Pokémon Music - All Elite Four Battle Themes from the Core Series

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

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[@coopinatormusic6214]

1, 2: It's just the Gym Leader theme. 4: It's the Gym Leader theme, but spicy. 3, 6, 8: This is it, your journey is near its goal! Keep pushing! 5, 7, 9: *_We are going to beat you to death_*

[@zebimicio5204]

Last one checks out

[@Robin_Glorb]

8: it's the gym leader theme, but spicy-er

[@coopinatormusic6214]

@@Robin_Glorb There's enough difference to make it distinct in my eyes, while 4 changes none of the note mapping at all, and just changes the pitch and a few instruments.

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

For those interested, here’s my personal tier list (not counting rehashes of Gym Leader themes) 5. Alola (though the Smash Bros arrangement slaps!) 4. Kalos 3. Paldea 2. Hoenn 1. Unova

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Here's mine: 5. Kalos 4. Paldea 3. Hoenn 2. Unova 1. Alola

[@leniyati]

Xy criminaly underrated

[@YorkieEaterNick]

I think that the main reason it gets hate is because the post game was so dull. There's almost no point in playing after beating the Pokémon League (which was disappointingly easy). I enjoyed the main story, but not as much as the Unova games the gen before.

[@Starslayer777]

Let's be real here all of them are good

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

This

[@Cammers]

I mean.... Generation 4's exists. A worse version of an already quite underwhelming theme.

[@TotallyNotZyph3r]

Damn straight Starslayer.

[@banzaialex5984]

​@Cammers how is the gen 4 gym leader theme "underwhelming" imo it's the best gym leader theme and it's not even close

[@Cammers]

@@banzaialex5984 Okay. I was meant to say trash, not underwhelming. If you meant to say worst gym leader theme that'd be correct.

[@The1RealVoltican]

I fucking swear… Unova region had the clappiest sound track in any Pokémon game…

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

Straight facts

[@The1RealVoltican]

@@SilvuddyPkmnMusic well it’s getting a reboot this year with the new clarity of the speakers from the switch. [DID NOT HEAR IT FROM ME]

[@Mewtwo_150]

​@@The1RealVoltican no it's not It's getting a shitty remake on Nintendo's next console. GameFreak is already working on Gen 10 on whatever it'll be

[@lilylilaha]

@@The1RealVoltican Not a chance, it's way too soon

[@Mohaowl34]

No it's not, it's legends za​@@Mewtwo_150

[@austinuren3807]

21:56 Hoenn getting some love in Unova’s theme!!

[@SaltheSalleyface]

Indigo (Kanto & Johto) 00:01: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version 01:52: FireRed/LeafGreen Version 03:53: Let's Go, Pikachu!/Eevee! Version 05:45: Gold/Silver/Crystal Version 08:07: HeartGold/SoulSilver Version Hoenn 10:29: Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Version 12:32: Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire Version Sinnoh 14:34: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Version 17:35: Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl Version Unova 20:36: Black / White / Black 2 / White 2 Kalos 23:28: X/Y Alola 28:04: Sun / Moon / Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon Galar* 30:05: Sword/Shield Bede's Interruption 32:48: Sword/Shield League Finals Paldea 39:30: Scarlet/Violet

[@bigrockerending7711]

My rough personal ranking (from least to most favorite): (not counting Kanto & Johto for hopefully obvious reasons. Also not counting Bede) -Sinnoh (BDSP > DPPt) -Unova -tossup between Hoenn (ORAS > RSE) & Kalos -Alola -Galar -Paldea

[@OverlordZeroULTIMA]

My fave used to be Hoenn until Alola came in. xD So I guess if I'm not counting the reused ones and Kanto/Johto, I'd say something like this: 1. Alola 2. Hoenn 3. Unova (adding the sprites' "dancing" made it even better!) 4. Kalos 5. Paldea 6. Galar Otherwise, the only changes would be Sinnoh being 3, and Kanto/Johto (the remade ones) around 4, then everyone else moving down from there. :P

[@CrimsonDevil_Rias]

RGBY's Gym Leader battle theme only plays for Lance. Everyone else receives the regular Trainer battle theme. And note for the Kalos Elite Four Battle Theme: It actually plays for the Battle Maison's Battle Chatelaines as well.

[@Juelz607]

I think I got the glitch i've never heard that full theme before in my life

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

I did too…

[@punamagarwal909]

my rankings 1)Hoenn 2)Alola 3)Unova 4)Kalos

[@kamen_danil2024]

I want someone to make a video like this but with the music from Masters EX

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

One day I will make "DX" versions of all of these that include remixes and original tracks from spin-offs like Masters EX. In the mean time, I think there are some videos on KZbin called like "Evolution of X Theme" and might feature the Masters EX remixes of some themes!

