History AwesomeMusic / Xenoblade

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ3j12pF84o "Unfinished Business"]]. Once again, Yoko Shimomura showing off. One of the best battle themes of the game, which you only hear once, and it doesn't even loop. Despite that, ''everyone'' remembers that track, for good reason. It is that good.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dy74NOzcS8 "Gaur Plain"]]. Good luck getting it out of your head after playing through the game. When the 3DS version was released, this track became the background music for the Nintendo eShop.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nCh8_DOdBI "Beyond the Sky"]]. Creator/YasunoriMitsuda, of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' fame, came to work on just this one song.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODJyvWBTegE "A Friend On My Mind"]] is easily one of the most heartwarming tracks in the game. You can almost hear the friendship the song is meant to punctuate.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umfc69VlAF4 "A Tragic Decision".]] Melancholy and grandiose, it plays during fights against the main bosses in the game: [[spoiler:two of the fights against Egil, the duel between Zanza and Meyneth, and [[OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers the fight against Bana the Betrayer.]] ]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TXc5V8wKy0 "Hostile Gazes"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMrvVpD0zG4 "Enemies Closing In"]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_n9lMS3ahw "Mechonis Field"]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPpxevmCXX8 "Satorl Marsh (Night)"]]. Satorl's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXZI_5YXceE Day Theme]] isn't too bad either.

* [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=-r-ndNVLmDU "Irregular Bound".]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NM0VUsIHoY "Bionis' Awakening".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl45h7YMIQc "Zanza's World".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6xQyJlt7EE "Zanza The Divine".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2z2UPSQdn0 "The God-Slaying Sword",]] [[spoiler: the final boss theme.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmfRj1t3NRg "Valak Mountain - Night"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cuSqIEj7z8 Day.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7z49VNt3IM "The Battle Is Upon Us"]], the theme for [[spoiler: the Second Battle of Sword Valley]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MeRnj6iZe8 "Rage, Darkness of the Heart"]] is able to sound both epic and tragic, fitting moments it plays in like [[spoiler: Shulk attempting to kill Metal Face after he "kills" Fiora, the death of Xord, Shulk relenting on killing Egil, and the death of the penultimate boss, Dickson.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9E-VHsFybY "Vision Reacts"]], which plays after Shulk alters the events of a vision he has in battle. An excellent theme to ScrewDestiny to!

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z_aTahDPHk "One Who Gets in Our Way"]] is the most epic. Boss. Battle Theme. EVER!!

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9rtjYuloKQ Mechonis Capital Agniratha]] is beautifully somber and perfectly suits the ambiance of the once great capital, which has long since been [[spoiler: abandoned]]. The rendition that plays [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_gH2vPmr2U at night]] makes it even more so.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umfc69VlAF4 "A Tragic Decision".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmfRj1t3NRg Valak Mountain - Night]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cuSqIEj7z8 Day.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7z49VNt3IM The Battle Is Upon Us]], the theme for [[spoiler: the Second Battle of Sword Valley]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4uoZuGy4AY Once We Part Ways]], which notably plays [[spoiler:when Shulk becomes a god at the end of the game and changes the destiny of the universe.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhhZ1p0eUWM Thoughts Enshrined]], a very somber track that plays for a few of either the most SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} or [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] moments in the game.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w-TJX5KRMY Frontier Village (Day)]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyKtvH5eqe4 Frontier Village (Night)]]. A pair of the most welcoming themes for the home of the Nopon.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MeRnj6iZe8 Rage, Darkness of the Heart]] is able to sound both epic and tragic, fitting moments it plays in like [[spoiler: Shulk attempting to kill Metal Face after he "kills" Fiora, the death of Xord, Shulk relenting on killing Egil, and the death of the penultimate boss, Dickson.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODJyvWBTegE A Friend On My Mind]] is easily one of the most heartwarming tracks in the game. You can almost hear the friendship the song is meant to punctuate.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9OrUZJhpw Riki The Legendary Heropon]] fits Riki's goofy personality perfectly.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wdc_cDaUNQ "Engage the Enemy" or "Confrontation with the Enemy]], the closest thing this game has to a victory theme. It plays pretty much whenever something badass is happening during a cutscene, from Shulk learning a new Monado power to the party delivering the [[CoupDeGraceCutscene coup de grace]] on the boss they were just fighting.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wdc_cDaUNQ "Engage the Enemy"]], the closest thing this game has to a victory theme. It plays pretty much whenever something badass is happening during a cutscene, from Shulk learning a new Monado power to the party delivering the [[CoupDeGraceCutscene coup de grace]] on the boss they were just fighting.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9rtjYuloKQ Imperial Capital Agniratha]] is beautifully somber and perfectly suits the ambiance of the once great capital, which has long since been [[spoiler: abandoned]]. The rendition that plays [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_gH2vPmr2U at night]] makes it even more so.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z_aTahDPHk "An Obstacle In Our Path"]] is the most epic. Boss. Battle Theme. EVER!!

