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See also [[Battle Theme Music]]. May overlap with [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]. Common when we have a [[Theme and Variations Soundtrack]]. Not to be confused with a remix that is [[Crowning Music of Awesome|totally boss.]]
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== [[Action Adventure]] ==
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*** 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 T He Past (Video Game)|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
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|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.
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** ''[[The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|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.
*** Also, a panicked remix of Zelda's Lullaby, when {{spoiler|Zelda tries to get her body back and fails repeatedly}}.
*** The [[Theme Music Power
** Each phase of the ''[[The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'' final battle uses a different remix of [[Leitmotif|Majora's Theme]].
* The boss fights against [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Richter Belmont in ''[[Castlevania Symphony of the Night]]'' and Richter's ghost in ''Portrait of Ruin'' are both set to remixes of Richter's theme from ''Rondo of Blood''. Also used in ''Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow'', where the stage music "Heart of Fire" from the old NES game was turned into an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiSo9yL59Pw awesome boss theme].
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* In the third installement of ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]]'', The final boss battle with Zeus has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzRYCz3CV2o this song] that contains sections from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPRftE8qtVA Zeus Wrath Divine] from the first God Of War and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L09rqYVFxTk The Isle Of Creation] from God Of War II. Both remixed themes appeared in final boss battles of their respective games.
== [[Beat
* In the arcade version of ''[[Double Dragon (Video Game)|Double Dragon]] II'', Willy's battle theme is a sinister remix of the title theme. The final battles of ''[[Double Dragon (Video Game)|Double Dragon]] 1'' and ''Super Double Dragon'' [[Theme Music Power
== [[Fighting Game]] ==
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** Cruel Brawl has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDRqkpOQL30 its own boss remix of Brawl's main theme], [[Wasted Song|only played in that mode]].
== [[First
* In [[Perfect Dark]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs9gCBVSKLk#t=1m05s final battle's music] features the game's main theme.
** In ''[[Perfect Dark]] Zero'', the music for the second and last fight against Maihem is a combination of the game's main theme and Maihem's theme. The music for the final showdown begins with a remix of the original ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' theme.
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** ''Super Ghouls and Ghosts'' follows suit, although the boss remixes for levels 3 and 5 were obviously switched for some reason.
* The miniboss themes from ''[[Yoshis Island]]'' are remixes of their introductory theme musics, probably to fit the fact that all but one are ordinary enemies turned huge by [[The Dragon|Kamek's]] magic (the one that didn't had Kamek ''shrink'' Yoshi and Baby Mario instead, who both then get eaten by said boss).
* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' actually both play this straight with [[Overlord, Jr.|Bowser Jr.]], whose pre-battle themes actually get remixed into those of "Airship Armada" from ''Galaxy'', and "Boomsday Machine" from ''Galaxy 2'', respectively. Curiously enough, parts of his battle theme sound an awful lot like those of [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon|Primal Dialga's]], as mentioned below.
** Inverted with [[Big Bad|Bowser]] at the end of the first game however, where the final confrontation against him is actually set to ''techno music'', but after he is defeated the first part of his battle theme plays again, but this time 14 more notes are added before the choir, (his final boss theme starts with the choir) and then the Sun in which Mario and Bowser fought inside for the final battle collapses and implodes, destroying the entire universe in the process. The final boss theme as a whole (including the 14 notes before the choir at the start) can be heard in the game's official soundtrack, however.
** There's also Squizzard's battle theme from ''Galaxy 2'', which features a remix of the Fire Flower theme.
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== [[Role Playing Game]] ==
* ''[[Grabbed By the Ghoulies (Video Game)|Grabbed By the Ghoulies]]''' boss theme is a remix of game's main theme.
* The final battle in ''[[
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'' has an arrangement of the main theme [[Variable Mix|when you are winning]] the final battle.
* Several of the final bosses in ''[[Saga Frontier (Video Game)|Saga Frontier]]'' had this most noticeable is the final boss theme in Red's Story.
