Kingdom Hearts Missing Link - Dearly Beloved Full Version

[@csfwatson]

The fact that Yoko Shimomura is able to take a song she composed back in 2002 and is still able to improve upon it with unique takes will never cease to amaze me.

[@Aid1043]

Agreed, although the Missing-Link version was actually not Shimomura's doing. The arrangement and orchestration was handled entirely by Tomomichi Takeoka, who previously did orchestrations for a few of Yuko Komiyama's arrangements in 0.2 and Re Mind.

[@TheBoxNasty]

@@Aid1043where is this I can’t find the info on that anywhere

[@aoto8897]

This one is not my Yoko, it’s arranged by someone else.

[@Aid1043]

@@TheBoxNasty It's on Takeoka's personal website, he listed himself for arrangement and orchestration (編曲、オーケストレーション) for the "KINGDOM HEARTS Missing-Link Trailer" (YT won't let me link it)

[@Kingdom850]

@@aoto8897 Source? I'm curious to hear the arranger's work.

[@kennethford3550]

The Choir backing was the true missing link

[@GalakStari]

Or maybe the real missing link was the friends we made along the way.

[@K3NB0T]

@@GalakStari When you really think about it... Wouldn't this choir be all of our friends? ARE THE BACKING VOCALS TRULY THIS POWERFUL?!?

[@GalakStari]

@@K3NB0TI guess you could say our friends are our power 😮

[@Crafty_boy70]

Cause it's been missing since KH1?

[@frajiembernada7886]

Peter Parker clapping almost in tune is the best thing ever!

[@ladariustownsel5552]

I know perfect

[@alphabladelm2011]

And we do talk about this.

[@dixonjt89]

Man...usually Dearly Beloved is soft and slow almost like it's telling a sad story between two people, but this feels like it's a joyous occasion between lots of people, like it's the peak of keyblade wielding.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

In a way, it is; Barring the early days of Daybreak Town, this city is basically the end to a society of Keyblade wielders. (Something that has been nearly impossible to recover from even by the time of Birth by Sleep and Re-Mind.)

[@Ghostel3591]

It sounds like a celebration of a Silver Age of Keyblade Wielders. A triumphant march of an era brought forth by Ephemer never giving up and rebuilding on a ruins of a sunken city... Accomplishing a task seemingly impossible but succeding in spite of it all. Last horray for a time before Scala Ad Caelum's Dark Road times where it feels already stagnant, its glory fading away.

[@flygonkerel781]

The keyblade wielders are basically Jedi. The union members were child soldiers in a time of conflict/war. The remnants created a society that was more devoted to keeping the peace/study, and in the present day there are very few remaining

[@triforcetrainer64]

With this version I can almost imagine a bunch of keyblade weilders in like a big dining hall in a castle banging cups and clapping as they sing it

[@Arc115YT]

Ye like on some Viking time. I can totally picture that. Missing Link is gonna be so cool.

[@viniciussousa17]

OMG ITS HIGH SCHOOL KEY WYELDERS

[@blackbeltgamer98fire-spitt96]

Good gravy. This version is quite a new spin. Most of the time this song is more like a quiet lullaby but now? It just became something triumphant and epic…Yoko, you mad composing genius!!!

[@alexfrostwalker]

I see it like they're singing in a stadium together

[@rabbitbeargaming2441]

Yes! Or an academy of keyblade weilders singing their school anthem

[@nonamegiven202]

They can take your world, they can take your heart, cut you loose from all you know. But if the music is bopping then every step forward, will always be a step closer to the dance party.

[@487trentos]

Why did I read this in a Scottish accent, like the speech in Braveheart? 😂😂

[@introvertednerd0252]

This is the best😂

[@nonamegiven202]

@@487trentos now i do want to hear Haley Joel Osment give the KH3 starting speech as a Scottish Sora.

[@K3NB0T]

@@nonamegiven202 The Bagpipes of Destiny intensify?

