History AwesomeMusic / BatenKaitos

* The entirety of both games are a pair of crowning soundtracks of awesome. Even the worst songs are simply above average, and if a song is even average compared to the rest of the soundtrack, it still sounds amazing compared to other games. There's a reason the soundtracks are collectively considered MotoiSakuraba's best work.

** For your listening pleasure, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC2SDdMEGLE The Valedictory Elegy]]", ''Origins''' standard battle theme. And then there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRNCUdThacI the guitar version]] for battles in the Colosseum.
*** And then there's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7taNjPaZIg new arrangement]] in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros for Wii U]]''.

* The entirety of both games are a pair of crowning soundtracks of awesome. Even the worst songs are simply above average, and if a song is even average compared to the rest of the soundtrack, it still sounds amazing compared to other games. There's a reason the soundtracks are collectively considered {{Motoi Sakuraba}}'s best work.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWbhB1iMjB0 Castle in the Sand]], which plays on the Mira overworld and in Azha. It's NightmareFuel, but it's ''epic'' NightmareFuel.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVwmR8J_y-Y Crystal Abyss]]. Used as Wiseman's battle theme, it's ''[[NightmareFuel even more creepy than he is]]''. Seriously, this could be used in Franchise/SilentHill.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVwmR8J_y-Y Crystal Abyss]]. Used as Wiseman's battle theme, it's ''[[NightmareFuel even more creepy than he is]]''. Seriously, this could be used in SilentHill.

** Remember The True Mirror? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnsKxmpjqUs Well, it's back]], fully orchestrated for a mindblowing CallBack.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-9MPcs1RXU&fmt=18 The True Mirror]], the default battle theme, is an amazingly good song. Then the BossRemix takes it to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtMDOIEyu0E the next level]].
** No love for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jjrl5oYwgM Rumbling of the Earth]]?
** While we're at it, let's add [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXUnMr1yX2w Brave Way.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWbhB1iMjB0&feature=related Castle in the Sand]], which plays on the Mira overworld and in Azha. It's NightmareFuel, but it's ''epic'' NightmareFuel.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3BWiI8v33w&feature=related Nadir's Whale]]. Reminds me a little bit of ''MassEffect'' music, for some reason.

** No love for the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK5cRPzYa2w Supreme Ruler of the Nine Heavens?]]

** This troper absolutely ''adored'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wv7K2thAjU Embark on a Voyage]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8kKRMKjpk&feature=related Deep Sea of Tears]], used during the game's biggest TearJerker.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyXIN_A8vOQ&feature=player_embedded Soul Poetry]], IMO, is a hauntingly beautiful piece. Also, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn8nO1z9XQM&feature=player_embedded Divine White Bell]], which not only is the main theme of the church, but also plays at crucial moments in the game, particularly [[spoiler:Kalas' FaceHeelTurn.]]
** Really? No Condemnation of Darkness? Seriously? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c2hN0YCqls That's getting fixed, right now.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3vUe3b4o_M&feature=related A Last Villainous Quip]]. [[spoiler: [[PostFinalBoss Geldoblame]]]] might be a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere, but his battle theme is ''great''.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0EWL7WJZJU&feature=related Addressing Stars]], the beautiful credits theme.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Ho2qCCXr0&feature=related Evidential Material]], everything you need in a boss theme.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUZEFnvggmA&feature=channel_video_title Deep Red Pastures]], the happiest song in the world.

** For your listening pleasure, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC2SDdMEGLE The Valedictory Elegy]]", ''Origins''' standard battle theme. And then there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRNCUdThacI&fmt=18 the guitar version]] for battles in the Colosseum.
** There's also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDO7r2kYlnM Powerful Voice of an Old Soul]], played in the first half of TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrR_0bQ9Pgc Terrible Technology]], played in the second half. And let's not forget [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyREUhcJbBA Tears of Compassion]], which was a large part of the reason that game's biggest TearJerker was so successful.

** Guillo's theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94hw44lkiRw&feature=channel_video_title Legendary Doll]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2bwCTNCAY&feature=related The Beginning Of The Unjust Journey and the Prelude To Betrayal]] [[LongTitle (whew)]], a DarkReprise of the Mintaka theme from ''Eternal Wings'', plays during TheStinger.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZIHqhL2vxA&feature=relmfu Floating Pebbles]], which plays in the Nekkar Quietlands, is a beautifully melancholy piece. Why is it that the most irritating levels in this game always seem to have the best music?

