Final Fantasy Mystic Quest: Dark King's Theme

[@adamblicharski756]

"The Prophecy? I started that rumor thousands of years ago!" - Dark King

[@RedHeadFury-]

Bruh moment

[@simpliciostupidus5975]

"Yeah... And you'll serve me !"

[@DusBeforeDawn2008]

"Welcome to the power of Darkness!"

[@PukiLynx]

what

[@MadJak91]

Still bit him in the arse though...

[@neoasura]

Fun Fact: The composer Ryuji Sasai was in a rock band starting at 15 years old and another band called Novela before moving on to Anime/Game music...which explains how rocking his music sounds, especially in his battle themes.

[@kabukimanindahouse]

rudra no hihou's soundtrack sunds very similar to this game.well, obviously the same composer

[@GorditoCrunch343]

His biggest influence is Queen and Judas Priest. Pretty self-explanatory there.

[@blara2401]

Rudra no Hihou is a more refined, more lengthy soudntracks despite the similarities in style. It shows the composer's improvement, really.

[@metalliholisti3728]

@@kabukimanindahouse Rudra no Hihou/Treasure of the Rudras has awesome soundtrack! Without your comment I wouldn't have ever found it.

[@ClioMako]

Treasure of the Rudras has legit one of the best soundtracks I have had the pleasure to listen to on the SNES.

[@natelecarde962]

"His weakness is cure, I have no idea why but it absolutely murders him..."

[@theinfamousguil]

it heals him beeyond what the game can handle

[@nikolaikolev9427]

It murders him because he is undead

[@Harbi67li]

No cheats allowed...

[@TheBanishedWind]

@@Harbi67li I've beaten him both ways so I'll do what I want

[@lawyerenjoyer7154]

@@Harbi67li you say that as if this game isn't piss easy in the first place

[@bruce7014]

Now, THAT is a final boss theme.

[@stevenlogan531]

Supra binyot lande

[@haskinmom]

Yes, it makes up for the terrible gameplay and characters (Even though I still enjoyed the game) Despite how other people hate it

[@jonathanzamora4201]

Type: "Octopath Traveler Battle Theme", prepar to hear what's the god tier boss Theme 😎

[@alukard4656]

Epicness lvl 99999999

[@bo88ieswillman86]

💀 🥋 ⛸

[@r.p.5140]

Entry-Level RPG. Expert-Level Music.

[@mbr8167]

"Aw crap, I accidently casted cure on the boss... wait... wtf?" Best miscast I've ever done in an RPG.

[@TheStrongBadMan]

Fun fact: Cure does so much damage to the final boss that it overflows and heals him. It's supposed to hurt him. The fun fact here is that he still dies to it if you use benjamin, because it overflows TWICE

[@IvyANguyen]

Think you had it backwards: it heals enough on him as Ben to overflow into damage territory but with Phoebe it overflows twice, getting back into healing territory again. I originally thought it was an easter egg.

[@G4mm4G0bl1n]

Thats the classical Rule about "Undeads" from the very first Pen & Paper Game Dungeons & Dragons. A lot of Rules are taken for the Mystic Quest Series.

[@Hasek000]

Always beat the boss in the proper way with Flare :)

[@nalathakdraconis8164]

Hasek000 spammed the hell out of holy personally lol

[@KolossusB]

Might have been a basic rpg. But the music in this game was top shelf.

[@Gaben_Enjoyer]

Imagine living life as a Mystic Ouest until some guy stabs you. Well I suppose I shouldn't have existed hovering over the peak of a mountain top until some guy could stab me in the O so it would look like a Q.

[@seant1326]

That was clever.

[@ResurrectedElvenMonk]

Dark King: "I fear no man. But that thing..." *Hero's White Magic Cure Spell* Dark King: "It scares me..."

[@carbonliquidmetalstarman2095]

My brother said this song is bad Now he's just a rumor I started a millennium ago

[@devarious5004]

I couldn't put into words exactly why, but this is the first comment I've read that has made me literally laugh out loud in *years*. Bless you, my friend.

[@Gryoomf]

Being the huge nerd that I am, I would always try to time it so that Dark King's Dialogue would end at 00:13, so the screen flash from the battle starting would sync with the music kicking up.

[@bromanbrothe2nd844]

GrumpleStilskin i always did that lol

[@conversationflex3238]

Yass!

[@devarious5004]

Universal experience, my brother

[@tehshingen]

Wait there are people who don’t do that?

