Line #25 AwesomeMusic/GoldenSun


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6	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 UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. This system only had one actual speaker and yet the music managed to sound absolutely phenomenal. In these three games, Creator/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.
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8	!!''Golden Sun (The Broken Seal)'' and ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''
9	* For starters, check the [[https://youtu.be/Us1yZ9ngn2M extended main series theme]], then experience the second game's triumphantly epic [[https://youtu.be/zXnvfennoNU endgame overworld theme]]. And if the second game's [[https://youtu.be/Bj7z6Ig9EDo normal battle theme]] and [[https://youtu.be/6qVHZI1EPtw final boss theme]] don't blow you away, [[https://youtu.be/LTnJVNYCW6g Brawl's medley remix of the above two songs]] will.
10	** If you thought the main theme was good, check out [[https://youtu.be/koVBYzr_5KM this very sad, minor version]] that plays during the scene where the heroes find Vale destroyed. It just suits the scene perfectly... (The video title is a spoiler, so be careful!)
11	** The second games also gives us [[https://youtu.be/Z3e_IGzjGL0 Moving Worlds]], an upbeat remix of the main theme, which plays during the password input.
12	** [[https://youtu.be/lOx_ptMuEFc The main overworld theme]].
13	** The first game's [[https://youtu.be/-2AV0Owpu8A normal battle]] theme kept things interesting while you messed around with and learned all your combat options.
14	* [[https://youtu.be/Sqvu2b_MCj0 Battle with Saturos]] is the gold standard for a [[BossBattle boss]] [[BattleThemeMusic battle theme]]. [[https://youtu.be/Q9W4HbQV8YY This]] [[http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/471335 remix]] of Saturos' solo battle theme by ChaoticMarin is a great one that makes use of the soundfont from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''.
15	%%** [[https://youtu.be/mAvpxfKQ5w0 Saturos & Menardi battle.]]
16	%%** Their [[https://youtu.be/OVOs2dXdFtQ event theme]] is great as well.
17	%%* [[https://youtu.be/8zriSbCpSbg Link Battle Scene]].
18	* [[https://youtu.be/rcu5jpNgTzE Agatio and Karst Battle Theme]] for epic unholiness. Their [[https://youtu.be/57ix_PMxRg8 event theme]] is also worth mentioning... you can almost touch the tension!
19	%%* [[https://youtu.be/rx4JcDoySAM THIS ENDING THEME]].
20	%%* [[https://youtu.be/Bc5nWsehm8w The Fusion Dragon Battle]] from the first one is also pretty cool.
21	%%* [[https://youtu.be/oSMZJnqMpL8 First]] and [[https://youtu.be/qRuyR9BFEXk second]] game boss themes.
22	* The criminally-underused [[https://youtu.be/un8dXpNIIVc Non-Adept Battle]]. Plays all of ''twice'' in the game.
23	* On the subject of wasted songs, did you know [[MemeticBadass Briggs]] gets his own {{Leitmotif}}? [[https://youtu.be/E6SmIi-IqoY You do now]].
24	%%* [[https://youtu.be/hRMjwjavPGc Jenna's battle theme]].
25	%%* [[https://youtu.be/O4DJg_pMF90 Colosso Battle/The Men Who Cleave Steel]] is really good as well.
