Secret of Mana Music: Dark Lich Theme

[maricishtar666]

best song in the game.

[BLASTERbad]

this song appeals to my metal taste so much xD

[KingPapi316]

@bowsersbaby: I completely agree with you! Even though todays games are visual powerhouses, the scores to these games are nowhere near as cool as they were before. I still remember the rush I felt fighting the Dark Lich and this song going in the background gave me a sense of haste. Better finish em quick or im gone!! LOL! Memories...

[bowsersbaby]

I miss the SNES days. These games were so magical. You don't hear music like this anymore

[FelixLikettagh]

My left ear enjoyed this!

[safetyboots]

Trippy!

[ThePuppetMaster69]

this boss was simple to beat with 'light' magic

[BimoRahmantyo]

this is sounds like kecak dance from Bali,Indonesia.

[calisurfer788]

@BimoRahmantyo

Thats what its made to resemble. Theres also a song called Kecak from IIDX thats fairly similar, and worth listening to if you like that kind of thing.

[WornNow]

SoM 5/5

SD3 5/5

:P

I want to go back in time

[trenthouse4life]

I feel moved to post; great song, great game, great memories.

[eeektavius]

RAVE PARTAAAAAAY!

[satanrulez666]

The first time i played this far i got scared.

Every Monster in this masterpiece was looking kinda childish and then Tantalus appeared. Now EVERY time i hear this song cold sweat goes down my Back...

Sorry for the bad english^^ (if it´s Bad at all)

[radujko]

The kid in elementary school who put me on to all the neon genesis and final fantasy resident evil chrono trigger ish used to play this, anyone think its worth buying an snes to play?

[zsybrant]

@radujko It can be, if you're a collector. I'd rather just download an emulator and the ROM if I were you. Note that after playing the sequel, Seiken Densetsu 3, you're never going to want to have to deal with waiting for your sword to reach 100% power or having to manually charge techs ever again. It makes playing SOM really annoying at times. SD3 is flawless but it totally ruined me on playing this game.

[Shadow2ggah]

@ 0:54 Epicness ensues...

[AirRaj]

this sounds like it's been inspired by kecak. like exactly....

[majicodemejico]

@AirRaj Yeah this is practically Kecak with Balinese gongs. I read somewhere that Hiroki Kikuta was influenced by travels he made around Indonesia before making the music for this game. You can really tell the "Ceremony" music in those ruins where you fight the walls with eyes and the moonwalking zombies was heavily modeled after traditional Balinese music.

[AirRaj]

@majicodemejico ahh now it makes more sense. thanks for elaborating!

[mrnargileh]

@majicodemejico the song 'The boy aims for wild fields' any idea what might have influenced Hiroki Kikuta on that one?

[mrnargileh]

@AirRaj well spotted! didn't realise till I read your post

[kainemaxwell]

Epic and creepy.

[cosmaaaaa]

this is like...old school dubstep. best game ever made.

[ZDST]

It's like if Trent Reznor did a song for SoM....

[Blues2Dark]

I am almost at this guy, I am about to face it soon! oh and this track....."It really kicks the Llamas ass" !

[sunzsu]

this song is playing when i fuck

[taisuke0096]

THIS IS AWESOME i want here it the complete day from morning into the night

[moralreef]

sounds like the guy who made this just listened to the akira soundtrack

[531M4N35CH]

Ein besseres Lied hätten die garnicht nehmen können, passt perfekt zu das Bild von Tantalus. Bei diesem Lied musste ich auch die Lautsprecher auf Laut stellen, damit wurde der Kampf noch besser. Secret of Mana ist einfach Super. Kaum welche Spiele von Heute kommen an das Game ran. Die Japaner könnens einfach - Games entwickeln. Naja, übertreiben will ichs nun nicht, aber dieses Game zeigt das manche in Japan in der Spielschmiede was drauf haben.

[earthwolf82]

Fuck yeah!

[Mortalexis]

12 people were defeated by the Dark Lich!

[fmthebaron]

That beat is in Snoop Dog's song Sweat.

[fehler91]

12 dislikers who fell in love with Dyluck!

[SuperBrictson]

the composer was in drugs xDD this theme is just nuts!!!!

[mopbrothers]

Awesome! I love the scariness of this. 10/10!

[tom5coat]

i really like the boss battle music used for most of the bosses in the game. But this song does fit the enemy you are against in this particular battle.

[SoulHero7]

Back in the days where video game companies didn't mind intimidating it's audiences. And the games were better because of it.

[tangram108]

@SoulHero7 Back in the days when all the video game characters were white too.

