The Official Kingdom Hearts Rumble

So, I don’t believe there’s been a KH rumble, though no doubt it should get attention in a Final Fantasy forum.

So it’s like this. I was actually originally only thinking of doing a KH music rumble and posting it in the VGM forum since I’d get more activity and I was gonna use many and make that one last a while, and then based on how successful it was I would have considered making it into a general KH rumble and do more editions and have it shipped here. But, Denny wouldn’t let me do that. I just hope I get some activity. Nonetheless, I will keep to what I planned and start with the music edition.

So here’s what’s gonna happen, I’m not sure yet how many I’ll use, 32, 48, or maybe even 64, but you’re all free to post as many nominations as you can in this thread, from ANY of the volumes, KH1, KH2, or even CoM (but please, no 358/2, its not out in the west yet and most of us aren’t familiar with it just yet). Just everyone post as many nominations as you like, then once I stop getting them I’ll see how many of my own that haven’t been said I want to include, and then see if I can reduce/add a few more to get a nice even number. I can think of plenty I would want, better let everyone else go first.

So, let the nominations begin.

EDIT: Thread has been moved, thanks to Agent. And thanks to Rapture, Jessie, and Denny for approving. Hopefully it doesn’t cause too much rivalry with arthur’s. Then again, I don’t see that as a problem, the Classics section tends to have more than one. Anyway, title’s been changed to make it seem less out of place.

Here are my nominations, bold indicates a choice I feel very strongly should be included–

Kingdom Hearts – Always On My Mind
Kingdom Hearts – Another Side
Kingdom Hearts – Blast Away! – Gummi Ship 3
Kingdom Hearts – Bustin’ Up on the Beach
Kingdom Hearts – Dearly Beloved
Kingdom Hearts – Dearly Beloved – Reprise
Kingdom Hearts – Destati
Kingdom Hearts – Destiny Islands
Kingdom Hearts – Forze Del Male
Kingdom Hearts – Friends in My Heart
Kingdom Hearts – Hand in Hand
Kingdom Hearts – Hand in Hand – Reprise
Kingdom Hearts – Having a Wild Time (Previous Version)
Kingdom Hearts – Hikari [Kingdom Orchestra Instrumental]
Kingdom Hearts – Hikari -KINGDOM HEARTS Instrumental
Kingdom Hearts – Kairi 3
Kingdom Hearts – March Caprice for Piano and Orchestra
Kingdom Hearts – Mickey Mouse Club March
Kingdom Hearts – Miracle
Kingdom Hearts – Never Land Sky
Kingdom Hearts – Once Upon a Time
Kingdom Hearts – Precious Stars in the Sky
Kingdom Hearts – Road to a Hero
Kingdom Hearts – Shrouding Dark Cloud
Kingdom Hearts – Simple and Clean
Kingdom Hearts – Squirming Evil
Kingdom Hearts – The Deep End
Kingdom Hearts – To Our Surprise
Kingdom Hearts – Treasured Memories
Kingdom Hearts – Villains of a Sort
Kingdom Hearts – Winnie the Pooh

Kingdom Hearts II – A Fight to the Death
Kingdom Hearts II – A New Day is Dawning
Kingdom Hearts II – A Twinkle in the Sky
Kingdom Hearts II – Adventures in the Savannah
Kingdom Hearts II – Battleship Bravery
Kingdom Hearts II – Beauty and the Beast
Kingdom Hearts II – Blast Off!
Kingdom Hearts II – Byte Bashing
Kingdom Hearts II – Cloudchasers
Kingdom Hearts II – Courage
Kingdom Hearts II – Crossing the Finish Line
Kingdom Hearts II – Darkness of the Unknown
Kingdom Hearts II – Dearly Beloved
Kingdom Hearts II – Dearly Beloved – Reprise
Kingdom Hearts II – Desire for All That is Lost
Kingdom Hearts II – Destiny Islands
Kingdom Hearts II – Disappeared
Kingdom Hearts II – Fantasia Alla Marcia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra
Kingdom Hearts II – Fields of Honor
Kingdom Hearts II – Friends in My Heart
Kingdom Hearts II – Hand in Hand
Kingdom Hearts II – He’s a Pirate
Kingdom Hearts II – Kairi
Kingdom Hearts II – Lazy Afternoons
Kingdom Hearts II – Magical Mystery
Kingdom Hearts II – Missing You
Kingdom Hearts II – Olympus Coliseum
Kingdom Hearts II – One Winged Angel (From Final Fantasy VII)
Kingdom Hearts II – Organization XIII
Kingdom Hearts II – Passion Orchestra Instrumental
Kingdom Hearts II – Reviving Hollow Bastion
Kingdom Hearts II – Riku
Kingdom Hearts II – Roxas
Kingdom Hearts II – Sanctuary ~after the battle~
Kingdom Hearts II – Shipmeisters’ Shanty
Kingdom Hearts II – Showdown at Hollow Bastion
Kingdom Hearts II – Sinister Shadows
Kingdom Hearts II – Sinister Sundown
Kingdom Hearts II – Sora
Kingdom Hearts II – Sunset Horizons
Kingdom Hearts II – Swim This Way
Kingdom Hearts II – The 13th Dilemma
Kingdom Hearts II – The 13th Struggle
Kingdom Hearts II – The Encounter
Kingdom Hearts II – Ursula’s Revenge
Kingdom Hearts II – Winnie the Pooh
Kingdom Hearts II – Working Together

If no one else adds anything I’m gonna start soon, either narrow it down or find some way to even it and keep as many as I can. Of course first I will double check if there’s anything Agent didn’t say that I want, but I doubt it.

EDIT: I counted 78 that Agent said, but actually I can add two to that. 80 is a lot, but it is even enough to half down to a small number. Most of what what I would say was already said, I haven’t got through the whole list but I can actually think of one that hasn’t.

Anyway, if I do get a lot of rounds, I hope to get a lot of activity. Which is why I wanted to do it in VGM… well, we’ll see what happens.

It doesn’t surprise me that nobody else is nominating– I don’t often get a lot of nominations for my rumbles either. People just want to vote.

There’s another active rumble in the VGM section, not sure if it makes any difference, but just thought i’d mention it in case it does.

Funny how i didn’t recieve a pm on this matter, seen as i’m online the whole time. Oh well.

I just messaged Denny again.

Also, I might eliminate a few of Agent’s unbolded ones as a compromise to others…

Also, Kingdom Hearts needs a section. 🙂

Oh– and Zak, I made a minor edit to my nomination post– I had a bold that wasn’t closed properly.

Was it in any game that was released in the US?

Well, either way, preferrably not unless you feel REALLY strongly about one.

By the way Agent, still waiting from Denny, but if you DO move it to VGM, since I can’t edit my own thread title, can you change it to "The Kingdom Hearts Music Rumble"?

BTW, I realize there are a bunch I’d include myself that you didn’t mention, so I’ll say this now. I’ll most likely be including only one Hikari, one Hand in Hand, one Destiny Islands, etc. unless the versions are drastically different.

I wasn’t planning on posting my potential nomination list, but I guess I will so we know what’s being compromised between. But before I do, I’ll wait for more, or for VGM-frequenters nominations if this does get moved.

I know, they are. But I’m more likely to use two versions at most than three.

Due to the outage I’m gonna give the move 24 more hours, if I don’t hear from him, move it. If he sees it hopefully he’ll understand.

Heh, and thanks wolfmaster for proving my point and strengthening my case for having this moved here. 🙂

Alright, I’ll give a few more days for nominations, then I’ll post mine, then I’ll find a way to somehow either combine with Agent’s or use all of them…

BTW, Agent, I was wondering, what is the difference between "Having a Wild Time" and it’s "Previous Version"? I listened and they sound the same to me, and if they’re different when is the latter used? I remember wondering that a while ago and thinking they were just the same with two different names for whatever reason, but seeing as you were specific about it I take it you see a difference?

A Walk in Andante
Destiny’s Force
Blast Away 1 OR 2 (or both, but would feel weird to use 3 and not at least one of the others)
Tricksy Clock
Welcome to Wonderland
Go For It!
Merlin’s Magical House
Shipmeister’s Humoresque
A Day in Agrabah
A Very Small Wish
Monstrous Monstro
Under the Sea
An Adventure in Atlantica
This is Halloween
Spooks of Halloween Town
Captain Hook’s Pirate Ship
Scherzo Di Notte
The Escapade
Tension Rising
The Afternoon Streets
Laughter And Merriment
Gearing Up
Waltz of the Diamond
Dance of the Darling
Home of the Dragons
Dance to the Death
Vim and Vigor
The Underworld
What Lies Beneath
Rowdy Rumble
Monochrome Dreams
Old Friends, Old Rivals
Floating In Bliss
Isn’t It Lovely
Part of Your World
The Corrupted
Space Paranoids
Sacred Moon
Deep Drive

That’s actually a lot more than I thought… but I think something can be done, I’m gonna have to recount since I noticed some of Agent’s list mentioned stuff twice, as it’s used both in KH1 and KH2. Gonna have to recount and somehow fairly decide what to cut, and… we’ll start.

I’m gonna say a few things now, though.

-I think I’m only gonna use two Hikari’s, "Simple and Clean" being one. Unless I change my mind and see something I have more issues with….
-I don’t think I’m gonna use both "Precious Stars in the Sky" and "A Twinkle in the Sky" even though they have their differences.
-I might also not use "Another Side"… hope that’s not too much of an issue as it wasn’t bolded.
-I might use only one Dearly Beloved.

I’m closing nominations though, but to make elimination easier, if any of you see anything that was mentioned by either of us that you don’t see yourself EVER voting for, say so.

Other than that, I’m fine with everything else you said– I don’t see anything else that I would object strongly to the loss of, but I feel very strongly about those two Hikaris.

As for "Hand in Hand" there is:

Hand in Hand
Hand in Hand Reprise
Hand in Hand KH2

I’m most looking to get rid of "Reprise", out of those three. One’s the original, Reprise is a little bit orchestrated but sounds a little to close to the the beginning of the original, KH2 is orchestrated AND drastically different. This okay?

I’m also looking to get rid of KH2 Destiny Islands. I know it’s different, but… meh.

Now, unfortunately the number we have is something like 110, which is far from 96 or 128 or anything even enough for me, so I might be forced to post the list and make an elimination session. Though, I kinda want to cut some of stuff off before I post the final list I want to be eliminated from.

Agent, I might end up just cutting most of your unbolded ones… hope that’s not too big a deal. But first I want to calculate just how many I’m dealing with.

As for cutting a good portion of the unbolded, fine. The ones I bolded I did bold for a reason and I likely wouldn’t feel to upset if anything that wasn’t bolded doesn’t get included.

I know it’s a lot and it means this might take half a year, but it’s a nice divisible by 16 number that’s very close to how many I have, meaning I either have to take two off or add two.

Shouldn’t be too hard… I’m starting tomorrow, but just so you know I’m probably gonna be REALLY busy once school starts, I will still update though. It’ll probably be the last thing in the day that I do, though, not much of a difference.

112 songs… 56 battles in the first round, we’ll see how far this goes. Even if it doesn’t finish, it’ll be fun while it lasts 😛

I’ve already rounded/invited everyone I know offhand on the site that’s a Kingdom Hearts fan, but if anyone else knows any others, feel free to give them an invite to the group and we can get this thing organized.

It might only seem like we don’t have attention, but I think the reason you and I are the only ones posting is because everyone else who cares is waiting for me to start, hence who I will tonight. But by all means, please do that. I will also put a sig link.

I’ll post the first round sometime in the next half hour.

Round 1 – Battle 1

Shipmeisters Humoresque – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/39%20-%20Shipmeisters%27%20Humoresque.mp3)

KH1’s Gummi Menu theme, and the only one, as the first installment had a much simpler gummi system. A very nice theme which serves as a nice break from the rest of it.

VS.

Spooks of Halloween Town – KH 1 and 2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/54%20-%20Spooks%20of%20Halloween%20Town.mp3)

Halloween Town’s battle music… a very good combination of eerie and upbeat enough for battle. Game original, unlike the normal H-town music. Unless a variation of it was somewhere in Tim Burton’s movie that I don’t know about.

As you may know, I tend to vote in my own rumbles, so my vote’s for Shipmeister’s Humoresque. I’d spend a lot of time on the gummi menu just to listen to it.

Also please bold your votes.

In any case, neither of these were on my nomination list, but Shipmeisters Humoresque. I’m not sure I can see voting it more than a round or two, though.

I really wanted to vote for ‘Spooks of Halloween Town’, but after listening to both songs I have to vote for Shipmeisters Humoresque. It just has a nice simply catchy-ness to it that’s hard to not like.

I also like how you included links to the music, Zak. I know I don’t know that many KH songs by title alone (like I do with FFVIII). Sooo….kudos to you :D!

Anyway, round’s still open.

I also like how you included links to the music, Zak. I know I don’t know that many KH songs by title alone (like I do with FFVIII). Sooo….kudos to you !
I suppose the links are useful– to those of you who aren’t fans enough to have purchased the soundtracks, like I have! 😀

Anyway…

Shipmeister’s Humoresque 5-0 Sppoks of Halloween Town

So, not much love for Halloween Battles… yeah, the KH1 Gummi building theme is just that awesome.

Round 1 – Battle 2

Destati – KH1/2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/76%20-%20Destati.mp3)

One of the more classic-ish tracks, very operatic and mysterious. Quite something, this track is. In the games, it’s used mostly for the second half of the "Dive Into the Heart" sequence. It’s also at the end of the KH1 OST, as a Bonus track (unless it’s in the game somewhere in the end I’m forgetting?)

VS.

Courage – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/29%20-%20Courage.mp3)

Short looped theme from KH2, used in a few scenes where you see Hercules fighting someone or something. Also used near the end of the World That Never Was when you run into Malificent and Pete in the red misty area before the last screen.

I pick Destati for my vote, Courage… not really feelin’ it so much.

I really like Courage, but since you’re apparently combining all the Destatis, I’ll go with that. It really is very iconic.

Destati 7-0 Courage

A serious blowout there by Destati.

Round 1 – Battle 3

Bustin’ Up On the Beach – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/06%20-%20Bustin%27%20Up%20on%20the%20Beach.mp3)

The "battle" music for Destiny Islands. Or rather, for the duel challenges with Selphie/Tidus/Wakka/Riku. But every place seems to have something that substitutes for battle music. Though, oddly, in Chain of Memories, the Destiny Islands battle music was not this but "Night of Fate" instead.

VS.

Welcome to Wonderland – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/21%20-%20Welcome%20to%20Wonderland.mp3)

The main theme of… guess where? As far as I know, this tune is Shimomura-original and not from the Disney movie. It’s perfectly fitting for this weird little place.

My vote is easily Welcome to Wonderland. Kinda reminds me of the nutcracker! Speaking of which, anyone looking forward to Tim Burton’s movie?

Though, yes, I am looking forward to that Tim Burton film.

Though, yes, I am looking forward to that Tim Burton film.

I’ve always liked the Wonderland tracks, and time hasn’t really changed that. Bustin’ is good, but falls just behind in this case.

(Didn’t realize this thread was moved x.x)

It’s got a happy little tune to it.

First non-blowout, and a close one at that, but Wonderland takes it this time.

Round 1 – Battle 4

The Afternoon Streets – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/15%20-%20The%20Afternoon%20Streets.mp3)

This twinkly theme plays in Twilight Town, when you’re Sora. Though, oddly, in CoM’s Twilight Town it uses Roxas’s TT music and battle music. Ah, memories of just starting KH2…

VS.

Old Friends, Old Rivals – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/48%20-%20Old%20Friends,%20Old%20Rivals.mp3)

The battle music of the special monochromatic world, the Timeless River. Reminds me of collecting Frost Stones… also although it’s KH2 exlusive, it sounds a little like a remix of Monstro’s battle music, dontcha think?

I love them both, but my vote’s for The Afternoon Streets, quite easily. I even like it better than "Lazy Afternoons", the other TT theme as Roxas.

Anyway.

The Afternoon Streets 5-1 Old Friends, Old Rivals

Not as many votes this time, but still, Sora’s Twilight Town is a clear winner. I kind of expected it to be more even, but not much love for the king’s world in this case.

Round 1 – Battle 5

Neverland Sky – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/58%20-%20Never%20Land%20Sky.mp3)

Even though it’s technically in London and not Neverland, this is the theme of the Clock Tower… where the keyhole and all the time treasures are… and the Phantom. Guess they had to stick a happy sounding theme somewhere in Neverland if the island itself isn’t visited and the rest of it is on a scary ship (it is in 358/2 though).

VS.

Space Paranoids – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/19%20-%20Space%20Paranoids.mp3)

As the title says, the theme for Space Paranoids, a KH2 original special world and the home of Tron. A very… cybertonic-sounding theme, kinda creepy like you’re going through cyberspace, pretty psychedelic. Yeah.

Extremely hard choice for me, would hate to see either of them go. I’ll cast a vote for Space Paranoids, augmented ftw. Also when it was first revealed there would be a Tron world and they showed us pictures from it, I was imagining what the music might be like there, and this is EXACLY what I imagined.

Neverland Sky 5-1 Space Paranoids

A pretty one-sided battle here, not much love for Tron-land. Neverland Sky moves forward easily…

Round 1 – Battle 6

The Encounter – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/18%20-%20The%20Encounter.mp3)

One of KH2’s boss themes, this one is used for mainly Disney-character bosses, like Oogie Boogie, Jafar, Scar, Hades, and the MCP. It’s also used when you fight alongside King Mickey for the first time against a bunch of Nobodies in Twilight Town.

VS.

Precious Stars In the Sky – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/40%20-%20Precious%20Stars%20in%20the%20Sky.mp3)

KH1’s World Map theme. A bunch of the other themes in the game build on this core tune.

I usually go for the more upbeat one, but this time my vote is for Precious Stars In the Sky. It’s great and I even like it more than KH2’s map theme. There are other boss themes coming up I like better than The Encounter.

None of the battle have been quick blowouts yet, they’ve all lasted two days so far.

Seems like it’s all of the nice and simply catchy tunes that are taking over the rumble. I actually like The Encounter, but Precious Stars is much more enjoyable.

Precious Stars In the Sky 7-0 The Encounter

Not very often does a boss theme get this badly beaten… oh well, KH does have some better boss themes. Score one for the map!

Round 1 – Battle 7

Sinister Shadows – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/21%20-%20Sinister%20Shadows.mp3)

The theme for KH2’s famous 1000 Heartless challenge, as well some other event/boss battles very late in the game, all after that point, usually involve beating a group of Heartless/Nobodies, as well as a few bosses like Sark.

VS.

Battleship Bravery – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/25%20-%20Battelship%20Bravery.mp3)

What a great Gummi system KH2 had, with more organized courses and all. This be the theme of the very last Gummi course, the Assault of the Dreadnought. You know, the one where you’re flying through that mothership with all those hatches and destroy the core.

For me, this is an easy one. I’ve always had an affinity for Sinister Shadows. EPIC theme. To be honest I just listened to Battleship Bravery and don’t quite see the appeal of it but whatever.

Battleship Bravery is a decent song, but Sinister Shadows is probably my second favourite track from KH2 so there isn’t really a choice for me.

