Hello again, NG! This is the ninth of 26 submissions (or so) that I'll upload this year for a project entitled Project 26: Submission a Week. This project is in collaboration with NG user Chocosoda (check him out!) Each other week in 2011, I'll upload a musical piece for a total of 26.

February's gone, but while I prep the arrangements from FFVIII, it's still FFIX month (sorta)! This was another week where Choco couldn't record due to work/school conflicts, so this one's another solo effort from me.

This is the boss theme (also called "Battle II" in most FF games) from FFIX, done in the "march" style from my earlier FFVII march arrangements. While it's not composed for a marching band (or in the style of a real march for that matter), a concert band could feasibly play musical selections such as these in a concert of marches. It features tubas, baritones, ATB saxophones, bass and alto clarinets, flutes, trumpets, trombones, French horns, vibraphone and percussion.

It's quite the wild ride, just like a battle theme should be.

TIME/TEMPO: 1'57"/170 BPM (4/4 time)
KEY: F Minor/Ab Minor
ORIGINAL THEME: "Battle II" by Nobuo Uematsu
MIDI TRANSCRIPTION: "U-zy" at VGMusic.com

SOUNDFONTS USED (* denotes a new soundfont):
-Tuba*
-Bass Clarinet*
-Bari Sax*
-Sax Alto (Hard Alto Sax)
-Sax Tenor VS (SAX:T.mp/ 1a)*
-Florestan French Horns
-Trumpet Sft (Soft Trumpet)*
-Trombone Papelmedia*
-Xylophone (1,560kB) (Vibes Tremolo)
-Flute No Vib*
-Clarinet*
-Yamaha Custom Drumkit (Sticks On Maple P1 Tight, Sticks On Extras -- Maple Rolls)
-RolandOrchestralRhythm (Concert BD, Gong, Crash Cymbals, Tambourine)
-Percussion Orchestral Lobby (Tom G's=Orig)

MIDI retranscribed in Guitar Pro 5. Percussion written in FL Studio 9. Mixed and mastered in FL Studio 9.

Enjoy! Don't forget to leave a review and check out my other works -- and also check back to see the remixed version at the end of the month. Subscribe to the RSS feed of my submissions so you don't miss one! :D

~Joshy676

P.S.: FFVIII's selections are all battle themes. ARE YOU READY? >:D