Kingdom Hearts Halloween Town

When you first arrive at Halloween Town, its music is a bit different from what you hear later on after entering Guillotine Square.

What is this called and why is it different?

 

You mean this right?

It sounds like a reprise or reimagining of the theme they played forever after. No idea why it's not on any soundtrack. I suppose that is due to how it sounds just like the theme they stuck with.

 

I actually liked the version that I linked moreso than what we were stuck with, to be honest.

 

That's the one, yup. :)

 

As for why, it's meant to be a sort of theatrical intro. The idea is that the real song starts playing when Jack Skellington is introduced, as part of his perforamnce

 

Well that makes a lot of sense, I suppose.

 

Yeah, it's like a version without the chorus. Miles actually found the MIDI for it, I think it's included in the big zip on this page. If it's not I'll include it with the Final Mix tracks when I put them up. It wouldn't be hard to reconstruct the full track used there from the MIDI.

 

I think several of the worlds have introductions like this. Halloween Town's is just the longest and most intricate. So yes, it could've easily come from a prototype, but I don't think I would've preferred it for a walkaround theme unless it were significantly fleshed out. It probably just sounds better because it hasn't been heard for as long.