[@simosa.sokariz]

Underrated comment

[@TheExtras]

I didn't think there would be a better rendition than the melody of memory one but THIS ONE HITS DIFFERENT

[@LeMelleKH2]

I honestly didnt love the Melody of Memory as much! Probs just the jazz major in me, I wish they had gotten some real jazz musicians, or a big band, instead of a classical orchestra trying to imitate jazz. This one is up there with II and III for me

[@jamesboone8379]

Took the words out of my mouth

[@Ingisen]

This hits harder than my dad with his belt

[@TheGamersJoint]

The upbeat tempo just HITS, while it’s still not my favourite it certainly stands out. So good!

[@Ingisen]

@@TheGamersJoint Wonder what else Y.S. is cookin' up... The OST is just as anticipated as the game itself

[@KingArthur101]

EVERY VERSION OF DEARLY BELOVED IS A BANGER

[@joelquintanilla917]

I like your picture bro

[@kaidoq8647]

​@@joelquintanilla917 hello other me

[@elsawithginathedreamdragon3952]

The choir singing gives a completely new feel to it. And all the dance memes were great. 😂

[@NABITO700]

I love the vibe they’re going for with the new dearly beloved’s

[@GipsyD29]

I love that they're branching Dearly Beloved out into more genres. We all expected KH3's to be very large and grand and emotional. Then MoM came out and slapped us in the face with that jazz. And now Missing Link's got that acapella going strong.

[@KFro9k]

This gives off the same vibe as someone going to a prestigious school, and being completely awe struck by the sight of it all while another person gives them a tour of the whole facility.

[@Kira1Lawliet]

We makin' it outta reality with this one!

[@kag2576]

TOMOMICHI! DOES! NOT! MISS!

[@aoto8897]

This one is not made by Yoko, it’s made by a man named Tomomichi.

[@kag2576]

@@aoto8897 Should have checked my sources, I kind of went with everyone else in the excitement but you're very much correct. Considering the man's track record though I will simply edit the comment as the statement very much stands for him

[@creepersgobanggaming610]

There was no reason for this to go as hard as it did…but good god am I here for it, this is some of the best KH music I’ve ever heard.

[@Aid1043]

This was *not Yoko Shimomura* . The arrangement and orchestration was handled entirely by Tomomichi Takeoka, who previously did orchestrations for a few of Yuko Komiyama's arrangements in 0.2 and Re Mind (and a couple of songs in the World of Tres orchestra). Source: On Takeoka's personal website, he listed himself for arrangement and orchestration (編曲、オーケストレーション) for the "KINGDOM HEARTS Missing-Link Trailer" (YT won't let me link it)

[@HiteronHD]

I suddenly heard Demyx saying in my head: "Keep to the beat!"

[@Anthony_Smith365]

Could you imagine if this played during Sora's reveal trailer for Smash? I would of *ascended.*

[@windwaker2094]

HMK actually made a video of it

[@passenger1209]

IMO the original is better

[@supersonic4989]

Same

[@foofynono123]

When that beat drops I fell like I need to start marching, like a cheerleader at a football game, and that's how Kingdom Heart music should make you feel!

[@montesantacruz]

Man, is it just me or does anyone else feel like they were sent back to school for assembly in the gym to see the school band perform for graduation send off?

[@Salikino]

This has made me more excited for Missing Link than anything else!

[@WilyGryphon]

Man, we got the music release EIGHT MONTHS ago and we still have no solid word on when the mobile game is actually releasing.

[@Nobodylikesme246]

Truly one of the greatest iterations of dearly beloved

[@lendoriss]

They really, just made one of the best versions, just to be the missing link we are searching for a year

[@HellfireComms]

Waited so long for this! It's so good.

[@Neatrior]

Well, I did not think they could top the Nostalgic effect of Dearly Beloved from Kh1 on me, but this just hits different and immediately SLAPS. Lets go BOYS!

[@rinyahto3852]

This version really feels like a celebration of the series, and everytime i listen to it, it gets just that little bit higher in my ears

[@setowolftsune8206]

Kingdom hearts MoM's dearly beloved was the only One to make me dance when I first heard it. But the second this song touched my ears, I couldn't help but get down and boogie like Sora in KHDDD. It's a goddamn Eargasm that just made me move automatically without me thinking

[@davidhuapaya4450]

Dearly beloved is one of the most amazing tracks I've ever heard, and I've always wanted to hear the missing-link version since I first heard it from the trailer

[@dragonkingwishes99]

this sounds so good. this became one of my favorite rendition of this song

[@S.A.O.D.A]

Yoko could stumble out of a bar black-out drunk at 3AM, throw a dart with her toes at an eagle flying 300km/h 5 miles away and she _STILL_ wouldn't miss.

