Kingdom Hearts III Face My Fears Orchestral Remix Out Now

With more than 30 million streams, 20,000 downloads, and a Hot 100 debut, the single “Face My Fears”, composed by Skrillex and Hikaru Utada for the video game Kingdom Hearts III has surely impressed longtime fans of the game’s franchise. Today, the song receives its first official remix release in the form of an orchestral arrangement from Manchester’s Kaleidoscope Orchestra. After a viral hit with their Skrillex Orchestral Suite (arranged and orchestrated by Steve Pycroft), Kaleidoscope quickly gained notoriety on YouTube, racking up hundreds of thousands of hits on their orchestral suites. Watch / stream / download “Face My Fears (Kaleidoscope Orchestra Remix)” available now from Sony Masterworks.

The orchestra’s musical director and arranger, Steve Pycroft commented, “Skrillex has been a huge inspiration to me since founding Kaleidoscope Orchestra in 2011. The first orchestra ‘remix’ I arranged was a suite of Skrillex’s music, which we recorded in 2012. When I heard ‘Face My Fears’ in January 2019, I was in South Africa visiting family and it became the soundtrack for the whole trip. The song is so cinematic, inspiring and full of emotion; so I began to think about how it would work as an orchestral piece. I started work on the arrangement in March and we recorded it in April.

Kaleidoscope Orchestra is a breakaway orchestra, whose mission is to bridge the gap between classical music and electronic music. We love introducing people to orchestral music through this coming together of different styles, genres and the collaboration of artists from completely different backgrounds.”

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