This was the most epic part of the game. It felt badass desperately fighting off powerful heartless with nothing but a stick and your badass sole companion, Beast while this song was playing. They were in the ultimate underdog situation with the odds stacked against them but they still kept pushing and saved their girls in the end.
@blickeroni: SO TRUE. It just had this immensely satisfying feeling to it to have these advanced Heartless like the Darkball and Defenders get MAULED by Beast while Sora has a wooden sword that barley affects them. Like you said, loved the Underdog feel to it.
This music is truly amazing it gives such a state of urgency and desperation showing to the player its time to fight for the sake of not sora's world but everyone's worlds, its also brilliant hearing this because it gives a great sense of growth from the player and how far they and Sora have come theres no going back now.
@@danielburch824 i mean they were meant to, this was a final end game area, the rest was just a hub area, makes sense they're not as sinister and have a bit of a more whimsical feel to them.
@@Crowens I honestly would have preferred if they just added a different track for Radiant Garden instead of using the one from Hollow Bastian I know both places are technically the same but we also git a different location + battle theme for the Underworld in Olympus so I dont see why they wouldn’t make a separate theme for the areas of Radiant Garden while the destroyed areas of the world (as seen in KH 2 that weren’t fixed and away from civilization) could still have kept the Hollow Bastion themes
From what I heard while playing the Kingdom hearts games Sora was never meant to get the Kingdom key keyblade but apparently Riku was when I played bbs. So in kh1 Riku was sorta right when he said Sora was the delivery boy. But that changed in the entrance hall before fighting Riku. I think the keyblade knew its real chosen welder was Sora after all
like young xehanort said: the keyblade just moved down the list, if riku wasn't pure enough to wield it, sora was the second option, since he actually learned how to use it alone
@@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565 that wasn't entirely true though. riku took it from sora after falling almost completely. sora basically forced the keyblade to go back to him via sheer willpower. and friendship.
I always wondered if i was the only one that got that feel when this specific music came on. Always wrecked up everything on that world when that music started playing.
Getting the Keyblade back was pretty much what makes this theme feel so triumphant to me. It feels like Sora's pumping himself up over the fact that he can now get back at the Heartless that gave him so much shit at the beginning of the world.
This is the point when this game looks, feel and act like a Final Fantasy. Also the beggining of the game is like Final Fantasy X in FFX Tidus came from a city to an island, in KH 1 is the same but in the opposite way, Sora came from an island to a city
These two games came out not that far away from each other actually, so it's very easy to believe that the thought process was still on FFX when they were making this.
This was the best area of the game. Always looked forward to coming here. And let's not forget the single hardest boss in KH1 and 2, side quest bosses notwithstanding.
Remember when Kingdom Hearts was just about a kid teaming up with Disney characters to stop an evil villain from enshrouding the world in darkness and nothing else?
I will never forgive Hollow Bastion for the hours of indescribable pain I got from having to use the lift stop to find my way to a room that had a chest of dogs so I could get areoga just to go to a room with no handle bars, falling down and having to do it all over just to get to the room I was looking for only to realize the chest was in a different room.
Spent soooo much time leveling Sora here. I liked the music and it was towards the end of the game so in my 10 year old mind this was the best place to level up.
Sooo my best friend just told me that apparently they played this in the funeral home at her grandmother's viewing... This and the Simple & Clean score. Dafuq.
+Samantha Hogan Maybe it was showing her grandmother's fight between life and death life being Simple and Clen and death being Hollow Bastion fight music
First starting hearing this when Sora was wandering aimlessly with a wooden sword with Beast by his side. It looked all over for Sora, with the Shadow, Darkball, and Defender heartless coming at him and looking like they’ll finish him. But then Beast stepped up and MAULED them, allowing Sora to move forward. Loved that underdog feel to it!!!
This is definetly the place where Kingdom Hearts was turned from a colorful children's book feel into a darkened anime fighting series. I love the game, but this brings back bad words and angry thoughts, because the boss fights here (Mainly the Dragon and Ansem-Possessed Riku battles) were so freaking hard.
@@Leonardo-hd1bb riku 2 is a little tricky without prop leveling, i remember i had to cast heal a lot on the second battle, but ye dodging his attacks isn't hard once you learn to parry and dodge on the right time
One of the best games of all time. Music was amazing and it actually FITS the game. Best game I have played in my 21 years of life. To this day is still play all the kh series
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KH1 just had such a different vibe to it than the other games. Can't say I prefer one over the other but I really loved it's style. The random extra bosses, special attacks, worlds.