** Anyone want [[Mondegreen tuna?]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z_aTahDPHk "One Who Gets In Our Way"]] is the most epic. Boss. Battle Theme. EVER!!
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XVSwe2HBIs "Daily Life"]] is aptly named, and a fitting interlude piece for the game's lighter, softer moments.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl45h7YMIQc "Into the World of Zanza".]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7z49VNt3IM The Night Before The Decisive Battle]], the theme for [[spoiler: the Second Battle of Sword Valley]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhhZ1p0eUWM While I think...]], a very somber track that plays for a few of either the most SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} or [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] moments in the game.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODJyvWBTegE Thoughts For A Friend]] is easily one of the most heartwarming tracks in the game. You can almost hear the friendship the song is meant to punctuate.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TXc5V8wKy0 "Searching Glance"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMrvVpD0zG4 "Pursuit of the Enemy"]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dy74NOzcS8 "Gaur Plains"]]. Good luck getting it out of your head after playing through the game. When the 3DS version was released, this track became the background music for the Nintendo eShop.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPpxevmCXX8 "Satorl, the Shimmering Marsh (Night)"]]. Satorl's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXZI_5YXceE Day Theme]] isn't too bad either.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ3j12pF84o "Unfinished Battle"]]. Once again, Yoko Shimomura showing off. One of the best battle themes of the game, which you only hear once, and it doesn't even loop. Despite that, ''everyone'' remembers that track, for good reason. It is that good.

* [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=-r-ndNVLmDU "Irregular Bounce".]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6xQyJlt7EE "Zanza".]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umfc69VlAF4 "Tragic Decision".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmfRj1t3NRg Snowy Valak Mountain - Night]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cuSqIEj7z8 Day.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkq8vwBV8Zc "To the Last Battle"]], the last dungeon's theme [[spoiler: depicting in traditional "Xeno" fashion a band of heroes storming God's backyard, swords drawn and guns blazing,]] which manages to be both bombastic and somewhat melancholic.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MeRnj6iZe8 Anger, Darkness of the Heart]] is able to sound both epic and tragic, fitting moments it plays in like [[spoiler: Shulk attempting to kill Metal Face after he "kills" Fiora, the death of Xord, Shulk relenting on killing Egil, and the death of the penultimate boss, Dickson.]]

** [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=-r-ndNVLmDU "Irregular Bounce".]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MeRnj6iZe8 Anger, Darkness of the Heart]] is able to sound both epic and tragic, fitting moments it plays in like [[spoiler: Shulk attempting to kill Metal Face after he "kills" Fiora, the death of Xord, Shulk relenting on killing Egil, and the death of the penultimate boss, Dickson.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODJyvWBTegE Thoughts For A Friend]] is easily one of the most heartwarming tracks in the game. You can almost hear the friendship the song is meant to punctuate.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9OrUZJhpw Riki The Legendary Heropon]] fits Riki's goofy personality perfectly.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9OrUZJhpw Riki The Legendary Heropon]] fits Riki's goofy personality perfectly.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TXc5V8wKy0 "Searching Glance"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMrvVpD0zG4 "Pursuit of the Enemy"]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyzc8vffKk You Will Know Our Slams]]

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNR-wsFAfiU Main Theme]]. It's used in-game during the WhamEpisode on Prison Island [[spoiler: when Fiora is revealed to be alive as a Face Mechon. The music is ''perfectly timed'' to what is happening on screen, reaching its crescendo just as Fiora turns to leave a confused and heartbroken Shulk behind. And to top it off? The main theme is a remix of Shulk and Fiora's shared leitmotif. It was ''made'' for that scene.]] This theme became an instant classic, and it's considered one of, if not THE absolute best tracks of Yoko Shimomura's in her entire career. [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Let that]] [[Franchise/KingdomHearts sink in]] [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi for a]] [[VideoGame/WorldOfMana moment]]...
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUKzFYUGbg0 "Time to Fight!"]] deserves a special mention. Yoko Shimomura keeps showing what she's made of.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD5AewuKJV4 "Searching Glance"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUs96ooIyXU "Pursuit of the Enemy"]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p45gdP2OKmU "Field of the Machinae"]].
* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FkRenJs0N4 first prologue theme]] sets [[ActionPrologue the mood]] quite nicely, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hnpPXJsN3E the second]] gets special credit by taking the Main Theme mentioned above and making a fast-paced battle remix out of it.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4vCEHpv6Hg "You Will Know Our Names"/"Those Who Bear Their Name"]]. It starts up whenever you fight a [[BossInMookClothing Unique Monster]], so when you hear it, asses ''will'' be kicked. Just hope that it's your party doing the kicking. [[spoiler:It's even more awesome when it plays against two storyline bosses who have been built up to be such assholes that you will feel such a rush kicking their asses: Mumkhar and Dickson, the latter being the ''penultimate boss of the game.'']]

