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Video game boss battle music is often intense, powerful, and tends to be the climax of the story or at least current arc in a video game. Post your favorite examples of video game boss fight music! Try to keep it to less than 3-5 embedded videos in your post, just to keep the thread remotely readable. And if you have good remixes of a given theme, feel free to link those underneath the relevant example you post, too! I'll start off with a few of my own favorites. Probably the most incredible, lengthy, truly apocalyptic boss battle theme in any game, Final Fantasy 6's Dancing Mad is also one of the most fitting tracks for a boss fight. Really was an incredible thing to hear upon reaching the finale of what was for many a 100+ hour game culminating in a fight against 3 screen-filling bosses followed by god-kefka himself with it playing in the background. The Black Mages, headed by Nobuo Uematsu himself, did a crazy good version of Dancing Mad as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXVNKtmWnc&hd=1 Black Mages arrange(I can never not hear a sound clip of laying a bomb in super metroid in there at times) Lufia 2 has one of the best JRPG soundtracks of all time, and only fittingly does it also have an incredible good final boss fight theme. After making your way through the Fortress of Doom set to appropriately dramatic "save the world" music(one of my top 5 favorite game tracks ever), you encounter Gades, the leader of the Sinistrals, and this music kicks in. It's pretty legendary. There's an official arranged version for the DS remake(Curse of the Sinistrals), as well, though I'm more favorable towards the SNES version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_sQDL2lyCU Curse of the Sinistrals DS Arranged theme DS Arranged version of The Last Duel, as well Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has an incredibly powerful, energetic final boss theme, and one of the best lyric-based music tracks in a video game I've ever heard. Bonus points because it is super relevant to what is happening in the story and between the two characters duking it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDEJdyRZKd8 "vocals only" version, with the track edited in a music editor to mostly mute the music the actual fight itself, which, if you've never seen MGR:R, is kinda of amazing in every way Undertale is a pretty new game, but it also happens to have one of the best overall video game soundtracks of the last ten years, if not ever. Nowhere is this more exemplified than the various boss themes, and especially in the themes for the final bosses of the game(different depending on which path you take through the game). The example I'll be using is the final boss theme of the Genocide path. It is a track that the artist has used in every previous work and improved upon each time, this one beefed up a lot to be superior in every way, and is crazy frantic and intense, perfect for that last fight. Behold, MEGALOVANIA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qaUTOLF5V4 The fight itself, some spoilers, including who it is you fight of course Each version of MEGALOVANIA over time(aside from the last one) Taylor Davis's violin rendition of MEGALOVANIA RichaadEB's metal guitar cover a surprisingly good rendition of MEGALOVANIA on...kazoo And, to be relevant to the thread title, G-DARIUS's ADAM boss battle theme. The original is good on its own, however, the remix by Dangerous Mezashi Cat is fantastic. No youtube uploads of it outside of a sampler of that particular album though, linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I05gZw5hbys ADAM / G-DRAIUS (BIG BOSS)(sample clip) Post some of your favorites! Captain Invictus has a new favorite as of 14:20 on Sep 3, 2016 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6zdf3L3rQM The entire Twisted Metal III soundtrack was great, but "Meet the Creeper" was perfectly foreboding.
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Sep 3, 2016 14:37
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Dark Souls III's Nameless King (or rather, the first part of the fight with the King of the Storm) still gives me chills when I listen to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajq6MFS_ysM And the part at 1:02 is fantastic. e: another boss battle theme that gives me chills is Bravely Default's Asterisk boss theme, which is Revo as gently caress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk-9ihcy2R8 Your Computer has a new favorite as of 14:51 on Sep 3, 2016 |
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Sep 3, 2016 14:39
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This is honestly one of my favourites. Shin Megami Tensei has a few good ones but the actual boss theme for IV knocks it out of the park, especially since its first use heralds the first difficulty spike in the game. Everything about the Minotaur encounter screams "The kid gloves are off now." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6cSbof7Pik
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Sep 4, 2016 14:19
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Max Payne 3's music score was pretty good, but perhaps the best part was the lead-up to just before the 'boss' battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTrjqBUvDQI&t=4163s I love this music, because at that point of game, Max just sheds the bullshit of pretending to be the good guy, and turns on the rampage mode.
