Best VGM 214 - Final Fantasy VI - Dancing Mad 1/2

[P4W3R]

Hail kefka...

[DrShak2009]

Is it just me, or does this song seem like it inspired Sephiroth's theme? Regardless, this is probably my favourite boss music ever. So effing epic.

[AntipaladinPedigri]

@DrShak2009 Sephiroth din't even exist when this was composed:)

[DrShak2009]

@AntipaladinPedigri ...that's kinda the point. This song came before 7, and when I listen to One Winged Angel, I can't help but noticing some definite similarities.

[ZentetsukenVII]

I still think the very begging of this song is the best part. The organ is just to amazing.

[Inmate288]

This battle was the turning point of Final Fantasy, where shock and awe was introduced :D

[Beledal]

Ummmm, I think you made a mistake.... this isn't #1. Just want to make sure you know that. Thank you.

[Beledal]

@RedtheGhost It was a joke, pal.

[Beledal]

@RedtheGhost LOL that one's hilarious... thank you for showing me the error of my ways. Usually youtube comments don't mean anything and treating them seriously just means you're a jackass with no life... but this is an exception! ^_^

[Beledal]

@RedtheGhost Yep.

[ladatree]

Imagine this guy VS Albedo, and-a-mixture of ther musics!

Now, that would be hectic!

[mangaminxfan]

I listen to this.while watching epic movie scenes.

[masterplusmargarita]

It's strange, Kefka is on one hand such a "lovable" character because of all the mad and funny things he says, but then you find out his plan, and see what he causes, which makes you hate him. But you can't help laugh at the things he says anyways. It's this mixture of lovable and very hateable that make me believe Kefka is the best villain in a videogame ever.

[LinkMarioSamus]

@masterplusmargarita Have to agree. And this has to be the best final boss ever.

[ericyee3]

<- Proud owner of all the pre-FFXI soundtracks. This one is in my MP3 player all the time.

[NickWaterfall]

Me: Kefka!

Kefka: What?

Me: You SUCK!

Exdeath: Someone sucks? Try my VOID for only 5 bucks!

[LuizOtakuXD]

Kefka FTW. =D

[shikamaruw]

kefka rlz :3333

[technopixie96]

Listening to dancing mad while doing my science homework makes me feel like a mad scientist.

[robloxfan459]

@technopixie96 MUUAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH@

SON, WHATS GOING ON UP THERE!!!

...nothing mom just listening to music...(locks door and seals cracks)

now, back to business, MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH IIITTSSS ALLIIIVVVEEEE!!!

[RadicalEdwardBK]

Love your crazy ass, Kefka~ >:D And your epically long battle music~ >|3

[GoatVenz0rz]

AugustoMoura88@ You obviously have no fucking taste buddy , I don't give a flying fuck is this is overrated, it's well overrated for a fucking reason and that 's because it's a fucking masterpiece.

[MrAgnost]

@GoatVenz0rz such rich vocab

[TheAzureNightmare]

@GoatVenz0rz Then it's not overrated, friend. Not in the slightest. It is simply... Deserving of it's reputation.

[AugustoMoura88]

Overrated.

[316549731]

Is the boss battle actually this long?

[jordan415cool]

@316549731 yeah around 40mins if your decent lvl

[DosKanonoGames]

I love the Dancing Mad Theme from FF6. It sounds so... evil.

[lethraxin]

doesn't parts of 1:24 onward sound like through the fire and flames?

[RedtheGhost]

@lethraxin No.

[felixvelariusbos]

I'm sorry, I can't take this song when it gets to 4:39. The ..A!-A!-A!-A!-A!-A!-A!AAAAAA! just don't do it for me. =3

[TiGaHHHHH]

@felixvelariusbos the organ part afterwards compensates for it :)

[dannysimion]

alright, one of my favorite nobuo uematsu pieces. very epic start of the battle with the organs playing. its a nice way to segue into the second and third tier battles....!!

[senk91]

O...M...G O_O, it's so...long XD

[AlphaKretin]

This is pure proof that the SNES actually has better sound quality than some recent consoles. After the apperance of Shigesato Itoi's voice saying "OK desu ka" in EarthBound's naming screen, there asn't a voice so claer for ages!

[tharob]

This is the greatest final boss theme in all of video games in my opinion.

[bmalone05]

It has an "End of the World" feel to it

[MrAgnost]

@bmalone05 hah you said it! :D I was thinking the same tbh

[Gehn5]

This sort of demands your attention... not really "background music" for me ha ha.

[zulu012]

IT'S MORE THAN ONE SONG!?!

...Dissidia lied to me

[wiflare]

@zulu012 Dissidia lies to everyone.

[Playstation72]

Distant World finally did this, and it was worth the wait.

