Final Fantasy III Original Sound Version

Final Fantasy III Original Sound Version, is the complete soundtrack of the original NES version. It was not the game's first compilation album, having been released a year after the arranged album Final Fantasy III: Eternal Legend of the Wind.
The NES version never made it to western shores, and it was not until the DS version the soundtrack was widely distributed in America and the rest of the world.
The album has been distributed digitally under the name Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack. Later, the album was remastered and released as tracks 47 to 91 of Final Fantasy I・II・III Original Soundtrack Revival Disc.
The music of Final Fantasy III was Nobuo Uematsu's twenty-first contribution to the video game industry.
== Track list ==
The English track names are alternative titles provided in the booklet. The first titles listed here are those printed in the most recent printings. Alternate names from the original printing and the digital releases are listed beside them in parentheses (grammatical case differences not included).
# (Prelude) — 0:49
#: Plays at the title screen.
# — 1:40
#: Plays as the background themes for dungeons where Crystals reside.
# (Battle 1 (Fanfare)) — 1:53
#: Plays during random encounters.
# — 0:29
#: Plays during the Wind Crystal Room sequence.
# — 1:27
#: Plays when the Wind Crystal speaks to the party.
# — 1:44
#: The town theme of Final Fantasy III. Played in all Floating Continent towns other than Tozus and Gysahl.
# — 2:07
#: Plays at the world map.
# — 1:15
#: Played in Kazus and Castle Sasune while they are under the Djinn's curse.
# — 1:07
#: The dungeon theme.
# — 1:03
#: Played at Kazus and Castle Sasune after defeating the Djinn, and played at Saronia after defeating Gigametz. Featured in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy as a result screen theme.
# — 0:42
#: Played at Dragon's Peak and whenever the party walks around the Invincible.
# — 1:00
#: Played whenever the player visits Tozus.
# -	0:58
#: The eponymous theme of the location.
# — 1:02
#: Played when navigating through the seas of the Floating Continent aboard the Enterprise.
# — 0:44
#: The eponymous theme of the location.
# — 1:45
#: Played when visiting the Village of the Ancients.
# — 0:38
#: The chocobo theme.
# — 0:29
#: Played whenever sighting a Fat Chocobo, regardless of the theme played before.
# — 1:05
#: Eponymous theme of the dungeon.
# — 0:45
#: Gysahl's theme.
# — 1:22
#: Played when crawling through Hein's Castle.
# — 1:40
#: The boss battle theme.
# — 0:38
#: The Game Over theme.
# — 0:44
#: Played when flying the airships Enterprise and Nautilus.
# — 1:18
#: Played when first navigating through the oceans of the World Map before fighting Kraken. It was included as a vocal arrangement in the music album Final Fantasy: Pray, performed by Risa Ohki.
# — 1:21
#: Aria Benett's theme.
# — 1:07
#: Theme played in Amur.
# (Let's Play Piano!) — 0:11
#: Plays if the party plays on the left side of the piano in Ur.
# (Let's Play Piano Again!) — 0:06
#: Plays if the party plays on the right side of the piano in Ur.
# — 0:38
#: Plays if the party plays the piano in Amur.
# — 0:34
#: The Fellows's theme.
# — 1:01
#: Falgabard's theme.
# — 1:40
#: Eponymous theme of the location.
# — 1:53
#: Played while navigating the submerged Nautilus.
# — 1:26
#: Plays in the Sunken Cave.
# — 0:56
#: Plays at Unei's Shrine, Doga's Manor, and Doga's Grotto.
# — 0:20
#: Plays when the item is used.
# — 0:30
#: Plays on a cutscene involving Unei at Unei's Shrine.
# — 1:25
#: Plays when flying the Invincible.
# — 0:49
#: Eureka's theme.
# — 1:14
#: Eponymous theme of the dungeon.
# — 1:43
#: The theme of the World of Darkness.
# — 2:22
#: Played on both occasions when the party meets the Cloud of Darkness.
# — 6:44
#: The ending theme.
==Music samples==
== Sheet music ==
Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack Piano Solo Sheet Music, published by DOREMI Music Publishing, contains solo piano arrangements for all the music on the Nintendo DS version of the Final Fantasy III: Original Soundtrack. The compilation book Final Fantasy I·II·III Complete Song Collection contains piano arrangements for the three first games in the Final Fantasy series.
== Behind the scenes ==
The original background music for the town of Amur was used in creating the song "Cloud Smiles" in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
Two cut tracks appear on a background music list used by the development team featured in the Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive Volume 1 book: "Xande Battle" and "Giant bird's nest". These would presumably have been used during the boss battle against Xande and in Bahamut's nest on top of Dragon's Peak, respectively. It is unknown how much work, if any, had been done on these tracks before they were cut.
==Notes==
==Related==
*Final Fantasy I・II・III Original Soundtrack Revival Disc
== Links ==
* VGMdb - Final Fantasy III Original Sound Version
* VGMdb - Final Fantasy III Original Sound Version(reprint)
* VGMdb - Final Fantasy III Original Sound Version(reprint)
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