[@kamen_danil2024]

@@SilvuddyPkmnMusic thank you so much for the answer. I'll be looking forward to it!

[@KingKayro87]

My stance on all the Elite Four themes: Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh just reuse the Gymleader themes. I'd say of the best versions of each of the three Gymleader themes, I'd say Johto (HGSS) is the cream of the crop, while Kanto (LGP&E) is second place, and then Sinnoh (BDSP) is a distant third. Hoenn's is solid. I never liked the GBA soundfont, but the ORAS version is really good. Unova's is probably the best in my opinion. Instead of being like a suped-up version of the Gymleader theme like the previous gens or making an equally positive sounding theme to the Gymleader theme much like Hoenn, Unova took the route of being terrifying. Instead of instilling the feeling of "Alright, we're in the homestretch! Let's get it going!" It instead makes you feel like you're about to get killed, like it's life or death as opposed to now or never. Kalos is fine. Not my favorite, but it's still quite good. Just wish it got to the good part sooner, since the fights are so short in-game. Just under Hoenn for me. Alola on the other hand feels a bit tryhard-y. It's like it's trying to instill the same feeling of fear as Unova, but the weird spooky-sounding instruments make it sound kinda bad. I still like it, but it's probably the weakest of the Elite Four themes barring the Gymleader theme repeats. Galar tried to do a similar approach to Hoenn, being a theme that's similar in feeling to the Gymleader theme, yet still being much more powerful than said theme. The difference here is that the Galar one starts off really good, but then goes to shit once it reaches the higher key, then even worse with the cheering. I never liked the higher-pitch portion or cheering portion of the Galar Gymleader theme, and the same can be said for the Elite Four. I know it makes sense in terms of atmosphere, but it's just so corny. I'm debating putting it below Alola, but that beginning portion is just good enough that it barely manages to tie with it. Paldea is in a similar boat to Alola, in that it's trying to be like Unova but doesnt meet the mark. The difference is that Paldea actually gets kinda close with it. I really like this one. It is quite menacing and powerful, and it definitely feels like I'm under a lot of pressure here. It's like I'm in the God damn SATs if the SATs involved beating the shit out of people. Not as good as Unova or Hoenn, but still very good. So the final ranking is as follows: 9: Sinnoh (BDSP) 8: Kanto (LGP/LGE) 7: Johto (HGSS) 6+5: Alola (SM/USUM) & Galar (SWSH) 4: Kalos (XY) 3: Paldea (SV) 2: Hoenn (ORAS) 1: Unova (BW/B2W2) Like I said, those three are at the bottom because of the fact that they're repeats, not because they're actually bad. If we change the list based on how they sound, however, it's as follows: 9: Sinnoh (BDSP) (I really just don't like this theme at all) 8+7: Alola (SM/USUM) & Galar (SWSH) 6: Kalos (XY) 5: Paldea (SV) 4: Kanto (LGP/LGE) 3: Hoenn (ORAS) 2: Johto (HGSS) (Best Gymleader theme by far) 1: Unova (BW/B2W2) (GEN 5 SWEEEEEEEEP!!!)

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

Wow, I absolutely love the detail here! I pretty much agree with everything you said too

[@Judicious3]

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[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

Thank you! I always try to do a good gob

[@MonkeSle]

Top 5 here we go I'm not including the first two that snuck in as gym leader themes pretending to be more important than who they were but still kinda being bops 1. Hoenn, honestly the drums on the new mix help elevate that to another level 2. Unova, banger track, fits right in with the whole "it's our job to jump you" thing 3. Sinnoh, I feel like although BD/SP was severely rushed the elite four mix here does enough different to warrant calling it a different theme, and a pretty good one at that too. It'd be like me adding power rock to the Johto elite four, just epic stuff. 4. Kalos, just some good synths and guitar tbh 5. Paldea, although it at times almost seems to switch into a Sinnoh-esque theme with the guitar, I think it does enough right to warrant a spot here As for Alola, it is NOT on the playlist sorry lol even if it fits I mean just no boppage here. Galar is just a worse gym leader theme, I shake in my boots more when I hear the regular gym leader theme intro playing alone because it's just *better.* And again, sorry to all my Gen 1 and 2 homies, but it ain't my fault they didn't bless you with more Battle! themes.

[@TheAzulmagia]

Huh. I never could get past the Safari Zone as a kid in Pokémon Red, so my first time finishing Kanto was FR/LG. I didn't realize only Lance had the Gym Leader music originally.