Trust me we're out there. I think a lot of people who preferred KH2 are the ones who played KH2 first. Which were sadly a lot of people because KH2 got way more hype than KH1. KH1 was clearly better as far as story went which is why I preferred it, however Kingdom Hearts 2 did have one awesome battle system hahaha.
+Dodgy Dingoz i like the sistem battle of kh2 the kh1 sistem battle i like more or less than kh2 sistem ( and my firts scherzo di notte is from kh chain of memories gba)
My favorite part of this world was fighting Riku fo the first time. The music just added to the the sadness of his betrayal and made the fight a whole lot more epic.
the awsome thing about this is :in kh 1 this world comes out almost last but in kh 2 this comes out the 2nd, the song is still being used when on combat, cloud,squall,tifa,yuffie,sephiroth is in this world, you get to see cloud and sephiroth fight in this world, and it reveals the true name "radiant garden" in kh 2
I'm quite certain they changed the name in order to fit the scenery of BBS otherwise it wouldn't make sense. Hollow Bastion actually means empty fortress. But it would be intriguing if it wasn't changed... KH1 > dark castle, assaulted by heartless and darkness that's fortified with intricate transportation systems to get around. >named Hollow Bastion. KH fans:sounds fitting. BBS >exotic castle that is inhabited by people with radiant fountains. >named Hollow Bastion. KH fans:what?!
If it wasn't for the most beautiful battle music ever, I might have taken a long break at this part of the game. The enemies were so hard to beat and required a big difference in mentality when playing the game.
This music just reminds me how this one level respectively kicked the shit out of the rest of the series. The events that took place were just so intense.
that fact that you party attack with out you controling them is a unique thing I cant tell you how many times donald or goofy saved my ass when I was on the brink of death
Thank you! That is so correct. Many of the people who label the game as such really need to play the game's opening again. Alternatively make it to Hollow Bastion. I dunno why but as soon as Ansem comes into play the game gets a lot darker.
It was all that together.It was parts from different worlds that were consumed by the heartless.It had parts of maleficent's castle+beast's castle+(and mainly) parts of radiant garden
@CosmicTitan1 i have to admit. i was really interested in the series from kh up.but after playing kingdom hearts 2, i pretty much fell in love with it, and realized how much of an idiot not realizing sooner how great this game is. kh2 is my fave so far
I kept Beast in my party on my next playthrough. Made the experience more epic especially going up against Maleficent. Her Dragon Form didnt stand a chance between me and Beast
"STEP ASIDE!" "KEEP FIGHTING!"
I could've sworn it was "move aside"...
i thought he said OUTSIDE
"HA! GOTCHA NOW!"
“GET UP”
@@RenlinkMorales lol
This was the most epic part of the game. It felt badass desperately fighting off powerful heartless with nothing but a stick and your badass sole companion, Beast while this song was playing. They were in the ultimate underdog situation with the odds stacked against them but they still kept pushing and saved their girls in the end.
Beast is best combat partner.
That was the one occasion where I had to rely mostly on offensive spells.
Heh Ultimate
@blickeroni: SO TRUE. It just had this immensely satisfying feeling to it to have these advanced Heartless like the Darkball and Defenders get MAULED by Beast while Sora has a wooden sword that barley affects them. Like you said, loved the Underdog feel to it.
I reached hollow bastion, watched the cut scene. Next day I had school. I ran home, because i couldnt stop thinking about soras journey
The theme of Beast absolutely decimating Darkballs while you jump around with your wooden sword
This music is truly amazing it gives such a state of urgency and desperation showing to the player its time to fight for the sake of not sora's world but everyone's worlds, its also brilliant hearing this because it gives a great sense of growth from the player and how far they and Sora have come theres no going back now.
Perfect meaning dude. Couldn't have said it any better myself
+Jack williams-bukac Yes, yes and yes. Captured all the right emotions.
and im happy that im not the only one who think the same
Here's my experience with this stage:
Sora: HYA
Donald: ACK!
*Sounds of lightning*
Goofy: HOuYA
Donald: Awwww...
Sora: Donald!
Donald: Thank you!
Goofy: HOuYA
Donald: Awwww....
Me: FUCK! !
