Editing Final Fantasy VI (section)

===Music===
{{Main|Music of Final Fantasy VI}}
The soundtrack for ''Final Fantasy VI'' was composed by long-time series contributor [[Nobuo Uematsu]]. The score consists of themes for each major character and location, as well as music for standard battles, fights with [[Boss (video gaming)|boss]] enemies and for special cutscenes. The extensive use of [[leitmotif]] is one of the defining points of the audio tracks. The "[[Aria di Mezzo Carattere]]" is one of the latter tracks, played during a cutscene involving an [[opera]] performance. This track features an unintelligible synthesized "voice" that harmonizes with the melody, as technical limitations for the [[Nintendo S-SMP|SPC700]] [[Timeline of audio formats|sound format]] chip prevented the use of an actual [[vocal music|vocal track]] (although some developers eventually figured out how to overcome the limitation a few years later, and in the ''Pixel Remaster'', it is voiced by opera singers<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nightingale |first1=Ed |title=Final Fantasy 6 pixel remaster opera scene will have real singing |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/final-fantasy-6-opera-scene-will-have-real-singing |newspaper=Eurogamer.net |date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022 |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531004207/https://www.eurogamer.net/final-fantasy-6-opera-scene-will-have-real-singing |url-status=live }}</ref>). The orchestral album ''[[Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale]]'' features an arranged version of the [[aria]], using Italian [[lyrics]] performed by Svetla Krasteva with an orchestral accompaniment. This version is also found in the ending [[full motion video]] of the game's [[Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony]] [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] re-release, with the same lyrics but a different musical [[arrangement]]. In addition, the [[album]] ''Orchestral Game Concert 4'' includes an extended version of the opera arranged and conducted by Kōsuke Onozaki and performed by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, featuring Wakako Aokimi, Tetsuya Ōno, and Hiroshi Kuroda on vocals.<ref name="extaria">{{cite web|author=Farand, Eric |title=Original Game Concert 4 |url=http://rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ogc4/index.html |publisher=RPGFan |access-date=2006-08-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913161006/http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ogc4/index.html |archive-date=2006-09-13}}</ref> It was also performed at the "More Friends" concert<ref name="daetrin">{{cite web | title=Uematsu's Music—More Friends | url=http://www.square-enix-usa.com/uematsu/concert/more_friends.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409141558/http://www.square-enix-usa.com/uematsu/concert/more_friends.html | archive-date=2008-04-09 | publisher=Square Enix USA | access-date=2007-06-20}}</ref> at the [[Gibson Amphitheatre]] in 2005 using a new English translation of the lyrics, an album of which is now available.<ref name="daetrin2">{{cite web|author=Gann, Patrick |title=More Friends music from Final Fantasy ~Los Angeles Live 2005~ |url=http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ffmorela/index.html |publisher=RPGFan |access-date=2007-06-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611174032/http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ffmorela/index.html |archive-date=2007-06-11}}</ref> "[[Dancing Mad (Final Fantasy VI)|Dancing Mad]]", accompanying the game's final battle with Kefka, is 17 minutes long and contains an [[organ (music)|organ]] [[cadenza]], with variations on Kefka's theme. The "Ending Theme" combines every playable character theme into one composition lasting over 21 minutes.<ref name="osv">{{cite web |author=Schweitzer, Ben |author2=Gann, Patrick |title=Final Fantasy VI OSV |url=http://rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff6ost/index.html |publisher=RPGFan |access-date=2006-08-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908024435/http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff6ost/index.html |archive-date=2006-09-08}}</ref>

The original score was released on three [[compact disc]]s in Japan as ''[[Final Fantasy VI Original Sound Version|Final Fantasy VI: Original Sound Version]]''.<ref name="osv"/> A version of this album was later released in North America as ''Final Fantasy III: Kefka's Domain''. This version of the album is the same as its Japanese counterpart, except for different packaging and small differences in the translation of some track names between the album and newer releases.<ref name="kefkadomain">{{cite web|author=Thomas, Damian |title=RPGFan Soundtracks—Final Fantasy III: Kefka's Domain |url=http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff3kefka/index.html |publisher=RPGFan |access-date=2006-07-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817145206/http://rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff3kefka/index.html |archive-date=2013-08-17}}</ref> Additionally, ''Final Fantasy VI: Grand Finale'' features eleven tracks from the game, arranged by [[Shirō Sagisu]] and [[Tsuneyoshi Saito]] and performed by the Ensemble Archi Della Scala and Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano (Milan Symphony Orchestra).<ref name="grandfinale">{{cite web |author=Space, Daniel |author2=Gann, Patrick |title=Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale |url=http://rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff6finale/index.html |publisher=RPGFan |access-date=2006-08-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116213334/http://rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff6finale/index.html |archive-date=2013-01-16}}</ref> ''[[Piano Collections: Final Fantasy VI]]'', a second arranged album, features thirteen tracks from the game, performed for [[piano]] by Reiko Nomura.<ref name="piano">{{cite web |author=Space, Daniel |author2=Gann, Patrick |title=Final Fantasy VI Piano Collections |url=http://rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff6piano/index.html |publisher=RPGFan |access-date=2006-08-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116213259/http://rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff6piano/index.html |archive-date=2013-01-16}}</ref> More recently, "Dancing Mad", the final boss theme from ''Final Fantasy VI'', has been performed at [[Play! A Video Game Symphony]] in [[Stockholm]], Sweden on June 2, 2007, by the group [[Machinae Supremacy]].<ref name="playsymphony">{{cite web|publisher=Play! A Video Game Symphony |title=Play! A Video Game Symphony Upcoming Concerts |url=http://www.play-symphony.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207043300/http://www.play-symphony.com/ |archive-date=2010-02-07 |access-date=2007-06-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Nobuo Uematsu's former rock band, [[The Black Mages]], released a [[progressive metal]] version of Dancing Mad on their [[The Black Mages I|eponymous first album]] in 2003. Their third album, subtitled ''[[The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight|Darkness and Starlight]]'', is so named after its premiere track: a [[rock opera]] version of the entire opera from ''FFVI'', including the Aria di Mezzo Carattere performed by Etsuyo Ota.

In 2012, a [[Kickstarter]] campaign for [[OverClocked ReMix]] was funded at $153,633 for the creation of a multiple CD album of remixes of the music from ''VI''. [[Zircon (composer)|Andrew Aversa]] directed the creation of the album, ''Balance and Ruin'', which contains 74 tracks from 74 artists, each with its own unique style. The album is free and available at the OverClocked ReMix website.<ref>{{cite web|author=Aversa, Andrew |title=Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin OC Remix |url=http://ff6.ocremix.org/ |publisher=OCRemix |access-date=2014-09-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904104336/http://ff6.ocremix.org/ |archive-date=2014-09-04}}</ref> [[Video Games Live]] composer [[Jillian Aversa]], Andrew Aversa's wife, created a music video tribute to Aria di Mezzo Carattere, together with cellist [[Tina Guo]], expanding on the arrangement from ''Balance and Ruin''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy VI Opera Scene Gets A Moving Music Video Tribute|url=https://comicbook.com/news/final-fantasy-vi-opera-scene-gets-a-moving-music-video-tribute/|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Comicbook.com|date=September 6, 2017 |language=en|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606174831/https://comicbook.com/news/final-fantasy-vi-opera-scene-gets-a-moving-music-video-tribute/|url-status=live}}</ref>