Music In Fighting Games

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Fighting Game Glossary: glossary.infil...
0:00 Buyee Ad
1:10 Intro
2:20 Character Themes
4:48 Killer Instinct
8:56 Music Change
11:40 Outro

[@nokamiwd]

One of the best examples of Dynamic Music in game has to be Them's Fightin' Herds where as soon as the character select screen you get to hear each characters' Leitmotif that also plays over the base stage theme when the character is winning.

[@supermario863]

I WAS LITERALLY HOPING HE WOULD COVER THIS IN THE VIDEO WHY DIDN'T HE MENTION THIS HE EVEN TALKED ABOUT TFH A FEW VIDEOS AGO MAN I WISH HE MENTIONED IT AGAIN HERE

[@vinverita]

Still watching the vid... He doesn't discuss TFH? Disappointing

[@arachnofiend2859]

Hey what the fuck why is it that every time I hear about the pony game it's something that I desperately wish other fighting games would do

[@Shirojyuu]

@@arachnofiend2859 Because Mane6 is full of fighting game fans who want the best for the genre, just like us players.

[@supermario863]

@@arachnofiend2859 The game is cracked af and you should play it.

[@therealHLY]

one of my favourite bits of fighting game music use is also from Xrd, with Ky. Ky normally in this game has the theme magnolia eclair, rather than the theme he had before, Holy Orders. But, if you get knocked down as Ky five or more times in a single round, Ky's hairband breaks, letting his hair down... and having Xrds version of Holy Orders kick in, completly overriding the music for the rest of the game. it has no actual effect, but god do you *feel* the comeback energy when it hits

[@peaceribbon8322]

I was devastated when Gekko didn’t include this in the video. I mean yeah Dragon Install is iconic, but the Ky theme change is just such a blindside when you first hear it. And the fact that you have less control over it triggering and it lasts the whole match takes it that much further.

[@lorenzocampici7885]

It's also because in lore, when ky's hairband is off, it means that he's going all out in the fight Shit is so raw it's giving me salmonella

[@matheustravaglini9871]

YES

[@jakebeansboy3755]

All of the strive character themes fit their characters perfectly and express their personality, history AND playstyle. One of the few game osts that i listen to outside of the game.

[@t0x1ctat3r]

not only that but talk about you is absolutely amazing

[@MrRusty103]

Stive doesn't have an OST for a game. Its an album that has a fun side game attached.

[@jackpacito]

11:48 not really a "2d" fighting game, but Yakuza 0's Pledge of Demon, the theme of Daisaku Kuze, and how in the fifth and final fight with him, it switches to Oath of Enma, a more peaceful variant of his theme, to show that he thinks better of you nearing the end of the game.

[@leithaziz2716]

Yakuza 5's international release did something simillar with Shinada's fight against Daigo, which played a remix of his regular battle theme, only now the goofy tones have been removed from the song and now evoke a more serious and inspirational feeling. Showing how much Shinada has grown up to this point, finally mustering the courage to take back his life.

[@simonelovino4021]

Yakuza 0's OST is a masterpiece

[@t0x1ctat3r]

yakuza 0 is amazing and its soundtrack compliments it beautifully

[@luizricardo4165]

Music is one of the things that i most love in fighting games. Street Fighter, kof, tekken, guilty gear, all have amazing soundtracks

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

Yeah having the mood setting tracks to express Cherecters suddly it blatantly. Blazeblue feels like am that fuker running in the opening

[@saiko_oro]

the fact that he hasn't mentioned KOF in this video triggers my soul. The series easily has some of the best video game soundtracks out there especially from 96 to 2000

[@davidgalicia453]

@@saiko_oro I know, but somehow, even if is one of the more iconic fighting games, is still very unknown for a lot of people, unlesss you are forma Japan or from Latin America where this games were huge, im from Guatemala, and I play it with a lot of friends, even if isn’t of our time.

[@Goomenstein]

Under night has some great character themes. Even matchup themes too, and theyre all bangers. Londrekia vs Wagner in particular is amazing.

[@ApexGale]

not as good as gordeau v chaos (cross thought)

[@Tsunami14]

Chaos's theme (Eurodite Eyes) always gets the blood flowing. With Enkidu's theme coming as a close 2nd.