26	* 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 ([[https://youtu.be/HaDEm4zGpbA Air's Rock]], [[https://youtu.be/x9nWeS46f2I Aqua Rock]], [[https://youtu.be/H8kbfa9pdQA Gaia Rock]], and ''especially'' [[https://youtu.be/2kFGGiO3-VA Magma Rock]]). And then we've got the first game's [[https://youtu.be/AykU-UMN5Us main menu theme]], the [[MerchantCity Kalay]] [[https://youtu.be/kCCI3P4Q5hU town theme]], the scintillating [[https://youtu.be/Vni9sERVNPs Elemental Star Chamber theme]], the magnificent [[https://youtu.be/ZeBMLo_UiBA Karagol Sea ship theme]], the uplifting-yet-relaxing [[PortTown Alhafra]] [[https://youtu.be/p435iU4bgX8 town theme]], the haunting [[https://youtu.be/4XSep6Kg0q town of the werewolves]], the sort of [[https://youtu.be/EdV_4k2RXjU idyllic hometown theme]] that makes you never want to leave unless you're planning to go to a town with [[https://youtu.be/61Y9pG7GHK4 music like this]], the ShiftingSandLand [[https://youtu.be/NJy2TtHYlyA theme of the games' deserts]], the [[https://youtu.be/ASBG6_spedA Tundaria Tower theme]] that puts a somewhat foreboding twist on the SlippySlideyIceWorld aesthetic, the [[https://youtu.be/CGxkJFl2fUM truly dark and foreboding cave/dungeon theme in the second game]]... The list goes on and on.
27	** If you think the original version of the Elemental Star Chamber theme is CMOA, just wait until you hear [[https://youtu.be/SXqoy0KTiWI this]] version of it. There's also [[http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/431333 a beautiful]], [[https://youtu.be/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. It's sure to send chills up the spine of ''Golden Sun'' and ''Franchise/Pokemon'' fans alike. Then there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXQmp6HBXOs this]] version that was entirely reorchestrated!
28	** One of the most epic tunes in the first two games [[https://youtu.be/5hEvgbZ3pFY is the one that plays in the]] [[DiscOneFinalDungeon Venus Lighthouse]].
29	** Ditto [[https://youtu.be/xOoLu3San-Q Jupiter]] and [[https://youtu.be/V9ayuP_AvjE Mars]].
30	** The [[https://youtu.be/01wsgdXXG-c Mercury]] theme is pretty awesome as well.
31	** For a group of islands about to [[WaterfallIntoTheAbyss disappear at any moment]], [[https://youtu.be/tDYTqxqeNAs The Apojii Archipelago]] sure is pretty uplifting!
32	** [[https://youtu.be/0_heLr3QCyA Forest's Requiem]] is a very beautiful, very sad song. Haunting, too.
33	** [[https://youtu.be/b8nnJO39kTg This track]]. 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.
34	* [[https://youtu.be/xH4xEpOJtpU Prox.]] A gloomy, grim, cold theme that fits Prox perfectly. It also gets an EarlyBirdCameo near the end of the first game, when Sheba is about to fall from Venus Lighthouse. In both cases it suits the desperate mood.
35	%%* [[https://youtu.be/TwYIWsM7k94 Freezing Kalt]].
36	* The [[https://youtu.be/r53S6oXUPpE Sailing Music]]. And speaking of sailing, crossing the Eastern Sea would've been tedious if it hadn't been because [[https://youtu.be/xBFWhxezTAE this upbeat battle theme]] whenever you stumbled with a random encounter.
37	* [[https://youtu.be/2Ert8Nlo_NQ The file select screen music]]. Between 0:33 - 1:27 is some of the most beautiful music in the series.
38	%%* [[https://youtu.be/lqnn7dcIn3k Lemuria's theme music.]]
39	* The freakin' ''epic'' [[https://youtu.be/WZ5cENLcamY opening theme for the second game]].
40	* [[https://youtu.be/WgQuyQmI91I Yallam's theme music]] is just sad enough to convey the plight of a struggling town.
41	* [[https://youtu.be/e_tbITtG2_Y TUNNEL RUINS]]. Dark, forboding, confrontational. Amazing contrast between the base/chant lines and the flute solo.
42	* [[https://youtu.be/kbVmONwrc8c "A Little Friendship"]], more casually known as "[[{{Leitmotif}} Ivan's theme]]".
43	%%* How about [[https://youtu.be/haAhvsESctk Sheba's theme]]?
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45	!!''Golden Sun: Dark Dawn''
46	* [[https://youtu.be/WRgg5a63n2A A new version of the main theme]] which sounds more epic and adventure-inspiring than ever.
