Advent: March 1st 2008.

“Oh, Maria…
Oh, Maria…
Though I call you from afar,
Will this message reach your heart?
Oh, how I long to be with you…

Oh my hero, my beloved,
Shall we still be made to part?
Your promises of perennial love
Yet sing here in my heart…

I’m the darkness, you’re the starlight.
Shining brightly from afar,
Through hours of despair, I offer this prayer
To you, my evening star…

Must my final vows exchanged
Be with him and not with you?
Were you only here to quiet my fear…
Oh, speak! Guide me anew.

I am thankful, my beloved,
for your tenderness and grace.
I see in your eyes,
So gentle and wise,
All doubts and fears erased!

Though the hours take no notice
Of what fate might have in store,
Our love, come what may
Will never age a day.
I’ll wait forevermore!”

-Aria Di Mezzo Carratere, composed by Nobuo Uematsu; reintepreted as Darkness And Starlight by The Black Mages.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the tracklisting of The Black Mages III ~Darkness And Starlight~:

1.) Opening-Bombing Mission, Final Fantasy VII

Arranged by Kenichiro Fukui.

2.) NeoEXDEATH, Final Fantasy V

Arranged by Michio Okamiya.

 

3.) The Extreme, Final Fantasy VIII

Arranged by Michio Okamiya.

 

4.) Assault of the Silver Dragons, Final Fantasy IX

Arranged by Arata Hanyuda.

 

5.) This Is The Final Battle, Final Fantasy III

Arranged by Kenichiro Fukui.

 

6.) Distant Worlds, Final Fantasy XI

Arranged by Kenichiro Fukui.

 

7.) Premonition, Final Fantasy VIII

Arranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito.

 

8.) Grand Cross, Final Fantasy IX

Arranged by Keiji Kawamori.

 

9.) Darkness And Starlight, Final Fantasy VI

Arranged by Michio Okamiya, Tsuyoshi Sekito, and Kenichiro Fukui.

 

10.) LIFE~in memory of KEITEN~, original composition by The Black Mages.

 

*All songs composed by Nobuo Uematsu

** Original song title for Track #9 is The Dream Oath: Opera Maria And Draco.

Now, we wait.