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    ja: 福井健一郎
- link: artist/784
  names:
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    ja: 岡宮道生
- link: artist/3138
  names:
    en: Arata Hanyuda
    ja: 羽入田新
- link: artist/224
  names:
    en: Tsuyoshi Sekito
    ja: 関戸剛
- link: artist/1914
  names:
    en: Keiji Kawamori
    ja: 河盛慶次
barcode: '4580252780029'
catalog: DERP-10002
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Arrangement, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/60434
  names:
    en: Nobuo Uematsu
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- disc_length: '60:45'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Opening - Bombing Mission
      Japanese: Opening - Bombing Mission / from FINAL FANTASY VII ”オープニング～爆破ミッション”
    track_length: '4:39'
  - names:
      English: Neo EXDEATH
      Japanese: Neo EXDEATH / from FINAL FANTASY V ”最後の闘い”
    track_length: '4:39'
  - names:
      English: The Extreme
      Japanese: The Extreme / from FINAL FANTASY VIII ”The Extreme”
    track_length: '5:51'
  - names:
      English: Assault of the Silver Dragon
      Japanese: Assault of the Silver Dragons / from FINAL FANTASY IX ”銀竜戦”
    track_length: '5:01'
  - names:
      English: KURAYAMINOKUMO
      Japanese: KURAYAMINOKUMO / from FINAL FANTASY III ”最後の死闘”
    track_length: '4:56'
  - names:
      English: Distant Worlds
      Japanese: Distant Worlds / from FINAL FANTASY XI ”Distant Worlds”
    track_length: '7:32'
  - names:
      English: Premonition
      Japanese: Premonition / from FINAL FANTASY VIII ”Premonition”
    track_length: '5:23'
  - names:
      English: Grand Cross
      Japanese: Grand Cross / from FINAL FANTASY IX ”最後の闘い”
    track_length: '5:34'
  - names:
      English: Darkness and Starlight
      Japanese: Darkness and Starlight / from FINAL FANTASY VI ”オペラ ～マリアとドラクゥ”
    track_length: '15:32'
  - names:
      English: LIFE ~ in memory of KEITEN ~
      Japanese: LIFE ～in memory of KEITEN～
    track_length: '1:38'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/136
  names:
    en: Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
    ja: 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックディストリビューション
    ja-latn: Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
  role: distributor
link: album/6987
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2008-02-14T13:12
  edited_date: 2025-08-05T14:41
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T01:56
  freedb: 55
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name: THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight
names:
  en: THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight
  ja: THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight
  ja-latn: THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight
notes: 'All Music Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

  01. Opening - Bombing Mission

  from FINAL FANTASY VII "Opening~Bombing Mission"

  Arranged by Kenichiro Fukui

  ©1997 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  ℗2008 SMILE PLEASE CO.,LTD.

  02. Neo EXDEATH

  from FINAL FANTASY V "The Final Battle"

  Arranged by Michio Okamiya

  ©1992 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  ℗2008 SMILE PLEASE CO.,LTD.

  03. The Extreme

  from FINAL FANTASY VIII "The Extreme"

  Arranged by Michio Okamiya

  ©1999 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  ℗2008 SMILE PLEASE CO.,LTD.

  04. Assault of the Silver Dragons

  from FINAL FANTASY IX "Assault of the Silver Dragons"

  Arranged by Arata Hanyuda

  ©2000 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  ℗2008 SMILE PLEASE CO.,LTD.

  05. KURAYAMINOKUMO

  from FINAL FANTASY III "This is the Last Battle"

  Arranged by Kenichiro Fukui

  ©1990, 2006 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  ℗2006 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  06. Distant Worlds

  from FINAL FANTASY XI "Distant Worlds"

  Arranged by Kenichiro Fukui

  ©2005 Solid Co.,Ltd. & SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  ℗2008 SMILE PLEASE CO.,LTD.

  07. Premonition

  from FINAL FANTASY VIII "Premonition"

  Arranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito

  ©1999 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  ℗2008 SMILE PLEASE CO.,LTD.

  08. Grand Cross

  from FINAL FANTASY IX "The Final Battle"

  Arranged by Keiji Kawamori

  ©2000 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  ℗2008 SMILE PLEASE CO.,LTD.