[SoulHero7]

@tangram108 Good point sir. At least we had a few female fighters back then as well. :)

[Morgoth814]

@SoulHero7

exactly, which resident evil was the best? 1, no question. it really fuckin scared me to death in some parts.

the newer ones are just some horror shooting instead of focusin on the horror... or maybe i just have grown

[olivierfromricochet]

Sounds like a factory...

[Regenmann111]

the forefather of techno

[LadyAvrilLavigne]

i remember beating this game over and over just to hear this lol.

[kazuyasc33]

9 von 10 stimmen in meinem kopf sagen das ich nicht verrückt bin.

die 10te summt die melodie von tantalus in secret of mana ;D

hab das lied seid 15 jahren in meinem kopf und finde es einfach nur genial!

ohrwurmpotential garantiert :)

[LilCreezy2007]

When I first played this through, I just paused the game right here. For about 2 hours.

[Lizardman]

This is my favorite theme from this RPG, honestly one of my favorite all time boss themes to.

[a50745]

I remember when I first hear this song when I got to this boss and thinking: "oh man, this one's gonna be a motherf*cker..." And until I read a walkthrough, I was right!

I love how they remixed the southern ruins song into this one

[Alaxina]

this is the song i have in my head ever since i started to raid in wow...it fits for every boss!

[Vazruden]

@Alaxina

lol

besides that, it gives you the feeling that the boss is really really hard and your raid is near wiping and in absolute chaos?! XD

[Alaxina]

@Vazruden

that just makes it more interesting :P If you can raid under stress and actually kill the boss, you can do anything xD

[Alaxina]

@Vazruden

checked and approved...it still works in Firelands dammit xD

[nekmed89]

sounds like sound lag

[Slumpnasty]

This is the best tune from Secret of Mana, next to Jema's happy song.

[KingDededeBrawlKing]

I've never had the passion to play Secret of Mana, but good god DAMN, the Dark Lich is a SUPERB boss battle. The music is even gorgeous.

[Miri0mouse]

I got a terrible nightmare from listening O.o

[iamxscooby2]

i cum in my pants when i hear this, i freakin love this game!

[Poochie1337]

Me and my brother used to loop this game so many times, and we'd pause the game during the boss just to hear this awesome music before pummeling Dylucks ass with Lumina beams.

Damn, this game rocked my world.

[Szriko]

The Oracle

[OnePunch89]

Perfect music for that boss. Shit still freaks me out.

[Velasa]

This still stands as my favorite video game music ever. So damn heavy, you can picture that creepy bitch stalking you.

[TheGuyBehindThePC]

fag ! fix that video ! its mono dumbaz

[damnittwice]

I listen to this almost everyday.Its that awesome!

[lalahland]

Don't you love boss music that distracts you from fighting to listen to its awesomeness?? XD

[Odysseus154]

It really was an "oh shit" moment

[catx420x]

shit is evil!

[easygoingb]

Perfect theme for that boss... totally got my attention.

[neyuAudi]

you never get tired of it hahaha

[katten838]

Tetsuo- Iron man?

[OmegaDude22]

When I played this first time around I was ced to fight this boss D:

[SuperioRobot]

Hands down the best song from this game.

[1212LeoSnake]

Man this whole damn trak just says, Get ready cuz Im comin for yo azz!!! LOL.

Love it!

[divinemanifestation]

8 bit black metal... siiiiiick.

[tigastrike]

@divinemanifestation It's more like 8-bit Industrial..It's too techno-ey to be metal

[ToteGestalt]

@divinemanifestation INDEED xD Release was 1993, maybe some bands got inspired :P

[BarbedWireCondom]

had a Halloween party last year and used this as one of the party songs haha

[andrewvr86]

haha thats awesome!

[Sparkbomber]

I still love this game, the music is simply superb, this theme is one of my favourites.... Really creepy and perfect in that way.

[Nonplusser]

ugh, even as a grown man this still creeps me the fuck out. i imagine a horde of rotting skeletons trying to break in, then chasing me screaming down the street 8|

[ViskASC]

I was mad that I never got last orb for some of the weapons, I never got the swords, the gloves, the boomerang, and i think a couple more. I just kept playing and they never popped up.

[fookinprawnz0rz]

When I first heard this song back in the dayI was like "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON". One of the best boss themes ever.

[WuZaiiii]

please dont even start with tard shit like making a rap out of this epic one.

rap sucks.

Secret of Mana is simply perfect *_*

5* ^.^

[GeneLangley]

Having met the composer of this song, I think he might agree.

[flikkerflash]

wicked

one winged angel and even dancing mad can suck it

[QuickstartBlazin]

DIK DIK DIK

[Klumpeklossen]

I got scared of this when I played it the first time, I was about 10 years old..

[FreddeMeansChaos]

i paused the game just to listen to that theme as i was young ! favorite!

