Music of The Mana Series - Final Fantasy Adventure

Final Fantasy Adventure

Final Fantasy Adventure, released as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden in Japan and Mystic Quest in Europe and marketed as a Final Fantasy spin-off, was composed by Kenji Ito; it was his second original score after that of SaGa 2. The game was released in 1991 on the original Game Boy. It was remade in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance as Sword of Mana, in which features of the original game were reworked to be brought more in line with the direction the Mana series had taken with the later games, fully severing the series from the Final Fantasy series the original game was nominally a spin-off of. Ito was also the composer for the 2003 Sword of Mana, for which he remixed some pieces from Final Fantasy Adventure as well as composing new ones. Ito's music is mainly inspired by images from the game rather than outside influences; however, he never played the games themselves. Final Fantasy Legend received a soundtrack album and an arranged album, which were later released again as a single album. Sword of Mana also sparked a soundtrack album.