Prelude (theme)

The Prelude is a recurring piece of music that appears in most Final Fantasy games. It is often considered one of the most important themes in the series, as it is often heard on the file select screen, especially in the Finest Fantasy for Advance releases.

Appearances
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Final Fantasy
The Prelude plays in the opening, formation and World Map screens.

Final Fantasy II
The Prelude plays in houses with healing Statues.

Final Fantasy III
The Prelude plays in the New Game screen.

Final Fantasy IV
The Prelude plays in the Crystal rooms.

Final Fantasy V
The Prelude plays in the New Game screen and in the Crystal rooms.

Final Fantasy VI
The Prelude plays in the New Game screen, in the Beginner's House and during the "The End" screen.

Final Fantasy VII
The Prelude plays in the opening credits and after the credits in a space background.

Final Fantasy VIII
The Prelude Plays during the Game Over Screen and also in the last parts of the game's ending.

Final Fantasy IX
The Prelude plays during the game over screen, at the end (Blackjack game) and during the Crystal World.

Final Fantasy X
A very upbeat mix of the Prelude plays at the very start of the game, when the player is introduced to Tidus in Zanarkand.

Final Fantasy XI
The music appears in the end of the opening movie.

Final Fantasy XII
The Prelude, with vocals, is played during the first part of the opening scene. It is similar to its appearance in Final Fantasy VII. It is titled "Loop Demo" in the original soundtrack.

Revenant Wings
The Prelude plays on the main title screen, when deciding to select a new game or not.

Final Fantasy Tactics
The Prelude plays when a battle is won.

Final Fantasy: Unlimited
A little version played at the top title

Vocal Collections
Two vocal arrangements of the Prelude exist, appearing in the albums Final Fantasy: Pray and Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow, although only the latter's version features lyrics.

Chocobo Racing
Titled "Crystal Legend", composed by Kenji Ito, it is a synthesized child version played before the last race in the Story mode.

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
Titled "A Memory Returned", arranged by Yuko Takahashi, it is the arrange version from Final Fantasy XI "Prelude".

Ergheiz
There are 2 version, depending on the Soundtrack selected, played at the Reactor arena.

Super Mario RPG
While Yoko Shimomura composed most of the soundtrack, the Prelude still appears. The track's name is Conversation with Culex