Demon Dragon Battle ~ Draconified Demon King (Full) - Tears of the Kingdom OST

Compositions by Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and Tsukasa Usui
Sound Direction by Hajime Wakai
An epic adventure awaits in the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom game, only on the Nintendo Switch system.
In this sequel to the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game, you’ll decide your own path through the sprawling landscapes of Hyrule and the mysterious islands floating in the vast skies above. Can you harness the power of Link’s new abilities to fight back against the malevolent forces that threaten the kingdom?
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[@SafetyOST]

Timestamps: 0:00 - Phase 1 3:01 - Phase 2 4:03 - Final Blow

[@edgytoucan3444]

when she came speeding down like rayquaza I fuckinf went insane

[@jockson7574]

Deoxys vs rayquaza vibes

[@heitormedina7098]

GANOOOOOOOOOOOON!

[@GabrielTanKwongHuiAcis]

Zelda in BOTW: Link... destroy Ganon for me! Zelda in TOTK: Let's destroy him together, Link!

[@maxwellfletcher8010]

Now I wanna see a mod that turns her into Rayquaza 😂

A REAL Pokémon battle

[@derekcurtis9999]

The person who discovered that erhus and saxophones would sound amazing together deserves to be compensated for life

[@Link-Link]

The amount of leitmotifs this battle OST has is insane. From the main TotK theme to Zelda's Lullaby, the Dragon instrumental, BotW theme, and more. It just has it all.

[@mattarificwolflink9280]

Also the final blow section of the song is reminiscent of the final blow song from botw except sounds much nicer

[@druukun7728]

ganon's theme also being in here. the triforce gang is all here

[@Wesley_Youre_a_Rabbit]

Draganondorf coming in for the big bite at the start, and zeldra dodging it was just the best opening for this fight

[@farfetchdthegamer3810]

I don’t care how weird this sounds. When Link rammed the Master Sword into Ganon’s head, and the secret stone smashed to pieces, I started crying. That felt like the final act of revenge- Ganon took everything from Link. Two generations of his friends, the kingdom’s well-being, and Zelda’s humanity. That final strike was so utterly visceral and emotional it was overwhelming.

[@Fall-oo6mt]

That was the culmination of TLOZ as a whole. Absolutely fantastic.

[@zerotwo6814]

I don't care that Tears of the Kingdom didn't win Game of the Year at the Game Awards, this scene and virtually everything that lead up to it, including the entire story of Breath of the Wild, made it EASILY my favorite game this year!

[@jacks1368]

A special delivery from one dragon's head to anothers.

[@aaaaaaaaaa190]

Sadly, the Demon Dragon is Ganondorf, which is neither Ganon, the great evil from most Zelda games, nor Calamity Ganon, and the dragon doesn't have consciousness, so the final blow was against Ganondorf in the previous battle.

[@gureiratto]

well i cried literally the entire fight so i understand

[@PrincessOfTheEnd]

3:08 - 3:21 listen to the horns in the background instrumentals - that's the BOTW theme!! and then 3:21 - 3:35 ish, a different set of horns play Zelda's Lullaby! aaaaa I love this song so much

[@donnguyen4279]

Wow. That really just blew my mind rn. Thanks for pointing that out. I love details like this

[@iOmNoms]

I never picked up the BOTW until now, thank you! When I picked up Zelda's Lullaby that sent euphoria through me!

[@8cee]

nice catch! you're the OG

[@literallyanangrymoose7717]

Like. Yeah. We can hear it. We're listening to the music

[@PrincessOfTheEnd]

@@literallyanangrymoose7717 buzzkill

[@Balltickeler583]

The amount of goosebumps I had during this battle

[@rifledanimations2327]

Fr

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

3:04 is peak tears of the kingdom ost

[@diddyknux]

Its not just another dark boss theme. Its "Let's save the bleeping world."

[@edgytoucan3444]

theme of your gf flying down from the heavens like an intercontinental missile solely to beat ganondorf’s draconic ass

[@loomin116]

you sir, just won the internet.

