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Unique final boss themes No.12776186
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Unique final boss themes  No.12776186
Instead of the usual "epic final battle" music, what are some examples of strange pieces used for the game's climax?
Bonus points: it actually works.

I'll start with the Dragon Lord theme from the original Dragon Quest:
https://youtu.be/OASZKB_cj7Q?si=0q5j0054BJ0wPeCa
The melody is in a minor scale but harmonized with major thirds, the seven-bar phrasing also gives it an unsettling feel.
Sugiyama went full avant garde on this one
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Anonymous
 No.12776192
 No.12776192
Not the final boss theme, but Death Egg Zone in Sonic 2 is strange sounding and creepy af
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtyMbS_KtIk

Strange too because the level is so short that you only hear most of the music if you wasted time dicking around in the hallway before the bosses.
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Anonymous
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https://lambda.vgmtreasurechest.com/soundtracks/last-bible-new-testament-ii-hajimari-no-fukuin-mobile-switch-gamerip-2022/qagbqyty/11.mp3

>>12776186
I always found it odd how they added a Japanese drum at the start of the theme in the IX remix for what it is a pretty European looking dragon design
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Anonymous
 No.12777010
 No.12777010
>>12776186
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncm8pomhvFM
It doesn't count in the Super Famicom version but I Miss You in the PSX version of Tales of Phantasia might be the first "sad" final boss theme ever. Sakaruba later revisited the idea with the final boss theme in Dark Souls.
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Anonymous
 No.12777021
 No.12777021
>>12776186
Dracula's theme in Castlevania IV is so eerie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTguEEbUar0
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Anonymous
 No.12777023
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The pig noise haunts me
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Anonymous
 No.12777027
 No.12777027
>>12776186
I still have no idea what the sound guys were smoking with this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ0acTd5LTw
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Anonymous
 No.12777041
 No.12777041
>>12776192
It makes for a lovely piano piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHEzqFbsmY
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Anonymous
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Less a "final boss" than an "victory lap boss" but the melancholy music really hammers home the fact that you are basically beating a wild animal to death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFNCCJx0vaU
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Anonymous
 No.12777137
 No.12777137
>>12777021
It reminds me of this piece from Peter Gabriel's Passion
https://youtu.be/XqDWNKV-TgM?si=IiWZQZcVlAtCUXM5
Listen at the part from around 0:35 and you'll understand
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Anonymous
 No.12777203
 No.12777203
I like that Earthbound's final boss theme after the first 50 seconds is a thrash metal song when most of the OST up to that point is more 60s rock inspired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMCXMg8p9sc
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Anonymous
 No.12777210
 No.12777210
>>12777203
Do we know who is the actual composer of Porky Means Business?
The 60s rock makes sense because most of the soundtrack was done by the guy from Moonriders, but yeah I'd be surprised if it was him who did that Porky theme. I'm guessing probably was Tanaka but even still for him it's an unusual style
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Anonymous
 No.12777212
 No.12777212
>>12777210
I believe Tanaka did it and mentioned he was inspired by Nirvana
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Anonymous
 No.12777213
 No.12777213
>>12777212
Ah cool, Tanaka is underrated
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Anonymous
 No.12777223
 No.12777223
>>12777213
I remember finding this video a while back and it went into some cool details about the OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYGpeg5_qvE
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Anonymous
 No.12777352
 No.12777352
>>12777023
Who knew Ganon laughed like Soda Popinski?
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Anonymous
 No.12777472
 No.12777472
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CUgHl1GYz9Y
King's Field 4 has a fairly unique soundtrack in general.
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Anonymous
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vwcLlFKkhk
Pretty melacholic for a final boss but I guess it fits given the context.
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Anonymous
 No.12777523
 No.12777523
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYejDiG9xg
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Anonymous
 No.12777526
 No.12777526
>>12777123
How'd they get such nice sounding music on such an old console?
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