Longplay: RPG Overworld Themes

This playlist began as an episode of my podcast. (Listen to the original here:   / 26-lonesome-journeys  ) This is just under two hours of my favorite overworld themes from classic RPGs — a lot of Nobuo Uematsu and Koichi Sugiyama but some deeper digs too. In order: Main Theme / Final Fantasy (NES) / Nobuo Uematsu Unknown Land / Dragon Quest (NES) / Koichi Sugiyama Silent Zone / Phantasy Star II / Tokuhiko Uwabo Eternal Wind / Final Fantasy III (Famicom) / Nobuo Uematsu Seeking Treasure / Landstalker / Motoaki Takenouchi Alefgard Overworld / Dragon Quest III (Super Famicom) / Koichi Sugiyama Main Theme / Final Fantasy IV / Nobuo Uematsu Homeland / Dragon Quest IV (Nintendo DS) / Koichi Sugiyama Overworld (all versions) / Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom / Izuho Numata The Legend / Arcana / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando World Map / The 7th Saga / Norihiko Yamanuki Land of Dwarves / Final Fantasy IV / Nobuo Uematsu Birth of the People / Actraiser / Yuzo Koshiro Our Journey (Overworld 3) / Breath of Fire 2 / Yuko Takehara Map Screen / Exile (Genesis) / Shinobu Ogawa and Tenpei Sato / Shinobu Ogawa Overworld Map 1 / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoroi Sakuraba Unknown Lands / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu The Earth / Lufia: Fortress of Doom / Yasunori Shiono Overworld Theme / Dual Orb / Lucky-7 A New World / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu Through the Fields / Dragon Quest VI / Koichi Sugiyama Terra / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu Overworld / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi Memories of Green / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda Searching for Friends / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu The Earth / Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals / Yasunori Shiono WInd Scene / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda Main Theme / Final Fantasy VII / Nobuo Uematsu Emotions / Xenogears / Yasunori Mitsuda Lone Bird in the Shire / Wild Arms / Michiko Naruke Land of Sylvarant / Tales of Symphonia / Motoi Sakuraba Walking the Ground / Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta Dream of the Shore Bordering Another World / Chrono Cross / Yasunori Mitsuda Distant Hometown / Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana / Daisuke Achiwa, Ken Nakagawa and Akira Tsuchiya The World Beneath Your Feet / Breath of Fire IV / Yoshino Aoki and Taro Iwashiro Blue Fields / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu Horizon of Light and Shadow / Bravely Default: The Flying Fairy / Revo Migratory Birds ~ Wandering Bird ~ Scoundrels / Wild Arms 3 / Michiko Naruke Grasslands of Time / Chrono Cross / Yasunori Mitsuda Onward, to Adventure / Bravely Second: End Layer / Ryo Cross the Field, Cross the Mountains / Dragon Quest IX / Koichi Sugiyama Crossing Those Hills / Final Fantasy IX / Nobuo Uematsu Main Theme / Final Fantasy / Nobuo Uematsu (PSP)