History AwesomeMusic / GoldenSun

The first thing you have to realize about the music of ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' is that when the game was first released, the only way to play the game was on the very first iteration of the ''GameBoyAdvance''. This system only had 1 actual speaker and yet the music managed to sound absolutely phenomenal. In these 3 games, ''MotoiSakuraba'' goes on to compose some of the finest music he has ever done. Sadly, to this day, no official soundtrack of either Game Boy Advance game has ever been released. There are plenty of direct game-rips out on TheInternet, though.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgIjcGYmoyc Jenna's battle theme]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdDB6u7GSAk Colosso Battle/The Men Who Cleave Steel]] is really good as well.
** Most of the battle themes are worth listening to.

** Ditto [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4X5PjUUy2wE Jupiter]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ytoYlkxoAg Mars]].
** The [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gz-12WeL9JE Mercury]] theme is pretty awesome as well.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsIMXmAaIdY Prox.]] A gloomy, grim, cold theme. It fits Prox perfectly.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWr0Qwd9fDg Lemuria's theme music]]

** And if that was for the GBA, [[SerialEscalation imagine what Camelot and Sakuraba could have in store for the DS...]]
*** Well to start with, there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vf3CmONHXQ this arrangement]] (found on the game's website) of the main theme.
* The freakin' ''epic'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE2ON2MvfOw opening theme for the second game]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2uhDl1dfn4 Yallam's theme music]] is just sad enough to convey the plight of a struggling town.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl9kuuhN3rc TUNNEL RUINS]]. Dark, forboding, confrontational. Amazing contrast between the base/chant lines and the flute solo.

** How about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeX9ebTqqI0 Sheba's theme]]?

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjQLhg4hTxM Jenna's battle theme]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DuD80PLyB4 Colosso Battle]] is really good as well.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAw6JVrRhUs Prox.]] A gloomy, grim, cold theme. It fits Prox perfectly.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttqO0yOCDhU Lemuria's theme music]]

* The freakin' ''epic'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3zykjIbKNs opening theme for the second game]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4taGC1TRec Yallam's theme music]] is just sad enough to convey the plight of a struggling town.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8zB6FI-Gbc TUNNEL RUINS]]. Dark, forboding, confrontational. Amazing contrast between the base/chant lines and the flute solo.

** How about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxLi6tn08v8 Sheba's theme]]?

* All this is to say ''nothing'' about a lot of the environmental and dungeon themes. For starters, each of the ginormous Elemental Rock dungeons gets its own awesome background music ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r39SWHXBqY Air's Rock]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS53NRgYL8 Aqua Rock]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwhU2UJ7O_A Gaia Rock]], and ''especially'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnK1vVYT-tU Magma Rock]]). And then we've got the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGy_UfJOuWA main menu theme]], the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DPudL7T8yM thriving merchant town theme]], the scintillating [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp97XVVexvA Elemental Star Chamber theme]], the magnificent [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3uLNr5dLq4 Karagol Sea ship theme]], the uplifting-yet-relaxing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DDQqfZ-HlE The Lost Age town theme]], the haunting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQeWHvIBxo town of the werewolves at night]], the sort of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7uCLFNNqp0 idyllic hometown theme]] that makes you never want to leave unless you're planning to go to a town with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJCeYk0XXH0 music like this]], the ShiftingSandLand [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0J0O4qUHR0 theme of the games' deserts]], the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp6wfWxLM_o Tundaria Tower theme]] that puts a somewhat foreboding twist on the SlippySlideyIceWorld aesthetic, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atkUbWHZGt4 truly dark and foreboding cave/dungeon theme in the second game]]... The list goes on and on.

* All this is to say ''nothing'' about a lot of the environmental and dungeon themes. For starters, each of the ginormous Elemental Rock dungeons gets its own awesome background music ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6iWKHOyO_s Air's Rock]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS53NRgYL8 Aqua Rock]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwhU2UJ7O_A Gaia Rock]], and ''especially'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnK1vVYT-tU Magma Rock]]). And then we've got the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGy_UfJOuWA main menu theme]], the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DPudL7T8yM thriving merchant town theme]], the scintillating [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp97XVVexvA Elemental Star Chamber theme]], the magnificent [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3uLNr5dLq4 Karagol Sea ship theme]], the uplifting-yet-relaxing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DDQqfZ-HlE The Lost Age town theme]], the haunting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQeWHvIBxo town of the werewolves at night]], the sort of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7uCLFNNqp0 idyllic hometown theme]] that makes you never want to leave unless you're planning to go to a town with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJCeYk0XXH0 music like this]], the ShiftingSandLand [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0J0O4qUHR0 theme of the games' deserts]], the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp6wfWxLM_o Tundaria Tower theme]] that puts a somewhat foreboding twist on the SlippySlideyIceWorld aesthetic, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atkUbWHZGt4 truly dark and foreboding cave/dungeon theme in the second game]]... The list goes on and on.