  09. Darkness and Starlight

  from FINAL FANTASY VI "Opera ~Maria and Draco"

  Lyrics by Nobuo Uematsu/Yoshinori Kitase

  Part 1 arranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito

  Part 2&4 arranged by Kenichiro Fukui

  Part 3 arranged by Michio Okamiya

  ©1994 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  ℗2008 SMILE PLEASE CO.,LTD.

  10. LIFE ~ in memory of KEITEN ~

  ©&℗2008 SMILE PLEASE CO.,LTD.

  All Music Produced by Nobuo Uematsu

  THE BLACK MAGES are

  Organ:Nobuo Uematsu

  Guitar:Tsuyoshi Sekito/Michio Okamiya

  Keyboards:Kenichiro Fukui

  Bass:Keiji Kawamori

  Drums:Arata Hanyuda

  Additional musicians of Tr#9 "Darkness and Starlight"

  Mezzo Soprano: Etsuyo Ota

  Tenor: Tomoaki Watanabe

  Bass: Tetsuya Odagawa

  Female chorus: Manami Kiyota

  Male chorus: THE BLACK MAGES

  Narration: Masao Koori

  Track#1

  Recorded by Yasuhisa Kataoka (I to I communications Inc.)

  Assisted by Yasuaki Kishimoto (MARUNI STUDIO),

  Wataru Namifusa (MARUNI STUDIO)

  Recorded at MARUNI STUDIO

  Track#4, 5, 6, 7

  Recorded by Naoki Uehata

  Assisted by Wataru Namifusa (MARUNI STUDIO)

  Recorded at MARUNI STUDIO

  Track#2, 3, 8, 9

  Recorded by Naoki Uehata, Hiroaki Ohgushi

  Assisted by Wataru Namifusa (MARUNI STUDIO)

  Recorded at MARUNI STUDIO

  Track#9 Bass singer, Female chorus and Narrations

  Recorded by Katsumi Sanbongi (SOUND ARTS)

  Recorded at SOUND ARTS

  Mixed by Kenichiro Fukui

  except Tr#1

  Mixed by Yasuhisa Kataoka (I to I communications Inc.)

  Assisted by Yasuaki Kishimoto (MARUNI STUDIO)

  Mixed at MARUNI STUDIO

  Mastering Engineer:

  Hidekazu Sakai (Sony Music Communications)

  Mastering Studio: SONY MUSIC STUDIOS TOKYO

  Illustrated by Hideo Minaba

  Package Art Direction: Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio)

  Design: Tadashi Shimada, Norie Kadokura (Banana Studio)

  Photographer: Hiroshi Shibaizumi, Mari Kurihara (Hand Made)

  Product Management: Hiroki Ogawa (Dog Ear Records)

  Executive Producers: Kensuke Matsushita (Dog Ear Records),

  Reiko Uematsu (SMILE PLEASE)

  Special Thanks to,

  Izumi Tsukushi, Yasuhiro Takamatsu, Hiromichi Tanaka,

  Ryo Inakura from SQUARE ENIX,

  Masataka Saitou, HAL TOKYO, AQ INTERACTIVE,

  Isamu Koyama (MARUNI STUDIO),

  Naomi Kobayashi (I to I communications Inc.)

  This album is dedicated to Yoshitaka Tagawa.'
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  names:
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    ja: Dog Ear
    ja-latn: Dog Ear
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    ja: 株式会社ドッグイヤー・レコーズ
    ja-latn: Dog Ear Records Co., Ltd.
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platforms:
- NES (Famicom)
- PC
- SNES (Super Famicom)
- Sony PlayStation
products:
- 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
- link: product/178
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY V
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーV
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY V
- link: product/189
  names:
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    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/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/206
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY XI
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーXI
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY XI
- link: product/182
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY VI
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーVI
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY VI
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2008-03-19'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2800.0
reprints:
- catalog: KO-99067
  link: album/13781
  note: Taiwanese, Bootleg printing, 2008
- catalog: MICA-0962
  link: album/14124
  note: Taiwanese, Bootleg printing, 2008
stores: []
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votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: http://www.dogearrecords.com/tbm3/
    name: THE BLACK MAGES -Darkness and Starlight-
  Review:
  - link: http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ffbm3/index.html
    name: RPGFan's Review
