[Top 100 Countdown] Hundred Best RPG Battle Themes #6 Final Fantasy VIII

[Falsodeus]

One of my favourites ever

[Selgorn]

Yeah, finally someone who put my favorite FF VIII theme into his top 10.^^

[erickuehn22]

Absolute crazy story to wrap your mind around, and an absolute crazy good soundtrack. (Not to mention very nostalgic).

[lawmtranx]

they say heaven is more then u can even imagine, if we can think of music like this, heaven will be grand

[GrandAngel8000]

I got an complete eargasm at 1:23

I just about cried x.x

[XxDJXepherxX]

if i am not mistaken FF8 still has the most expensive sound track in video games to date.

[bms71488]

@XxDJXepherxX We can probably thank Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec for that...

[Zeldaholictimeliner]

@XxDJXepherxX: Really! Well they are pretty damn good songs

[zamalchi]

amazing

[xMadical]

Im glad this is in the top 10 :D Just epic!

[ThewOrldIssqUare]

hell yesss ff8 is my favorite, and this track roxxx

[blapa380]

still gives me goosebumps

[Logotheot]

Final Fantasy 8 and Xenosaga 3 have two of my favourite soundtracks. Glad to see the author recognized both in the top 10 =)

[linearxl]

Ok.... This is a good one. (Oh dear I hated this battle).

[NabraxianWarHorse]

lol yeah wasnt fun

[Flux289]

imo this is the best ff, i think the extreme is better than premonition though :P

[oblivionkey99]

I wouldn't be surprised if Extreme was in the next 5

[TagIradle]

For some reason, I can only come to like the black mages version of this song. (I think I can hear part of the Batman theme in this song)

[Bozebo]

FF8 has far better songs than this one, what a bad choice.

[BluntAnim]

@Bozebo i disagree with you so so so so much.

this is one of the best ff8 themes.

[Nedoxu]

Yeah, it's pretty cool, with the reference to FF7 in the beginning...

[xnaminex618]

OH DEAR GOD, NUMBER 2 ON MY PERSONAL LIST!!! you are offically my favorite person ever :3

[alveench]

it is number one for me.. hehe

[Kill3rr7]

argh i hate the battle with Edea but still cool theme.

[N1kdanbro]

I was not expecting something so brilliant to play the first time I fought Matron.

BOOM, blown away.

[jonnyX06]

This is excellent!

[jsteel120]

Definitely one of my favorite FF pieces. This music gets me so damn pumped, and it's masterfully composed. I was actually pissed when this wasn't played during the Adel battle in Lunatic Pandora XD

[wonderwallmusic]

So this song was not played when you fight Adel? I do not remember what was then... the regular boss battle song?

[jsteel120]

Just the regular boss theme, sadly. During the next few areas where you fight minor sorcesses, it plays, but not during the boss

[wonderwallmusic]

Oh... right... I remember the sorceresses and this song playing. Well, anyway, thanks for clearing that up.

[BioniiCLanceR]

favourite theme to any FF, edea was one of the more challenging bosses when i first faced her.

[Bryanspro]

In my opinion the best boss song are from  Legend of Dragoon

[phoenix112390]

Yeah, some of those were pretty awesome, I wonder why I haven't seen any T_T

[yuukisama2001]

Always enjoyed this piece. Premonition iis a great piece. Awesome.

[higug]

i should put the extreme here...

but anyway, is your list

[MetroidMilkMan]

favorite battle song EVER: the extreme

runner up is "Battle! Fusion Dragon" from Golden Sun

[DemonEdyX]

I totally agree with this track's inclusion as one of the top ten.

[GoombaGoone]

deff final fantsay 7 theme recap at about 30....lol.

[kurahosan]

Premonition happens to be my fave FF8 composition. this peace really gives the feeling of the battle with edea.

NOTE: you fight her twice (disc 1 and 2)

[TerroRambo]

this is really good, but "dont be afraid" is way better

[juicemanthebattosai]

best ff after ff6

[themassbass]

no way ff7 is undoubtably the best ff.

[viewer1112]

no, just no

ff7 was not the best game

just,,,,no

[lazzermusen]

Are you wholly retarded?

Final Fantasy 7 was utterly the best FF-game ever made!

Final Fantasy 13 will be totally awesome, but I really doubt any upcoming Final Fantasy-game will be as good as Final Fantasy 7. Period.

[deadeye415]

How many FF games have you played? 1 or 2?

FF7 was a good game,great even,but it doesn't compare to other FF's like FF6 and the somewhat underated FF9

[HAAST1224]

Agreed, not the best.

[Judg3m3nt]

thats an opinion. personally I think it is the best, tied with ff tactics. then ff 6, crisis core, 8 and then the rest is some order that i dont feel like thinking through. I think there are too many people that dislike ff7 just because it was so popular. that isnt nearly as annoying though as the people that think 10 is much better just because of the graphics.