[TheOldskool2009]

Simply oldskool!!! just the best keep em coming SupraDarky!!!

[LordMyoo]

The best part about this theme is that it is so elaborate. It pays such close attention to detail and take us through so many different themes. It is truly epic.

[ericsigil]

Absolutely the best.

[tons0phun]

I can only imagine how awesome, and harrowing this would sound with a full symphony and choir to perform all parts of Dancing Mad.

[mobydick187]

There is an orchestra that performs final fantasy songs and they even perform the opera piece maria. look em up they have a video on youtube

[Articw0lf]

Is it distant world?

[Yarsh52]

One Winged Angel can bite it! This song reeks of super final boss time and awesomeness!

[raitoequalsyami]

One winged Angel is awesome

[Yarsh52]

I'm not saying it is a bad song, but I think it hails in comparison to this song. That's just me though.

[raitoequalsyami]

oh fair enough , I prefer one winged angel but that's just me :) either way final fantasy music is awesome :)

[Yarsh52]

I'll agree on that! I can't get some of the Final Fantasy music out of my head.

[raitoequalsyami]

haha me either :) it's good to listen to when your bored or in a lazy mood (which I usually am xD)

[Yarsh52]

True. Breezy from Final Fantasy 8 is good to listen to when you want to relax. I also really like the Chrono Trigger Brink of Time Soundtrack too.

[raitoequalsyami]

I love the final fantasy crisis core sore soundtrack as well some of the music from ff11&2 I also for some odd reason like the soundtrack from super mario 64

[Yarsh52]

It's not that odd considering I used to hum it around the house. I really like the Chrono Trigger Brink of Time Soundtrack. I also really enjoyed Shining Force 1 and 2, Earthbound, Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2, Persona 3 and 4, Dragon Quest IV, V, and VIII, and all the Ace Attorney games. The list goes on since there a lot good game music out there. Is the Crisis Core soundtrack that good? I've never played it before since I don't own a PSP.

[raitoequalsyami]

haha well i love the crisis core track but maybe that's just me. I also loved the ff advent children soundtrack and the enchanted arms soundtrack...plus some stuff out of the oblivion soundtrack

[Yarsh52]

I thought Oblivion had a good soundtrack. My one friend raves about it actually. I've never played Enchanted Arms though, but it looks like fun.

[raitoequalsyami]

lol the soundtrack is brilliant so to speak but i think it really fits the game as for enchanted arms it's fun but only if your really into tactics style rpgs

[Yarsh52]

I'm a big fan of tactics style RPGs, so I might check it out. It is pretty cheap now , so I don't see why not. I'm already steeped in a mountain of RPGs already though haha.

[raitoequalsyami]

yeah my copy was like 20 bucks :) I always go for bargain games cause I usually have no money haha and me too at the moment I'm playing oblivion but i decided to go through the shivering isles expansion first :P

[Yarsh52]

Yeah, cheaper games can be really good if you know what to buy. I typically buy games if: A. I'm a huge fan of that particular series or B. You get your money's worth. I bought Persona 3: FES for $30 and it gave me 140 hours of game time. This one guy came up with this funny idea. He took the price paid for the game over the time taken to beat the game. He compared this to Mad World for the Wii, which took him 5 hours to beat and said "Wow, I just paid 10 bucks per hour of game play, fuck."

[raitoequalsyami]

me too, of if it looks promising i brought morrowind for computer for 10 bucks and spent hours playing that :P haha I like that theory

[Yarsh52]

Haha, funny story, I got Morrowind for 50 cents from a friend. He bought it from a used book store, but didn't like it so I made and offer and he accepted. It has the dungeon creator and everything, but I can't run it on my computer. I haven't played it in ages, but the last time I played it I got stuck in the desert somewhere and kept dying. I suppose it was the combination of me being so young at the time and how vast the world is in the game. I just thought that theory was funny.

[raitoequalsyami]

haha I love the dungeon creator...mostly so I can make myself levels with lots of loot :P and yeah the game world is huge, so is oblivion's it's what makes those games so fun i ended up completing it, it had a great storyline

[Yarsh52]

Haha, you can actually just gain tons of level with the dungeon creator? That's pretty cool. Hopefully I can get a better computer and make some cool dungeons. I've been wanting to replicated Magus' castle from Chrono Trigger haha.

[raitoequalsyami]

yeah if you just create a dungeon and then throw heaps of leveled monsters in there you can also do other cools stuff like creat your own npc's

[Playstation72]

I listen to Final Fantasy music while doing projects or homework on the computer.

[Valientlink]

@Playstation72 LOL I just happened to read this while doing the same thing.

[radujko]

@Playstation72 videogame soundtracks got me through college too!

[radujko]

@Playstation72 videogame soundtracks got me through college too!

[lethraxin]

@Playstation72 As do I.