[@SuperNormalMan]

The perfect theme for the final battle against the Fiendlord.

[@Bacher108]

Man this track is just incredible. If you don't jam out to this you are dead inside.

[@LampreyKisses]

or KAREN

[@omensoffate]

@@LampreyKisses or black

[@juliantheapostate8295]

It's Priest or Bathory tier

[@JayByrd83]

​@omensoffate I'm black, and I love this song, let alone this soundtrack!! How dare you?? Maybe you should look into how many rappers sample off of themes from video games, and make it into their own music! Wiz Khalifa's 'Never Been' would be a good song to look up. The score in the background is Schala's Theme from Chrono Trigger.

[@HdgsxhDhdc]

@@JayByrd83Schala’s theme is something I love, although every music track from Chrono Trigger is amazing

[@b0tm4st3r]

Used to play this when I was a child, 32 now. Listening to this again now just gave me goosebumps and tears in my eyes. This song is the most epic ever, the build up and the whole energy in it is just perfect.

[@ProgectG]

I don't know you, but I'm right there with you. 31, would watch my brothers play this game as a kid all the time. The music is by far the thing that stuck with me most. On a completely different level. They truly don't make music like it anymore.

[@kyokonull]

@@ProgectG not to rile you up but uh, they still make good soundtracks nowadays. take off the rose-tinted glasses for a moment, dig a little and you'll find some gems

[@ProgectG]

@@kyokonull sure, there are excellent songs these days, but I stand by what I said. Just because they don't make songs like this one anymore, doesn't mean there are no good songs, just that since audio technology has advanced, they literally stop making songs like these for games.

[@kyokonull]

@@ProgectG but what do you mean by that exactly? what is the MQ ost to you that isn't captured in modern media today?

[@The_ash_harvester]

This is the most powerful final fantasy boss theme I've ever heard

[@JustPlay310]

Battle starts Dark King caste Flare Caste cure Dark king changes form Caste cure Dark king changes form Caste cure Dark King dedzzzz.......... Game Ends Best childhood RPG IMO

[@B.-T.]

+zok310 Considering it's from a bug, at a time prior to the internet, you had no way of knowing this. I beat the Dark King the old-fashionned way, back in the day.

[@JustPlay310]

segasages.com was around. The libraries in the USA had internet at the time.

[@jean-francoisdussault1510]

3 shot?, i dunno how i did but i 2 shots him with cure at the time XD, did 16k and 28k XD

[@mbr8167]

Dude, how do you know what my Battle log looked like?

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

its not a fantastic rpg, but its definitely a great game to introduce someone to RPG's if they have never played one. I still love this game, even if it made little to no sense.

[@darkodin2007]

Remember kids, cure> endgame boss...lol

[@ryukaiser3]

I was crushed (for some odd reason) after finding out that Cure didn't do damage because healing damages evil, but because the main character's heal just does enough to overload the counter and make it go negative.

[@Metaknightkirby2]

ryukaiser3 You ruined my childhood just now. ;_;

[@ryukaiser3]

***** I felt the same way. We can overcome this, don't worry.

[@SolstaceWinters]

Yeah, I _COULD_ cast Cure and totally wreck the final boss... but then I wouldn't get to hear Flare's badass midi file. That shit is like crack to me. Like FF4's Virus sound.

[@GenderlessFurry_They-Them]

darkodin2007 Phoenix Down

[@Captainabrik]

I'd like to see a remake of this game just to see if they could pull it off for a modern audience. Even if it sucked, we'd still have the SNES game.

[@LeoHightower]

Believe it or not there was a remake made on RPG Maker and it was called mystic quest remastered, it was a nice remake but sadly it got shunned because of the creator.

[@colonelquack]

It's all modern until the last third. When all the classic music kicks in. And you know - it's Time™.

[@KS-xf2jf]

@@LeoHightower didnt he get caught stealing money from his kickstarter? Damn shame because the OST deserved a remaster alone. Thanks Jonnyatma and Daniel Tidwell we have that.

[@LeoHightower]

@@KS-xf2jf He forged a contract and lied about Square and him "Being OK about it". And even then, one of the releases, had a bug that prevented you from entering the final dungeon and broke the game...

[@L4Vo5]

Me reading the title: who's Dark King? Starts the song: oh... him..

[@TheBanishedWind]

Legit question: did you know him by another name?

