Veiled in Black

"Veiled in Black" is a battle theme in Final Fantasy XV. It was composed by Yoko Shimomura and arranged by Shimomura and Shota Nakama.
==Game appearances==
===Final Fantasy XIV===
"Veiled in Black" plays in the Full Active Time Event during the A Nocturne for Heroes collaboration event.
===Final Fantasy XV===
"Veiled in Black" plays in battles against the Niflheim imperial enemies. It is track 28 on the Final Fantasy XV: Original Soundtrack.
"Veiled in Black (Arrangement)" is an arrangement by Yoshitaka Suzuki that plays in battles set in Niflheim territory. It is track 47 on the original soundtrack.
"Veiled Aggression (Jump Festa 2015 Trailer)" is a medley of "The Aggressors" and "Veiled in Black" used for the Jump Festa 2015 trailer of the game. It was released as a bonus track on the Final Fantasy XV: Ultimate Collector's Edition Special Soundtrack and as track 3 on the Final Fantasy XV Original Soundtrack Unreleased Trailer Music Collection. Prior to the release of the game's original soundtrack, "Veiled in Black" and "Veiled in Black (Arrangement)" were released on the Ultimate Collector's Edition Special Soundtrack.
In the Royal Edition and Windows Edition, "Veiled in Black (Insomnia Arrangement)" is a new arrangement by Yoshitaka Suzuki that plays in Insomnia. It is track 76 of disc 1 on the Final Fantasy XV Original Soundtrack Volume 2.
====Final Fantasy XV Episode Duscae====
"Veiled in Black" plays in the demo when fighting daemons.
===Dissidia Final Fantasy NT===
"Veiled in Black (Arrangement)" is an arrangement by Takeharu Ishimoto that appears as battle music along with the original. Both the arrangement and the original can be bought from the shop for 3,600 gil. The arrangement here is not to be confused with the similarly titled arrangement in Final Fantasy XV.
"Veiled in Black (Arrangement)" is track 66 on the Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Original Soundtrack.
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===World of Final Fantasy Maxima===
An arrangement of "Veiled in Black" plays as the background music for the Fishing minigame, and when Lann is equipped with Noctis's Champion Jewel. The player may also select this theme as the background music for battles from the Config section of the main menu, labeled as "Champion Theme: Noctis". The track has not been officially released.
==Arrangement album appearances==
===Piano Collections: Final Fantasy XV===
"Drunk on Darkness -Veiled in Black-" is a piano arrangement by Natsumi Kameoka and performed by Takaya Sano. It is track 6 on the album.
"Drunk on Darkness -Veiled in Black-" was first released as track 5 of the CD on the limited edition of the Final Fantasy XV: Original Soundtrack.
==Live performances==
===Final Fantasy XV Live at Abbey Road Studios===
"Veiled Aggression" was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios on September 7, 2016.
===Yoko Shimomura Birthday Concert "pianistique"===
"Veiled in Black" was performed at Yoko Shimomura's birthday piano concert on October 9, 2016.http://www.2083.jp/pianistique/
===Piano Collections Final Fantasy XV Concert===
"Drunk on Darkness -Veiled in Black-" was performed live for the concert in 2017. The pianist for the Tokyo performance in May was Yui Morishita (Duke of Pianeet) and the pianist for the Osaka performance June was Hiroyuki Nakayama. The recording from the Osaka performance on June 2, 2017 was released in disc 2 on the Blu-ray disc version of the Final Fantasy XV Original Soundtrack Volume 2.
==Video performances==
===Yoko Shimomura Official===
A piano solo of "Veiled in Black" was arranged and performed by Ivan Linn and uploaded on Yoko Shimomura's official channel.https://twitter.com/midiplex/status/1264139973881589760
==Compilation album appearances==
===Final Fantasy Music Sampler CD -Limited Edition-===
"Veiled in Black" was first officially released as track 8 on the album.
===Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary Tracks 1987-2017===
"Veiled in Black" is track 45 of disc 2 on the album.
==Citations==
Category:Battle themes from Final Fantasy XIV
Category:Battle themes from Final Fantasy XV
Category:Battle themes from Dissidia Final Fantasy NT