The Black Mages II: The Skies Above track list announced
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01. Matoya's Cave (FFI)
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02. Battle Theme (Unknown)
03. Hunter's Chance (FFIX)
04. Vamo'alla Flamenco (FFIX)
05. Ton of Zanarkand (FFX)
06. The Dreadful Fight (FFIV)
07. The Final Battle (Unknown)
08. The Man with the Machine Gun (FFVIII)
09. Otherworld (FFX)
10. Maybe I'm a Lion (FFVIII)
11. Murahama's Theme (Unknown)
Catalogue Number- UPCH-1377
Publisher- Universal Music
Composition- Nobuo Uematsu
Arrangement- THE BLACK MAGES
First Printing- December 22, 2004
Price- 2500 Yen
Tracks 2, 7 and 11 have such vague names it is impossible to tell from which games they are. The original Japanese title for "The Dreadful Fight" was Gorubêza shiten'nô to no batoru (Battle with Golbez's Four Emperors).
The album is coming out 22nd of December in Japan with a price of 2500 yen (£12.76/$23.70) Uematsu plans to promote the release of the new album with a short tour in January (at least 3 live dates according to 1up.com), accompanied by Kenji Itô, who will be performing songs from Square Enix’s SaGa series. The first two gigs will be on January 22 and 23, both at the Club Citta in Kawasaki, followed by an Osaka show at the Namba Hatch venue on January 28. Tickets for both shows went on sale to online customers October 21-27, at the price of 5,000 yen (£25.52/$47.38), with general sales that opened yesterday (6th of November).
Listen samples of Man with the Machine Gun from Final Fantasy VIII and The Skies Above from Final Fantasy X at the official The Black Mages site. What is interesting to notice is that The Skies Above has vocals, when none of the compositions of the original album had. (Not to mention that The Skies Above is a preview track, but not on the track list of the album...) You can also download a "TBMTV" interview (Japanese) from the site. (19MB)
If you take a look at the official site, you can see that Square Enix is also selling a Final Fantasy Song Book with various tracks from different Final Fantasy games and a new vocal song from Final Fantasy VII as a preview. Final Fantasy Song Book is sold for 2800 yen (£14.29/$26.54).
Fans of Final Fantasy music have been treated well recently, because NTT Publishing co recently re-released the following original soundtracks:
Final Fantasy III Original Sound Version, 2,039 yen | £10.41 | $19.28 US
Final Fantasy IV Original Sound Version, 2,039 yen | £10.41 | $19.28 US
Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon, 2,548 yen | £13.00 | $24.09 US
Final Fantasy V Dear Friends, 2,548 yen | £13.00 | $24.09 US
Final Fantasy VI Original Sound Version, 3,873 yen | £19.77 | $36.62 US
Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale, 3,059 yen | £15.61 | $28.92 US
Final Fantasy Vocal Collections I: Pray, 3,059 yen | £15.61 | 28.92 US
Final Fantasy Vocal Collections II: Love Will Grow, 3,059 yen | £15.61 | $28.92 US
Final Fantasy 1987-1994, 3,059 yen | £15.61 | $28.92 US
Unfortunately enough for the western fans, the previously mentioned albums are only available in Japan.
Written by alhana
Images from The Black Mages: The Skies Above homepage and 1up.com
Sources:
1up.com
FFHybrid
FFGurus
SquareNet
The Black Mages: The Skies Above homepage (Japanese)
XE.com