Goofy: HOuYA!
dont forget to mention the dreaded
Goofy: OOOOIIILLL
i dont think he actually says oil but it sounds like it
Poor Donald. Was always squishy
@@glennquagmire1896 LOL! Thanks for that memory 😂
So funni and le random
Best version of Hollow Bastion. It was just so intimidating.
All the other variants after this one just never had the same feel to it. KH2 and BBS just sounded watered down
@@danielburch824 i mean they were meant to, this was a final end game area, the rest was just a hub area, makes sense they're not as sinister and have a bit of a more whimsical feel to them.
@@Crowens I honestly would have preferred if they just added a different track for Radiant Garden instead of using the one from Hollow Bastian
I know both places are technically the same but we also git a different location + battle theme for the Underworld in Olympus so I dont see why they wouldn’t make a separate theme for the areas of Radiant Garden while the destroyed areas of the world (as seen in KH 2 that weren’t fixed and away from civilization) could still have kept the Hollow Bastion themes
From what I heard while playing the Kingdom hearts games Sora was never meant to get the Kingdom key keyblade but apparently Riku was when I played bbs. So in kh1 Riku was sorta right when he said Sora was the delivery boy. But that changed in the entrance hall before fighting Riku. I think the keyblade knew its real chosen welder was Sora after all
like young xehanort said: the keyblade just moved down the list, if riku wasn't pure enough to wield it, sora was the second option, since he actually learned how to use it alone
in kh1 he was going to get it in destiny islands but Riku gived into darkness
I really love that this is one series that has never been and will never be a "chosen one" story.
@@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565 that wasn't entirely true though. riku took it from sora after falling almost completely. sora basically forced the keyblade to go back to him via sheer willpower. and friendship.
Imagine how the story would go if Riku got the keyblade on destiny island
I don't know why but this fight encourages you to fight and keep going
I remember i'd be like "That was it? But I wanted to kill more bad guys so I could listen to this cool music!"
when i was younger i was like this;) come at me!! all kill all of you idiots!! hahaha EXP!!!!!!
This song gives you the "Come at me" feel
Junior Stop Motions *Come at me, bro
Carl Hart xD
Indeed . Well said sir.
I always wondered if i was the only one that got that feel when this specific music came on. Always wrecked up everything on that world when that music started playing.
Getting the Keyblade back was pretty much what makes this theme feel so triumphant to me. It feels like Sora's pumping himself up over the fact that he can now get back at the Heartless that gave him so much shit at the beginning of the world.
This is the point when this game looks, feel and act like a Final Fantasy.
Also the beggining of the game is like Final Fantasy X in FFX Tidus came from a city to an island, in KH 1 is the same but in the opposite way, Sora came from an island to a city
Also Tidus and Wakka are just straight-up there. I wonder what happened to 'em after Destiny Island got eaten?
@@subatomicseal7789 they are in the main island so they stay don't move fron that world
These two games came out not that far away from each other actually, so it's very easy to believe that the thought process was still on FFX when they were making this.
@@subatomicseal7789 did you play kh1? When you defeated ansem and sealed kingdom hearts all of the worlds were restored.
I was guna say this battle music for hollow is up there with final fantasies music and that’s saying a lot
This was the best area of the game. Always looked forward to coming here.
And let's not forget the single hardest boss in KH1 and 2, side quest bosses notwithstanding.
I got into fights over & over in this level *just* ot hear this soundtrack
Same :)
Strangely, the original feels better than the future remixes.
It's more serious and grand like you're in a place where the majority of the heartless can tank your hits and game over u.
When I saw the battle level of this world I nearly pooped myself
Remember when Kingdom Hearts was just about a kid teaming up with Disney characters to stop an evil villain from enshrouding the world in darkness and nothing else?
I know I do, especially since I played the original version on old school playstation 2. Hell, I had a copy of it... had... 😔
This music really is Fight or Flight response in audio form...... and we sure as hell aren't running away with how much we've been through.
One of the best video game battle theme ever made.
I will never forgive Hollow Bastion for the hours of indescribable pain I got from having to use the lift stop to find my way to a room that had a chest of dogs so I could get areoga just to go to a room with no handle bars, falling down and having to do it all over just to get to the room I was looking for only to realize the chest was in a different room.
Spent soooo much time leveling Sora here. I liked the music and it was towards the end of the game so in my 10 year old mind this was the best place to level up.
Exactly 💪💪💪
Always brings me back to the annoying Riku fight in the Entrance Hall....