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*** "Master, Tell Me the Truth", the music for the Armor of the Master fight in Final Mix, is a remix of The Land of Departure battle theme with cues from Terra, Aqua and Ven's themes included.
*** "Forze dell'Oscurità" is a combination of the battle themes for Ansem and Xemnas, and is appropriately used for the battle against No Heart, {{spoiler|the Keyblade Armor of their original joined incarnation}}.
* In ''[[Parasite Eve]]'', [[Big Bad|Eve]]'s boss battle theme, "Influence of Deep", is a remix of her [[One
* ''[[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.
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* ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'' uses remixes of the Castle Pandaemonium theme for both its normal battle theme and its boss battle theme.
* The Mysterious Girl's battle theme in ''[[Final Fantasy IV the After Years (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV the After Years]]'' is an intense remix of her [[Leitmotif]].
* In ''[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Final Fantasy V]]'', Exdeath's battle theme (before he goes [[One
* Dancing Mad from ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]]''. All sorts of recurrent themes and motifs from other songs along the game get thrown into it, most prominently "Omen", "Catastrophe", as well as Kefka's [[Leitmotif]] and "Fight to the Death" (the music used for the fights against Ultima Weapon and the Warring Triad.)
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'', the final battle with JENOVA: SYNTHESIS has a tense remix of the standard [[Random Encounter]] theme.
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* ''[[Eternal Sonata]]'' has, of all things, a remix of {{spoiler|Frederic Chopin's Revolutionary Etude for the final battle against him.}}
== [[Shoot
* ''[[Axelay]]'' does this for each stage: The bosses' themes are darker and/or rearranged versions of the level theme, usually in a style that suits the boss. For example, the theme for the [[Humongous Mecha]] boss is more electronic than the stage music.
* Much of the music of ''[[Ikaruga]]'' [[Theme and Variations Soundtrack|is just remixes of]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRZz1HugwNo Ideal]. But when you hear the same theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zg6zCLg6cQ remixed] during a boss fight, you know something [[Nintendo Hard|nightmarishly difficult]] and [[So Cool Its Awesome|impossibly epic]] is about to happen.
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== [[Survival Horror]] ==
* ''[[Haunting Ground (Video Game)|Haunting Ground]]'' has an interesting version of this. Each of the three stalkers have their own [[Leitmotif]] when chasing you. During each of their boss fights, their particular motif is remixed with a sort of "template". This template remains the same for the first three three bosses, making their themes sound very similar. However, there is a part of the track that distinctively belong to the particular boss (e.g. Daniella's static interferences).
* Alexia's battle themes in ''[[Resident Evil Code Veronica]]'' were orchestral remixes of "Alexia's Lullaby/Berceuse", with a [[One
== [[Third
* Boss theme of the videogame adaptation of [[Terminator Salvation]] is a remix of Terminator's main theme.
* In ''[[Megaman Legends]]'' when you face the final form of the big bad the music is changed to something completely different from the first forms theme. In the case of the first game the tempo was simply increased in the second game the theme was changed entirely.
* In the original ''[[Syphon Filter]]'', the themes for the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLq5LahJ748 battle with Aramov is a remix] of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESNMQIjcAhQ&playnext=1&list=PL94CE657653E50A77&index=2 Subway] [[Battle Theme Music]], the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMmg-5HGxmc Chopper battle music] is a remix of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECSk96UNpA4&feature=related Girdeux's battle theme], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_uNB3PnKOc Rhoemer's battle theme] is a [[Theme Music Power
* The first phase of the [[Final Boss]] in ''[[PN 03]]'' uses a faster, more sinister remix of the main boss music, but unfortunately it's a [[Wasted Song]], as the first form can be beaten in less than 15 seconds.
== [[Turn Based Strategy]] ==
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== [[Anime]] ==
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has one with a [[One
== [[Film]] ==
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