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Sep 4, 2016 15:05
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuxfQjJ-3DM Couple of boss tracks in here. P okay.
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Sep 4, 2016 15:35
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Another outstanding theme from a game full of them, Earthbound's first final boss fight with Giygas and Pokey is set to the theme Pokey Means Business. And boy howdy does he ever, with a theme like this. Starts out very standard bleeps and bloops, albeit intense, and then when the "drop" hits, it really gets serious. When I was playing the game as a kid and heard that coming out of my speakers, I couldn't believe that the SNES was managing to produce that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3nYwTSkr0Q Pokey Means Business, imagined as if it was a Smash Bros remix And a boss theme that really blew me away was in Megaman X5. Say what you will about the quality of the game, but it had some outstanding music, and none was more standout than X VS ZERO. The climactic battle between the two heroes, set to one of the most incredible themes in the entire franchise's history(an impressive feat considering Megaman's musical pedigree). It's really just intensely powerful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed9jkuczzRU remix by Breis Rockman X-HOLIC X vs Zero by Sound Holic X-HOLIC music video by the studio
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Sep 4, 2016 18:33
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First up, a guilty pleasure. Hunter from Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries. While the game didn't technically have "bosses," you knew as soon as the kick drum started that a bunch of huge assault mechs were closing in. Something about cheesy nu-metal just worked in that context. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbevUYP55HI Next I wanna show some love for FFXI. Especially its final boss themes, which always evoked such a perfect mood for their scenes. From battling a sauron-like avatar of racial vengeance... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqBgujQ_3bg ...to a desperate struggle against an insane immortal child-man... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGqdzreyDYY ...to an apocalyptic showdown with the God of Nothingness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ6Es1h8W0g Lastly, I just adore Torn from the Heavens from FFXIV. It's a great heroic psych-up theme, and the part at 1:01 always has me doing a little mental fist pump. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJSM4tAeEAA Morton Haynice has a new favorite as of 18:53 on Sep 4, 2016 |
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Sep 4, 2016 18:50
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Captain Invictus posted:
The best part of the MGR:R boss battles/themes is that the lyrics only come in when poo poo gets serious. Plus the HONORABLE SAMURAI DUEL inverts it by having the lyrics dip out when you knock away Jetstream Sam's sword. And yes, in case you somehow didn't know the final boss of MGR:R is basically literally Dick Cheney and his pacemaker is what gives him super powers. I'm not even loving with you.
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Sep 4, 2016 19:01
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I thought I mentioned that but yeah, the way the lyrics actually kick in to the fights is fantastic. Let's also talk about the first boss theme, RULES OF NATURE, where you face off against a Metal Gear Ray as the tutorial boss. The lyrics kick in with RULES OF NATURE! as you parry the metal gear's massive sword attack, then hurl it into the air and slice-and-dice its sword limb off. It's perfectly ridiculous and fitting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3472Q6kvg0 the scene where the lyrics kick in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM33Hr94SKw&hd=1
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Sep 4, 2016 19:11
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The second part of Ludwig the Accursed from Bloodborne is one of my favorite pieces of game music ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALbVEmzY5S4&t=222s it's so loud, epic and creepy - perfectly fitting when fighting this huge horse with his holy moonlight sword nsfw wait, no, i found a better picture 
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Sep 4, 2016 19:43
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Jordbo posted:The second part of Ludwig the Accursed from Bloodborne is one of my favorite pieces of game music ever I know that Ludwig and the Hunters Nightmare in general have a lot of strong ties to the Asian mythology about hell. So Ludwig having the horse head makes sense, plus the lakes of blood, etc.
