"Premonition"
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"Premonition" is a battle theme from Final Fantasy VIII. It was composed by Nobuo Uematsu. It shares much of the same central melody as the game's opening theme, "Liberi Fatali".

The word "premonition" means "a forewarning" or "a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event" referring to the game's fate theme where the SeeD are set to face off with Ultimecia, a villainous sorceress from the future.

Game appearancesEdit

Final Fantasy VIIIEdit

"Premonition" plays during fights against sorceresses: namely Edea, the battles during Time Compression, and the first phase of the battle against Ultimecia. Notable, it is not used for the battle against Sorceress Adel.

"Premonition" was released as the fourteenth track of the second disc of the Final Fantasy VIII: Original Soundtrack album.

Dissidia 012 Final FantasyEdit

The original version of "Premonition" makes an appearance in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy as a bonus battle theme. It can be bought from the PP Catalog with 240 PP. It was included in the Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack album as the thirty-fifth track of the album's first disc.

Once purchased "Premonition" may be automatically selected as the battle theme for battles including Squall Leonhart, Ultimecia or Laguna Loire, or taking place at Ultimecia Castle.

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's DungeonEdit

"Premonition" was arrangend by Yuzo Takahashi and is present in the game as "Mysterious Black Mage". This track was not included in the game's soundtrack release.

Arrangement Album appearancesEdit

The Black Mages III: Darkness and StarlightEdit

"Premonition" was rearranged in a hard-rock style and included in the Black Mages' third studio album. It is the album's seventh track.