The Black Mages discography covers three albums released by the group, a Japanese instrumental rock band formed by Nobuo Uematsu , composer for various video games in the Final Fantasy series. The band arranges Uematsu's musical compositions in a rock style often similar to progressive metal , achieved with the additional use of synthesizers. They have released three studio albums to date.
Their first album, a collection of combat-related songs from the series, was The Black Mages , published by Digicube in 2003 and re-released by Square Enix in 2004. The second album, The Black Mages II: The Skies Above , was released in 2004 by Universal Music and features a wider array of pieces. Guest vocalists Tomoaki Watanabe, or Mr.
Goo, and Kazco Hamano appear on separate tracks, and an original track titled "Blue Blast - Winning the Rainbow" was created for Japanese K-1 fighter Takehiro Murahama. The band released their third album, The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight in 2008, published by Sony Music Distribution.