* All this is to say ''nothing'' about a lot of the environmental and dungeon themes. For starters, each of the ginormous Elemental Rock dungeons gets its own awesome background music ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6iWKHOyO_s Air's Rock]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS53NRgYL8 Aqua Rock]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbOx5jRwfpg Gaia Rock]], and ''especially'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnK1vVYT-tU Magma Rock]]). And then we've got the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGy_UfJOuWA main menu theme]], the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DPudL7T8yM thriving merchant town theme]], the scintillating [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp97XVVexvA Elemental Star Chamber theme]], the magnificent [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3uLNr5dLq4 Karagol Sea ship theme]], the uplifting-yet-relaxing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DDQqfZ-HlE The Lost Age town theme]], the haunting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQeWHvIBxo town of the werewolves at night]], the sort of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7uCLFNNqp0 idyllic hometown theme]] that makes you never want to leave unless you're planning to go to a town with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJCeYk0XXH0 music like this]], the ShiftingSandLand [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0J0O4qUHR0 theme of the games' deserts]], the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp6wfWxLM_o Tundaria Tower theme]] that puts a somewhat foreboding twist on the SlippySlideyIceWorld aesthetic, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atkUbWHZGt4 truly dark and foreboding cave/dungeon theme in the second game]]... The list goes on and on.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsLi-2I9MA4 An Eclipsed World]] is one of the most [[NightmareFuel pants-shittingly]] amazing dark world themes out there.

** The criminally-underused [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz5fujEpN-s Non-Adept Battle]]. Plays all of ''twice'' in the game.

* Some other great tracks include [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR8-e9U29hI the revitalized Passaj]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eemTN2H1g24 the Endless Wall (overworld) and Apollo's Ascent]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLg9-YGT58k Isaac's cottage]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2uEk48DSHA Apollo Sanctum]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgtvLWrD1qw Kolima.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Stb8juYFc First]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Pm2bae8Ao second]] game boss themes.

* Some other great tracks include [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeaQTpGSwiU the revitalized Passaj]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBqlrauvPQU the Endless Wall (overworld) and Apollo's Ascent]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLg9-YGT58k Isaac's cottage]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qICvoUADBo Apollo Sanctum]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCw6FP8br8 Kolima.]]

** The [[WastedSong criminally-underused]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz5fujEpN-s Non-Adept Battle]]. Plays all of ''twice'' in the game.
* On the subject of [[WastedSong wasted songs]], did you know [[MemeticBadass Briggs]] gets his own {{Leitmotif}}? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRUOauz4ATE You do now]].

** The first game's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s355mlGUt1c normal battle]] theme kept things interesting while you messed around with and learned all your combat options
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PanyifCWFIc Battle with Saturos]] is the gold standard for a [[BossBattle boss]] [[BattleThemeMusic battle theme]], and anyone who says otherwise is a filthy liar.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PanyifCWFIc Battle with Saturos]] is the gold standard for a boss theme, and anyone who says otherwise is a filthy liar.

*** There's also [[http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/431333 a beautiful]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jTh1PTNfDc soothing]] remix of "Elemental Stars Chamber" by ChaoticMarin that utilizes the soundfont of ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', exemplifying the underwater thematic element of ''Ruby/Sapphire'' while retaining the mystery and intrigue present in the numerous locales of Weyard and Hoenn.

The first thing you have to realize about the music of ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' is that when the game was first released, the only way to play the game was on the very first iteration of the ''GameBoyAdvance''. This system only had 1 actual speaker and yet the music managed to sound absolutely phenomenal. In these 3 games, ''MotoiSakuraba'' goes on to compose some of the finest music he has ever done. Sadly, to this day, no official OST of either GBA game has ever been released. There are plenty of direct game-rips out on the Internet though.

The first thing you have to realize about the music of ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' is when the game was first released, the only way to play the game was on the very first iteration of the ''GameBoyAdvance''. This system only had 1 actual speaker and yet the music managed to sound absolutely phenomenal. In these 3 games, ''MotoiSakuraba'' goes on to compose some of the finest music he has ever done. Sadly, to this day, no official OST of either GBA game has ever been released. There are plenty of direct game-rips out on the Internet though.

