History AwesomeMusic / MapleStory

* The heavy metal/techno music that plays in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tri-wWZFs_k Phantom Forest]] and the rock music in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68cSuhjO990 Yakuza Hideout in Showa.]]
* The Crimsonwood keep area is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome as a whole. Not to mention the music from inside the keep and from the bossfight is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtXBWM4PC6E Wicked ]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsnLlIB2Wz0 awesome.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDLKIlanfS4 Lith Harbour's theme]] is an astounding tune and is also one of the first tunes you'll hear on Victoria Island.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aby-Xbuccg The song that plays on the ship ride from Orbis to Ludibrium (called "On a Voyage")]] is a beautiful and epic sounding remix of Orbis' theme.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mve_E5l-kY Sleepywood's]] Theme song is a great "Mellow out tune" and makes suffering through [[ThatOneSidequest the Jump Quests]] much more bearable.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-ytoRguS8 Ellinia's]] Theme song is among the most popular in the game, and sounds just as good, if not better, on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5P-05y49io Piano.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ-tyfJt0tc Another solo piano version]] somehow manages to incorporate other layers done by other instruments in the original.
* The Temple of Time has some beautiful music, starting with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uCaEDM-Kf8 song]] in the starting hub map.
** The theme song that plays in the second area of the Time Temple, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3loq0xBsi7o "Repentance".]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpKE4mKFSZY Remembrance]] is much happier but no less awesome.
** And finally, there's the suspenseful, foreboding music for the third area, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPdotLdAe7k Forgetfulness]].
* The song that plays in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rudx0-gXZD4 Eos Tower while you're in the open]] is fantastic. It really picks up at 0:33.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT1qwL_p6aA Feast your ears]] Chryse's boss music.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qj4hgJeSe4 The log-in theme music.]] Too bad it's been changed in the Korean edition and gradually other versions. It was also given an amazing acoustic remix titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XaIEwMXYSUA Yester Story]] for ''Maplestory 2''.
* Empress Cygnus's battle theme music. It is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoilgh7fMUY beautiful]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TgZFvGo_yo The new NLC theme]] for the Global version is a bit DarkerAndEdgier than the original, and it's pretty dang awesome.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne9op1cVPiQ The Mu Lung area]] theme is VERY catchy.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r05cGa1Jms0 Step of Kaiser]] the theme of Kaiser's tutorial stage in which you play as the previous Kaiser. It's dark and action packed, showing the last mission of a valiant warrior in all of his glory.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYeUnqsCnxg Pantheon]] is the theme of Kaiser and Angelic Buster's hometown. It's easily the most calm and soothing town theme in the game with melancholy notes that really ring true after Velderoth's betrayal.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koxm5dEtkS8 Pantheon Field]] is the theme of the low-level areas around Pantheon and the Dimensional Invasion Party Quest. It starts off with a slow and quiet xylophone before rising into a gradual crescendo with a strong beat, falling and rising again like the high and low points of an adventure.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNh-dYY3MpM Nova Sanctum]] is the theme of the various shrines stationed around Pantheon. Is a gentle theme that gives a sense of weightlessness and safety.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZTQdmJAEQI Great Temple]] Is the theme of the Great Nova Temple in Pantheon. It's quite grand and baroque, as if one was standing in a real-life church. Starting with a set of bells before bringing in the brass in a series of crescendos and decrescendos that make it a theme of deliberation and thoughtfulness.