30 Days of FF Themes [Music]

[ForceStealer]

Day 10: Best normal dungeon theme

EXCELLENT theme for wandering in the unknown. This song always makes me want to explore the dungeon. Great, great song. (also, notice the similarity to Kuja's theme starting at 0:27)

Honorable mention to:

'cause it's badass.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Spoiler: Fate in Haze

Spoiler: Phantom Forest

These two manage to convey the mysteriousness of caves better than pretty much any other themes in the series, i'maho. Then there's:

Spoiler: Gargan Roo

Nice and playful. The Mt. Kolts theme Force posted is also nice and majestic. That said:

Spoiler: Phantom Train

This eclipses all. Best dungeon theme in the series bar none.

 

[Ghost X]

Dungeon crawling music, eh.

FFVIII - Lunatic Pandora: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TctM-S7BXMs

 

[Terrafig]

There are so many of these suckers. I apologize in advance.

When I think Final Fantasy dungeon music, this is the one that comes to mind. It isn't particularly sinister or anything, but neither are classic FF dungeons.

Spoiler: Into the Darkness

This one is probably my favorite of all regular dungeon themes.

Spoiler: Magitek Research Facility

I thought about putting this on the town themes, but it fit better here. A sense of isolation is its strength.

Spoiler: Sandy Badlands - Corel Prison

I'm always bummed when the aliens leave in VIII.

Spoiler: Residents - Ragnarok

This is really the worst dungeon theme, but it makes a decent song, provided you ignore the vocals.

Spoiler: Sunleth Waterscape

 

[Tennyo]

Via Purifico counts, doesn't it?

Because this song is just gorgeous. <3

 

[Frostwave]

Spoiler: XII - The Forgotten Capital

Spoiler: IX - Danger in the Forest

Spoiler: IX - Mount Gulug

Spoiler: VIII - The Salt Flats

Spoiler: X - Out of the Frying Pan

Spoiler: Gargan Roo

And this! Garnet looks so cute running around to this track. <3

 

[Dana Scully]

You guys beat me to all my favourites - Gargan Roo, Phantom Forest, Magitek Research Facility.

This one's pretty sweet too:

 

[Sprites]

Two days for me coming up

Day 8: Best emergency/action theme

and

special mention also goes to this

Day 10: Best normal dungeon theme

and this one

 

[ForceStealer]

Day 11: Best Final Dungeon Theme.

Finally! One that doesn't require any difficult decisions. This one is no-contest.

As I said in final dungeon retrospective, this is the final dungeon theme to which all others are compared. It just captures the mood absolutely perfectly. The intimidating chords, the march-style drumbeat, the inspiring melody. Every emotion you would feel climbing down that massive hole knowing what awaits you at the bottom - nervousness about facing it, but confidence in your abilities - is absolutely spot on. I can't say enough about how brilliant and awesome this song is for your climb into the abyss.

And this is an excellent remix that gives it a cool rock orchestra sound but captures much of the same feeling:

I especially like the change at 2:28 when the violins take over the melody.

 

[Ⓐaron]

These two responses are entirely predictable to anyone who's been paying attention to my responses thus far but

Spoiler: Final Fantasy VI - Tower of an Evil God

Spoiler: Final Fantasy IX - Crystal World

I know I've been listing almost exclusively VI and IX pieces but I can't help it that those two soundtracks are basically flawless

 

[Vivi]

HOLY CRAP CRYSTAL WORLD. That song is just so hauntingly beautiful.

 

[Frostwave]

Last dungeon music...

Yup.

 

[Ghost X]

@Elizabeth: Would have to agree there.

 

[Sprites]

I have to go with this one, most of my posts in this seem to have FFIV featuring in them but I love this game and soundtrack so much so....

Day 11: Best final dungeon theme

It gotta be the two for me that play during FFIV's final dungeon, The Red Wings and Within the Giant, while they are used already in previous parts of the game they sum up the final dungeon really well

 

[Celes Chere]

My favorite emergency theme is also the one from FFVIII that Force listed. c: Fucking awesome song.

And my favorite normal dungeon theme is... Phantom Forest that Aaron listed, as well as phantom train (which he also listed). :'D Not only was that music my favorite, but that part of the game was astonishing. :')

Finally catching up here... Crystal World as listed already, for Final Dungeon theme. It's absolutely trippy.

 

[Terrafig]

"Giant's Dungeon" from FFIV. You folks know what I like.

 

[Lym]

I think Crystal World sounds pretty good, but I guess it's hard to appreciate it as a final dungeon theme because all you do there is run Zidane through four screens to get to where you fight the last three bosses in the game. The music in Memoria was amazing. Too bad that wasn't the final dungeon.

I like VII's Judgment Day the best because you really felt like "This is it. Time to wrap this mother fucker up!" Or, you know, what Vash said.

 

[Ⓐaron]

I realised I forgot another really great theme

Spoiler: Final Fantasy V - Seaching the Light

Though like the FFIX example, it's just the final part of the final dungeon; the earlier part is also nice

Spoiler: Final Fantasy V - The Prelude of Empty Skies

And yeah, as mentioned by the previous poaster, Memoria has a really nice theme as well

Spoiler: Final Fantasy IX - Place of Memory

 

[ForceStealer]

I prefer Memoria to Crystal World, actually. But I think I've mentioned before how much it reminds of Can You Hear the Cry of the Planet from the Forgotten City in FF7.

 

[Tennyo]

I'm rather partial to this one myself:

 

[ForceStealer]

Day 12: Best specialty boss/recurring boss' theme.

The previously posted

and

Both songs get you so pumped their respective games used them a handful of times OUTSIDE of combat. Sometimes during events that only tangentially related to the opponent they represent Two excellent songs. Clash on the Big Bridge with the absurdly memorable melody and JENOVA with that almost Euro-trance pounding and bass line.

 

[Celes Chere]

I like dis

It sounds like someone's creeping on you.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Gilgamesh and J-E-N-O-V-A, but also:

Spoiler: Final Fantasy IX - The Sword of Doubt

I can't remember if this was used more than once but it's awesome and I feel stupid for not mentioning it previously. It's epic.

If

Spoiler: Final Fantasy VI's The Fierce Battle

counts, then that too.

edit: also

Spoiler: Final Fantasy IV - Battle with the Four Fiends

 

[Tailikku1]

FFIV/Super Mario RPG - Battle 2/ Battle With Culex

 

[Frostwave]

Gilgamesh and J-E-N-O-V-A, but also:

Spoiler: Final Fantasy IX - The Sword of Doubt

I can't remember if this was used more than once but it's awesome and I feel stupid for not mentioning it previously. It's epic.

It's used at least twice, in Burmecia and Cleyra. Maybe more, but I don't remember. And YES IT IS SOOO EPIC. *-*

I also love this one:

Badass.