The victory fanfare is a long-running Final Fantasy tradition dating back to the original 1987 game, with each entry remixing the same triumphant theme. The Final Fantasy VIII version, released in 1999, was composed by Nobuo Uematsu and plays after regular battles as the results screen appears. Its short length and instantly recognisable melody helped it spread beyond the game into streams, edits and soundboards, where players reuse it whenever a real or joke achievement needs a classic RPG reward cue.