Pokémon Symphonic Medley

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The name currently in use is a fan translation of the Japanese name.

Challenger!!
Japanese opening themes
Battle Frontier
ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー
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Pokémon Shinfonikku Medorē
Pokémon Symphonic Medley
AG OP 3
Artist ポケモン交響楽団
Pokémon Symphonic Orchestra
Lyrics 戸田昭吾
Akihito Toda
Composer たなか ひろかず三留一純
Hirokazu Tanaka / Kazumi Mitome
Arrangement 三留一純
Kazumi Mitome
Pikachu Records
Title ポケモンシンフォニックメドレー/GLORY DAY〜輝くその日〜
Pokémon Symphonic Medley / GLORY DAY ~That Shining Day~
Catalog no. ZMCP-2000
Medley of 6 songs: Advance Adventure, Challenger!!, Ready Go!, Polka O Dolka, Because the Sky is There, and Aim to Be a Pokémon Master

Pokémon Symphonic Medley (Japanese: ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー lit. Pokémon Shinfonikku Medorē) is the third Japanese opening theme of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire.

It debuted in AG105 on December 2, 2004 and was replaced by Battle Frontier in AG135.

It is a medley of six of the previous theme songs: Advance Adventure, Challenger!!, Ready Go!, Polka O Dolka, Because the Sky is There, and Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, in order of appearance.

A 5:24 version entitled Pokémon Symphonic Orchestra was included as a bonus track on the Battle Frontier single (ZMCP-2302), however, it was composed of Advance Adventure, Challenger!!, Smile, Because the Sky is There and Polka O Dolka.

A "sequel" entitled Pokémon Symphonic Medley 2 was included on the The Greatest - Everyday! single, composed of The Greatest - Everyday!, Message of the Wind, Together, Get Fired Up, Spiky-eared Pichu!, Surely Tomorrow, and High Touch!.

Opening animation

OP Text

Japanese English
この星の不思議な生き物
ポケットモンスター・・・
ちぢめてポケモン!
今、少年サトシとポケモンたちの
出会いと冒険と戦いの物語が
はじまる!
The mysterious creatures of this planet
Pocket Monsters...
"Pokémon" for short!
Now, the story of a boy, Satoshi, and Pokémon
Their meetings, adventures, and battles
Are about to begin!

Synopsis

 
Deoxys and the legendary birds

Ash and Pikachu stand on a cliff overlooking a mountainous region. The series logo comes together in different colors to form one.

Regirock, Regice, and Registeel burst out of the ground in a dark stadium. Ash orders his Pokémon, Corphish, Torkoal, Grovyle, Swellow, and Pikachu, to attack. Pikachu uses Quick Attack on Registeel, Swellow hits Regice, and Regirock shoots a beam near Ash. However, he appears confident.

May twirls through the air, throwing a Poké Ball. Combusken comes out and uses Fire Spin. Beautifly, Skitty, and Bulbasaur soar through the fire.

A large group of Pokémon stand on a vast hillside. Celebi flies past. Dozens of Pokémon swim through the sea, and Lugia flies past. Even more Pokémon run across a grassy hill while others fly through the air.

Mewtwo's silhouette is seen in the entrance to a dark alleyway. He jumps into the air, out of sight.

Team Rocket digs a horizontal hole underground. However, a group of Aron, Lairon, and Aggron chase them the opposite way.

Brock runs with a bouquet of roses through various silhouettes of young women. He tries to give the bouquet to one of them, but it turns into Munchlax, who eats the flowers; May and Max sigh.

Ash sits alone in a playground. It is raining. He has a disappointed look on his face. Suddenly, he looks up, and Pikachu smiles at him. Then May, Max, and Brock also smile. Pikachu jumps into Ash's arms and May wipes away a tear.

Groudon and Kyogre attack each other while Mew and Jirachi fly past. Meanwhile, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune run up a series of pillars while Latias and Latios fly past. Rayquaza shoots a beam while flying through smoke caused by Groudon and Kyogre's battle. Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres fly up the side of some ruins; Ash and Pikachu are standing at the top. They turn to watch the birds fly away. Deoxys, in its Normal form, shoots past, turning into its Speed form. It and the birds fly through the night sky, and Ho-Oh joins them.

A still shot of Ash, May, Brock, Max, and Pikachu is shown.

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Lyrics

Japanese English
ユウキリンリン ゲンキハツラツ
キョウミシンシン イキヨウヨウ

ユメは いつか ホントになるって
だれかが歌って いたけど
つぼみがいつか 花ひらくように
ユメは かなうもの
Full of courage, full of energy
So interesting, so triumphant

Dreams will someday become reality
Though someone sang that...
Like a bud that will someday bloom
My dream will come true

Trivia

 
The silhouette

External links


OS: Aim to Be a Pokémon MasterThe RivalsOK!Aim to Be a Pokémon Master (Whiteberry version)Ready Go!
AG: Advance AdventureChallenger!!Pokémon Symphonic MedleyBattle FrontierSpurt!
DP: Together / Together2008High Touch! / High Touch! 2009The Greatest - Everyday! / The Greatest - Everyday! (Band Version)
BW: Best Wishes!Be an Arrow! / Be an Arrow! 2013Summerly Slope
XY: V (Volt) / Mega V (Mega Volt)Mad-Paced GetterXY&Z
SM: Alola!!Aim to Be a Pokémon Master -20th Anniversary-Future ConnectionYour Adventure
JN: One, Two, ThreeAim to Be a Pokémon Master -with my friends-
HZ: Heart-Pounding DiaryHalo
Other: A New OathWe are the Pichu Brothers!Koko


Challenger!!
Japanese opening themes
Battle Frontier
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