Top 50 Best JRPG Boss Battle Themes OF ALL TIME!

[@ErickLandonRPG]

Number 27: Chrono Cross - The Brink of Death has been muted because of copyright. Sorry about that.

[@prehistoricman864]

Well you better correct it again with Gades theme 😅.

[@Freedom_84]

you still couldnt be bothered to put time stamps?

[@erichthegraham]

@@Freedom_84 Got you fam, literally just rolled my eyes and started doing it.

[@isaaccollins4533]

No Decesive battle from Final Fantasy 6, that theme is iconic

[@narius_jaden215]

@@Freedom_84 While I definitely wish he'd do that, I also feel like this comment is unnecessary hate.

[@senarmstrongfanaccount]

since there are no timestamps: #50 0:05 Boss Battle theme - Final Fantasy IX #49 4:08 I'll Do It! - Breath of Fire II #48 5:09 Boss Battle theme - Lutia II: Rise of the Sinistrals #47 7:38 The Edge of Green - Radiant Historia #46 10:50 Deadly Temptation - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana #45 12:45 Ladder to Heaven - Shadow Hearts: Covenant #44 15:12 Laughter - Phantasy Star IV #43 18:06 Knight of Fire - Xenogears #42 20:48 One Who Gets in Our Way/An Obstacle in Our Path - Xenoblade Chronicles #41 24:03 Urabe Battle - Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers #40 25:22 Fefnir - Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia #39 27:20 Vitriolic a Stroke - Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean #38 30:09 Deep Carnival - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV #37 32:22 Battle Seeker - Shin Megami Tensei V #36 35:17 Grand Carnage - Lost Dimension #35 39:04 Force Your Way - Final Fantasy VIII #34 42:56 Master of Shadows - Persona 3 #33 46:29 Boss Battle theme - Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne #32 47:54 Challenge - Final Fantasy X #31 52:08 Dance of Death - The Last Story #30 56:33 Battle Threat - Oninaki #29 1:00:11 Flash Your Fighting Spirit - The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie #28 1:02:33 Daemon's Assault - Tales of Berseria #27 1:07:18 The Brink of Death - Chrono Cross #26 1:09:52 Evil Vampire King Battle - Okage: Shadow King #25 1:12:06 Mighty Obstacle - Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim #24 1:15:58 Dante Battle - Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne #23 1:18:56 Never Surrender - Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria #22 1:21:59 Formidable Enemy - The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero #21 1:24:08 Roar of Delirium - Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy #20 1:25:59 Eternity - Blue Dragon #19 1:29:51 Incoming - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 #18 1:33:51 Monstrum Spectrum - Ys IX: Monstrum Nox #17 1:37:04 Fight 2 - Final Fantasy II #16 1:39:22 Gothic Neclord - Suikoden II #15 1:43:35 Receive You the Hyperactive - Yakuza: Like a Dragon #14 1:48:18 Dominion - Eternal Poison #13 1:50:51 Fateful Confrontation - The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky #12 1:53:56 The Dark Colossus Destroys All - Nier #11 1:56:56 Moebius Interlink - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 #10 2:02:37 Overdosing Heavenly Bliss - The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd #9 2:04:55 Holders of Power - Ys I & II Chronicles #8 2:06:43 Battle B2 - Shin Megami Tensei IV #7 2:09:50 Unexpected Fight - Arc Rise Fantasia #6 2:12:37 The Darkest Nova - Legend of Mana #5 2:16:57 Deep Night - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor #4 2:19:49 Ruined Hallways - Eternal Poison #3 2:24:17 Quest Boss Battle - Persona 2: Innocent Sin #2 2:27:52 Boss Battle - Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse #1 2:30:09 Pain the Universe - Legend of Mana

[@leandrotuao1]

God bless your soul, men.

[@keepingatit3566]

what no lufia 2 sinistral theme ??

[@justinsommerfeldt7613]

Lutia? never heard of that before

[@thatlazywarlock3246]

For as many Atlus titles as there are on here, I'm surprised not a single one came from Etrian Odyssey. "End of the Raging Waves" is pure unadulterated jam.

[@chrisoffiong5049]

So much nostalgia going through this list, thank you for posting!

[@minilabyrinth]

39:45 ahhhhh its in my head I can hear the draw magic sound, and the BRRRZZZZZZ when you summon a GF, and then rapidly tapping square as fast as possible. Good times

[@deetee6554]

Or that sick ass noise Cerberus makes when those beams come out

[@gohauld236]

What I love about FF9s "Battle 2" is how it actually makes you feel like you're in danger during the fight. Most boss themes go for the "epic badass" route. FF9 makes you go ".... Oh fuck....."

[@NordofMN]

Love the varieties. Lots of stuff I never heard before, but very much enjoyed. I was mostly FF and a couple random titles. Mad respect for seeing Shadow Hearts here.

