Premonition (theme)

"Premonition" is a battle theme from Final Fantasy VIII. It was composed and arranged by Nobuo Uematsu. It shares much of the same central melody as the game's opening theme, "Liberi Fatali". It also features a reference to the "Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII", the first five notes of that theme are repeated twice in the opening section.
==Game appearances==
===Final Fantasy VIII===
"Premonition" plays during fights against sorceresses: namely Edea, the battles against "Sorceresses" during time compression, and the first phase of the battle against Ultimecia. Notably, it is not used for the battle against Sorceress Adel.
"Premonition" was released as the 14th track of the 2nd disc of the Final Fantasy VIII: Original Soundtrack album. It was released again on the Revival Disc.
===Final Fantasy XV===
"Premonition" plays in the music player after the player buys the Memories of FFVIII soundtrack from Hammerhead for 100 gil.
===Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy===
The original version of "Premonition" makes an appearance as a bonus battle theme. It can be bought from the PP Catalog with 240 PP. It was included in the Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack album as the 35th track of the album's 1st disc.
Once purchased "Premonition" may be automatically selected as the battle theme for battles including Squall Leonhart, Ultimecia or Laguna Loire, or taking place at Ultimecia Castle.
====Dissidia Final Fantasy NT====
The original version of "Premonition" and a new arrangement by Takeharu Ishimoto are available from the shop for 3,600 gil.
"Premonition (Arrangement)" is track 8 of disc 2 on the Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Original Soundtrack Vol. 2.
===Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call===
"Premonition" appears as a Battle Music Sequence. It is available as DLC.
===Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon===
"Premonition" was arranged by Yuzo Takahashi and is present as "Mysterious Black Mage". This track was not included in the soundtrack release.
"The Mysterious Black Mage" was remastered for Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!. It was released as track 6 on the Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy! Original Soundtrack.
==Arrangement album appearances==
===The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight===
"Premonition" was rearranged in a hard-rock style by Tsuyoshi Sekito and included in The Black Mages' third studio album. It is the album's 7th track.
==Live performances==
===The Black Mages III Darkness and Starlight Live===
"Premonition" was performed live by The Black Mages and recorded on the album as track 2.
==Compilation album appearances==
===Final Fantasy VIII Vinyl===
"Premonition" is track 1 on the A-side of disc 2.
==Etymology==
The word "premonition" means "foreboding" or "forewarning". In parapsychology, premonition or precognition, is a type of extrasensory perception that would involve the acquisition or effect of future information that cannot be deduced from presently available and normally acquired sense-based information or laws of physics and/or nature.
Category:Battle themes from Final Fantasy VIII
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