Sinister Shadows 4-1 Battleship Bravery

This time the battle music does wind up on top.

Round 1 – Battle 8

Vim and Vigor – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/38%20-%20Vim%20and%20Vigor.mp3)

And another one of KH2’s boss themes, I think the first mainstream one (as in, non-special) we get introduced to, against Shan-Yu. As well as Barbossa and a bunch of other bosses/Heartless event battles in the first half of the game.

VS.

Part of Your World – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/04%20-%20Part%20of%20Your%20World.mp3) (Japanese, but most of you have probably heard the English version before even playing this game, if you haven’t just Youtube it)

"Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat, wouldn’t you think my collection’s complete…" A classic Disney song from The Little Mermaid, featured in KH2’s version of Atlantica which is just a bunch of music mini games. This being the second level.

I fear one might have an unfair advantage here, but what the heck. My vote’s for Part of Your World.

Not that I have anything against "Part of Your World," but I refuse to vote for a Little Mermaid song that isn’t original to the game.

Vim and Vigor 3-2 Part of Your World

I suppose I overestimated Part of Your World, close battle. I guess in a way classic Disney songs have a disadvantage as well for being such. Oh well, score one for boss music!

Round 1 – Battle 9

Darkness of the Unknown – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/32%20-%20Darkness%20of%20the%20Unknown.mp3)

While we’ve been going through a lot of KH2 boss battle music (all coincidentally), here’s our FINAL boss theme for KH2, for Xemnas. It changes a lot as it’s actually a multiple part track, for each stage of the final battle, a different part of this thing loops. So, it would be a good idea to listen all the way through because if covers almost the whole Xemnas battle.

VS.

Once Upon A Time – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/38%20-%20Once%20Upon%20a%20Time.mp3)

This twinkly sequence, contrary to it’s title, is used during the closure of the 100 Acre Wood arc in KH1 when the keyhole is sealed. It’s also one of the classic Disney-original themes. Might seem unfair to put this against a final boss theme seeing as it’s about 15 seconds long, but you never know. Some of these have power. Though, it’s never used in KH2.

I guess my vote’s gotta be Darkness of the Unknown.

Hrm… Darkness of the Unknown, though I hate to see the other exiting so early, as it’s probably going to.

I couldn’t agree more.

Again, a classic Disney theme gets crushed… by a final boss theme this time. Yay for Xemnas.

Round 1 – Battle 10

Tension Rising – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/09%20-%20Tension%20Rising.mp3)

ANOTHER KH2 Boss/Event battle theme. First used for the Twilight Thorn, which is pretty much this game’s Darkside. Throughout the game it’s used for event battles with groups of Nobodies, usually summoned by an O13 member. Also one other time during the battle to wake up the Beast.

VS.

Friends In My Heart – KH1 & 2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/17%20-%20Friends%20in%20My%20Heart.mp3)

Finally, a theme used in both games that isn’t area or battle music. A variation of Dearly Beloved, but it stands out in itself. Used mostly during emotional scenes like "I really flew" as well as childhood flashback scenes and parts where Sora has to say goodbye to someone or gets reunited with an old friend…

Difficult choice for me, but I’m gonna end up picking Tension Rising. A battle theme I actually like more in this game.

Sorry, I always forget to check this forum >_<; Thanks for the PM!

Tension Rising 4-3 Friends In My Heart

As much as it sucks for some for FIMH to be out early, Tension Rising is indeed an exceptional battle track.

Next battle should be interesting, and I swear, out of 112 tracks the randomizer did put these two together:

Round 1 – Battle 11

Under the Sea – KH1 & 2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/48%20-%20Under%20the%20Sea.mp3) (KH1 version, without words; youtube for the other)

Another classic Disney theme. Very catchy song, was used in both games in different ways. In KH1 it was the regular world theme for Atlantica when it was a world like all the others. In KH2 it’s used in level 3 of the music mini-game mission, with words and all (I didn’t post the BL link to it because it was in Japanese, but you may youtube it. It’s not ripped directly from the Disney movie, seeing as it contains the voices of the KH trio). Part of Your World just lost, now how will this do?

VS.

Isn’t It Lovely? – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/01%20-%20Isn%27t%20It%20Lovely.mp3)

…and the Atlantica theme for KH2. Pretty sure it’s game-original, but it really is lovely. I mean, I’m sure people miss hearing "Under the Sea" all the time and underwater battles, but this tune is a good make-up for that.

Hard choice, and Under the Sea is one of my favorite Disney songs. But I’m gonna have to go for Isn’t It Lovely, because it’s truly a great piece. Under the Sea may be a classic, but it did numb the brain after a while swimming around Atlantica 1.0.

I like Isn’t it Lovely?, but I much preferred Under the Sea in KH1. Not so much in KH2, but that’s probably just because of how much Atlantica frustrated me overall in that game.

Under the Sea

Isn’t It Lovely? FTW!!! It’s soothing and makes me want to sleep.

O rly? Damn. Well, I’d still pick the other one. But I didn’t realize sebastion sang in KH2?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHxVanbyibk

Sorry for the long response. I’m at work see :).

While another Disney classic goes down, the long hard choice is decided. Isn’t It Lovely?
Originality does have an advantage.

Round 1 – Battle 12

Having a Wild Time – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/29%20-%20Having%20a%20Wild%20Time.mp3)

The battle theme of the Deep Jungle, a world which is not only KH1 exclusive, but surprisingly the only KH1 world not included in Chain of Memories. If anyone knows the reason for this, if there is one, feel free to enlighten me! For now I just assume it wasn’t important enough for Sora to remember.

VS.

Forze Del Male – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/63%20-%20Forze%20del%20male.mp3)

This special battle theme is used during the second battle with Riku at Hollow Bastion after revisiting it, when he’s possessed by Ansem right before entering the Dark Depths. It’s also used in one of the first Ansem/Xehanort forms (I think the second one on the beach), but it’s mostly associated with Riku. It’s also utilized in Chain of Memories during all the battles with crazy bizarro Riku.

Oh and my vote. Having a Wild Time I think is my in-total favorite mainstream battle theme. A lot of it reminds of the Pokemon opening theme. Forze Del Male is cool at the beginning, but it has some potential it never gets around to.

As for Deep Jungle not appearing in any other Kingdom Hearts game, it is probably because neither Disney nor Square Enix hold the copyrights to Tarzan.

Er, one sec on the vote… Okay, yeah, Having a Wild Time.

The Deep Jungle battle theme was a match for a boss theme! That must say something… by the way, for those who say they hate the regular Deep Jungle music, or anything about it, I’ll break it to you right now it’s not one of the 112 tracks in this, mainly because no one nominated it. I guess that kind of makes sense. Having a Wild Time is such a contrast to it.

Round 1 – Battle 13

Sacred Moon – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/26%20-%20Sacred%20Moon.mp3)

The theme of KH2’s special last world, the World That Never Was. Organization XIII’s world. Ooh, scary, all that twinkling and operatic noises in the background. It lives up to it’s potential once the piano and other parts join. Title refers to Kingdom Hearts which is visible in the sky like a moon.

VS.

Hand In Hand – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/32%20-%20Hand%20in%20Hand.mp3)

This must be a popular theme seeing as it has two other versions throughout the OST. This is the original, being the battle music in Traverse Town. At least, after you beat the first Guard Armor in District 3. Until then it’s "Night of Fate", but after that, this is TT’s battle theme for the rest of the game.

I know it’ll probably lose but I really like Sacred Moon. I mean I like Hand in Hand and this is my favorite version of it, but I got a thing for the end of SM’s loop.

Hand In Hand

Hand In Hand

Hand In Hand

I couldn’t have said it any better.

Hand In Hand 6-1 Sacred Moon

Hand In Hand is too classic to say no to, thus resulting in a near blowout.

Round 1 – Battle 14

Gearing Up – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/25%20-%20Gearing%20Up.mp3)

One of KH2’s Gummi menu themes, yes there were several, I think this on the first screen you reach when opening it. Anyhow, it’s a interesting tune, especially the beginning.

VS.

He’s a Pirate – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/09%20-%20He%27s%20a%20Pirate.mp3)

Another theme that originally existed in the movie before the game, as the main PotC theme. Serves in the game as the Battle music for the Port Royal world. One of the rare occasions where the Disney-original theme is used as a world’s battle music and not the normal world background music.

Gonna go with He’s a Pirate, here.

This time, the traditional movie theme wins, but good to see support both ways.

And we’re 1/4 of the way through the first round! Haha… we’ve been having a lot of KH2 exclusive battles lately, time for a KH1 exclusive battle.

Round 1 – Battle 15

Always On My Mind – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/70%20-%20Always%20on%20My%20Mind.mp3)

Nice piano/string theme from the end of KH1, after the door is opened and they float away. Kind of a medley of a bunch of main songs like Dearly Beloved, Kairi, etc.

VS.

Squirming Evil – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/31%20-%20Squirming%20Evil.mp3)

One of KH1’s boss themes, much like "The Encounter" is for KH2, it’s mainly for Disney-character bosses, as opposed to original Heartless bosses. Such include Clayton, Hades, Jafar… and so on. Not a lot of melody, but a strong feeling of tension in the air. But as we know, melody isn’t always everything, look at FFX’s "Challenge".

My vote be for Squirming Evil. I hate medleys. I mean, probably my second least favorite boss theme, but gives a feeling of nostalgia.

I mean, probably my second least favorite boss theme, but gives a feeling of nostalgia.

Every single time I hear this song, I can’t help but see the Clayton battle in my mind. 🙂

But my vote is for Always On My Mind.

Here (Thread 39734). There’s all the music from Kingdom Hearts, a majority of which is in this rumble. I found that by using the "search" function at the top of the screen and typing in "Kingdom Hearts." In the future, please post requests in the "Requests" section.

Closer battle than I expected… but a medley of the classic themes proves to be more popular.

Round 1 – Battle 16

Riku – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/28%20-%20Riku.mp3)

Riku’s theme… he didn’t have one in KH1. Played during the scene in World That Never Was where Kairi finds him and it’s revealed what happened to him.

VS.

Guardando nel Buio – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/68%20-%20Guardando%20nel%20buio.mp3)

KH1’s final final boss theme, for the chain of fights in the "World of Chaos" against Ansem/Xehanort and some random heartless. Some parts of it do sound like Destati or a spiced up version of it. But it has a lot more than that.

I had to give both a listen again to determine. So, looks like it’ll be Guardando nel Buio

Guardando nel Buio

Though I do wish it was a little more…epic.

Close battle, but it looks like Riku’s was able to beat a final boss theme! Incredible… Darkness of the Unknown is still here.

Round 1 – Battle 17

Captain Hook’s Pirate Ship – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/56%20-%20Captain%20Hook%27s%20Pirate%20Ship.mp3)

The theme for one part of Neverland, which is KH1 exclusive… the sky already won, how about this? Weird that you never get to go to the actual island (though I think in 358/2 you do). It’s got a suspenseful creepy feel to it, like anyone would when sneaking around on a pirate ship.

VS.

Working Together – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/16%20-%20Working%20Together.mp3)

A battle theme that has an oddly happy feel to it, sounds more fitting for a mini-game, but it’s still a battle track. It’s the battle music for Twilight Town, when you’re there as Sora. The Afternoon Streets (the main TT-Sora theme) already won. But as I mentioned before, oddly in CoM they decided to use the Roxas TT theme and battle themes.

Me, I’ve always had a soft spot for Captain Hook’s Pirate Ship, especially towards the end. Though I do admit that when I first ventured into a battle in T-Town as Sora, I was like ‘wtf is with this music?’ haha

Captain Hook’s Pirate Ship

Also a note: I think from now on when there’s a tiebreak, if there’s more than one worthy candidate of tie-breaking (candidate being someone who has not yet voted, voted a lot in previous rounds, and has been active earlier the same day) I’ll shoot them all a PM and they can race to get to it first. That’ll be a rare occasion, but like now, I had to pick between three people I can think of as worthy candidates, and the other two could have been a lot faster.

Anyway, tough choice but I think I have to give it to Working Together.

Round 1 – Battle 18

Revivng Hollow Bastion – KH2 (can also represent KH1’s HB) – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/20%20-%20Reviving%20Hollow%20Bastion.mp3)

Ah, Hollow Bastion… Sora’s long lost home.
KH2’s Hollow Bastion theme, and as for what I meant about it representing KH1’s Hollow Bastion, is the fact that it’s simply that with some stuff added, hence why it would be pointless to use it. Regardless, I’d say it improved it anyway.

VS.

Go For It! – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/26%20-%20Go%20for%20It!.mp3)

Colosseum battles! If there’s anything I miss from KH1, it’s the Colosseum tournaments. The Underdrome didn’t do it for me. So what did you think of their theme?

I enjoyed doing the Colosseum tournaments, but I have to go with Reviving Hollow Bastion.

The rather sour midi violin near the start of this track is the only minus point for me. Still deserving of the vote though.

I loved this music!

Very tough call…. I really missed the colosseum and its music, but Hollow Bastion has always been a favourite track.

Reviving Hollow Bastion 8-1 Go For It!

Hollow Bastion roughly slaughters the Colosseum theme out of the first round.

Round 1 – Battle 19

Dance of the Darling – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/31%20-%20Dance%20of%20the%20Darling.mp3)

The battle theme to the Beast’s Castle, which is pretty much a faster waltz.

VS.

Merlin’s Magical House – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/34%20-%20Merlin%27s%20Magical%20House.mp3)

Merlin’s house theme, in KH1. Yeah, the one in Traverse Town, it got it’s own separate theme.

This is really really hard. I like both, but Merlin’s Magical House will get mine because it gives me a nostalgic feeling of when I first discovered the game.

Either way; Dance of the Daring/Darling gets my vote.

I’m gonna give this to… Croconaw, I mean arigetsu159.

😉

Dance of the Daring

And, a very close match, but once again the waltzy battle music wins.

Round 1 – Battle 20

The 13th Struggle – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/12%20-%20The%2013th%20Struggle.mp3)

This is one of the few tracks first introduced in Chain of Memories and carried over to KH2. Anyway, yeah, the battle music for most of the boss fights with members of Organization XIII, I think all of them in CoM, in KH2 it’s used in a few battles, but most of them have the 13th Dilemma instead. One memorable one is… "Simply AMAZING, Roxas!"

VS.

Villains of a Sort – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/43%20-%20Villians%20of%20a%20Sort.mp3)

Used in both games, this is the Disney villains’ theme, not for battles, but for scenes when you see Malificent or one of her cronies plotting something evil.

My vote’s easily for The 13th Struggle. It’s my favorite battle theme in the game. Parts of it even remind me of one my favorite FF tracks, "The Extreme". Villains is eerie and stuff, but I honestly can’t think of anything I’d choose it over.

Nearly a blowout, the XIII battle music slaughters the Disney Villains theme.

Round 1 – Battle 21

Missing You – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/11%20-%20Missing%20You.mp3)

One of those piano themes set for saucy emotional scenes, in KH2. Usually involving a goodbye, or someone reminiscing about something, usually an old friend or the good times.

VS.

Organization XIII – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/24%20-%20Organization%20XIII.mp3)

Another piano theme, with a creepy operatic in the background, making the theme of scenes involving Organization XIII. Their battle theme just won, and there’s a trace of it at the beginning of this one…

This time I’m gonna have to go against O13. Missing You is my choice.

Then why did you nominate it in bold? :rolleyes:

Close battle, but one must always come out on top, and this time O13 is not so lucky, as KH2’s emotional reminisce theme makes it.

Round 1 – Battle 22

A Very Small Wish – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/45%20-%20A%20Very%20Small%20Wish.mp3)

The main theme for inside Monstro, where you first meet Pinocchio and Geppetto, and home to a lot of other secrets. Sounds kinda dark… and perfectly fitting for the place. Very different from its battle music.

VS.

Winnie the Pooh – KH1/2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/35%20-%20Winnie%20the%20Pooh.mp3)

So "Once Upon a Time" already bit it, now we have the regular world theme for 100 Acre Wood, which I THINK might be originally a Disney theme (correct me if I’m wrong). That place is always fun, seen in both games.

And… oh, geez, this is a really hard choice for me. Both are among my favorite tracks on about the same level, I think I’ll be going with A Very Small Wish since it’s game-original (the other one might be but I’m not 100% sure) and I might like it a little better.

Shame though, cause I am quite fond of Winnie the Pooh.

This time, the game-original is the winner of the two.

Round 1 – Battle 23

Swim This Way – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UfamP1s8MA) (Youtube)

The first song on KH2’s Atlantica juke-box minigame. It’s game-original as far as I’m concerned, and pretty catchy!

VS.

Magical Mystery – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/18%20-%20Magical%20Mystery.mp3)

The theme played in Yen-Sid’s tower in Twilight Town. Very creepy and ominous… and it still keeps that theme when you revisit it later in the game!

Swim This Way may be catchy but I LOVE Magical Mystery. Hope I’m not the only one…

Magical Mystery 7-0 Swim This Way

Whee, first blowout in a while, yay for Magical Mystery! Though honestly I am surprised, didn’t know the Atlantica thing wasn’t popular, this is the third song from that to go down I think. But anyway, Magical Mystery truly is unique it’s almost as good as Residents… haha

Round 1 – Battle 24

Lazy Afternoons – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/04%20-%20Lazy%20Afternoons.mp3)

The OTHER Twilight Town theme, that being the one when you’re there as Roxas. Both of Sora’s TT themes (main + battle) already won, it’s Roxas’s turn. Oddly, even though you’re Sora then, this is the theme used in CoM’s Twilight Town, not "The Afternoon Streets".

VS.

Shrouding Dark Cloud – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/18%20-%20Shrouding%20Dark%20Cloud.mp3)

A KH1 Boss theme! Haven’t had one of those in a while… mostly we’ve been seeing those from KH2, except for "Squirming Evil" which already lost. Anyway, contrary to that, this is one of the first Boss themes you hear, I think at the Guard Armor, and it’s used for "Heartless" boss battles (as opposed to Disney character bosses). Mostly early ones though, like that and the Trickmaster and others.

I vote for Shrouding Dark Cloud. "Lazy Afternoons" doesn’t do it for me like "Afternoon Streets" does, plus I loved most of KH1’s boss themes, better than those in the second.

Shrouding Dark Cloud 4-2 Lazy Afternoons

First loss for Twilight Town! But, good to see one of the better boss themes finally advancing.

Next up.

Round 1 – Battle 25

Blast Away 2 – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/41%20-%20Blast%20Away!%20-Gummi%20Ship%20II-.mp3)

Finally, one of the KH1 gummi themes. This is played for second level routes, past the first warp, like those that go between Agrabah, Atlantica, Halloween Town, Monstro Neverland, etc.
It’s a lot like the first, but in a different key and a bit faster.

VS.

Ursula’s Revenge – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWA_ZszX2RE&feature=related) (Youtube, English)

Yet another Atlantica track, and it’s Ursula’s song! It’s also considered the "boss battle" with Ursula. It’s quite long, actually, the song. "This is not the end my dear I swear I’ve just begun, it’s not over until Ursula has won!"

Yeah… this time I’m with Atlantica. Ursula’s Revenge.

