History AwesomeMusic / DarkSouls

* Once again, the ending credits reward you with a soothing melody in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oDmA17o5ys Longing]]". In ''Scholar of the First Sin'', after "Longing", the longer credits are accompanied by a haunting piano piece called "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EDJEdOff_g Remains]]".

* Smooth McGroove's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLdxAXAHIag Abyss Watchers Acapella]] perfectly captures the solemn feel of the original piece. Smooth's voice is hauntingly effective, and it really drives home the sheer tragedy of the fight against Abyss Watchers.

* Inspired by fans' pleas to make a secret boss in ''Dark Souls'', [=HellkiteDrake=] replaced Artorias with [[MemeticBadass the Legend, Father of the Giants]], complete with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj2ejRSLeqA his customized boss theme]] (in turn inspired from Excision's memetic "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_EjaslTcg&t=35s Bass Cannon]]").

* Ladies and gents, we present you the very last boss theme in the Dark Souls series: [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggWJLgN-Es Slave Knight Gael]]]]. 9 minutes of pure, unlimited, seamless ''glory'', which not only has a sense of sadness and finality, but also befits the [[EvilFormerFriend situation.]] And since [[spoiler: Gael]] is a three-phase boss, the music only grows even more powerful with each phase. Fitting that the final battle of the series culminates in a duel against [[spoiler: a man that has become the very embodiment of the Dark Soul itself]].

* Ladies and gents, we present you the very last boss theme in the Dark Souls series: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggWJLgN-Es Slave Knight Gael]]. 9 minutes of pure, unlimited, seamless ''glory'', which not only has a sense of sadness and finality, but also befits the [[EvilFormerFriend situation.]] And since Gael is a three-phase boss, the music only grows even more powerful with each phase. Fitting that the final battle of the series culminates in a duel against [[spoiler: a man that has become the very embodiment of the Dark Soul itself]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz1a_rZVHt4 Journey's End]]... By the flames it is a fitting end theme to the series. How? Well, it is basically a remix of every game that is a part of the Souls series... Not to mention that Gwyn's theme is in there as well.

* Ladies and gents, we present you the very last boss theme in the Dark Souls series: '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggWJLgN-Es Slave Knight Gael]].''' 9 minutes of pure, unlimited, seamless ''glory'', which not only has a sense of sadness and finality, but also befits the [[EvilFormerFriend situation.]] And since Gael is a three-phase boss, the music only grows even more powerful with each phase. Fitting that the final battle of the series culminates in a duel against [[spoiler: a man that has become the very embodiment of the Dark Soul itself]].

* This stunning [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtHDsw4FioQ unused track]], which manages to cycle between sounding nightmarish and hauntingly angelic. It would have been perfect for a tragic, desperate boss fight.

* This stunning[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtHDsw4FioQ unused track]], which manages to cycle between sounding nightmarish and hauntingly angelic. It would have been perfect for a tragic, desperate boss fight.

* Finally, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1kvgxgBexU Epilogue]], which plays during the end credits. As if mirroring the tragedies in its storyline and characters, the farewell to Dark Souls, like the last two games, is lonely singing amidst an overbearingly beautiful backdrop of sad music. Epilogue became even more haunting and beautiful with an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJKgS2J9m9I&t=154s updated version]] patched in alongside the pre-patch for ''The Ringed City'', adding a piano that complements the singing perfectly.

* Ladies and gents, we present you the very last boss theme in the Dark Souls series: '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggWJLgN-Es Slave Knight Gael]].''' 9 minutes of pure, unlimited, seamless ''glory'', which not only has a sense of sadness and finality, but also befits the [[EvilFormerFriend situation.]] And since Gael is a three-phase boss, the music only grows even more powerful with each phase.

%%*Ladies and gents, we present you the very last boss theme in the Dark Souls series: '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggWJLgN-Es Slave Knight Gael]].''' 9 minutes of pure, unlimited, seamless ''glory'', which not only has a sense of finality, but also befits the [[EvilFormerFriend situation.]]

* Ladies and gents, we present you the very last boss theme in the Dark Souls series: '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggWJLgN-Es Slave Knight Gael]].''' 9 minutes of pure, unlimited, seamless ''glory'', which not only has a sense of finality, but also befits the [[EvilFormerFriend situation.]]

* Ladies and gents, we present you the very last boss theme in the Dark Souls series: '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggWJLgN-Es Slave Knight Gael]].''' 9 minutes of pure, unlimited, seamless ''glory'', which has a huge sense of finality to it, given that this is the last of the Dark Souls series.

* Ladies and gents, we present you the very last boss theme in the Dark Souls series: '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggWJLgN-Es Slave Knight Gael]].''' 9 minutes of pure, unlimited, seamless ''glory'', which has a huge sense of finality to it, given that this is the last of the Dark Souls series.

* Finally, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1kvgxgBexU Epilogue]], which plays during the end credits. As if mirroring the tragedies in its storyline and characters, the farewell to Dark Souls, like the last two games, is lonely singing amidst an overbearingly beautiful backdrop of sad music.
** Epilogue became even more haunting and beautiful with an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJKgS2J9m9I&t=154s updated version]] patched in alongside the pre-patch for ''The Ringed City'', adding a piano that complements the singing perfectly.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfWNxsegbiM Ancient Wyrm]], while the boss itself is hugely disappointing, the music certainly lives up to the appereance of a massive drake, being a bombastic that perfectly represents fighting a huge dragon.

* Finally, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1kvgxgBexU Epilogue]]. As if mirroring the tragedies in its storyline and characters, the farewell to Dark Souls, like the last two games, is lonely singing amidst an overbearingly beautiful backdrop of sad music.

** Finally, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1kvgxgBexU Epilogue]]. As if mirroring the tragedies in its storyline and characters, the farewell to Dark Souls, like the last two games, is lonely singing amidst an overbearingly beautiful backdrop of sad music.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZxrWMilec4 Solaire's Sun]], a jaunty song about everyone's favorite [[FanNickname Sunbro]] and the benefits of jolly co-operation.
** From the same author, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR2_7ghaBrI A Hollow's Home]], an uplifting, heartstring-tugging song in honor of all those who have endured the hellish trials of Lordran.

''Videogame/DarkSouls''[='=]s soundtrack, composed by Creator/MotoiSakuraba, is home to a plethora of awe-inspiring, often sinister, boss themes, despite the obvious lack of music for most of your trip throughout the world, something which is repeated to great effect in [[Videogame/DarkSoulsII the sequel]]. '''Unmarked spoilers ahead.'''