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Sep 4, 2016 19:50
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Jordbo posted:The second part of Ludwig the Accursed from Bloodborne is one of my favorite pieces of game music ever The Soulsborne games all have some of the most intense and amazing boss music in any game or series, which is incredibly fitting considering how intense and epic the boss fights themselves are. More examples include Iudex Gundyr from Dark Souls III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke3HWo8fTpE and Dark Souls II's The Duke's Dear Freja, which sounds appropriately horror-y for fighting a giant spider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn8VM9c6RcM
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Sep 4, 2016 20:15
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DS2's music wasn't very memorable compared to DS1's, but I think Velstadt's theme is one of the best in the entire Souls series, up there with Cleric beast and Ornstein & Smoughs theme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em5gtDJcFqM
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Sep 4, 2016 20:41
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Whenever this played in Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, you knew you were about to get your poo poo pushed in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GqRSg_L_9o
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Sep 4, 2016 21:11
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Your Computer posted:and Dark Souls II's The Duke's Dear Freja, which sounds appropriately horror-y for fighting a giant spider: I like contrasting this with the giant spider song in Demon's Souls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3WBu8Lxa9Q Demon's Souls was kind of silly at times.
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Sep 4, 2016 21:15
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I loved the final boss in Ace Combat Zero. It's just you and your former wingman, one on one. You weave your aircraft through an extremely narrow trench and tons of gunfire and by the time you reach your old pal to throw down, well, just listen until 1:45 and you'll understand why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGjwXI0n5-I For Monster Hunter fans, Deviljho was there to welcome you and your pals to High Rank, and bring you down a notch now that you think you're hot poo poo after you've finally reached High-Rank missions. This is what you hear before you are devoured by what is a bigger, fatter T-Rex. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBNlLWkO_RA Final Fantasy 10 wasn't everyone's favorite in the series, but for those that liked it, there was boss music, and then there was YOU ARE SO hosed. If you heard the second theme, playtime was over. All those megalixers, rare damage items you may have stolen, etc. it was time to loving use them. You will not survive unless you really, really pull out all the stops. Horace Kinch has a new favorite as of 21:38 on Sep 4, 2016 |
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Sep 4, 2016 21:29
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Spergminer posted:DS2's music wasn't very memorable compared to DS1's, but I think Velstadt's theme is one of the best in the entire Souls series, up there with Cleric beast [...] Speaking of which, here's a live recording! The music of Bloodborne was masterfully assembled, and the fact that it's all recorded by a real orchestra definitely shines through. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHIkUzmNmc0
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Sep 4, 2016 21:34
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlSxN98y7Z4 I feel like posting music from a falcom game is cheating because it's gonna be rad no matter what, but here you go.
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Sep 4, 2016 22:07
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ioejivHKI I love how epic this song sounds without being bombastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiDI4GZMVF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMwBxRpzoqU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj90Vcq2Kic
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Sep 5, 2016 00:05
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Jordbo posted:Speaking of which, here's a live recording! The music of Bloodborne was masterfully assembled, and the fact that it's all recorded by a real orchestra definitely shines through. Jesus christ that must be stressing to play, I tense up just by listening to it. It's such a dramatic and dark theme. 
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Sep 5, 2016 00:49
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The Living Failures is a pretty easy fight in Bloodbourne's DLC that is overshadowed by the Lady Maria fight that happens almost immediately after. It also has one of the best tracks in the entire SoulsBourne series. The slow buildup throughout both the music and the fight itself is fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiboHWwr12M Laughing Octopus was a fun gimmick fight in Metal Gear Solid 4 that was made better by it's great boss theme. I imagine listening to it through a sound system with good bass would be amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNQIuvjwtKw In a game built around boss battles, No More Hero's Bad Girl stood out in part due to its great boss battle music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSfbb3WHClE Alris has a new favorite as of 01:05 on Sep 5, 2016 |
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Sep 5, 2016 00:57
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Oh God I could post in this thread for hours, boss battle music is consistently my favorite stuff in any game. I've been watching thevoiceofdog's LP of LISA and this boss theme gets used in a few spots at varying speeds, it's really good- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjFr_vW8kwc The name is actually related to its first use in the game, and it's pretty rad. sitchelin posted:For Monster Hunter fans, Deviljho was there to welcome you and your pals to High Rank, and bring you down a notch now that you think you're hot poo poo after you've finally reached High-Rank missions. This is what you hear before you are devoured by what is a bigger, fatter T-Rex. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBNlLWkO_RA I like that it's super-obvious how the composer watched the Rite Of Spring segment of Fantasia before writing this piece (not that there's anything wrong with that) Monster Hunter has a bunch of good themes for its monsters but Teostra's is probably my favorite- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vtoCFxJLY C-Euro has a new favorite as of 02:43 on Sep 5, 2016 |
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Sep 5, 2016 01:06
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Gotta post my all-time favorite, Bombs for Throwing at You from Portal 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uAsD6lQV1I All of Portal's music is great, but this driving glitchy insanity takes the cake (heh, heh).
