Shrouding Dark Cloud

"Shrouding Dark Cloud" is a musical composition by Yoko Shimomura that appears throughout the Kingdom Hearts series. A new arrangement introduced in Kingdom Hearts III is named "Shrouding Dark Cloud -Gigas Blast-".

Appearances
"Shrouding Dark Cloud" appears primarily as a boss theme. It is most commonly associated with Heartless battles, while the variant "Shrouding Dark Cloud -Gigas Blast-" is associated with Gigas battles.

Kingdom Hearts

 * Traverse Town: Guard Armor
 * Wonderland: Trickmaster
 * Olympus Coliseum: Cloud (preliminaries)
 * Agrabah: Pot Centipede
 * Monstro: Parasite Cage
 * Neverland: AntiSora

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

 * Twilight Town: Veil Lizard (Mission 23)
 * Agrabah: Antlion
 * Wonderland:

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

 * Mirage Arena: Day of Reckoning, Risky Riches, Sinister Sentinel, Harsh Punishment, Keepers of the Arena

Terra's Story

 * Battles:
 * Olympus Coliseum:     (first fight)


 * Events:
 * Deep Space: "Defeat the Unversed"

Ventus's Story

 * Events
 * Deep Space: "Eliminate the Unversed to clear the barriers!"

Aqua's Story

 * Battles
 * Olympus Coliseum: Zack

Kingdom Hearts coded

 * Every boss battle except

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

 * Traverse Town: Guard Armor

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

 * Battles:
 * Country of the Musketeers: Tyranto Rex


 * Cutscenes:
 * Country of the Musketeers: "A Nightmare Attacks the Carriage"

Kingdom Hearts χ

 * Raid Bosses
 * Guard Armor
 * Trickmaster

Kingdom Hearts Union χ

 * Raid Bosses
 * Guard Armor
 * Trickmaster
 * Jack in the Box
 * Crabby Cake
 * Cranky Cake
 * Assault Dragon
 * Holiday Sleigh
 * Adventurer
 * Demon Tide
 * Mischief Bouquet
 * Red-Nosed Chariot


 * Battles
 * Agrabah: Jafar (Cobra)


 * Cutscenes:
 * Agrabah: "The Showdown", "The Reunion", "Jasmine's in Trouble"

Kingdom Hearts III

 * Battles:
 * Toy Box: Gigas


 * Mini-games:
 * Toy Box: Verum Rex: Beat of Lead


 * Cutscenes:
 * Toy Box: "The First of the Xehanorts", "Press Start"

Composition
"Shrouding Dark Cloud" is approximately two minutes and fifteen seconds long in the original Kingdom Hearts, and two minutes and sixteen seconds long in the HD remake.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
In , “Shrouding Dark Cloud” is a used in stages. It is also heard during the  video presentation on Sora, where it is played while talks about Sora's neutral special attack;.