Breath of Fire III - To a Distant Place (Overworld Theme 2)

Here is the second world map theme from Breath of Fire III. Also called "Far", quite a sober name.

[@shoukontuskweather5068]

This song announces the end of happy, carefree childhood days.

[@nimkalino3086]

You.. perfectly put into words the vague, sad feelings this track gives me.

[@mtdz4317]

:(

[@ji-hwanyoon4333]

Bittersweetness of our lives...

[@AkaiAzul]

Adulthood: WTF just happened and where do I go?

[@Woodzta]

Nothing like being chased halfway around the world by two ugly horse dudes who want to either kill you or exploit you. Ahh, the good old days.

[@amancioxavier9860]

This song, this game, was ahead of its time. it had such an impact in my childhood, its was due to this game that i learned english, was having trouble with the desert(i was 11 at the time non english speaker) , google translate etc were not a thing back in the day, i took it apon myself on a summer vacation, to fully translate the game to portuguese with a dictionary.

[@mikesaintjulesmusic]

This music cannot be matched.

[@samaneta]

eu também.... passei vários bons momentos com esse jogo e essa música mexe muito comigo :)

[@gothicvision5153]

Eu fiz a mesma coisa aprendi inglês com BOF 3

[@suiken3149]

Two overworld themes that represents Ryu's personality. The first part was his childhood full of innocence and discovery. This one is more about his adulthood, fulfilling his destiny and responsibility as the Brood Prince.

[@ultimonivel328]

Yes! But this is so sad...

[@davidsoundremixer.7861]

Yes.

[@MrMega200]

Feels like you are walking a road forward to the future. It's just so relaxing to me.

[@TriLe-nz4oq]

Used this for my fallout 4 radio music lol

[@ultimonivel328]

For me this song is so sad

[@mikesaintjulesmusic]

Simply amazing song. Never again will we hear such a sound in JRPGs.

[@doscuramenos]

Hope you're wrong...

[@fromthebeginning4801]

Try octopath traveller

[@lenclwyd7670]

Persona 5 might be up your alley

[@mikesaintjulesmusic]

@@fromthebeginning4801 It's good, but not as good at BOFIII

[@mikesaintjulesmusic]

@@lenclwyd7670 Yep, definitely one of my favorites during the PS4 gen.

[@7DriDri7]

The first time when you hear this song, you have only Ryu and Garr in the party :)

[@bassman8455]

And this song feels so refreshing after you just beat that annoying ass Dragon Zombie.

[@BA-ui9ui]

oh this boss was so hard and good in the same time

[@YakuWaku]

Le Major Dragon zombie? just use kyrie 1 hit lol

[@esotherwiseotherwise9927]

@@YakuWaku yep it kills him with one Hit. 👍

[@blazingscore004]

@@esotherwiseotherwise9927 wait are you serious? lol. im replaying this in my mobile device, im gonna give it a try once i reach it xD

[@Holykael1]

I hope someday we will have a masterpiece like this game again! All hail BOF 3

[@saumyatyagi6763]

Nostalgia 😣

[@BlueNightZX]

@@saumyatyagi6763 nah, the game was pretty damn epic, still to this day

[@saumyatyagi6763]

@@BlueNightZX my fav RPG series of all time.

[@Archetype_Angel]

Today when I woke up, my mind was playing a fragment of this song but couldn't exactly remember from where. It's been almost 20 years and I finally found it was from this great journey. ...Memories are strange huh? Makes me remember great times like the guy who sent you to die in the desert with the wrong directions. Or my favorite where I got stuck: "Bow down and pray before me..."

[@ShadG]

I'm glad you could remember this little gem of a game (and soundtrack) :)

[@realJswitch]

bro I called the hotline for that disgusting statue. ABSOLUTE BS! I know exactly what you mean...I hum the boss music to myself now and again. I think of all the games of my childhood, this one will always be a hard stuck in my heart.

[@ELNIPLO]

dude, i left the game alone for a year after being stuck in there. Then I tried again and did a lot of things before going in there, I didn't left any stone unturned, did everything, killed everything, picked every item, talked to everyone, and yet that thing still asked me to bow down and prey before it. I got depressed when I saw that sign again, and I let the joystick came out of my hands, I literally let go in disbelief... AND THEN IT HAPPENED. I couldn't believe it. I feel you bro.

[@nathanielrubin3392]

Bow down, my ass. press everything, almost smash the controllers. lol

[@electricspider2267]

I think youre suppose to just stare at it for a while or talk to it as ryu or another character.

