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Music of the Final Fantasy series
''Final Fantasy'' is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix that includes video games, motion pictures, and other merchandise. The series began in 1987 as an eponymous role-playing video game developed by Square, spawning a video game series that became the central focus of the franchise.〔〔 The music of the ''Final Fantasy'' series refers to the soundtracks of the ''Final Fantasy'' series of video games, as well as the surrounding medley of soundtrack, arranged, and compilation albums. The series' music ranges from very light background music to emotionally intense interweavings of character and situation leitmotifs.
The franchise includes a main series of numbered games as well as several spin-off series such as ''Crystal Chronicles'' and the ''Final Fantasy Tactics'' series. The primary composer of music for the main series was Nobuo Uematsu, who single-handedly composed the soundtracks for the first nine games, as well as directing the production of many of the albums. Music for the spin-off series and main series games beginning with ''Final Fantasy X'' was created by a variety of composers including Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, Hitoshi Sakimoto, and Kumi Tanioka.
The majority of ''Final Fantasy'' games, including all of the main series games, have received a soundtrack album release. Many have also inspired orchestral, vocal, or piano arrangement albums. In addition to the regular albums, a number of compilation albums of tracks from multiple games have been produced both by Square Enix and outside groups. Music from the original soundtracks of the games has been arranged as sheet music for the piano and published by DOREMI Music Publishing, while sheet music from the piano albums have been published by Yamaha Music Media. The franchise's music has been performed numerous times in concert tours and other live performances such as the ''Orchestral Game Music Concerts'', ''Symphonic Game Music Concerts'', and the ''Play! A Video Game Symphony'' and ''Video Games Live'' concert tours, as well as forming the basis of specific ''Final Fantasy'' concerts such as the ''Dear Friends'' and ''Distant Worlds'' concert tours.
==Themes==
Although each game in the ''Final Fantasy'' series offers a variety of music, there are some frequently reused themes. Most of the games open with a piece called "Prelude", which is based on a short piece by Bach that has evolved from a simple, two-voice, arpeggiated theme in the early games to a complex melodic arrangement in recent installments. It has been described as being "as recognizable in gaming circles as the ''Super Mario Bros.'' theme or ''Sonic the Hedgehog''s title screen pop".〔 Battle victories in the first 10 installments of the series were accompanied by a victory fanfare; this theme has become one of the most recognized pieces of music in the series.〔〔 Chocobos and moogles, two mascots for the series, each have their own themes. The basic theme for chocobos is rearranged in a different musical style for each installment, and usually has a title ending in "de Chocobo", while moogles have a theme entitled "Moogle's Theme", which first appeared in ''Final Fantasy V''.〔 The chocobo inspired the spin-off Chocobo series, and many of the pieces from the soundtracks of that series are stylistically based on the main chocobo theme.〔 A piece called "Prologue" or "Final Fantasy", originally featured in the first game, has appeared in some form in every game in the main series, with the exceptions of Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy X, and Final Fantasy XIII; originally appearing in the prologue of the games. It sometimes appears as a full arrangement and surfaces other times as a theme played during the finale track.〔〔 Although leitmotifs are often used in the more character-driven installments, theme music is typically reserved for main characters and recurring plot elements.〔
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