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Where Is This?

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Where Is This?
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Arranger Yoko Shimomura
Composer Yoko Shimormura
Length 1:42
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
Where Is This?
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Arranger Yoko Shimomura
Composer Yoko Shimomura
Length 1:43

"Where Is This?" is a musical composition by Yoko Shimomura that appears in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts Re:coded.

Appearances[edit]

"Where Is This?" appears only in cutscenes.

Kingdom Hearts[edit]

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded[edit]

Composition[edit]

"Where Is This?" is approximately one minute and forty two seconds long in the original Kingdom Hearts, and one minute and forty three seconds long in the HD remake. Regardless of the game, the instrumentation includes: a complete strings section [violin, viola, cello, string bass], flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, glockenspiel, xylophone, timpani, tambourine, triangle, and piano.

The piece changes time signature and tempo depending on the section of the piece. The piece is broken into three separate sections. The first section serves as a short introduction to the overall mystical and curious nature of the piece. It begins in 5/4 time before transitioning into 6/4 time, having a tempo of 79 beats per minute. This opening section's slow chord progression moves the piece from the original minor key to one of a major key, a transitional technique to move into the lighter second section. The second section is in 4/4 time and is a short motif from A Walk in Andante. This theme is abruptly cut short, interrupted by a gradually slowing and descending chromatic melody that switches the piece back into the original darker mood. Now into the third section of the piece, the 4/4 time signature is maintained, but now at the slightly slower tempo of 76 beats per minute. Throughout the third section is the use of ascending and descending melodic lines, adding or removing tension, respectively, to the piece. More prevalent starting in the second section is the use of the pizzicato playing style in the strings.

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