[@cringelord8511]

Not a fan of it but god damn do I love all the other character themes so much. Scraper Sky High, Night Walker, Rushing Heart, Gallant Girl, and Cross Thought are the ones that come to mind first.

[@brupts7297]

All UNIEL's music is absolute god tier, By far my most fav Fg musics

[@Misaka05050]

Beat Eat Nest. Nuff said.

[@jonatanp.1976]

Fighting games has some of the greatest bangers of gaming. Blazblue probably has my favorite songs in the genre.

[@smugofbishamonten1447]

When i first activated all the seals on bang and his ost kicks in i was like "BRO THIS IS SICK!!"

[@thomasthecoolkid7228]

@@smugofbishamonten1447 *BANG BAN-BAN-BANG! BANGU DAMASHII!* Yep, gotta love that.

[@brupts7297]

Izanami's theme is fukin crazyyyy it really gave off the "This character is a god and we made her intentionally busted"

[@jonatanp.1976]

@@brupts7297 IT’S MY FAVORITE ONE! Izanami is also one of my favorite fighting game characters period, she’s so frickin cool and badass!

[@strepsilsaregood4u]

FUCK YEAH I love Conclusion. More fighting games need match-up specific music (fun fact: Conclusion would also play if Millia and Zato are fighting, which is good Conclusion needs to play more)

[@scrappydrake4683]

In later games didn't they get their own vs theme? (Still in the Dark)

[@strepsilsaregood4u]

@@scrappydrake4683 i know. i just meant other fgs like street fighter

[@elemangell2981]

Great example of a cool music interaction that just happened recently: Rivals of Aether just added a pop-star character named Pomme, and on her stage, her theme is in-sync with speakers, a screen animation, and a performing hologram of Pomme (if she's not currently in the match) on the show stage in the background. That's cool enough as is, however, if you play on Pomme's stage when you have the game's music turned off via the settings, the hologram of Pomme will realize her theme isn't playing, get pissed, and jump off the stage. Here's her theme if you wanna listen btw it's a banger kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4uwnIaYZaqfq9U

[@ethanhinton4549]

Blazblue actually does a temporary transition outside of cross tag, specifically when Bang enters overdrive.

[@Nukesnipe]

The music for RWBY was pretty consistently absolutely full of bangers, and the remixes that they did for BBTAG are the best versions of all of them. Specifically, each character has several theme songs that played throughout the show, and the themes in BBTAG are remixed medleys of all their themes. Yang's regular theme is a mix of her other themes, while BBTAG's version of I Burn is just an absolute BANGER version of her main theme.

[@jorgeperez2872]

Most of blazblue songs are bangers and the character themes literally tell the story of their character

[@zechonMod]

Tekken 7's Leroy Smith music when the enemy is on last round is dope. And some stages that have different themes when they get to next round or the beach stage where if you balcony break and continue next round, you get the Tekken 4 beach theme.

[@WizWiz]

I love music in fighting games. I mean I'm getting my ass kicked but at least I'm rocking to the music

[@velan6725]

Concilliation (blazblue es theme) undoubtedly one of the best themes in fighting games IMO.

[@andrewcurry9910]

Es’ voice is in key too.

[@MrTigracho]

Blazblue?what is it?

[@velan6725]

its a fighting game series made by arc sys if youve heard of guilty gear then bb prolly will be rlly familiar as their character designs are reminiscent of each other. particularly concilliation is from blazblue central fiction which is the most recent normal bb game (bbtag is not a normal bb game) @@MrTigracho

[@RetroRageasaurus]

1:56 _Ah, my favourite fighting game OSTs: "Let's Get Together Now!" and "Layer Cake."_

[@PUN9372]

Honestly, video game music is 50% of a game for me so having musics that are this good is easily the best way to make me play amy game that exists

[@DukeofGrease]

While we are on the subject of music, I would like you to know that whenever I hear 'Fool or Clown' I just instantly think 'GekkoSquirrel', and I hope that makes you happy bro

[@ksad96]

This but "Ordinary Days" for me.

[@GodOfOrphans]

How did you not bring up Bang getting his own super hero theme for Fu Rin Ka Zan during the music change segment? I burst out laughing so hard it nearly cost me the match when I first did that.