Dear lord, all the "Hey's, and Ha's". Twas a fun fight at least. :>
"SORA"
I swear that was the hardest fight in the game, even though there was plenty game left after it.
Sooo my best friend just told me that apparently they played this in the funeral home at her grandmother's viewing... This and the Simple & Clean score. Dafuq.
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Mk
that's cool. that they played it
+Samantha Hogan Maybe it was showing her grandmother's fight between life and death life being Simple and Clen and death being Hollow Bastion fight music
in my funeral i want my family put the dearly beloved from kingdom hearts 2 or bbs or 358/2days or re com
this song makes my hair stand on end from excitement!
Video is 16 years old, fucking insane.
First starting hearing this when Sora was wandering aimlessly with a wooden sword with Beast by his side. It looked all over for Sora, with the Shadow, Darkball, and Defender heartless coming at him and looking like they’ll finish him. But then Beast stepped up and MAULED them, allowing Sora to move forward. Loved that underdog feel to it!!!
Sprinkle some highly regal-sounding strings over a militant drum beat and you've got this. Marvellous.
But still one of the best soundtracks of this game such childhood memories :)
I always get chills when I hear Beast shout "Stand ASIDE!"
Giving you a Wooden Sword to use to fight the tough ass heartless in this place was such a trolololol moment lol
the music matched the world perfectly. that kind of mystic/sinister/royalty/castle theme all mixed in one.
This is definetly the place where Kingdom Hearts was turned from a colorful children's book feel into a darkened anime fighting series. I love the game, but this brings back bad words and angry thoughts, because the boss fights here (Mainly the Dragon and Ansem-Possessed Riku battles) were so freaking hard.
Just the dragon, riku isnt that hard
@@Leonardo-hd1bb riku 2 is a little tricky without prop leveling, i remember i had to cast heal a lot on the second battle, but ye dodging his attacks isn't hard once you learn to parry and dodge on the right time
One of the best games of all time. Music was amazing and it actually FITS the game. Best game I have played in my 21 years of life. To this day is still play all the kh series
Really love the way the music builds up.
stand ASIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Always here that whenever I listen to this.
Always here that whenever I listen to this.
Kewan Kennedy ughhh i know, I literally think i need to get help lol
A true gamer is not afraid to try new things, they do not give up nor quit when they lose. True gamers know that the only way to FAIL is to stop trying.
Now, point your soul towards KINGDOM HEARTS!
This place will be my all time fave kingdom hearts world
Making your way to the top of the tower was chills
loved this game... had epic battle music like this.
I love this battle music!! (*0*)
Hollow Bastion was one of my fave levels!!
The music seems *hollow* without the grunts of sora, and his battle dialogues.
hollow bastion has scared me for life. the memories of falling still haunt
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am i the only one who prefers kh1 over kh2
im with you
KH1 just had such a different vibe to it than the other games. Can't say I prefer one over the other but I really loved it's style. The random extra bosses, special attacks, worlds.
+Razuu kh 1 has got a dark atmosphere and i love it i feel like a hero
Trust me we're out there. I think a lot of people who preferred KH2 are the ones who played KH2 first. Which were sadly a lot of people because KH2 got way more hype than KH1. KH1 was clearly better as far as story went which is why I preferred it, however Kingdom Hearts 2 did have one awesome battle system hahaha.
+Dodgy Dingoz i like the sistem battle of kh2 the kh1 sistem battle i like more or less than kh2 sistem ( and my firts scherzo di notte is from kh chain of memories gba)
This theme I can never forget
hallow bastion was my favorite place to fight, i loved the atmosphere and the battle music :D
This is one of the most nostalgic pieces I could ever think of.
Its like endgame theme *-* the best soundtrack !
thank you i was looking for this song it's one of my favorites
The piano is the best part of this whole song. Omg so amazing.
I love the series but man, KH1 is something different...
the beginning 3 seconds is perfection
木剣しか無い時に、ビーストにハートレスから守ってもらってたな。
スマブラこれも入るかな？
My favorite part of this world was fighting Riku fo the first time. The music just added to the the sadness of his betrayal and made the fight a whole lot more epic.
Ah yes, the theme you hear when enemies take away 80 percent of your health with one hit.
Didn't have that problem unless you either skimmed through it, or were playing Critical Mode on the remix version
i love how you play as a heartless here and in re:coded you hav to fight data anti riku here!