[@NordofMN]

Same. Also same on Shadow Hearts.

[@Crisisdarkness]

Thank you for making this great compilation, I have been quite surprised by what I have heard so far, excellent choice

[@bigr124]

No Legend of Legaia is criminal but still an awesome list.

[@narius_jaden215]

As a big fan of that game, I still can't say I'd put it in the top 50 music wise.

[@bigr124]

@@narius_jaden215the beauty of opinion I would.

[@jettolo]

You are a brave man to no put one winged angel at first place, nice selection btw

[@oscarcortinar2495]

Excelente videoooo!!!! Great compilation of JRPG tracks 💯

[@yakushi77]

Thank You! Justice served for 2 Underrated Soundtracks: 5:08 Lufia 2!!! 2:30:08 Legend of Mana!!! Too many videos with recent>modern + popular JRPGs and not enough from the underground works!

[@VaultF]

It's ok, I'll listen to this while I work again lol.

[@seanc786]

Enjoyed the original; back for more. You didn’t have to, but I’m sure we all appreciate the honesty. Love your videos and excited for more.

[@jamesoneavatar8644]

I've heard the Chrono Cross song multiple times recently. Just played it twice. I'm not surprised that Ys I&II is on here. It's the 1st RPG I remember having heavy metal music

[@akualung]

The regular and boss battle music in Final Fantasy Mystic Quest for the snes were pretty hard-rock/heavy inspired (with the logical limitations of the system not being able to fully emulate the sound of real instruments, obviously). And there's also that boss battle song in Blue Dragon in which Bruce Dickinson guest starred.

[@DarkSuo1]

excelent compilation, you even got VP2 here

[@Butheer]

For me #1 boss theme is from Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Its so epic.

[@narius_jaden215]

Moebius boss theme is a top ten banger for me.

[@lewis9s]

This list feels incomplete without Megalomania from Live A Live, but hey the No. 1 is also a Yoko Shinomura track so…

[@felipe636]

awesome collection. A chance to know the work from multiple composers!

[@UmbreonMessiah]

I knew Fateful Confrontation had to be on here...just not where. God was I happy.

[@VanMichael21]

Before back in the day i did not give much thought or give any credit to FF8 battle theme, but lately these yrs the more i listen to it, i just think it's friggin awesome. I mean i literally listen to it in loops all the time lol. Oh and FF2 battle theme has always been epic, never get tired of listening to that one.

[@NordofMN]

8 has a sneaky good soundtrack. And I'm with you on FF2.

[@johnboona4048]

The Divine Spirit of Language is still my favorite jrpg boss battle theme 🔥🔥🔥

[@Sceptera]

Nice to see alot of Ys games on this but I feel most of the earlier Ys games are not as much JRPGs. Also would like to mention some games not on the list: -"The world ends with you" boss them Panthera Cantus - Give Me All Your Love. - Many of the Atelier games have amazing music and a couple I feel worth mentioning: Mana Khemia 2- Verethraghna & Vanishing Mirage, Atelier Lydie&Suelle- Gemini Wing etc. Lots lol. -Blue Reflection - Toshitake -Hayabusa - Arknights Talulah boss - Towerfierce (not really JRPG but want to mention it)

[@КириллАксенов-п7э]

Azure Arbitrator from Ao no Kiseki, Shadowlord frome Nier Replicant, Perfect Steel of Zero from Hajimari no Kiseki and MANY more

[@erichthegraham]

Bro, I didn't even really like Nier: Automata that much, and never played OG/Replicant (yet), but the soundtracks for both of them are fire, and Keiichi Okabe might be my favorite thing about those games.

[@narius_jaden215]

Azure arbitrator is a final boss theme, dude. Did ya read the description?

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Saber's edge from FF13 is my #1 💯🔥

[@SkyKnightUprising]

Same!

[@nobgs4505]

I love how Recieve You is so goddamn good! It helps that the boss fight associated with it, Majima and Saejima, is one of the BEST in Yakuza LaD.

[@kamiltara]

I will listen it at work for sure, more pls:)

[@skeithaseoxd]

so many games i need to play... i started ff1 a few months ago and im on ff8, already played 10-15. then its atelier time

[@Scrublord4200]

No time stamps?

