What's the song playing in FF4 when the girl dances?

November 19, 2007 6:32 PM

What's the name of the song playing in FF4 when you talk to the dancer?

I heard this song in another show. Preview of the song here
http://www.thefinalfantasy.com/jukebox/ff4dancer.mid

posted by PowerCat to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

According to Wikipedia, "A few tracks not included on the soundtrack is the Chocobo Forest theme, the music for the dancing girl, the short intro to 'Cry in Sorrow/Sorrow and Loss', and various fanfares." Perhaps this means there is no title.
posted by grobstein at 6:46 PM on November 19, 2007

The file you linked to is the whole song. It is an original composed (I assume) by Nobuo Uematsu, along with the rest of the music from FFIV. I don't know of any official title used for it, most fans simply call it the dancing girl music.
posted by Hargrimm at 7:05 PM on November 19, 2007

Response by poster: The reason I think it's not an original is that I heard it at the beginning of the new Futurama movie. Unless they ripped it off him!
posted by PowerCat at 7:55 PM on November 19, 2007

It's a pastiche (actual musical term escapes me) of Khachaturian's Saber Dance.
posted by casarkos at 7:58 PM on November 19, 2007 [1 favorite]

Definitely Sabre Dance. We used to frequent the local pizzeria and make the organist play this over and over and over.

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posted by Aquaman at 11:34 PM on November 19, 2007