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1! ''Bayonetta''
2* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBZNe8k6oaw Mysterious Destiny]], the primary battle theme of the first game, is by far one of Bayonetta's most iconic musical leitmotifs with its distinctive melody and vocals. Its return in ''Bayonetta 3'' during the final battle with Singularity is nothing short of pure awesomeness.
3* Themes for Jeanne fights:
4** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF49ZCjXygo Battle for the Umbran Throne]] starts almost as a church music (as appropriate for the "hallowed arena" where Bayonetta and Jeanne's first fight), but quickly turns into a jazzy piano and double bass affair.
5** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVSYSfHo-MI Red and Black]], playing during 2nd Jeanne's fight, is an awesome, fast song with some killer piano and a cooing breathy girls' chorus in the background.
6** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn8-by_PM1o Blood and Darkness]] during the final battle with Jeanne is a DarkReprise of "Red and Black", complete with heavier orchestra and OminousLatinChanting to emphasize that this is the ultimate fight against Jeanne.
7* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnLsT-wHclg Scarborough Fair Equipped.]] A great drum beat and skillful piano accompanies perhaps the most badass LockAndLoadMontage in the history of beat 'em up games, which also incorporates a healthy dose of LegFocus, WeaponTwirling ''and'' FlairBartending. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT65rUh8XwQ Have a look.]] It's even inspired [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH8AkN6kWZk this song]] by MC Lars.
8* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV6E13xODyA "Fly Me To The Moon"]], originally sung by Music/FrankSinatra. Whoever came up with the idea of melding swing and techno with a sensual female vocal deserves an award or two.
9* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSAVs4XyVcE Let's Dance, Boys!]] plays during the credits. That sax line just. Won't. Quit.
10* "Vigrid Town Areas" is a beautiful combination of jazz with haunting OminousLatinChanting. It says a lot about a soundtrack when even the ambient music has so much put into it.
11%%* The music that plays through most of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb-xNUPFq2s Chapter 8]] makes it one of the best parts of the game.
12%%Why? This is zero-context as written.
13* The track that plays in the first sections of the Epilogue chapter, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASWwRuqsO1Y Friendship]], is nothing less than pure awesome, as it plays as Jeanne, having been released from Balder's mind control, pulls the greatest BigDamnHeroes rescue of the entire game, hitching a ride on a motorcycle onto a rocket heading to space to save Bayonetta.
14* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3rk31VvvSs Climatic Battle]] plays right as you're about to literally take apocalyptic horrors calling themselves angels apart in the most gruesome-cum-awesome method physically possible.
15* The themes of the six most powerful angelic bosses are united in terms of instrumentation and overall atmosphere - all of them feature grandiose orchestral performances paired with powerful choirs.[[note]] It has been widely speculated, but not confirmed, that the choirs are singing liturgical lyrics in the Enochian language.[[/note]]
16* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV3wFRy23cY "The Greatest Jubilee"]] is ''truly'' one of the best final boss themes ever created. Sounding like a sacred {{cantata}} Bach would have only dreamed to compose (for its sheer complexity and staggering power), this piece is pure euphoria - which is appropriate, given it's the theme for Jubileus, who is God in female form.
17* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmQm_PySHCk You May Call Me Father]] is a great orchestral score, which matches the character of Father Balder very well - divinely powered, yet darkly natured. It reappears in ''Bayonetta 2'' with nearly the opposite context – instead of being locked in combat with the CardCarryingVillain Father Balder, you're fighting the unambiguously heroic Balder, whose motivation and valor might even make ''you'' feel like the villain for thwarting his quest. And even though the song itself isn't changed at all on the soundtrack, the new context repurposes "You May Call Me Father" into the theme of a noble agent of the light whose desperate quest to avenge his love is tragically misguided.
18* The tracks for the Cardinal Virtues may not have the general awesomeness of some of the other tracks that makes them as enjoyable played separately, but while fighting the bosses in question, you'd be hard-pressed to imagine a more appropriate track.
19** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIVUlTXuQ-o Fortitudo - In Labors And Dangers]] provides some wonderfully awesome chanting that lets you know that these bosses are something else.
20** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rccVc8-22fQ Temperantia - In Foregoing Pleasures]] contains an insanely catchy marching theme that gives the hectic bossfight some real size.
21** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx4CL4Y2Cx0 Iustitia - In Giving Every Man His Due]] lets you know within the first few seconds that the [[EldritchAbomination thing]] you are fighting should not exist.
22** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6z-UuwnJ90 Sapientia - In The Choice Between Good and Evil]] mixes a sweeping chorus with some epic piano to create a song that sounds both angelic and dooming.
23* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKWgJNm9Mg0 One Of A Kind]]. Hearing the slow OminousLatinChanting, followed by the violin riff while the camera zooms away from Bayonetta and Jeanne, all while they are ''falling off an absurdly high cliff'' and hordes of Angels come flying towards you, really sets the tone for the rest of the game.
24* Two themes from classic Sega arcade games receive remixes that are a joy to listen to: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb5XUkxbHRI the theme]] of ''VideoGame/AfterBurner'', for the motorcycle race in Chapter 8; and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVh1OK59oik the theme]] of ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier'', for the UnexpectedShmupLevel Chapter 14.
25* The battle songs are definitely epic, but a few other tracks stand out for adding emotion to the game's cutscenes, such as...
26** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prmYkBhHTFA Bayonetta and Luka]], an adorable, warm piece that plays during the first genuinely friendly moment between the two.
27** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ut3NbMWEdU The Gates of Hell]], a relaxed, slow jazz piece that plays in Rodin's bar.
28** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trD5-DElOFE Cereza]], a childish, lighthearted song for by far the most adorable character in the game.
29** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsMMR1KjRJo Sexy Battle]], to go with the dance-off between the two Bayonettas.
30** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgecemuA3I4 Luka's Crazy Idea A]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq1dZhZ1QII Luka's Crazy Idea B]] play during some interesting moments between Bayonetta and Luka.
31** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Y_iznSbMM Iustitia Enters B]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh7Lcx0qCE4 C]], primal, drum-heavy, tense pieces to accompany the most abominable Cardinal Virtue.
32** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwKUbp6zzBw Save Cereza!]], a fast, frantic piece that impeccably fits Bayonetta's desperate search for her little one.
33** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMJs6TvjFpA This piece]] plays after Balder throws Luka to his apparent death.
34** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9zpC6NMH24 Luka Enters]], to go with the game's plucky comic relief. Hello, Cheshire!
35* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEh8VyVTrKs Magnificent Seven (Climax Mix)]] is a remix of the Boss theme from Fantasy Zone that plays at the end of Chapter VIII as you battle three Braves, and it is AWESOME.
36* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQWW84jsLtI Giant Military Transport Valkyrie]]. A shame it plays only on the first third of the airship stage, because it is just... awesome. The piano on the second half of the loop is just mesmerizing.
37* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFCdtAQp3ss Riders of the Light]], yet another battle theme that just oozes awesome.
38* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKvBQJAnZ8o Talking with Balder C]] plays during Balder's speech at the beginning of the chapter he appears in. It fantastically captures the feel of the two most powerful humans in the Bayonetta universe squaring off like wolves about to maul.
39* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_0zGW4QrJQ The theme song "Something Missing"]] by Michi, as used in the commercials for the game, is an upbeat and hopeful, yet almost soothing song that explains Bayonetta's motivations very clearly. It also serves as a nice contrast to all of the non-stop action that the game has to offer.
40* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOmgaK8Rc3k Both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnKiJggXs3A the]] CherubicChoir tracks playing in the Paradiso levels are ''ethereally'' beautiful and blend well with the [[SceneryPorn positively gorgeous background]].
41* Chapter 15's first half, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul1SZFBOc4s Ithavoll Building - Lower Floors]], as Bayo tears through searching for Cereza. Also gets a BGMOverride.
42* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUuxsfZGweM Let's Hit the Climax!]] combines a climactic theme and a classical piano to make a noise worthy of killing a cardinal virtue.