[@user-fi5we3jw4r]

何か作業をする時に、 この曲を時々聴きたくなります。 当時ゲームをプレイしていた場面も曲で思い出したりするし、ブレスオブファイア３は音楽、ストーリー共に名作だと思います✨

[@markcruz5062]

This soundtrack is the most memorable for me. I played this game many times! Brings back my childhood memories.. 😥😭

[@dashieat]

same back when my dad was still alive at my childhood house

[@SunnyTacos]

This theme makes me sad for some reason.

[@MaitreRyu]

nostalgia, at least for me that is

[@MaitreRyu]

nostalgia, at least for me that is

[@elenabeatricemartinelli8426]

it's melancholic, like you know that someday you'll have to leave, wether metaphorically or physically. and you can't do nohing about it, so you keep going on and hold on to your hopes and strength.

[@elenabeatricemartinelli8426]

yes! well said. the only "new" game I found to be so important to me is Okami, for now. there are many talented teams, but the kind of game that BoF is is the result of both wonderful and utterly painful life experiences that are usually known this well only among the older generations. it's hard to find someone this sensitive and down to earth. it truly reflects the empathy and maturity of the composer. and with this, I think we said the same thing with different words again XD

[@elenabeatricemartinelli8426]

thank you! I will :)

[@ChevroletEpica]

From the 90s with love.

[@coppo42]

very Nice theme, unforgotable memories too...

[@johnaek2159]

Well, look what happened to me... I had bought that game over 10 years ago when i still used to play with my psp, but never really got too far into the story ( only finished that mission to kill the Nue)... After 10 years i remembered that game and decided to give it another try... Simply amazing! I never expected an old psp game like this have such a big and nice story! Spent hours trying to finish it, and i really had a good time...

[@IeldudeI]

john Aek21 That’s how I was with Metroid 1 for NES. Took me like 20 years to beat.

[@Kurotaisa]

This game was actually even older than you think! The PSP version is a re-release, it originally came out for the PSX

[@minhiadventures]

This is my favorite world map theme. I remember just standing still just to listen to this song xDDD.

[@Flak_Jacket]

Rysa Yeah me too ;)

[@IeldudeI]

FF7 and this one 💯

[@jamealjordon1376]

It was a heck of a lot of work to even get to this point. And with it, you can tell the game's ambient mood changes, even though you know this after Garr's attempt and event to trap Ryu.

[@minhiadventures]

@@jamealjordon1376 Well said! I truly hope they remake this game one day.

[@Negajoe]

Okay, I'm starting to freak out here. Earlier today, before I turned on my computer, I was watching a baseball game and this song started playing in my head. I had no idea why, but I immediately recognized if from BoF3 and remembered how relaxing the tune was. Later on I go to you tube and someone I subscribed to favorited this, and here I am. This is a sign....that I need to download this soundtrack.

[@gothicvision5153]

A MASTER PIECE.

[@MPT1983]

I remember when I heard this tune after coming out of the mines after ryu changed to an adult,made me feel like had been away for a long time and so much change had taken place,simply awesome

[@TriLe-nz4oq]

The ending song is based off this theme. The one the girl sang.

[@anthonyr8164]

Perfect music for great game, shame capcom have to ruin the series with BOF5 and make it even worse with BOF6

[@ShadG]

+Anthony Reza They didn't ruin the series. The original games will always be here. Not liking BoF5 doesn't make the first four games magically worse. Also, I liked Dragon Quarters. BoF6 looks like a mess though.

[@JunKurosu]

BOF5 was a breath of fresh air in series that didn't evolve.6 sucks

[@fatedcircle5379]

BOF 2 and 3 are my childhood, I even play them in present days, BOF 1 bored me to sleep, and 4 tho wasn´t bad, it bored me a little 2, also I didn´t like much of its soundtrack, beacuse 4 disappointed me personally, I didn´t give a chance to 5, more reason after reading the unfortunate reviews.

[@SunnyTacos]

I agree BOF Dragon Quarters was cancerous if you like it good, but it IS a piece of crap you like it or not..but man 6.....I didn't even know that was a thing until recently...you have no idea how sad that game made me..Breath of Fire is dead.

[@SunnyTacos]

And that air smelled like shit on fire.

[@vialle7851]

I really love this music because it kinda tells the players that they've traveled far and everything is different now.

[@ccorrax]

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T. S. Eliot

[@9HereticPrincess9]

This is beautiful, l love it.

[@shabaztheone5704]

Play this music at my funeral, let my soul rest in peace with this masterpiece ...

[@coffybloffy4566]

Still to this day for me is this world map theme one of the absolute best i ever heard!

[@joee-cu1rh]

true😢😢😢😢😢

[@eurosise]

後半フィールドBGM　軽快な前半と違って哀愁漂う上にフレーズがEDテーマだから、スタッフロールが流れた時にとんでも無い衝撃を受ける

[@QaladansParty]

Loved this so much. My most remembered theme from this game!

