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The Black Mages
The Black Mages The Black Mages did not tour as a band, but per-
formed several concerts to promote their album releases.
Origin Tokyo, Japan For their first album they performed in Shibuya and
Genres Instrumental rock Kanagawa, Japan in 2003 and later released a live video of
Progressive metal the first concert on DVD exclusively to Uematsu fanclub
Symphonic rock members. They repeated this for the release of their sec-
Years active 2002–2010 ond album, performing in Kawasaki and Osaka, Japan in
2005 and similarly released on DVD to fanclub members.
Labels DigiCube The third album saw a performance in Yokohama, Japan
Square Enix
Universal Music Group in 2008; a DVD of the show was released commercially on
Dog Ear Records March 25, 2009. In addition to these concerts, The Black
Mages made live appearances at two Final Fantasy con-
Associated acts Earthbound Papas
certs, More Friends: Music from Final Fantasy and Voices
Members - Music from Final Fantasy, as well as another video game
music event, Extra: Hyper Game Music Event 2007.
Nobuo Uematsu
Kenichiro Fukui
Tsuyoshi Sekito
Keiji Kawamori
History
Arata Hanyuda
Michio Okamiya
The Black Mages were a Japanese instrumental rock band
formed in 2002 by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui and
Tsuyoshi Sekito - three composers for Square Enix. The
band arranged Uematsu’s Final Fantasy video game series-
based compositions in a rock style often similar to pro-
gressive metal, achieved with the additional use of syn-
thesizers.[1] Since its inception, the band had expanded
to six members with the addition of Keiji Kawamori, Mi-
chio Okamiya and Arata Hanyuda. On August 7, 2010,
Nobuo Uematsu announced the band had disbanded, but
he would continue to perform rock arrangements of his
music as a part of another band, the Earthbound Papas.
The band has released three studio albums. Their first
was released eponymously as The Black Mages in 2003, and
contained arrangements of Final Fantasy battle themes.
The second album, The Black Mages II: The Skies Above, was
released in 2004 and featured additional pieces besides
battle themes including the group’s first original song,
"Blue Blast ~Winning the Rainbow", which was created
for Japanese K-1 fighter Takehiro Murahama. The third
album, The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight, was re-
leased on March 19, 2008. Music from the group has also
appeared in other albums, including one track in Dark
Chronicle Premium Arrange, an album of arranged music Nobuo Uematsu - composer, producer and keyboardist for The
from the video game Dark Chronicle, a piece in the ani- Black Mages
mated film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and its corre-
sponding soundtrack album, and one track on Final Fan- In 2000, Square Enix employees Kenichiro Fukui and
tasy III Original Soundtrack, the soundtrack album for the Tsuyoshi Sekito formed an experimental partnership to
Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy III. compose music for the video game All Star Pro-Wrestling
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in a rock style. After the game’s success, the two con- has been joined by fellow Black Mages band-mates Mi-
tinued to compose in the same style. In 2002, Fukui and chio Okamiya and Arata Hanyuda, both continuing on
Sekito decided to arrange some of the compositions of guitar and drums, respectively. They had also left Square
Nobuo Uematsu, the primary composer for the music of Enix; Uematsu built the new band to not include any cur-
the Final Fantasy series. Uematsu, a fan of rock music, en- rent Square Enix employees so as to avoid the trademark
joyed these arrangements, and Fukui and Sekito asked and licensing problems of The Black Mages.[6]
him to join them in making a rock band. Declining at first
due to feeling too busy with his composing duties and at-
tempts to become a music producer with his Smile Please
Discography
label, Uematsu agreed to join them in a single live per-
formance as a keyboardist. At the performance, Uematsu The Black Mages
felt a "mix of stage fright and excitement, [with] all the The Black Mages
crowds cheering, the audience paying full attention", and
decided to join the two in making a band; Fukui and Sek-
ito had refused to start one if Uematsu was not involved
as one of the musicians.[2][3]
The group has said they were "nervous" about forming
a rock band, as they were all "middle-aged", but decided
after the performance it would not be a problem. The
name "The Black Mages" was chosen by an employee at
Square Enix, Mr. Matsushita, and was decided to be in
English because it "wouldn’t stand out" in Japanese.[3]
Square Enix owns the name "The Black Mages", which
means while using that name the band was essentially
limited to playing Final Fantasy music and original pieces
rather than arranging music from other game series that
were not owned by the company.[4] Studio album by The Black Mages
In 2003, Uematsu decided the band should produce
Released February 19, 2003
an album of Final Fantasy arrangements.[3] The trio May 10, 2004 (re-release)
arranged, interpreted, and sequenced ten battle themes
from various Final Fantasy titles, with Uematsu as produc- Genre Progressive metal
er; the album was released eponymously on February 19, Length 51:29
2003. To celebrate the success, Uematsu decided to orga-
nize a concert in tribute to the album; Uematsu and Fukui Label DigiCube
Square Enix (re-release)
served as the keyboardists, while Sekito was the guitarist.
