Final Fantasy (theme)

"Final Fantasy" is a recurring piece of music composed by Nobuo Uematsu in the Final Fantasy series. It has also been called the "Opening Theme" and the "Prologue", due to it being played during the opening sequences. Because of this, along with its recurrence, it is considered to be the series' main theme.

The theme first played during the opening of the original Final Fantasy and has since appeared in every game in the main series, except Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy X.

Final Fantasy
The tune is played at the Cornelia Bridge and during the Credits.

Final Fantasy III
The tune is played at the Wind Crystal chamber after defeating the Land Turtle in the NES version, and after defeating Djinn in the DS version.

Final Fantasy IV
The theme has many recurring appearances. First played during the opening cinematic, it plays again during the prophecy of Cecil's destiny. It also plays during the game's end when the party members who do not join Cecil pray to give him and his companions strength for the final battle against Zeromus.

In the Advance version's Music Player, the tune is called the "Prologue". In the Nintendo DS version's original soundtrack, the theme appears in the tracks "Opening Movie" and "Epilogue".

Final Fantasy V
The tune plays at the game's end when Krile is at the Elder Tree. In the Advance version's Music Player the theme is titled "Final Fantasy".

Final Fantasy VI
The tune is played at the game's end, mixed into the track "Ending Theme".

Final Fantasy VII
The tune plays during the credits, in the track "Staff Roll" at mark 3:31.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
An orchestrated version plays during the credits.

Final Fantasy VIII
The tune appears in the "Ending Theme" of the OST and in the game's ending movie. It was arranged in form of a military march following "Eyes on Me" and it plays during the sequence following the ending FMV in which both credits and a home movie style sequence are displayed. Plays from 6:59 to 10:00.

Final Fantasy IX
The tune is played during the Prima Vista escape scene and during the credits, right after the theme song "Melodies of Life", and also in the OST at the end of "Melodies of Life".

Final Fantasy XI
Plays during the final cutscene of the A Crystalline Prophecy additional scenario.

Final Fantasy XII
Played during the game's intro movie, and appears in the OST as "FINAL FANTASY ~FFXII Version~". It is also used several times during the sequences where Halim Ondore IV reads from his memoirs.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
The tune plays at the opening FMV and at the end of the game.

Final Fantasy XIII
The theme can be heard briefly during "Prelude to FINAL FANTASY XIII" and "Miracles".

Final Fantasy XIV
The theme returned yet again in this installment, as part of the "Opening Theme."

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Layle is heard humming the theme while raiding the Tribe Unity ball. An arrangement of the Prologue was heard in an early trailer for The Crystal Bearers, though the song did not appear in the final game.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
The tune plays at the ending's final part, a recreation of the Cornelia Bridge scene from the original Final Fantasy. In the original soundtrack, it is titled "FINAL FANTASY from DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY".

Final Fantasy: Pray
"Pray" is a vocal arrangement of the Main Theme from the original featured in the eponymous music album Final Fantasy: Pray, performed by Risa Ohki. It is sung in Japanese.

Lyrics
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Japanese

 * Tooku shizuka na hoshizora kara,
 * Afureru inochi no uta ga hibiku.
 * Ikusen kounen yami o koete,
 * Hitotsu no daichi ni tadori tsuita.


 * Sotto hitomi o tojita mama de
 * Tooi inori no you ni


 * Itsushi ka yumetachi ga
 * Kanau you ni


 * Konna chiisa na te no hira de wa
 * Kakaekirenu hodo toki wa nagai
 * Ikusenman ri no tabi no hate ni
 * Yasashii egao ni meguriaeru


 * Ima wa namida ni nureta mama de
 * Fukai inori no you ni


 * Itsushi ka kanashimi mo
 * Owaru you ni


 * Tooku shizuka na hoshizora kara,
 * Afureru inochi no uta ga kikoeru.


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English translation

 * From far and silent starry skies
 * Echoes a song full of life.
 * Crossing a darkness of thousands of light years,
 * It finally arrives at a single earth.


 * With eyes closed just so,
 * Like a faraway prayer,


 * So that one day
 * Our dreams will come true.


 * Time is so long that
 * These tiny palms can barely hold it.
 * At the end of a million-mile voyage,
 * We can still run across smiling faces.


 * Now, wet with tears,
 * As though deep in prayer,


 * So that one day
 * Sadness, too, will end.


 * From far and silent starry skies,
 * A song full of life can be heard.


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Guitar Solo Final Fantasy Official Best Collection
Titled "Opening Theme", it is the first 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.

Chocobo's Crystal Tower
The NES "Opening Theme" version from the original Final Fantasy plays at the intro of this Facebook game.