[@Shirojyuu]

Very surprised to not see the Dynamic Music System from Them's Fightin' Herds brought up here. When your character is winning, the entire song shifts to a mix using the leitmotif and instruments associated with you character. Additionally, upon the end of a round, the song transitions to the next variation of the melody with a fill that references the victor's leitmotif. This is done for every one of the seven characters in the game. On top of that, the character select music adds in elements of the character's leitmotifs depending on who each player is hovered over. 1P's hovered character's melody is added to the mix, and 2P's hovered character's background instruments are added beneath it. TFH's music is so fun to listen to.

[@catowarmeowson9964]

Its a cool system to be sure but most people have not even heard of the my little pony fighting game let alone played it

[@Shirojyuu]

@@catowarmeowson9964 This is the point of bringing it to attention for the general public. GS has brought up TFH in the past, so it's not as if he hasn't heard of it.

[@kinghearts4497]

I have to say Testament's theme from Guilty Gear X is just godly. When I fought him for the 50th time I started paying attention to his theme and was rocking out to it. Amazing build up, transition, and main "chorus" when the fight drags out.

[@Lyrune]

I think what separates Yang's music change to others is that there's little to no condition to unlock it. Unless the entire round is played without her getting to low life, you're going to hear "I Burn" in nearly every single match with her in it. Listen, I love that theme as much as the next RWBY fan (which is a lot, btw) but when it plays in virtually every game, you tend to get sick of it fast, especially when the situation that causes said theme to play isn't really that exciting. You don't enter a cool install, or land an Ultra combo, or even activate Resonance Blaze. You just reach low HP. That's it.

[@Silvershire]

Soulcalibur's music needs more love. Under the Star of Destiny, Confrontation, and Raise Thy Sword among others are masterpieces.

[@CaliburDS]

Soul Calibur has some of the best songs in all fighting games and people kinda sleep on it.

[@noBody-ue6cs]

I agree and I do have a playlist set aside in my iTunes for soul calibur

[@dotjretion]

I feel Rock Parade and Hakumen's theme in BBCF are tied as my favourite fighting game music tbh. Crawl's also dope as hell.

[@isucc724]

man really went over Them Fightin' herds and that one has dynamic music

[@Michirin9801]

8:04 "If you've ever played fighting games you know how landing something sick on the beat feels" Yeah, I know, that's why I love rhythm games so much lol

[@MysteryMedia2001]

I think my favourite fighting game theme is actually the character select music from under night. It goes way harder than it needs to

[@chilidaddy1117]

Easily my favorite song in fighting games is Eltnum's theme Blood Drain Again from Undernight. It's crazy how different and insanely more hype it is to its original version in Melty Blood. Especially that guitar solo shakes me to the core everytime I hear it man.

[@Skallva]

Ngl I think the og Blood Drain is more hype

[@berneyslfc]

I BURN is one of the main reasons why I played Yang in BBTAG I loved whenever I got on low health and got to hear it.

[@Rytifox]

I got into KI (2013) purely because of the TJ Combo theme. It is the first and only fighting game I've played competitively and the community is wonderful for it. I've had the honor of getting my butt handed to me by MBA Banemobius, Wheels, SonicDolphin, Blind, and Nicky. I listen to this rockin' soundtrack all the time with my personal favorite track actually being the Champion of Sanghelios theme. Everytime I log in to a fighting game I get to think about how I wouldn't be if it weren't for Mick Gordon. Now I'm working on Rivals of Aether and having a blast as well. KI soundtrack is still my favorite game soundtrack of all time tho

[@Gilbot9000]

Bro, I teach IT skills and when the students have practical exercises or tests I *totally* bust out the fighting game jams to pump them up and help them to focus and pass the time. To answer your question about favorite themes, tho... Burly Heart, Armor Clad Faith: Potemkin has been my *main* fighting game character for years and is far and away my favorite fighting game character of all time. His themes suit him so well, and I've used them for hype tracks on morning commutes for years. Drift, Battle Cry, The Kiss of Death: The themes for Happy Chaos, Anji, and Goldlewis are in the queue after Potemkin's. I just love these. I love how Drift goes through so many style changes, I love the energy and themes in Battle Cry, and The Kiss of Death's opening lines play in my head every time my bosses at work give me a difficult task to do. Just more great hype music. Do It Now!: Jago's theme from the original SNES Killer Instinct is the stand out example from that entire franchise. It's never left my head since the 90s and is my pre-stream hype song. You Blow My Mind: Dudley's theme from 3rd Strike is so smooth. Just oozing style like the man himself. Classy, confident. It's just the best.

