Top 50 Best JRPG Boss Battle Themes OF ALL TIME! 

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

excelent compilation, you even got VP2 here

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Saber's edge from FF13 is my #1 💯🔥

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.

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.

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

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)

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....."

actually good playlist

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Surprised not seeing Decisive Battle from Octopath Traveler :(

Starting strong 2nd song I was invested

Knight of Fire and Master of shadows are my fave

That FInal Fantasy II dam

I love Neclords battle theme and Legend of Legaia

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.

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.

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.

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

THE EDGE OF GREEN

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

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

Lufia beats every single one here

#50 starts off strong

Imagine not putting FF7 Jenova battle theme in the top 50

My favorite boss battle theme is Final Fantasy Mystic quest.

You could easily make a Megaten top 30 or 40 list

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

No time stamps?

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

force your way

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. :)

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

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

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.

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

The Edge of Green sounds like Kingdom Hearts

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

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

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

Waow ❤❤❤❤❤❤

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

Suikoden V Queen's knights boss battle theme

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.

Premonition from FF8 Dragon God from Chrono Cross

Lufia 2 should be higher imo

No parasite eve? 🤔

Whos the character in the thumbnail?

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

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

nice!! BOF2 song

No Persona 5?????

Nobuo uematsu the goat🔊💥🔥

Persona 4 "The Almighty" belongs here.

ys seven vacant interference should be number 1

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.

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

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

pokemon pearl battle them versus cynthia is number 1

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

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

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

I ran into lufia boss theme theme in gba it was much better on ds

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

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

wow...no FF7

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

No list, guy? And no list guy? Lame

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

2,5 hours is too much bro

Tbh seeing my beloved xenoblades at spot 11 is a stitch to my heart but oh well i respect everyone's opinion even tho they are wrong :3