Matoya's Cave (theme)

"Matoya's Cave" is a prominent background theme from the original Final Fantasy. It was composed by Nobuo Uematsu and has received several arrangements.

Final Fantasy
"Matoya's Cave" is used as the background theme for its eponymous location and various caverns of the game, including Mount Duergar; the Sage's Cave; the Cavern of Ice; the Dragon Caves and the Waterfall Cavern. It is the seventh track of the All Sounds of Final Fantasy I & II album.

"Matoya's Cave" was arranged by Nobuo Uematsu for the Wonderswan Color release of Final Fantasy, and this version has been used in all subsequent ports and remakes. It is the seventeenth track of Final Fantasy's original soundtrack.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
An arrangement of "Matoya's Cave" by Tsuyoshi Sekito appears in 012 as "Matoya's Cave -arrange- from FINAL FANTASY I". It is the representative location theme for Final Fantasy, and plays in select gateways of Confessions of the Creator. It also serves as the Warrior of Light's dungeon theme. It is the second track of the original soundtrack's first disc.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
"Matoya's Cave" is a bonus Field Music Sequence available as downloadable content.

Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy
"Matoya's Cave" is part of the Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy's "SCENE III", performed by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Katsuhisa Hattori on the 20th of May of 1994.

Final Fantasy: Pray
"Au palais de verre" ("At the Glass Palace") is a vocal arrangement of "Matoya's Cave", featured in the music album Final Fantasy: Pray and performed by Risa Ohki. It is sung in French and is the eighth track of the album.

Lyrics
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French

 * Le prince de Marano s'est envolé.
 * A bord de son vaisseau il s'est en allé
 * A travers la galaxie
 * Pour retrouver dans la nuit
 * Son ami, le chevalier bleu
 * Que le roi Gand a fait prisonnier.


 * Le prince et son armée sont partis le délivrer.


 * La nuit est tombée sur la planète Lerre.
 * La belle princesse dans son palais de verre, oh
 * Rêve qu'elle vole dans l'interplanetaire,
 * Et qu'elle accompagne son prince charmant.


 * Quand il reviendra,
 * Toute son peuple l'acclamera.
 * Plus jamais, oh non jamais il ne partira
 * Sans l'emmener, car
 * La belle princesse et le prince vont se marier.


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English translation

 * The prince of Marano has flown away.
 * He went away aboard his ship
 * Across the galaxy,
 * To find in the night
 * His friend, the blue knight,
 * Whom the king of Gand has imprisoned.


 * The prince and his army have left to save him.


 * Night has fallen on the planet Lerre.
 * The beautiful princess in her palace of glass
 * Dreams that she's flying among the planets,
 * And that's she's with her charming prince.


 * When he returns,
 * All his people shall praise him.
 * Never again, no, never shall he leave
 * Without bringing her, for
 * The beautiful princess and the prince are going to be wed.


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The Black Mages II: The Skies Above
"Matoya's Cave" was recorded as an instrumental rock tune (featuring a peculiar blues interlude performed by Kenichiro Fukui) for The Black Mages' second studio album. It is the sixth track of the album.

Guitar Solo Final Fantasy Official Best Collection
"Matoya's Cave" is the third track on the Guitar Solo Final Fantasy Official Best Collection album, which consists entirely of solo classical guitar arrangements of tracks from the Final Fantasy main series, performed by Yuji Sekiguchi.

Piano Opera Final Fantasy I/II/III
A piano arranged version of the theme by Hiroyuki Nakayama appears on this album. It is the fifth track of the album.

SQ Chips
The song appears in the SQ Chips VILLAGE/VANGUARD Customer Bonus CD of the 8-bit arrangement album featuring tracks from several Square Enix games. It is the sixth track in the bonus CD.

Cafe SQ
"Cafe SQ: FINAL FANTASY "Matoya's Cave" / Deadball P" appears on this arrangement album, with music arranged to the theme of music that would play in a cafe.

"THE BLACK MAGES" LIVE
The Black Mages's arrangement of "Matoya's Cave" from their second album was introduced on these 2003 live concerts that took place at Shibuya-AX and Kanagawa University. It was the sixth song of the line-up.

20020220 music from Final Fantasy
"Matoya's Cave" was one of the themes included in the Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy III medley, performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Tokyo International Forum on February 20th, 2002. The medley is the fifth song of the line-up and the fifth track of the concerts' recording.

Dear Friends -Music from Final Fantasy-
The orchestral medley of Final Fantasy to Final Fantasy III music from 20020220 was part of the performances of this concert tour throughout the USA in 2005. It was the eleventh song of the line-up.

Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy
The 2002 medley of Final Fantasy to Final Fantasy III music, which included "Matoya's Cave", was included in the first Distant Worlds concert tour.

It is the seventh song of the concert's line-up and the seventh track of the concert's recording at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 4th, 2007.

Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy Returning Home
An adaptation of 20020220's medley titled "FINAL FANTASY I-III Medley 2010" was included in this concert conducted by Arnie Roth and performed by the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra is present on the third Distant Worlds album. It was originally performed in Tokyo in November 2010.

The difference between the medleys is the removal of "Chocobo Theme" and inclusion of the "Opening Theme" in its place.

Final Fantasy V 5+1
An unreleased version of "Matoya's Cave" is included on this mini album as its last track.

Final Fantasy 1987-1994
"Scene III" from Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy was included in this album of remixes of themes from Final Fantasy titles as its first track.

Final Fantasy Mix
The aforementioned unreleased version of "Matoya's Cave" is included in this album as its ninth track.

Dear Friends: Music From Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack
"Matoya's Cave" was released as the thirteenth track of this collection of themes present n the Dear Friends -Music from Final Fantasy- concert tour.

Final Fantasy Vinyls
"Matoya's Cave" is included on the second disc of this collector's edition set.

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