History AwesomeMusic / FinalFantasyXIV

* Once Zeromus is on the backfoot, the music transitions to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHpNHeWMzcM the Red Wings' theme]]. Originally, it was to portray how terrifying the Red Wings are. Here, while Zeromus has widened the cracks between the shards, the voidsent is getting desperate, and the music is your victory march.

* Once Zeromus is on the backfoot, the music transitions to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHpNHeWMzcM the Red Wings' theme]]. Originally, it was to portray how terrifying the Red Wings are. Here, while Zeromus has widened the barrier between worlds, the voidsent is getting desperate, and the music is your victory march.

* Once Zeromus is on the backfoot, the music transitions to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHpNHeWMzcM the Red Wings' theme]]. Originally, it was to portray how terrifying the Red Wings are. Here, it's your victory march.

* The last boss fight of The Copied Factory (the first part of the "[=YoRHa=]: Dark Apocalypse" series) takes place to [[OrchestralBombing a bombastic version]] of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk8GmgeEbxc the ending theme of]] ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GidkSDUMI8E Weight of the World - Prelude Edition]]", turning it from a rather melancholy and bleak song to an epic battle theme. 2B may be "only one girl", but (represented by the Final Fantasy Prelude melody being woven into the song) she has ''twenty-four Warriors of Light by her side'' for this fight.

** And then (it just doesn't stop with this song!) it was performed by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LZ-WQIbq-M the Eorzean Symphony]] , featuring clips from the official video mixed in with shots of the musicians and vocalist, and then an AudienceParticipation moment that is Awesome, Heartwarming, and Tearjerking all at once.

* The last bossfight of "[=YoRHa=]: Dark Apocalypse" (the first 24-man raid of the expansion) takes place to [[OrchestralBombing a bombastic version]] of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk8GmgeEbxc the ending theme of]] ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GidkSDUMI8E Weight of the World - Prelude Edition]]", turning it from a rather melancholy and bleak song to an epic battle theme. 2B may be "only one girl", but (represented by the Final Fantasy Prelude melody being woven into the song) she has ''twenty-four Warriors of Light by her side'' for this fight.

* The last bossfight of "[=YoRHa=]: Dark Apocalypse" (the first 24-man raid of the expansion) takes place to [[OrchestrialBombing a bombastic version]] of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk8GmgeEbxc the ending theme of]] ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GidkSDUMI8E Weight of the World - Prelude Edition]]", turning it from a rather melancholy and bleak song to an epic battle theme. 2B may be "only one girl", but (represented by the Final Fantasy Prelude melody being woven into the song) she has ''twenty-four Warriors of Light by her side'' for this fight.

** And then (it just doesn't stop with this song!) it was performed by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LZ-WQIbq-M the Eorzean Symphony]] , featuring clips from the official video mixed in with shots of the musicians and vocalists, and then an AudienceParticipation moment that is Awesome, Heartwarming, and Tearjerking all at once.

** And then (it just doesn't stop with this song!) it was performed by the Eorzean Symphony, featuring clips from the official video mixed in with shots of the musicians and vocalists, and then an AudienceParticipation moment that is Awesome, Heartwarming, and Tearjerking all at once.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1Mr7SpHew "Close in the Distance"]] plays in the final zone of ''Endwalker'', capturing the struggle at the end of a long journey and yet with the faith of everyone in them they must forge on. Though its first iteration, "Echoes in the Distance", starts distant and droning, as everyone sacrifice themselves to alter the landscape, the song starts to clear up as the end starts to near. At the very end, when the Warrior of Light is left alone after the last and closest of their companions, the Twins, are sacrificed to open the final path to where the Endsinger awaits, the lyrics become clear that this is journey's end, but not one to give up. Heart heavy with the loss of their companions they struggle on, the Dynamis around them conjuring spirits that recall memories of those they have encountered and their words of friendship, respect, faith and love they have had on their long journey being recalled as they take the final heavy steps to the end. A very powerful piece that has driven players to swell up. Even after completing the main story of ''Endwalker'', the song continues to echo throughout the zone, reflecting its denizens' newfound desire to live.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1d8Xq1Kv3k The band version]] exudes ''power''. A lonely but hopeful tune is transformed into one of strength and determination to forge ahead.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q141dgcObro "Fleeting Moment"]], the theme of P11, reprises the Amaurot {{Leitmotif}} once more as befits a fight with Themis, but in a new manner. Where previous uses of the melody were somber and melancholy, "Fleeting Moment" finds a new joy and energy that transforms the familiar notes into a happy reflection of the sunlit Amaurot in its prime.