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44! ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2''
45* The sequel brings even more beautiful and awe-inspiring tracks to the line up, starting with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXhhdNL05sY a jazzy, high-speed remix of Moon River]] as the title song. The game's credits play the original Music/AndyWilliams [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re2cP2Eg6Xs performance]] of "Moon River", too.
46* The primary battle theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H11PKYGH1p8 Tomorrow is Mine]], is particularly catchy.
47* The snippet for the LockAndLoadMontage, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LOwQSMOELA Trying on Love is Blue]]", is a remix of "Scarborough Fair equipped" from 1, replacing the somewhat harsh drums with full-on piano.
48* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqpoPwhkJ2U Gomorrah, Devourer of the Divine]]" was used in the game's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwGaXhptBY soundtrack trailer]] to show off the new score, and demonstrates the soundtrack's theme of sequential music extremely well, containing four different looping points depending on what stage of the fight the player's in – not to mention being surprisingly epic for a boss you fight in the ''prologue''.
49* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAeeCdCSMQg Glamor: In Charm and Allure]]" from the "Gates of Paradise" chapter combines the soundtrack's theme of multi-stage tracks with UncommonTime, since beating the hell out of an ice dragon is no fun unless you're doing it to a song in 7/4 time.
50* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKcT_YkGncg The Lumen Sage and Temperantia]]", this game's equivalent of "Temperantia - In Foregoing Pleasures", plays during the second half of the first two duels with the Masked Lumen, while one of your Infernal Demons fights with one of the Auditio in the background. Appropriately enough, it also mixes in elements of "You May Call Me Father", foreshadowing who the Masked Lumen really is.
51* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpuW4W7ggvg Insidious: Consumer of All]]" has a menacing chorus that makes a great backbeat to fighting a giant underwater monster with a giant skull in its design. And then the song kicks into high gear halfway into the fight with a jump in tempo to let you know that this boss isn't messing around anymore.
52* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BAcyyGXzIE The Great War, Land Battle]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8wpTBKHx1U The Great War, Aerial Battle]]", both of which play during the chapter where you control the Umbran Armor, perfectly capture the feeling of taking a last stand in a massive war.
53* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro39UqZlntk Loki's Crisis]]" plays while you are rushing to defend Loki from the Masked Lumen in Chapter 4, and it's enough to give even the most detached player a sense of desperation and urgency.
54* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r5lU8JdX50 Alraune: Whisperer of Dementia]]" is a playful synth and piano piece that sounds like something Bayonetta herself might use as a theme, but it matches the rose-themed demoness perfectly.
55* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0-acvQZPVw Alraune: Whisperer of Insanity]]" is a powerful DarkReprise of "Alraune: Whisperer of Dementia", showing that the rose demon is no longer playing around and means business. The song reaches an intense climax when Alraune has that last sliver of health and the OminousLatinChanting goes into overdrive!
56* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Vp3hM9PCw Raid!]]" plays when you fight the {{Superboss}} Rodin the Infinite One, showing that you are absolutely screwed as you are fighting against the most powerful demon of all time, making you feel absolutely hopeless.
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58!''VideoGame/Bayonetta3''
59* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cx73MMLnPA The Beginning of the End]]" plays during the opening narration and battle, setting the tone for a fight that's '''far''' beyond anything Cereza, or hell, the story thus far, has seen up to this point, the intense and dramatic orchestra and choir only further accommodating for the desperate fight that kicks off ''3'''s story.
60* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA7hGlDX05Q Requiem]]", a haunting, somber orchestral tune that plays during the HopelessBossFight segment of the fight with Singularity in both the opening and FinalBattle, perfectly setting the hopeless, tragic tone that Bayonetta ''cannot'' win against this foe.
61* The main theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoZpl1PA8U4 Al Fine (Whispers of Destiny)]]", is an incredibly beautiful, passionate and energetic theme backed by amazing violin and accordion sections, with incredibly heartfelt lyrics that effectively describe how this story is TheLastDance for the Bayonetta we've known for awhile, yet she shows ''no'' fear as long as her love is burning hot. Special mention goes to the song being played once again in the final phase of the final boss to truly set the tone of the story's climax.
62* Yet another snippet for a LockAndLoadMontage, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_v8kEuvroI Trying on Colour My World]]" develops "Trying on Love is Blue" further, making it even more orchestral.
63* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE0O00vx29c The Ancient Technique - Demon Slave]]" plays when Bayonetta first unviels the Demon Slave, and it beautifully portrays how this is an eleventh hour skill, one that barely saved Bayonetta from being slaughtered by Gomorrah in his rage.
64* Viola's battle song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlDx2LjdPfc Gh()st]]", is a fast-paced rock-type song that matches her attitude. Listening to the lyrics, it also hints at who she really is and her background.
65* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz9J-Qr8RrU The Demon Rider]]" is another fun and whimsical track that plays as Bayonetta hops a ride atop Phantasmaraneae while escaping the destruction of Tokyo, and later while gunning Wartrain Gouon's cannons while battling Pyrocumulus.
66* Bayonetta β1's theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4aucnrBSPY Try to stop me!]]", fast electronic piece, gives the first alternate Bayonetta we meet her own signature style.
67* For Cheshire's sequence in the desert, we get a wistful Western-inspired track, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65CR_Zs6z74 Cheshire The Wanderer]]".
68* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VL4UUD4krw Red and Black]]" is back! Now Egyptian-style!
69* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbUVhHxmS4c The Hunters and the Hunted]]" is an equally fun, equally badass, jaunty and ''very'' French track plays during the big rail-shooter sequence while chasing Alternate Rosa throughout Paris.
70* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz8NzwEgF9M Witch Dance Battle]]", which plays during Phantom Thief Bayonetta and Prime Bayonetta's dance-off, is incredibly catchy and fun, giving the impression Phantom Thief Bayonetta is just simply entertaining Prime Bayonetta, before switching to them fighting, ''while still dancing''.
71* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DZxJruEwyU Night Shadows Dancing]]" is a theme for French Bayonetta β4, The Phantom Thief, playful piano melody backed by vocal choir turns lyrical halfway to reflect her story.
72* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6DqUV2z5Po Fertile Rondo]]" is sung by Baal Zebul as part of ''a boss fight'' in the Paris chapter. It's basically an epic SymphonicMetal piece with Baal Zebul's soprano voice serving as its centerpiece.
73* Which jazz standard serves as a battle theme this time around? Why "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi43-Vqu6D4 Moonlight Serenade]]" of course. And during the second set of credits after Viola's battle with Dark Eve and the Kraken, Music/FrankSinatra's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOihMwRxUdM version]] is played.
74* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-SbO_WL8_A Catching Up With Jeanne]]" [[note]]Title apparently according to the in-game file.[[/note]] plays when Sigurd activates all five Chaos Gears, opening the portal to the Alphaverse. There's this sense of majestic awe on seeing the [[https://youtu.be/RjQYgHtgKWk?t=13505 giant inter-dimensional machinery activate to life]].
75* In addition to classic "Gates of Hell" muzak playing in Rodin's bar as usual, ''Bayonetta 3'' adds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YojCNon8Fuw a bossa-nova remix]].
76* Yet another remix of a classic Bayonetta 1 track: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2lDues35wU Riders Of The Light (3rd Climax Mix) - Crazy GT Solo Version,]] with its piano melody replaced by an electric guitar solo.
77* The appearances of Bayonetta 1 and 2 are accompanied by [[https://youtu.be/UreeHv8QaSM Phenomenal Uncertainty]], a fusion of "Mysterious Destiny" and "Tomorrow Is Mine" that blends the instrumentals of both songs together seamlessly to accompany the appearances of the previous game's heroines at the final battle.
78* The ending song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs7Orapv0MI We Are As One]]", that plays over the initial staff roll is befitting of a bittersweet send-off.
79* The theme for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsNBkLC94dw Dark Eve]], a beautiful cacophony of violins and pianos, which really give weight to the fact that Viola, having just lost her mother and father once again, now has to fight the resentment and negative emotions of all the Bayonettas destroyed by Singularity. You can very much feel the emotional weight of the fight during the bridge, where the sound of a choir and a melody are heard.
80* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6zO4f9HDcg "Let's Dance Boys!"]] is back for its third climax, and it's jazzier than ever.

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