[@GabrielTanKwongHuiAcis]

Asriel and Frisk: welcome to the club!

[@deepcrab]

Your mom isn't gonna take your phone away for cursing on the internet bro, it's okay.

[@DundG]

@@deepcrabBut youtube might delete the comment

[@Aggrofool]

If Zeldragon had hands, she would be facepalming for all the times she had to rescue me

[@PhantomDragonHeart]

I mean she does but the arms are quite stubby compared to the body

[@ianlarsen3920]

I want to thank you for uploading this version of the song. Every other upload I find seems to remove the transition to Phase 2, leave Phase 2 too short, or leave the Final blow too long. I feel like this version finally gets the balancing right, which makes it my favorite upload of my favorite song from the game. Thank you!

[@aymansaid1253]

fully agree. best version on yt

[@loganvest367]

Game of the decade.

[@nathanapodaca3456]

This really felt like it was supposed to be the conclusion of Ganondorf's story, he loses his consciousness to become the Demon Dragon, then gets obliterated as a result. I'm really hoping we see a new villain in the next installment. Maybe they can bring back Vaati. Seeing Vaati in 3D would be epic

[@xSharpW]

Tbh that's what Dark Beast Ganon was supposed to be, Zelda even said "He's given up reincarnation!" so assuming the demon dragon transformation would work the same way, then this Ganondorf hopefully should no longer reincarnate. I mean, Demise's curse has to run out at some point right?

[@JAYDONDO]

​@@xSharpW, Not necessarily, if you recall, Demise said that his curse would have no end, so I'm sure at some point, Ganondorf will show up again at some point. I do hope that we can see some more of the other Zelda villains or even some new ones, but if Ganondorf were to be permanently put away, I feel like that would hurt the Zelda series at least bit, seeing as he is one of the main characters that make the series what it is :3.

[@LOL-xi7ok]

"He has given up on reincarnation" is actually a mistranslation of the English version, Zelda originally says that he's driven mad by not being able to fully reincarnate, and she even says that they must seal him so Hyrule can be in peace until he comes back!

[@maikayee246]

a giant floating eyeball whoopee....

[@jockson7574]

I was thinking Demise in a TOTK sequel

[@Renjiga]

I started jawdropping when I heard a dragon voice when Link inside Demond Dragon’s mouth knowing who will came to the rescue and then screaming YESSS!!! YESSS!!! THIS IS WHAT FINAL BATTLE IS!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@tedscheett9420]

So I had realized something of the whole concept of the secret stones and draconification in this game. It's based off the Japanese myth of the Ryujin, or Dragon King. Although the script here is flipped. Instead of the princess stealing the dragon's gem and the dragon becoming human, an evil king steals a gem from a queen and the princess becomes a dragon.

[@LocksAndChains]

Until a future game contradicts, I am choosing to believe that this glorious battle and motif mark the end of the Curse of Demise.

[@jockson7574]

I don’t think so. We’ll probably get a third game of demise going after the tri force as he’s believed to truly break it and escape it

[@danko8983]

@@jockson7574 i hope so, i dont want this link and zelda to end with tears of the kingdom, i want to see an adventure of both of them together and i want them to be the ones that put an end to Demise Curse

[@jockson7574]

@@danko8983 yeah I mean it’s hinted

[@danko8983]

@@jockson7574 yes, also, link didn't return the Master Sword yet, so the adventure is not over

[@jockson7574]

@@danko8983 well yes but in BOTW ending he didn’t return it. But imagine he returns it to the korok forest, but something happens to it. In BOTW, malice weakens it. In TOTK, Ganondorf completely destroys it. What if in the third game, Demise completely steals the master sword and you face someone like Ghirihim, Vaati, or Zant to get it back?

[@Noirora]

Tears of the Kingdom? More like hood back my tears on this beautiful saving the world music.

[@Gyashonav]

"And the birth of his new world!"