They needed more people to perform the arrangements Producer Nobuo Uematsu
live, however, and as such, several other members from
Square Enix joined. Keiji Kawamori joined to play the The Black Mages is an arranged soundtrack album of video
bass guitar, Michio Okamiya to play the guitar, and Arata game music from the Final Fantasy series of role-playing
Hanyuda to play the drums.[5] Since then, The Black video games. The album contains a selection of musical
Mages have released two additional albums, with all six tracks from the games, arranged and performed in a hy-
members participating. The group performed concerts to brid of power metal and progressive metal by The Black
promote both of these albums, and also participated in Mages. All the selected tracks are "battle" music from the
video game music-themed concerts. games. The pieces have been described as "hard-rock"
On August 7, 2010, Uematsu announced the band had with "blazing synthesizers and guitars".[8] It was first
formally disbanded. He did not directly state the reason released on February 19, 2003, by DigiCube, and subse-
for the decision, though in previous interviews he had quently re-released on May 10, 2004, by Square Enix. It
noted the band was increasingly finding it difficult to spans ten tracks and covers a duration of 51:29.[8]
find time to rehearse together. In an April 2011 interview The album reached #43 on the Japan Oricon charts.[9]
he said the main reason was because The Black Mages It was well-received by critics like Andy Byus of RPGFan,
had been formed as a "Square Enix" band, they were un- who termed it "addicting" and "powerful". He criticized
able to perform arrangements of work he had composed the overuse of synthesizer as opposed to live instruments
after leaving Square Enix or to focus on original pieces.[6] in some tracks, and that some of the arrangements
Uematsu continues to play rock arrangements of his mu- stayed too close to the original tracks, especially "Danc-
sic as a part of the band the Earthbound Papas, which ing Mad".[8] Tetra of Square Enix Music Online also en-
performed at the Distant Worlds II concert in 2010.[7] He joyed the album, saying "all of the members are strong
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musicians, and Sekito and Fukui were equally strong series of role-playing video games. Like the previous al-
arrangers". His primary complaint with the album was he bum, it contains a selection of musical tracks from the
felt many of the songs followed the same general pattern games, arranged and performed in a hybrid of power
in their arrangements.[10] metal and progressive metal by The Black Mages. Unlike
Track listing their first album, The Skies Above includes other pieces be-
sides battle themes; the album also features songs, which
No. Title Length
were performed by Kazco Hamano, credited as "KAZCO",
1. "Battle Scene" (from Final Fantasy I - Battle) 4:19 and Tomoaki Watanabe, or "Mr. Goo". It also includes a
2. "Clash on the Big Bridge" (from Final Fanta- 4:16 non-Final Fantasy track, "Blue Blast — Winning the Rain-
sy V - Battle on the Big Bridge) bow", an original piece that was created for Japanese
3. "Force Your Way" (from Final Fantasy VIII - 3:51 K-1 fighter Takehiro Murahama. The Skies Above, as op-
Force Your Way) posed to the first album, features real drums rather than
sequenced drums, as the band had expanded from its
4. "Battle, Scene II" (from Final Fantasy II - Battle 3:52
original three members, none of whom played drums.[11]
Scene 2)
The line "Maybe I’m a Lion" in the track of the same
5. "The Decisive Battle" (from Final Fantasy VI - 4:02 name was spoken by Alexander O. Smith, a translator for
The Decisive Battle) Square Enix and close friend of Okamiya, one of the new
6. "Battle Theme" (from Final Fantasy VI - Battle) 3:21 members.[12] It was released on December 22, 2004, by
7. "J-E-N-O-V-A" (from Final Fantasy VII - 6:08 Universal Music Group. The album spans eleven tracks,
JENOVA)
and covers a duration of 50:56.[13]
The album received mixed reviews from critics; Jesse
8. "Those Who Fight Further" (from Final Fan- 4:25
Jones of RPGFan said that he was "simply amazed" by the
tasy VII - Fight On!)
