Dancing Mad
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Dancing Mad is the final boss battle music of Final Fantasy III (SNES), when you last confront Kefka. The song exists in four separate movements.
Contents
Movements
The final boss battle in Final Fantasy III (SNES) exists in four main battles, each with it's own movement of Dancing Mad. The background music loops in each battle.
Movement 1
The first movement plays at the ground level battle. It begins like a foreboding version of Catastrophe with heavier emphasis on the pipe organ. Then it adds choral voice and increases in tempo making it a wonderful battle score.
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The song is 1:48 in length.
Movement 2
The second movement which plays in the second battle relies heavily on choral harmonies with pipe organ melodies. It has a constant staccato sound that makes the battle quite aggravating.
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The song is 1:59 in length.
Movement 3
The third movement accompanies the third battle. It is a pipe organ solo very similar to the work of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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The song is 1:46 in length.
Movement 4
The fourth movement of Dancing Mad is the same as the pipe organ and chorus from the first scene of Omen played at the game's title. It then jumps into a very different sounding epic boss battle tune.
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The pipe organ section of the song is its own separate file in the game data, and is 0:33 in length. The battle portion of the song is 2:40 in length.
Title
The song's title varies depending on your source. This site uses the most recent American release of the official soundtrack.
| Title | Transliteration | Source |
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| Dancing Mad | US iTunes soundtrack | |
| Dancing Mad | US OSV | |
| 妖星乱舞 (Yosei Ranbu) | Wild Dance of the Demon Star | Japan OSV |
Games
The following games include the song as well, but they emulate the music and sound the same.
- Final Fantasy Anthology PAL (PS1)
- Final Fantasy VI (AND)
- Final Fantasy VI (FOS)
- Final Fantasy VI (GBA)
- Final Fantasy VI (PS1)
- Final Fantasy VI (PS3)
- Final Fantasy VI (PSP)
- Final Fantasy VI (PSV)
- Final Fantasy VI (WII)
- Final Fantasy VI (WIIU)
Album Appearances
The song appears on the Final Fantasy VI Original Sound Version as a single track.
Rips
For technical reasons, this song is broken up into five different files in the game data. Each of the first three movements is its own file, and the fourth movement is broken out into two files. The first is the opening of the last battle, the second is the repeating combat music. They are named "59.1 - Dancing Mad #1.spc", "59.2 - Dancing Mad #2.spc", "59.3 - Dancing Mad #3.spc", "59.4.1 - Dancing Mad #4.1.spc", and "59.4.2 - Dancing Mad #4.2.spc".