[@TheBigBadGRIM]

My emotions watching this:: - 50: Oh wow, the Boss Theme from my favorite video game! Sure it's dead last on here, but I love how the video starts with it and I'm just happy it's here! Hopefully the SMT4 theme makes it. I think it's the best. - 49-33: WTF??!! None of these are even close to FF9's theme! And where's the SMT4 theme?!! - 32: Okay, this is actually fucking good! I definitely didn't notice and appreciate this song when I rushed through FFX. - 31-17: Some highs and lows, but good overall. Still, nothing beats the FF9 theme or the SMT4 theme which hasn't been played yet. - 16: Gothic drip music. Good stuff! - 15-9: Nice tunes, but FF9 beats them all. - 8: DING DING DING. The winner here! - 7-1: These are strong contenders here for the best boss battle music. A good list overall. I HOPE this comes off as just playing around and not actually complaining. Sometimes my playful manner doesn't translate well through text. Sure, I would've placed the FF9 and SMT4 themes in the top 10, but I'm glad they made it on the list. The only two things I'd add are: (1) No Golden Sun music despite Motoi Sakuraba's songs getting on here AND tons of progressive rock. I was reminded of Golden Sun on too many occasions here, and (2) The "Gym Leader Battle" and "Last Battle" (Gary) themes from Pokémon Red & Blue. The beginning of that last song takes the breath out of you when you're confronted with Gary for one last time. I like your channel, by the way. I always look for JRPGs that I haven't discovered yet and I use channels like yours to find some. Now I've gotta look up Eternal Poison. :)

[@zanagi]

actually good playlist

[@VampireNoblesse]

need to do "50 best over world / dungeon Jrpg soundtracks" too

[@Kaitou1412Fangirl]

Definitely the dungeon one. There's such a variety in feelings for many tracks, and they sometimes really fit the area well, like the Towering Coral Forest from YSVIII or pretty much anything from Xenoblade.

[@silentlore2458]

@@Kaitou1412Fangirl Fallen Arm Night from DE could legitimately be played in any somber scene and work

[@rulif2092]

Quite a good list there! However I do miss some like the Rude/Reno boss theme from FF7 Remake that is THE best boss theme ever made in my opinion and some more Trails of boss themes adwell. Trails of Reveree has the best OST and boss themes of all Trails of games I think.

[@suzyocean7392]

The remake is no longer a JRPG, but an ARPG for the same reason that Nier isn't on this list.

[@turnbasedmemories]

Man, the first theme on here is one of my favorites. I wonder if I'll actually like all the other ones more.

[@tonybrown512]

Very nice. I know that this is specific to japanese games, but Battle Chasers Nightwar is a great turn based game that also has outstanding music. If you havent played it I highly recommend it.

[@Legushka]

Imagine not putting FF7 Jenova battle theme in the top 50

[@Legushka]

Or Wild Arms' awesome Zed battle theme. Or any of the Nier Automata's boss battle themes.

[@pyguy7]

Where the heck is "Fight with Seymour" from Final Fantasy X. one of the most catchiest boss themes easily a banger. It belongs right up there standing with the best of them and deserves to be in any top battle theme list.

[@NordofMN]

I love how it flows between epic, fun, and hinting at the slight desperation of needing to win. At least, that's how I interpreted it.

[@aetheruszhou1526]

Great music! A shame that "Daughter of the Dark God" from Octopath Traveler is not in the list. For me, it's an easy top 3.

[@dananism]

How is the battle music from the fight with Jecht not on this list AT ALL…..????

[@OneTrueBelmont]

You could easily fill this list with multiple selections from Yakuza: Like a Dragon but if you're going to pick one, Receive (and Turn) You is great.

[@dustpal]

Kind of surprised there’s no pinned comment with links to each entry or use of the KZbin feature to make each video segment….

[@prehistoricman864]

Whoa, now I fell like I should play Lost Dimension and a few others, might be a bit hard to get .

[@newgameaaaa]

My favorite boss battle theme is Final Fantasy Mystic quest.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

BRO! That's what I said! Too many people overlook that game's incredible soundtrack just because the game itself was pretty sub-par.

[@kalasatwater2224]

Knight of Fire and Master of shadows are my fave

[@sofianhady2685]

Dissapointed list at least for me, Luca Blight theme, FF tactic boss battle, FF type 0 boss battle, Wild arms 2 Lord Blazer, ToA Meaning of birth and many more that i personally think are way better than these list

[@bloody4558]

Of course we have Legend of Mana in the list. Personally I'd fill the top spots with Legend of Mana, that game's boss themes are nearly perfection itself, but great list

[@ctownsoldier]

Mario & Luigi Paper Jam, last fight against Bowser is pretty good. Feel like the Mario & Luigi series gets underappreciated.

[@JustMe-nf9ke]

Mario & Luigi Superstar has a boss theme based in FF2 same with Super Mario RPG v Culex

[@kievan1405]

Ys and legend of heroes has more impact of urgency feeling in ost than final fantasy

[@unlimitedquickworks7387]

THE EDGE OF GREEN

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Look, I know it's a game that a lot of JRPG fans are embarrassed to acknowledge exists, but you CANNOT go past Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest's boss theme, OK? It's against the law or something.