[@tenebraequeene]

Damn, they didn't have to go so hard!

[@nich2710]

But they did and we fricking LOVE IT!!!

[@devilovesdevil]

Dearly Beloved just keeps getting more and more hyped and I love it

[@roxashunter8879]

That clap synch at the beginning was perfect.

[@Trelle012]

If u going to the Church on Sunday Mornings and they're singing their choir

[@kimbatai]

Church wouldn’t be a drag if the choir played this

[@jonathangarner4420]

Just keep in mind you're they're for god not the spectical friend

[@denniusmaximus8668]

Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and KZbin to MP3 this one right quick...

[@supermike929]

Truly amazing

[@astropond5081]

Yoko’s talent for music is amazing.

[@Justriley3000]

Absolute banger

[@tonyvazquez581]

I love this theme

[@blakepoling4860]

all those characters being in the same place truly captures what makes kingdom Hearts so beautiful. :)

[@vmkblaster1]

The voices at 1:32 are just magnificent! I’ve been waiting for this since the first trailer!

[@renamamiya2279]

Okay okay, it's the best version of Dearly Beloved! 🥰👌🏼

[@ZKDaniel]

Kingdom Hearts amazes me on how beautiful one song can be I swear it so emotional but this version has that joyful youth main character vibe Hopefully our character gets a good ending and so does brain

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

Given even the Book of Prophecies doesn't know what happened here, we're very much in the dark on what's going on; However, we know the player survives as they last all the way until the start of Dark Road.

[@ZKDaniel]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 it'll probably answer a lot of questions and leave a lot more questions

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@ZKDaniel That's Kingdom Hearts for ya; Answers questions, but also creates more questions. Only time will tell for the results.

[@annalisa32]

@@dragonbornexpress5650The player in Dark Road is their third life though, so they eventually die after Missing Link too

[@karlrassmann4604]

Very interested in how this is the first and only Dearly Beloved to have vocals. Could we ever see/hear a version with lyrics?

[@zephyrias]

Cries in somnus…

[@silly_sue2]

Why does this go so hard!!! I especially didn’t expect the upbeat ending! Every dearly beloved just hits in all the right ways. ✨

[@rxby2099]

So glad you're back and uploading;-; missed you Cynical

[@krowking123]

You did NOT need to go this HARD- *Dies of Peak Fiction*

[@KaizoraXll13]

Now i wanna hear this on a orchestra

[@MrStackman2011]

The reason it’s dearly beloved is because it never misses and we dearly love each iteration

[@sama-san3491]

Just wanted to say we love and appreciate you, brother 🥲 God bless and good look hunting shadows 🙏🏾

[@thegambler975]

We're finding the master of masters with this one 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Gummydargon]

The choir, the clapping and when it went to the 2nd tempo and when the beat went a bit faster I almost lost my mind!!!🤯🤯🤯 Could not believe this was the dearly beloveded song I grew up with 🥺💞

[@baronvonpiano7625]

It sounds like the intro music that would be played in the stadium if Sora and the Guardians were about to play basketball against the Foretellers. ...Space Jam world confirmed? Lmao.

[@YopAlonso]

Thank you so much for the vibes.

[@fanddoma]

GOD, I NEED THIS GAME❤

[@harrysgirl101]

I cant take this seriously with all the dancing going on lol😂

[@TheSidorak12]

This hits so hard!!!!! God i love it!

[@TheSlashmaster7]

They can't keep doing this. Every new version is just better than the last. I'd jam to Melody of Memory all the time but this just surpasses it no question!

[@Burial18]

This La La Land version is awesome

[@leilaclarridge5807]

This feels like an anthem, like this is the theme of Scala ad Caelum as a nation of Keyblade Wielders. It fits the idea of an city entirely made up of what would effectively be a standing army of powerful magic knights.

