Boléro

Boléro (ボレロ Borero) is an orchestral composition by the early 20th century French composer. 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  (very quiet) to a fortissimo possibile (as loud as possible) crescendo.

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

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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.

Boléro plays intermittently through, coming in initially at moments when Yagami Taichi is expressing excitement or appreciation about being back in the Real World and, in the last act, 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, Boléro plays 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 battle. It comes in again, louder, when the sight of Birdramon and Mammon fighting jogs their forgotten memories of the fight between Koromon and Parrotmon.

Boléro briefly plays pianissimo in, when Homeostasis shows the Chosen Children a holographic record of the aftermath of the Greymon-Parrotmon fight.

A brief section of Boléro plays 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.

Boléro plays in the ending of, when Hida Iori and Submarimon take a moment to explore the seafloor and appreciate its tranquility before reporting back to the others.

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, the start of the spread of the Kuramon. The crescendo hits at the end of the opening titles, when Diablomon is revealed.

Boléro plays over the first half of the opening scene, beginning from the shots of the aurora in skies around the world, and ending with the crescendo when Yagami Taichi and Agumon prepare to engage Parrotmon.

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