Roxas (track)

"Roxas" is a musical piece composed by Yoko Shimomura that is first used in Kingdom Hearts II.

Appearances
"Roxas" serves as the character theme for Roxas.

Cutscenes

 * Prologue: "Naminé's Room," "My Summer Vacation Is Over"
 * Prologue (Dive to the Heart): "Why Sora Was Chosen," "Time to Sleep"
 * The World That Never Was: "Why Sora Was Chosen," "Roxas," "Good-bye, Buddy," "Time to Sleep," "There Was No One There," "A Friend Within," "How it All Began," "I Wish I Could Meet Him, Too"

Cutscene

 * Dive to the Heart: "Roxas," "Good-bye, Buddy"

Cutscene

 * Twilight Town: "Why the Sun Sets Red"

Cutscene

 * The World That Never Was (Sora): "Roxas's Grief"

Cutscenes

 * The World That Never Was: "Day 50 - Familiar Sound," "Day 298 - Sora," "Day 355 - Unsaid, Unheard," "Roxas Leaves the Organization," "After the Battle"
 * Twilight Town: "Why the Sun Sets Red"

Cutscene

 * Castle Oblivion: Data Sora vs Roxas

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

 * Castle Oblivion: ???

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.