"Maybe I'm a Lion" is a boss battle theme from Final Fantasy VIII, composed and arranged by Nobuo Uematsu. It is associated with Squall Leonhart.
Game appearances[]
Final Fantasy VIII[]
"Maybe I'm a Lion" plays during the battle with Ultimecia's junctioned form with Griever. The track's name refers to both Griever and Squall, the Griever in the battle being the manifestation of Squall's image of the most powerful Guardian Force.
It is the 8th track of the 4th disc of the Final Fantasy VIII: Original Soundtrack release. It was released again on the Revival Disc.
Final Fantasy XV[]
"Maybe I'm a Lion" plays in the music player after the player buys the Memories of FFVIII soundtrack from Hammerhead for 100 gil.
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[]
A new rock arrangement by Keiji Kawamori is available from the shop for 3,600 gil.
"Maybe I'm a Lion (Arrangement)" is track 11 of disc 1 on the Dissidia Final Fantasy -Arcade- Original Soundtrack Vol. 2 and track 26 on the Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Original Soundtrack.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call[]
"Maybe I'm a Lion" appears as a playable Battle Music Sequence for Final Fantasy VIII.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival[]
"Maybe I'm a Lion" is a playable Battle Music Sequence. It can be bought in the song store for 5 sound medals.
| Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Expert | Ultimate | Transcendent |
| N/A | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 |
Arrangement album appearances[]
The Black Mages II: The Skies Above[]
A power metal-style arrangement of "Maybe I'm a Lion" by Michio Okamiya was featured on the The Black Mages' second studio album, in which translator Alexander O. Smith acts as guest "vocalist". The song's title, vocalized at its beginning, are the only lyrics in the song and were performed by Smith himself.
The track is numbered 8 in the album.
Final Fantasy Remix[]
This album features a remix of The Black Mages' arrangement by Ante.
Battle SQ[]
The track appears in the limited edition of the arrangement album featuring battle tracks from several Square Enix games. "Maybe I'm a Lion" was arranged by Fumiaki Kobayashi.
Final Fantasy VIII Chips[]
The song is part of the 8-bit arrangement album as its 6th track, arranged by Kplecraft. It is the second section of the mash-up with the battle track "The Man with the Machine Gun".
It was also released as track 3 on the Square Enix Music Chips Selection CD.
Live performances[]
The Black Mages Live "Above the Sky"[]
The Black Mages' "Maybe I'm a Lion" was performed at their 2005 concerts at Club Citta in Kawasaki City, Japan and Namba Hatch in Osaka City, Japan. It was the 7th song of the concert.
More Friends - Music from Final Fantasy[]
The Black Mages performed Michio Okamiya's arrangement of "Maybe I'm a Lion" at this concert at the Gibson Amphitheater - Los Angeles, California, United States of America, in May 16th, 2005. It was the 9th song of the concert's line-up.
It was also released as track 5 on the Square Enix Music Powered Vol.1 album.
The Black Mages III Darkness and Starlight Live[]
"Maybe I'm a Lion" was performed live by The Black Mages and recorded on the album as track 12.
Compilation album appearances[]
More Friends: Music From Final Fantasy original soundtrack[]
"Maybe I'm a Lion"'s original version was released as the 9th track of this collection of themes present in the Dear Friends -Music from Final Fantasy- concert tour.
Final Fantasy VIII Vinyl[]
"Maybe I'm a Lion" is track 8 on the B-side of disc 2.
Etymology[]
"Maybe I'm a Lion"'s title may be inspired by the English Hard Rock band Deep Purple's "Maybe I'm a Leo".