arrangers:
- link: artist/224
  names:
    en: Tsuyoshi Sekito
    ja: 関戸剛
- link: artist/294
  names:
    en: Kenichiro Fukui
    ja: 福井健一郎
- link: artist/784
  names:
    en: Michio Okamiya
    ja: 岡宮道生
bootleg: true
bootleg_of:
  catalog: UPCH-1377
  link: album/182
  note: ''
catalog: KO-99046
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Arrangement, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/77
  names:
    en: Nobuo Uematsu
    ja: 植松伸夫
covers: []
discs:
- disc_length: '50:56'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: The Rocking Grounds
    track_length: '3:56'
  - names:
      English: Zeromus
    track_length: '3:52'
  - names:
      English: Vamo' Alla Flamenco
    track_length: '4:25'
  - names:
      English: Hunter's Chance
    track_length: '4:45'
  - names:
      English: Otherworld
    track_length: '3:15'
  - names:
      English: Matoya's Cave
    track_length: '4:44'
  - names:
      English: The Man with the Machine Gun
    track_length: '4:17'
  - names:
      English: Maybe I'm a Lion
    track_length: '5:35'
  - names:
      English: Battle with the Four Fiends
    track_length: '3:59'
  - names:
      English: The Skies Above
    track_length: '7:19'
  - names:
      English: Blue Blast - Winning the Rainbow
    track_length: '4:49'
link: album/13780
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2009-06-04T21:46
  edited_date: 2017-01-13T04:44
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T12:25
  freedb: 35
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 3231
name: The Black Mages II The Skies Above
names:
  en: The Black Mages II The Skies Above
  ja: THE BLACK MAGES II The Skies Above
  ja-latn: The Black Mages II The Skies Above
notes: 'On May 10, 2005, this album was also released digitally on iTunes for $9.99
  (album ID 62435535) but it has since been removed from the service.

  Track 1 from Final Fantasy III

  Tracks 2, 9 from Final Fantasy IV

  Tracks 3, 4 from Final Fantasy IX

  Tracks 5, 10 from Final Fantasy X

  Track 6 from Final Fantasy I

  Tracks 7, 8 from Final Fantasy VIII

  Track 11 is an original piece specifically written as a theme song for Japanese
  wrestler Takehiro Murahama.

  "The Rocking Grounds"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Organ: Nobuo Uematsu

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

  "Zeromus"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Kenichiro Fukui

     Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Synthesizer & Organ: Kenichiro Fukui

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

  "Vamo'' Alla Flamenco"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Acoustic & Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Organ: Nobuo Uematsu

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

  "Hunter''s Chance"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Organ: Nobuo Uematsu

     Synthesizer & Piano: Kenichiro Fukui

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

  "Otherworld"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Lyrics by Alexander O. Smith

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Michio Okamiya

     Vocals: KAZCO

     Electric Guitar: Michio Okamiya

     Organ: Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui

     Synthesizer: Kenichiro Fukui

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

  "Matoya''s Cave"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Acoustic Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Electric Guitar: First Solo / Tsuyoshi Sekito

                           Second Solo / Michio Okamiya

     Organ: Nobuo Uematsu

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

  "The Man with the Machine Gun"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Kenichiro Fukui

     Electric Guitar: Backing & First Solo / Tsuyoshi Sekito

                           Second Solo / Michio Okamiya

     Synthesizer: Kenichiro Fukui

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

  "Maybe I''m a Lion"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Michio Okamiya

    Electric Guitar: First Solo / Michio Okamiya

                          Second Solo / Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Organ: Nobuo Uematsu

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

     Voice: Alexander O. Smith

  "Battle with the Four Fiends"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Organ: Nobuo Uematsu

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

  "The Skies Above"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Lyrics by Alexander O. Smith

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Kenichiro Fukui

     Vocal: mr.goo

     Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Synthesizer, Organ & Piano: Kenichiro Fukui

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

  "Blue Blast - Winning the Rainbow"

     Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

     Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Kenichiro Fukui

     Electric Guitar Intro: Kenichiro Fukui

     Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito

     Synthesizer & Organ: Kenichiro Fukui

     Bass: Keiji Kawamori

     Drums: Arata Hanyuda

  All Music Composed & Produced by Nobuo Uematsu

  Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kenichiro Fukui

  Recorded & Mixed at STUDIO 1043 / Yoyogi, Tokyo

  Mastering Engineer: Shigeki Fujino

  Mastering Studio: Universal Music Studio

  Illustrated by Hideo Minaba

  Package Art Direction: Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio)

  Design: Tadashi Shimada, Norie Kadokura (Banana Studio)

  A&R Directors: Masako Miyoshi (SQUARE ENIX), Tsuyoshi Takemura (MCA-Records)

  Assistant Director: Soshi Yoshida (SQUARE ENIX)

  Promotion Planner: Tsuyoshi Takemura (MCA-Records)

  Sales Planner: Naoko Iwasaki (Universal Music)

  Artwork Coordinator: Hitomi Miyamoto (Universal Music)

  Executive Producer: Kensuke Matsushita (SQUARE ENIX)

  Supervisors: Yoichi Wada (SQUARE ENIX), Atsushi Kitamura (Universal J), Toshiyuki
  Takano (MCA-Records)

  Special Thanks: Chie Mitsui, Masayuki Tanaka, Masashi Kitagawa, Rie Tsukamoto (SQUARE
  ENIX)'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/296
  names:
    en: K-O Records
    ja: K-O Records
    ja-latn: K-O Records
  role: publisher
performers: []
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picture_small: https://vgmdb.net/db/img/album-nocover-medium.gif
picture_thumb: https://vgmdb.net/db/img/album-nocover-medium.gif
platforms:
- NES (Famicom)
- SNES (Super Famicom)
- Sony PlayStation
- Sony PlayStation 2
products:
- link: product/163
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY
    ja: ファイナルファンタジー
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY
- link: product/173
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY III
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーIII
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY III
- link: product/175
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY IV
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーIV
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY IV
- link: product/189
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY VIII
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーVIII
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY VIII
- link: product/190
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY IX
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーIX
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY IX
- link: product/192
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY X
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーX
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY X
publish_format: Bootleg
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2005'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Unknown
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/13780?perpage=99999
vocals:
- link: artist/39303
  names:
    en: KAZCO
- link: artist/4820
  names:
    en: mr.goo
votes: 0