[@L4Vo5]

@@TheBanishedWind Nah but I was a kid when I played this so enemies' names wasn't my highest concern. Add to this that I barely knew english!

[@L4Vo5]

Oh, and that you only encounter him once, unlike the companion characters that you have throught the game

[@corjonbett]

How AMUSING! Is that ALL you can muster??? Grr..... Now see what I REALLY am!!!!!

[@RedHeadFury-]

*Angry cure noises*

[@bromanbrothe2nd844]

turns into giant spider

[@symphony137]

Probably the best SNES boss battle music ever.

[@Nobleshield]

It definitely ranks up there; there are very few boss battle themes that really convey that "The fate of the world rides on this battle" feeling, and this is certainly one of them.

[@MrTheMark21]

Go listen to dancing mad...

[@Nobleshield]

MrTheMark21 Dancing Mad is epic but IMO doesn't convey that same "everything is at stake" vibe. Dancing Mad is more like acts in a play.

[@MrTheMark21]

wayne62682 Good point. One theme off the top of my head that has the "everything is at stake" vibe is "Battle with the four fiends" from FF4. At least in my personal view.

[@Ryuzekia]

symphony137 Chrono Trigger has some of my favorite themes ever including the final boss and normal boss music, think these rival it :P.

[@PeaceOwlGaming]

Hero: Casts cure on himself! DARK KING: Shivers...Thank Darkness he didn't cast that on me!

[@瀬良来乃]

この曲を探してた！！ 懐かしいわ～そして今聞いてもめちゃくちゃかっこいいのね！

[@sdlock83]

Fun Fact - Treasure of Rudra was Final Fantasy Mystic Quest's spiritual successor, having had the same composer and used the same sound font.

[@mavisbeacon6770]

Really? I gotta check it out

[@BigBoy257]

Damn I thought this sounded like music from that game!

[@Kamawan0]

Source with these “fun facts” 😂

[@sdlock83]

@@Kamawan0 I literally just told you.

[@Kamawan0]

@@sdlock83 You cited a source? Where?

[@zenbmonk1016]

Behemoth: "I can slay the hero with pure luck two blows, what did you do?" Dark King: " I went through four transformations & got beaten by a white magic spell..." *: (*

[@gilgamesh255]

Behemoth: ...hah, good one boss! No, but really, how'd ya die? ... Boss?

[@Atleasthreecharacters]

Dark king when Benjamin uses cure on him: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@TheMatraMage]

Kind of horrible how this game gets so much flak from people nowadays as it was intended for beginner game players like myself and not true hardcore final fantasy fans. I'd say the game did a good job at what it set out to do and it doesn't deserve this much hate.

[@christiandekool3502]

One of the best boss battle themes ever created. Perfection.

[@GlitchScatter]

The memories of being a kid and rocking out to the battle music. My first ever final fantasy game, I remember playing this on a monochrome tube TV in my basement LOL holy shit I'm old.

[@gamer6592]

Ugh right? Man, i miss the good ol days.

[@Leafisa]

Cure! The only Magic to defeat the Dark King. When I play this in my childhood, I stumble upon this, no knowing the reason why it kill him.

[@teamdoghouse7920]

An epic theme of battle for a totes generic cliche "bad guy!" (No disrespect intended, I loved Mystic Quest if for no other reason than the fact that JRPG's were hard to come by back in the 90s. So I appreciated all of them!)

[@Brutalious]

This song sounds so god damn heroic. Like everything is on the line. The way a final boss theme should be.

[@hakingdedede3]

" Alas silly humans ! And now you will serve me !" - Dark King💙

[@zelos1826]

EASILY one of my top final battle themes ever~ ♥

[@mavisbeacon6770]

I remember saving right before this boss so we could keep going back to fight him again. And half of it was this BANGER SONG!!!!

[@toycp]

Kaeli, Tristam, Reuben and Phoebe are still names the I use most of my rpg gameplay to this day, this game was one of my first rpg after Dragon warrior, wich I wasn't really good at back then due to the lack of english comprehension.

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

These names are also in Crystal Story and Crystal Story 2, the web rpg. Which has a better gameplay and story than MQ imho, but not the great music.

[@colonelquack]

I remember, as a kid, I had no idea how to pronounce Phoebe. : D Just one of those things you roll with as a kid. "Well, that's a strange video game name." Foe-uh-Beh?