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Sep 5, 2016 01:40
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CMTXyExkeI
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Sep 5, 2016 01:51
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Skies of Arcadia on Dreamcast was my introduction to dynamic boss music. The general boss theme is titled 'Crisis/Opportunity' and it starts and finishes like it does in this sample, but its engineered in such a way that it will actually change from the crisis section to the opportunity section depending on how the battle is going. I remember battles that I didn't think I could win and listening to the crisis theme is actually oppressive after 20 minutes of reviving party members and healing for minimal amounts until you get some steam and then the tide turns and the music changes with it and it's actually really fun knowing that the music is changing depending on how you are doing. And don't let the opportunity theme fool you, because if you make a couple of bad mistakes in a battle it will just change right back to the crisis theme. Really fun boss music.
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Sep 5, 2016 01:52
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Another one out of final Fantasy XIV: Ultima's theme. https://youtu.be/nBT6hOtWcfU
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Sep 5, 2016 01:54
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A post dedicated solely to Chrono Trigger boss music, because it's consistently got winners for every single boss encounter. Breaking the rules a little. The standard boss fight theme is a great "don't gently caress around" type of track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzosTEFUjM Lavos's Theme is a very good "unearthly apocalyptic creature" track. It's not fast, it's not frantic, but it's forboding as all hell and most times you hear it, you're likely moments away from death by Destruction Rains From The Heavens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X1-uqDYa7w The second boss theme is undoubtedly the more serious and dramatic of the two "generic" boss battle themes, and the bosses that incorporate it often are incredibly tough, as they should be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeTWWro16fQ One of the most famous tracks from a game full of them, the battle with Magus has an AMAZING theme. A perfect track for an antihero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKRRXt8J5YU One of the best pieces of music in the entire soundtrack, one of the most fitting tracks in the game, and one of the best boss fight themes of all time, World Revolution is almost unparalleled. It's intense, it's frenetic, it's kinetic, it incorporates multiple leitmotifs from other tracks in the game flawlessly to create a powerfully dramatic "YOU MUST SUCCEED HERE, OR THE WORLD WILL END!" sense of urgency. It's just absolutely outstanding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QgUjqMxeXo one of the few decent reimaginings of the track alongside the other Lavos themes And the final, FINAL battle, while it does not have the best final boss theme by a long shot, does some creative stuff with it regardless and is still a powerful track in its own right, especially when accompanied by the visuals in the fight itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IevXx3yQ77s
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Sep 5, 2016 02:20
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Well, since I've been in iTunes for half an hour now, buying half these songs, I'll bite! Dragon's Dogma is a game with a load of boss-class critters. Each one has its own theme music--but whenever you manage to get one of those giant critters down to critical hit points, their theme fades out and this one fades in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EioUJCiy7_Q (Linking to the original composer's electric guitar remix, because I love it.) It's just such a charge to hear it, every time. You've been fighting this enormous creature all over the map and getting the poo poo kicked out of you repeatedly and now you're finally winning. And then you strike the final blow and the game responds with this triumphant seven-note fanfare (at the end of the video) and it's such a rush, goddamn. Also one of my personal favorites: the boss from the second level of the Dark Arisen expansion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vudWpIVURm0 And, well, okay, there's also Death. The Grim Reaper is chasing you in his own terrible, patient fashion; from time to time you'll be down in the depths of the island getting the poo poo kicked out of you repeatedly (it's a theme) and with no warning the soundtrack cuts in to drop this on you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWshzwDm2vU and you whip around and you are in so much trouble, mister. At least until later in the game, when you will actively go seek him out and kick his boney rear end.