"Your poopsies are toast!"

Very close battle, but this is Atlantica’s first victory! Well, besides "Isn’t It Lovely?", but that was different. Yay for Ursula!

Round 1 – Battle 26

One-Winged Angel – KH2 (plays in KH1 too, but not on OST) – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/24%20-%20One-Winged%20Angel%20(from%20Final%20Fantasy%20VII).mp 3)

KH’s remix-version of the famous classic FFVII song, also used for the hidden battles with Sephiroth in both games, though it only appears on KH2’s OST. It’s more like the original rushed with stuff cut out than a remix, but there are some parts that sound different.

VS.

Sunset Horizons – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/37%20-%20Sunset%20Horizons.mp3)

Special theme from KH2’s secret ending. Your guess is as good as mine what it hints at!

Meh… this time One Winged Angel gets my vote.

Also, get used to my new username! Don’t overlook updates because of it, I’m the INDIGENT BUTTERKNIFE, remember, associate that name as the last poster in this thread to expect an update.

I thought that Sunset Horizons was a preview of the new PSP game: Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

The classic FF theme makes it to the second round, making a killing.

Round 1 – Battle 27

Cloudchasers – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/39%20-%20Cloudchasers.mp3)

This upbeat twinkly theme is actually one of the Gummi route themes for KH2, for the "Storm" routes, both of which actually happen to be far apart from each other unlike most common pair routes. They both bridge the way to the "dead end"s like Colosseum and Pride Lands.

VS.

The Corrupted – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/10%20-%20The%20Corrupted.mp3)

Another boss theme, one from KH2. This is the one mainly for the "Heartless" bosses, it’s like KH2’s Shrouding Dark Cloud (kinda sounds like a remix of it a bit), but used for those kinds of bosses like the Hostile Program (probably what it’s named after) or the Grim Reaper, etc.

Here I’d go with The Corrupted.

This time the gummi theme dominates the boss. KH2 boss themes just aren’t all that popular, it seems.

Round 1 – Battle 28

Desire For All That Is Lost – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/23%20-%20Desire%20for%20All%20That%20is%20Lost.mp3)

Another KH2 boss theme, sort of. It’s used in some boss battles, but originally in battles with a bunch of Heartless or Nobodies, I think the first time is the Nobodies in Hollow Bastion with Leon. Sounds a lot like "Dance to the Death" which has yet to appear… pretty much an alternative to it.

VS.

Hand In Hand – Reprise – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/73%20-%20Hand%20in%20Hand%20-Reprise-.mp3)

Another version of "Hand in Hand" (the original already won this round), played at some point during the ending sequence of KH1. More orchestrated, except it doesn’t loop since it’s an ending theme and all.

I vote for Desire For All That Is Lost. "Reprise" is my least favorite version of Hand in Hand. KH2’s HH is coming up soon and that’s basically a better version of what this one tries to do.

BTW: This battle puts us halfway through the first round! lol, yep, 56 battles, hard to believe we’re only halfway through round 1. Hope we make it to the end before the site closes.

I personally liked all the boss battles in KH2. However, "The Corrupted" vs "Cloudchasers"… I chose the better of the two, IMO.

Close battle, but this time the boss theme DOES come out on top and get lucky. Better luck next time for Hand In Hand, you win some, you lose some! The original is in the second round already anyway.

And we’re halfway… through round 1! Hah, I told you this would be long, just another time period as long as between when this started and now, and we’ll be at Round 2! Uh… yay!

Now we have a more classic matchup.

Round 1 – Battle 29

Dearly Beloved – KH1/2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/01%20-%20Dearly%20Beloved.mp3)

If you don’t know this theme then… you probably wouldn’t be here. But I posted a link anyway. Yeah… the main theme of KH for both games on the main menu and probably has other versions of it in the end or whatever. But keep in mind when voting that this is the ONLY version I’m using in this rumble! The others aren’t all that drastically different anyway.

VS.

Kairi – KH1/2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/10%20-%20Kairi%20I.mp3)

Kairi’s theme! Another classic, played in scenes or flashbacks involving Kairi, used in both games. One thing I didn’t understand though (someone here can probably enlighten me), while KH2 just has a track called "Kairi" (which is this as well), KH1 has "Kairi 1", "Kairi 2" and "Kairi 3". Well, after exercising my ears to try and spot a difference, I keep listening to 1 and 2 and they sound exactly identical! Am I missing something? Well, anyway, this represents both of those and the one from KH2, but "Kairi 3" is different and will show up sometime later separately.

Tough call… well, hmm, actually pretty easy. I vote Kairi. Yeah, definitely.

I actually prefer Kairi in KH2 over KH1’s version (all three), as well as Dearly Beloved in KH2 over KH1’s version.

I think I’ll go with Dearly Beloved for this one since I adore KH2’s version of this song.

It’s too bad the only "Dearly Beloved" came up against what is probably the most memorable song for me in KH. It was definitely a good song, and would have had my vote against almost anything else.

In the battle of the classic themes, Dearly Beloved wins! Sucks for Kairi, but she has another theme coming up later!

Round 1 – Battle 30

Traverse Town – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/16%20-%20Traverse%20Town.mp3)

Ah, Traverse Town… sadly a KH1 exclusive world, and the starting point on the map. Very catchy theme it’s got, and really fitting with this little town. They really did a great job with this place, it’s too bad it wasn’t revisited in the sequel… but anyway, if you don’t know this theme then you probably wouldn’t be here either.

VS.

Deep Drive – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/27%20-%20Deep%20Drive.mp3)

The battle music for KH2’s last world, the World That Never Was. It’s main theme, Sacred Moon, already lost in this round, how will this do? Speaking of the title, I remember before KH2 came out they were hinting about a "Deep-Dive" world, assuming they meant this one…

My vote is easily for Deep Drive. One of my favorite battle music, and might I add that Traverse Town numbs my brain after a while to the point where I couldn’t listen to it anymore, Deep Drive didn’t exhibit such a phenomenon.

Very one-sided… didn’t think it would be this much of a lean, but unlike it’s partner Sacred Moon, Deep Drive proceeds!

Round 1 – Battle 31

Pirate’s Gigue – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/57%20-%20Pirate%27s%20Gigue.mp3)

This would be… the battle theme of Neverland, or rather, the pirate ship. The enemies there were pretty damn tough! Anyway, pretty catchy battle theme here, wonder how this will do now that the main theme for the pirate ship bit it this round. The sky didn’t though!

VS.

Miracle – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/65%20-%20Miracle.mp3)

Sure this is only 20-ish seconds long, but it’s pretty important as it signifies the moment when Sora recovered his heart and transformed back after being turned into a heartless. A little trace of "Dearly Beloved" in there.

Wow, a KH1-exclusive battle, haven’t had one of those for a long time. Anyway my vote is for Pirate’s Gigue.

Though the ship wasn’t so lucky before, it wins this time!

Round 1 – Battle 32

Floating In Bliss – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/49%20-%20Floating%20in%20Bliss.mp3)

Another Gummi ship theme from KH2, this one for the "Island" routes. Certainly has a different feel to it than most of the Gummi themes, more happy and relaxed… hence the title.

VS.

Roxas – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/13%20-%20Roxas.mp3)

So Roxas has a theme too… this is it, kinda sad sounding. Played in the White Room during the "you were never meant to exist" scene with Namine.

My vote in this, without a doubt, goes to Floating In Bliss, easily. It’s my absolute favorite Gummi ship theme ever, and one of my favorite tracks on all of both OSTs. Fingers crossed for it, I have a feeling Roxas is popular…

Close battle, but FIB bites it hard. Oh well, there goes my favorite gummi ship theme, but yay for Roxas!

Round 1 – Battle 33

Fantasia Alla Marcia – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/34%20-%20Fantasia%20alla%20marcia%20for%20piano,%20choru s%20and%20orchestra.mp3)

Special theme from the staff roll of KH2. Long piece consisting of many parts, perfect for a parade. Also almost entirely original, you’d expect credits to have a medley of other KH songs like Dearly Beloved or Hand in Hand. Original epic end credits theme… well, at the end there is a operatic theme which sounds a lot like Destati, followed by a little bit of the O13 themes and DB. Okay, I lied, there is a medley at the end, followed by an orchestrated closure.

VS.

Mickey Mouse Club March – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/45%20-%20Mickey%20Mouse%20Club%20March.mp3)

Here we have a very classic Disney theme that goes way back. Ah, The Mickey Mouse Club. While in KH1 you just get a minuscule taste of it during the beginning scene at the Castle, it’s more utilized to it’s full potential in KH2 when you can actually visit the Castle. So yeah, basically the theme of Disney Castle. Which oddly doesn’t have battle music, as there are never any battles there anymore at all after you visit it the first time. And when there are, the battle theme stays even after you clear all the monsters, like there is no music change in and out of battle mode.

If you know me, you know that despite my colorful unbiased description, I’m not a fan of long-winded ending related themes unless they actually get to me somehow. Mickey Mouse Club March it is. Though I was kind of disappointed with the Disney Castle world, had a total of what, four screens?

Once again a dangerously close battle, but the long symphonic ending theme makes it on top. Something tells me it’s gonna be popular in future rounds…

Round 1 – Battle 34

Kairi 3 – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/59%20-%20Kairi%203.mp3)

Kairi’s other theme (1 and 2 and KH2’s sound too much alike so I combined them all or rather used only the first of those, but this one is separate), her initial one lost already, unfortunately. Well, it was up against DB, so fair enough. This is a special version of Kairi’s theme composed with bells. KH1 exclusive, it’s used in the flashback scene with Kairi in her house.

VS.

An Adventure In Atlantica – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/49%20-%20An%20Adventure%20in%20Atlantica.mp3)

Finally, amidst of all those KH2 Atlantica songs, here’s one exclusive to KH1 for once and it’s fricking beautiful. The battle theme for Atlantica back when it was an actual world. Yeah, those Aquatanks and Sheltering Zones were something. No juke-box mini game crap, an actual battle theme. In Atlantica.

I really have my fingers crossed for An Adventure In Atlantica. It’s quite good, overlooked by all those other Atlantica songs. And I’m not so much a fan of this version of Kairi.

Although, I won’t be too disappointed if it loses to Atlantica this time, since this is the first KH’s Atlantica.

Well, it looks like Kairi won’t be joining the second round unfortunately… but, yay for KH1 exclusive Atlantica! I bet a lot are happy to see this move forward, after all the KH2 Atlantica stuff. Kairi put up a well deserved fight in both battles.

Round 1 – Battle 35

Byte Bashing – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/20%20-%20Byte%20Bashing.mp3)

The funky psychedelic battle music of Space Paranoids. Its main theme lost already, how will this do? This is also used for an event in Hollow Bastion when you battle Space Paranoids monsters that appear there that indicate that the "virus" is spreading and the MCP is taking over.

VS.

Showdown At Hollow Bastion – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/23%20-%20Showdown%20at%20Hollow%20Bastion.mp3)

Not to be confused by the title, this is not a theme for a boss. This is actually a 30-second background theme for the scene where Xehanort and Mickey taunt each other, right before he summons the 1000 Heartless to fight. Sinister Shadows already won, quite deservingly… this serves as kind of a lead-in to that. Epic buildup to an epic theme.

I’m happy with Sinister Shadows in the second round as it is. Byte Bashing for me. Plus I’m not all that into 30-second themes, especially ones with a misleading title…

Like Miracle, it seems the short-tracks can’t seem to win, but this was a very close battle! Byte Bashing is a pretty interesting piece.

Round 1 – Battle 36

The Deep End – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/52%20-%20The%20Deep%20End.mp3)

One of them boss themes from KH1! It’s one of the last ones you get to hear, the first time you hear it is very late in the game, I believe when you’re fighting Ursula for the second time close up, hence the name. While that was a hard battle, it seems the pattern of bosses is which this theme is used, is that they’re all very hard and challenging bosses! The Ice Titan, Kurt Zisa, Malificent’s Dragon… all bosses that drive you off the deep end.

VS.

Destiny Islands – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/05%20-%20Destiny%20Islands.mp3)

This happy theme is played in, guess where, your starting point, the Destiny Islands. Yeah… racing, walking around looking for supplies, finding secrets… KH1 had a great start. There was also a variation of this theme at the end of KH2, and it’ll show up later…

This is a very hard choice. I like KH1’s Destiny Islands better obviously, but I’m gonna have to vote for The Deep End. It reminds me of why I liked KH1 boss themes better than KH2’s, as well as the challenging feeling of some of the battles that you don’t get very often in the sequel, and I’d rather see it in the next round (if we ever make it that far)…

The Deep End

Think I’m going with awesome!

Destiny Islands

Wow, a dangerous fiercely close battle! Seriously, it was tied four times, no joke! Each kept overtaking the other, but in the end, The Deep End was left standing. Something tells me it’ll be popular in future rounds, if we ever get to them that is…

Round 1 – Battle 37

A Twinkle In the Sky – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/19%20-%20A%20Twinkle%20in%20the%20Sky.mp3)

KH2’s world map music! KH1’s map theme "Precious Stars In the Sky" already won this round in a blowout, will this one do the same? Only time will tell… there’s a huge difference between the two. As is there between the two map navigation systems.

VS.

Destiny Islands KH2 – KH2 (duh) – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/35%20-%20Destiny%20Islands.mp3)

So the other Destiny Islands just lost in the last round, well, here it has another chance. KH2 has a more calm and relaxed slowed-down version of Destiny Islands from the ending. Will it be luckier this time?

So… I vote for A Twinkle In the Sky. Sure it would suck not to have either DI in the next round, but I’m not a fan of this version. I’m satisfied enough that the other one put up a good fight.

So, this battle wasn’t as much of a blowout as it was for Precious Stars, but still, the map wins again. Oh well, bad luck for Destiny Islands, too bad it missed both its shots. At least it put up a good fight in the last battle and we still have plenty more to go!

Round 1 – Battle 38

Waltz of the Diamond – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/30%20-%20Waltz%20of%20the%20Diamond.mp3)

The theme for the Beast’s Castle, a world introduced in KH2. They did an amazing job with this place… especially the waltz music. The battle theme for this place already won this round in a tie break, let’s just see how this will do. I remember this being one of the places I spent most of my time harvesting items for synthesis. That’s mainly what this theme reminds me of… all those creepy gargoyles coming to life.

VS.

Bounce-O-Rama – KH1 (also used in KH2, but not on OST) – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/36%20-%20Bounce-o-rama.mp3)

The 100 Acre Wood’s mini-game theme. The main reason it’s not on the KH2 OST is because the OST has the sped up version for the honey mini-game (which I didn’t include in this). Anyway, yeah, seeing as the 100 Acre Wood doesn’t have battles, it’s gotta have some alternative music, so this is it, for mini-games. Some of them were quite something, especially for you completionists trying to complete the journal in KH2 or get Sora’s Cheer in KH1. Pretty catchy music… too bad the main theme for the wood lost.

Waltz of the Diamond for me, please.

Waltz of the Diamond 7-0 Bounce-O-Rama

No love for the 100-Acre Wood… shame, both tracks gone in the first round. Well, once again, the Waltz joins its battle music (Dance of the Darling, which actually ironically won in a tie break) in thew next round.

Round 1 – Battle 39

Monochrome Dreams – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/47%20-%20Monochrome%20Dreams.mp3)

Ah, the monochromatic land of the Timeless River, which is actually a world conjured up by Merlin and serves as somewhat of a time portal from Disney Castle. Serves as an attempt to change Pete’s past. A very weird world… it’s battle music already lost this round, how will this main theme do?

VS.

Treasured Memories – KH1 (used in KH2 but not on OST) – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/08%20-%20Treasured%20Memories.mp3)

This nice piano/string theme is used in the Destiny Islands flashback scenes in KH1 from when Sora and Riku were kids. It’s also oddly not on the KH2 OST, even though it can be heard in the game during the staticky recap scenes witnessed in the prologue when DiZ and Namine are reviving Sora’s memory.

I’m going with Monochrome Dreams. Treasured Memories is kinda boring to me.

Anyone? If no one shows up, I call on someone.

Monochrome Dreams 4-3 Treasured Memories

So the Timeless River is luckier this time, making up for the battle theme losing.

Round 1 – Battle 40

Blast Off! – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/27%20-%20Blast%20Off!.mp3)

One of the Gummi menu themes from KH2… "Gearing Up" already lost, but this is the one shown on the screen showing your ship’s status right before blasting off. Rather neat theme…

VS.

A Fight to the Death – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/31%20-%20A%20Fight%20to%20the%20Death.mp3)

Part of the the final boss battle in KH2, with Xemnas. Well, this is actually the first stage of the battle after going through the final door past the point of no return in WTNW. The REAL Final boss battle is Darkness of the Unknown, which already won. I also sort of hear traces of "13th Struggle" in there!

Tough choice… meh, A Fight to the Death I suppose. Though that theme has potential for being better than it is, but it’ll get my vote this round.

This is probably the best battle track in the entire KH series.

A Fight to the Death 7-0 Blast Off!

No luck for the Gummi this time! Once again, Xemans and his epic battle themes win in a blowout.

Round 1 – Battle 41

Sora – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/14%20-%20Sora.mp3)

So Sora has an official theme as of KH2, first heard when he wakes up. It’s very lively and fitting for being just about to start an adventure. Also used in other such scenes like "Other worlds are calling!"

VS.

Hand In Hand KH2 – KH2 (Obviously) – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/36%20-%20Hand%20in%20Hand.mp3)

The last version of Hand In Hand, used in the end sequence of KH2. It’s got three versions, and so far it’s had one win (the original) and one loss (Reprise), how are things looking for it now?

The one to get my vote is quite easily, Sora.

Not a whole lotta votes, but the ratio is pretty harshly lenient towards Sora. Didn’t think Hand in Hand would lose this bad, but oh well, there are three of them, one of which is in the next round.

Round 1 – Battle 42

Tricksy Clock – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/20%20-%20Tricksy%20Clock.mp3)

"I’m Late! I’m Late!" This is a special one-time theme used during a scene in Wonderland when you first arrive, and it’s pretty damn catchy. Fits with the Wonderland world/battle music quite well.

VS.

Scherzo Di Notte – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/62%20-%20Scherzo%20di%20notte.mp3)

Not that I know what those words mean, but this be the mainstream battle theme for Hollow Bastion, both of them. While the world’s main theme is different in both games, this stays pretty much the same. Pretty cool battle track to go with it…

It’ll probably lose, but I’m gonna vote for Tricksy Clock. It brings back the good times of having just started KH for the first time, and landing in the first Disney-themed world.

(Oh, and I’m pretty sure the rough translation is "Music of the Night." Notte is definitely "night" — scherzo is literally "joke" in Italian, but it also refers to a certain styling of music.)

No love for the clock, I guess. Either that or Scherzo’s really popular, well, I would have been surprised if the HB battle theme didn’t make it past the first round, so here’s to a slaughter.

Round 1 – Battle 43

Dance to the Death – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/33%20-%20Dance%20to%20the%20Death.mp3)

One of KH2’s challenge-battle themes, usually when you’re pitted against a group of Heartless, but also rarely some bosses, much like "Desire For All That Is Lost" which it sounds a lot like and already won. It also sort of as the main battle theme for Disney Castle, except there are no battles there anymore after it’s done, and when there are, the music is still heard after you kill all the heartless, and played constantly in rooms where there are encounters. Catchy and somewhat memorable.

