Roxas (track)

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Kingdom Hearts II Roxas
Arranger	Yoko Shimomura
Composer	Yoko Shimomura
Length	1:00

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Roxas
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Arranger	Yoko Shimomura
Composer	Yoko Shimomura

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Roxas
Arranger	Yoko Shimomura
Composer	Yoko Shimomura
Length	2:27

Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Roxas
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Arranger	Hiroyuki Nakayama
Composer	Yoko Shimomura
Length	2:36

"Roxas" is a musical piece composed by Yoko Shimomura that appears in the Kingdom Hearts series. It is the character theme of Roxas.

Appearances

"Roxas" appears primarily in cutscenes.

Kingdom Hearts II

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

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

• Twilight Town: "Why the Sun Sets Red"

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

• Castle Oblivion: ???

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

Sora's Story

• The World That Never Was: "Roxas's Grief"

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

• "Why the Sun Sets Red"
• "Day 50 - Familiar Sound"
• "Day 298 - Sora"
• "Day 355 - Unsaid, Unheard"
• "Roxas Leaves the Organization"
• "After the Battle"

Kingdom Hearts Union χ

Medals

• Casual Roxas
• Dual Wield Roxas [EX]

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.

Albums

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  Disc 1, Track 13 in the Kingdom Hearts II Original Soundtrack

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  Disc 3, Track 13 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete

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  Disc 1, Track 13 in the Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack

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  Disc 1, Track 10 in the "Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack"

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  Disc 1, Track 18 in the "Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Fan Selection -Melodies & Memories- Soundtrack"