[@ryanstarkweather3625]

it's like a call back to all the other games blended like a smoothy.

[@goldexp1882]

WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT OUT OF SCALA WITH THIS ONE!!!

[@procrastinationstation3343]

I have a feeling that by the end of this game I’m going to be crying. This just sounds so amazing and victorious almost like a cheer or a victory cry. But then I remember this is about an era that is lost to time. So it makes me think that by the end of the game that’s all going to come crashing down. And maybe we will get a sad, more longing and nostalgic, version of Dearly Beloved to counter this victorious rally. In remembrance of a bygone era that is doomed to be forgotten. I

[@tinashejunior4577]

Best version of dearly beloved

[@LucasDanielCab5]

This feels like if Deary Beloved played during a training montage

[@sighiwishihadagoodus]

WHAT BANGER DUDE WTH

[@bohemiangamezxd1330]

This Dearly Beloved feels like a Link To All

[@riamu94]

Bully Mcguire is ALWAYS on beat, i love it.

[@TrevortheTrainFan]

Lovin’ it! ❤

[@thefrozenshadowking]

This is the best version of dearly beloved I’ve ever heard

[@animalcrossingdude01]

Absolute BOP!

[@Fenixisreal]

Bruh the first clap being syced

[@kennylacombe]

I loved it! The theme song was good too.

[@kingleonidas2182]

It’s like every time they think “can we beat the last one?”

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@peefromtmv Assuming it will even use Dearly Beloved; The music used in the KH4 reveal trailer was VERY different.

[@gillettbluerazor]

amazing visuals

[@ezekieldunagan130]

WOOHOO! LOVE IT! 😭👍

[@bigguy952]

I love in the beginning they added in the March and stepping. It’s a new variation and works so well as we enter the next saga of this continuing franchise

[@nessiebwur]

Holy crapola THIS SLAPS SO HARD!!! ❤ May your hearts be your guiding keys!!

[@MANNY100123]

amazing!

[@novembermil371]

I didnt want to hear it but I just couldn't wait!!! This is soo good!!!!

[@thogameskanaal]

Remember that chapter where SpongeBob SquarePants visited Scala Ad Caelum and did a wacky little dance with Dearly Beloved playing in the background? That's my favorite KH moment to this day! It only cost me $1999.95. And my car. And my mom's pension.

[@Baralai]

1:07 this part reminds me of being in marching band. I would have died if we played a Kh song in marching band

[@ThatBoySonder]

Banger. 'Nuff said.

[@ricaroo3284]

Finallllllly a clean versioooonnn

[@gigablast4129]

this was a banger

[@soragranda]

Is gorgeous :'/.

[@ShadyVixen25]

This hit me right in the FEELS. ❤

[@ladariustownsel5552]

Everyone is perfectly dancing to dearly beloved's beat (can't wait to see what secrets and truths need to be made in this story.)

[@Enzevil]

DAAYYYUUMMMM!!!!

[@AlphaCross64]

Finally!!!! Thank you!

[@trickysmithy9154]

This has the feeling of entering the greatest keyboard welder city ever existed: Scala ad Caelum. The city is just bussing with life. Crazy how Ephemer rebuilt an already great city and made it better

[@Lillymu961]

This is the official party anthem of the KH fandom. This and Melody of Memory's version. Nice! :) Watch KH4's version be this dramatic, epic rendition that factors in as much of Somnus from FFXV that it can get away with. I don't know how Yoko Shimomura keeps topping herself but can we all agree that she's one of THE girl bosses of video game music? That lady just keeps slaying us like we were the Heartless all along.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

The KH4 trailer already played a new theme, though I cannot remember what it was called. (It was played at the Second Breath concert.)

[@spiralkingxiii9496]

How just how did yoko manage to absolutely cook like gordon ramsey on this 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@strungger]

That is some spicy turkey cooked shit, OMG

[@Widowsaint]

This legit sounds like dearly beloved Christmas edition lol

[@MrEYD]

This is the best dearly beloved 🎉

[@simosa.sokariz]

This is amazing. Peter Parker is on time too!

[@requiem8940]

"you never know who you'll run into next"