The 2016 Classic FM Hall of Fame is reaching the end and once again Yoko Shimomura's amazing work in Kingdom Hearts has reached 31st place with 'March Caprice for Piano and Orchestra' from the first Kingdom Hearts game! Last year, the main theme, or Hikari 光 (Simple and Clean) Orchestral Instrumental Version, ranked at 30th place, so this year it did go down by one place but it is still amazing that Kingdom Hearts managed to stay so high in the rankings!

 

 

'The Other Promise' was also available to vote for, but unfortunately didn't make it into the final 300. There are a few other compositions though that did make it in the top 300 and also featured in Kingdom Hearts series:

[*]'He's a Pirate' ranked at 264th (featured in Kingdom Hearts II)

[*]'A Night on the Bare Mountain' ranked at 223rd (featured in Kingdom Hearts I & Dream Drop Distance)

[*]'Nutcracker' ranked 61st (featured in Dream Drop Distance)

[*]'Symphony No.6 in F major Op.68' ranked at 8th (featured in Dream Drop Distance)

What do you think of Kingdom Hearts' place in the top 300? A good place for it to be or do you think it should have been better? Leave your comments below and show your appreciation for Yoko Shimomura's magnificent work throughout the franchise!

 

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No Fantasia alla marcia? Really? That one blows March Caprice out of the water so hard it's not even funny.

 

(Also, the site is refusing to load for some reason.)

she make a good soundtrack 

I feel like there are many more deserving classical composers who should be ranked above Shimomura. Yes, she's great at what she does but I feel like more than anything she got this ranking because "Oooh composes for a famous video game series" Which just leaves me feeling disappointed.

 

I haven't checked the site due to it's refusal to load, but I assume this isn't for video game composers exclusively.

I feel like there are many more deserving classical composers who should be ranked above Shimomura. Yes, she's great at what she does but I feel like more than anything she got this ranking because "Oooh composes for a famous video game series" Which just leaves me feeling disappointed.

 

I haven't checked the site due to it's refusal to load, but I assume this isn't for video game composers exclusively.

 

Yeah there are a few video game tunes in the hall of fame, and I believe Final Fantasy was the top of all video games! These options are purely pieces that have featured in Kingdom Hearts; there are many brilliant tunes in the hall of fame but for obvious reason couldn't fit all 300 in the poll.

Aggggggh. Where was this in the game? I can't remember.

Aggggggh. Where was this in the game? I can't remember.

 

 

March Caprice? It is during the credits of Kingdom Hearts 1

31st you say?