arrangers:
- link: artist/18511
  names:
    en: The Spoony Bards
catalog: N/A
categories:
- Game
- Animation
category: Game
classification: Arrangement, Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/356
  names:
    en: Yuki Kajiura
    ja: 梶浦由記
- link: artist/146
  names:
    en: Yasunori Mitsuda
    ja: 光田康典
- link: artist/190
  names:
    en: Koji Kondo
    ja: 近藤浩治
- link: artist/363
  names:
    en: Hirokazu Tanaka
    ja: 田中宏和
- link: artist/432
  names:
    en: Kenta Nagata
    ja: 永田権太
- link: artist/77
  names:
    en: Nobuo Uematsu
    ja: 植松伸夫
covers:
- full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/70/25707/25707-1303922432.jpg
  medium: https://media.vgm.io/albums/70/25707/25707-1303922432.jpg
  name: Front
  thumb: https://media.vgm.io/albums/70/25707/25707-1303922432.jpg
discs:
- disc_length: '69:43'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: A. G.
    track_length: '2:14'
  - names:
      English: Canta Per Me ~ Romance
    track_length: '3:47'
  - names:
      English: Stars of Tears
    track_length: '4:47'
  - names:
      English: 'Take Me Back: A Mario Medley'
    track_length: '16:34'
  - names:
      English: Vamo 'alla Flamenco (live@ACen'04)
    track_length: '1:11'
  - names:
      English: Radical Dreamers
    track_length: '4:33'
  - names:
      English: Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony
    track_length: '2:38'
  - names:
      English: Small Two of Pieces
    track_length: '6:19'
  - names:
      English: Kimi Sae Ireba (Benedict, Estrada)
    track_length: '4:00'
  - names:
      English: The Best is Yet to Come
    track_length: '23:40'
link: album/25707
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2011-04-27T08:39
  edited_date: 2023-01-03T14:10
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T22:24
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 2777
name: First Course
names:
  en: First Course
  ja: First Course
  ja-latn: First Course
notes: 'Release date assumed to be 2005, as this was when the remix "Rufus'' Welcoming
  Ceremony" was uploaded to VGMix 2.

  Cover Art by David Poon

  Packaging by Stephen Poon

  Mixing and cleanup by Jeremiah Roque

  Track Sources:

  02 NOIR

  03, 08 Xenogears

  04 Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES), Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World,
  Dr. Mario, Super Mario Land, Mario Kart 64, Super Mario Bros.

  05 FINAL FANTASY IX

  06 Chrono Cross

  07 FINAL FANTASY VII'
organizations:
- &id001
  names:
    en: The Spoony Bards
  role: publisher
performers:
- link: artist/18511
  names:
    en: The Spoony Bards
- link: artist/18700
  names:
    en: Natalie Clyne
- names:
    en: Heidi Benedict
- link: artist/18385
  names:
    en: Andrew Estrada
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/70/25707/25707-1303922432.jpg
picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/70/25707/25707-1303922432.jpg
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/70/25707/25707-1303922432.jpg
platforms:
- NES (Famicom)
- Nintendo 64
- Nintendo Game Boy
- Series
- SNES (Super Famicom)
- Sony PlayStation
products:
- link: product/1296
  names:
    en: NOIR
    ja: ノワール
    ja-latn: NOIR
- link: product/369
  names:
    en: Xenogears
    ja: ゼノギアス
    ja-latn: Xenogears
- link: product/469
  names:
    en: Super Mario 64
    ja: スーパーマリオ64
    ja-latn: Super Mario 64
- link: product/2137
  names:
    en: Super Mario Bros. 2
    ja: スーパーマリオUSA
    ja-latn: Super Mario USA
- link: product/499
  names:
    en: Super Mario Bros. 3
    ja: スーパーマリオブラザーズ3
    ja-latn: Super Mario Bros. 3
- link: product/415
  names:
    en: Super Mario World
    ja: スーパーマリオワールド
    ja-latn: Super Mario World
- link: product/2140
  names:
    en: Dr. Mario
    ja: ドクターマリオ
    ja-latn: Dr. Mario
- link: product/2113
  names:
    en: Super Mario Land
    ja: スーパーマリオランド
    ja-latn: Super Mario Land
- link: product/2131
  names:
    en: Mario Kart 64
    ja: マリオカート64
    ja-latn: Mario Kart 64
- link: product/258
  names:
    en: Super Mario Bros.
    ja: スーパーマリオブラザーズ
    ja-latn: Super Mario Bros.
- 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/195
  names:
    en: Chrono Cross
    ja: クロノ・クロス
    ja-latn: Chrono Cross
- link: product/188
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY VII
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーVII
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY VII
publish_format: Doujin/Indie
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2005'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Free
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/25707?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: http://jer.spoonybards.com/final/iMultimedia.htm
    name: Website
