THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight / THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight / THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight

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 Kenji 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:Kenji 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.