 The music of the video game Final Fantasy III was composed by regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu . Final Fantasy III Original Sound Version , a compilation of almost all of the music in the game , was released by Square Co . / NTT Publishing in 1991 , and subsequently re @-@ released by NTT Publishing in 1994 and 2004 . The soundtrack is notable for being the first in the series to feature a full orchestra , and the first to feature a dedicated composer (Uematsu was credited with composing the music for the first two games in the series , but only arranged the music for the third game) . The soundtrack is also notable for