[@Ninmyst]

Potemkin's theme from GG1 (In Slave's Glory) is my FAVORITE Guilty Gear track.

[@calebesousa4945]

my favorite music gimmick in fighting games is the ky them in xrd, when he lose a round by an instant kill or is takes 5 knockdowns, his hair changes and the theme changes to a remix of his holly orders. is just an "OW SHIT NOW IT'S THE ENDGAME" moment

[@dawnerb9737]

Devil May Cry does the dynamic music/chorus thing too, where as you're playing through the game as each character, it plays a stopped down version of each character's theme, until you play stylishly enough to get an S, SS, or SSS rank, in which it suddenly cuts to the chorus of the full song. This is no longer stripped down, so you could be playing Vergil, keeping concentration up, and finally land a Judgement Cut End. Right as all the enemies launch and you sheathe your sword, it cuts to I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING and you feel like an absolute fucking badass

[@rappa4022]

i like that at 1:56 you can hear that hes speaking with a smile on his face and i love it

[@frankaxe6700]

I FINALLY KNOW WHAT THAT THEME IN YOUR VIDEOS ARE NOW! FINALLY

[@Jojo171_]

what is it? please I need it in my life

[@Jojo171_]

NVM found it thanks to shazam

[@HatsunPidgeon]

Leeroy Smith theme when the final round starts just just gives me come back energy

[@tobykassulke2385]

Tekken 4 has dynamic music which i rarely hear talked about. When you ko an opponent the music changes, like in the shinjuku stage it blares the sexy sax part of the music track. Each stage also has background ambience, in the airport stage you can hear the intercom and the plane sounds which become louder as you fight closer to them in the stage. Tekken 7 kinda does a similar thing with the final round tracks, it focuses on the hype that comes with the last round, the music changes to basically a more intense remix of the first round track which gets you PUMPED.

[@tacocell4542]

Babe wake up, gekko uploaded

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

He can label and shit on us again oh boy

[@PositiveBlackSoul]

Tekken 7 - the themes for Cave of Enlightenment and Infinite Azure In general the beat drop when you go into Round 3 and everything get's more intense.

[@zebra972]

In KoF are various matchups themes, oh god, the ralf vs clark its so cool

[@michelebenedetti7507]

What's my favourite song from a fighting game? Idk I bought Strive because I liked "armorclad faith" "let me carve you way" and "alone infection" that much...

[@Spooks_FGC]

Now don’t tell anyone this, but fighting game music is basically all I have been listening to for like 3 years now.

[@Elementroar]

The game does absolutely nothing new with its music but, I can always recognize the Bloody Roar 2 theme. And Long's theme.

[@VoermanIdiot]

Pretty much any music from the Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha series of games absolutely slaps. You can tell it's themes that belong to Street Fighter characters since they retain a lot of the original theme's, well, themes, but it's so distinctly Arika-sounding.

[@caby202]

somehow Brawls, Final Destination music is one of those songs I Thoroughly enjoy, so much so that when im practicing something else not even fighting games, i still sometimes use it with headphones on.

[@123Broney]

Yang’s special power (semblance) in the show is that she rages, the more you hit her, the stronger and tougher she becomes. That’s why she has that power in blazblue.

[@OGamelon]

kof xi queen goes hard, also wished you mentioned akuma getting a ko with raging demon for music change (stops the music after a sick super and the abruptness just adds to the impact)

[@azuredragon8388]

I know nobody’s gonna see this but Cagliostro’s theme, while it’s not necessarily timed to an install, it perfectly represents her personality of looking cute first and then being a mad scientist with no boundaries then back to cute. I’d recommend hearing it if you haven’t already, it’s perfect for the character

[@lester4532]

Tekken 7 also has this thing where the stage aesthetics and music changes as you get to the second half of the match. (OR probably three rounds in a FT3 set)

[@p99chan99]

Music is mostly hit or miss, some are just really crappy dubstep, I mostly have the music off for when I'm playing and play something else. Such a shame tbh.