This song and the other one the second game is the best.
love both versions of the song
the awsome thing about this is :in kh 1 this world comes out almost last but in kh 2 this comes out the 2nd, the song is still being used when on combat, cloud,squall,tifa,yuffie,sephiroth is in this world, you get to see cloud and sephiroth fight in this world, and it reveals the true name "radiant garden" in kh 2
Chills every damn time. Thank you Yoko Shimomura ❤
Damn this part of the game broke my kid heart so much.
Epic... that's all I can say. (Beast: Step Aside!!! So many good memories. Makes me want to play this game again)
So many memories embedded with this song...
With the new format, buttons etc. I don't understand why youtube hasn't made an auto-repeat button.
Right click + video screen x "loop" option = Enjoy!
@@Krimarihiyama96 u damn legend ty
Ahhh brings back such good memories
I'm quite certain they changed the name in order to fit the scenery of BBS otherwise it wouldn't make sense. Hollow Bastion actually means empty fortress. But it would be intriguing if it wasn't changed...
KH1
> dark castle, assaulted by heartless and darkness that's fortified with intricate transportation systems to get around.
>named Hollow Bastion.
KH fans:sounds fitting.
BBS
>exotic castle that is inhabited by people with radiant fountains.
>named Hollow Bastion.
KH fans:what?!
If it wasn't for the most beautiful battle music ever, I might have taken a long break at this part of the game. The enemies were so hard to beat and required a big difference in mentality when playing the game.
Beast was about that squad life... literally.
I loved the game!! it has such a great story i would love it if they would do a live action movie of it with great animations and a good director!!
This music just reminds me how this one level respectively kicked the shit out of the rest of the series. The events that took place were just so intense.
I love this song so much!!!!
This belongs in "The Greatest Battle Music of All Time" series.
that fact that you party attack with out you controling them is a unique thing I cant tell you how many times donald or goofy saved my ass when I was on the brink of death
Kingdom Hearts is the very first video game I ever played. Still have the original game that I got 8 years back.. :)
I just imagine Sora and Beast having a coordinated waltz dance while beating up heartless when I hear this theme.
This has the BEST battle music in the game.
Thank you! That is so correct. Many of the people who label the game as such really need to play the game's opening again. Alternatively make it to Hollow Bastion. I dunno why but as soon as Ansem comes into play the game gets a lot darker.
It was all that together.It was parts from different worlds that were consumed by the heartless.It had parts of maleficent's castle+beast's castle+(and mainly) parts of radiant garden
Damn thats a nice piece of artwork!
My favorite Combat Music
epic song 100000000000000000/1000
In case you gentlemen forgot, you had Beast covering you while all you really had to do was flee or heal him.
i've always liked hollow bastion, i dont know why but its image is like its inviting you in somehow, in a creepy way. I also like how its built^^
Me and the boys at 3AM grinding for the 'Crystal' items 💎💎💎💎
this was a nice plays toobad kh2 hasn't got something dark feeling like this but i guess the mood was gone anyway since this was the 'last' world
It's awesome that I got this game and jack and daxter when I bought my ps2 for the first time :P
I feel like I wanna dance with this music playing
I love this song !
This song is much sadder when you discover the backstory to hollow bastion.
Kingdom hearts needs to bring back the defenders. They were the most intimidating heartless.
Oh god there not in the other games 😔
(Currently play 1.5 )
@@cyandeoidre2375 unfortunately no and it's strange they just removed them and the Wizards as well.
@@wiseguy240Winston oh damn, they was hard to beat also
I remember playing here giving heartless splinters and shouting at Beast for not doin anything lol
@CosmicTitan1 i have to admit. i was really interested in the series from kh up.but after playing kingdom hearts 2, i pretty much fell in love with it, and realized how much of an idiot not realizing sooner how great this game is. kh2 is my fave so far
i love everything in hollow bastion
Gotta love that violin.
This is glorious
Ty for the quote
Just freaking cool if you can imagine a Fort wich slowly self destucts with this music playing.
Reminds me of Super Paper Mario on the Wii!
i love this soundtrack man its the best gets me in the zone when im fightin :P
The wooden sword went along with the storie but at least you can feel again how it felt at the beginning
The Beast was a BEAST! He did most of the work in combat. Sit back and let him take care of tough guys in one blow.
I kept Beast in my party on my next playthrough. Made the experience more epic especially going up against Maleficent. Her Dragon Form didnt stand a chance between me and Beast