[@kittenoffire3325]

Agreed

[@kittenoffire3325]

Agreed

[@kittenoffire3325]

Agreed

[@kittenoffire3325]

Agreed

[@kittenoffire3325]

Agreed

[@JustMe-nf9ke]

That FInal Fantasy II dam

[@H0VA]

Secret of Mana "Danger" theme not being in top 10 is bogus

[@VampireNoblesse]

#50 starts off strong

[@ImPrettySureThisIsMax]

All of these are amazing, but my personal favorite jrpg boss theme and favorite song in gaming will always be One Winged Angel

[@NordofMN]

Totally understand, but I was always amused how I'm the only one of people I know that actually prefer the song before, from the first phase Sepheroth fight.

[@xelldincht4251]

You could easily make a Megaten top 30 or 40 list

[@calvinklein4973]

I love Neclords battle theme and Legend of Legaia

[@Killa1949]

The Edge of Green sounds like Kingdom Hearts

[@WillowEpp]

Wow, not a SINGLE SaGa song!? Nor Grandia nor Wild Arms... Guess it all comes down to what you've been exposed to?

[@randomplaya8950]

force your way

[@wolfnews1788]

One Who Gets in Our Path Definitive Edition >>>>> Original Version

[@RwnEsper]

Wow I am surprised to see Legend of Mana at #1. Not because it doesn't deserve it, but I think Erick doesn't love the game in general, and he'll be the first to admit bias affects his picks.

[@XerosigmaZ]

No parasite eve? 🤔

[@CSionni]

Premonition from FF8 Dragon God from Chrono Cross

[@davidw9468]

Whos the character in the thumbnail?

[@Gabath0t]

Lufia 2 should be higher imo

[@alexmorpheus6762]

Fact

[@DanielMajdanac]

pokemon pearl battle them versus cynthia is number 1

[@SpoonySamurai]

Fighting of the spirit from tales of phantasy and symphonia is mine.

[@milosretrogaming6191]

Oh yes, SMTIII song, also knows as Dog Barks.

[@alexlehrersh9951]

Ähm as a Persona and SMt fan there are so mutch better boss battle music out there Person 4 Fog SMT4 Fight against Isabel/ Archangel Battle ST4/A Polytheistic Alliance DS 2 Septembrions SMT 5 Archangle/ Abdiel fight

[@Hotsaucedeluxe]

Persona 4 "The Almighty" belongs here.

[@nobgs4505]

I feel like it would, if it didn't technically qualify as a final boss theme.

[@Yorigami32X]

YAKUZA 7 MENTIONED !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@elrufi]

Suikoden V Queen's knights boss battle theme

[@denslife16]

ys seven vacant interference should be number 1

[@Flavio311291]

this list is missing massive bangers like battle 5 from saga frontier

[@RFZ93]

No Persona 5?????

[@xjax8519]

Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis OST : Nefertiti, comon man )))

[@roginvillalta1108]

Nobuo uematsu the goat🔊💥🔥

[@EpycStory]

There is no Phyrna's music from epic battle fantasy series which easily can be at least in middle here. Kinda disappointed here

[@GtypeGaming1996201526]

it would've been a crime if Eternity wasn't here 1:25:59

[@SkyKnightUprising]

I was thinking the same thing, oddly enough.

[@luroc]

how to tell someone doesnt play SaGa games without getting told they dont play SaGa games. =P

[@OmegaMetroid93]

True, SaGa boss themes are insane haha

[@RockyLobster25]

Surprised not seeing Decisive Battle from Octopath Traveler :(

[@calvinc315]

Sorry. Stopped it at 0:05 because you had FF9 at #50.

[@syadorin]

nice!! BOF2 song

[@killverne9]

Top all of time but not Golden sun or Dragon Quest music ?😭😭

[@eliechaya9690]

Waow ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@miepsi4299]

Lufia beats every single one here

[@justinsommerfeldt7613]

facts

[@Zerinth]

no Nier Automata?? For reals? Didnt it win a bucketload of awards for its music? 😱

[@branvallindorm2490]

Nier Automata sure is made by a Japanese studio, but it is an A-RPG, so yeah, makes sense for me

[@RafaelLoki]

A beutiful song is sure a amazing song that makes battle epic!

[@Jobocite]

Nier Gestalts soundtrack is better. The original Shadowlord still goes hard

[@Zerinth]

@@branvallindorm2490 i thought that initially but he put NIER Dark Collossus on it at no 12 ...its no more or less a JRPG than the second one. 1:54:00

[@SorryIhavenonumber]

There’s no Megalovania

[@lazychill3112]

wow...no FF7

[@DirtyBobBojangles]

No list, guy? And no list guy? Lame

[@DieserJunge89]

Wow, how are #45 and #44 in this list at all? SO unpleasant to my ears..

[@ssjdennis6058]

2,5 hours is too much bro

[@mauricioandresgarciatapias4795]

pokemon its not a jrpg?

[@SpoonyBard88]

No bookmarks in the video? Wtf