For your reference:

FFIV's Zeromus Theme:


FFV's Battle (Clash) on the Big Bridge (Gilgamesh theme):


FFVI's Decisive Battle (Boss theme):


FFVI's Fierce Battle (Atma theme):


FFVI's Dancing Mad (Kefka battle):
Part 1

Part 2


FFVII's Aerith's Theme


FFVII's Those Who Fight Further / Still More Fighting (boss theme)


FFVII's J-E-N-O-V-A


FFVII's One-Winged Angel (Sephiroth battle)


FFVIII's Force Your Way (Boss Theme)

3-way tie between the FFVII songs.

Actually it'd be 5-way if you included Eyes On Me from VIII and The Dark Messenger from IX.

So many good choices but I'll have to go with J-E-N-O-V-A

Oh Blade Runner, single-uterusly giving the birth to all the grim sci-fi anime visually and all the whacky electronicesque soundtracks musically.

(The Fierce Battle would be a close second. Or just the FF1 battle theme!)

None of the above.

"To Zanarkand" from Final Fantasy X is mine.

The 17 minutes of awesome that is Dancing Mad

Congratulations Pommy you've just instigated a runthrough my collection of Nobuo Uematsu.

The one song I forgot was Aria di Mezzo Carattere (the Opera song / Celes's theme) from FF6. I just realized how much it sounds like Aerith's song <_<



Also just cuz it's silly

I'd like to see Bear McCrearyto a FF

Holy yeah that was cool-some (and better than the Aeris song what a copycatuematsu)

Oh I also want to mention Succession of Witches from VIII.

Why only battle themes?

The overworld theme from FF6 was awesometimes.

But anyway... Chaos Temple from Final Fantasy 1

I'm rather fond of the airship songs as well.



I think spe covered this at one point

Oh I definately agree with Niku there.

And ofcourse I <3 every incarnation of the Chocobo theme.

J-E-N-O-V-A was always my favorite song from any of the FF games. It's really intense and definitely fits the theme for a boss fight.

Frog's Theme


Wings of Time


And finally...

Robo's Theme


That's my favorites from Chrono Trigger


As for Super Mario RPG:

The Opening Theme


Midas River


Booster's Theme


Forest Maze


Rose Town


Ending Theme (long, starts at 1:00)


For irony: Culex's Theme

This is pretty cool, but it's far from "classic".

I agree with this post

Big Bridge is definitively the best, hands down. Always has been. By the way, there are amazing version floating around out there, better than the original

(the decisive battle comes close though!)

"Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec" from VIII hands down. The orchestrated version is even better.

It's what is playing when Edea is paraded down Deling City. That is such an awesome cutscene.

Close seconds:

"Terra aka Light of Balance Overworld" from VI
"Boss Battle" from IX
"Beyond the Deep Blue Seas" from V
"Fate In Haze" from V

It was never put on a game but it was on the soundtrack "FFmix"

Succession of Witches is better, it has more atmosphere.

Also Anagrams ftw.