[ViskASC]

@FreddeMeansChaos Effin right dude this my fav tune as a kid for real

[moshua]

i did the exact same thing

[Skyblazerflash]

ouai

VIVE LA FRANCE

when you listen seriously 0:52..it's break music serious battle!!!!

[JohnnyStyle300]

this is even more awesome than the mana beast theme OO...best theme in SoM!!!!!!

[leon5080]

great lyric. "how much wood would a woodchuck chuck"

[Skyblazerflash]

i always think about the end fly (the manga) when ban appears!!!!!ca me fait pensez au manga fly a la fin quand myst prend le corps a ban LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

[enetick]

this song makes you feel so accomplished when you finally BEAT THE LIVING CRAP out of this guy lol

[Crossroadsinc]

*HEADBANGS* Dude I would fight that Lich over and over and OVER JUST to hear this theme, BEST Boss fight theme of any 16bit old school games!!!

Its a freaking Shame there are NO good remixes of it!!!

[NaKuriZa]

I got fucking euphoric, when Listening...

Scuare Musik ROCKZ <3

In each fucking Decade, Century and Millenium <3 Ya know?! ;)

[Miri0mouse]

I had a terrible nightmare after listening to the theme O.O

[Ni83co]

i love it best rpg evar uniq in al ways

[bogulmon]

Best. Fucking. Song. Ever.

[ingridcanales]

@bogulmon there is no other song that pumped me up soooo much gahhh

[ultrazeldafan]

if anyone wants to know, the actual name of this song is "The oracle"

[serge809]

this songs been playing in my head for over 15 years.

[Onimbus]

same.

[moshua]

lol

[Guratonii]

@serge809 That's sure is a long boss battle... You sure you can make it alive?

[Guratonii]

@serge809

[tangram108]

@serge809 Make it 16, but you better go see a shrink for that.

[kamikaze9699]

Most metal-like tune I heard on a videogame when it came out- *HEADBANGS*

[xXBudSpencerXx]

I will never forget it! My best friend and me beat this dude on Halloween. We were very young. So it was fucking awesome for us.This music made us really nervous xD

[mopbrothers]

play this at a Halloween party!

[Gladiator00000]

all i did was use lucent beam and the fire balls on this guy

[Nitromatic]

This is scary theme o_o

EPIC!

[Ian2forget]

I would shit myself if i had to fight someone and they came out to this music

[naynay101hotdog]

By far the best song of the Secret of Mana OST. It might compair to some songs from the Chrono Trigger OST.

[spawnyke]

Epic music! my favorite song from the bosses in this game :D <3

I'd did beat the crap out of this guy w/o charged attacks :)) (i did have all though, lvl 99 - all armor, max spellz, everything :D - many hours of playing)

<--- Addicted to SoM :D

[andbruec8]

the download the rom and patch it with hard secret of mana

dark lich has in the hard version

about 30k hit points and resistance against light

[Mage13246]

I dunno why I only did 0 dmg on this boss without charged hits >.>

Whenever I charge my attks i'd only do 300dmg at best =/

Anyone know why I was doing such terrible dmg on this guy?

[andbruec8]

try lucent beam 3 times in a row it does 999 dmg

he has also weapon dmg resistance thats why you do less dmg to him

oh and he fly

[Mage13246]

My lucent beam was only lvl 3 and it only did like 400dmg at the most =/

and on the final battle I reeked badly at him.....I only did 250dmg this time. All my spells were useless =/

[andbruec8]

ok that is really hard to beat him with

lucent beam lvl 3 but with light magic lvl 5 and higher, he is really easy

[Mage13246]

Well I did beat him after using a number of charged hits. I ran out of MP and healing items during the fight with the mana beast.

[naynay101hotdog]

Black people.

[MewEcks]

White people.

[naynay101hotdog]

Brown people.

[jas16899]

I'll pretend this convo went:

XphaetonVx: I was being facetious

QuickstartBlazin: It's cool

For someone who's blazin' you seem to be quite critical and not so jocular. Smoke some and chill out.

[QuickstartBlazin]

Meh, tried weed, didn't like it.

[QuickstartBlazin]

I'm glad I amuse you.

Yes, I'm a prick.

No, I'm not thin-skinned, I'm just being what you said I was, a "Self-absorbed prick."

[QuickstartBlazin]

I'll reply to that because "I'm a self-absorbed prick."

I didn't insult you because I need to feel better about myself, I did because "I'm a self-absorbed prick." I had to puff myself up because, "I'm a self-absorbed prick."

Thank you for your time.

[QuickstartBlazin]

Lemme translate that for the noobies.

;D

"I'm a retard who doesn't know how to spell the and I replace is by r."

"I'm a superdouche."

