Dearly Beloved & Hikari (Live at Symphony Hall)

"Dearly Beloved" is the opening theme to all Kingdom Hearts series games and is composed by Yoko Shimomura. "Dearly Beloved" is considered the main theme of the Kingdom Hearts series.

Hikari" (Japanese: 光, "light") is a song recorded by Japanese–American recording artist Utada Hikaru for her fourth studio and third Japanese language album, Deep River (2002). It premiered on March 20, 2002 as the third single from the album in Japan. It was written and composed by Utada, whilst production and arrangement was handled by Utada, her father Teruzane Utada, and long-time collaborator Miyake Akira. The single, and a remix by Russell McNamara (under the alias PlanitB), was used as the official Japanese theme song for the 2002 action role-playing video game Kingdom Hearts, and appeared on its original soundtrack respectively. Musically, "Hikari" is pop folk song. Lyrically, it is about mysteries in life and human activities.

Dearly Beloved & Hikari performed by Video Game Orchestra. Recorded at Boston Symphony Hall on October 7th, 2012. VGO is a Boston-based "Rockestra" that performs their own arrangements of video game music with a rock band, full orchestra and choir creating the most epic and massive sound force. Produced by Shota Nakama Arranged by Shota Nakama & Naoto Kubo Mixed by Alex & Warren (Epilogue Studio) Mastered by Falk Would like to know more about VGO? Check us out from the links below! Website: www.vgo-online.com Twitter: @theVGO Facebook: VGOOnline