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Sep 6, 2016 08:26
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No Super Robot Wars yet? SRW is basically all boss music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8uvvh0PtQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgAIzNaYRiw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmgtifOlXVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h17ZV6a-tSU And those are just the first four that came immediately to mind out of dozens.
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Sep 6, 2016 09:58
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Mega Man Legends 2's theme for the Geetz battle is the one I always think of when talking about boss music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wBTfKFU88Y
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Sep 6, 2016 15:41
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzXwutv0yy8 This is the essential boss theme
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Sep 6, 2016 16:12
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It's hard to think of SRW boss music without much of the older OG themes. A lot of them are just fantastic. The first final boss of Super Robot Wars Original Generation 1, Judecca, has a fantastic theme in Marionette Messiah(also a great name). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg8Hv7_RbWM official song version with lyrics sung by the voice actor with Judecca's attacks in the background OGS version Gate of Magus, the theme of Wodan Ymir in his Thrudgelmir, was an amazing theme that absolutely told you in no uncertain terms that you were about to have a bad day. Whenever he showed up, his Colossal Blade would wreck anything it touched. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqXPQwXEVU original GBA version Thrudgelmir attacks The alternate universe bad guy, Axel Almer, had a fantastic antihero theme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf8iQrWXlDM Soulgain all attacks all versions of Dark Knight from every game he's in Shuu Shirakawa and his Granzon, the recurring huge rear end in a top hat and bad guy from many SRW OG games, has a great apocalyptic theme for his black hole-powered mech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3HcfmPAxCY Neo Granzon's attacks, with accompanying theme And the fifth for this post, THE ARROW OF DESTINY(awesome name) that is played for the Aerogator forces bosses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHQS3hWxMH8
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Sep 6, 2016 16:28
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Well, you already beat me to Pokey Means Business. That's good because it's a must-post for any boss music thread. Gang-Plank Galleon is sorta similar to that legendary track in that it starts off slowly and then poo poo goes down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS7_tcwsj4E The Smash Bros. remix isn't as good but it's worth posting anyway. Same with the fight with Giant Bowser in Yoshi's Island. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Ose7A8P94 Nobody's posted FF6's main boss theme (The Decisive Battle) yet. I never played it that much but I do appreciate a good piece of boss music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxKb48wvt60 The Dark Samus fights in Metroid Prime 2 are great and so is the music that plays in it. Really adds to the atmosphere of fighting in a Phazon reactor room or an elevator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEVQ6JxQFr4 Speaking of fighting on an elevator, Gandrayda's fight in Metroid Prime 3 is a creepy and unsettling track. Rundas's fight has the more rockin' theme, but this is perfect for an opponent that shapeshifts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SySV9xBU6M I wish Smash 4 had more music from the Metroid Prime games, they didn't have a single track from them that wasn't already in Brawl.
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One of the things I love about the songs in Metal Gear Rising is how they are used as an opportunity to lay bare the hearts of the bosses you're fighting, clearing up morality exposition that can't be delivered any other way. Let me introduce you to a few more of them. A Stranger I Remain is Mistral's theme. Mistral sorta shows up from nowhere in the game and gets pretty much zero chance for a proper introduction. She's the first boss fight, primarily there to make sure players understand the mechanics. Fittingly, her song is grim portents of worse things to come and an acceptance of her fate as a special, but ultimately mysterious and unknown, warrior. I mostly love it for the line 'a stranger who has found an even stranger war.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-rj8HVW3PQ Red Sun is the Sundowner boss fight theme song, and it's a perfect summary of Sundowner's Big Men of History morality- he truly believes that the only way humanity progresses is through Hard Men making The Hard Decisions with Big Costs. His boss fight theme is a wailing-guitars rock meditation about crushing Eden beneath the treads of our machines and watching the vultures feast on the carcasses left behind, secure in the knowledge that it will all be worth it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jynTNYSKNuk Collective Consciousness is the boss fight theme song for Metal Gear Excelsus, and it is unique in that it is an entirely ironic boss fight song. It is a song to invade Poland to, a brutal war march arguing that humanity cannot be trusted to take care of itself and blind, senseless nationalism is the only way to survive. Let your country control your mind, let your country control your soul. The actual boss, Senator Armstrong, believes almost the exact opposite- he believes that government should be destroyed so that the strong (him) can crush the weak (everyone else). Either way, I always start doing embarrassing robot dance moves during the bridge on this one. You'll know when. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dPaVk4G1jg