VS.

Laughter and Merriment – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/22%20-%20Laughter%20and%20Merriment.mp3)

A happy theme heard a lot in KH2 throughout the game during entertaining scenes, and usually associated with certain characters, like scenes with the genie in Agrabah, or with the FFX-2 girls, and one memorable one is in YenSid’s tower when the three fairies are fighting over what color for Sora to wear.

Tough choice… yeah, Dance to the Death.

Dance to the Death 7-0 Laughter and Merriment

Another blowout, can’t say I saw this one coming, I can understand with Tricksy Clock but I didn’t expect absolutely no love for Laughter and Merriment… well maybe Death Dance is just that good.

Round 1 – Battle 44

The Home of the Dragons – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/35%20-%20The%20Home%20of%20Dragons.mp3)

Introducing… the Land of Dragons, the first new Disney-related world you visit in KH2! Home of Mulan, and a very China-style sounding theme.

VS.

Sinister Sundown – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/05%20-%20Sinister%20Sundown.mp3)

Back to Twilight Town… Sora’s town and battle themes both won, Roxas’s town theme lost, and we’re left with… Roxas’s TT battle theme! Oddly, in Chain of Memories, it’s used during battle in TT even though you’re Sora.

This is a very very hard choice… Sinister Sundown. Of the two Twilight Town themes, I like Sora’s better, but of the TT battle themes I prefer Roxas’s.

Once again, a slaughter for Twilight Town related themes. That’s 3/4 of them moving on to round 2. Sucks for Mulan though…

Round 1 – Battle 45

Olympus Colosseum – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/24%20-%20Olympus%20Coliseum.mp3)

The Colosseum… which is more used to its full potential in KH1, in 2 it’s overshadowed by the underworld, but still there sort of. This is the theme you hear there. Unfortunately its battle theme didn’t make it past this round, but how will this do? The Underworld themes also have yet to show up…

VS.

March Caprice – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/72%20-%20March%20Caprice%20for%20Piano%20and%20Orchestra .mp3)

One of the ending themes for KH1, partly played during the credits… you can hear some parts of Dearly Beloved in it, clearly… but it kind of makes it into a more orchestrated version. Ending themes have been on a roll lately… how’s it looking for this one?

It’s probably going to lose, but by default I vote for Olympus Colosseum.

Shame OC had to come up against this as it’s a great track, but I have a whole lot more love for the ending themes.

March Caprice 3-2 Olympus Colloseum

Again, the ending themes are on a roll… too bad niether of the KH1 colloseum themes made it past the first round… like I said, there’s still some Underworld themes coming up…

Round 1 – Battle 46

To Our Surprise – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/22%20-%20To%20Our%20Surprise.mp3)

The battle theme of Wonderland. It’s very happy sounding, and brings back memories of having just started the game. Wonderland really is a good first Disney place. Reminds me of most of my White Mushroom hunting.

VS.

Rowdy Rumble – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/44%20-%20Rowdy%20Rumble.mp3)

One from the first, and one from the second. This is a theme used in most event battles with a bunch of Heartless, an alternative to Dance to the Death which just one. This one’s got more of a catchy memorable tune, and has had some mixes made of it.

This is a very hard choice for me. I was gonna go with the latter, but after listening to them both back to back, my vote is for To Our Surprise.

Anyway, I’m going to say this is about a tie for me, but one is on my original list and the other isn’t, and the one that is is To Our Surprise.

To Our Surprise 6-0 Rowdy Rumble

Wasn’t expecting absolutely nothing for RR, but to my surprise, To Our Surprise dominates.

Round 1 – Battle 47

Simple and Clean (Hikari) – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/71%20-%20Hikari.mp3) (search on Youtube for the English version)

Pretty much the main theme song of KH1, the top song it’s commercialized for mostly. Sung by Utada Hikaru, this is the regular version of it played at the very end of KH1. It’s got a couple remixes that have yet to show up here (I know, the round’s almost over, but believe me, they’re in this). This is the plain simple and clean version (pun intended obviously).

VS.

The 13th Dilemma – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/22%20-%20The%2013th%20Dilemma.mp3)

The KH2-original Organization XIII boss battle theme. An alternative to "The 13th Struggle" which came from CoM, this one originated in KH2 and is used in more of the O13 boss battles, mostly the harder ones.

I vote for Simple and Clean, easily. The 13th Dilemma is no 13th Struggle, in fact it’s a disappointment in comparison to that, they should have just kept the 13th Struggle in all the O13 boss fights.

I know I ask this a lot but I can’t resist this time, but if you also think that about the 13th Dilemma, then why did you bold-nominate it? Just curious.

If no one breaks it in 3-4 hours I’m gonna once again take matters into my own hands and call someone.

I would have PMed Shaneman but he hasn’t been active since Tuesday.

Though, if anyone else sees it first feel free. The main point of me PMing someone for a tie-breaker is to get attention, but that doesn’t restrict everyone else.

So, a surprinsingly close battle, but that’s one Hikari forward (there’s two more).

Round 1 – Battle 48

Monstrous Monstro – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/46%20-%20Monstrous%20Monstro.mp3)

Quite simply the battle theme inside Monstro. It sounds a lot like that of Timeless River (which lost), but faster. Monstro’s main theme "A Very Small Wish" already won, let’s see how this will do…

VS.

A New Day Is Dawning – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-jlsGBtCR8) (Youtube)

This is it, the final Atlantica song in KH2’s last level. Also the last shot for it making the second round. It’s completely original to the game, which is pretty apparent by the lyrics. The level itself is rather tricky, though!

This time A New Day Is Dawning gets my vote.

Yet another loss for KH2’s Atlantica… wow, even their original finale song couldn’t make it! ‘Tis a shame for them… but Monstrous Monstro is a great battle theme and hard to compete with, so it’s certainly fitting that it won.

Round 1 – Battle 49

Hikari – KH Instrumental – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/64%20-%20HIKARI%20-KINGDOM%20HEARTS%20Instrumental%20%20.mp3)

Another one of the Hikari’s, the main one just narrowly one. This is the short instrumental version played during one of the key parts of the game, after revisiting Hollow Bastion and getting turned into a Heartless, this is used during Sora’s transformation back when he recovers his heart. A very fitting song for that scene.

VS.

Road to a Hero – KH1 (In KH2 game too but not on OST) – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/25%20-%20Road%20to%20a%20Hero.mp3)

So, a while ago both the Colosseum theme as well as "Go For It!" the battle theme lost this round, it seemed like the Colosseum was getting shafted… well, it actually has one last shot (well, there’s also the two Underworld themes coming up). This baby right here is the challenge theme, used during Phil’s training games with the barrels. It’s also used in KH2 (but like I said, not on the OST for some reason) during Phil’s challenge of that game, that being collecting 1000 orbs while whacking around. Ever accomplish that?

I think I’m gonna throw one in for Road to a Hero this time.

Hikari KH Instrumental 4-2 Road to a Hero

That’s another score for Hikari! Though, this marks the Colosseum themes having been wiped out. Oh well… at least for KH1, there’s still the Underworld themes.

We’re also getting close to the end of this long round…

Round 1 – Battle 50

Destiny’s Force – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/14%20-%20Destiny%27s%20Force.mp3)

What have we here, one of KH1’s boss themes. This one shows up every now and then, usually with dark-ish Heartless bosses, like Darkside and one of the Armors. I’m pretty sure the Phantom also has this.

VS.

What Lies Beneath – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/42%20-%20What%20Lies%20Beneath.mp3)

Finally, one of the Underworld themes. Will it show some justice after the main Colosseum themes have been wiped out? This here is the battle theme for Hades’ Underworld. There is actually a sped-up version of this which if I’m not mistaken is not on any OST, and it’s used during the Underdrome Colosseum battles.

Hate to not show justice for the Colosseum, but I love KH1 boss themes. Destiny’s Force for me.

Destiny’s Force 7-0 What Lies Beneath

The Colosseum really is getting shafted here… well, KH1 boss battles always deserve a win.

Round 1 – Battle 51

Fields of Honor – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/36%20-%20Fields%20of%20Honor.mp3)

Mulan’s battle theme for the Land of Dragons. The main theme here didn’t hold up too well, after all it was up against one of those of Twilight Town… anyway, here’s the battle theme.

VS.

Crossing the Finish Line – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/29%20-%20Crossing%20the%20Finish%20Line.mp3)

The "fanfare"-ish sort of theme right after going through a Gummi route, in KH2. I compared it to a fanfare because it has a very short loop and has a sort of feeling of accomplishment.

Fields of Honor for me.

Excellent battle theme for this world.

So… unlike before, it seems the Land of Dragons is better in the battle theme department.

Round 1 – Battle 52

Hikari – Orchestra – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/02%20-%20Hikari%20-KINGDOM%20Orchestra%20Instrumental%20Version-.mp3)

This is it, the very beginning of it all, the intro to KH1, the instrumental version of Hikari heard at the beginning which is more orchestrated. The lyric version as well as the other Inst. version both made it, how will this do?

VS.

The Underworld – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/41%20-%20The%20Underworld.mp3)

This is pretty much the last shot at anything to do with the Colosseum making it past the first round. The main theme of Hades’ Underworld, a new part of the Colosseum opened in KH2. Spooky…

It’ll probably lose, but I actually really like The Underworld.

Okay, NOW the Colosseum is officially wiped out, and all three Hikaris made it to Round 2 (which will start soon, don’t worry!) I remind to those who forgot, the first round is to be 56 battles, and now we are on:

Round 1 – Battle 53

The Escapade – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/06%20-%20The%20Escapade.mp3)

The catchy and perfectly fitting theme for the mini-games of KH2. Not sure about the title, but it’s used in the Twilight Town "Job" minigames, as well as the skateboard challenges throughout the game, and things like the Christmas Town present wrapping, etc. If you’ve been through trying to complete the journal, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with this song.

VS.

Passion – Orchestra Inst. – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/02%20-%20Passion%20-%20KINGDOM%20Orchestra%20Instrumental%20Version.mp 3)

Basically, KH2’s Hikari. But I’m gonna say this now, this is the only version of Passion I’m using in this rumble, and the sole reason for that is that no one nominated it. It took me a while to determine how many I’m using and what to leave out, and in the end I went with a number that was like three more than what was nominated so I stuck in some more.
So anyway, yeah, this song also has several versions, so feel free to use this to represent them all, if you’re mad about either of the others not being included. This particular one is used in the beginning.

I wasn’t really a fan of Passion anyway so my vote is for The Escapade.

Passion Orch. Inst. 6-1 The Escapade

Not much love for the Escapade… but then again, core themes with words tend to have an advantage.

Round 1 – Battle 54

Shipmeister’s Shanty – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/26%20-%20Shipmeisters%27%20Shanty.mp3)

The gummi menu of KH2 (well, after ‘gearing up’), and a contrast to "Humoresque" which was the winner of the very first battle in this long rumble. It’s a slowed-down version of the immediately following "Blast Off" theme which was beaten badly. So how will this do?

VS.

Blast Away 1 – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/19%20-%20Blast%20Away!%20-Gummi%20Ship%20I-.mp3)

One of KH1’s three Gummi route themes, the first. This is the one heard going between all the worlds before between the beginning and the warp hole to Agrabah. Well, the second Blast Away theme already lost, so how will this do?

I think Blast Away 1 will get me this time. The other one didn’t, but this one will.

Blast Away 1 6-0 Shipmeister’s Shanty

So one shipmeister wins in a blowout, while the other loses… and one Blast Away loses, while the other wins!

Really near the end now!

Round 1 – Battle 55

Blast Away 3 – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/60%20-%20Blast%20Away!%20-Gummi%20Ship%203.mp3)

Well, how about that, one after the other. 1 won, 2 lost. I give you the third and final Gummi route theme of KH1, mainly used in the routes to Hollow Bastion and End of the World. This one’s the same tune with more of a hyped up finality feel. The routes are quite long.

VS.

A Day In Agrabah – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/42%20-%20A%20Day%20in%20Agrabah.mp3)

Agrabah… Aladdin. Huge very long stage of the game, very nice Arab style music. Sounds kind of like a combination of FFX-2’s Guadosalam and FFVIII’s "Only a Plank" Unfortunately this is the only Agrabah track in this rumble, the battle theme wasn’t included. Like I’ve said, it’s been hard to decide, can’t make space for everyone.

I think I’m a go with A Day In Agrabah, it’s pretty good once it picks up. I’m a fan of anything middle-eastern sounding. Plus Aladdin was the first movie I ever saw in theaters in my life. haha

Well, there goes Agrabah… good to see it got more support than I expected. But once again, the KH1 Gummi themes win. Funny that thew only one that lost lost to the only Atlantica song to win.

And… drumroll, the LAST battle of Round 1! Whew… and it was started in August! Well, we’re finally here.

Round 1 – Battle 56

A Walk In Andante – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/12%20-%20A%20Walk%20in%20Andante.mp3)

I’m not sure about the title, but this can serve as a sort of King Mickey’s theme figure. In KH1 it’s heard as Goofy and Donald are setting off on their journey before leaving the castle, and in KH2 you hear it when you’re reunited with Mickey in Ansem’s study. There’s probably other times too… yeah, this sounds pretty cool.

VS.

This Is Halloween – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/53%20-%20This%20is%20Halloween.mp3)

Skeleton Jack will catch you in the back and scream like a banshee make you jump out of your seat…
So… Halloween Town, with the main theme song of The Nightmare Before Christmas, appearing in both KH games. I was kind of expecting there to be new music in Christmas Town, but oh well, the only thing that changed was the menu scheme. Also, ironically, the battle theme for this appeared in the FIRST battle… and lost. Now perhaps its time for Halloween Town to make a comeback at the end after this long haul of a round?

Pretty hard, but I’m going with This Is Halloween.

This Is Halloween 6-0 A Walk In Andante

Didn’t expect a blowout at all, but a nice comeback for Halloween Town after it lost a blowout in the first round. Unfortunately no love for Andante.

Okay, the long haul of round 1 is now OVER! Well, that means this rumble should last from now until as long as it’s been since we started.
It may take a while for me to set up Round 2, give me a couple days or less, I’ll find a time to sort through who won and who lost and all. In the meantime, feel free to commiserate/rave/discuss over the results of this round and the rumble in general.

Round 2 – Battle 1

Isn’t It Lovely – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/01%20-%20Isn%27t%20It%20Lovely.mp3)

The background music for KH2’s Atlantica… not a "song". Probably one of the reasons why it won, then again, it’s opponent was coincidentally "Under the Sea", so… well the track is pretty good. Seriously, isn’t it lovely?

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Passion Orchestra Isnt. – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/02%20-%20Passion%20-%20KINGDOM%20Orchestra%20Instrumental%20Version.mp 3)

KH2’s new Hikari, so it’s no surprise it’ll go at least past the first round. This is the only version of it you’ll see in this rumble, so vote wisely. Last round it beat Escapade which seems pretty easy. How will it fare now?

My vote: Isn’t It Lovely?
I just am not big on long tracks and this one especially takes forever to pick up. At least Hikari gets you in the mood sort of immediately.

I nominate this: http:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZLs4vvmV88&feature=related

I kinda like this too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtH02AjLD_w&feature=related

I guess this is no love for Lovely… this time. Passion kills yet again with a higher lean.

Round 2 – Battle 2

Welcome to Wonderland – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/21%20-%20Welcome%20to%20Wonderland.mp3)

Ah, Wonderland… memories of just starting the game, with the first Disney experience. Such a cheerful theme, too bad this world didn’t make it into KH2. Then again, being KH1 exclusive kind of makes it special.

VS.

Monochrome Dreams – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/47%20-%20Monochrome%20Dreams.mp3)

Another world theme for another rather weird world, this time KH2 exclusive. The black and white sub-world of Timeless River which takes you into King Mickey’s past.

I think I like Welcome to Wonderland a little better.

Welcome to Wonderland 6-0 Monochrome Dreams

So looks like this time the Monochrome hasn’t got anything. Yay for Wonderland!

Round 2 – Battle 3

Monstrous Monstro – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/46%20-%20Monstrous%20Monstro.mp3)

The battle music for Monstro, a world only in KH1. It’s pretty catchy and kind of sounds like that of the Timeless River (which just lost).

VS.

Dance of the Darling – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/31%20-%20Dance%20of%20the%20Darling.mp3)

Or Daring, whatever you want to call it. The battle theme for the Beast’s Castle, a KH2 exclusive world. A perfect speedy contrast to the main theme for that place.

So we just had a main world theme battle between a KH1 and KH2 exclusive world… now the exact same thing with battle themes. This time Dance of the Darling gets my vote.

So this time it’s the KH2 exclusive theme that won, yay for the Beast and his Castle!

Round 1 – Battle 4

Roxas – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/13%20-%20Roxas.mp3)

And here’s Roxas’s theme, which is depressingly fitting. Played when Roxas finds out his story is about to end…

VS.

Always On My Mind – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/70%20-%20Always%20on%20My%20Mind.mp3)

One of the themes from the end of KH1, when they let go of each other’s hands as they float away. There’s a little mix of Hikari and Dearly Beloved in there…

I’m not really a fan of either but I’ll give one to Always On My Mind.

Close battle, but once again, Roxas comes out on top!

Round 2 – Battle 5

A Very Small Wish – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/45%20-%20A%20Very%20Small%20Wish.mp3)

The sad, ominous theme for inside Monstro. The battle music for that place has just been eliminated, so how will this do?

VS.

A Twinkle In the Sky – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/19%20-%20A%20Twinkle%20in%20the%20Sky.mp3)

The world map of KH2, which has a much more free-form navigation system, and a similar sounding theme to the first one.

I’m gonna go A Very Small Wish. It’s one of my favorites, plus, map theme’s kinda boring, I like "Precious Stars" better anyway.

So this time Monstro gets off with a win, and that’s one map theme eliminated.

Round 2 – Battle 6

Deep Drive – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/27%20-%20Deep%20Drive.mp3)

The battle theme for KH2’s end world, the one that never was. It’s kind of funny how they were placed in the last round, this beat the main theme of Traverse Town, while the main World That Never Was theme lost to TT’s battle music. Anyway, yeah, fun battle theme.

VS.

Sinister Sundown – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/05%20-%20Sinister%20Sundown.mp3)

Another battle theme, Roxas’s temporary Twilight Town battle theme just for the prologue. However, in CoM, it is the default battle theme of that world. "Kneel, loser!"

I like them both but prefer Deep Drive.

Anyone who hasn’t voted can feel free to break it, and if no one does, then I’ll PM someone (it should be easy to know who).

I???ll vote for Sinister Sundown, because it rox

I have finals next week for college and I probably won’t be back on until after then. So, PMing me won’t do any good for the next round or two probably. 😉

Sinister Sundown 5-3 Deep Drive

So the nobody world is now wiped out of both themes, and Twilight Town wins yet again…

Next battle should be good, you might not believe it but the randomizer did choose it…

Round 2 – Battle 7

Dance to the Death – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/33%20-%20Dance%20to%20the%20Death.mp3)

The theme for a lot of KH2’s "event battle"s with a group of Heartless. It’s used in a few boss battles as well as the sort of "battle music" for Disney Castle, except it doesn’t go on and off and it’s only temporary there until the event is over. Okay…

VS.