[@TheSwordzman]

this overworld theme reminds me of when I first got my own place an started to travel.

[@AlphaPreyPlays]

Parts of sadness and mystery mix with each other, while still remaining upbeat. This song truly is representative of the game. :)

[@ileksa13]

... Yeah... this beautiful game is my childhood! Best ever in game OST... Soul music!

[@CypressDahlia]

never expected new jack swing on an overworld theme for a JRPG

[@SolstaceWinters]

Yeah yeah yeah, I'm an adult now with Garr... whatever! Where's thE NEAREST FISHING SPOOOOT! .... IS THAT HECKIN' EMITAI'S SHACK?

[@000mjd]

I love how melancholic and at the same its relaxing, Ryu's childhood was left behind with all that means, all its left its get some answers about the brood's pasr

[@daabbot]

loved the overworld jazz in this game.

[@JoffreFloresB]

My favorite theme in BoF3

[@mtdz4317]

me too. I keep listening to it all the time,

[@ViewtifulVideos]

This always made me think of Luthor Vandross lol

[@TheMagickHat77]

Forever one of my favorite overworld themes ever.

[@pele1281]

Breath of Fire III has some of the best music EVER in a video game. Soothing, relaxing, intense, spooky, nostalgic. What a great game.

[@early991]

one of my all time favourite games, this is definitely my favourite track

[@JWillCHS]

So nostalgic! I remember I got this game on my 13th birthday when it first came out. Time flies huh? Ryu starts off afraid to swing his weapon, gets a backbone when he first meets Nina, and becomes a total bad ass as a young adult.

[@maxdelacroy5739]

Beautiful. One of my favorits.

[@shadowheart2337]

how I miss those years where all I can think of is playing this type of game genre. If only I have the power to return to those years, I will definitely do it again.

[@Star16438]

so magical ^_^

[@ozaoza8158]

日本のゲームなのに日本人のコメントが無いので書かせて頂きます。 曲調が西洋を感じさせる素晴らしい曲ですよ！ 勝手にタイトル付けるなら『彼方の地』って思ってます。 使われてるキーが西洋を連想させるのは分かってるけど、そのキーが西洋を連想させる日本人の思い込みもあると思いますね♪ 作曲者がヤバい( *ﾟAﾟ)

[@skyehorne9044]

It's been so long since I've listened to this! Capcom needs to revive this series

[@Elositofluffy]

So relaxing this theme 😙love it. Frankly this game had one of my favorite PS1 OST along with Final fantasy tactics.

[@Catkeeper]

Back when just because you were Fantasy, it doesn't mean you can't be Funky!

[@Galdr]

Gotta love that this is an instrumental version of the game’s ending theme, too. Pure magic, imo.

[@alice0795]

The ending was Pure Again but holy sheet i never realized that

[@felipetedeschi9724]

lol, today i had a flashback memory with this song, now i've found it :) thanks

[@senooken]

エンディングのピュアアゲイン (pure again) にこのフィールド曲が取り込まれている。BOFらしい、なんとなくせつないフィールド曲。1-2までの基本は元気いっぱい？な感じとはまた毛色が違って好き。

[@ginta_san]

Thanks for uploading all of these! I also play BoF3 with my psp until my psp broke.T.T

[@madhayro2]

Funny you mention that. I haven't heard this song since 1998 when I played it when I was 13. Now I'm listening to it again 14 years later for the first time in a long time. Even though a lot has changed in real life, it's awesome to know that the game never does.

[@PhoenixEchoesAudio]

madhayro2 how are things 4 years later? :)

[@TheHikariOne]

Ugh, both these themes make me crazy nostalgic.... I used to make dumb fanfics about these too!

[@Amity_Amygdala]

A lonely yet tentatively hopeful track.

[@ausar7002]

This is too good.

[@nickdragon4565]

Hours of my childhood listening to this. Best Breath of Fire.

[@thel0lephant]

Whenever I'm stressed, i can pop in the BOF3 soundtrack and just chill Yoshino Aoki & Akari Kaida make a great pair.

[@fascinatinglist9654]

Man what a jam ! so groovy

[@MaggleDoesLife]

This song is so good and it kinda makes me sad cuz of all the great memories i had of playing this game!

[@Gardiroth]

Hearing this after crossing Desert of Death refreshes my mind very much, Best world map theme ever!

[@tranceotaku]

Still never found the Royal sword. Never going to quit trying. This soundtrack is so good.