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Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is one of the more maligned games in the series and not without good reason. It still has an awesome soundtrack though and does one of my favourite things, that being each boss has its own music composed for it. This is probably my favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFlLV-H1oMg
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Sep 11, 2016 13:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0vVmLfCxp8
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Somfin posted:One of the things I love about the songs in Metal Gear Rising is how they are used as an opportunity to lay bare the hearts of the bosses you're fighting, clearing up morality exposition that can't be delivered any other way. Let me introduce you to a few more of them. There's a Japanese-only series well known for three things: its absolutely terrible artwork(that still manages to be well-designed despite the poo poo quality), the one-man dev team who has made every single game, soundtrack, etc by himself(including the awful artwork), and most notably, the utterly outstanding soundtracks for each game. I'm talking about the Touhou Project bullet hell shooters, created by ZUN. Many of his music tracks are crafted while drunk, yet he still pulls off amazing works despite it. There are an incredible amount of great tracks throughout the series, but here are some of my favorites. It's worth noting that there are an incredible amount of remixes for this game. Nearly 8 years ago I downloaded a 26,000-file megatorrent collection of remixes, and that number has ballooned to 60,000+ since then, it's rather insane. There's so goddamn much Touhou music. I made a collection of "keepers"(or at least not the absolute worst) from 10,000 or so tracks I had gone through, so feel free to grab it if you'd like some stuff to listen to, there's about 120 hours of music in there and it covers nearly every genre conceivable. NUCLEAR FUSION, the theme of Utsuho Reiuji is my favorite Touhou theme. It is 100% pure Final Boss, and there's not much more you can do to be a final boss than a nuclear-powered hell raven who is trying to create an artificial subterranean sun in Hell. It's most famous for including blaring klaxons during the song when Utsuho performs special attacks, and the insane amount of remixes take advantage of this to add some pretty powerful moments alongside air raid sirens and such. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzlmlafQXBk the actual fight against Utsuho on Lunatic difficulty Touhou Dogfight, a rendition of the fight in 3D using multiple great remixes The Mantle, one of the best NF remixes A cute animation headbobbin' to one of the better remixes Demetori - 霊知の太陽信仰 ～ Nuclear Fusion Emotional Skyscraper, the theme of Byakuren Hijiri. My second favorite touhou boss theme next to Nuclear Fusion. A much more upbeat, spiritual theme as befitting a buddhist monk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ehKblhOfg Demetori - World's End(Emotional Skyscraper) Magus Night, the theme of Marisa Kirisame from Fairy Wars, is a super foreboding track considering the character in question, however it's fitting when you consider you're going up against her as a mere fairy, one of the weakest supernatural creatures. One of the more famous tracks composed while drunk, it was originally going to be a spin on Dance of Witches, but quickly turned into something way, way more intense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dJA_YLSPz0 Magus Night remix played on an NES soundchip GUNFIRE - THAT'S MAGUS NIGHT -Rampageous Shooting Star- There are tons more, maybe I'll post others later. He's got a real knack for a good melody, even if he relies on the ZUN Horn a bit much at times.
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Persona 3 FES - Heartful Cry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgxs785sqjw i like how it starts with a slow somber piano intro and becomes guitar riffs and heavy bass for the rest of the song. FFVI - The Decisive Battle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMd6V1IOJ5k
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Pokemon isn't really known for its amazing soundtracks but there's a few gems in there, especially with the Champion fights. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Battle! Champion Cynthia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXefFHRgyE0 Pokemon X/Y - Battle! Champion Diantha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpgQa-TOk0M The legendaries also have some good tracks. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Battle! Uxie/Mespirit/Azelf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSR9lupZVNo Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Battle! Dialga/Palkia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mv8AxBTlJ0 And I just realised that most of the tracks I picked were from Diamond and Pearl. Oh well.
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