"Festival of the Hunt"
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"Festival of the Hunt" (ハンターチャンス, Hantā Chansu^?, lit. "Hunter's Chance"), also known as "Hunter's Chance", is a musical theme from Final Fantasy IX. It was composed by Nobuo Uematsu.

Game appearancesEdit

Final Fantasy IXEdit

"Festival of the Hunt" plays continuously during the eponymous Festival of the Hunt event at Lindblum, until the end of the competition, and during the battle with Hades at Memoria.

"Festival of the Hunt" is the fifth track of the second disc of the Final Fantasy IX: Original Soundtrack album.

Dissidia 012 Final FantasyEdit

The original version of "Festival of the Hunt" is, along with "Roses of May" and "Swords of Fury", part of the Final Fantasy IX Music Pack DLC distributed through the PlayStation Network. It may be automatically selected for Arcade and Quick Battles featuring Zidane Tribal or Kuja, or taking place at the Crystal World or the M.S. Prima Vista.

Theatrhythm Final FantasyEdit

An original arrangement of "Festival of the Hunt" plays at the background theme for the "Music Play" menu.

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's DungeonEdit

An arrangement of this track by Yuzo Takahashi, named "Treasure Hunter Theme", was included in Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon's original soundtrack as its third track.

Arrangement album appearancesEdit

The Black Mages II: The Skies AboveEdit

A relatively rhythmical, hard rock version of the theme was included on the Black Mages' second studio album as its fourth track.

Appearances outside Final Fantasy MediaEdit

Lord of Vermilion Re:2 FAN KITEdit

A remix of this song by Ryo Yamazaki is included on the Final Fantasy IX medley.