POLL-Best battle theme in FF?

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

I like The Darkness of Eternity. Not Alone comes close second though, with Battle on the Big Bridge taking third.

Spoiler: here's a description of where each song plays in each game, in case you only know FF songs by where they play and not by name, spoilers ahead

FFI-Battle: Plays in every single battle in the game.
FFII-Battle Theme 1: Plays in every random encounter and a few boss battles.
FFII-Battle Theme II: Plays in boss battles from Behemoth on, includong the final battle.
FFIII-Battle 1: Plays in random encounters.
FFIII-Battle 2: Plays during boss battles(except the final battle)
FFIII-This is the Last Battle: As the song's name implies, it plays during the final battle.
FFIV-Battle 1: Plays during random encounters.
FFIV-Battle 2: Plays during most boss battles.
FFIV-Golbez, Clad in Dark: Plays during your battle with him, as well as important scenes with him.
FFIV-Battle with the Four Fiends: Plays during your battles with the four fiends, and a few other battles.
FFIV-Dancing Calcabrina: Plays during your battle with Calca and Brina, though oddly not during your battle with Calcabrina, during your battle with Dr. Lugae, and a few other places.
FFIV-The Final Battle: Plays duing your final battle with Zeromus.
FFV-Battle 1: Plays during random encounters
FFV-Battle 2: Plays during most boss battles.
FFV-Battle at the Big Bridge: Plays during the battle on the big bridge itself, and all encounters with GILGAMESH afterward.
FFV-The Decisive Battle: Plays during your battles with Exdeath, barring Neo-Exdeath, as well as during your battles with the bosses in the Sealed Temple.
FFV-The Final Battle: Plays during your battle against Neo-Exdeath.
FFVI-Battle: Plays during random battles.
FFVI-Protect the Espers!: Plays when you fight to save the frozen Esper.
FFVI-The Decisive Battle: Plays during most boss fights.
FFVI-Grand Finale: Plays during the second battle with Ultros, as well as the finale of the opera.
FFVI-Battle to the Death: Plays when you fight Ultima Weapon, Ultima Buster, and the Warring Triad.
FFVI-Dancing Mad~Tier 1: Plays during your battle with Visage.
FFVI-Dancing Mad~Tier 2: Plays during your battle with Tiger, Magic, Power, and Machine.
FFVI-Dancing Mad~Tier 3: Plays during your battle with Rest and Lady.
FFVI-Dancing Mad~Tier 4: Plays during the final battle with Kefka.
FFVII-Opening~Bombing Mission: Plays during the battle with Guard Scorpion, as well as the Opening and Bombing Mission itself.
FFVII-Let the Battles Begin!: Plays during random battles.
FFVII-Fight On!: Plays during most boss battles.
FFVII-Crazy Motorcycle Chase: Plays during the motorcycle minigame
FFVII-Electric de Chocobo: Plays during battles with chocobos and during the snowboarding minigame.
FFVII-J-E-N-O-V-A: Plays during your battles with Jenova-BIRTH, Jenova-DEATH, and Helletic Hojo, as well as the sectiion of the Northern Cave where Jenova-SYNTHESIS is.
FFVII-Those Chosen by the Planet: Plays during the final fight with Sephiroth, and during important scenes with him.
FFVII-Aerith's Theme: Plays during the battle with Jenova-LIFE, Aerith's death, and important scenes with her.
FFVII-JENOVA Absolute: Plays during the battle with Jenova-SYNTHESIS.
FFVII-Birth of a God: Plays during the battle with Bizarro Sephiroth
FFVII-One-Winged Angel: Plays during the battle with Safer Sephiroth.
FFVIII-Don't be Afraid: Plays during random battles.
FFVIII-Force Your Way: Plays during most boss battles.
FFVIII-The Man with the Machine Gun: Play during random battles when controlling Laguna.
FFVIII-Only a Plank Between One and Perdition: Plays when fghting Bahamut and Ultima Weapon, and suspenseful cutscenes.
FFVIII-Premonition: Plays during the battles against Edea, the eleven Sorceresses and the first phase of the final battle with Ultimecia.
FFVIII-The Legendary Beast: plays when you fight Griever.
FFVIII-Maybe I'm a Lion: Plays when you fight Ultimecia in griever form.
FFVIII-The Extreme: Plays during the battle with Ultimecia's final form.
FFIX-Swords of Fury: Plays when fighting King Leo and during the beginning of the play.
FFIX-Battle 1: Plays during random battles.
FFIX-Battle 2: Plays during most boss battles.
FFIX-Festival of the Hunt: Plays when you fight Hades in Memoria, and during the festival itself.
FFIX-Faerie Battle: Plays during battles with friendly enemies and the Ragtime Mouth.
FFIX-The Wavering Blade: Plays during battles with Beatrix
FFIX-Guardians: Plays during the battles with the Terra guardians.