47	* [[https://youtu.be/3alAlUFGkPA Fight of Sons]], the first battle theme -- which unfortunately is temporarily replaced after the prologue in which Isaac is a GuestStarPartyMember (it becomes the main battle theme later in the game). This techno [[https://youtu.be/q_tWKiVbgdc remix]] by [=DJtheSdotcom=] amplifies the awesomeness of the song, ''especially'' when it rises in pitch during the last minute or so.
48	* ...[[https://youtu.be/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.
49	%%* [[https://youtu.be/APhtfvMVNOU The quick-paced]] [[https://youtu.be/QFxJ9xepIrk boss themes]].
50	* The one that most fans are excited about? [[https://youtu.be/xwCvgjIPAcY This rearrangement]] of what was arguably the most popular battle theme from the first game, which plays during {{Superboss}} fights.
51	* And to bring something that isn't the game's {{Leitmotif}} or a battle theme in, the music for [[https://youtu.be/FJirbcJ0Iy0 the cloud passage to Craggy Peak, and Talon Peak]].
52	* Some other great tracks include [[https://youtu.be/nR8-e9U29hI the revitalized Passaj]], [[https://youtu.be/gLg9-YGT58k Isaac's cottage]].
53	* The piece of music so epic, it becomes a major plot point: [[https://youtu.be/DgUUIrdcCak Arangoa Prelude]]! The [[https://youtu.be/RzapvtGe1gU other]] [[https://youtu.be/t2bKHLaw0Jg pieces]] the band plays certainly aren't lousy, either.
54	* [[https://youtu.be/nSBJ1D6M5VQ Blados and Chalis' battle theme]]. The fight may have been a disappointment, but ''damn'' that music is epic. [[https://youtu.be/S40PGcU3Uw8 Their non-battle theme]] is incredibly, badassedly evil as well.
55	* [[https://youtu.be/VBbFA6kjNx4 The Luna Tower]] theme is absolutely bad ass.
56	* As is the theme that plays inside [[https://youtu.be/FNCtE_RnO_M Luna Tower's core.]]
57	* [[http://youtu.be/cyxqwkpRm5k The History of Weyard]] and [[http://youtu.be/ftj7spXeeBk The Present Weyard]] playing over the recap and introductory cutscene.
58	* [[https://youtu.be/ohrrr8fMv5Q Gathering of Darkness]], the theme that plays after the Alchemy Dynamo is activated, is an intense, panic-inducing theme that screams the fact that you’re in danger, as the Luna Tower is ascending and the Grave Eclipse is soon to begin. With that being said, this theme is really [[NightmareFuel terrifying]], and the alarm sounds that are heard the first time this theme plays only adds to the terror.
59	* [[https://youtu.be/lsLi-2I9MA4 An Eclipsed World]] is one of the most [[NightmareFuel pants-shittingly]] amazing dark world themes out there.
60	* [[https://youtu.be/gkiZPQMYSFs Under The Eclipse]] is one (magnificent) way the game says ''"Welcome to hell"''.
61	* [[https://youtu.be/CuTitgM0EMc This track]] gets you pumped for your upcoming adventure.
62	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTecousdDFg Kolima]]. Bright piano, chimes and an ethereal voice show the calm and peaceful nature of the forest town.
63	* The DarkReprise of "Kolima", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vngi3JjqIw Cursed Kolima]]. Slow, solemn piano and flutes depict a town gripped by Sludge's curse of nightmares.
64	%%* [[https://youtu.be/NpUferxMz_4 Snowdrift Shrine]]
65	* [[https://youtu.be/eemTN2H1g24 Endless Wall/Apollo's Ascent]]. Few tracks really capture that intense urgency that comes with saving the world.
66	* [[https://youtu.be/W2uEk48DSHA Apollo Sanctum theme]]. The appropriately tense drums and bassline really drive home that this is a ''very'' dangerous place but the bells add an almost mystical feel as befits the name Apollo '''Sanctum'''.
67	* The [[https://youtu.be/eYsIyXpF5Ks final boss theme]] is a dark, booming theme that screams at the player that the fate of all of Weyard is at stake.

Context AwesomeMusic / GoldenSun