Friends in My Heart

"Friends in My Heart" is a musical composition by Yoko Shimomura that appears in the Kingdom Hearts series.

Appearances
"Friends in My Heart" appears only in cutscenes. It is used during emotional moments, both sad and hopeful.

Kingdom Hearts

 * Olympus Coliseum: "Strength of Heart"
 * Monstro: "We'll Go On Real Adventures"
 * Neverland: "I Really Flew"

Kingdom Hearts II

 * Twilight Town: "Tears", "Aboard the Train"
 * Space Paranoids: "Destroying the MCP"
 * The World That Never Was: "It's You", "Naminé and Roxas"

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

 * Hollow Bastion: "One Last Mystery"

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

 * The World That Never Was: "Day 193 - Xion Awakens", "Riku Turns Into Ansem"
 * Twilight Town: "Day 118 - Lazy Day", "Day 171 - Love"
 * Beast's Castle: "Day 171 - Love"

Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover

 * "Case of Invi", "Ava and Ephemer"

Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]

 * Main Story: "Snow in the Data World", "Goodnight"

Kingdom Hearts Dark Road
Epilogue: "Child of Destiny"

Composition
"Friends in My Heart" is approximately one minute and thirty seconds long in Kingdom Hearts and the HD remake of Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. In Kingdom Hearts II, the piece is approximately one minute and one second long. For the HD remake of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, the piece is extended to one minute and forty-six seconds. Regardless of the game, the piece has a time signature of 4/4, and a tempo of 64 beats per measure.

In Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, the instrumentation includes: strings, piano, synthesizer, and choir-ahs. Although more gentle and softer in tone, this same instrumentation is used in Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX.

The allure of the piece is in its light-hearted and reminiscent tone created by a lack of complex rhythms and minimal instrumentation. "Friends in My Heart" opens with a four measure introduction, comprised of piano, synthesizer, and choir-ahs. In measure five, the pizzicato technique in the strings section is introduced, adding a slight rhythmic diversity in comparison to the simpler, smoother keyboard and choral parts. In the same measure, the piano part is a leitmotif of Dearly Beloved. Although a slight variation in rhythm, the progression of notes and rhythmic outline is a variation of the Dearly Beloved theme.