Squirming Evil

"Squirming Evil" is a musical composition by Yoko Shimomura that appears in the Kingdom Hearts series.

Kingdom Hearts

 * Olympus Coliseum: Cerberus, Hades
 * Deep Jungle: Clayton and the Stealth Sneak
 * Agrabah: Jafar
 * Atlantica: Ursula and Flotsam and Jetsam
 * Halloween Town: Oogie Boogie
 * Neverland: Captain Hook
 * Hollow Bastion: Maleficent
 * End of the World: Chernabog (Japanese version only).

Kingdom Hearts χ[chi]

 * Olympus Coliseum: "Cerberus", "Plan B", "Fighting Together"

Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]

 * Main Story: "A Waypoint", "The Way Out"

Composition
"Squirming Evil" is approximately one minute and fifty-four seconds long in Kingdom Hearts. In the HD remake, the piece is one minute and fifty-six seconds long.

The in-game versions have a time signature of 4/4 time and a tempo of 160 beats per minute.

The piece has a four-measure introduction consisting of strings, low brass, percussion, piano, synthesizer, and woodwinds. The tone throughout the piece is tensive and ominous. Being a major boss battle theme, the piece is typically louder in dynamics- at the minimum, a forte- and very percussive and brass heavy. The woodwind- in this case, flute- flourishes that interrupt throughout the piece only serve to heighten the tension. The instrumentation for both versions consists of: strings, woodwinds, brass, piano, synthesizer, drums, and crash cymbals.