Desire For All That Is Lost – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/23%20-%20Desire%20for%20All%20That%20is%20Lost.mp3)

Well what do you know, its opponent’s cousin. Very similar beat, also used in event/boss battles, I used to even get these two themes mixed up. Well, anyway, aside from the cool name, this one is usually used in harder battles, but also groups of Heartless/Nobodies.

Also an interesting note, I believe the darkball chandelier boss in the Beast’s Castle ballroom uses both of these themes, one in each stage, I believe the harder (second) part uses DFATIL.
Anyway, hard choice but I’m leaning towards Dance to the Death.

Desire For All That Is Lost 4-1 Dance to the Death

So not much love for the death dance, as this time it’s the desire-dance that wins. I see it going far now…

Round 2 – Battle 8

This Is Halloween – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/53%20-%20This%20is%20Halloween.mp3)

This is Halloween, This is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween… the main H-town theme, which is also a song by Danny Elfman used in Tim Burton’s film, whose victory ended the long-winded last round.

VS.

Shipmeister’s Humoresque – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/39%20-%20Shipmeisters%27%20Humoresque.mp3)

KH1’s Gummi Menu theme, which has a pretty catchy tune. Contrary to it’s opponent, it ironically was the winner of the very first battle in the previous round. What’s even more interesting is that its losing opponent was the OTHER Halloween theme, for battles. Should be interesting.

This time I think I’m gonna go Shipmeister’s Humoresque.

This Is Halloween 3-2 Shipmeister’s Humoresque

Unlike before, now the Gummi Garage loses to H-Town. Guess that shows a contrast between that and the battle…

Round 2 – Battle 9

Sora – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/14%20-%20Sora.mp3)

Sora’s theme introduced in KH2, upon his awakening. It’s really full of energy, and heard a few times in the game, usually in scenes that have a new beginning sort of feel.

VS.

Waltz of the Diamond – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/30%20-%20Waltz%20of%20the%20Diamond.mp3)

The main theme of the Beast’s Castle, much conflict over the title of this one as well, but call it what you wish. The battle theme already won, will this clarinet waltz join it?

This might come as a surprise to some but I’m voting for Sora.

Sora 4-1 Waltz of the Diamond

Sora wins again, and this time unlike it’s other half, the Beast’s Castle’s main theme is out.

Round 2 – Battle 10

Shrouding Dark Cloud – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/18%20-%20Shrouding%20Dark%20Cloud.mp3)

Hey, look, a KH1 boss theme. Used mostly for Heartless-bosses rather than villain characters, and more earlier in the game on easier ones (Anti-Sora being an exception).

VS.

Scherzo Di Notte – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/62%20-%20Scherzo%20di%20notte.mp3)

The battle theme for Hollow Bastion, consistent in both games (unlike the main theme). It makes sense as it was too popular to change, was fine the way it is!

I’ll say, easily, Shrouding Dark Cloud. I love KH1 boss themes.

Hurray for finals being done and over with! No more classes until January 7th for me! 🙂

Shrouding Dark Cloud 4-3 Scherzo Di Notte

Close battle, both themes are clearly appreciated, but this looks like it’s the boss’s win this time!

Round 2 – Battle 11

The Afternoon Streets – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/15%20-%20The%20Afternoon%20Streets.mp3)

The theme for Twilight Town, once you’re walking around as Sora. Very fitting for such a fantasy happy town.

VS.

March Caprice – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/72%20-%20March%20Caprice%20for%20Piano%20and%20Orchestra .mp3)

…For Piano and Orchestra, if you want the full name. One of KH1’s ending themes, heard during most of the credits. A symphonic orchestrated mix of Dearly Beloved and some other original theme.

Fingers crossed for The Afternoon Streets. It’s my favorite of the four Twilight Town themes (two normal and two battle).

Looking forward to the FFXII Rumble, too.

I guess this is a no-go this time on Twilight Town’s part… the ending theme once again dominates this.

Round 2 – Battle 12

Fantasia Alla Marcia – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/34%20-%20Fantasia%20alla%20marcia%20for%20piano,%20choru s%20and%20orchestra.mp3)

Well before we had KH1’s long fancy ending theme, here’s the one for KH2. Again a blend of a lot of classic themes plus an orchestra of it’s own, truly magical.

VS.

Destati – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/76%20-%20Destati.mp3)

One of this game’s classic themes, used in part of the "heart-dive" tutorial in both games, but the full version (which I linked to) with all the operatics and stuff can be heard I think at some point in KH1’s end (at least it’s on the OST). Also, I believe there is a small Destati part in the ending theme which it it’s opponent.

My vote here’s for Destati.

Once again the ending theme wins… which is apparent when part of it includes it’s opponent, advantage there already!

Round 2 – Battle 13

Dearly Beloved – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/01%20-%20Dearly%20Beloved.mp3)

Again if you don’t know what this sounds like, then… you probably wouldn’t be here in the first place. The very first song on both OSTs…

VS.

Hikari – KH Instrumental – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/64%20-%20HIKARI%20-KINGDOM%20HEARTS%20Instrumental%20%20.mp3)

Oh nos, one of the Hikari’s placed against this game’s most main-ish theme! Well, this is actually the shortest of them, instrumental and used at the part when Sora recovers from being a Heartless.

Hmm… I will go Hikari – KH Instrumental.

Too bad they both can’t win this round.

Close battle, but this seems to mark the end for Dearly Beloved, the second round, who’d have thought… and one of the Hikari’s lives on!

Round 2 – Battle 14

Cloudchasers – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/39%20-%20Cloudchasers.mp3)

One of KH2’s many Gummi Ship themes, for the "Storm" courses. Unlike in KH1 where they all sounded the same, each theme is unique to itself. So… yeah, weird how both routes that use this are far from each other.

VS.

Precious Stars In the Sky – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/40%20-%20Precious%20Stars%20in%20the%20Sky.mp3)

KH1’s world map theme… the other one just lost. Anyway, I mentioned that all the Gummi route themes in KH1 sound the same, they’re just sped up versions of this!

I’m gonna go with Precious Stars In the Sky this time.

So the map theme is a little bit more luck than KH2’s was. Meanwhile, another flying theme falls…

Round 2 – Battle 15

An Adventure In Atlantica – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/49%20-%20An%20Adventure%20in%20Atlantica.mp3)

The one Atlantica theme exclusive to KH1 and not KH2, that being the battle theme back when it was an actual world like the others. Yay for Screwdivers, Aquatanks, Sheltering Zones…

VS.

Fields of Honor – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/36%20-%20Fields%20of%20Honor.mp3)

Another battle theme, this time for a KH2 exclusive world, the Land of Dragons. Wow, the matchups in this round have been much more fitting lately…

Of those two I prefer An Adventure In Atlantica, by far.

back when it was an actual world like the others.

I miss those times…

An Adventure In Atlantica 4-3 Fields of Honor

Once again Atlantica’s battle theme wins… yeah, really takes you back to the time where you could actually go on an adventure in Atlantica… hehe… but this is the end for Mulan.

Round 2 – Battle 16

Hikari – Orchestra – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/02%20-%20Hikari%20-KINGDOM%20Orchestra%20Instrumental%20Version-.mp3)

Yeah… THAT song. Simple and Clean. This would be the instrumental orchestra version, from the very beginning, the opening movie! The other instrumental version from within the game itself just won, how about this?

VS.

Having a Wild Time – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/29%20-%20Having%20a%20Wild%20Time.mp3)

And this here’s the battle theme for the Deep Jungle! Shame it was not only not in KH2, but the only KH1 world not in Chain of Memories. Oh well, guess Namine forgot to help Sora remember it. Anyway… yeah, here we have it.

My vote is definitely for my favorite normal battle theme, Having a Wild Time! The end of the loop kind of reminds me of the Pokemon intro… fingers crossed, but unfortunately it’s probably gonna lose.

Once again, Hikari dominates the round, taking out the Jungle battle theme.

Round 2 – Battle 17

Working Together – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%201/16%20-%20Working%20Together.mp3)

The weird battle theme for Sora’s Twilight Town. Both of it’s main themes are gone, but Sinister Sundown won and now this has a chance…

VS.

Destiny’s Force – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/14%20-%20Destiny%27s%20Force.mp3)

Nothing like like a good old KH1 boss theme. This one… one of the first one’s heard during some battles with Darkside and a few other random bosses.

Destiny’s Force easily gets my vote on this one!

Rough slaughter by Destiny’s Force there, leaving only one T-Town theme left, which already has a spot in the next round. +1 for KH1 boss themes!

By the way, have the BL links stopped working for any other Firefox users? I mean… when I click the Lambda server link (which is what I link to), it asks me to download the file rather than stream it directly in the browser like it used to. This happening to anyone else, or is it just something with my Firefox? If they really did disable streaming, then I’ll start linking to youtube instead.

Round 2 – Battle 18

Neverland Sky – KH1 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/khmusic/58%20-%20Never%20Land%20Sky.mp3)

Neverland’s Clock Tower! Cool how Neverland has two different main themes for different areas that are such a contrast to each other… well, here it is. Anyone else ever get all 12 prizes?

VS.

Byte Bashing – KH2 – Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc%202/20%20-%20Byte%20Bashing.mp3)

The Space Paranoids battle theme… funky. You also hear it in Hollow Bastion briefly when SP Heartless leak out to there, fittingly. Oddly, I believe the main Space Paranoids theme was beaten in the last round by Neverland Sky… wonder what that says about the chances of this. Then again SP’s battle theme proved to be more popular than it’s main theme. Wonder how it’ll hold up!

I really like Byte Bashing.

Byte Bashing 5-0 Neverland Sky

Incredible sort-of blowout… funny how things are such a contrast, when Neverland Sky was up against Space Paranoids main theme in the last round, I was the only one who voted for SP. Byte Bashing really does stand out, eh.

Also now that BL has fucked up by disabling streaming, I’m gonna start posting Youtube links instead.

Round 2 – Battle 19

Magical Mystery – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75OBPxxAtOs)

The creepy and yet cool theme from Yen-Sid’s tower in Twilight Town. Okay, so before I said all the TT themes were gone except Sundown, I forgot this one. Silly me.

VS.

The Deep End – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aZrERkbwo)

Another KH1 boss theme… these have been doing a lot better than those of KH2. Out of the five-some recurring boss themes in KH1, this is probably the one we get introduced to last, not until Ursula’s second form, hence the title. Outside of there, it’s used mainly for bosses who are really… hard, or secret superbosses like the Ice Titan or Kurt Zisa. Funny how they knew in advance which non-secret battles were gonna be frustrating and drive you over the deep end. Much like FFX’s "Challenge", which is only in THOSE battles.

I really like KH1 boss themes, ESPECIALLY The Deep End, but Magical Mystery is too damn awesome not to vote for.

(I know it’s ridiculously late but: Oh. I guess I got owned on my post in October :P)

Another one of those 4-2 battles… and another victory for KH1 bosses! Sucks to see MM go already, but this is one case where it didn’t matter to me if the other one won. But Deep End better go far now. Hah.

Round 2 – Battle 20

Pirate’s Gigue – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRHgpw3PBLU)

The battle theme for Neverland, on the pirate ship… (not that the Clock Tower has a battle theme). This would be, the last Neverland-related theme left here, and it’s pretty good, let’s just see how it shall progress.

VS.

One-Winged Angel – KH2 (in KH1 as well, but not on OST) – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozGp0G3h8mw)

I posted a link, but if you don’t know what this sounds like, you probably wouldn’t be here. Well, to be fair, the KH versions of it are a little different, in the sense that they’re more cut-down than in FFVII, and the beginning sounds a little different. Both Sephiroth battles in both games are quite challenging… I personally enjoyed fighting more in the Colosseum.

I’m gonna say Pirate’s Gigue here.

Okay, only five votes, but clearly no love for Pirate’s Gigue as opposed to last round. Sephiroth’s guest appearance moves on to the third round…

Round 2 – Battle 21

He’s a Pirate – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdrgdJsFcUM)

So while one pirate-world battle theme just lost, here’s the one for the other Pirate world of KH2, Port Royal. Or should I say, the main theme of PotC… rare occasion where the theme from the world’s movie soundtrack is used for the battle music rather than the world itself. PotC’s theme just is more fitting for battle.

VS.

Darkness of the Unknown – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py0Bl-YusxY)

And once again, the final battle theme of KH2, which is actually consistent of two parts, one for each of the stages of the battle with Xemnas (after the "fight to the death" part)… It could very well be a powerhouse in this rumble, but we’ll just have to wait and see…

Again I’m gonna go with the pirates. He’s a Pirate. Darkness of the Unknown… psht, I’ve heard better final battle themes. At the beginning it sounds like it’s gonna be awesome, but it’s kinda a let-down.

Totally forgot about this thread!

Well, looks like a pirate victory this time! And against a final boss theme to boot! So that’s the end of both final boss themes…

Round 2 – Battle 22

Riku – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQqIeMJChjA)

So as of KH2, Riku’s got a theme… played during the scene in the World That Never Was when Kairi removes Riku’s hood revealing what he’s become…

VS.

Hand In Hand – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPy4nSLtAyQ)

Oh lookie, the original Hand In Hand… which is also the only one left in this. That being the battle music for Traverse Town… after you defeat the Guard Armor. Before that it’s "Night of Fate".

I’m with Hand In Hand on this one.

Have you guys even heard the piano collections version? It’s amazing.

Yeah it is, but so is the PC version of Hand in Hand 😉

Hand In Hand 6-1 Riku

This time not too much love for Riku… but Hand In Hand has always had a following. After all, this is the only version of it left, and it’s the original one.

Round 2 – Battle 23

A Fight to the Death – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KozRP1fr0n0)

So Darkness of the Unknown just lost, but here’s Xemnas’s other battle theme for his previous stage. This is the first stage of the fight after the point of no return (not the one with the building, the one with the throne). Who knows, maybe it’s more popular…

VS.

To Our Surprise – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiFahIDrLv4)

Wonderland’s battle music. Great memories of when I first started the game, that was a fun world to explore. Now this track mostly reminds me of hunting White Mushrooms, as I said in the last round.

I do like A Fight to the Death better than Darkness, but going for To Our Surprise.

A Fight to the Death 3-2 To Our Surprise

This time Xemnas wins, guess what they say is true about the tracks in certain stages of the final battle being overlooked because of the last one. And out with Wonderland…

Round 2 – Battle 24

Blast Away 1 – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD9td51SUGw)

The first of the three KH1 Gummi ship themes… while there isn’t a whole variety of them as much as in KH2, this main one is pretty catchy, eh?

VS.

Sinister Shadows – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKaO-9Jcjk)

Ah, the 1000 Heartless showdown in Hollow Bastion, one of the most memorable parts right in the middle of the game, and this is the first time you hear this lovely battle theme. It’s used in several other battles in the second half of the game during the world re-visitations, but it’s mostly known for that particular one.

Sinister Shadows for me by far… hah, reminds me of dancing the hora.

Sinister Shadows 6-1 Blast Away 1

So, a near blowout… it was at 5-0 before the boards went down, I was gonna call it but not sure why I didn’t. Anyway, the blowout condition for this rumble is now 5-0.

So, the epic 1000 Heartless theme beats out KH1’s Gummi ride… understandable, but no worries there’s more of those left.

Round 2 – Battle 25

Blast Away 3 – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWE-cOUkFbI)

So the first one just lost, now here’s the only KH1 Gummi theme left. By some people’s standards, it’s arguably the best Blast Away rendition. It’s the last one past the warp hole between Neverland and Hollow Bastion, so every route past there… which would be just that one and End of the World. Will it stand?

VS.

Vim and Vigor – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9jrvDIem0s)

One of the early recurring KH2 boss themes, probably the first one you hear, against Shan-Yu and a few other Disney character bosses. KH2 boss themes haven’t been doing too great… how about this one?

I’m gonna say Blast Away 3 this time. I wasn’t a fan of KH2’s boss themes (except Sinister Shadows) and Vim is probably my least favorite. Wish they still used some of the KH1 boss themes… glad they do in 358/2.

Blast Away 3 5-0 Vim and Vigor

Alright, so one Blast Away left manages to survive this round, or should I say, slaughter! KH2 boss themes just don’t fit many standards it seems.

Round 2 – Battle 26

Simple and Clean – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyEZHfCDzqM)

Hikari… does anything else really need to be said at this point?

VS.

Missing You – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aJsN76v-iY)

A theme introduced in KH2, played during emotional scenes. Kind of a replacement to "Friends In My Heart", though it’s used a lot more in many of the worlds.

My vote’s for Missing You. Because I can. Hah.

Simple and Clean

Close battle… but once again, Hikari wins! All three of them progress to the third round!

And this round is nearing to a close, but not quite yet.

Round 2 – Battle 27

Ursula’s Revenge – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWA_ZszX2RE)

Floatsam! And Jetsam! Your poopsies are toast!
So here’s Ursula’s song from the KH2 Atlantica. Ironically it’s the only one of those songs to make it past the first round, but it’s a pretty fun song!

VS.

Reviving Hollow Bastion – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I389ulH99S0)

HB’s theme from KH2… like I said, I didn’t use KH1’s because it’s just this minus some parts, so it’d be kinda pointless. Overall a nice theme, especially the newly added intro.

Again, a toughie… sorry Ursula, Reviving Hollow Bastion for me.

So… this looks like the end of the Atlantica jukebox… while it lasted. Hollow progresses further a round.

Okay, last battle of the second round!

Round 2 – Battle 28

The 13th Struggle – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfgwz-RRJ4c)

The Organization XIII battle music… first actually introduced in CoM, then upgraded from 8-bit to PS2 in the second main installment. It isn’t used in as many battles in KH2, not nearly as much as "Dilemma". It’s more Axel’s theme in this.

VS.

Tension Rising – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqX7y3jHQR4&feature=related)

Another KH2 boss theme, used a lot in the beginning, mainly in battles involving Nobodies. Used so much more in 358/2… just by the beginning you can tell something’s about to happen.

My vote goes to The 13th Struggle. Simply AMAZING, Roxas!

Though Tension Rising certainly grew on me while I played 358/2 Days.

Very dangerously close battle, but the 13th Struggle manages to be the last to join the third round.

Aaaaaaand… this concludes the second round!

Just gonna get Round 3 set up and start it up a little later today, or maybe even in the next hour. Keep an eye on this space and feel free to discuss the results so far.

Round 3 – Battle 1

An Adventure In Atlantica – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKtyyiWh3oo)

Okay, so now all the Atlantica KH2 "songs" are gone, this is all that’s left, the battle theme from KH1’s Atlantica, back when you could actually go on… well, an adventure in Atlantica. Even the battle music sounds happy!

VS.

Roxas – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHjgZglZ-S4)

The darker of the two themes… which is funny because it’s opponent is a battle theme. Ooh… Roxas’s dark and depressing theme. "You were never meant to exist…"

I’m gonna say An Adventure In Atlantica. I miss when Atlantica was actually a world.

