The Earthbound Papas are a Japanese

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band performing songs and interpretations of music from video games, notably including the ''

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, 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 ''

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''. The band have also worked on

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alongside internal

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composer Kenji Kaneko.

Discography

;Albums * ''Octave Theory'' - 2011 * ''Dancing Dad'' - 2013

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* 2011 establishments in Japan Final Fantasy music Japanese instrumental rock musical groups Japanese musical quintets Japanese progressive metal musical groups Japanese progressive rock groups Japanese symphonic metal musical groups Japanese symphonic rock groups Musical groups established in 2011 Nintendocore musical groups Video game music cover bands Video game musicians {{Japan-band-stub