[@segasonic4952]

paldea elite four sounds like galar and unova mixed together

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

I think more like Kalos and Unova mixed together but I see what you mean

[@lilylilaha]

Unova's was my absolute favorite up until I played Scarlet, Paldea's is just so good

[@neiiko5712]

I got the 5 second loop sound glitch so it’s permanently ruined for me 😭

[@Elekeon]

Same but it made it more menacing ahaha, I remember I was like "there's NO WAY this is the actual theme" @@neiiko5712

[@Demi-Joker]

Here's my ranking, not counting Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh for obvious reasons: 6: Kalos 5: Hoenn 4: Galar 3: Alola 2: Unova 1: Paldea Including, it would be: 9: Kanto 8: Johto 7: Kalos 6: Hoenn 5: Galar 4: Alola 3: Sinnoh 2: Unova 1: Paldea

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

Sinnoh has one now because of BDSP

[@blitzbase]

S/V Elite Four’s music prelude with that 8-bit stuff genuinely felt like a modern Terraria song

[@gadget8637]

They're all good. But Black and White are top tier

[@Bravidunno]

The theme you picked for RBY only plays when facing Lance

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

Ah!! I had actually forgotten about that when making this video. I’ll leave a note in the description, but actually having Lorelei there still works best because Lance becomes a champion for GSC and I use his portrait in the Champion Battle Themes video on my channel, and FRLG and LGPE do still use the Gym Leader theme for all E4 battles. Thank you for pointing that out!

[@averge1026]

Kalos’s Elite Four kinda sounds like Dusk Mane/Dawn Wings theme

[@exoticgaming6862]

I just realized if you lower the pitch in the dp elite four it will sound like the gym theme. I tried it in audio stretch😂

[@volcanakashi]

My personal tier list from top and down: 1. Hoenn 2. Alola 3. Paldea 4. Unova 5. Sinnoh 6. Johto 7. Kanto 8. Kalos 9. Galar

[@MrManfred72]

My Personal top 9 9 Galar This remix is really Bad should have kept they Gym leader theme instead 8 Johto IT is just not that how a elite four bastle feels like to basic 7 Unova IT is very intimidating but also Hard to hear for a long time 6 Sinnoh The BDSP remix is good But a unique theme would fit the hardest elite four better 5 Kalos The silent tones make this theme really eerie how IT must be against strong Trainers with no megas 4 Paldea A great example how i imagine a music for the elite Four they did a good Job here 3 Kanto LetsGo Version I love LetsGo's music and this is fantasic completely perfect 2 Alola That is really good Song the silent parts makes IT so good to be AT this spot 1 Hoenn ORAS version I Can Not say anything here IT is absolultly perfect will be hard to top this in future

[@Wink_0ni]

Hey, maybe you should take a look to Pokemon Masters EX Elite 4 theme. Elite 4 trainer from Kanto to Alola have their own theme.

[@antoinebonney6772]

5 and 7 made have Vietnam level flashbacks

[@josecadenas4526]

Gen 5 be like: "if it ain't broken, don't fix it".

[@TheUltraKekster]

I keep forgetting that X/Y is B A S S

[@madisonreynolds3113]

10:59

[@madisonreynolds3113]

11:21

[@ildesu789]

1. Unova 2. Kalos 3. Alola 4. Paldea 5. Hoenn

[@PeñaniesApollin]

😢@que?

[@geoshmeo1900]

A bit of a fun fact about the Alola E4 theme: its actually a remix of a FE theme, that theme being "Together We Ride". Albeit the remix is slowdowned so it can be hard to tell

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

No it's not. Don't spread misinformation. They just share a common cord progression that's litterally it!

[@geoshmeo1900]

@@TopOfAllWorlds . The song is almost 1:1 with together we ride, don't know how else to tell you kiddo.

[@catalyst539]

@@geoshmeo1900 Pokemon is not developed by the same devs who make FE. Stop coping.

[@geoshmeo1900]

@@catalyst539 I'm not coping??? But they are both nintendo games, and nintendo games do use themes from other nintendo games often in the form of remixes

[@remnant24]

Tier list: S: Kanto, Johto A: Kanto (FRLG), Hoenn (ORAS) B: Sinnoh (BDSP), Johto (HGSS), Hoenn C: Sinnoh D: Paldea E: Galar, Alola F: Unova, Kalos

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

Bro’s tryna catch hands putting Unova that low 💀

[@remnant24]

@@SilvuddyPkmnMusic It's all good, I can take a punch. 😉

[@Fl0shy]

Unpopular opinion Hoenn elite 4 theme is mid at best

[@Ale-nw4mb]

My top 1 is HG and SS Don't cry Unova Rats