album, though it was not without flaws. While terming
9. "Dancing Mad" (from Final Fantasy VI - Danc- 12:04 the music overall as "excellent", he disliked the vocal
ing Mad) arrangements in "Otherworld" and "The Skies Above",
10. "Fight With Seymour" (from Final Fantasy X - 5:05 finding that the voices of the singers did not match with
Fight With Seymour) the songs’ instrumentals.[13] Zane of Square Enix Music
Online was less approving of the album, calling it "pass-
The Black Mages II: The Skies Above able" and saying that the new arrangements gave "mixed
results". He blamed the "intolerable vocals" and occa-
The Black Mages II: The Skies Above sional poor choices in instruments as the problems with
the album, concluding that the second Black Mages al-
bum was inferior to the first.[14]
Track listing
No. Title Length
1. "The Rocking Grounds" (from Final Fantasy 3:56
III - Battle 2)
2. "Zeromus" (from Final Fantasy IV - Zeromus) 3:56
3. "Vamo’ Alla Flamenco" (from Final Fantasy 4:25
IX - Vamo Alla Flamenco)
4. "Hunter’s Chance" (from Final Fantasy IX - 4:44
Hunter’s Chance)
5. "Otherworld" (from Final Fantasy X - Other- 3:14
Studio album by The Black Mages world)
Released December 22, 2004 6. "Matoya’s Cave" (from Final Fantasy I - Ma- 4:44
toya’s Cave)
Genre Progressive metal
7. "The Man with the Machine Gun" (from 4:17
Length 50:56 Final Fantasy VIII - The Man with the Machine Gun)
Label Universal Music Group 8. "Maybe I’m a Lion" (from Final Fantasy VIII - 5:34
Maybe I’m a Lion)
Producer Nobuo Uematsu
9. "Battle with the Four Fiends" (from Final 3:58
The Black Mages II: The Skies Above is an arranged sound- Fantasy IV - Battle with the Four Fiends)
track album of video game music from the Final Fantasy
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10. "The Skies Above" (from Final Fantasy X - To 7:18 positive in its review of the album, calling it "a master-
Zanarkand) piece" and "The Black Mages’ finest effort to date", wish-
ing only the album had been longer.[17]
11. "Blue Blast — Winning the Rainbow" 4:49
(original track) Track listing
No. Title Length
The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight 1. "Opening ~ Bombing Mission" (from Final 4:39
Fantasy VII – "Opening ~ Bombing Mission")
The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight
2. "Neo EXDEATH" (from Final Fantasy V – "The 4:39
Final Battle")
3. "The Extreme" (from Final Fantasy VIII – "The 5:51
Extreme")
4. "Assault of the Silver Dragons" (from Final 5:01
Fantasy IX – "Assault of the Silver Dragons")
5. "KURAYAMINOKUMO" (from Final Fantasy 4:56
III – "This is The Last Battle")
6. "Distant Worlds" (from Final Fantasy XI – 7:32
"Distant Worlds")
7. "Premonition" (from Final Fantasy VIII – "Pre- 5:23
monition")
8. "Grand Cross" (from Final Fantasy IX – "The Fi- 5:34
Studio album by The Black Mages
nal Battle")
Released March 19, 2008 9. "Darkness and Starlight" (from Final Fantasy 15:32
Genre Progressive metal VI – "Overture", "Aria di Mezzo Carattere",
"Wedding Waltz~Duel")
Length 60:40
10. "Life ~ in memory of KEITEN ~" (original 1:38
Label Dog Ear Records track)
Producer Nobuo Uematsu
Other appearances
The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight is the third In addition to their own albums, pieces from The Black
arranged soundtrack album of video game music from Mages have appeared on several other albums. The first
the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. The of these was "Flame Demon Monster Gaspard" on Dark
album contains a selection of musical tracks from the Chronicle Premium Arrange, an album of arranged music
games, arranged and performed in a hybrid of power from the video game Dark Chronicle originally composed
metal and progressive metal by The Black Mages in a sim- by Tomohito Nishiura. The album was released on April
ilar manner to their previous albums. It was released on 21, 2004, by Team Entertainment.[18] Their next appear-
March 19, 2008, by Uematsu’s Dog Ear Records, spanning ance was in the animated film Final Fantasy VII Advent
ten tracks and a duration of 60:40.[15] The Black Mages Children and its corresponding soundtrack album, where
sing the chorus for the song "Darkness and Starlight", the they played—together with orchestration conducted by
