \| Chains to Bonds \| Critical Crossroad \| Crossing the Finish Line -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| Dark Domination \| Data Trace Complete \| Dawn of Hope \| Dive into the Heart -Destati- Third Inception \| Dive into the Heart -Destati- Third Revival \| Do You Want to Build a Snowman? \| Dream Eaters -Link Version- \| Dual Hearts \| Edge of Existence \| Engage! \| Enter the Darkness -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| Epilogue \| Eye of the Storm \| First Flight \| Flags of Fury \| Flags of Fury -Leviathan Awakened- \| Flantastic Fight \| Flash Tracer \| Forze Del Male -Dark Riku- \| Forza Finale \| Friendship's Union \| Frozen Heart \| Frozen Wonderland \| Frozen Wonderland -Eternal Winter- \| Go for It! -Into the Clouds- \| Go! Go! Rumble Racer -Pudding Grand Prix- \| Graveyard Labyrinth \| Guardians of Light \| Hand in Hand -Attraction Flow Version- \| Happy Hair Day \| Happy Hair Day -Into the Forest Deep- \| Healing Incantation \| Heart of Mystery \| Hearts as One \| Hearts of Courage \| Hero Upgrade \| Hero's Fanfare \| Heroes' Gathering \| Hikari -KINGDOM Tres Orchestra Instrumental Version- \| It's a New Record! \| Lanterns in the Sky \| Let It Go \| Little Lovely Moments \| Lock, Load, and Blast! \| Mákaukau? -Link Version- \| Maximus's Matchup \| Miracle on Ice \| Miracle on Ice -Eternal Winter- \| Monster Smash! \| Monster Smash! -Code 72-16- \| Monstropolis Now \| Monstropolis Now -Code 72-16- \| Mount Olympus \| No Surrender! \| Olympus Coliseum -The Shining Summit- \| Organization XIII -Mark of Fate- \| Replicas \| Return of the Titans \| Rhapsody in Tres for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra \| Rise of the Union \| Robot Overdrive \| Rowdy Rumble -The Crazy Carriage- \| Roxas's Return \| Savannah Pride -Link Version- \| Say Cheese! \| Secrets of the Night \| Shipmeisters' Shanty -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| Shrouding Dark Cloud -Gigas Blast- \| Sky High Slider \| Sky of Wonder \| Skyward Striker \| Sora -Orchestra of Toads- \| Star Explorer \| Stranded Beyond \| Sunshine Dancer \| Swingin' Free \| Swingin' Free -Into the Forest Deep- \| Teardrop of the Sun \| Tension Rising -Angelic Amber- \| Tension Rising -Reaper's Revenge- \| The Afternoon Streets -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| The Coolest Contest \| The Corrupted -Monstrous Monsters- \| The Deep End -Rock Titan's Rage- \| The Encounter -Metal Charge- \| The Falling \| The Little Chef \| The Lost Princess \| The Star Fortress \| The Victorious \| Thermosphere \| THERMOSPHERE -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| Titanic Clash \| Toy Box Jam \| True Darkness \| True Love \| Unforgettable -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| VERUM REX \| Winds of Fate \| Winnie the Pooh -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| Working Together -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) \| You've Got a Friend in Me -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| Zero Hour -The Chase- \| Zero Hour -The Rescue-
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind
Cavern of Remembrance -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- \| Dismiss -Terra-Xehanort- \| Forze dell'Oscurita -Xehanort- \| Key of the Brave \| L'Eminenza Oscura I -Ansem- \| L'Impeto Oscuro -Young Xehanort- \| L'Oscurità dell'Ignoto -Xemnas- \| Link to All -Lights of Destiny- \| Lord of the Castle -Marluxia- \| Nachtflügel \| The 13th Dilemma -Saïx- \| The 13th Dilemma -Xigbar- \| The 13th Struggle -Larxene- \| The 13th Struggle -Luxord- \| Vector to the Heavens -Xion-
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory
A Whole New World \| Circle Of Life \| March Caprice for "Melody of Memory"
Music introduced in Kingdom Hearts IV
Reality in the Dark
Music introduced in other games
The World Ends with You -Solo Remix-
TWISTER -KINGDOM REMIX-
The World Ends with You -LIVE Remix-
SOMEDAY -KINGDOM MIX JP Ver.-
Music introduced in concerts and albums
drammatica: The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura
The 13th Anthology \| Twinkle Twinkle Holidays
Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts
1st Mov. : Sora - Allegro con brio \| 2nd Mov. : Kairi - Andante sostenuto \| 3rd Mov. : Riku - Scherzo e Intermezzo \| Concert Paraphrase on "Dearly Beloved" \| Finale : Working Together - Allegro vivace \| Missing You ~ Naminé \| The 13th Side
Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle
A Very Small Wish - Monstrous Monstro \| Medley of Conflict \| Scherzo Caprice on a Theme of Never Land \| Wonderland's Surprises
Symphonic Fantasies
Encore: Final Boss Suite \| Fantasy I: Kingdom Hearts
The World Ends with You 5th Anniversary Live -Crossover-
CALLING -KINGDOM MIX- (Live Ver.) \| SOMEDAY -KINGDOM MIX- (Live Ver.)
SQ SWING
Organization XIII ~ The 13th Struggle ~ Fragments of Sorrow ~ Dearly Beloved
Kingdom Hearts Tribute Album
A Piece of Peace ~ Under the Sea ~ Traverse Town \| Bustin' Up on the Beach ~ Shrouding Dark Cloud ~ Guardando nel buio \| Dearly Beloved ~ Hollow Bastion ~ Hand in Hand ~ Always on My Mind \| Riku ~ Kairi ~ Sora
Kingdom Hearts Concert -First Breath-
Gearing Up ~ Shipmeisters' Shanty ~ Blast Off! \| Journey of KINGDOM HEARTS \| The Power of Darkness \| The Unknown
Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour-
Daybreak Town: The Heart of χ \| Heroes and Heroines: Characters' Medley \| Lazy Afternoons ~ At Dusk, I Will Think of You... \| Let Darkness Assemble: Final Boss Battle Medley \| The World of KINGDOM HEARTS \| Threats of the Land: KINGDOM HEARTS Battle Medley \| Toy Box Medley
Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres-
Diabolic Bash \| Music from 358/2 Days \| Music from Birth by Sleep \| Music from Dream Drop Distance \| Music from KINGDOM HEARTS \| Music from KINGDOM HEARTS II \| Music from Re: Chain of Memories \| Music of Another Time \| Overture to the Decisive Battle \| Pretty Pretty Abilities from coded \| Symphonic Suite: The Worlds of Tres
Kingdom Hearts Concert -Second Breath-
Happiest Medley of KINGDOM HEARTS \| Heroes and Heroines: Characters' Medley -Second Breath Ver.- \| Journey of the World of Tres \| Scala ad Caelum~Edge of Existence
Unnamed music tracks
Kingdom Hearts V CAST \| Kingdom Hearts III \| Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory Other games

Darkness of the Unknown

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Appearances[edit]

Kingdom Hearts II[edit]

Kingdom Hearts Union χ[edit]

Kingdom Hearts III[edit]

Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind[edit]

Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory[edit]

Composition[edit]

Albums[edit]

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