[@BurrShotHam711Jenna]

@@colonelquack Fee-Bee

[@RaketenBombe]

It's completely absurd how epic that theme is, considering the Dark King is probably the easiest boss in the game

[@yrly59e]

I used this song as my ringtone on my phone. One of the best final boss themes ever

[@linksbetweendrinks7032]

Love it. The Dark King literally makes fun of RPG prophecies, saying he just made them up himself. And if Phoebe wasn't there to bail your ass out, The Dark King would've had you. One of the best bosses of all time.

[@sethawetha2090]

I played this when I was like 7. I honestly remember this game as amazing and challenging. xD Never learned the cute trick either. Flare'd the final boss like crazy.

[@大天使ブリアレオス]

ダークキング「さぁ来いザッシュ！！実はワシはケアル数発で死ぬぞォォォォォォォ！！」

[@Archedgar]

草

[@goryguy5106]

People are really split on this game, but they can all agree it's soundtrack is top notch.

[@SapunMan]

its* soundtrack

[@goryguy5106]

@@SapunMan I stand corrected. I make that mistake all the time.

[@SapunMan]

@@goryguy5106 I hope this helps: "its" = possessive "it's" = it is

[@DavidFileStyle]

For me, this song is the exact link point between this game's OST and that of Treasure of the Rudras.

[@duanebriles1791]

I agree with you. The final boss has the best theme song in my opinion too.

[@にくすにゃお-c8e]

Most underrated FF series BGM of last bosses

[@thatgamingauthor]

This is saying a lot, but this has got to be one of my favorite tracks from the entire SNES era of RPGs. I've never even beaten this game (mostly because I haven't picked the game up in about six years), but God, I love this song so much.

[@doriphor]

This game's so underrated and hated :( True, it's not the deepest and for a good reason : it's meant for kids to get into RPGs, but I love it and the music is some of the best on the SNES

[@supamillienp]

28 × 28. A whole healthbar's worth of healthbars. Think you can do it? Good luck.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

I always loved this theme

[@lukalzu]

Tema legal para um boss tão Buxa

[@mopbrothers]

"Your feeble skills are no match for the powers of the Dark Side!!!"

[@nickbrundli8996]

One of the best final boss themes!

[@fe7fe8yellowphoenix77]

Rockman 4 Minus Infinity - Wily Machine 4

[@TwilightLink77]

They put battle theme, and boss theme in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call but not this theme?

[@Bobby_Corwen]

I'm hopeful there will be DLC for every game in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call. If that's the case, I really hope this theme or Doom Castle makes it in. It would also be really nice to see Phoebe in Curtain Call as well.

[@evillecaston]

Bobby Corwen Yes, Phoebe needs more love!

[@TheAuron32]

Bobby Corwen doom castle, my fave of the final areas in the series, that guitar solo alone is awesome enough.

[@yorchomen]

This was the first Final Battle theme i heard on my snes playing days, just frigging epic!

[@zenbmonk1016]

Dark King is weak against Zombie type attacks. - Hero Cure Spell

[@thehopefulgamer1075]

this was one of the first games i played and beat as a child. to this day, i go back and play through it once every one or two years. i loved the characters, the simplicity of the story, and of course the bad ass music. i agree that this game gets too much hate, and that it is exactly what it is supposed to be.

[@allycatblues2770]

I remember this game not being very memorable but dang when this theme hit it slapped me in the face hard and left its mark.

[@napstaplayern9824]

I am still hype at the part from 0:47

[@JoeyLutes]

forever hype over that part

[@OlDirtySam]

Every time i hear this song it kicks my feelings right in the sweet spot

[@ulfgj]

oh man. the bass lines of this game's soundtrack! such an inspiration when i started out to play bass around the same time the game came out

[@robertlupa8273]

Wait a minute, didn't I hear this somewhere before? 0:10 Yes, I definitely did. Now, where was it... 0:13 ROCKMAN 4 MINUS INFINITY! Of course!

[@desmondbrown5508]

"Battery Back-Up Saves Up To 3 Games" Ah the good old days when it was a big deal to be able to save your game.

[@dunnyoneeyed4810]

I don’t understand how Square didn’t even include this theme in Curtain Call. This better be in Theatrhythm Switch if it ever gets made.

[@TheBanishedWind]

I think it was, because I remember songs from MQ showing up in a FF-themed rhythm game, though I can't remember the game's title...