[@calmun1619]

'Ain't nothing like a Funky beat' is the BEST song in all of fighting games and you cannot prove me wrong

[@ewangallagher]

I like in Them's Fighting Herds that each character is assigned as specific insturment and melody that changes the select screen depending on who is selected, and then that specific instrument plays in round two when that character wins the first round as a way to tell they're closer to winning than the opponent. TFH is (almost, probably) up there with Killer Instinct as its way to integrate music into the gameplay. Also, music changing when new stuff happens? That's been a thing since PAC-MAN or Donkey Kong when you grab a power pellet or a hammer. I guess it just plays much better in fighting games?

[@supermario863]

The music doesn't just change specifically when transitioning to round 2 it happens in the middle of the round if one of the characters is winning.

[@jandamz1119]

​@@supermario863 to add to that, the activation of when the music shifts in a match also occurs when: = A player manages to go over a 15 - 20 hit combo (I'm not sure the exact number but basically a long combo) = A player uses super (whether it hits or not I'm not sure) = Both players idle (shifts to idle version of stage theme)

[@dado_the_dodo1558]

Music in fighting games is one of the coolest subjects but sometimes not so many people care. We literally have Arcsystem who takes more time on the music production then in the balance of their games (just kidding love guilty gear and persona 4 ) Honestly everytime a new guilty gear character is announced i mostly look forward to the bangers that Daisuke and Naoki make

[@kana_emiya]

I've definitely looked across the sea and thought "damn I'd be able to buy things if I was in America or Canada"

[@tortoisesoup16]

Tekken 4 - Bit Crusher (Shinjuku) Tekken 7 - Heat Haze, Shadow Tekken 7 - Moonsiders (Infinite Azure) Tekken 7 - Aloneness TTT2 - Heavenly Garden Third Strike - You Blow My Mind (Dudley) Third Strike - The Longshoreman (Oro) Third Strike - Killing Moon (Akuma) GG X - Momentary Life GG Xrd -SIGN- Heavy Day BB Centralfiction - Stand Unrivaled GG Strive - Mirror of the World GG Strive - Drift GG Strive - Necessary Discrepancy Antinomy of Common Flowers - Tonight Stars an Easygoing Egoist Antinomy of Common Flowers - Night Falls ~ Evening Star Hisoutensoku - 霊知の太陽信仰 ~ Nuclear Fusion These are a few of my favourite tracks in fighting games. All bangers

[@lucassworldofletsplays9270]

Does the Sheep Count the Sheep? from Guilty Gear Xrd is my personal favorite. It just fits so well with Bedman's character while also being a Certified Banger™️.

[@scarfummunchum5333]

Fausts there in strive is one of the best things I’ve heard period and I will not be taking any questions

[@themphantom9138]

8:45 YANG THEME! YANG GOING BURN!! This is why I love Cross Tag Battle

[@malik2978]

My favorite fighting game track currently is "Roar Of The Spark" Ky's theme from GG StrIVe . That song hit an emotional core with me and has not let go 🔥🔥

[@aquaos]

Part 2 of Music in Fighting Game pls. I have only recently got into Fighting Game due to Melty Blood and GG Strive so I am learning so much of the sicko music across the mediums

[@LatteSoul3603]

Another amazing video, I’m honestly not sure how you manage to make an amazing video like this every week, but you’re absolutely killing it with all your videos!

[@laxxnacken2129]

Music is the reason why I started to play fighting games

[@PowerArmorV113]

10:56 Oh, it's simple. People in the RWBY universe get powers from birth due to the surrounding Dust, Yang basically has berserk mode that activates when she gets damaged, even when it's just her hair.

[@kccts44]

I have gotten a lot of music from your videos haha. Thank you.

[@uhobme2028]

Manji Valley, Anger of the Earth, Mystical Forest Tekken 6 is filled with gems

[@butteradult]

Easily my favorite is the man himself, the man who died in battle and lived to tell the tale, BANG SHISHIGAMI!!!

[@miguel_H.C]

No UNI mention in this video, Ratio + Raito Nah, apart from the joke, this year I got truly into FG basically after hearing Xrd's OST for the first time, and this video made justice to what makes them so good. Amazing work as always, keep it up!