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uG3KTbAM_4&feature=related Descent to Earth]], played when [[spoiler:the islands fall from the sky]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfFXnOTF7iQ&feature=related Twisted Time and Warped Sky]], which has a definite apocalyptic feel to it.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfTvIMkgVbM Bellflower]], an awesomely catchy town theme.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IWDk8qjXmk&feature=related Glowing Clouds]], while it gets used ''a lot'', isn't bad.

*** In that same vein, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W17-57Juw0I&feature=related Bitter Enemies In The Same Boat]], which is somehow even better.

** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oUR7Mt4AYc&feature=related three]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0VwLHKDTFw&feature=related Sedna]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtAZkM4Rss0&feature=related themes]]. Need motivation to do that giant CollectionSidequest? There you go.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF1bq34TgYQ&feature=related A Road to the Dignified Future]], Verus' theme.

** Count in also the unbelievably tragic [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVomsupxy7s Rain on a Moonlit Night.]] ManlyTears were shed.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzApUViMHPc&feature=related The Shadow of the Moon on the Water]], which plays over the end credits and is stunningly beautiful.

** Also from ''Origins'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz-jFRuvA2o&fmt=18 Le Ali Del Principio]]. Words don't do it justice; just listen to it. The music alone is incredible, but the hauntingly beautiful vocals make the piece almost impossibly wonderful...especially considering the fact that the vocalist was ''the composer's nine-year old daughter''.

** Remember The True Mirror? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge51GxcyRnU&fmt=18 Well, it's back]], fully orchestrated for a mindblowing CallBack.

*** In that same vein, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W17-57Juw0I&feature=related Bitter Enemies In The Same Boat]], which is used brilliantly in the ending cutscene.

** Also from ''Origins'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz-jFRuvA2o&fmt=18 Le Ali Del Principio]]. Words don't do it justice; just listen to it. It's the most beautiful video game music I have ever heard. The music alone is incredible, but the hauntingly beautiful vocals make the piece almost impossibly wonderful...especially considering the fact that the vocalist was ''the composer's nine-year old daughter''.

** Remember The True Mirror? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge51GxcyRnU&fmt=18 Well, it's back]] and orchestrated for a mindblowing CallBack.

** There's also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Lygkb2lCk Poacher]], used for boss battles against afterlings, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSkgzGzMFQ Raincloud]], used for the Cloud Passage in Diadem, and the brilliantly creepy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRj5FpVO-NY Ruins]], used for the village of Rasalas after you find [[spoiler:all of the people there turned into Magnus by the BigBad]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XARPxxfAeUc To the End of the Journey of Glittering Stars]] is quite possibly one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. ''Ever.'' It gives this troper chills every time she listens to it.

** This troper, a musician at heart, was looking forward to the music in ''Baten Kaitos'', a game produced by a company whose ''business'' is music. Thus, he was disappointed that, of the whole OST, he only really liked one track, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfTvIMkgVbM Bellflower]]''. Though, to be fair, it's one of his favorite pieces of music, ever.

** While he agrees that "Violent Storm" is an awesome song, [[OmegaBlade this troper]] believes that "The True Mirror" is used to far more powerful effect than the latter. There's the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-9MPcs1RXU&fmt=18 regular version]] for normal battles; the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge51GxcyRnU&fmt=18 orchestral version]] [[spoiler:used in the prequel when you fight Baelheit, which is really significant considering he's a spiriter]]; and the '''''mind-blowing''''' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtMDOIEyu0E guitar version]] reserved for very important boss battles.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2bwCTNCAY&feature=related The Beginning Of The Unjust Journey and the Prelude To Betrayal]] [[LongTitle (whew)]], a DarkReprise of the Mintaka theme from ''Eternal Wings'', plays during Geldoblame's StartOfDarkness.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX-_-lH6YwA Ruinous Commander]], the FinalBoss theme, is very eerie and really accentuates what you're fighting.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2bwCTNCAY&feature=related The Beginning Of The Unjust Journey and the Prelude To Betrayal]] [[LongTitle (whew)]], a slow, ominous remix of the Mintaka theme, plays during Geldoblame's StartOfDarkness.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX-_-lH6YwA Ruinous Commander]], the battle theme for the last boss (or second to last, if you did a certain sidequest) is also quite eerie, and really accentuates fighting [[spoiler: a seemingly reasonable and kind man who turned out to be behind basically every horrible thing that happened in the game]]