!!''Golden Sun'' and ''The Lost Age''

!!''Dark Dawn''

** If you think the original version of the Elemental Stars Chamber theme is CMOA, just wait until you hear [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SXqoy0KTiWI this]] version of it.

* For starters, check the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGcLGe84sxk extended main series theme]], then experience the second game's triumphantly epic [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-urzlb8iOiU endgame overworld theme]]. And if the second game's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYnhq0Ye0y4 normal battle theme]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hsQDpCqxIg final boss theme]] don't blow you away, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTnJVNYCW6g Brawl's medley remix of the above two songs]] will.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dbktuIeGEA&feature=related The main overworld theme]].
** The first game's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s355mlGUt1c&feature=related normal battle]] theme kept things interesting while you messed around with and learned all your combat options

** No love for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4bkp-NjaQ Saturos & Menardi?]]
** Their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn9kAwhOIMQ&feature=related overworld theme]] is great as well.

** Their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On4Nyounc9c 'Outside of battle' theme]] is also worth mentioning... you can [[strike:''feel'']] almost touch the tension!
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esBBXDuvEFA THIS ENDING THEME]] combined with the events during which it is played, brought this troper to tears.
** This troper cried for minutes, and then when [[spoiler:actually the citizens were safe]], kept crying while smiling and wanting to hug his Gameboy. It should be noted that the music is quite well synchronized with the speech and events if you press "A" in a normal way.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Stb8juYFc&feature=related First]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Pm2bae8Ao&feature=related second]] game boss themes.
** The [[WastedSong criminally-underused]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz5fujEpN-s&feature=related Non-Adept Battle]]. Plays all of ''twice'' in the game.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjQLhg4hTxM Jenna's battle theme]] must not be left unmentioned!

*** This happens to be this tropers favorite final dungeon music in any video game ever created. I thought it was so damn good it was the ringtone on my phone as soon as cell phones started having the capabilities to have music files uploaded to them. Yes, it is that good.
*** The best part of the Venus Lighthouse music is that they use it at the very beginning of the second game. When this troper started the second game, that music started playing and suddenly all the memories of the long, epic crawl through the lighthouse came flowing back. This was a brilliant way to bridge the two games.
*** Venus Lighthouse is one of the greatest song ever. Period.
*** The Venus theme just makes you want to be all Felix-y.
** Ditto [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4X5PjUUy2wE Jupiter]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ytoYlkxoAg Mars]]. Mercury must feel rather left out.
** This editor thought the [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gz-12WeL9JE Mercury]] theme was pretty awesome as well.
*** This troper's personal feelings is that Mercury sounded pretty good, had a 'strangeness' quality to it. Venus is just EPIC. Jupiter likewise, for different reasons...though I have to say I reckoned Mars fell a bit short of the mark.

** Tvtropes, I am disappoint. How could [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBReTeDKYnQ this track]] have been left out for so long? The tense beginning, the timid flute urging for your progress before some unspeakable catastrophe falls upon you or your village... It's short, yet it's incredibly efficient in setting a feeling of urgency and hovering danger.
* While Garoh-at-night is indeed beautiful, I only wish they had the version with the occasinal wolf howls. I swear I could have listened to that for hours... But he best songs will always be the second game's ending, and the Karagol ship.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ci1NmPAiRM Freezing Kalt]]. Everytime This Troper hears the segment between 0:33 and 1:04, he cant help but burst into tears. It's THAT moving.

*** Well to start with, there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vf3CmONHXQ&feature=related this arrangement]] (found on the game's website) of the main theme.
* I honestly thought I was the only one obsessed with these game's soundtracks. Seriously, finding the sound test feature in Lost Age was abosultely awesome, and was the reason I always had one clear data save so that I could listen to all the songs. I would spend ages with the volume to the max listening to the soundtrack, especially the freakin' ''epic'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3zykjIbKNs opening theme for the second game]].
* No love for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4taGC1TRec Yallam's theme music]]? I thought that one was just sad enough to convey the plight of a struggling town.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdvCE-PXPgs "A Little Friendship"]], more casually known as "[[{{Leitmotif}} Ivan's theme]]", really inspires this troper to practice her flute more.
** How about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxLi6tn08v8&feature=related Sheba's theme]]?

* Are you kidding me? How could you forget the piece of music so epic, it becomes a major plot point? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgUUIrdcCak Arangoa Prelude]]!

