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Confessor Of Sins




WA, USA

So I want to expand my playlist, and I've always been a huge fan of boss themes.

To that end, what are your favorites? I'll lead off with my own:

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Decrepit Dakkanaut




UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFqXM-t2yss

Shadow of the Collosus - actually just throw the soundtracks for both that and ICO in - fantastic music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N7wEzSRPWQ
Best song in both games

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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau




USA

When I was a kid I really digged the soundtrack for Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, and I can still recite most of Shadow's theme but easily the most memorable song on the whole track was Eggman's theme;




So yeah XD

Other than that though I honestly don't pay much attention to music in games. I usually turn the volume way down and the only game songs I can even think off that I actually know are from Sonic and the Elder Scrolls, and of course One Winged Angel because that song is freaking everywhere.

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MGS3 was the best MGS and no one will ever convince me otherwise. That The Boss fight, so good.

From Dark Souls, a game of good Boss themes, I like Gwyn's Theme


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Hungry Little Ripper




Melbourne

One winged angel (Sephiroth's theme)
Duel of the fates (Phantom menace)
Double dragon boss theme (original arcade version) for nostalgia
You've got the touch (original transformers movie) Stan bush i think
You're the best (original karate kid movie) can't remeber who sings that
Akira bike chase music (with the cool drums)

That'll do to start with
   
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Steady Space Marine Vet Sergeant




England

My favourite boss themes/final levels are ones with suitably epic music. One that makes you think "wow, this is happening". A couple of my top ones are:




It's a kick when it begins, because before this plays there is silence. You progress to the next area, and this plays. Fantastic!

And:




I never was a fan of quires, but the inclusion of it here is just perfect to make this fight amazing. It is the product of all the time spent getting to this point, and is part of the reason why this is my favourite Fire Emblem title.

And yeah, Rivers in the Desert was class.

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Enigmatic Chaos Sorcerer





British Columbia

I might be a bit overly biased but this is both my favourite game and soundtrack.

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Whilst I can't post a link due to being on mobile.


Dancing Mad, the theme of Kefka.

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Gargantuan Gargant






As you mentioned P5's rivers in a desert is damn good.

Personally, Bloodborne's boss music for Gehrman really got me. It's so melancholic when you face him and if you know the backstory of the game it makes a lot of sense.

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Another one is the Towerfall theme:

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Gravity Rush has a great theme, and in GR2, it remains consistent with one of better boss battle themes IMO.
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Foolproof Falcon Pilot





Finland, Espoo

Adding some more Bloodborne music. I really love the theme from the Amygdala - fight:
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Another favourite of mine is the Abyss Watchers theme from Dark Souls 3. During my first fight I just pretty much stood there listening to this song.
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And if you like heavier stuff, there is also the boss fight theme from Killing Floor. The song itself is not anything "special", but maybe it's just the nostalgia when I used to play this game a lot.
Also the whole killing floor soundtrack goes pretty well with 40k as a background music
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Norn Queen






Dublin, Ireland

Anything from the Streets of Rage series tbh

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Not boss music but...


   
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Pustulating Plague Priest






Soulsborne games are getting a lot of love on this list, aren’t they?
Anyway, DS2 music can also be pretty good.




Here’s a weird one too. Someone made a Skyrim mod to alter the final boss, and it came with its own music.


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Personally enjoyed undertales final boss themes. most of their songs even if its repetitive and reused motifs.

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Phanobi






Canada,Prince Edward Island

Pretty much everything from the Witcher 3 is fantastic but these three are most akin to boss themes. Do yourself a favour though and play the whole game and then download the entire soundtrack









   
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Assassin with Black Lotus Poison





Bristol




The boss fight itself is super easy but the music is great.




Technically is used during a boss fight so it counts

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I love Gogmazios' theme from Monster Hunter 4G/4Ultimate, especially phase one.

The monster itself is also an awesome design, it looks like it's too large for its own good, and everything about it just looks... wrong, as if it was never meant to exist. No one knows where this monstrosity came from, but it eats gunpowder, glows from within, and sweats tar. It can also fly, somehow.

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West Yorkshire, England




The final boss battle from Persona 4 (video and song are non-spoilery). See, for most of it, it's what you'd expect, the standard grim and bombastic "you're screwed now" ultimate enemy theme, fit for a battle against impossible odds.

But at about 5.40.....it changes.

"The 75mm gun is firing. The 37mm gun is firing, but is traversed round the wrong way. The Browning is jammed. I am saying "Driver, advance." and the driver, who can't hear me, is reversing. And as I look over the top of the turret and see twelve enemy tanks fifty yards away, someone hands me a cheese sandwich." 
   
 
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