FFIX-Not Alone: Plays when Zidane's party helps Zidane fight off several monsters, and all throughout the scene where Zidane is shocked about his origins and his friends try to help him.
FFIX-The Darkness of Eternity: Plays during the battle with Trance Kuja.
FFIX-The Final Battle: Plays during the final battle with Necron.
FFX-Otherworld: Plays during the battle against Braska's Final Aeon, and when Sin attacks Zanarkand
FFX-Run!!: Played during crucial battles
FFX-Battle Theme: Plays during random battles
FFX-Leap in the Dark: Plays when the Al Bhed capture Tidus, before some boss battles, when the Fahrenheit is attacked by Fiends, and when fighting Dark Ixion
FFX-Enemy Attack: Plays during most boss battles
FFX-Peril: Plays when the party searches for Yuna in the home of the Sl bhed, during the first fight against Sinspawn Gui, and before you fight Crawler.
FFX-Lulu's Theme: Plays during the fight with Yojimbo and during important scenes with Lulu.
FFX-Servants of the Mountain: Plays when Kimahri fights Yenke and Biran, and on Mt. Gagzet
FFX-A Fleeting Dream: Continuously plays throughout the first part of Zanarkand, even through random battles. Plays a few other places as well.
FFX-Challenge: Plays when you fight Sinspawn Gui, Seymour Butts Flux, omega Weapon, and Yunalesca.
FFX-Fight With Seymour: Plays during your final fight with Seymour.
FFX-A Conntest of Aeons: Plays when you fights your Aeons.
FFX-The Decisive Battle: Plays when you fight Yu Yevon.
FFXI-Battle Theme: Plays during battles in outdoor areas when you're alone
FFXI-Battle Theme 2: Plays during battles outdoors with others.
FFXI-Battle in the Dungeon #2: Plays in party battles in dungeons
FFXI-Tough Battle: Plays during boss encounters at various battlefield events
FFXI-Awakening: Plays when you fight the Shadow Lord
FFXI-Depths of the soul: Plays in party battles in Chains of Promathia dungeon areas
FFXI-Onslaught: Plays in party battles in Chains of Promathia outdoor areas
FFXI-Turmoil: Plays during boss battles in Chains of Promathia battlefields
FFXI-Dusk and Dawn: Plays during the first part of the battle against Promathia
FFXI-Battle Theme #3: Plays during party battles in rise of the zilart outdoor areas
FFXI-Battle in the Dungeon #3: Plays in party battles in rise of the Zilart dungeons
FFXI-Tough Battle #2: Plays during boss fights in rise of the Zilart battlefield zones
FFXI-Eald'narche: Plays during the first part of the battle against him
FFXI-Belief: Plays during the second part of the battle against Eald'narche
FFXI-Mercenaries' Delight: Plays during party battles in Treasures of aht urhgan outdoor areas.
FFXI-Rapid Onslaught -Assault-: Plays during assault missions
FFXI-Delve: Plays in party battles in Treasures of Aht Urhgan dungeons
FFXI-Black Coffin: Plays during confrontations aboard the Ashu talif ghost ship
FFXI-Hellriders: Plays during boss battles in treasures of Aht Urhgan battlefield zones
FFXI-Battle in the Dungeon: Plays during solo battles in dungeons
FFXI-A Realm of Emptiness: Plays during the final battle with Promathia
FFXI-Iron Clossus: Plays when you fight Odin
FFXII-Boss Battle: Plays during most boss fights
FFXII-Clash of Swords: A boss theme that plays when you fight certain bosses , like the King Bomb for example
FFXII-Theme of the Empire: Plays during your first batlle against Vayne and a few cutscenes involving the Empire.
FFXII-The Speechless Battle: Plays when you fight Demon Wall, Death gaze, and in one of your fights against Ba'Gamnan
FFXII-Discord: Plays when you fight Judge Magisters(except Gabranth) and Vayne Novus.
FFXII-Esper Battle: Plays when you fight Espers.
FFXII-Desperate Fight: Plays when you fight Vossler, Gabranth, and Dr. Cid.
FFXII-The Battle for Freedom: Plays during the final battle.
FFXIII-Saber's Edge: Plays during most boss battles.
FFXIII-Eidolons: Plays when you fight the Shiva Sisters, Hecatoncheir, Havoc Skytank, and Bahamut.
FFXIII-Blinded by Light: Plays during random battles.
FFXIII-Feast of Betrayal: Battle theme for Nautilus
FFXIII-Test of the L'Cie: Plays during battles against Anima, Brynhildr, Dahaka, and Alexander. Also plays during battles in Orphan's Cradle.
FFXIII-Fighting Fate: Plays when fighting Barthandelus
FFXIII-Desperate Struggle: Plays during the battles against Odin in Vile Pekas, Cid Raines in the Fifth Ark and the bosses of Orphan's Cradle.
FFXIII-Taejin's Tower: Plays in Taejin's Tower, and during the first enemy encounter in the Fifth Ark.
FFXIII-Born Anew: Plays during the battle against Orphan's first form.
FFXIII-Nascent Requiem: Plays when the party fights Orphan for the last time.

