The victory fanfare is one of the longest running musical motifs in the Final Fantasy series, first appearing in the original game in 1987 and rearranged for each new entry. In Final Fantasy VI, released for the Super Nintendo in 1994 with music by Nobuo Uematsu, the theme plays after almost every victorious battle alongside experience and item rewards. Its short, familiar structure made it instantly recognisable to RPG players, and clips of the fanfare later spread online as a shorthand celebration sound for wins far beyond gaming.