Prelude (theme)

==Other appearances==
===''[[Final Fantasy IV: Celtic Moon]]''===
"Prelude" is arranged and performed in the style of Irish Celtic music on this album.

===''[[Final Fantasy IV: Minimum Album]]''===
The album contains a remix of the Prelude, called "The Prelude (Crystal Mix)".

===''[[Piano Collections: Final Fantasy IV]]''===
This album contains a piano arrangement of the theme performed by Reiko Nomura.

===''[[Piano Opera Final Fantasy I/II/III]]''===
This album contains a piano arrangement of the "Prelude" theme from the original ''Final Fantasy'', titled "Prelude ~ Opening".

===''[[Guitar Solo Final Fantasy Official Best Collection]]''===
"Prelude" is the second track on the album, which consists entirely of solo classical guitar arrangements of tracks from the ''Final Fantasy'' main series, performed by Yuji Sekiguchi.

===''[[Final Fantasy Remix]]''===
A remix of the song by DJ duo Ante is included on this album.

===''[[20020220 music from Final Fantasy]]''===
"Prelude" is part of the "FINAL FANTASY" Final Fantasy-Final Fantasy III Medley", performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

===''[[Distant Worlds II: More Music from Final Fantasy]]''===
"Prelude" is included in this live recording of an orchestral concert, performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

===[[Tour de Japon: Music from Final Fantasy]]===
The original "Prelude" from the original ''Final Fantasy'' was part of the "Final Fantasy Medley I-III 2004", a piece performed during a concert tour featuring music from the ''Final Fantasy'' series that toured Japan from March 12th to April 16th, 2004.

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

===''[[Beer SQ]]''===
The song appears in the pub-theme style arrangement album as its eighth and last track.

===''[[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 Tales]]''===
The Prelude that can be heard is supposed to be the from the original ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', but has a second melody that started to sound in the the ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' Prelude. It sounds in the minigames' preludes and endings.

===''[[Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon]]''===
"A Memory Returned" is an arranged version of the ''Final Fantasy XI'' "Prelude". It was arranged by Yuko Takahashi.