* "[=YoRHa=]: Dark Apocalypse" features [[RearrangeTheSong an epic reimagining]] of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk8GmgeEbxc the ending theme of]] ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GidkSDUMI8E Weight of the World - Prelude Edition]]" adding parts of Prelude to the song.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_CQmx5Qc5g "Nemesis"]], the dungeon boss theme, is an intense orchestral theme highlighting the insurmountable odds the adventurers face, but also their determination to win, come what may. It was used again for dungeons in ARR, where it was just as good.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_CQmx5Qc5g "Nemesis"]], the dungeon boss theme for ARR, is an intense orchestral theme highlighting the insurmountable odds the adventurers face, but also their determination to win, come what may.

* Patch 5.3 introduces one of the best boss themes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IiG4vo9k9U "To the Edge"]] (''massive spoiler alert!''), to serve as a TriumphantReprise of the Amaurot and Shadowbringers main themes, especially since the boss in question has taken on the primal form most suited to defeating you: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasy1 the Warrior of Light]]! The song gained an extra level of awesome poignancy when Soken revealed he had written it while in the hospital fighting cancer, unbeknownst to even most members of the development team. If you want a more chill and laidback take of this, there's also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kz67KmxxIk Lounge Jam]] arrangement.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67YwazDYeag "Finality"]], the final boss theme for Endwalker story dungeons, is a riveting piece showcasing the uphill battle you and the Scions face to avert the Final Days, with plenty of ominous melodies in the first part. It then does a 180 with a triumphant orchestral section representing your heroic resolve with chanting at the background. The song then ends with an intense section as if good and evil are clashing.. Then the song loops and you get to enjoy it again.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67YwazDYeag "Finality"]], the final boss theme for Endwalker story dungeons, is a riveting piece showcasing the uphill battle you and the Scions face to avert the Final Days, with plenty of ominous melodies in the first part. It then does a 180 with a triumphant orchestral section representing your heroic resolve with chanting at the background. The song then ends with an intense section as if good and evil are clashing.. Then the song loops and you get to enjoy it again.

* With your final boss fight in the Fell Court of Troia pitting you against Scarmiglione, first of the Four Fiends, what better way to throw a bone to the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' fans by playing a nostalgic but epic arrangement of ''IV''[='=]s iconic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KmNMvPpyWU Battle Theme 2]]! This fight also gets used for the battle against Cagnazzo at the end of Lapis Manalis.

* For Omega Sigmascape V.4, we get [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6seHudjoCso Dancing Mad]], completely remastered. And the Savage version of the fight adds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwTVAmLKmpw&t the fourth phase]], also remastered. That familiar pipe organ builds as the arena is [[LightIsNotGood bathed in golden light]] and Kefka, now in his god form, descends from the sky with that smile glued to his face that says "Yeah... NOW you're screwed." as the theme kicks into full swing. It's like you're a kid again, playing ''Final Fantasy VI'' for the first time.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q141dgcObro&ab_channel=hungrychad "Fleeting Moment"]], the theme of P11, reprises the Amaurot {{Leitmotif}} once more as befits a fight with Themis, but in a new manner. Where previous uses of the melody were somber and melancholy, "Fleeting Moment" finds a new joy and energy that transforms the familiar notes into a happy reflection of the sunlit Amaurot in its prime.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvX16XoooKY "Athena, the Tireless One"]], the final boss theme of the Pandaemonium raid. It incorporates all of the previous Pandaemonium music mixed into an amazing distorted trance filter based on "White Stone Black", and twists their meanings into exalting Athena instead of their original meanings, as if Athena herself was singing about her godlike powers and putting everyone under her.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvX16XoooKY "Athena, the Tireless One"]], the final boss theme of the Pandaemonium raid. It incorporates all of the previous Pandaemonium music mixed into a distorted trance filter based on "White Stone Black".

* Not to be outdone, the final of the Four Fiends, Rubicante, comes in with his own arrangement of "Battle of the Four Fiends", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl67OExW6Zc Forged in Crimson]], which was arranged by [[{{Music/Hyadain}} Kenichi Maeyamada]], who did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21RFBPoOTug his own cover of the song]] long before this! The lyrics have even been [[https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/003414.html posted]] on the game's official blog.

* Following the Endsinger's boss theme, the second half plays "With Hearts Aligned". The Scions send their prayers for you as their light of hope pierces through the darkness, mixing the last verse of "Endwalker - Footfalls" with "The Maker's Ruin", which has since been established as the Warrior of Light's theme. This isn't her boss theme, this is ''yours'', representing the hope that will end the song of oblivion.