* I would have hated the long frickin' recap-and-intro cutscene a lot more if it didn't have [[http://youtu.be/cyxqwkpRm5k The History of Weyard]] and [[http://youtu.be/ftj7spXeeBk The Present Weyard]] playing the whole time.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuTitgM0EMc&feature=related This track]] deserves mentioning. It gets you pumped for your upcoming adventure.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=NpUferxMz_4 Snowdrift Shrine]]

** The other pieces the band plays certainly aren't lousy, either.

* The first thing you have to realize about the music of ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' is when the game was first released, the only way to play the game was on the very first iteration of the ''GameBoyAdvance''. This system only had 1 actual speaker and yet the music managed to sound absolutely phenomenal. In these 3 games, ''MotoiSakuraba'' goes on to compose some of the finest music he has ever done. Sadly, to this day, no official OST of either GBA game has ever been released. There are plenty of direct game-rips out on the Internet though.

* ''Dark Dawn'', to everyone's great relief, keeps up the tradition:
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRgg5a63n2A A new version of the main theme]] which sounds more epic and adventure-inspiring than ever.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3alAlUFGkPA Isaac's new battle theme]] -- which unfortunately is temporarily replaced after the prologue in which he's a GuestStarPartyMember. (It becomes the main battle theme later in the game.)
** ...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFQF4idkY18 not that Matthew's first battle theme]] is that bad either, as well as the remix of it that plays when getting into a battle while sailing the ship.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APhtfvMVNOU The quick-paced]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFxJ9xepIrk boss themes]].
** The one that most fans are excited about? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwCvgjIPAcY This rearrangement]] of what was arguably the most popular battle theme from the first game, which plays during BonusBoss fights.
** And to bring something that isn't the game's {{Leitmotif}} or a battle theme in, the music for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJirbcJ0Iy0 the cloud passage to Craggy Peak, and Talon Peak]].
** Some other great tracks include [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeaQTpGSwiU the revitalized Passaj]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBqlrauvPQU the Endless Wall (overworld) and Apollo's Ascent]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLg9-YGT58k Isaac's cottage]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qICvoUADBo Apollo Sanctum]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCw6FP8br8 Kolima.]]
** Are you kidding me? How could you forget the piece of music so epic, it becomes a major plot point? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgUUIrdcCak Arangoa Prelude]]!
*** The other pieces the band plays certainly aren't lousy, either.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSBJ1D6M5VQ Blados and Chalis' battle theme]]. The fight may have been a disappointment, but ''damn'' that music is epic.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S40PGcU3Uw8 Their non-batttle theme]] is incredibly, badassedly evil as well.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBbFA6kjNx4 The Luna Tower]] theme is absolutely bad ass.
** As is the theme that plays inside [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNCtE_RnO_M Luna Tower's core.]]
** I would have hated the long frickin' recap-and-intro cutscene a lot more if it didn't have [[http://youtu.be/cyxqwkpRm5k The History of Weyard]] and [[http://youtu.be/ftj7spXeeBk The Present Weyard]] playing the whole time.

** And if that was for the GBA, imagine [[BeyondTheImpossible what Camelot and Sakuraba could have in store for the DS...]]

* The first thing you have to realize about the music of ''GoldenSun'' is when the game was first released, the only way to play the game was on the very first iteration of the ''GameBoyAdvance''. This system only had 1 actual speaker and yet the music managed to sound absolutely phenomenal. In these 3 games, ''MotoiSakuraba'' goes on to compose some of the finest music he has ever done. Sadly, to this day, no official OST of either GBA game has ever been released. There are plenty of direct game-rips out on the Internet though.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPVP5V_nR5o Link Battle Scene]].. Seriously, if you don't think ''GoldenSun'' has genius-music now, than there's something wrong with you!

* This troper is wondering why no one has mentioned the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpWKNjaD8EQ Sailing Music]] yet. I listened to this for the entirety I played the game and sailed and am still not tired of it. This tune really makes me feel as if we are truly on an epic journey.

* That [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nx9re08H3Y the file select screen music]] has not been mentioned yet makes this troper astonished. Between 0:33 - 1:27 is some of the most beautiful music in the series.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttqO0yOCDhU Lemuria's theme music]] is one of the saddest soundtracks for a game I've ever heard. I reckon that says a lot about the GameBoy Advance.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8zB6FI-Gbc TUNNEL RUINS]] has not been mentioned yet. Dark, forboding, confrontational. Amazing contrast between the base/chant lines and the flute solo.