 

[Lex]

Voted for JENOVA-Absolute, because I love it.

 

[Flintlock]

I'll just listen to all of those songs and then decide. See you in about four years.

 

[ForceStealer]

Oh geez it's EVERY battle theme. I was just expecting normal battle themes, haha. Among normal battle themes, at least, I give it to Blinded By Light, I love that song.

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

I'll just listen to all of those songs and then decide. See you in about four years.

Don't bother. Just play every main series FF game and you'll have already heard them all.

 

[Flintlock]

Don't bother. Just play every main series FF game and you'll have already heard them all.

Although that's true, in order to be able to meaningfully compare them I'd need to hear them back-to-back.

By all means, if you have them all on your computer, set up an online radio stream and I'll tune in Add a bit of DJing and we could even turn it into a Lifestream event!

 

[Frostwave]

If I had to pick one, I guess Esper Battle from XII. But it's really tough because there are so many great battle themes in this series. >.<

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

Although that's true, in order to be able to meaningfully compare them I'd need to hear them back-to-back.

By all means, if you have them all on your computer, set up an online radio stream and I'll tune in Add a bit of DJing and we could even turn it into a Lifestream event!

I was originally going to include all of the songs in the opening poast, but then I decided that'd take too much time so I just mentioned where each song plays instead.

 

[Hisako]

Anything covered by TBM gets a one-up imo

Also, Beneath Bloodied Banners

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

Anything covered by TBM gets a one-up imo

Also, Beneath Bloodied Banners

I too enjoy the work of the Black mages.

 

[Verena]

My topps
1. Blinded by light

2. Ffx battle

3. Ff7 fighting

4. Ff8 force

5. Ff9 battle

 

[Khaoticnoize187]

the ff7 battle theme for sure