favorite final battle song

[-N-]

One Winged Angel would be the best on that list, though Otherworld also captures the moment quite well.

[Sefie1999AD]

See my signature. One-Winged Angel's the best final battle song, IMHO.

Most of Final Fantasy battle themes are great, though. FF1 and FF2 got final battle themes in their WSC and PSX remakes. FF1's was called Last Battle, and it's a nice song. It kind of reminds me about The Extreme in some softer piano parts. FF2's Battle Scene 2 was used as a major boss theme in FF2j (NES), but it seems to be the final battle song in FF2 WSC and PSX. FF3j's "This is the Final Battle" is also a great song. I prefer FF4's Dreadful Fight to Final Battle, but they're both great songs. FF5's Decisive Battle and Last Battle are good tracks as well.

FF6's Dancing Mad is okay, but I'll comment more about it later. As I said, FF7's One-Winged Angel is my favorite. FF8's The Extreme is very good, and I really like it how it builds up slowly, with a soft part first, then it does the battle intro used in the battles in FF1-6 and FF9, and it finally becomes a great, aggressive battle theme. I like FF9's Final Battle and all the voice effects (cries of pain) in the background. FFX's Otherworld is... a different kind of final battle theme. Not bad, though. Decisive Battle is quite good, too. FFX-2's final battle themes are quite action-paced. They're not as dramatic or great as other FF final battle tunes, but they still get their job done. I don't know about FFXI, but if Awakening is the final battle theme (does FFXI even have a final boss?), then it's a good song.

Dancing Mad, by far.

And One Winged Angel isn't that great, especially since it's ripped off of Carmina Burana.

This is an old quote, but there still seems to be some discussion about it. One-Winged Angel isn't ripped off of Carmina Burana. The music is completely original. Only the lyrics are from Carmina Burana, but that's not a big deal. Just imagine how many songs there are that use the lyrics from the Requiem. Out of classical composers, Mozart, Verdi and Berlioz used those lyrics, and as for modern soundtracks, I've heard the lyrics used at least in X-Men 2, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the anime series called Giant Robo. Are you saying they all ripped off that old Catholic hymn?

Finally, Dancing Mad isn't that great, especially since it's ripped off of Bach's Toccata and Fuga. Yes, it's true. The musical style is very similar, and Tiers 2 and 3 have loads of melodic parts that are almost directly taken from Toccata and Fuga. The bass line is also from this classical organ piece.

[Estes]

I'm gonna go with the final boss music from Mystic Quest, the game itself pretty much sucked but its music was good.

[18Darkdragon]

I love the song from FFVII when ur fighting a boss. The gutiar in their is asome and it makes u want to jump up and anyone who looks at u funnie. Thats the type of thing that makes u keep playing the game.

[Dark Songstress]

the Decisive Battle (Final Battle) from FFX was amazing. :)

[dancingmadK]

I can't wait until FFXII is finished. I bet the final battle music on it will kick auss! And I hope eyesonff.com can get the OST for mp3s.!_!

[ChaosCalibur]

Agh, i hate the FFVIIIs final boss song, it was all happy... And i was almost dead! One winged angel by far is the best, in "Final Fantasies" But in general KH has the best, i forgot it's name, but it's in the levels "Awakening" and "Final Rest" In other words, the first and last levels... It's just so beautiful

[Sefie1999AD]

But in general KH has the best, i forgot it's name, but it's in the levels "Awakening" and "Final Rest" In other words, the first and last levels... It's just so beautiful

That sounds like variations of the Destati theme. There's at least these variations in the game:

"Dive into the Heart - Destati" (when you walk around in the opening dream sequence and fight Darkside)
"End of the World" (shouldn't be hard to guess where this plays )
"Fragments of Sorrow" (the battle theme in End of the World)
"Guardando nel Buio" (the battle against (SPOILER)Ansem's huge form, the World of Chaos)

They're all pretty excellent. The actual song Destati only plays in various KH trailers, and it's also in the soundtrack.

[Dingo Jellybean]

There shouldn't be a contest.

Dancing Mad is by far the best composed piece of final boss music from Square. One Winged Angel is too simple and uninspired and it's basically a ripoff of what Doomgaze said. Adding gothic vocals to heavy music is great, but One Winged Angel is so overated because of it's simplicity. I remember in LA they wanted to do a Final Fantasy concert for the first time in the US, One Winged Angel was immediately taken off as one of the hits to play because many composers felt it was too "simple." That's what One Winged angel is, simplicity in its worst form.

[dancingmadK]

Even though it's not Final Fantasy, I really like the Final Boss music from Breath of Fire. Well, it's actually three bosses in the game that have it. Zog, Jade, and Tyr when they transform into huge frickin monsters. Anywho, can somebody tell me where I can find an MP3 of that song?

[Estes]

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