Top 10 music themes.

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Decided to go for final battle themes because I was digging up a lot of old songs. Oh well. Some of them aren't QUITE the final battle however they might as well be, the actual final battle being more an epilogue than anything else, or they might be the final bosses' first form as opposed to last. Let's get started.

10) Skies of Arcadia- final battle



Love this game to bits, was my favourite RPG until persona. I didn't appreciate this song until I played it through a few times... it's a balanced song between Ramirez who has essentially already lost and is really only trying to get his revenge on you and the world, and of course the party. As is the case with skies of arcadia music the theme gets dark when Ramirez is winning and really upbeat and cheerful when your winning. During the final battle this adds to a feeling of balance, like an epic and balanced duel rather than the theme being designed to inflict you with despair.

9) The final showdown- tales of vesperia



Duke was a pretty damn good villain... but mainly he was really powerful and incredibly difficult. And this is only his second out of three forms! Yikes. Good thing the third is optional. Either way just listen to that chorus and that main rift... a masterpiece.


8) Endless Despair- BlazBlue



It's difficult to find a boss theme in BlazBlue considering very few characters and thus themes can be considered bosses.
Mu's theme or awakening the chaos are also really, really good, but considering I've been listening to this so much while Hazama kicks my sorry ass this has grown on me more.
Also, here is a really, REALLY nifty vocal version.



7) Champion of destruction- super paper mario



Most people wanting to put a mario theme here might put something from mario galaxy, or the ultimate show from the same game as this- but I put this here mainly because I like count bleck more. The theme is also more intiidating, I love the rift more, it feels incredibly climactic- pretty amazing really.

6) The last story- the one ruling everything



Wont spoil anything here... but basically this fight was really damn awesome and still caught me off guard while paradoxically being expected, as in I didn't expect the final boss to be the actual final boss. Not to mention this is completely different to anything else heard up until this point in the game, except maybe dance of death.

5) Solaris- sonic O6



I haven't played this game, likely for a very good reason. This theme is that good, that it can skip up my list like that in the blink of an eye.

4) Xion- final battle- kingdom hearts 358/2



Here we go. It doesn't get much better than this. I guess this one affects me more than Vanitas, and fits better as a boss theme... since this was my first kingdom hearts game, fighting Xion was something new to me, fighting your friends is common in kingdom hearts but Xion's story really is a massive bummer overall. Even bigger bummer for Roxas- there be no true winners in the kingdom hearts universe. Except for square enix and disney the greedy fu-

3) Rising sun- Okami



I'm trying desperately hard to not tread over old ground here by going back to themes from games I played a while ago.
After a long gruelling fight with Yami in which you've had to fight without brush techniques and reach the cusp of beating him, he steals all your powers again, all seems lost until the prayers of everyone you've met restore your god hood. After which this theme plays and it's incredibly satisfying to draw the sun and beat the crap out of the lord of darkness and everything evil.

2) Zanza- xenoblade



HOLY BISCUITS. A GODLY THEME FOR A GODLY... WELL, GOD! In all seriousness this fits Zanza so well it's scary. I suppose thats why they decided to name this 'zanza'. The true final boss theme after this doesn't quite wow me as much.

1) The battle for everyone's souls- persona 3.



Oh geez. This was my first exposure to persona, this video and this song. It's fantastic. I wonder how many times I've gone over the symbolism in this song, this fight this whole damn game- it's the song you here on judgement day, the end of your life, staring him right in the eyes and telling him that you may die but you sure as hell wont let the world die. The vocals- heard in the velvet room throughout the game, the velvet room being the place where you hone the powers your friends have given you, the piano emphasising the hopelessness, everything in this song and this fight is perfect... until Nyx charms a party member and fully heals himself. Ragequit.

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Figured I should do a top 10 anime endings because...! Reasons...!

10) Persona 4- beauty of destiny



This one was pretty damn good if I do say so myself, apparently this is a mix but I cant tell the difference. On a sidenote, the video doesn't show it, but the cards fill in with the social links as the anime progresses thats nice.

9) Death Note ending 1



I just really liked this one, if I recall the lyrics correctly, which I don't, is light admitting that he's less than he thinks he is? HAHA! AS IF!


8) Soul Eater- Strength



I've been listening to this too much. I don't like it as much as I used to. Still though, look at all those music and broken bodies! Gives me an epic feeling honestly. Pianos are also cool.

7) Gurren lagann- second ending



This anime really knew how to use it's music... uhh... I like this one.

6) Code Geass- first ending



Difficult one this, Code geass had good endings. Mosaic (second ending) and 5th were contenders too but I remember this one the most. So catchy!

5) Future Diary- Blood teller



I REPENT! Seriously, why didn't I put future diary's opening at like... number 2 on my openings list? Oh well. Future diary probably had the best soundtrack associated with it. Pity the character themes were never used in the anime. Oh, this? Loved it and the second ending, but I like the effect of people disappearing in this so...

