Boléro

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Boléro
ボレロ

Information
Songwriter N/A
Composer Maurice Ravel
Arranger Various
Artist(s) Various
Track Numbers
NECA-30018 - 32 ('99 Spring Toei Anime Fair Version)

NECA-30023 - 1, 15 (Type 2)
NECA-33008 - 1 (Kizuna Ver.)

Boléro (ボレロ Borero) is an orchestral composition by the early 20th century French composer Maurice Ravel. It is noted for its highly repetitive structure in which, while the same basic rhythm and melodies are repeatedly played with little variation, with each repetition the melody is passed through different instruments, more of the orchestra's instruments join in the performance, and the performance steadily rises from pianissimo (very quiet) to a fortissimo possibile (as loud as possible) crescendo.

Boléro frequently features in the soundtracks of Digimon Adventure and its direct sequels.

Appearances[edit]

Anime[edit]

Digimon Adventure (Movie)[edit]

With the sole exception of the credits, over which "Butter-Fly" plays instead, the score of Digimon Adventure consists entirely of Boléro. The piece is played intermittently over the course of the film, and the structure of the film's writing is built to an extent around Boléro: increases in the song's intensity, tempo, volume and number of instruments coincide with significant plot beats, action, and upping of stakes in the film, most commonly the evolution of Koromon, culminating in its crescendo when Koromon (as Greymon) reawakens and consumes both itself and Parrotmon with its fire breath.

Digimon Adventure[edit]

Boléro plays intermittently through "Koromon, the Great Clash in Tokyo!", coming in piano (quiet) initially at moments when Yagami Taichi is expressing excitement or appreciation about being back in the Real World and, in the last act, playing forte (loud) when phantom Digimon attacks start occuring in Tokyo and Taichi goes to confront them. It builds to a crescendo during the fight between Koromon and Orgemon, but cuts out when Koromon evolves into Agumon in favor of "Brave heart".

In "Mammon, the Great Clash at Hikarigaoka!", Boléro plays piano when the Chosen Children return to Hikarigaoka, the site of the battle in the Digimon Adventure short film, and share their reminiscences of their time living there and what they believe happened on the night of the fight between Koromon and Parrotmon. It comes in again forte when the sight of Birdramon and Mammon fighting jogs their forgotten memories of the fight.

Boléro briefly plays piano in "The Clashing Ultimates! War Greymon VS Metal Garurumon", when Homeostasis shows the Chosen Children a holographic record of the aftermath of the Greymon-Parrotmon fight.

Digimon Adventure: Our War Game![edit]

A brief section of Boléro plays forte over the production logos and a non-diegetic shot which, in homage to the first Digimon Adventure short film, a giant Digitama appears in the night sky over Odaiba. When the shot cuts to daytime to begin the film's story, Boléro cuts out.

Digimon Adventure 02[edit]

Boléro plays piano in the ending of "Submarimon's Escape from The Bottom of the Sea", when Hida Iori and Submarimon take a moment to explore the seafloor and appreciate its tranquility before reporting back to the others.

Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon Strikes Back[edit]

Boléro plays over the opening titles, which run over B-roll footage of the pathways within the internet, interspersed with footage of the Chosen Children's activities and the start of the spread of the Kuramon. The crescendo hits at the end of the opening titles, when Diablomon is revealed.

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna[edit]

Boléro plays over the first half of the opening scene, starting piano over the shots of the aurora in skies around the world before building to forte once Parrotmon appears, and ending fortissimo with the crescendo when Yagami Taichi and Agumon prepare to engage Parrotmon.

Video Games[edit]

Digimon Survive[edit]

At the start of the game, Shinonome Miu hums Boléro after running away from Shinonome Kaito.

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