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqCXm9_LsI Border Area]] is one of the battle themes that plays during the instanced Specter fights. It's an extremely tense theme that makes your fierce battle to defend Pantheon all the more heart-pumping.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuoeZkWgDjk Retake]] The theme of Helisium Reclamation HQ. Much like the Great Nova Temple, it's a theme of deliberation, this time for military tactics as it marks the start of the front-line battle against Magnus.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01M2hR6BMHY Helisium Mystic Forest]] A calming theme to fit the beautiful and peaceful landscape of the forest, a calm before the storm that is the storming of Magnus's stronghold.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlP7oASTb7w Helisium Field]] Starkly contrasting the bright and optimistic Pantheon Field, it's a dark and gritty theme meant to underscore the harsh war going on in Grandis between the Nova and Magnus.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxwC4DQ_Gmo Helisium War Cry]] A theme of the battle instances in the Helisium area. Another blood-pumping theme, it's most notably used in the fight where Kaiser stalls for time and is nearly overwhelmed before [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Edea finishes her spell preparations and vaporizes an entire army of Specters in an instant.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNcUGCElU40 Trapped Kaiser]] as its name would imply this theme plays when Kaiser is surrounded and has to fight his way out. It's an extremely grand theme that emphasizes your struggle against impossible odds.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvBhDh4coJo Funky Black Market,]] the theme of the Nova's foothold base in the downtown market area of Helisium, is a jazzy theme that shows the zany antics that take place there as well as the clandestine missions that take place soon after its creation in the vein of the old ''Film/JamesBond'' movies.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7xk5VfLpwY Citadel of Tyrant]] The background music for the Tyrant's Castle, Magnus's base. With a strong brass line, a powerful beat, and an ever present ostinato of strings gives one the feeling of being watched.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rHW7L-DOJM The Final War]] Magnus's boss battle theme. It's a never ending assault of strings, choir, and brass meant to overwhelm you. There's only a brief lull near the end before escalating back into a full on blast, highlighting how little room you have to breath, fitting for one of the hardest boss battles in the game.
* The RED update gives Maplestory an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQYUUZ0RW1A anime theme song]], a cheery, upbeat theme meant to symbolize the determination and hidden potential of the Explorers (meaning you players out there).
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8oVlgL5uM The Omega Sector]], an area so obscure that most new players will never have a reason to go there - the region being "closed" pending an upcoming revamp hasn't helped matters.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U37EVkJNiSk This]] is the theme of the Kinesis job class revealed in the July of 2015. It's a flashy techno theme with an electronic beat meant to characterize the nature of Kinesis as a hero of the modern world with ESP rather than magic. It has an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmWrqpV7f0Q excellent dark reprise as well]].
* The Friendstory Post-Game Update in KMS focused around the characters competing against Damien's new rock band which took the school by storm. To counter this, you and your friends end up putting together your own band. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mVj4qHNLso This song (an extension of Friendstory's opening theme) is the result.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJJvowmQ7uQ Here's the Japanese version if you like it better.]]
* The towns in Mirror World use gorgeous arrangements of their real counterparts' themes, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZxJ-3CgGzk Ariant]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZUun0KOQU Magatia]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt7XtPsFXpc Ludibrium]], and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzPhXjk2dEM Temple of Time]].
* The Afterlands music pieces are pretty serene, as each piece has both a day and a night version. Check the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY6ueC0qlCY Land of Riches night version]] and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbzFDITpUs slightly different version]] out. Equally serene as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZF2wUO-mtA&t=29m16s piano solo]].