Close battle, but Roxas is out bringing the last Atlantica standing into the top 14! Man, they really need to bring back KH1’s Atlantica.

Round 3 – Battle 2

Passion Orchestra Inst. – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpXGDLhWuJY)

So here we got "Passion" which is basically KH2’s Hikari, main "song" theme, from the intro and end. Those are always popular…

VS.

Precious Stars In the Sky – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx6xpZQeggQ)

…And the map theme of KH1. Beautiful and catchy, it’s also the core theme for a lot of variations like Blast Away and more.

My vote will go to Precious Stars In the Sky, though it’ll probably lose…

EDIT: Fixed passion link XD

EDIT: Oh, and my vote is for Passion Orchestra Inst.

Passion Orchestra Inst. 4-1 Precious Stars In the Sky

Orchestrated themes as usual have the following, and Passion joins the top 14! Meanwhile both map themes are out…

Round 3 – Battle 3

Fantasia Alla Marcia – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-o-Mi89H0)

KH2’s ending theme. Like I said above, orchestrated themes usually have the leg, so here’s Fantasia’s appearance in this round! A mix of a bunch of themes, as well as some of it’s own.

VS.

Sinister Shadows – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKaO-9Jcjk)

One of KH2’s special boss battle themes, originally in the 100 Heartless showdown. A really catchy theme, also used in some of the boss battles in the second half of the game after that point.

My vote is easily for Sinister Shadows. Not just because its not an ending theme, it’s actually one of my favorite tracks.

Sinister Shadows is a very cool track, but I don’t really listen to it all the way through anymore.

I never put it together, but you are right. I do tend to like the orchestrated pieces.

Shame to see either track go though.

Another orchestra-victory! And… Sinister Shadows, you will be missed.

Round 3 – Battle 4

A Very Small Wish – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHeQRww75Jg)

The regular theme inside Monstro. Good music to keep you going through such an annoying maze. One of the more redeeming things about this world.

VS.

Hikari – Orchestra – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxt0v82K9d8)

Hikari, the orchestrated version! Need more be said? From the very beginning of KH1…

I’ll give one to A Very Small Wish. It will be missed… 😛

Another Orchestra victory, first Hikari to make it to the top 14! And this is it for Monstro it seems.

Round 3 – Battle 5

The 13th Struggle – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfgwz-RRJ4c)

Organazation XIII and their boss battles, mostly in CoM. Used in a bunch of the ones in KH2 as well, but not as often as the Dilemma. SIMPLY AMAZING ROXAS!!

VS.

Welcome to Wonderland – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYsrblVZh-4)

Ahhh Wonderland… memories of just starting KH1 and getting the whole Disney feel of it. What a happy little world… or not.

I like both, but The 13th Struggle much better.

Wonderland wins again and makes top 14! 13th Struggle, you’ll be missed greatly!

I must say I’m pretty surprised, wasn’t expecting that, heh. Anyway…

Round 3 – Battle 6

He’s a Pirate – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdrgdJsFcUM)

The battle theme from Port Royal… which is also the main theme for the PotC movies. I say this every time but it’s cool because usually the theme from the movie that existed before the game is in the world and not the battle, but this is a rare case otherwise… it’s more fitting for that. Top 14?

VS.

One Winged Angel – KH2 (In KH1 as well but not on OST) – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozGp0G3h8mw)

Sephiroth, Sephiroth… KH’s version of the popular FFVII song again. They kinda skip a lot, but some parts sound cooler. Anyway used in both game’s secret battle with this iconic villain. Again, top 14? If you’re thinking deja vu, I agree it’s funny how in the last round this was also up against the OTHER pirate battle theme.

I’m gonna go for He’s a Pirate. I mean it’s understandable that they’d cut some of OWA because of the battles and they wanna the words to start before you get wasted by Seph on the first few tries, I kind of like how it goes right into the "Estuans…" part. But what I really hate is when it skips right to the "veni veni…" part. They could have kept the whole thing in between, the battle’s long anyway.

He’s a Pirate 6-0 One Winged Angel

First blowout we’ve had here in a long long time. So the PotC theme makes the top 14, and Sephiroth is gone!

Round 3 – Battle 7

Reviving Hollow Bastion – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I389ulH99S0)

The KH2 extended Hollow Bastion theme, with stuff added to make it slightly less dark, compared to KH1’s. They really did a great job with this place. Should it make top 14?

VS.

Destiny’s Force – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyNVf382-YE)

How’s about some KH1 boss tracks… this one is mostly associated with Darkside because it’s in most of the battles with it, plus a few other bosses throughout the game. I think the Phantom has it too. I just remember hearing it when fighting Darkside in 358/2. Anyway, top 14?

Extremely difficult choice here. Ahhh… Destiny’s Force by a slight margin.

Too bad I missed the last round, Sephiroth would have had at least 1 vote. It would have been in vain anyway… As for this round, it really is a pretty tough decision.

To be honest, I don’t like a lot of the remixed tracks for KHII, including this one, but I just don’t think Destiny’s Force is that good.

I keep forgetting about this rumble…

To be honest, I don’t like a lot of the remixed tracks for KHII, including this one, but I just don’t think Destiny’s Force is that good.

Reviving Hollow Bastion 5-3 Destiny’s Force

Hollow Bastion proves to be almighty yet again, joining the top 14, but yet now one of the KH1 boss themes is gone.

Round 3 – Battle 8

Shrouding Dark Cloud – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpQdDc3h0I)

So Destiny’s Force just lost… now we’ve got this, another early KH1 boss theme. Used mostly for Heartless-bosses early in the game. Truly an epic battle theme, will it reach the top 14?

VS.

Blast Away 3 – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWE-cOUkFbI)

The last of the "Blast Away" KH1 Gummi route themes left in this rumble. They’re all the same tune, each slightly more epic, and this is the last one so no surprise it lasted thew longest. Played on the way to Hollow Bastion and beyond.

Hard choice once again. I’m gonna go with Shrouding Dark Cloud, love the KH1 bosses. Other than this one there’s one more left.

Shrouding Dark Cloud 4-1 Blast Away 3

So this time the boss theme is more lucky… but on that note, this marks the end of all the KH1 Gummi route themes! Well that was nice while it lasted…

Round 3 – Battle 9

Hikari – KH Instrumental – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47mODMsenyE)

Oh lookie, one of the Hikaris! All three are still standing! This is the short instrumental one playing during the essential part of the game in Hollow Bastion where Sora recovers his heart and recovers from being a Shadow.

VS.

Sinister Sundown – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=garoe8_Hp-Y)

The last standing Twilight Town related theme, being Roxas’s battle music. Used as the standard battle music in the other games like CoM and 358/2…

I’m sticking with Sinister Sundown.

Once again Hikari comes out on top and joins the top 14! Meanwhile this appears to be the end for all the Twilight Town themes…

Round 3 – Battle 10

Desire For All That Is Lost – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQDXhia5Iec)

What starts out as an event battle theme (for groups of Heartless/Nobodies), later becomes one of KH2’s boss themes. One of the last standing ones, for KH2… will it make the top 14?

VS.

Simple and Clean – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyEZHfCDzqM)

This is it… the cover song for KH1. The other two Hikaris already made it to the top 14. Will this join them?

This time I’m gonna say Desire For All That Is Lost. Because I desire back all the tracks that lost to the Hikaris :p

I’m not voting for this Hikari because it has vocals. The instrumental versions didn’t, making them pretty good. This one? Not so much.

And… this marks the first Hikari to go! I guess vocals can’t hold up as well as instrumentals, but this KH2 boss theme makes the top 14! Guess there must be a desire for all the tracks that lost to Hikari… yeah yeah yeah.

Round 3 – Battle 11

Hand In Hand – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPy4nSLtAyQ)

A classic theme that’s been played with a lot, still the last version of it standing, and also the original. This would be Traverse Town’s battle theme as of after the Guard Armor is defeated (before that it’s Night of Fate).

VS.

Byte Bashing – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CiMrptDKtA)

Space Paranoids’ battle theme. Seems to have a following, which is understandable as it’s very… original. Also if you spend a long time on that race-track maze game you’ve probably heard it a lot. How far will it go?

Both are good but I’m gonna easily go with Byte Bashing. It never got annoying like Hand In Hand did after a while. Also when I first heard that there would be a Tron world and saw pictures in the magazine from it, this is EXACTLY how I imagined the music to sound like.

So this is the end of Space Paranoids’ unusual battle theme… but I mean, it’s Hand In Hand. Already pretty popular, having just earned a spot in top 14.

Round 3 – Battle 12

A Fight to the Death – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KozRP1fr0n0)

A nice final stage track from the first part of the Xemnas fight past the point of no return. Seems to be a lot more popular than the final battle theme, which is already out…

VS.

The Deep End – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aZrERkbwo)

Another KH1 boss theme… used mostly, and probably not coincidentally, in battles that a lot of people tend to get stuck on or consider "superbosses" like the Ice Titan or Kurt Zisa or Malificent’s Dragon. First introduced during the second stage of Ursula, which really is a tough fight. "You pathetic fools… the sea and all it’s spoils bow to my power!" oh, the amount of times I had to hear that… yeah, all the battles almost literally drive you over the deep end.

The Deep End gets my vote on this one.

Not a good day for Xemnas… but being a KH1 boss theme, The Deep End is truly a classic, and it’s joining one more in the top 14! Time for the penultimate battle of this round…

Round 3 – Battle 13

Dance of the Darling – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usx8GxBYD2s)

The Beast’s Castle battle theme which is arguably "Daring", but call it as you wish, all that matters is that I know what you’re voting for.

VS.

March Caprice – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7VBvUM1vGw)

And KH1’s ending/credits theme, for piano and orchestra. Real powerhouse here!

Yeah I’m in a lazy mood but I figure we don’t need long descriptions anymore… anyway, Dance of the Darling (or Daring), you will be missed.

So that’s it for the Beasts Castle… welcome to the top 14, March Caprice! Along with the other ending theme… I’m sure both of which will be strong!

Alright time to conclude this round… and then start the next round which’ll have… 7 battles. Yeah, seems hard to know where to go from there, but don’t worry, I got an idea and we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

Round 3 – Battle 14

This is Halloween – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZByN_2JVo)

This song seems to have a habit of always being at the beginning or the end of a round… but yeah, finally something from both games, haven’t seen one of those in a while. Halloween, halloween, halloween, halloween… top 14 maybe?

VS.

Sora – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkXCDpZvl1o)

Another good one to end a round with… Sora’s theme, introduced in KH2, always when something important happens, like Sora waking up, or when "other worlds are calling"… and probably a few more. All the character themes seems to be popular in this…

Hard choice, I was gonna choose differently, but after listening to both, This Is Halloween does have a slight edge.

This is Halloween gets sort of annoying after a while. It doesn’t help when you live with someone who insists on watching the movie at least twice a week either.

What "KH2 version"? To me they both sound the same, where is this difference you speak of? Well in KH1 like for the first little bit when you arrive in Guillotine Gate you hear only the base, like one side of the speaker, but once you set foot in the square, and see the scene there, it sounds normal. Never noticed a difference in KH2. Unless you mean the town and not the song.

Anyway… time to wrap up this round…

This Is Halloween 6-2 Sora

Totally didn’t see this coming, but Sora is now out! And, once again, Halloween is the last that makes it into the… um… seventh-finals.

I’ll get the next round ready, not sure if I’ll start tonight or tomorrow. In the meantime… this thread’s open, feel free to post/comment.

Round 4 – Battle 1

Fantasia Alla Marcia – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-o-Mi89H0)

KH2’s ending/credits theme… it’s an ending theme, and an orchestra. Need I say more? Top 7?

VS.

Welcome to Wonderland – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYsrblVZh-4)

Wonderland… not too many normal world or normal battle themes left! Should it make top 7? It’s got a hell of an opponent, but it beat the 13th Struggle which surprised me.

And… I leave with a vote for Welcome to Wonderland.

The Two halloween themes are a bit different. I can’t really explain it, but they are. Just try to hear it.

There is a difference in the versions… it’s subtle, but there. 🙂

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Bye bye Wonderland… and Fantasia joins the final seven!

Round 4 – Battle 2

March Caprice – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7VBvUM1vGw)

Another ending theme (from the other game), that’s also an orchestra medley. Pretty strong entity… will it join Fantasia in the top seven?

VS.

Shrouding Dark Cloud – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpQdDc3h0I)

KH1 boss theme… perhaps a more powerful opponent than Wonderland was. But is it a match for the ending theme to have a chance at the top seven?

Shrouding Dark Cloud has my vote… not just because it’s not an ending theme, but I really like it.

I might change my vote again, I like these both a lot.

Shrouding Dark Cloud is fantastic, so is March Caprice, but a superior version of March Caprice (Fantasia) is through so I’ll chuck in a vote for "Shrouding Dark Cloud"

It’s probably gonna lose.

Shrouding Dark Cloud

Shrouding Dark Cloud 4-3 March Caprice

After a grueling tough battle… who would have thought, and Ending theme, let alone an orchestra, is out! Guess they found some kryptonite… Fantasia’s still in the top seven, and this KH1 boss theme gets to join it!

Next battle should be more fun and relaxing… now with the two Ending theme involved ones out of the way.

Round 4 – Battle 3

This Is Halloween – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZByN_2JVo)

The Nightmare Before Christmas… perfect choice of song from that movie to use for that town’s theme. Imagine if they used "What’s This"… will it make the top 7? Also now I confess to noticing the difference between the two games, yeah, different instruments and KH2’s is more staccato. The one I linked to was KH1’s, you can find the other yourself.

VS.

He’s a Pirate – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdrgdJsFcUM&feature=related)

Another movie song not originally from the game, one of the few that was incorporated as battle music. If not the only… well, will it make the top seven?

I like this matchup… out of these two I prefer This Is Halloween.

Also, with 358/2 days out and BBS also being released (and also some themes from KHIIFM+ were missed out), both of these games have awesome themes so perhaps after this rumbles over we could use some of those?

*EDIT*

Oh yes Arigeitsu, Lord Of The Castle is probably the most epic boss theme in Kingdom Hearts.

Figured that might have been the case. 🙂

Castle Oblivion Theme gives me chills.

I get that with "Lord of the Castle".

So for once, He’s a Pirate got slaughtered! Halloween, welcome to the final seven. BTW in case you’re worried, I think I know exactly what it is I’m gonna do for the next round.

Round 4 – Battle 4

Passion Orchestra Inst. – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?videos=JtKopZ8pL2g&v=zpXGDLhWuJY)

My god, I’m not liking Youtube’s new layout. Anyway… here we’ve got another Orchestra, that being Passion which is kind of KH2’s Hikari. Serves as the main song in the opening, ending, and crucial parts of the game. This one’s the Instrumental version from the opening.

VS.

Hikari – Orchestra – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?videos=9yvJv4zL9hM&v=Gxt0v82K9d8)

Another Orch, one of the Hikari’s! One of them got eliminated last round, but this one should have more of an advantage since it’s instrumental and an orchestra. Then again, so is it’s opponent…

So two orchestra instrumentals eh… I’ll have to go with Hikari – Orchestra, because Passion doesn’t quite do it for me.

Hikari – Orchestra

So, that’s one Hikari in the final seven! But the end for Passion…

Round 4 – Battle 5

Reviving Hollow Bastion – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I389ulH99S0)

Hollow Bastion… the KH2 version of it. One of the few main world themes left, if it counts. All the new harmonics and key changes added in KH2 made it more interesting, and helped make it this far, but will it make the top 7?

VS.

Desire For All That Is Lost – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQDXhia5Iec)

While there are a couple KH1 boss themes left in this still, this is the only KH2 one still playing. It’s a pretty cool theme, starts out as just an "event battle" theme, but later starts being used more as a boss theme. Will it be worthy of the final 7?

I think I’ll be sticking with Reviving Hollow Bastion.

Very close battle… but this appears to be the end for Hollow Bastion! Desire is really popular… well, it was after all the first to beat one of the Hikaris. Anyway, welcome DFATIL to the final seven!

Round 4 – Battle 6

An Adventure In Atlantica – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKtyyiWh3oo)

And the KH1 Atlantica Battle theme is still here and kickin’… famously the only KH1 exclusive Atlantica-related track, while 2 had those songs, all of which lost. Will it make it as far as the top 7 being the last Atlantica standing?

VS.

The Deep End – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aZrERkbwo)

Another KH1 exclusive… well, I did say it’s opponent was the last Atlantica standing, but while this one is first introduced in that world, and has a title associated with it, it’s actually a universal boss theme… for the ones you get stuck on that drive you over the deep end. It’s been pretty popular, as all KH1 boss themes usually are… will it make the final seven?

Hard choice… I’ll go with An Adventure In Atlantica, I miss Atlantica too much as a mainstream world… the deep end reminds me too much of my frustration with certain bosses. It’s an awesome boss theme though and I wouldn’t care if it won.

You’re welcome.

The Deep End 4-3 An Adventure In Atlantica

Close battle underwater, but… this looks like completely sort-of it for Atlantica… unless you count what just beat it, but it’s really a KH1 boss theme. That makes two of them in the final seven!

Okay, last battle of this round… and then a treat.

Round 4 – Battle 7

Hikari – KH Instrumental – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47mODMsenyE)

Okay, another Hikari, used directly in the game, at the part in HB when Sora recovers his heart, which is an essential point in the game. So we’ve got a Hikari (Orchestra) in the top 7… will this one join?

VS.

Hand In Hand – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPy4nSLtAyQ)

Another really popular song which has several versions, this being the original and the Traverse Town battle theme… competition for Hikari? Can it possibly make the top 7?

Alright, hard choice but I shall go with Hand In Hand.

I am forced to agree

Hikari – KH Instrumental 7-3 Hand In Hand

If there’s anything that can beat Hand In Hand, it’s Hikari who’s joining it’s orchestra-brother in the final seven!

Okay, this round’s over… there’s seven left, you’re probably wondering what happens next. So here, I’ve got a little treat for you all.

I’m going to give you a chance to express your DESIRE FOR ALL THAT IS LOST… that’s right, one of the many eliminated songs will be getting a reprieve and a second chance.
Well, seeing as we started with 112 songs, it seems like it would be hard to decide… so here’s what’s you do. Send me a PRIVATE message stating FIVE songs, no more no less that you’d like to see back.

However, don’t do it quite yet. I don’t have the list handy on this computer since I’m in the library right now, but I’d rather you look at the list and then decide, rather than merely from memory… just for the sake of fairness and making it easier to decide. I’ll post the list as soon as I get home. In the meantime you can start thinking about it! But wait until after I post the list to PM me.

