Chaos Shrine (theme)

"Chaos' Shrine" (カオスの神殿) is a background theme from the original Final Fantasy, composed by Nobuo Uematsu.

This track is misnamed in its soundtracks releases, but is always refered to as "Chaos Shrine" in subsequent arrangements and appearances.

Final Fantasy
"Chaos Shrine" is the background theme for the final dungeon of the original Final Fantasy: the Chaos Shrine of the Past.

This theme was released as "Underwater Temple" in every release of the game's soundtrack due to a mistake: The "Chaos Shrine" track of Final Fantasy's soundtracks is the theme that plays at both the Chaos Shrine in the present time and the Sunken Shrine. This is considered an error because it would be expectable that "Underwater Temple" refers to the background music of the forementioned Sunken Shrine, but in the end, there is no relation whatsoever between the track and the location.

"Underwater Temple" is the eleventh track of All Sounds of Final Fantasy I & II, the soundtrack for the NES release of Final Fantasy; and the thirteenth track of Final Fantasy I & II Original Soundtrack's first disc, the soundtrack for the Final Fantasy Origins release of Final Fantasy.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
An arrangement of "Chaos' Shrine" by Takeharu Ishimoto appears in 012 as "Chaos Shrine -arrange- from FINAL FANTASY I". It is the third track of the original soundtrack's first disc. The original NES version of "Chaos Shrine" is also part of the Final Fantasy Music Pack DLC distributed through the PlayStation Network. It is listed as "Chaos Shrine", unlike in the game's soundtrack.

Both tracks can be used as the default background theme for battles including Warrior of Light or Garland, or any battle with the Old Chaos Shrine as the arena. However, the downloadable NES version of "Chaos Shrine" will only be automatically selected for Arcade or Quick Battles.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
"Chaos Shrine" appears in this rythm game as a Battle music for the final boss.

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
"Nostalgia" is an arrangement of "Chaos Shrine" by Yuzo Takahashi and is the seventeenth track in the original soundtrack.

Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy
"Chaos Shrine" concludes the Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy's "SCENE V", performed by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Katsuhisa Hattori on the 20th of May of 1994.