Matoya's Cave (theme)

"Matoya's Cave" is a prominent background theme from the original Final Fantasy. It was composed by Nobuo Uematsu and has received several arrangements.
== Game appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy ===
"Matoya's Cave" is used as the background theme for its eponymous location and various caverns of the game, including Mount Duergar, the Sage's Cave, the Cavern of Ice, the Dragon Caves, and the Waterfall Cavern. It is the seventh track of the All Sounds of Final Fantasy I & II album.
"Matoya's Cave" was arranged by Nobuo Uematsu for the Wonderswan Color release, and this version has been used in all subsequent ports and remakes. It is the seventeenth track of the original soundtrack.
=== Final Fantasy XIV ===
A rearrangement of "Matoya's Cave" by Yukiko Takada and Masayoshi Soken, called "The Mushroomery", appears in the expansion Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. It plays in the cave where Matoya lives.
It is the 39th track in Heavensward: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
Another rearrangement, called "Freshly Glazed Porxies", appears in the expansion Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, as the theme of the dungeon Matoya's Relict.
===Final Fantasy XV===
The theme is included in the music player. The original version is available since the beginning as part of the Memories of FF album. The Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy arrangement is available on the Memories of Dissidia 012 FF album purchasable from Old Lestallum for 500 gil.
=== Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy ===
An arrangement of "Matoya's Cave" by Tsuyoshi Sekito appears as "Matoya's Cave -arrange- from FINAL FANTASY I". It is the representative location theme for Final Fantasy, and plays in select gateways of Confessions of the Creator. It also serves as the Warrior of Light's dungeon theme. It is the second track of the original soundtrack's first disc.
====Dissidia Final Fantasy NT====
A new arrangement can be bought for 3,600 gil from the shop.
The arranged version from Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival appears as a battle music available from a Theatrhythm Final Fantasy event (October 2017).
=== Theatrhythm Final Fantasy ===
"Matoya's Cave" is a bonus Field Music Sequence available as downloadable content.
==== Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call ====
"Matoya's Cave" reappears as a Field Music Sequence and is available is the base game.
====Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival====
"Matoya's Cave" is a Field Music Sequence that is available to the player by default.
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It also appears as a song, "Matoya's Cave -TFFAC Arrange-".
=== Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin ===
A rearrangement of "Matoya's Cave" by Ryo Yamazaki, named "Where to Obtain Untold Power – Motif from "Matoya's Cave"" appears in the DLC Trials of the Dragon King, where it serves as the theme music of the Dragon Cave, where the dragon Bahamut dwells. It also serves as the world map theme when the BAHAMUT difficulty is selected. It is the first track in Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin Original Soundtrack Volume 2.
== Arrangement album appearances ==
=== Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy ===
"Matoya's Cave" is part of "SCENE III", performed by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Katsuhisa Hattori on the 20th of May 1994.
=== Final Fantasy: Pray ===
"Au palais de verre" ("At the Glass Palace") is a vocal arrangement of "Matoya's Cave", featured in the music album and performed by Risa Ohki. It is sung in French and is the eighth track of the album.
==== Lyrics ====
===== French =====
:Le prince de Marano s'est envolé.
:A bord de son vaisseau il s'est en allé
:A travers la galaxie
:Pour retrouver dans la nuit
:Son ami, le chevalier bleu
:Que le roi Gand a fait prisonnier.
:Le prince et son armée sont partis le délivrer.
:La nuit est tombée sur la planète Lerre.
:La belle princesse dans son palais de verre, oh
:Rêve qu'elle vole dans l'interplanetaire,
:Et qu'elle accompagne son prince charmant.
:Quand il reviendra,
:Toute son peuple l'acclamera.
:Plus jamais, oh non jamais il ne partira
:Sans l'emmener, car
:La belle princesse et le prince vont se marier.	
===== English translation =====
:The prince of Marano has flown away.
:He went away aboard his ship
:Across the galaxy,
:To find in the night
:His friend, the blue knight,
:Whom the king of Gand has imprisoned.
:The prince and his army have left to save him.
:Night has fallen on the planet Lerre.
:The beautiful princess in her palace of glass
:Dreams that she's flying among the planets,
:And that's she's with her charming prince.
:When he returns,
:All his people shall praise him.
:Never again, no, never shall he leave
:Without bringing her, for
:The beautiful princess and the prince are going to be wed.
=== The Black Mages II: The Skies Above ===
"Matoya's Cave" was recorded as an instrumental rock tune (featuring a peculiar blues interlude performed by Kenichiro Fukui) for The Black Mages' second studio album. It is the sixth track of the album.
=== Guitar Solo Final Fantasy Official Best Collection ===
"Matoya's Cave" is the third track on the album, which consists entirely of solo classical guitar arrangements of tracks from the Final Fantasy main series, performed by Yuji Sekiguchi.
=== Piano Opera Final Fantasy I/II/III ===
A piano arranged version of the theme by Hiroyuki Nakayama appears on this album. It is the fifth track of the album.
=== SQ Chips ===
The song appears in the SQ Chips VILLAGE/VANGUARD Customer Bonus CD of the 8-bit arrangement album featuring tracks from several Square Enix games. It is the sixth track in the bonus CD.
=== Cafe SQ ===
"Cafe SQ: FINAL FANTASY "Matoya's Cave" / Deadball P" appears on this arrangement album, with music arranged to the theme of music that would play in a cafe.
== Live performances ==
=== "THE BLACK MAGES" LIVE ===
The Black Mages's arrangement of "Matoya's Cave" from their second album was introduced on these 2003 live concerts that took place at Shibuya-AX and Kanagawa University. It was the sixth song of the line-up.
=== 20020220 music from Final Fantasy ===
"Matoya's Cave" was one of the themes included in the Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy III medley, performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Tokyo International Forum on February 20, 2002. The medley is the fifth song of the line-up and the fifth track of the concerts' recording.
=== Dear Friends -Music from Final Fantasy- ===
The orchestral medley of Final Fantasy to Final Fantasy III music from 20020220 was part of the performances of this concert tour throughout the USA in 2005. It was the eleventh song of the line-up.
=== Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy ===
The 2002 medley of Final Fantasy to Final Fantasy III music, which included "Matoya's Cave", was included in the first Distant Worlds concert tour.
It is the seventh song of the concert's line-up and the seventh track of the concert's recording at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 4, 2007.
=== Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy Returning Home ===
An adaptation of 20020220's medley titled "FINAL FANTASY I-III Medley 2010" was included in this concert conducted by Arnie Roth and performed by the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra is present on the third Distant Worlds album. It was originally performed in Tokyo in November 2010.
The difference between the medleys is the removal of "Chocobo Theme" and inclusion of the "Opening Theme" in its place.
== Compilation album appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy V 5+1 ===
An unreleased version of "Matoya's Cave" is included on this mini album as its last track.
=== Final Fantasy 1987-1994 ===
"Scene III" from Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy was included in this album of remixes of themes from Final Fantasy titles as its first track.
=== Final Fantasy Mix ===
The aforementioned unreleased version of "Matoya's Cave" is included in this album as its ninth track.
=== Dear Friends: Music From Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack ===
"Matoya's Cave" was released as the thirteenth track of this collection of themes present on the Dear Friends -Music from Final Fantasy- concert tour.
=== Final Fantasy Vinyls ===
"Matoya's Cave" is included on the second disc of this collector's edition set.
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