Turning the Key

Kingdom Hearts Turning the Key
Arranger	Yoko Shimomura
Composer	Yoko Shimormura
Length	0:16

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Turning the Key
Arranger	Yoko Shimomura
Composer	Yoko Shimomura
Length	0:17

"Turning the Key" is a musical composition by Yoko Shimomura that appears in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts III.

Appearances

"Turning the Key" appears only in cutscenes. It plays when Sora uses the Keyblade to seal the Keyhole of a world, signaling the closing of each world.

Kingdom Hearts

• Traverse Town: "Sealing Traverse Town's Keyhole"
• Wonderland: "Wonderland's Keyhole"
• Olympus Coliseum: "Sealing Olympus Coliseum's Keyhole"
• Deep Jungle: "Sealing Deep Jungle's Keyhole"
• Agrabah: "Sealing Agrabah's Keyhole"
• Atlantica: "Sealing Atlantica's Keyhole"
• Halloween Town: "Sealing Halloween Town's Keyhole"
• Neverland: "Sealing Neverland's Keyhole"
• Hollow Bastion: "Sealing Hollow Bastion's Keyhole"

Kingdom Hearts III

• Monstropolis: "Smell Ya Later"

Composition

"Turning the Key" is approximately sixteen seconds long in the original Kingdom Hearts. In the HD remake, however, the piece is seventeen seconds long. Due to its short nature, the piece lacks and introduction and conclusion, but refrains from looping. The instrumentation consists of: organ, choir, and harp. The underlying rhythm is a collection of chordal sixteenth notes, provided by the harp. Overlaying this is the organ and choir in much larger rhythmic divisions.

Albums

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  Disc 1, Track 23 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack

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  Disc 1, Track 23 in the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete

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  Disc 1, Track 23 in the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack