The Black Mages

The Black Mages was a band under the leadership of the Japanese video game music composer Nobuo Uematsu. Her style can be described with extensive keyboard parts essentially as instrumental melodic metal.

Uematsu revised some of his favorite background and particularly struggle pieces from the Final Fantasy games, so they in a newly erected robe on the albums The Black Mages (2003), The Black Mages II - The Skies Above ( 2004) and The Black Mages III - Darkness and Starlight (19 March 2008) were published. The first album was a huge success and sold about 40,000 times. Stylistically occur on the second album, the synth before the stronger electric guitars in the background, what the music can work harder here. Nobuo Uematsu resigned his post at Square Enix to continue to devote his solo projects. The albums have been released only in Japan, but are available through online music platforms in Germany or the USA. On August 7, 2010 Nobuo Uematsu announced that the band had split; however, he would continue to arrange his music with his new band the Earthbound Papas in the rock style again.

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 J -E -N -O- V -A ( 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 ( no Final Fantasy belong )

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 SIGHTS ~ ( no Final Fantasy belong )