Boss Remix: Difference between revisions

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** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Legend of Zelda the Minish Cap]]'' has this in the battle against Vaati's final form (after the castle is collapsing).

** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'', the fight against {{spoiler|puppet Zelda}} is a remix of Ganondorf's theme and {{spoiler|Zelda's Lullaby}}. Very disconcerting.

*** The dungeon proceeding that fight also plays a remix of Ganon's Theme and the {{spoiler|Hyrule Castle}} theme from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'', to pretty much the same effect.

*** Each fight against {{spoiler|Zant}} consists of techno remixes of past bosses' themes.

**** And [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|bongos!]]

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass]]'' has a remix of {{spoiler|Linebeck's theme}} for the final battle, with snippets of Bellum's Theme mixed in to emphasise {{spoiler|the former's possession by the latter}}.

*** And just prior to that, the maritime battle with the Bellum-possessed Ghost Ship is accompanied by a sinister remix of the overworld music.

** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'', the "stormy night" theme was a combination of the the overworld theme and Ganondorf's theme.

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'' has a remix of {{spoiler|Cole's theme}} for the first phase of {{spoiler|Malladus' beast form}} followed by an epic remix of the {{spoiler|[[Magic Music|song used to weaken him]]}} in the second phase, which itself is a remix of the game's main theme.

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== [[Fighting Game]] ==

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_C0VgZ72T0 music on the Final Destination stage] in ''[[Super Smash Bros]] Brawl'' (where, as the name implies, the final battle takes place in Classic mode) is a Boss Remix of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbtqmAOwfS0 the title theme].

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_C0VgZ72T0 music on the Final Destination stage] in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' (where, as the name implies, the final battle takes place in Classic mode) is a Boss Remix of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbtqmAOwfS0 the title theme].

** As is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jWJqfzT13U Boss Rush], where it is a remix of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYYU-rJz5tM Melee's menu theme]. It's not as intense as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eobF6lsrYUs the Melee Battlefield's own boss remix of the theme], though.

** The "regular" boss fights during the Subspace Emissary mode in ''Brawl'' also feature [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtnKqPOeBwo a remix of the game's main theme]. That song comes up a ''lot'' throughout the game.

** One of the alternate songs on ''Brawl'''s Final Destination stage is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L01GZq2SOY8 a boss remix] of ''Melee'''s opening theme.

** Going far back to ''Melee'' itself, its Final Destination stage offers us [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCSqOCVQJT0 a boss remix] of [http://www.protoman.com/Music/Music/Super%20Smash%20Brothers/45%20Credits.mp3 the first Smash's credits theme]. A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRbTASwCb3U special arrangement for Giga Bowser] also exists.

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** ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Sonic & Knuckles]]'' remixed ''Sonic 3'''s Act 2 Boss theme for its Act 1 bosses.

** The fan-made [[Sonic Robo Blast 2]] inverts this: the theme for the fourth zone is a remix of the boss theme.

* The [[Neo Geo]] game ''Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy'' use a remixed version of the current level theme whenever you fight the recurring Miniboss.

* The Battle Windows/Computer Virus in ''[[Kirby]] Super Star'' has an 8-bit version of the main boss theme.

** In ''Kirby Super Star [[Video Game Remake|Ultra]]'', Dyna Blade, Wham Bam Rock and the remake-exclusive Wham Bam Jewel have a boss remix of the Castle Lololo theme from the first ''Kirby'' game, ''Kirby's Dreamland'', instead of the usual boss theme. In the same game, Masked Dedede also has a different arrangement of regular Dedede's theme.

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** Not to mention "The Other Promise," used for the fight against Roxas in the second game's [[Updated Rerelease]], [[Soundtrack Dissonance|though it's just as]] [[Tear Jerker|melancholic as his normal theme.]]

** {{spoiler|Xion's final form}} in ''358/2 Days'' has a remix of said character's theme that is somewhere between "The Other Promise" and your usual ''Kingdom Hearts'' boss theme in its pace.

** True to the series, ''[[Birth By Sleep]]'' includes several boss remixes:

*** Vanitas' two battle themes are remixes of {{spoiler|Ventus' theme, which in turn is an arrangement of both Roxas' and Sora's themes, with a hint of Xion's.}}

*** "Dismiss", the theme of the [[True Final Boss]], is a remix of "Fragments of Sorrow", this time incorporating aspects of {{spoiler|Terra's theme, Aqua's theme}}, and "Destati" into it.

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* ''[[Treasure of the Rudra]]'' has a different [[Boss Remix]] depending on which character's story the player is currently on, with the remix being of the character's overworld theme.

* The ''[[Tales (series)]]'' has a fondness for this.

** Only recently. [[Tales of the Abyss|Meaning of Birth]] and [[Tales of Vesperia|Fury Sparks]] are the only ones that qualify. [[Tales of Destiny|Irony of Fate]] is an inversion in that it's a boss battle theme remixed as a sad song when {{spoiler|Leon dies in the Remake}}.

** [[Tales of the Abyss]] does this more than once. The final two battle themes both contain arrangements of the menu music, and Finish the Promise includes (quite fittingly) a rather epic quotation of the Grand Fonic Hymn.

*** Further back than those, [[Tales of Symphonia]] had 3 battles with remixes of character themes. The End of a Thought, which played during {{spoiler|Lloyd's one-on-one duel with Kratos}}, It Can Waver And Fight, played during most fights with the [[Big Bad]] (as a remix of his theme), and Final Destination, the final boss theme, which is another remix of the Big Bad's theme.

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** When fighting a Legendary Pokemon in FireRed/LeafGreen, the Wild Battle theme goes up a pitch.

** The Champion battle music from ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'' (and ''Heart Gold and Soul Silver'') is a remix of the main theme.

** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjDQ4po2nDQ Gym Leader Theme] in Diamond,Pearl,& Platinum was remixed for the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBYIXFA6Feo Elite Four]

** [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky features a mix between the game's main theme and the [[Leitmotif]] associated with time itself for the final battle against [[Mad God|Primal Dialga]]. And it's [[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome]].

** The original Champion Battle theme from Gen 1 gets remixed for the final Battle Subway fight in Gen 5. Practically a [[Recurring Riff]]. It might not count since Champion Battle is ([[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|obviously]]) a boss theme itself.

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== [[Simulation Game]] ==

* The theme for ''[[Ace Combat]] Zero: The Belkan War'', which appears in snippets and snatches here and there across the soundtrack, gets the full rundown in the final boss fight. A variant is "Alect Squadron" from ''Skies of Deception'', starts with a guitar solo and brings the titular piece in partway through.

* The [[Final Boss]] theme of ''[[Trauma Center (series)|Trauma Center]]: Second Opinion'' is a remixed and faster version of the main menu theme.

== [[Stealth Game]] ==

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: Twin Snakes'' contains a remixed version of Psycho Mantis' mind control music for his boss battle. Personally this troper's favourite boss battle music in a video game.

** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''. The first part of the final boss has a remix of Encounter from [[Metal Gear Solid|the first game]].

== [[Survival Horror]] ==

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== [[Visual Novel]] ==

* In the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series, as the trial approaches its climax, the normally calm theme that plays during cross examinations will be replaced with a faster and more frantic remix.

** In Trials and Tribulations, when you're presenting the very last piece of evidence, a remix of the Cornered theme from the first game will play with an added drum track.

=== Non-video game examples: ===