The Black Mages
| The Black Mages | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Tokyo , Japan |
| Genre (s) | Video game music , melodic metal |
| founding | 2002 |
| resolution | 2010 |
| Last occupation | |
| Tsuyoshi Sekito | |
guitar |
Michio Okamiya |
| Nobuo Uematsu | |
| Ken'ichirō Fukui | |
| Keiji Kawamori | |
| Arata Hanyūda | |
The Black Mages was a band led by Japanese video game music composer Nobuo Uematsu . Their style can essentially be described as instrumental melodic metal with extensive keyboard parts.
Uematsu reworked some of his favorite background and especially fighting pieces from the Final Fantasy games, so that they were redesigned on the albums The Black Mages (2003), The Black Mages II - The Skies Above (2004) and The Black Mages III - Darkness and Starlight (March 19, 2008) were released. The first album was a great success and sold around 40,000 times. Stylistically, the synthesizers take a back seat to the stronger electric guitars on the second album , which makes the music seem harder here. Nobuo Uematsu resigned from Square Enix to pursue his solo projects. The albums have so far only been released in Japan, but are also available in Germany and the USA via online music platforms. On August 7, 2010, Nobuo Uematsu announced that the band had split up; but he would continue to rearrange his music with his new band Earthbound Papas in rock style.
Discography
The Black Mages
01.Battle Scene (Final Fantasy I)
02. Clash on the Big Bridge (Final Fantasy V)
03. Force Your Way (Final Fantasy VIII)
04.Battle, Scene II (Final Fantasy II)
05. The Decisive Battle (Final Fantasy VI)
06.Battle Theme (Final Fantasy VI)
07. JENOVA (Final Fantasy VII)
08. Those Who Fight Further (Final Fantasy VII)
09.Dancing Mad (Final Fantasy VI)
10. Fight With Seymour (Final Fantasy X)
The Black Mages II - The Skies Above
01. The Rocking Gorunds (Final Fantasy III)
02. Zeromus (Final Fantasy IV)
03. Vamo 'ala Flamenco (Final Fantasy IX)
04. Hunter's Chance (Final Fantasy IX)
05. Otherworld (Final Fantasy X)
06. Matoya's Cave (Final Fantasy I)
07. The Man with the Machine Gun (Final Fantasy VIII)
08. Maybe I'm a Lion (Final Fantasy VIII)
09.Battle with the Four Fiends (Final Fantasy IV)
10. The Skies Above (Final Fantasy X)
11. Blue Blast - Winning the Rainbow (not part of Final Fantasy)
The Black Mages III - Darkness and Starlight
01. Opening ~ Bombing Mission (Final Fantasy VII)
02. Neo EXDEATH (Final Fantasy V)
03. The Extreme (Final Fantasy VIII)
04. Assault of the Silver Dragons (Final Fantasy IX)
05. KURAYAMINOKUMO (Final Fantasy III)
06.Distant Worlds (Final Fantasy XI)
07. Premonition (Final Fantasy VIII)
08 Grand Cross (Final Fantasy IX)
09.Darkness and Starlight (Final Fantasy VI)
10. Life ~ in memory of KEITEN ~ (not part of Final Fantasy)