My Top 50 RPG Battle Themes #02: Xenogears - Awakening

This plays in the penultimate battle in Xenogears. The entire thing was perfect, the moment, the feeling... all done well and great. You'd have to play the game yourself in order to see why I like this one so much. Man... just fighting the boss with this music playing gives me goosebumps. This was VERY hard to decide. But, the next song and this one are essentially tied, but I give the edge to the next song because I guess I like something about it better.

#50: Tales of the Abyss - Finish the Promise
#49: Wild ARMs - Zed's Theme
#48: Wild ARMs 3 - Beatrice Battle
#47: Final Fantasy V - Clash on the Big Bridge
#46: Baten Kaitos - True Mirror ~Guitar Version~
#45: Baten Kaitos - Ruler of the Nine Skies
#44: Final Fantasy III - Final Battle
#43: Xenogears - Knight of Fire
#42: Tales of Symphonia - It can Waver and Fight
#41: Suikoden II - Gothic Neclord
#40: Wild ARMs 5 - Terrible Monster Attacking Crew
#39: Chrono Trigger - Battle Against Magus
#38: Final Fantasy VI - The Fierce Battle
#37: Skies of Arcadia - Bombardment II
#36: Secret of Mana - Danger
#35: SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2 - Divine Identity
#34: Skies of Arcadia - Zealous
#33: Lufia II - Sinistral Battle Theme
#32: Mother 3 - Master Porky's Theme
#31: Final Fantasy IV - The Final Battle
#30: Tales of Phantasia - Fighting of the Spirit
#29: Final Fantasy VII - J-E-N-O-V-A
#28: Secret of Mana - Meridian Dance
#27: Final Fantasy VIII - Force Your Way
#26: Tales of Symphonia - Beat the Angel
#25: Baten Kaitos - Violent Storm
#24: Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - Boss Battle
#23: EarthBound - Pokey Means Business
#22: Final Fantasy VII - One Winged Angel
#21: Final Fantasy IX - Dark Messenger
#20: Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis - Nefertiti
#19: Tales of Symphonia - Final Destination
#18: Lost Odyssey - Battle Conditions
#17: Tales of Symphonia - The End of a Thought
#16: Final Fantasy VII - Still More Fighting
#15: Tales of Symphonia - Fatalize
#14: Tales of Destiny - Irony of Fate
#13: Tales of Symphonia 2 - Wilderness of Sadness
#12: Lost Odyssey - Howl of the Departed
#11: Tales of the Abyss - Meaning of Birth
#10: Tales of Vesperia - Fury Sparks
#09: Wild ARMs 2 - Battle vs. Lord Blazer
#08: Tales of Vesperia - The Final Showdown
#07: Wild ARMs - Boomerang Flash
#06: Chrono Trigger - World Revolution
#05: Skies of Arcadia - Final Battle: Opportunity
#04: Final Fantasy VI - The Decisive Battle
#03: Xenosaga: Episode III - Promised Pain
#02: Xenogears - Awakening

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[FiR3StAlK3R]

I recommend you remove the major spoiler in the description.

[NessAndLucied]

Done.

[PJenkinss]

Hail to Yasunori Mitsuda. Too bad that he lived in the shadow of Nobuo Uematsu...

[XXXXNanoXXXxxx]

Greatest Fucking RPG Ever DAMN

EPICCCCCCC

1.xenogears 2.Terranigma 3.star ocean 2 4.FF6

5.chorontrigger 6.Luifia 7.Xenosaga 3 Only 8.Suikoden II 9.wild arms 2 10. FF4,5, (7? LOL)

[Dragonstar13]

IMO, Awakening tops all boss battles for me since it gives me this feeling like, "This is it. This is the end." It's very fitting for any last boss IMO, and just pumps you up. The drums seem to pump you for battle, while trumpets make the cry for war. The strings bring up the tension. Then just as beat and the tension get lowered, and has this calmness in the middle, it picks up again. Perfect loop boss battle theme. This was exactly the kind of boss battle I was waiting for when I was a teen.

[warlord26900]

I remember when I first got this game, loved the battle system of it so much.

[MrKain1000]

@angel88mlg They're both fantastic. Any true analysis is probably based on taste, as Nobuo's music is much more intricate than Mitsuda's in general. But it's like apples and oranges in that way. Mitsuda is great because of the simplistic and rhythmic nature of his music, where as Nobuo is great because of its complexity.

[MrKain1000]

@XXXXNanoXXXxxx I like this list, if only because Xenosaga 3 is in it (personally, I think 7 deserves a lot higher than FF5, but that's just me). Xenosaga 3 was a great game that everyone missed because the first two weren't so great.

[MrKain1000]

@PJenkinss I agree. I think Nobuo is genius, but Yasunori is every bit as talented and deserves SO much more credit than he gets. Love Mitsuda's stuff.

[gsonic55]

@angel88mlg debatable... except the part about xeno music being great

[Deus35]

@XXXXNanoXXXxxx Um..what about FF9-10?

[Nuage13]

@XXXXNanoXXXxxx Suikoden <3

[shadybrain3424]

@PJenkinss yeah but still not too bad to be second overall, it was a shame that they didn't let him do all of the xenosaga music too.

[rnbqw057]

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