1.Dearly Beloved
3.Simple and Clean
4.Destati
5.Destiny Islands
6.Bustin’ Up
7.Mickey Mouse Club
8.Treasured Memories
9.Kairi
10.A Walk in Andante
11.Destiny’s Force
12.Traverse Town
14.Blast Away 1
15.Tricksy Clock
16.Welcome to Wonderland
17.To Our Surprise
18.Olympus Colloseum
19.Road to a Hero
20.Go For It!
21.Having a Wild Time
22.Squirming Evil
23.Hand in Hand
24.Merlin’s Magical House
25.Winnie the Pooh
26.Bounce-O-Rama
27.Once Upon a Time
28.Shipmeister’s Humoresque
29.Precious Stars in the Sky
30.Blast Away 2
31.A Day in Agrabah
32.Villains of a Sort
33.A Very Small Wish
34.Monstrous Monstro
35.Friends In My Heart
36.Under the Sea
37.An Adventure in Atlantica
40.Spooks of Halloween Town
41.Captain Hook’s Pirate Ship
42.Pirate’s Gigue
43.Neverland Sky
44.Kairi 3
45.Blast Away 3
46.Scherzo Di Notte
47.Forze Del Male
49.Miracle
50.Guardando Nel Buio
51.Always On My Mind
52.March Caprice
53.Hand in Hand Reprise
54.Passion Orchestra Inst.
55.Lazy Afternoons
56.Sinister Sundown
57.The Escapade
58.Tension Rising
59.Missing You
60.The 13th Struggle
61.Roxas
62.Sora
63.The Afternoon Streets
64.Working Together
65.Magical Mystery
66.A Twinkle In the Sky
67.Reviving Hollow Bastion
68.Laughter And Merriment
70.Organization XIII
71.Gearing Up
72.Shipmeister’s Shanty
73.Blast Off
74.Crossing the Finish Line
75.Waltz of the Diamond
76.Dance of the Darling
77.Dance to the Death
78.Home of the Dragons
79.Fields of Honor
80.Vim and Vigor
81.Cloudchasers
82.The Underworld
83.What Lies Beneath
84.Rowdy Rumble
85.Monochrome Dreams
86.Old Friends, Old Rivals
87.Floating In Bliss
88.Isn’t It Lovely?
89.Swim This Way
90.Part of Your World
91.Ursula’s Revenge
92.A New Day is Dawning
93.He’s a Pirate
94.The Corrupted
95.The Encounter
96.Space Paranoids
97.Byte Bashing
98.Sinister Shadows
99.The 13th Dilemma
100.Showdown At Hollow Bastion
101.One Winged Angel
102.Battleship Bravery
103.Sacred Moon
104. Deep Drive
105. Riku
106. Courage
107. A Fight to the Death
108. Darkness of the Unknown
110. Destiny Islands KH2
111. Hand in Hand KH2
112. Sunset Horizons

Alright, NOW you can start PMing me your list of five.

Also, as I have been in the voting so far, I will be participating in this myself as well and note myself some five of my own I can come up with.

I’ll make a list tomorrow

Myself, I’m personally having trouble deciding between nine of them, but it doesn’t seem to matter much as no one else really seems to want them. 🙁

Everyone who’s already voted, and I mean ALL five of you, please PM me with three more. I’m gonna PM you all in case you check that before this thread.

Anyone else who hasn’t voted can still feel free to, and this time choose eight.

I shall be coming up with three more of my own as well.

Byte Bashing 1
Cloudchasers 1
Darkness of the Unknown 2
A Day In Agrabah 1
Dearly Beloved 2
Deep Drive 1
Destiny Islands 1
Destiny Islands KH2 1
The Encounter 2
A Fight to the Death 1
Forze Del Male 1
Friends In My Heart 1
Guarando Nel Buio 1
Hand In Hand 3
Hand In Hand Reprise 1
He’s a Pirate 1
Isn’t It Lovely 1
Kairi 1
March Caprice 1
One Winged Angel 1
Passion Orchestra Inst. 3
Reviving Hollow Bastion 2
Riku 1
Roxas 1
Sacred Moon 1
Scherzo Di Notte 1
Showdown at Hollow Bastion 1
Simple and Clean 1
Sinister Shadows 2
Sinister Sundown 1
Sora 1
Sunset Horizons 2
Treasured Memories 1
A Very Small Wish 1
Vim and Vigor 2
Welcome to Wonderland 1
Working Together 1

Like I said, I’ll be participating in this as well, seeing as I have been in the last round. And, the above list doesn’t include what my eight would have been, so this time I’m gonna do the honor of breaking the tie myself rather than ask for more votes. I know I could have done the same thing before, but there were way too many tied on top (again without me) and didn’t think it would have been fair. Now that there’s only two it’s much easier and I just wanna get this round over and done with so we can move on.

So… by my tie-breaker, I declare the returning song to be… Hand In Hand!

I’m sure you all probably would have expected that, but it really would have been one of my eight anyway.
So, the classic Hand In Hand gets another shot… might I add that the one that took it out (Hikari KH Instrumental) is still in, so let’s hope they don’t get placed against each other again! :p
If they do, I’ll probably reshuffle anyway. Heh. At least for this round, can’t promise I’ll do it for later rounds.

So… watch this space for the quarterfinals! Gonna start them shortly.

EDIT: My Mistake, it was Hikari KH Instrumental that took out Hand In Hand, not Orchestra.

Anyway, the quarterfinals! This rumble started in August and has been going for over half a year… now we’re almost at the end! Some pretty nice matchups we’ve got here.

Quarterfinals – Battle 1

Hikari – Orchestra – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxt0v82K9d8)

I think we can all agree that I’m better off not calling this "Round 5". Anyway, KH1’s poster theme, orchestrated. Both are plus factors seeing as we’re down to 8 and still have another Hikari and another orchestra… will this make the top four?

VS.

The Deep End – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aZrERkbwo)

Theme for challenging bosses in KH1, like the titans, Zisa, and of course Ursula. It’s the creme de la creme of boss themes by a lot of standards, even though there’s still another KH1 boss theme standing… but is this final four material?

I’m easily gonna go for The Deep End. I miss battles that are actually challenging which KH2 was lacking in, and this theme does a great job bringing that back. Might I add that thankfully I felt I’d gotten the challenging boss factor back in 358/2 (though not this theme, unfortunately). But I did get battles that drove me over the deep end!

Could’ve gone either way, but it’d be a shame to see it go down voteless

As for the fights in 358/2 Days…Yeah, I was happy that there were a few actually challenging fights in there. Some of the fights though, they made them just take too long.

btw
You may also want to check out arranged ver. of this song, done by Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Here. (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4JFK80BT) Much more calm and peaceful from the original, but it doesn’t lack in the emotional value;)

Very close battle, The Deep End was killing at the start (which I didn’t expect at all), Hikari made a great comeback but not enough to win. So, one Hikari left standing, and Deep End joins the top four in this 112-song rumble! Exciting eh… yay for boss themes!

Also, welcome to the rumble Scezepan, and I have heard that version yes. Though I gotta say this isn’t really the time for contributions… this rumble started in AUGUST and we’re on the quarterfinals. But really feel free to participate in the votes!

Quarterfinals – Battle 2

This Is Halloween – KH1/KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZByN_2JVo)

That catchy song from Nightmare Before Christmas was a good choice to be implemented as VGM, even though "What’s This" would have probably made a decent battle theme. It’s popular enough to have made it this far, and it’s the theme for one of the only three worlds to be in every KH game released thus far (not counting Birth By Sleep but plz no spoilers I don’t wanna know if it’s in that). Final four material maybe?

VS.

Desire For All That Is Lost – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQDXhia5Iec)

Ah the theme with a name that I based the last mini-round off of. And, the only KH2 boss theme left standing, even though it’s arguably more of an "event battle" sort of theme, like when you fight groups of Heartless or Nobodies and are surrounded by barriers. But it’s used for a handful of bosses as well. Well, the first one to join the top 4 was a boss theme, will this be another?

Kind of a hard choice but I will have to go with This Is Halloween.

btw Thanks for letting me in

One more vote is needed to break it. Or else, I find someone myself, like usual!

feralanima, you’ve got this one. Shooting a PM now but if anyone else who hasn’t voted sees this before feral does, then feel free.

feralanima, you’ve got this one. Shooting a PM now but if anyone else who hasn’t voted sees this before feral does, then feel free.

I usually don’t get on on the weekends, hence my lack of activity since Friday.

Both are really good, but I’m going with Desire For All That Is Lost.

Desire For All That Is Lost 6-5 This Is Halloween

And alas, farewell to Halloween Town… it’s met its match. And congrats to Desire For All That Is Lost in making the final four! Which consists now of two amazing boss themes, I’m liking this.

Quarterfinals – Battle 3

Fantasia Alla Marcia – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-o-Mi89H0)

KH2’s ending credits theme… which is a medley as well as an original catchy march. Sounds very magical, and orchestrated themes are always popular (even though Hikari and March Caprice are out…) but will this one be able to make the top 4?

VS.

Hand In Hand – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPy4nSLtAyQ&feature=related)

And here we have our resurrected song that was out, but thanks to the last round, it’s been given a second chance. Hand In Hand is popular such that it has several variations, but this is the original from KH1’s Traverse Town battles… so will it get a come-from-behind victory and make the top 4?

I think I am with Hand In Hand.

Well, Hand In Hand got it’s second chance… and that’s that. Oh well, it still was a good choice for a second chance even if it’s blown it. After all, Fantasia Alla Marcia is kind of a dark horse contender, being both an ending theme and an orchestra… and good on it for making it to the top 4! There was bound to be at least one of those.

Quarterfinals – Battle 4

Shrouding Dark Cloud – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpQdDc3h0I)

Another boss theme here, from early KH1 heartless bosses, and re-used later in 358/2. Considered one of the best boss themes out there in the series, up there with the Deep End who’s already in the final four… will this join it? Sure, the bosses it’s used for don’t exactly compare to the deep end bosses, but this is about the music…

VS.

Hikari (KH Instrumental) – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47mODMsenyE)

The last Hikari standing! This is the one for the time when that song actually comes into play in the game itself, rather than an opening/ending movie. It’s short, but it’s beautiful. Will it make the top four?

I’m sticking with Shrouding Dark Cloud.

And that’s that of the quarterfinals! All the Hikaris are out now, and the final four we got three boss themes, and an ending/orchestra theme. Love it… and here I was worried they’d all be the Hikaris or something, hah.

We’re nearing the end of this 8-month rumble… I’ll post the first semifinal battle soon, in the mean time, this thread’s open for comments as usual!

Semifinals – Battle 1

Fantasia Alla Marcia – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-o-Mi89H0)

You’d figure an orchestra/medley theme would make it to near the top. While mostly original, I definitely heard some Destati, Dearly Beloved, and even a little Organization XIII. As it is, this is actually the only one left in the final four! Can it push it’s way into the final or even win?

VS.

The Deep End – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aZrERkbwo)

This boss theme also seems to have a leg on almost everything, considering the epicness of the battles that it happens to be used in back in KH1, and here it is in the final four! Along with two other boss themes, one from the same game, but it doesn’t have to worry about them right now… but you’d think it shouldn’t either way. Can it push it’s way to the final or win?

I can’t imagine either of these losing, this should be quite the battle. I’m definitely going for The Deep End. No question.

Fantasia Alla Marcia 6-1 The Deep End

…and Fantasia makes it’s way to the top, well almost. It’s now got a shot at winning this rumble, we’ll have to see in the final. Meanwhile I guess THE DEEP END has found it’s kryptonite, it was beaten badly, surprisingly, considering it’s beaten some Orchestra themes with a strong lean. Well, it’ll still get to shine when it fights for the bronze, so this isn’t the last we’ve seen or heard from it.

But now we still have…

Semifinals – Battle 2

Shrouding Dark Cloud – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpQdDc3h0I)

So the Deep End is now out (of the final), but we’ve still got another KH1 boss theme standing. This one also has been a huge powerhouse, including some victories that I didn’t expect actually. Will it make the final? And better yet if it does, will it be competition to Fantasia?

VS.

Desire For All That Is Lost – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQDXhia5Iec)

And our other come-from-behind competitor, which is also a boss theme (and an event battle theme), the last one from KH2 standing! So we’ve got a couple of boss themes on our hands… so what will become of this one? Will DFATIL make the final? Once again, would it be competition to Fantasia if it does? Really don’t know what to expect now…

Either way, whoever loses still gets a shot at third place, against, um… the Deep End.

I don’t know what to expect of this battle, but I’m easily going for Shrouding Dark Cloud.

Not an easy choice but I gotta go with this one.

GET UP ON THE HYDRA’S BACK

Shrouding Dark Cloud 5-4 Desire For All That Is Lost

Alright well, much closer battle than the other semifinal, but looks like the one to make it to the final will be… Shrouding Dark Cloud! This should be good. Out of the KH1 and KH2 boss themes, it appears the first one’s held higher… but while DFATIL is out of the final, this isn’t the last we see of it! It’s now time for the…

3rd Place battle

Desire For All That Is Lost – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQDXhia5Iec)

So this one just lost… (no pun intended)… but it still gets a shot at 3rd place, and while it seems to have a following, is that enough to make it into 3rd? GET UP ON THE HYDRA’S BACK… well, seeing as it lost to Shrouding Dark Cloud, it appears it will have a pretty tough opponent again…

VS.

The Deep End – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aZrERkbwo)

So DFATIL gets to face against another KH1 boss theme… yikes. This one has also been extremely popular, despite the fact that it was beaten down hard by Fantasia All Marcia. But once again, you never know what to predict…

For me, The Deep End is the obvious choice here.

The Deep End 6-3 Desire For All That Is Lost

So, after this long-winded rumble going on 8 months, the third place title holder has just been determined. The bronze shall go to…

THE DEEP END!

Yes, the epic boss theme for superbosses memorable from KH1, earned itself a title in this rumble. I’m glad it did… though it was my candidate to win the whole thing out of the last four. Heh.

Okay… after these 8 months it’s time to put this rumble to bed. This is it, the final of all final battles…

FINAL MATCH

Shrouding Dark Cloud – KH1 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpQdDc3h0I)

With the Deep End in third place, it looks like there’s another KH1 battle theme in the top three… with a shot at winning the whole thing! It’s up against a tough opponent, but it did somehow beat March Caprice, as it really is a great battle theme. Can it pull it off?

VS.

Fantasia Alla Marcia – KH2 – Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-o-Mi89H0)

KH2’s epic ending theme… fitting for the end of this rumble, and most deserving of being a finalist. It’s won a lot of blowouts, but it’s had some competition in some past rounds. It’s opponent, as I said earlier, beat the other orchestra theme… but can Fantasia win the whole thing? Well… let’s see how this turns out.

Best of luck to both, not sure how long I plan on keeping this open. Let’s just hope the forums don’t go down again. And my vote is for Shrouding Dark Cloud.

Both are these are good tracks, but I’m gonna go with Fantasia Alla Marcia.

Holy shit! 8 months. I remember being in Round 1 and it’d be, like, Battle 52 and I’d think, "This is gonna take a while." It’s been fun. Sorry to see it end.
Yeah, but hopefully we’ll be able to continue with other subjects, such as boss battles, etc…

Fantasia Alla Marcia 7-1 Shrouding Dark Cloud

So, after 8 months, we now have a winner… and it is…

FANTASIA ALLA MARCIA!!

KH2’s ending theme really has it all… orchestra, medley, and some original stuff all around. I don’t think there was one battle it won where it wasn’t heavily one-sided, not unlike this one. Not even Shrouding Dark Cloud could live up to it.

So this concludes this rumble now… what to do now with this thread? Well, we can have more KH rumbles with other subjects. But first move it to RPG.

I initially posted it in RPG even though I wanted it here because I figured the music thing was gonna last a while, but they were reluctant to let me do it here… hah, what did I tell you?

Any suggestions for other subjects?

EDIT: Also, for whatever mod moves this to RPG, please take "music" out of the title.

I wouldn’t mind running such a rumble, what do the rest of you think?

But Bosses are also a very good idea. I would be happy with either music or bosses.

I think bosses should be the next rumble here too, I just wanted to know, if I were to start a new music rumble back in the music section to include the themes missed in the one we just had, would people be interested?

Again I’m a little not sure whether I wanna include CoM and 358/2 bosses, but… I must say 358/2 did have some pretty sweet boss fights which were actually challenging. I’d rather not though since less people are probably familiar with them.

Also another thing, if there are multiple boss fights for the same villain character, like two different stages or in two different games, I’m gonna include them each seperately rather than combine them, since the fights themselves as well as the setting are usually very different. Like for instance, KH1 Oogie Boogie from the playroom and KH2 Oogie Boogie from the assembly line would be used seperately as they are very different fights.

I think usually characters that appear as bosses more than once, the fight is very very different both times. If they’re too similar then I’ll just combine them.

Okay? Great. I’ll get this rolling soon. I’m not gonna ask for nominations, I think I’m gonna just use all of them or as many as I can in both games.

You’re a tool… take your useless crap back to GD.

As for this, I’ll compile a list of bosses… though it might not start for a couple weeks, I’ve got finals this week and the week after. I will try to ASAP though.

I’ll start soon, maybe tonight or tomorrow. Watch this space.

Round 1 – Battle 1

Maleficent

What a great one to start with… the main villain of Sleeping Beauty, who they actually make to be a pretty central villain for KH. But… she’s just another puppet. Fought in KH1 in Hollow Bastion’s Castle Chapel, this is the one where she’s riding around on the platform… and is considered a character boss battle, hence the music (Squirming Evil). Rewards are Donald’s Cheer and an Ansem Report! Also appears in KH2 but you don’t fight her there. All in all, not exactly the most challenging battle…
(Note: This is SEPERATE from the dragon battle here)

VS.

Chernabog

Fought at some point in the End of the World… kind of a weird battle for several reasons. Though mandatory, there’s no entry for it anywhere in the journal, even though it’s actually a character from Fantasia, but they never have a special scene addressing that, it’s just… there, as a hurdle. It also has a special theme in the background, "Night on Bald Mountain" which is not even on the OST! Only one other KH1 boss holds that status. But anyway the battle itself isn’t too hard. You get the sweet shared Superglide ability for winning.

I’ve never actually seen Fantasia but I’ll vote for Chernabog. I like the music 🙂

Chernabog

Chernabog 7-0 Maleficent

That Maleficent battle doesn’t really stand out too much, and is wiped quickly by Chernabog.

Round 1 – Battle 2

Wakka/Selphie/Tidus

Probably the earliest "boss" used here and in the game. Sora’s three FF friends from Destiny Islands who you get to duel each individually, then take them on all at once. Optional of course, but a nice challenge and a cool way to level up. Of course, all you get is a Potion for winning, but you can stock up on them! Also kind of cool how they all use their original FF weapons rendered in this all-out battle system…

VS.

Prison Keeper

In KH2’s Halloween Town, during your first visit there, Lock Shock and Barrel have a trick up their sleeve in the Moonlight Hill, and that’s this boss. Kind of designed like the cages they use to ride to Oogie’s Manor… well, the boss itself isn’t exactly hard, but just has a LOT of HP. You get Donald’s Hyper Healing for winning…

I’m gonna go with Selphie/Tidus/Wakka. To be honest I forgot the other even existed and had to look it up on Youtube.

I haven’t played KH, so I shouldn’t vote in boss rumble, but this is an exception. Quite long time ago I had an ocassion to try beginning of this game in shopping mall. It was enough to reach S/T/W and I had fun fighting them.

So, the Prison Keeper flies under the radar by our three good FF friends from Destiny Islands.

