Keiji Kawamori joined to play bass guitar, Michio Okamiya to play guitar, and Arata Hanyuda to play drums. Because this was not enough to perform the arrangements, several members from Square Enix joined. Fukui chose to play keyboards, while Sekito chose to play guitar. After being met with success, Uematsu decided to organize a concert in tribute to the album. Album containing these tracks was released eponymously on February 19, 2003. In 2003, Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito arranged, interpreted and sequenced ten combat themes from various Final Fantasy games, with Nobuo Uematsu as producer. Matsushita, suggested the name "the Black Mages," (in Japanese) but they thought the name wouldn't stand out enough, so they would use the English version of that. Regretting that the public would not be able to appreciate the duo's talents, he decided to form the Black Mages. Uematsu, a fan of rock music himself, enjoyed the arrangements. In 2002, Fukui and Sekito decided to arrange some of Nobuo Uematsu's compositions. After the video game's success, the two continued to compose in the same style. In 2000, Square Enix employees Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito formed an experimental partnership to compose for the All Star Pro-Wrestling video game in a rock music style. On 7th of August 2010, Nobuo Uematsu announced the band has disbanded.
However, The Black Mages have made appearances in various Final Fantasy-related concerts, such as VOICES: Music from Final Fantasy and More Friends. A second concert - "LIVE above the sky" - was held in Kawasaki City and similarly released on DVD to fanclub members.
The first - "The Black Mages LIVE" - was held in Shibuya and later released on DVD exclusively to fanclub members. The band's live performances were rare, with only two concerts that celebrated album releases. The Black Mages have appeared on several other video game-related (mostly Final Fantasy) albums. The third album, Darkness and Starlight, was released in 2008. The second album, The Skies Above, was released in 2004 and features a wider array of pieces.
It was released eponymously as The Black Mages in 2003. The band's first studio album contains a selection the series' battle themes. The band was formed in 2003, and disbanded in 2010, after seven years and three studio albums. The Black Mages were a Japanese hard rock band formed by Nobuo Uematsu, composer for various video games in the Final Fantasy series, that played Uematsu's musical compositions in a progressive rock or prog-metal style. From left to right: Arata Hanyuda, Kenichiro Fukui, Nobuo Uematsu, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Keiji Kawamori & Michio Okamiya.
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