[@YouShotMarvin]

This fight really feels like a culmination of all of the different Links saving Hyrule from Ganon. It's at the very end of the timeline, this Zelda has probably been through more than any other in the series, and it really feels like you are finally getting rid of Ganon/Ganondorf for good. If they introduce a new permanent antagonist for the series after this I wouldnt complain.

[@Splatific]

Fr while I love this Ganon I think his story ends here but new villains would be cool!

[@jakeblancaster8498]

Ya, I wouldn't get my hopes up on a new permanent antagonist as no matter how many times Ganondorf has been struck down by the Master Sword, he'll always return.

[@karal_the_crazy]

@@jakeblancaster8498but this time he turned into a dragon before he got bonked

[@Feniksds]

its also philosophic they let the dragon grow biggger and bigger. Till the archtypical hero showed up and defeated him him by picking up the old and the new and slaying the dragon. With the culmination of catching zelda (the head of the kingdom) and saving it all.

[@aqua6166]

I'd like to see a botw/totk open world game in the toon artstyle and have vaati return. that'll be awesome ngl

[@Devious.Toaster]

this game had no right to go this FUCKING HARD

[@Muchinger]

It had to go this fucking hard, how else would it win best music of the year at Game Awards if it didn't.

[@piccolodaimojr.2986]

​@@Muchingerr/swoosh

[@Muchinger]

@@piccolodaimojr.2986 r/swoosh, you missed my joke, about the Game Awards, because the Game Awards has done a lot of bullshit in the last years.

[@piccolodaimojr.2986]

@@Muchinger then that would make it satire, no? There was no misunderstanding. You posted under an exaggeration lmao horrible joke placement

[@thebiggerpicture5338]

It had every right to go this hard

[@gregdespines9301]

I swear link must've been like "today, I wet my blade with the blood of a dragon!"

[@thiefkingparsley576]

“and then, seize our destiny!” ahh dialogue 😂

[@crimson5010]

The idea of ganondorf turning into a dragon instead of a boar demon is amazing I hope they go with that for the coming zelda games after this one

[@samjacquot3219]

i somewhere wants to see another bad guy after this, maybe that was the best ending for Ganondorf

[@Wesley_Youre_a_Rabbit]

@@samjacquot3219if they end Ganondorf, they’ll have to end Link and Zelda too. Because the reincarnation curse binds all three of them. If they broke the curse, the souls of Link and Zelda are finally free to rest. It would be the end of the LoZ saga.

[@samjacquot3219]

​@@Wesley_Youre_a_RabbitI mean, with a scenario thing, they can pretty much justify everything.. like idk, the dark soul of Ganondorf finds a new form and here you have a new guy Or maybe I say nonsense cuz I don't know perfectly Zelda's lore

[@justazeldafan4804]

​@@samjacquot3219I think that Ganon needs to stay as the main villain but I'd love to see more 1 off villains like Vaati from Four Swords and Minish Cap

[@Selena19973]

That’s- that’s not the curse. A reincarnation of demises hatred, meaning anything could be it. Ganondorf doesn’t have to be the main villain all the time, if he was then it’d get boring. Hell I would love it if we could have a good ganondorf that’s fighting a reincarnation of demise’s hatred, like Vaati or some other creature. Ganondorf is just the common form it takes, not the end all be all

[@shikangakstein562]

Tears of the Kingdom? More like Tears of the Player. 10/10 game

[@Gazing-09]

I never get tired of listening to this song. It's beautiful.

[@thelasthopeforhumanity4705]

Don't know if you are the first person to post this, but thanks anyway!

[@SafetyOST]

Definitely not the first, but hopefully one of the nicer edits mixing all the parts.