[@KickedBackL]

Alex and Ken’s theme from 3rd strike will always be one of my favorite fighting game tracks, it has inspiration from my favorite genres, and it played in the clip that got me to take fighting games seriously, Evo moment #37 babyyyy. The song is just iconic and nostalgic

[@fortepiano4491]

Might have been Stockholm Syndromed into loving Endless Despair both I and II fighting unlimited Hazama so many times, but it's so good I don't even care.

[@alvred9065]

When Yang goes into low health and gets stronger, that’s her semblance which lets her get stronger the more damage she takes in the show.

[@Jackrost01]

In Killer Instinct if you both stay still and do nothing for minute - classic theme will start playing

[@KillaCheeto56]

I've lost track of the amount of times I've listened to KoF 13's soundtrack. My favourite song from the game is definitely Each Promise which is Team Elisabeth's theme.

[@chrisrez1526]

Dude the music of both GG Strive and BBCF were the reason I bought these games

[@scrappydrake4683]

In Awesomenauts, if you go on a killing spree, the game starts playing your character's theme song. Also Cross Thought plays in UNI when Chaos is fighting Gordeau and it's so clearly gay and I love itttttt

[@darkraidragon4865]

Blazblue has so many good songs. Nightmare Fiction will forever be my favorite fighting game song.

[@GerardoSantana]

I mean. Guile's theme at this point is synonymous with comebacks. Esaka Continues and the theme for Elizabeth's team in kof13 are great. Akuma's theme in sf3 3rd strike Gill's theme in sf5 which is a remix of one of his sf3 themes is fantastic. Dudley has a great one. Jazzy NYC is classic Rock Howard. Tekken has loads of bangers Cody/Haggar's theme. KI has bangers everywhere. I can listen to Suck a Sage, Chipp's theme all day pretty much every one who plays fighting games recognizes the themes of everyone from sf2

[@s_factor_sam]

The 'musical combo' aspect of the KI ultras was actually first done 6 years prior, by a little-known fighting game-beat 'em up hybrid game on the Nintendo DS called Draglade. Draglade had this thing called a Beat Combo, in which you could customize what musical notes comprise it and need to be hit in rhythm when you've built up enough resource and activate it in combat. The more accurately you hit the beats, the more damage it does. It was really neat, and the game was one of my favorites on DS. It even had online versus, and I almost got top 100 in the global Ranked leaderboard before the online playerbase dried up. Sadly, there was a sequel made that never left Japan.

[@its_yaya5782]

My favorite FG song is probably Cutting Edge from KOF 2002 Unlimited Match. I haven’t actually played the game, but the soundtrack alone might make me.

[@_ADiSSY]

King Dedede's brawl theme I guess, if you want full on originated from a fighting game then it's Mr. Top Player

[@ruzma3927]

How dare you not talk about TFH The dynamic music system in that thingo kinda nuts, man, they made variants for every stage track, for every character, when they land a sick combo or a super + Intro calls and responses for every character, for every stage +Character wins a round, for every stage +Character wins match, for every stage +final round variations (+an "idle" version of the track for when nobody's doing anything or in training mode) Hell, you can hear it on the character select screen alone, with P1 and P2 specific instruments And that's just multiplayer, story mode also has stuff like that everywhere Like, that is as much work as it sounds like Admittedly, there is a "lite" version of it for certain stages, but still. Shit is INVIGORATING when it happens, game essentially playin' your theme when you do good

[@sonofsparda9739]

My favorite fighting game theme is crawl

[@ImR3DACT3D]

Strive is literally just a constantly increasing rock album that comes with one of the best fighting games of all time for free

[@sanogku474]

so glad to have some P4AU footage on this channel, with the Pc port :D

[@sencrowe680]

Glad to know im not the only one who scream lyrics while the fight is happening

[@kerricaine]

while it might not be all great for fighting games, RWBY has some fantastic music. what probably would've made the yang mechanic work better is if instead of switching to "i burn" for the rest of the match, it was just for a short time, and maybe limit it to the chorus and rap breakdown in the middle of the song. in the show her power is that she can absorb kinetic energy and dish it back out; the more she gets hit, the stronger she hits back. honestly seems like a perfect fit for a fighting game mechanic.