[@BalticksModeOn]

What memories. Those days I spent playing this game nonstop, that evil not good RPG called it back then, as he had gone final fantasy 7 this does not remain at your height, but still, I think it has good story, good rpg mode , good quality and above all, creates a lot of fun to play. I would like that out in Part 2 of this game, because in the end not seen a better world.

[@DevilKai917]

Such a jazzy, euphoric traveling theme

[@tiberioroso4164]

A melhor trilha que já existiu !!!

[@sigurdtheblue]

I just remembbered a dream that I had forgotten from probably 3/4's of a year ago.... that never happens. The first song I thought of after it was this song because it made me feel loneliness although I have a future and a place in the world I am slowly coming into. And most of my friends, who weren't real, aren't there. But, still, it's as though, they are in some distant place and my new life will always be so far apart. What's gone never comes back even though it's so incomplete....

[@IridescentAudio]

beautiful tune.

[@joellanderson5137]

Damn this was a slapper

[@TubeTomba]

I remember so many good things that lived at the time that this game jockey Wonderful

[@TenchiHawkwing]

It can definitely be heard in game! When you reach a certain point in the game this becomes the world map music for the rest of the game.

[@TheHikariOne]

This is definitely something you'd hear on The Weather Channel (Local on the 8s) or something, lol.

[@ricardolemos5480]

so perfect e beautifull

[@Jk-zv6tz]

I'm running a dungeons and dragons campaign. I have a tournament coming up.... and you guess it, Garr is the champion. I come here to listen to bof3 music while I make maps, and write my story. Helps me be creative.

[@haarmegiddo]

So much sleepless nights... good times, good games.

[@cozyarbi]

Undoubtedly the best theme for one of the most underrated RPG series.

[@marbardan]

This gives off so much Darkstalkers/Cyberbots vibes.

[@thehound31]

So beautiful and sad too :')

[@bronsonmcleod1449]

Damn I wanna play this game again now

[@blackcoder41]

awesome game.. relaxing music.. the game teaches a lot of things.. friendship, engineering, sushi, cutting woods, and too many other things..

[@kimmolaine8069]

Best ever.

[@Ragitsu]

Strolling across a field of green with an equally endless sky of blue above.

[@TenchiHawkwing]

This is seriously the best world map theme ever.

[@garo41649]

癒されました😭

[@BA-ui9ui]

i want breath of fire II and III remake for ps4 or switch i don't care i have both

[@sigurdtheblue]

Because that boss was such a pain! I almost gave up at that part, and unfortunately, I was not mature enough to finish adult Ryu's part of the game. I made it to the last boss and was just devastated by the difficulty I had.

[@doscuramenos]

Great song!...

[@bagueddy]

This is my jam

[@joee-cu1rh]

😢

[@IeldudeI]

Man I had forgotten all about this game. Shame on me. Now that I remember I put it on my top 5 best games of all time. Not in this order: FF7 BoF3 Zelda Ocarina Metroid Prime I’m indecisive about the fifth

[@IeldudeI]

@JulianRock Mario 64, Súper Mario World, Súper Mario 3. Lol. Yours?

[@verinenpihvi]

easily the best song in the whole game. if you disagree, i still respect your wrong opinion.

[@GetterRay]

I really wish they would make another Breath of Fire game. I'm not one of those people blinded by nostalgia that disregard everything Capcom has been doing these days I honestly think that the time is right for a new BoF game. I wouldn't even mind another Dragon Quarter. A new BoF would wash the taste of DmC out of my mouth.

[@TheLaughingManXC]

It's not a sad title but it still has this bitter taste of the easy days are gone... much like the second overworld theme from FF VII

[@TheSwordzman]

This song feels so good once you, move out of your parents house, you are all grown up and everything feels much different.

[@cloudstrife2808]

i remember playing this game when i was 6 and even now i own a PS go for it

[@Masutora]

The open ending. = ___= I loved everything about this game, even the ending sequence. But I hated the fact that nothing was solved and the world was practically abandoned when BOFIV was moved into another line of existence all together.

[@FreeFlow__]

So nostalgic

[@joee-cu1rh]

yes 😢

[@Myuubey]

Future funk on PS1. Love it

[@xyirx]

I use this song as my ringtone.

[@Xhanatos]

Cool I think I will buy it soo then.

[@CologneCroatian]

@Dogonho No doubt about it! Just a great theme and by the way one of my most favourite rpg's of all time!

[@12ock]

it remind me of the time of a highschool 1st year!!

[@Xhanatos]

I wish more games had this change of time like SaGa Frontier 2, Dragon Quest 5 and this here.

[@Toomanyvideogames]

*sniffs* This is why I love gaming.....

[@Martialart07]

.....when capcom was in its golden age....right now....i just don't know....