Earthbound Papas

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Earthbound Papas
Earthbound Papas performing in Stockholm in 2014
Background information
Origin	Japan
Genres	Progressive metal symphonic metal Nintendocore instrumental rock progressive rock
Years active	2011 (2011)–present
Labels	Dog Ear Records
Members	Nobuo Uematsu Michio Okamiya Yoshitaka Hirota Tsutomu Narita Chihiro Fujioka
Past members	Arata Hanyuda

The Earthbound Papas are a Japanese progressive rock/metal band performing songs and interpretations of music from video games, notably including the Final Fantasy series. Nobuo Uematsu, the acclaimed composer of music in the Final Fantasy series, formed the band after his previous band, The Black Mages, disbanded in 2010. In addition to new arrangements of some Final Fantasy tracks, they have also arranged tracks from other projects that featured Uematsu as a composer and they have produced original compositions for the band's albums.

In 2010, the Earthbound Papas were featured on the Distant Worlds II: More Music from Final Fantasy live orchestral release, in which they joined the orchestra for a performance of the song Dancing Mad from Final Fantasy VI.

The band have also worked on Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory and Megadimension Neptunia VII alongside internal Idea Factory composer Kenji Kaneko.^[1]