[viewer1112]

i never said i disliked 7 because it was popular

maybe you just think everyone who doesnt like 7, dislikes it for a "wrong" or unjustifiable reason, because you think so highly of it?

honestly i just didnt like 7 as much as the others because i didnt like the characters as much, not just because it was popular

[Judg3m3nt]

I never said you did, I just said too many people do and it bothers me, so I just had a bit of a rant. The characters are the reason I like ff7 and tactics that most, risi core definetly helped flesh it out to. I always thought cloud too whiney, but then I played crisis core and it help put it all in perspective. Id have to say Zack is one of my favorite FF characters.

[MetroidMilkMan]

i like 12 and 8. but most of the characters in 12 piss me off Vayne: douchebag Larse: annoying but cool Vossler: badass Reddas: fruity badass Balthier, Basch, & Fran: awesome Ashe: overdramatic everyone else: shut the hell up >:O especially Penelo lol. but in eight i liked everyone except Rinoa XP lol. ok just stating my opinion (:

[arisblaze]

@Judg3m3nt This song reminds me a little of FFVII... not quite sure why...

[Allannon500]

@arisblaze From 0:23-0:36 sounds similar to the theme used in FFVII when you were in the world map. From 0:48-1:02 sounds kinda like a Jenova theme somewhat. Not sure about the rest though.

[Suzume18]

I really didn't like how unbalanced the characters were. In ff8 junctioning let you do whatever you wanted with whatever character's stats to a much more effective degree than materia did in ff7. Also in the earlier ff's 9 10 and 12 the job systems worked much better in creating a very fun and customizable battling style.

[viewer1112]

you know, your probably right, but when i played it i was young, so i didnt even get the whole junctioning system hehe ff8 was rock hard for me

i loved the story and characters though :)

thats what made it a great game for me

[flagenjiggle88]

Jesus Christ AMEN to that! I'm glad someone on here has some fucking good taste. Final Fantasy 6 FTW!

[Zhamp0]

nostalgia...

[KMueller1990]

Thats great music thats the theme of fighting edea man these are great memorys xD

[gyahahalol]

0:22 to 0:40 - reminds me of FF7

[SwimandEatCake]

seriously, i thought so too!

[xeroaxlvx]

kinda like you know your plan isn't going to go as planned and your gonna get screwed with giant freaking pieces of ice lodged into your chest hehe

[smokeyvv]

I didn't enjoy this one out of the series. All i did was summon my whole way through the game.. I dont think I ever used a melee attack haha.

[Zgred2]

Wow, then you made the game 100x harder :P

[Zelkiiro]

Why use a summon when you can junction Quake/Tornado to Strength and double its damage anyway? :|

[MirageBloodrain]

YES, it made it in the top 10 :D

[elementforlife1945]

it is a great song, sound so much like final fantasy 7's

[GrandPapillonJoachim]

Great song from a great game.

[Falsodeus]

I also prefer The Extreme, but this song is just so awsome =)

[kefka242]

Great song

[tomenaki]

GREAT song choice! I've always loved this one.

[DownOnMyLuck]

This games was stupid and ridiculous, and I loved every single second of it.

[andris4]

holy fuck, this shit sucks sooo bad!

[strawhead278]

I just can't like this game. The junctioning system really got on my nerves

[Omniayt]

Probably because you're stupid. Junction was awesome!

[Zelkiiro]

Junctioning let me plow my face through the entire game using nothing but melee and limit breaks.

Not the most sophisticated method ever, but I had fun, and that's all that counts.

[DemonmachinE]

Junction was the easiest system ever to master. It made the game easier than eating a bowl of chips.

[Zelkiiro]

What he said.

If you knew how Junction worked, you could just waltz through the whole thing with little effort. Still fun, though.

[Yawnster177]

But it still takes a few playthroughs to master the Junction system, and by the time you do, you've pretty much done everything in the game. The first playthrough is still hell.

[austen1oo195]

@DemonmachinE it was like eating a bowl of chips over 4 hours+ then you actually started the game with all your uber junctions and from their it was like lickin crumbs

[Necross1454]

@DemonmachinE it must be hard as hell then D:

[Falsodeus]

all it took was a deep understanding, really. I was about 14 and got it all right

[HGXMS]

It was easy enough for me to understand. Work it out right and the next unfortunate soul to get in the way boards the bullet train to hell.

[dafreewurld]

Nobuo Uematsu is a brilliant compser.

[NeoTStyle]

Really suits the witches and the dark story.

[dragonslayerEMP]

those guys said it right, i was waiting for The Extreme

[mikebat07943]

epic game, 8 was my best then 7...just epic

[sephiroth34567890]

Utterly amazing song, I agree with the top 10 position for this one. The black mages did an even better version of this as well.

[howie10000]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who loves this track. Completely epic.  Great used of the game's themes.

[M4x1mus847]

Ah! This was the track I was waiting for. Glad to see it in the top 10.

[bongchoof]

If this is up here The Extreme HAS to be up here...

[ff8masterc]

The Extreme is much better imo still an awesome track though :)