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NEWS: Skrillex, Hikaru Utada Collaborate on Kingdom Hearts III Game's Opening Song




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HK16



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:30 am Reply with quote
So it is a Western song. smh This generation of gaming continues to get scary.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:32 am Reply with quote
Well that's disgusting. Not so much because it's "western" but because Skrillex's "music" isn't a good match for a game like this.

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is also performing Kingdom Hearts III's theme song, "Don't Think Twice" (the song in Japanese is titled "Chikai" or "Oath")


Actually, Don't Think Twice and "Chikai" are two different songs. Same background music but lyrics are completely different.
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#854626



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:15 am Reply with quote
See, what will really get the fans nostalgia going is a breaking Benjamin song Haha. I still remember all the square rpg fan mv's with breaking benjamin. Lots of shipping. The fans were all girls shipping the guys and girls together. 10 years later, ff15 comes out and now it's all girls dressing up as the guys. Theres nothing wrong with that, its just crazy how much can change in 10 years.
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raidenthingamaj



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:18 am Reply with quote
Hey if junkie xl and daft punk can do the style of music that you're saying skrillex can't do then maybe Laughing Laughing Laughing
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Crystalyn
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:31 am Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:
Actually, Don't Think Twice and "Chikai" are two different songs. Same background music but lyrics are completely different.


That's what we were trying to get across, but since it seems unclear, I edited the article a bit to clarify that. I've also added in more details about the single (the single will include English and Japanese versions of both songs).
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immblueversion





PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:17 am Reply with quote
So the plan all along WAS to remix "Don't Think Twice" for the opening, but Utada was having second thoughts about that.

I'm not as worried or baffled as others might feel, because it's still Utada's work, and Skrillex has made some KH-esque songs in later years.
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Tenbyakugon



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 9:12 am Reply with quote
HK16 wrote:
So it is a Western song. smh This generation of gaming continues to get scary.


Kougeru wrote:
Well that's disgusting. Not so much because it's "western" but because Skrillex's "music" isn't a good match for a game like this.


The world is very fortunate that ignorance isn’t the foundation for fact, lol.
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BreathoftheWater



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:42 pm Reply with quote
Skrillex?! Oh God, I'm gonna puke...
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Gemnist



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 3:22 pm Reply with quote
immblueversion wrote:
So the plan all along WAS to remix "Don't Think Twice" for the opening, but Utada was having second thoughts about that.

I'm not as worried or baffled as others might feel, because it's still Utada's work, and Skrillex has made some KH-esque songs in later years.


While I’m not worried (artists do calmer songs all the time), it is definitely baffling. I mean - Skrillex? Plus, I don’t even see the need to remix it; sure, Light/Simple and Clean was remixed, and the remix is more popular than the original, but Passion/Sanctuary was not remixed and that worked out ten times better. Also, given the somewhat mixed reaction to Oath/Don’t Think Twice, and the more somber tone of the game, I think that having it as the intro would do more favors than Face My Fears (unless Face My Fears is also somber).
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kakoishii



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:15 pm Reply with quote
Gemnist wrote:
Plus, I don’t even see the need to remix it; sure, Light/Simple and Clean was remixed, and the remix is more popular than the original, but Passion/Sanctuary was not remixed and that worked out ten times better. Also, given the somewhat mixed reaction to Oath/Don’t Think Twice, and the more somber tone of the game, I think that having it as the intro would do more favors than Face My Fears (unless Face My Fears is also somber).

While Passion/Sanctuary technically wasn't remixed, the after the battle version they play at the end of the game is slower than the version of the song they play in the opening credits.

I'm not going to judge Face My Fears until I hear it. Whether you like or hate Skrillex, Utada is still going to be the main vocalist and she hasn't let me down yet.
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 8:35 pm Reply with quote
HK16 wrote:
So it is a Western song. smh This generation of gaming continues to get scary.


I'm not defending Skillrex or anything, but what's wrong with a song produced in the west being used in a Japanese game? You also realize Utada was born here, right? So you're shaking your head at her too.
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Khouji



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 12:33 am Reply with quote
I'm a fan of Utada Hikaru especially her song "First Love".
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 5:09 am Reply with quote
Hard to imagine that the theme song will or might be infused with EDM.
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