The official soundtrack to Breath of Fire III was composed by Akari Kaida and Yoshino Aoki, who had previously worked on the music to Mega Man X3. Taking influence from jazz and lounge music, the background themes, Aoki and Kaida relied heavily on synthesized sounds using piano, xylophone, drums, and electric guitar instrumentation. Though many publications found the music Breath of Fire III to be decidedly different from most role-playing game themes, it was met with a largely lukewarm response, with GamePro magazine remarking that music "seems more appropriate for a corporate infomercial than a heroic fantasy RPG".