My Top 50 Favorite RPG Battle Themes

[Hayate]

>.> Yeah... Not much explanation needed for this, except... I have way too much free time. Enjoy.


50) Dr. Jaming
-------Tomohito Nishiura
-------Dark Cloud 2
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jQkXnlBOb8

49) POWERFUL ENEMY!!
-------Noriyuki Iwadare
-------Radiata Stories
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq-JKH1HSQM

48) Final Battle
-------Tomoko Morita
-------Shining Force EXA
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbiH-msN9tc

47) Yggdra Sortie!
-------Minako Adachi, Shigeki Hayashi
-------Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbM6gqb1AJA

46) Winged Fighters
-------Kouhei Tanaka
-------Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
------- [No YouTube link currently available]

45) Horned Enigma
-------Daisuke Achiwa, Ken Nakagawa
-------Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL3CiLM5nKw

44) Final Bout -VS Frenzied Cubia Core-
-------Chikayo Fukuda
-------.hack//G.U. Vol. 3//Redemption
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKN83qQqCjQ

43) Battle Theme I
-------Masashi Hamauzu
-------Unlimited SaGa
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v_AtBf7wW8

42) Battle 1
-------Dennis Martin, Takeo Miratsu
-------The Legend of Dragoon
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6A45-i4xxM

41) Attack With Conviction!!
-------Noriyuki Iwadare
-------Grandia III
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3LOtpEagMA

40) Hope Given "Dance of the Dog's Howl"
-------Masashi Hamauzu
-------Sigma Harmonics
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=loW11_8mzuc

39) Battle 5
-------Kenji Ito
-------SaGa Frontier
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZVrfXJGdnc

38) Celestial Troupe
-------Motoi Sakuraba
-------Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=csrmyv09y9g

37) Blood, Tears, and the Dried-Up Wasteland
-------Michiko Naruke
-------Wild ARMs 3
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBwYWZ5uvMk

36) Violent Storm
-------Motoi Sakuraba
-------Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lB0b0fHbAY

35) The Divine Spirit of Language
-------Motoi Sakuraba
-------Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWDUvkgSXx0

34) Overdosing Heavenly Bliss
-------Falcom Sound Team JDK
-------The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki the 3rd
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz5TYUkxRRQ

33) The Darkness of Eternity (AKA Dark Messenger)
-------Nobuo Uematsu
-------Final Fantasy IX
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv-ddnBsOr8

32) Fatal Fight (Jin & Margulis)
-------Yuki Kajiura
-------Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgG5SEHTKgU

31) The Incarnation of Devil
-------Motoi Sakuraba
-------Star Ocean: The Last Hope
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGiZmmxP2A

30) Howl of the Departed
-------Nobuo Uematsu
-------Lost Odyssey
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vbsI9xFuo8

29) FIGHT!! Ver. 4 ~ The Final Battle
-------Noriyuki Iwadare
-------Grandia II
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=gViPgIJwMw0

28) Transformation
-------Andrew Mitchell
-------The World Ends With You
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_P1OwYgZNI

27) The Whereabouts of Power
-------Chikayo Fukuda
-------.hack//G.U. Vol. 1//Rebirth
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlB-WvA4kBg

26) Last Boss Battle -After Transformation-
-------Shoji Meguro
-------Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=vny_bfvY2gw

25) Combat 1
-------Noriyuki Iwadare
-------Grandia Xtreme
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9fnygm10b8

24) Fatalize
-------Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura
-------Tales of Symphonia
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhOT3fMo0eg

23) Dragon God
-------Yasunori Mitsuda
-------Chrono Cross
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbEoTownSrA

22) Last Battle
-------Yasunori Mitsuda
-------Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ6ufAOSUhM

21) The Other Promise
-------Yoko Shimomura
-------Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyrWRgg_6KE

20) Final Battle
-------Eisuke Seki, Kenichi Tsuchiya
-------Growlanser: Heritage of War
------- [No YouTube link currently available]

19) Persephone IPCC_3927 (Battle)
-------Noriyasu Agematsu
-------Wild ARMs 5
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODbc5uSTobs

18) Silver Will
-------Falcom Sound Team JDK
-------The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki FC
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2sExqT8V4M

17) Forze Del Male
-------Yoko Shimomura
-------Kingdom Hearts
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoId_SGKb0g

16) Red Lucifer Rising
-------Daisuke Achiwa, Ken Nakagawa
-------Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZgqmu1N6_U

15) Stigmata
-------Noriko Mitose
-------Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipNKfOEdDDM

14) Brahman
-------Shoji Meguro
-------Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XOEZIZMUl0

13) Decisive Battle! Saruin
-------Kenji Ito
-------Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-0MIqdqfMM

12) The Seal is Broken
-------Satoshi Henmi, Hiroyuki Nakayama
-------Blue Dragon
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs4jiSCWN7w

11) Lord of the Castle
-------Yoko Shimomura
-------Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pItNUotCww

10) Subete no Hito no Tamashii no Tatakai (AKA The Battle for Everyone's Souls)
-------Shoji Meguro
-------Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfk6dIw9cTs

9) Otherworld
-------Nobuo Uematsu, Bill Muir
-------Final Fantasy X
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=OONqel6f_8M

8) Intrude Upon Happiness, Plunder the Future
-------Junpei Fujita
-------Wild ARMs XF
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueNdg2gYs9o

7) Namenloses Licht
-------Yuuto Izumi
-------Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfmgew751rQ

6) Broken Balance
-------Motoi Sakuraba
-------Eternal Sonata
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeW875akq6Y

5) Worth Dying For
-------Go Shiina
-------Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRXRb8XY0w8

4) Meaning of Birth
-------Motoo Fujiwara
-------Tales of the Abyss
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-AoP3NOja0

3) EXEC_over.METHOD_SUBLIMATION. ~ lamenza
-------Akiko Shikata
-------Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=D14rLXRmYOo

2) The Extreme
-------Nobuo Uematsu
-------Final Fantasy VIII
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=01mxuw31GVs

1) Godsibb
-------Yuki Kajiura
-------Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=5krINDGIeqw


(For the songs I was unable to provide links for, you can either ask me to transfer them to you over MSN, or wait until I've put up YouTube vids of them. ...Or you could do neither. That also works.)