[zxslipperz007]

I'm obsessed with the music for tier 2 and 3; FFIX also has a great organ track (Janitor of Time)

[KimonoFlareonGX]

And by vocals, I mean the chords. The chords and organ are far ahead of its time.

[MasterAsra]

Well they did have voices and vocal music in the first Star Ocean and Tales of Phantasia for the SNES. Though this is still one of my favorite songs.

[DolchiO07]

Reminds me of Adventures of Alundra when you fight Ronin the priest.

[destroyah3034]

Beautiful music, though I have to drop a line, SupraDarky. Next time, do not use gain and/or normalize for the player/encoder. It kills the balance for the music, and may hurt some people's ears like mine, that are encased in headphones.

Other than that, keep up the good work.

[MissPluckyDuck]

best final bosses of all Final fantasy :p and the song is very good for an old snes game

[eggory]

I can play all this half of the song except for the last 7 chords. Snes organ is really hard to transcribe accurately i say.

[Dragonman204]

Play on what? Upload a vid, I'm learning it right now.

[roachsrealm]

soo, so far ahead of its time...

[KimonoFlareonGX]

I almost forgot. Those vocals throughout the song are just TOO good for the SNES!

[KimonoFlareonGX]

Boy, does the SNES play a mean organ!

[Mickster6d6]

I remember fighting Kefka like it was yesterday...not sixteen years ago!

[Zinth]

I would have been incredibly disappointed if this was not in your list :p

[Spriggnadoosh2]

I loved this battle! It's not the hardest boss battles but it is one of the most epic! I just finished playing FFVI and I havt to say it is my favorite FF and I think one of the greatest games ever.

[Zinth]

I have to agree with you there.

[martyrpro]

just wondering what is ff6 better on ps1 or gba?

[heartlessnobodyXII]

I prefer the GBA version, but different people have different taste.

[USCHoodman]

SNES!!!! I should go buy it

[forneuspwnzyou]

get the GBA coz then u can play it when u want ^^

[Eurospanic]

The PS1 version, beyond any doub't!!!! The PS1 version has a 3D movie at the beggening that does not exist on the SNES and GBA versions and the colors are brighter than the GBA/SNES verison.

[259]

The load times are atrocious, though. There's a loading time for practically everything you do and the soundtrack also got gimped, not surprisingly.

[ShyCheat]

SNES: original, a bit poor translation. Only in Japanese and English.

PS1: 3D movie at the beginning, port of SNES version with a bestiary and loading times.

GBA: PORTABLE, new and better translation with better text alignment, new weapons, dungeons and bosses, it's translated to the usual languages (Japanese, English, Spanish, Italian, German and French), but some don't like the GBA sound quality (I don't find the differences between the SNES and the GBA version).

[Demonhornz]

Where can I download the whole song?

[cirellio]

oh yeah, here come the chills...

[ZeldaFreak1987]

1:23

to

1:47

is epic.

[eric264x]

I'm just astounded this isn't higher on the list. If it was me this song would be #1 no questions asked

[gunosaguki]

i have to keep reminding people this isnt a ranking system. these are just songs he likes!

[wiicow]

this would be awesome on the wii, not on the ds though because if it were on the ds they woud remake it with midi which would suck.

[gallantmon8]

If anything, it would be on the VC, which I would go with(After getting Paper Mario on the VC)

[thetacoboy69]

The game did such a good job of building suspense to the final boss fight, and uematsu did a good job raising the tension for this boss fight...I heart kefka. blah blah im like a little ff school girl

[Coldmilk51312]

Must of been a long battle for it to be over ten minutes long, I'm not surprised though since it takes forever to beat a boss.

[kawnsfather]

if you dont over power yourself it can take quite a long time indeed as he has four forms, three of which contain more then one body part to defeat, and all of them hold their own special attacks. VERY VERY hard if you dont ever level grind on this game.

[GarlyleWilds]

Dancing Mad is actually five songs in one. The game moves between songs as you clear each of the for boss phases (The short interlude during part 2 is used to introduce the final form).

[USCHoodman]

It's such an epic song and this a very epic fight. One of the few worthy boss fights as I'm sure many people will tell you

[2ndMagus]

a desend into madness

a rise to heaven

a fall to hell

one of Uematsus greatest tracks

[SchlossRitter]

Call me a fanboy, but this is the most epic boss intro music ever.

[NeoTStyle]

True, it sounds very epic. The beginning with the guitar's just play awesomeness.

Uematsu at his best.

[SupraDarky]

This is a very long and epic final boss theme. I love fully listening to it in the background while I surf the web or do something else. :)

[VGKing]

Wow. Seems like I called it when you put One Winged Angel on this list :P.

[SupraDarky]

Haha yes, I decided to go for the full version and make it in 2 parts because of YouTube's limit.