4) Steins;Gate- ending



So good... butterflies and awesomeness... really good ending to episodes to. I cant pin down why I like this so much, it's just awesome! The butterfly in the lyrics are cool, as is the full version which goes awesome near the end.

3) Weclome to the NHK! - ending 1



THAT PIANO! I'm pretty sure your fingers would drop off if you tried that. Lyircs really help highlight Sato's insecurity, also it's just mad! I like how the imps on screen basically act out the lyrics.
NHK was probably one of the wackiest, craziest, funniest animes I've ever seen in that most depressing thing on the planet kind of way...

2) Seikon No Qwasar II- Metaphor



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OK FINE! When I first attempted to watch Seikon No Qwasar, I accidently clicked on the first episode of the second season. It did a better job of explaining the shows premise than the actual first episode did, and I actually enjoyed it in a psychotic manner. Pretty depressed when I had to go back to the first series. Anyway I watched a couple of episodes of the second series after getting sick of the first one halfway... I had much more fun. Still awful, but in that so bad it's fun way. The Qwasars weren't using their elements so much and Sasha wasn't using a blood sword! So I couldn't complain there. The female gender also felt superior here too, I've kind of always respected Kataja or whatever her name is and the developers for not sexualising her AS much as the others. Gender anxieties on Sasha's part are nice too. Overall, the show seemed to have dropped all pretentions of actually trying to have a good story and became paradoxically bearable, if tragic. Also... yeah, there is the elephant in the room. *Licks lips, a fleeting thought of neutering myself later passing through my head.*

But, hehe, what about the music? It's violins, and it's choir! This honestly is too indescribably epic for words.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood- ending 5, Ray of light



Well I was going to put this as 2 and 2 as 1... bu I saw the video and I'm close to tearing up... sorry, but fullmetal alchemist is just too awesome for Violins. The song it's self is just so uplifting and sad, and a perfect end...! It all just too much. So yeah, lucky me had my favorite opening and ending playing in the same episodes of the same series. Long live FMA, seriously.

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So since last time I did it I was messing around and but 10 different themes for Bowser, I was going to re-do my top 10 boss battles' themes. Then I decided, nahhhh, I'll do another top 10 of everything.
THEN I decided I couldn't pick most of these over others, and some were repeats of previous lists, so here's my top whatever of whatever, in no particular order.


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This one I do know would've been relatively high on the list.
After defeating the intimidating and seemingly insane Count Bleck (which he is, a bit.) you basically get a huge SLAP to the face that says, BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! *spoilers* So then Dimentio proves he's been plotting his own scheme the entire time, was responsible for Peach's escape early on, and the true culprit behind Luigi's hypnosis, as he then fuses himself and Luigi with the chaos heart as a truly chaotic theme plays, much akin to Dimentio's nature and the boss you are fighting.
I personally really love this BGM, and it's why It's here. The Ultimate Show itself is fantastic, but the battle is a little lacklustre when you decide to abuse game mechanics and hop on squip rocks and chain it to infinity until you mess up (and I did this repeatedly one every time I saw a squip) in your adventure (I was level 41... )

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Say hello to a little game I (and everyone who knows of it) like to call the Last Ranker, a JRPG that was never released outside of Japan. It appears to be a fantastic game with a huge difficulty level, and this BGM was how I stumbled upon this obscure game. I want to play it...and it may happen someday. But for now just enjoy this fantastic music, that sets the mood (for me) of a depressing moment, where all seems to be lost, and you make one final charge, one final burst of energy, before it's all over. That's what I feel, though knowing my perception I doubt it's right. (hrm...may use this BGM to descrube a moment in an rp like that... )

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I'm not a huge fan of the mega man series, even less so of the X series. But I can't deny that this BGM is great, and that it really gets me pumped.

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Bomberman Generations was my first Bomberman game, and according to many, one of the best. This obscure little series about a bomb happy, cartoony little man took up quite a bit of my early life, along with the arguous hours spent on Super Monkey Ball, and Super Mario Sunshine, and Double Dash...oh, the nostalgia...
anyway, while I'm not too fond of some of the less prominent sound in this BGM, I do like it and it sets the mood for a good final battle. This was planned to be low on the list, probably 9 or 10.

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Probably a BGM almost everyone into retro games has heard. After defeating Baby Bowser, Kamek does one of his many annoying magical boosts (this is where NSMB gets the idea from...) and the castle is crushed. Baby Bowser is now gigantic, and he looms outside of the stage, coming ever closer...if he gets too close, BOOM, you're dead. This rock theme fits this battle well, and makes the battle far more tense.

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Live and Learn is a great song that makes a badass battle even badass...ier.
While fighting a huge monster heading for earth, spawned from the space colony, you team up as Super Sonic and Hyper Shadow to take down the Bio-Lizard...and THIS plays.

So yeah. random stuff. random.