[@finalfantasyrules222]

Stand back dark king or I'll defeat you using my cureeeeeee -Benjamin yugi

[@bubba200874426]

Seems almost perfect for a 4 man band to me(guitar, bass, drums, synth). The guitar would have to play one of the synth lines during the refrain(which is okay because the guitar and bass are unison for that section anyway), and the synth player would have to be an actual keyboardist instead of someone that just plays power chords like a lot of them tend to be. Other than that, all you'd need is a double bass drum kit. That's just for this song though; I haven't looked at the others that closely.

[@KingToll]

This needs to be DLC for Curtain Call asap!

[@SevenCompleted]

The dark king without using cure is actually a tough fight

[@DemonicLordZeromus]

I'm gonna go play this now. I'm feeling nostalgic.

[@TheMatraMage]

I was listening to this great theme as I confronted my very first video game final boss... This is very, very nostalgic and I think of it as my very first milestone in gaming

[@nerddotcom5817]

If only the Boss were as hard as its theme song.

[@clairestark9024]

Gm for our d&d put this on when we squared of against asmodeus himself

[@williamfiuza8328]

Great music.

[@girth_hirtzberger8541]

"Entry-Level Role-Playing Adventure." Indeed.

[@glasssoul86]

this game has one of the best soundtracks on the SNES. period. end of story. love it! :)

[@GENERALBLAIS]

legit fight . FLARE WHITE FLARE WHITE FLARE WHITE FLARE

[@Ouaueaio]

I've played SO many rpg games... And i still think that this boss music is the best !

[@Luigiofthegods]

Theme of casting Cure on the Dark King of All Cosmos

[@theuniversedoesntcare]

Dark King: "This world is mine, slaves!" *[Cruel Angel Thesis intensifies.]*

[@the_Dark_Knight_12]

Dude that part at 0:45 is FANTASTIC

[@Tribulator]

This theme reminds me of the time my best friend and I went into a gamestore that sold imports and saw some people fighting Dark King and using Cure on him and it worked(he must've been an undead) so I told my best friend I wanted this game just to try that.

[@rapidfire9999]

Phoebe for Opera Omnia!

[@Nightweaver1]

"Now see what I truly am!"

[@Chunes3]

God, this song is basically the epicest thing ever, with whites and flares going off everywhere while the boss swings a billion weapons at you.

[@canadianTorchic]

Anyone else here because of the Mother 2/EarthBound hack named Hallow's End, or am I the only one? 😆

[@glowzinho104]

I got to know the song by that hack. The arrangement was not very good though. The original is way better, and I also love Parabeetle X’s Touhou remix of this song.

[@PieInTheSky9]

Does the very beginning remind anyone else of the Prince of Persia SNES music?

[@TizzyTormentor]

If any songs were to make it into Curtain Call, how was this not one!? (along with Doom Castle and the map theme)

[@TribalKatz]

Fucking epic as fucking fuck. Love all those views, proving I'm not the only one who remembers this epicness. Proving you don't need modern production equipment to kick ass in the studio.

[@2MBoy]

I like to cure the King ❤

[@sophmys7653]

Composer accidently casted ridiculously good music for the whole game

[@grubblepidd2567]

another good thing frm the 90s

[@andrewm.8841]

When you believed a lie and made it the TRUTH.

[@Peter_1986]

I guess you're right. My issue with remakes is that some of them suffer from long loading times and a somewhat worse sound, but if a remake holds the same standard as Super Mario All-Stars and Final Fantasy Origins then I'm all for it.

[@Demaeter]

I think the hero need to have full health for the cure glitch, is hes not full health it cures him instead of dealing the damage.

[@andrewlawrence5934]

all my fellow spider boys and girls rock out!!!!!!

[@chriskline1476]

one of the best OSTs on the SNES

[@Ryowhosakazaki]

Cure is his weakness... Ok, why not?

[@Diabitus]

Man, I swear this was the very first Final Fantasy game I ever played. As much as it sucks when I look back on it now, I freaking loved this game and it's what got me hooked on the rest of the series. And not to sound like everyone else, but the music in this game kicked some serious ass!

[@nicholassinger1397]

Speaking of this final boss. I don't know if my brother and I were the only ones dense enough to try this, but if you use Cure on The Dark King, it does like, crazy stupid damage and you can beat him in about 6 hits in an LL run.

[@matrixorialold]

Oh God its mara's demon from the earthbound romhack hallow's end

[@fatboosh81]

This game gets a lot of hate but I really liked it. Especially the awesome effing soundtrack