only vocal track on the album.[16] The album has been Koji Haijima—"Advent: One-Winged Angel", an arrange-
described as being composed of a mix of "intense" sym- ment of "One-Winged Angel" from Final Fantasy VII orig-
phonic metal pieces and rock opera. Like the previous inally composed by Uematsu and arranged by Shirō Ha-
album, Darkness and Starlight features an original piece, maguchi.[19] Their third appearance was on the sound-
"Life ~ in memory of KEITEN ~", which was composed by track album for the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy
Uematsu for Yoshitaka Tagawa, a boy he had met who III, entitled Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack, with one
died of leukemia.[15] track then titled "Last Battle -THE BLACK MAGES Ver.-",
The album was well-received by websites like but later re-titled "KURAYAMINOKUMO" on the Darkness
RPGFan, which said the album was "very much worth the and Starlight album.[20]
over three year wait" and described the tracks as "enjoy-
able" and "inspiring". He had few complaints with the al-
bum, only describing "Opening ~ Bombing Mission" and Concerts
"Assault of the Silver Dragons" as "bland", but still worth While The Black Mages never toured as a band, they par-
listening to.[15] Square Enix Music Online was even more ticipated in several concert events. These include promo-
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tional concerts for the release of their three albums and 15, 2006, by Square Enix, and included the pieces by The
appearances at orchestral concerts devoted to Final Fan- Black Mages.[29]
tasy music. The second Final Fantasy concert The Black Mages
performed at was the Voices - Music from Final Fantasy
Promotional concerts concert held in Yokohama, Japan on February 18, 2006.
The Black Mages held a concert to promote their first al- This concert featured performances of various Final Fan-
bum on April 26, 2003, in the Shibuya-AX concert hall in tasy songs. The Black Mages played "Advent: One-Winged
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. This overnight concert featured Angel" at the end of the concert along with the Prima
the full setlist from the album, and introduced the track Vista Philharmonic Orchestra; the song was played a sec-
"Matoya’s Cave", which would be featured in their next ond time as an encore.[30] A DVD of the concert was re-
album. While the band members were being introduced, leased on June 21, 2006, and included an interview with
Okamiya performed the Chocobo theme and Uematsu Uematsu.[31]
performed the intro to Deep Purple’s "Smoke on the On July 7, 2007, The Black Mages appeared at the Ex-
Water."[21] A DVD recording of the show was made and tra: Hyper Game Music Event at Shinkiba Studio Coast in
given to Uematsu fanclub members that year.[22] The Tokyo. They were the last of thirteen artists and groups
concert was repeated on November 3, 2003, at Kanagawa to play at the six-hour event, and performed "Last Bat-
University in Kanagawa, Japan. This free concert was part tle", "Those Who Fight Further", "Maybe I’m a Lion" and
of the Kanagawa Jindai Festa. As Uematsu graduated "Clash on the Big Bridge".[32] The music performed by
from Kanagawa University, The Black Mages all wore the The Black Mages did not appear on the official album for
school’s student uniform.[21] the concert.[33]
For their second album, The Black Mages performed
two promotional concerts. They performed all the songs Band members
from their second album, along with "The Decisive Bat-
tle", "Those Who Fight Further" and "Clash on the Big • Nobuo Uematsu – keyboards (2002–2010)
Bridge" from their first album. These concerts featured • Kenichiro Fukui – keyboards (2002–2010)
Kenji Ito, who performed piano renditions of pieces from • Tsuyoshi Sekito – guitar (2002–2010)
the SaGa series. Also featured were muZik, a group who • Keiji Kawamori – bass guitar (2003–2010)
performed seven techno and pop-style Final Fantasy • Arata Hanyuda – drums (2003–2010)
arrangements.[23] The first concert set was at Club Citta • Michio Okamiya – guitar (2003–2010)
in Kawasaki, Japan on January 22 and January 23, 2005,
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