Round 1 – Battle 3

Phantom

One of KH1’s four secret bosses, who roams the Clock Tower in Neverland. Peter Pan must be in your party for it as he needs Tink to get there, and it’s only unlocked once you visit Hollow Bastion. A pretty tough boss with a lot of strategy required and planning ahead with shortcut commands, and the freaky countdown you get…
Although it’s a secret boss, beating it does kind of get something important, and that’s the Stopga spell upgrade… this is usually the last -ga spell anyone gets.
Possibly a relative of Darkside, seeing as his battle theme "Destiny’s Force" plays rather than the superboss theme.

VS.

Test Subject

Another Halloween Town boss, also from KH2, but this time part 2. Fought in Christmas Town, the mystery thief who’s been stealing Santa’s presents… who gets caught by everyone hiding in a box as bait, was none other than Dr. Finkelstein’s experiment. Although it’s not technically a heartless, the heartless boss theme plays (Corrupted), but then again it was stealing presents because it wanted a heart. Rewards for the fight are Sora’s Finishing Leap, Donald’s Jackpot, and the Decisive Pumpkin keyblade!
Our last H-town boss just lost… how will this one do?

Gotta go with Phantom.

my choice is Phantom because it was a very clever battle.

Phantom 6-0 Test Subject

Halloween Town isn’t doing very well in the boss department… even though it did pretty well in the music rumble. But then again, this IS the Phantom we’re talking about here, so no shock that it won quickly.

Round 1 – Battle 4

Guard Armor

(Note: Seperate from Opposite Armor fight, obviously)
One of the classic bosses of the series, since it’s the first "Heartless" boss fight, and after the fight is basically when Sora bonds with Donald and Goofy and the whole thing starts. Fought in the 3rd District of Traverse Town right before setting off. Also the first battle in the game with the Heartless boss theme that came in second in the music rumble. Winning the fight earns you the Brave Warrior accessory, which is pretty useful that early in the game.
It also shows up later in the Colosseum (where it is a lot easier and doesn’t feel like a boss anymore), and they had a lot of fun playing around with this boss in different missions of 358/2.

VS.

Sabor

The tiger roaming the Deep Jungle, who was also a character in the movie. As a boss, he’s not all that tough aside from his speed… but you actually encounter him several times throughout your jungle adventure. You’re actually thrown into a fight with him as soon as you land in the Tree House, then later the Camp, then the bamboo thicket, and one last time in the bamboo thicket right before they notice Clayton’s pipe. Reward for winning is the White Fang accessory.
Debatable if this would qualify as a boss, seeing as the normal battle theme plays and it’s not that difficult, but it IS an event battle connected to the story, with a Disney character nonetheless. Plus, it’s just a warmup before the real boss here.

I’m gonna go with the Guard Armor. Hard choice though really.

Guard Armor 6-0 Sabor

Another blowout! Wow, these are going down fast… but yeah, Sabor is no match for the legendary Guard Armor.

Round 1 – Battle 5

Sark (alone)
(Note: Separate from MCP battle)

One of the villains of Space Paranoids, Sark, who’s basically the MCP’s bitch. You don’t fight him until your second visit to SP, but of course, you have to get past him before you reach the MCP who’s the real big baddie of this world. He doesn’t have a whole lot of HP in this battle, but he’s pretty fast, and throws around a disc which you can reflect back at him. This battle itself isn’t very long as it’s just a warm-up, really. He’s also got a bunch of those computer-Heartless enemies helping him. The battle itself might not be as memorable as the MCP, but at least it’s got some pretty sick music (the Sinister Shadows theme, because of the Heartless team)… but no seperate reward for this battle… not yet at least…

VS.

Xaldin

Member III of Organazation XIII! In this game, his only role really is terrorizing the Beast’s Castle, not much else outside of there. But his fight out on the bridge is not just any fight, it’s significantly hard, Xaldin is not one to be toyed with, he really puts up a hell of a fight. He fights using the wind element, and is kind of a humanized version of the Dragoon enemy, using his spears and all, and even has the same reaction commands. But yes, this fight really is a challenge, for a lot of people this is the first place where they got to use Mickey. The reward for beating him is a Reflect magic upgrade, and the Auto Healing ability for Donald…. and a conclusion of the Beast’s Castle saga!

Yeah, I think this will also be an easy choice. Xaldin.

I think this was the first boss that gave me some real trouble in KH2.

Xaldin 5-0 Sark

Another sort of blowout, and Xaldin’s our first XIII member to progress to the next round! That’s it for Sark, but there’s another version of him coming up…

Round 1 – Battle 6

Cerberus (KH1)

One of KH1’s tough Disney bosses, early in the game in the Colloseum. "I’ve got two words of advice for you: ATTACK!!"
You do have the option to wait until late to fight Cerberus, because he’s wicked tough, but if you do it early enough you get the Inferno Band accessory, a Hero License, and then Cloud gives you Sonic Blade! It might be worthwhile to not wait… but also, you get to face Cerberus again later in the Hades Cup at some point, but he’s much easier, the challenge there is to beat him alone or on a timer!

VS.

World Of Chaos

(Separate from Ansem)
This is it, the very last boss of KH1. In the End of the World, after you defeat Ansem… or rather, Xehanort, he turns into this crazy looking Heartless, which is the very final boss of KH1. He may have been an impostor, but like Mickey said, he had to be stopped…

I’m gonna go with Cerberus.

Cerberus 4-1 World of Chaos

So we have a final boss already out in the first round… taken out by Cerberus! What do you know… well, there’s still Ansem himself. And KH2’s final boss…

Round 1 – Battle 7

Shan-Yu

KH2’s first world-Disney boss, from the Land of Dragons saga part 1. Let’s get some hunny-buns! This fight stands out because while you’re trying to defeat Shan Yu and his birds that help him, you’re supposed to collect little spheres to help protect the palace gates. Victory gets you Aerial Sweep for Sora, and Goofy’s Goofy Turbo! In the end you’re also rewarded the Hidden Dragon Keyblade.

VS.

Card Army/Crank Tower

Kind of a mini-boss, since it’s not very long and has the normal battle music. But a nice warmup with some interesting mechanics. In Wonderland, after you present the evidence of Alice’s innocence to the Queen of Hearts, she disregards it and lets her army out at you anyway. It’s really the tower you’re trying to defeat, the soldiers you can only knock out for some time, same with the queen. But if you destroy the four cranks, you can defeat the tower. She may not care about evidence, but the benefit of collecting the evidence is to increase your chances of not having to fight alone. However many pieces of evidence you collect, that out of five is the chance of Donald and Goofy helping.

I’m gonna go for Card Army/Crank Tower. Shan Yu was forgettable.

Shan Yu by an enourmous margin.

Shan-Yu 4-1 Card Army/Crank Tower

No love for the Card Army, Shan Yu moves on to round 2!

Round 1 – Battle 8

Hades (KH2)

Feel the heat! The master of the Underworld has a lot of surprises for our heroes in KH2. You actually fight against him a few times, but you don’t actually fight and defeat him until the end. During your first visit it’s just a tease battle in his chamber (where he’s invincible anyway), followed by a chase through the tunnel, then later on during his tournament in your second visit you get to fight him again when he’s STILL invincible… until Hercules jumps in and you use those Aura Sphere things to defeat him, concluding the Colosseum saga for KH2. Rewards are Sora’s Counterguard, and the Guardian Soul keyblade!
(I probably don’t need to say this, but Hades of KH1 will be seperately included.)

VS.

Oogie’s Manor

Yes, I consider this a boss! Mostly because it’s got boss music and all, mainly for shadow-y bosses… In KH1, after you defeat Oogie Boogie in his lair, you’re in for another surprise… the manor itself is a monster! It’s come to life and has things that can hurt you… except, instead of an HP bar, it’s got shadow globs that you have to go around destroying. They had a lot of fun with the shadow glob gimmick in 358/2… but anyway, as a reward you get a Gravity spell upgrade to Gravira, and following the keyhole-locking, Jack gives you the Pumpkinhead keyblade!

I think I’m gonna say… Oogie’s Manor.

Hades was a very, very epic battle.

Hades KH2 3-2 Oogie’s Manor

This time a closer battle, but Oogie’s Manor falls apart to Hades and Herc’s Aura Spheres.

Round 1 – Battle 9

Hostile Program

A corrupted data bug parasite Heartless boss fought in the I/O Tower in Space Paranoids let on by the MCP as a punishment for Tron not cooperating, and the boss concluding your first visit to his world. The first one with the "Corrupted" Heartless boss theme, and the fun part about this boss is that as you hit it, you collect little "cluster" spheres which you can use to freeze it for a limited time once you have enough. Rewards for winning are a Drive Gauge upgrade, Sora’s Horizontal Slash, and Goofy’s Jackpot! Oh, and you also get to change the password to the DTD.

VS.

Pot Centipede

Another Heartless boss, this time from KH1, in Agrabah. At some point during your visit there in town, this is just a hurdle when Jafar takes the lamp and holds Jasmine captive and you have to help her. The fight is actually pretty difficult… but you’d think after encountering all those pot and barrel spiders coming to life throughout town, you’d be prepared for this chain of them… but you really want the centipede’s head. Another interesting tidbit is that for this battle only, all three town screens are combined into one for the whole battlefield. Reward is the Ray of Light accessory!

I’m gonna have to say… Hostile Program.

Tron world in KH2 was boring overall. Bad art direction and soundtrack 🙁

Close battle, but this time it’s KH1’s boss victorious, Jafar’s Centipede.

Round 1 – Battle 10

Luxord

Yet another Organization XIII member, number X. This is the one with the knack for gambling and cards, and you first encounter him in Port Royal messing around… but it’s not until the end at the World That Never Was that you defeat him. Though, his battle is a little different, it’s a time-based battle, with Sora alone, and Luxord doesn’t have an HP bar. He’s also a humanized version of the Gambler Nobodies, and plays the same sort of mini-games throughout the fight which give you time or HP/MP orbs. As a reward you get a Secret Ansem’s Report.
They have a bit more fun with Luxord in 358/2.

VS.

Hydra

I think you all remember this one pretty well… GET UP ON THE HYDRA’S BACK!!
Heh, this is another interesting boss that utilizes the entire Colosseum ruins, with a bunch of reaction commands to go with it. That, and Meg in the corner throwing you HP orbs, Phil giving you a barrel to use by following his instructions, and finally Pegasus letting you ride her and hit each head. You even have to use a reaction command for every HP bar you deplete, including the boss itself. Unfortunately thanks to this guy, you can’t enjoy the Colosseum like you did in the other game… but anyway, this also concludes the first half of the Colosseum saga. Rewards are the Thunder spell and an Armor slot for Donald, and finally the Hero’s Crest keyblade!

Hard choice, but I’m gonna vote for Luxord. It’s a pretty cool battle, plus it’s one of the few battles that actually still has the good old 13th Struggle theme, I missed that. Plus, Hydra sucks for destroying one of my favorite parts of KH1 🙁

Side question here: Anyone know if the "Proof of Existence" screen is supposed to be the same as the "Grey Area" lounge in 358/2?

Luxord was an awesome battle.

Yeah, pretty much another blowout, and the second victory for a XIII member! I guess Phil pretty much sabotages Hydra’s chances… but on a side note can someone answer my question before about the Grey Area and Proof of Existence?

Round 1 – Battle 11

MCP

Sark is out, now time for the real baddie of Tron’s world. The Master Control Program, which is in charge of the whole system corruption. After Sark goes down, MCP uses his body as a defense mechanism. This is actually an interesting battle, you can’t actually defeat Sark, just knock him off his feet and out for a while, after all he is only a puppet. Only while Sark is down is the MCP vulnerable, and it’s different because all you have is a reaction command to rely on depleting MCP’s health… and an open space. Rewards are Reflectga, and an accessory slot for Goofy! Oh, and Tron uses the system to restore Hollow Bastion to it’s Radiant Garden self. Space Paranoids bosses have been dropping like flies… how will MCP do?

VS.

Maleficent Dragon

After Maleficent doesn’t do very well as herself (as well in this rumble), Riku (posessed by Ansem/Xehanort) waltzes in with his new keyblade and helps her by turning her into a big black dragon, "surrendering" her heart to the darkness… resulting in a pretty challenging battle actually! This is definitely one hurdle of the game that gets a lot of people frustrated. It’s also got the significantly hard battle theme that made third place last rumble… Just gotta aim for the head. As a reward (aside from getting to progress further in the game), you obtain the Fireglow gem, letting you summon Mushu!

I gotta go with MCP here.

btw I don’t know the answer to your question Zak.

This boss is proof that KH is MUCH easier than KHII. Plus "The Deep End" plays during that battle… so I vote for it.

First the Hostile Program, then Sark, now MCP out… no love for Tron’s bosses it seems. Maleficent, however, proves to be more successful as a dragon!

Also Smarty, are you sure you didn’t mean HARDER? Or rather, reverse KH and KHII? I think if anything it proves the opposite, KH1 is more challenging… I’m guessing you may have meant the same because you voted for it. 😛

Round 1 – Battle 12

Saix

And yet another member of Organization XIII… they’ve been doing well so far, and this one’s a pretty significantly badass one. Even though he’s member VII, he practically takes on the role of Xemnas’s number two, both in KHII and in 358/2. He’s one of the few that’s actually pure evil, shows no regret for any actions, and you wouldn’t wanna mess with him. He’s the one representing the Berserker Nobodies, and the last one of the crew you get to defeat before Xemnas. Fighting him is like fighting the Berserkers, same moves and reaction commands and such. As a reward you get your final upgrade for the Drive Gauge, and an Item slot for Goofy… and another Ansem report.

VS.

Jafar KH2

Agrabah takes an interesting turn in KH2, being mostly about Iago after Jafar is confined, but because he’s the poster villain they somehow have to show him again, so of course the sultan lets him out of the lamp… and what a battle that comes out to be. This is a rather unique battle, he’s back as a genie, and it’s actually fought while flying on a carpet miles above the city itself, and utilizes it with reaction commands. This battle might utilize it a little too far… sometimes he throws houses at you. Or pieces of the city. Okay. Reward is a Fire spell upgrade, and the Wishing Lamp keyblade!

I’ll go with Saix to keep up the streak. But hey just wondering, anyone know if the Agrabah events in this game happen in any of the Aladdin sequels? Or was it just made up?

To answer your question about the events in Agrabah for KHII, I don’t think so. As I recall, they never had to enter the Cave of Wonders again in the sequel. So, it appears that the story for Agrabah in KHII was somewhat original to the game. Correct me if I’m wrong though…

Saix by a long shot, KH1 Jafar was alot better then this one.

And as far as the correlation to the movies, well, obviously, Jafar returned in The Return of Jafar, but it was Abis Mal who freed him, not the Peddler. Also, what The Master said about the whole thing with Iago, but changed around

Saix 5-0 Jafar KH2

That’s Saix keeping up not only the victory streak for Organization XIII, but also the blowout streak. Yes, they’ve all won in blowouts so far… leaving Jafar two more chances.

Round 1 – Battle 13

Pete (Timeless River)

(Note: Seperate from Olympus Pete. Obviously.)
So… this consists of several parts. Pete, who is Maleficent’s sidekick in this game, decided to go back in time to the Timeless River to steal the cornerstone so they can get in the castle… but also wants his steamboat back.
So, first you kick around past Pete a bit, then free the cornerstone, then the big battle which concludes both the Timeless River and Disney Castle levels for good. The battle itself is pretty cool, as not only past-Pete helps out, but you get taken through the four different portals through different scenarios throughout the battle! Some have reaction commands that utilize the specific scenarios. Also, rewards galore: Sora’s Slapshot, Goofy and Donald’s Tornado and Fantasia limits, the Reflect element magic, the Monochrome keyblade… and finally the WISDOM drive form!

VS.

Protect Minnie

I consider this sort of a boss battle, since you get to use Minnie and it’s at the end of Disney Castle kind of. Plus, Bolt Towers at this stage are a little tough.
So, Donald and Goofy are gone for this battle to warn everyone, so you just have Queen Minnie who has a damage bar which must not fill. You must escort her to the the audience chamber where in the hall there’s an OVERWHELMING (but finite) number of Shadows, and then once in there through a group of Bolt Towers. She has one "Faith" ability which repels Heartless and can help. Once you make it across, you get the Auto Summon ability and an Accessory slot.

I think I’ll go with Pete TR.

The other was a joke. You could just use faith all the time and kill 4-5 enemies with one shot. I’m not sure why this is in the rumble.

Timeless-Pete 5-0 Protect Minnie

Another blowout there… understandable, that wasn’t a true boss fight, but I find it enough of an event battle to be considered such.

And by the way I included several things that are like that, and things that may be considered a joke… like some of the struggle battles, sure they’ll probably be shafted, but then again they have the character factor so you never know.

Round 1 – Battle 14

Leon with Yuffie

Two of our FF heroes that Sora first meets in Traverse Town, who serve sort of as mentors. Once the Pegasus Cup is held in the Colosseum, they’re your final hurdle. Yuffie has less HP, but she can heal and throw her Shuriken at you which you can reflect back. Leon’s another story, he’s tough, and once his HP is down a certain point he whips out his ultimate Lionheart gunblade. For winning you get the Strike Raid ability which is VERY useful. You can also challenge yourself by fighting them alone, or on a timer, and get more bonuses.
(Note, for these such people, rather than separate them by character, I decided to do it by combination in which you fight them, because that’s more what it’s about).

VS.

Grim Reaper

This is the medallion boss concluding the Port Royal saga, brought on by Luxord (who just made it to round 2). You actually get to kick the Reaper around on the ship a bit before getting to fight it, rewarding you Summon Boost and Goofy’s Draw which is convenient for the medallions. This can be a very frustrating fight getting all 882 of the medallions in the chest to break the curse so you can hit him, but it’s definitely memorable. It must drive most crazy when the Grim Reaper steals the medallions, but there’s a sweet reaction command to remedy that. Rewards are Magnet magic upgrade, and Donald’s second limit Flare Force!

This is a tough one… I’ll go with the Grim Reaper.

Color me surprised… I thought Leon and Yuffie would be more popular. But the medallion-hoarding Grim Reaper comes out on top instead!

Round 1 – Battle 15

Jafar (KH1)

(Note: NOT the Genie yet)
So KH2’s Jafar wasn’t too lucky, but here he is with another shot (and another yet to come). This is the first fight with Jafar in the Lamp Chamber, when he’s got possession of the lamp, so unfortunately our Genie helps him on his side. He can be hard to reach, and uses magic. Reward is an upgrade to Blizzara magic.

VS.

Hades (KH1)

Feel the heat!
Just like it’s opponent, another Disney boss who we’ve already seen in this round from the other game… except KH2’s Hades already has a place in round two.
So, another Disney character battle, except, the odd thing about this battle is that this is the ONLY Disney villain in the game who’s fight is completely optional and somewhat hidden. In KH1, Hades fights you in the 40th (out of 50) battle in the Hades cup challenge, with a little scene before and after you beat him. Even though he’s in the middle of the tournament, you get the Disney boss theme when you fight him rather than the usual Colosseum theme. As a reward, you get the last Gravity upgrade to Graviga, and an Ansem Report. And… a rather funny scene. You can also challenge yourself fighting him alone or getting through him on a timer.

This time I’ll go with Hades… sorry Jafar.