[@tawfiqkhan3354]

Man I wanna cry

[@Mister2463]

I'm only just now hearing the Zelda's Lullaby played by the brass starting at 3:21

[@davesnow7133]

That’s crazy, i never heard it until you pointed it out! Great observation

[@sentientmustache8360]

When i saw Zelda swoop down from the sky, i knew it then, i knew i was witnessing peak fiction

[@MassimoSamdal]

Also my God this final battle theme is actually so fucking beautiful in every way possible

[@B-ot2xx]

As a fight, I think Demon Dragon was WAY better in terms of visuals and gameplay, probably PEAK if I do proclaim. But the music for this one honestly sounds just ok. The first and third phases are great, but the second phase is honestly just bland. It’s honestly rather disappointing in comparison to Dark Beast Ganon’s music. I’m not saying every song out there has to have an amazing solo, but I’d like it to have SOMETHING other than high strings and low brass. I understand they were trying to convey the importance of the scene being connected to Zelda being a dragon, but the references to Zelda’s Lullaby and the BotW main theme were cool in the beginning, and got old in the 2nd phase. It really isn’t a bad song, but the 2nd phase is so boring that I can’t in good conscience say that it’s better than Dark Beast Ganon’s theme. That theme OOZES with passion and dedication. While this theme is just… another Zelda boss theme. It honestly hurts me to say that because it IS a really good song outside of the 2nd phase.

[@sweet_chaaan2499]

Désolée mais cette musique je l'écoute tout les jours depuis que j'ai fini le jeu! Quand zelda arrive j'ai chialée toutes les larmes de mon corps, la scene est sublime et la musique non parlons pas. Elle est juste incroyable je fond et me sens bien quand je l'écoute!! 🫶🏻

[@pedro15305]

How didn't this win soundtrack of the year is honestly baffling

[@MB26535]

Too many repeated tracks I assume. :(

[@pedro15305]

@@MB26535 doesn't feel like a very good reason, but either way, the reason why totk lost goty was already bs

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

​@@pedro15305 One song is not a soundtrack

[@pedro15305]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 this is better than most things I heard in 2023, but even so I would agree if it wasn't for colgera's theme, sidon's theme, thunder temple music, basically all ambient music, etc. It deserved soundtrack of the year

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@pedro15305 I expect at least 50% of a game's ost to be excellent, and the game itself to not just be ambient noise.

[@MB26535]

Zelda's Lullaby, Main Theme, BotW Theme, and Ganon's Theme all in one!

[@DarkBandicoot]

While I wish this battle was more difficult (the Ganon fight before WERE the first time where I survivied on a quarter of a heart just as one of his moves hit me but it was also just as the next cutscene started lol), this moment is super iconic. The music is stellar, the fact you get to ride a FUCKING DRAGON THAT IS ALSO ZELDA and fight Ganon dragon in the sky.... it's beautiful and cinematic, and like other people are saying, it also made me emotional.

[@hsloner1212]

The satisfaction I felt when I finally killed this monster and woke up Zelda from her Long Slumber is the best feeling I’ve ever had from playing any video game ever.

[@massimosamdal1209]

WOW THIS THEME ONG WHAT A FINALE

[@lakobause]

Nothing will top hitting the swell of music at 3:07 while dragon-Zelda carries you into a Bloodmoon-drenched sky to finish Ganondorf once and for all.

[@Insanity5400]

Theres no way Nintendo will be able to top tears of the kingdom, it'll be impossible for them to out do it, next game has to be a really good classic game, or somehow better than tears of the Kingdom lol

[@DineDiamond91]

Thought the same after BotW (and also several times before)... They proved me wrong time after time! So let's wait and see what the future will bring 😅

[@nwp-hz5dm]

​@@DineDiamond91but the games before botw weren't that hard to top tbh, and totk is lterally breath of the wild 2 with some extra stuff. This time is completly different they can't repeat the same formula again, they gotta get extra creative which is kinda scary but I hope they surprise us again.

[@poggestfrog]

@@nwp-hz5dm yeah, totk was overwhelming because they essentially overhauled everything but it's harder now because people are expecting the same level. i'm hoping for a dungeon based game

[@sentientmustache8360]

Watch them.

[@euden_yt]

It wouldn’t hurt to have a new classic 3D (and why not 2D) Zelda without Ganondorf.