[Devast8ion]

SNES era struck the perfect balance of technology and gameplay. Prior to 16-bit, graphics were ugly and music was bloopy. After 16-bit, gameplay started dumbing down in favor of fancy polygons. SNES graphics were beautiful, the sound was rich, and the gameplay was actually fun.

[FaberBollonius]

can't wait to hear this played by a full orchestra. great track !

[cruchy]

My favourite music theme in my favourite snes game, I've made 98 levels in this game :)

[xdiz]

only sounds like weird techno stuff to me.

[TheAlmightyBaco]

This is from an era when developers put their heart and soul into a game. Pity; we don't ever see that anymore.

[foxain]

I 100% agree with you they worked HARD with what little materials they had with the midi system and went the full length.

[darkkyosukecrono]

This sound Evil & Dark!...I love it!!

hehe Thanks! 5/5

[Superarkboy2]

dark lich is very easy i have all lvl 9 weapons and all magics are at 9

the mana dragon is better as him

[dancid82]

i pulled my snes out yesterday, i still have this game, awsome soundtrack

[foxain]

If I was an evil beast of true badass evil, this would be one of my songs easily....

[lionessjenna]

I love this kinda boss music, so intense and dark.

[Squadalha]

Can you feel the beat? Can anybody say where i got or downloadf this soundtrack? Or give me this in MP3, please. Please.

[Palamneus]

This TOTALLY sounds like something out of Akira, and that movie was jittin' crazy! I gott hand it to Kikuta for one BadAss soundtrack.

I wouldn't be suprised if him and and guys like Geinoh Yamashirugumi often fed off each other in their musical designs. 5 stars!

[Crisis757]

ridiculous music for it's time. best soundtrack ever

[ilovejeko]

hm... i noticed that your sound is only on the left side of the speakers...

[ithrowwaterballoons]

Ya you gotta watch it in HQ

[golbezchaoslord]

when goes into the floor stay away from because he will do heavy dmg to kill any party memeber

[Awsomtwo]

Mmmmmm sexy.

[SergeOfArniVillage]

My blood pressure goes waaaaaay up when I listen to this song, and my skin kinda crawls... this song is pure evil!

[demonfa]

@SergeOfArniVillage

haha, yeah this song is epic

[art11art12]

fuck I wanna rave when I hear this!

[deondamon]

PSYCHODELIC :-)

[Myth3842]

Oddly enough, this music reminds me of Le Gran Luxe from Shadow hearts.

[operations1000]

Hahaha awesome annotations ftw!

[GrandPopPoplock]

Sounds like some old Aphex Twin stuff ( epic )

5 Stars

...I miss playing this game

[overkill1994]

OMG CREEPY SONG!!!

[Aeryos]

YEAH !! One of the best fights of this game.

THANATOZ RULES !!!!

[DiscusvissenRocken]

THE Kel'Thuzad of '90 XD and after that Malygos (mana Beast),but only three ppl to down them lol. EPICCCCC

[metalj]

please by all means do not compare secret of mana to wow ^^;

[GoombaGoone]

this is sooo possesd sounding...I can feel the evil lol,.,.

[visk98]

Yea id have to say spike tirger was prolly top3 hardest

[golbezchaoslord]

chrono trigger is good but not as hard as Secret of mana. the bosses may not do chain cast but they don't need to. and the monsters can easly kill you if you don't have good armor on. the dark lich is hard because he got some nasty spells and he sometimes makes his hands come out of the floor and attack you. secret of mana is better. the 3rd boss in secret of mana was really hard. spike tiger that would engulf you in fire, chew on you, crush you, and lower your attack.

[MaidenFan24568]

i remember that fight, i remember finally beating him and yelling "ha take that u bastard" the minute my parents were coming through the door

[CDProductions66]

This would be some awesome music to listen to while playing Unreal Tournament!

[supermariofan53]

I love this theme!I downloaded this on the VC!

[DDark66]

Whats with MONO? You can't get the real Jist of the music in mono...

[Smartguyy007]

To fix that you can just put &fmt=18 or &fmt=6 at the end of any video w/ mono.

[skypfry550]

Damn, it's just so cool. I can't stop listening to it!

[skypfry550]

Agreed w/ anomalousone. Most badass boss theme of any game ever....ever.

[LordPeavie]

best game! best boss theme!

[anomalousone]

this is perhaps the most badass boss theme of any game ever

thanks to the poster

[Phearbomb]

This music still makes me quake with fear.

[Zanmato007]

Ahh, this tune is badass.

[nyn78]

I haven't played Chronotrigger, but SoM makes me happy enough.

[alrightwtf]

you must. you can't go through life without playing that game.

[obliviousthunder]

you don't know what your missing. SoM is awesome but Chrono trigger is even better