Welcome to another Top Ten list. As always, this is my opinion, so if you think that your favorites are way better than mine, kindly shut your trap and enjoy my list. I will grading these themes upon just basic epicness. What is "epicness" well it's how incredible I think a song is. That's pretty much it... just a list of my ten favorite battle themes.
#10- The Seal is Broken for "Blue Dragon"
The first in a large chunk of Nobuo Uematsu songs. Honestly, Nobuo is my favorite composer no one can match how epic he makes his songs. Sure, other composers can have him beat on other aspects of a good song, but none have ever stuck with me better than some of Nobuo's greatest. The Seal is Broken is the final boss music for the XBox360 game "Blue Dragon" and it's definitely one of his best.
#9- I'll Face Myself for "Persona 4"
The first in another large chunk, but this is by composer Shoji Meguro. Shoji is a composer of equal skill to Nobuo, however their specialties differ. While Nobuo is able to make intense and memorable fight songs, Shoji's are usually lack-luster, however, Shoji's skill to make normal music that conveys an overlying tone such as "Edge of Madness" for Persona 4 is absolutely awe-inspiring. However, I'll Face Myself is a two in a million shot, you'll see why "two" later, for Shoji, showing that he can in fact make great battle music. I'll Face Myself is the normal boss music for Persona 4.
#8- Dante Battle for "Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne"
Another song from Shoji Meguro, however, not all of the credit can go to him, as he had two other composers working on the music with him. It really shows in this song, you can definitely feel Shoji's hand in this piece, but it also gives off the same air of epic that comes from Nobuo, if at a much smaller degree.
#7- Dancing Mad for "Final Fantasy 6 / Dissidia: Final Fantasy"
Another Nobuo song, I think I'm developing a pattern here. Anyway, Dancing Mad is a spectacular example of how great music from the SNES can be, and how it can trump songs from modern games entirely. Dancing Mad is essentially two songs, one is about 8 minutes in length the other is about 6, and they play during the final gauntlet of bosses in Final Fantasy 6. The song I will provide is the Dissidia remake of the music that plays when you actually fight Kefka, the final boss.
#6- The Decisive Battle for "Final Fantasy 5 / Dissidia"
Yet another Nobuo song, this time it's Exdeath's final boss theme. There's really not much left to say here, I've already said it all before.
Welcome to another Top Ten list. As always, this is my opinion, so if you think that your favorites are way better than mine, kindly shut your trap and enjoy my list. I will grading these themes upon just basic epicness. What is "epicness" well it's how incredible I think a song is. That's pretty much it... just a list of my ten favorite battle themes.
#5- Clash on the Big Bridge for "Final Fantasy 5"
Again, Nobuo, again amazing.
#4- Otherworld for "Final Fantasy 10"
I absolutely hate Final Fantasy 10. Everything about Tidus pisses me off. Yuna is a stupid floozy. Lulu finds something to love in Wakka. Wakka is, to quote Peppy, "hawribble!". Rikku is... kinda hot, but still annoying. Kimahri is one dimensional and entirely useless in the game. Auron is the one character I don't want to strangle, he's actually kind of cool... if only Square had decided that his much more interesting story was worthy of the spotlight and not that Meg Ryan dead ringer. However, if one good thing did come out of Final Fantasy 10, it's this song, Nobuo's death rattle before slipping into obscurity to work on games like Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey.
#3- The Darkness of Eternity for "Final Fantasy 9"
Again, I don't have much to say.
#2- The Battle for Everyone's Souls for "Persona 3"
This is the shining example of how to make a calm, yet epic boss theme. Shoji really outdid himself with this song.
And now, for the Number One most epic boss theme in any game ever.
#1- Howl of the Departed for "Lost Odyssey"
This song. I can't even begin to describe it. I get chills every time I hear it. I'm ashamed to say that I abandoned Lost Odyssey long before I got to this song and was devastated when I came across it later. It's absolutely breath taking. Nobuo's greatest work, and the greatest work for any battle theme ever.
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