[@missmouse3400]

And here I thought the theme from dark beast ganon in botw’s final fight couldn’t be outdone

[@SammyK728]

Ok but can we talk about how he body slammed her into the water in the ending sequence 😂

[@Jaybird02]

By far, my favorite final boss

[@ZeldafanNr2]

Ganondorf pull the Kaido method xD

[@farfetchdthegamer3810]

And it was deeply satisfying seeing both of them defeated in epic fashion.

[@infinityking4439]

Game of the year

[@B-ot2xx]

I find it interesting the rather limited spotlight the Piano got in this track. In comparison to Dark Beast Ganon, this track was done dirty. The first and third phases were great but the 2nd phase had the potential to outshine Dark Beast Ganon’s wild Piano and Piccolo solos. Unfortunately they decided to go with a simple orchestra sweep and play the saxophone phase on a different key. While I appreciate the references, and what the games soundtrack tries to do and convey throughout the game, there is nothing like this theme that disappointed me the most musically. Also, the composers specifically choosing not to use the Tremolo technique for a majority of the games score was really an odd choice. Considering that woodwinds and Piano are notorious for nasty tremolo sequences. A song that uses this creative restriction better would be a song titled “Fogbeasts” from Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. It uses the Piano in a very similar way, refraining from the technique, but still manages to hold an incredibly complex composition that even rivals that of Dark Beast Ganon and Monk Maz Koshia. I think if TotK had the chance to revise certain aspects of its soundtrack, it could really be an amazing musical experience. But alas, Nintendo usually sets their minds to something and sticks to it, and don’t usually budge. The game doesn’t really doing anything better, and in my opinion (at certain points) does certain tracks WORSE than BotW. (Specifically Demon Dragon and almost all of the Memory tracks are the biggest offenders of the soundtrack) A lot of people just never give BotW the credit it deserves, and I think this games soundtrack is a bit overhyped compared to previous outings. While it’s not bad by any means, the decisions that were made are very odd, and kind of hinder the experience for me. The new Field (Day) arrangement is nice, but takes away from the appeal of the original by swapping complex micro-melodies for sweeping woodwind phrases. While it’s not bad, it just feels unnecessarily fucking with the original. If they wanted to change the feel of the game they should have just made new compositions like the new Town Crisis themes.

[@JesusHernandez-de1xn]

Está rola siempre me va a despeinar los pelos de los huevos. Simplemente épica

[@Thezeek123]

3:06 just beat the game after this long right before this part started I was on the last part of the fight and said "one more time Z !" *Diveing Then is what started playing I was dumbstruck

[@loganvest367]

Superior game to anything on many years.

[@mohamedoujdi9182]

❤😢 deg d'avoir tuer ganondorf juste pour la zic

[@rolop_1238]

La mejor parte 3:05

[@asolomoth1066]

It makes no sense The Dark Beast fight in BOTW was incredibly boring and anticlimactic But this? This is incredible, and yet they're both just glorified cutscenes. *How do they do it?*

[@MB26535]

The music is incredible (so many callbacks!) and it's kind of hard to have an anticlimactic ending when you are riding a dragon 😂

[@aaaaaaaaaa190]

I think you just grew up and learned that after playing a amazing game for hours there is nothing wrong in watching a wonderful "cutscene". Both are really good if you analyse them as pieces of art.

[@euden_yt]

Dark Beast was impressive but it quickly fell off with the gameplay (just shoot the targets and wait). This time you fly around with a dragon, walk on Ganon, it’s just more fun besides being impressive.

[@tomduggan8044]

I think it's also that the fight against Ganondorf is very good and also very challenging and a lot more so than calamity ganon, so you don't mind an easy end to the game in totk as much

[@_AliOwO_]

1:46

[@user-dp6qc5sm8f]

1st

[@KeeSomething]

Im not a big fan of this game. I think it got a lot wrong and wasn't worth the wait, BUT moments like these are some of my favorites in the series

[@prettyoriginalnameprettyor7506]

Solid agree, I loved this boss but the game isn't very good

[@prettyoriginalnameprettyor7506]

wish this song came from a better game