30 day video game music challenge!

Day 15 - Boss Battle Music


Super Paper Mario (Super Dimentio) - This is no ordinary boss battle music. Super Dimentio is a weird, wacky combination of Dimentio, Luigi, and the Chaos Heart, and it shows. The music is tense, especially considering the surprise final boss reveal that happened just a moment before. The stakes are high, and it's up to Mario to save the day!b
 
Day 15 - Boss Battle Music [Hard Mode]

Koopaling Battle in NSMBW/U. Nostaliga what can I say. Also I personally feel that I didn't want to choose a final boss theme as there's specifically one for that later, so I thought I'd do one which was a non-final boss theme.

  • Bowser battle (TTYD/SPM)
  • Closing Battle (SPM)
  • Rawk Hawk Battle (TTYD)
  • King Croacus Battle (SPM)
  • Feather Fiend (DKCR)
  • Bowser's Highway Showdown (SM3DW)
  • Smorg Battle (TTYD)
  • Brobot L-Type Battle (SPM)
  • Brobot Battle (SPM)
  • Giant Battle (M&L:BIS)
  • Shadow Peach Battle (TTYD)

Day 1 - Title Screen - Donkey Kong Country Returns
Day 2 - Opening Level - Super Bell Hill (Super Mario 3D World)
Day 3 - 8 bit - Super Mario Bros. 1 Ghost House (Super Mario Maker)
Day 4 - Console Exclusive Series - Soft Light (Super Paper Mario)
Day 5 - Hub/Overworld - Rogueport (Paper Mario TTYD)
Day 6 - Relaxing - Cosmic Cove Galaxy (Galaxy 2)
Day 7 - from an indie game - Sweden (Minecraft)
Day 8 - from a shooter game - N/A
Day 9 - from a liscenced game - Level Builder / Nocturnal Activities (Lego Indiana Jones 2)
Day 10 - RPG Battle - Bowser's Inside Story main enemy battle theme
Day 11 - from a puzzle game - Angry Birds title theme
Day 12 - sad music - Luma (Super Mario Galaxy 1)
Day 13 - from a game I don't like - Mario Kart Wii Rainbow Road
Day 14 - music featuring vocals - jump up, super star! (Super Mario Odyssey)
 
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Day 15 - Boss battle music: Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim - Mighty Obstacle

This is my favourite track at the moment, even though Ys VI is probably the second weakest Ys game I have played and it doesn't have as much good music overall, this boss theme is my favourite in the series and made every boss fight feel amazing. It has a long build up but when it hits it fucking hits. The older Ys games that use the Adol solo gameplay are all pretty amazing fun and boss fights are just so good, nothing is as satisfying as recklessly weaving through the shit they put in your way just to rail on them a little more while bangers are playing in the background.
 
Day 15: Pledge of Demon - Yakuza 0

I ended up playing Yakuza 0 because a friend of mine was divvying up a bundle, gave me Yakuza 1, and I decided to start with the prequel as a result. Good game, no regrets. Anyhow, this theme plays for one of the most stubborn recurring bosses I've seen in a game, and it fits perfectly. This is the theme of someone who you can knock down but can't keep down, who will just keep getting up and coming back for more. Solid music!
 
Day 13. Music from a game you don't like. Legacy - Devil may Cry 5

Alright, now, before anyone gets too heated, I recognize that a good number of folks took this day as "music from a game that wasn't fun and good." For me, though, I'm choosing to take this as "this is a fair, quality game, but it doesn't mesh with me personally." DMC is a fine series, but, from what I've tried of it, I've just never been able to get into it. It has some good music, though. I've heard a bit of it floating around, and sad, somber violin is something I'm a sucker for. Songs that aren't great as songs but try to get Deep (TM) with their lyrics are also, I admit, one of my musical guilty pleasures, especially when it comes to ones that are tied to a specific work or character.

Day 14. Music Featuring Vocals. The Edge of Dawn - Fire Emblem: Three Houses

This has actually proven one of the hardest picks so far. There's actually quite a number of videogame songs with vocals that I think are spectacular, a fair number coming from games I've played myself and an even greater number coming from doing research for Mario's Boombox. And, I mean, in complete fairness, I link this version, but I think the reason I've fallen hard for the Edge of Dawn comes down to two covers - and they're by artists I covered in the section's run, actually! FamilyJules did a grand job with his cover of the song, and it's the one I tend to think of first and foremost. But what really hooked me on the song and kicked me down a path of eventually getting Three Houses and making it my first Fire Emblem game was this lovely Orchestral Cover, made all the way back when we only had a portion of the song and a trailer to go on. It felt so suitably epic and intense, though, that I was impressed out of the gate. It made me feel like Fire Emblem had something special to it, and that's before Koops started really showing me what it was all about as a series!

Day 15. Boss Battle Music. Final Battle Music - Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

This is a rare instance where I actually like the music better when it's separated from its context. Did this need to be the theme of Elder Princess Shroob? No. It didn't really fit there, not properly. This is a theme of sacrifice, and regret. This is not the theme for the ending of PiT. Am I immensely jealous that it is, because it could be spectacular as the final boss music for some indie game that actually builds up to a somber, reflective ending? Yes, yes I am. I just really like the longing here, the feeling of regret, the feeling that this isn't a battle you want to win, not a battle anyone even wants to have, but that it's one that must be had nonetheless.
 
Day 15: boss music

There are a lot, and I mean A LOT of boss songs that i think slap. It was really hard for me to decide, and even then i'm not completely sure about my choice. I mean.........this is a grant kirkhope song, so it obviously sstands out......
there have been several times where i heard a boss song and tapped my toes because i loved the song. this is one of those, and i loved this when i first heard it. I still really like this song and wonder why it's not in smash ultimate
 
Oh have I been waiting for this one...

Day 15 (Boss battle music): Deep Sea Bass (Crypt of the Necrodancer)

There was a REASON that I never said I was doing hard mode and it's because I KNEW I was going to do this song for this day even after doing another song from this game for a different day! Anyways this theme is the catchiest thing to ever exist. It makes me sad that the boss you play after each zone is at random, because Coral Riff is easily the most superior of them all. You have to avoid the different instrument arm thingies while having to deal with water and the fact that the boss's head is the head of a guitar?? So cool.