* [[spoiler:Empress Cygnus]]'s battle theme music. It is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoilgh7fMUY beautiful]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYeUnqsCnxg Pantheon]] is the theme of Kaiser and Angelic Buster's hometown. It's easily the most calm and soothing town theme in the game with melancholy notes that really ring true after [[spoiler: Velderoth's betrayal]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxwC4DQ_Gmo Helisium War Cry]] A theme of the battle instances in the Helisium area. Another blood-pumping theme, it's most notably used in the fight where Kaiser stalls for time and is nearly overwhelmed before [[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Edea finishes her spell preparations and vaporizes an entire army of Specters in an instant.]]]]

* The Afterlands music pieces are pretty serene, as each piece has both a day and a night version. Check the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69QrVbH7pYM Land of Riches night version]] out. Equally serene as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZF2wUO-mtA&t=29m16s piano solo]].

* The Afterlands music pieces are pretty serene, as each piece has both a day and a night version. Check the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69QrVbH7pYM Land of Riches night version]] out.
** Equally serene as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZF2wUO-mtA&feature=youtu.be&t=29m16s piano solo]].

* The Afterlands music pieces are pretty serene, as each piece has both a day and a night version. Check the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69QrVbH7pYM Land of Riches night version]] out.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-ytoRguS8 Ellinia's]] Theme song is among the most popular in the game, and sounds just as good, if not better, on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5P-05y49io Piano.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ-tyfJt0tc Another solo piano version]] that somehow manages to incorporate other layers done by other instruments in the original.

* The towns in Mirror World use gorgeous arrangements of their real counterparts' themes, including [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZxJ-3CgGzk Ariant]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZUun0KOQU Magatia]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt7XtPsFXpc Ludibrium]], and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzPhXjk2dEM Temple of Time]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U37EVkJNiSk This]] is the theme of the Kinesis job class revealed in the July of 2015. It's a flashy techno theme with an electronic beat meant to characterize the nature of Kinesis as a hero of the modern world with ESP rather than magic.
** It has an excellent dark reprise as well, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmWrqpV7f0Q here]].

** The theme song that plays in the second area of the Time Temple, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXkFRHTLLJo "Repentance".]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vQvol_Opq4 Remembrance]] is much happier but no less awesome.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvBhDh4coJo Funky Black Market]] The theme of the Nova's foothold base in the downtown market area of Helisium. It's a jazzy theme that shows the zany antics that take place there as well as the clandestine missions that take place soon after its creation in the vein of the old ''Film/JamesBond'' movies.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvBhDh4coJo Funky Black Market]] The theme of the Nova's foothold base in the downtown market area of Helisium. It's a jazzy theme that shows the zany antics that take place there as well as the clandestine missions that take place soon after its creation in the vein of the old JamesBond movies.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qj4hgJeSe4 The log-in theme music.]] Too bad it's been changed in the Korean edition and gradually other versions. It was also given an amazing acoustic remix titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XaIEwMXYSUA Yester Story]] for ''Maplestory 2''.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koxm5dEtkS8 Pantheon Field]] is the theme of the low-level areas around Pantheon and the Dimensional Invasion Party Quest. It starts of slow and quiet xylophone before rising into a gradual crescendo with a strong beat, falling and rising again like the high and low points of an adventure.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qj4hgJeSe4 The log-in theme music.]] Too bad it's been changed in the Korean edition and gradually other versions. It was also given an amazing acoustic remix titled [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BlO6OC5-A Yester Story]] for ''Maplestory 2''.

* The towns in Mirror World use gorgeous arrangements of their real counterparts' themes, including [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZxJ-3CgGzk Ariant]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt7XtPsFXpc Ludibrium]], and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzPhXjk2dEM Temple of Time]].

* The theme song that plays in the second area of the Time Temple, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXkFRHTLLJo "Repentance".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vQvol_Opq4 Remembrance]] is much happier but no less awesome.

* The Friendstory Post-Game Update in KMS focused around the characters competing against Damien's new rock band which took the school by storm. To counter this, you and your friends end up putting together your own band. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mVj4qHNLso This song (an extension of Friendstory's opening theme) is the result.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJJvowmQ7uQ Here's the Japanese version if you like it better.]]

''VideoGame/MapleStory'' has some excellent music which is often overlooked- often because various maps and cutscenes may only play a small clip of each song.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8oVlgL5uM The Omega Sector]], an area so obscure that most new players will never have a reason to go there- the region being "closed" pending an upcoming revamp hasn't helped matters.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8oVlgL5uM The Omega Sector]], an area so obscure that most new players will never have a reason to go there.

''VideoGame/MapleStory'' has some excellent music which is often overlooked.

MapleStory has some excellent music which is often overlooked. Here are some examples:

* The Crimsonwood keep area is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome as a whole. Not to mention the music from inside the keep and from the bossfight is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtXBWM4PC6E&feature=related Wicked ]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsnLlIB2Wz0&feature=related awesome]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mve_E5l-kY&feature=related Sleepywood's]] Theme song is a great "Mellow out tune" and makes suffering through [[ThatOneSidequest the Jump Quests]] much more bearable.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-ytoRguS8&feature=related Ellinia's]] Theme song is among the most popular in the game, and sounds just as good, if not better, on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5P-05y49io Piano.]]
* The theme song that plays in the second area of the Time Temple [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXkFRHTLLJo Repentance]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qj4hgJeSe4 The log-in theme music.]] Too bad it's been changed in the Korean edition and gradually other versions. It was also given an amazing acoustic remix titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BlO6OC5-A Yester Story]] for Maplestory 2.
* [[spoiler:Empress Cygnus]]'s battle theme music. It is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoilgh7fMUY&feature=related beautiful]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r05cGa1Jms0 Step of Kaiser]] the theme of Kaiser's tutorial stage in which you play as the previous Kaiser. It's dark and action packed, showing the last mission of a valiant warrior in all of his glory.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYeUnqsCnxg Pantheon]] is the theme of Kaiser and Angelic Buster's hometown. It's easily the most calm and soothing town theme in the game with melancholy notes that really ring true after [[spoiler: Velderoth's betrayal]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koxm5dEtkS8 Pantheon Field]] is the theme of the low-level areas around Pantheon and the Dimensional Invasion Party Quest. It starts of slow and quiet xylophone before rising into a gradual crescendo with a strong beat, falling and rising again like the high and low points of an adventure.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNh-dYY3MpM Nova Sanctum]] is the theme of the various shrines stationed around Pantheon. Is a gentle theme that gives a sense of weightlessness and safety.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZTQdmJAEQI Great Temple]] Is the theme of the Great Nova Temple in Pantheon. It's quite grand and baroque, as if one was standing in a real-life church. Starting with a set of bells before bringing in the brass in a series of crescendos and decrescendos that make it a theme of deliberation and thoughtfulness.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqCXm9_LsI Border Area]] is one of the battle themes that plays during the instanced Specter fights. It's an extremely tense theme that makes your fierce battle to defend Pantheon all the more heart-pumping.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuoeZkWgDjk Retake]] The theme of Helisium Reclamation HQ. Much like the Great Nova Temple, it's a theme of deliberation, this time for military tactics as it marks the start of the front-line battle against Magnus.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01M2hR6BMHY Helisium Mystic Forest]] A calming theme to fit the beautiful and peaceful landscape of the forest, a calm before the storm that is the storming of Magnus's stronghold.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlP7oASTb7w Helisium Field]] Starkly contrasting the bright and optimistic Pantheon Field, it's a dark and gritty theme meant to underscore the harsh war going on in Grandis between the Nova and Magnus.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxwC4DQ_Gmo Helisium War Cry]] A theme of the battle instances in the Helisium area. Another blood-pumping theme, it's most notably used in the fight where Kaiser stalls for time and is nearly overwhelmed before [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Edea finishes her spell preparations and vaporizes an entire army of Specters in an instant.]]]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNcUGCElU40 Trapped Kaiser]] as its name would imply this theme plays when Kaiser is surrounded and has to fight his way out. It's an extremely grand theme that emphasizes your struggle against impossible odds.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvBhDh4coJo Funky Black Market]] The theme of the Nova's foothold base in the downtown market area of Helisium. It's a jazzy theme that shows the zany antics that take place there as well as the clandestine missions that take place soon after its creation in the vein of the old JamesBond movies.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7xk5VfLpwY Citadel of Tyrant]] The background music for the Tyrant's Castle, Magnus's base. With a strong brass line, a powerful beat, and an ever present ostinato of strings gives one the feeling of being watched.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rHW7L-DOJM The Final War]] Magnus's boss battle theme. It's a never ending assault of strings, choir, and brass meant to overwhelm you. There's only a brief lull near the end before escalating back into a full on blast, highlighting how little room you have to breath, fitting for one of the hardest boss battles in the game.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U37EVkJNiSk This]] is the theme of the Kinesis job class revealed in the July of 2015. It's a flashy techno theme with an electronic beat meant to characterize the nature of Kinesis as a hero of the modern world with ESP rather than magic.
* The Friendstory Post-Game Update in KMS focused around the characters competing against Damien's new rock band which took the school by storm. To counter this, you and your friends end up putting together your own band. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mVj4qHNLso This song (an extension of Friendstory's opening theme) is the result.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJJvowmQ7uQ Here's the Japanese version if you like it better.]]

* The log-in theme music. Too bad it's been changed in the Korean edition and gradually other versions.