[@hyperblaziken6572]

I like the imagine this scenario: There are 2 friends playing blazblue for the first time, one of them picks ragma a couple of times and likes the character and his theme, the same happnes to the other player but with hazama, then they decide to pick them in the same match, and when the match starts, just as they're expecting either ragna or hazama's theme to play, suddently Nightmare Fiction starts to play, they both enter a state of ecstasy and orgasm

[@ziggy964]

Some of the best Fighting game music has to come from MvC2 with its unique jazz soundtrack! The amount of nostalgia connected to some of these songs

[@dado_the_dodo1558]

My favorite fighting game theme is between Trigger form Giovanna and Electronica in the Velvet room for persona 4 Arena

[@Slimeade]

I know someone's gonna go off on a tangent arguing how this 'shouldn't count', but Smash Bros has a few interesting quirks with the music that's worth mentioning: One of the first ones to bring up is a classic, the Street Fighter stage, Suzaku Castle, also comes with a music gimmick. If you select any Street Fighter 2 original track (So not including the Ryu, Ken, Guile or Vega remixes), upon reaching a last stock situation, the music actually shifts to the low health variants of those tracks. Another stage with a music gimmick is Mario Maker, which with a specific music setting, changes music as it changes art style, meaning it can change between the Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World or New Super Mario Bros style music mid match. It's not just stages changing the music, but music can also change the stage. Selecting certain Splatoon tracks on Moray Towers actually sets the stage into night time mode, and on the Persona stage, Mementos, the overall colour scheme is affected by the music you pick, Persona 3 music changes the stage blue, and Persona 4 music changes the stage yellow. This also leads into an incredibly specific character mechanic with Joker, where winning on this stage with Joker with Persona 3 or Persona 4 music changes the colour of his victory animation and also changes his victory theme. On the subject of victory themes, Joker and Cloud Strife are the only characters with the luxury of having victory themes that infinitely loop. A more obscure music quirk is with Stage Morph, the mechanic that allows you to select two stages at once and have the game warp between them mid match. Because many stages in Smash have different music, this leads to a situation of 'What happens when the stage changes?'. Rather than the music starting over from the beginning, when the stage morphs, the music all starts at the 'loop points' to immediately get into the more active parts of the music without the buildup. Similar thing is done with Sudden Death mode too. And a very small but still very neat one, Banjo's rapid jab actually follows the rhythm of the Banjo Kazooie theme.

[@KuroShiiiro]

Arc Sys has GODDDDLY music 🙏🏽 Persona, Blazblue, Guilty Gear... full of bangers

[@julianacaton9199]

Favourite song from a fighting game is easily Out of the Box by NAOKI. I don't know what else to say that shit slaps hard.

[@Ohmargod]

Haven’t seen the video yet, but by everything holy and powerful, if you don’t talk about the MvC2 soundtrack, I will personally spam “WHERE WAS MVC2????” on each and every video of yours until the end of time.

[@xXZexionVIXx]

Was chillin, laid back listening to the video and then jumped up and started singing rock parade in unison 😅

[@HackFraudWizard]

not enough people appreciate the commitment to the Rock Parade intro. well done

[@Tribow]

incredible restraint in not talking about the song used in his outro.

[@jojoreferences7766]

Nick was what got me into fighting games. Thank you for mentioning him, ilysm Gekko

[@THEpinknekos]

I love the music in Melty Blood. Rhythmical Bustle, Beat from Melty Blood, Kara No Kyoukai, Elegant Summer, and Tatakae! Bokurano Mech Hisui! are a few of my favorite tracks from that game~

[@p99chan99]

Melty Bloods original op, is by far the best opening for any fighting game imo. Also the tracks Very slow life, Basilica, Physical Style, and all the tracks for the VS screen from ReACT to Actress again slaps so hard.

[@junicure6962]

My favorite FG song has to be either Emotionless passion from tekken 2 or any song from Evil zone (yeah evil zone kinda sucked as a game, but the music was honestly great for 6 year old me and i still love it today)

[@thegouge4284]

My two favorites are actually the character select themes from Skullgirls and UNI Any time I hear either of them I feel like I'm about to style on someone

[@cheshirect]

You missed a few things lol. In MvC when one team goes to their last char the music changes to hype up the potential turn around. In Blazblue when Bang uses this instal super the music changes to his super cheesy super hero anime music. In Guilty Gear Strive whenever there is a counter hit the music skips and then slowly transitions back to the normal speed.

[@bigbrimstone]

Im shook that you didnt mention the pinnacle of FG music Ordinary days V2