* The track for the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8kQhmnbzW0 Central Factory]] deserves mention, for the rhythmic beat and the bass! It suits the look of the area perfectly.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BvWPzAg8Ig "Satorl, the Shimmering Marsh (Night)"]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0DE5zyRI6U "Unfinished Battle"]]. Once again, Yoko Shimomura showing off. One of the best battle themes of the game, which you only hear once, and it doesn't even loop. Despite that, ''everyone'' remembers that track, for good reason. It is that good.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCclUgQk1Lk "Mechanical Rhythm"]]. The battle theme you get for the Mechonis Arm and Mechonis itself, it appears to be made up, appropriately, of snippets from other songs, including the boss theme and Gaur Plains, all melded seamlessly together.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUOlwz4N7pw "Irregular Bounce".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iPQP7aDe_Y "Beyond the Sky"]]. Creator/YasunoriMitsuda, of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' fame, came to work on just this one song.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS7XVMNNZI8 "One Who Gets In Our Way"]] is the most epic. Boss. Battle Theme. EVER!!
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqdMfyc2p_4 "Daily Life"]] is aptly named, and a fitting interlude piece for the game's lighter, softer moments.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsy9J01Mb0I "The Awakening of the Giant".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vGoYldAUJQ "Into the World of Zanza".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2OGYMSfDfM "Zanza".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug6B7c_Xut8 "The God-Slaying Sword",]] [[spoiler: the final boss theme.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4okjPckZa0 Imperial Capital Agniratha]] is beautifully somber and perfectly suits the ambiance of the once great capital, which has long since been [[spoiler: abandoned]]. The rendition that plays [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pdCgnnudy8 at night]] makes it even more so.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIrjgE2-C-s "Tragic Decision".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYb_4RSySPI Snowy Valak Mountain - Night]] and [[http://youtu.be/KGX-0ZVgTTI Day.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAW4xlbyu28 "Engage the Enemy"]], the closest thing this game has to a victory theme. It plays pretty much whenever something badass is happening during a cutscene, from Shulk learning a new Monado power to the party delivering the [[CoupDeGraceCutscene coup de grace]] on the boss they were just fighting.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXTzkj-sU4g Both]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJMD-wS4AEo themes]] for Bionis' Interior, while not usually considered the best songs in the game, are appropriately unsettling. The first version, "Carcass", plays on your first visit (and you may only hear it once since you are only required to go through the interior once early on), and [[WombLevel in combination with the scenery]], reminds the player that one of the game worlds is the corpse of an organic giant and provides one of the very first hints that [[spoiler: despite being the home of some good people, [[HumanoidAbomination the Bionis itself is not really a benevolent entity]]]]. The second version, "Pulse", plays [[spoiler: once the Bionis wakes up]] and replaces "Carcass" from then on. Appropriately, it has the same melody, but is now sped up, [[spoiler: going along with the Bionis being alive again]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lK5wulOmGE "To the Last Battle"]], the last dungeon's theme [[spoiler: depicting in traditional "Xeno" fashion a band of heroes storming God's backyard, swords drawn and guns blazing,]] which manages to be both bombastic and somewhat melancholic.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji1le94rDnI The Night Before The Decisive Battle]], the theme for [[spoiler: the Second Battle of Sword Valley]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyXaS4OO5VM Parting, And...]] which notably plays [[spoiler:when Shulk becomes a god at the end of the game and changes the destiny of the universe.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqWwU9_gf3s While I think...]], a very somber track that plays for a few of either the most SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} or [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] moments in the game.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXTzkj-sU4g Both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJMD-wS4AEo themes]] for Bionis' Interior, while not usually considered the best songs in the game, are appropriately unsettling. The first version, "Carcass", plays on your first visit (and you may only hear it once since you are only required to go through the interior once early on), and [[WombLevel in combination with the scenery]], reminds the player that one of the game worlds is the corpse of an organic giant and provides one of the very first hints that [[spoiler: despite being the home of some good people, [[HumanoidAbomination the Bionis itself is not really a benevolent entity]]]]. The second version, "Pulse", plays [[spoiler: once the Bionis wakes up]] and replaces "Carcass" from then on. Appropriately, it has the same melody, but is now sped up, [[spoiler: going along with the Bionis being alive again]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji1le94rDnI The Night Before The Decisive Battle]], the theme for [[spoiler: the Second Battle of Sword Valley]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYb_4RSySPI Snowy Valak Mountain - Night.]]
** For that matter,[[https://youtu.be/KGX-0ZVgTTI Valak Mountain's day music.]]

* For that matter,[[https://youtu.be/KGX-0ZVgTTI Valak Mountain's day music.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4vCEHpv6Hg "You Will Know Our Names"/"Those Who Bear Their Name"]]. It starts up whenever you fight a [[BossInMookClothing Unique Monster]], so when you hear it, asses ''will'' be kicked. Just hope that it's your party doing the kicking. [[spoiler:It's even more awesome when it plays against two storyline bosses who have been built up to be such assholes that you will feel such a rush kicking their asses: Mumkhar, and Dickson the latter of which being the ''penultimate boss of the game.'']]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4vCEHpv6Hg "You Will Know Our Names"/"Those Who Bear Their Name"]]. It starts up whenever you fight a [[BossInMookClothing Unique Monster]], so when you hear it, asses ''will'' be kicked. Just hope that it's your party doing the kicking. [[spoiler: It's even more awesome when it plays whilst you fight Disciple Dickson, the ''penultimate boss of the game.'']]

** If there was a version of Xenoblade with a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony]]'' setting, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbOn-A5R6mw this]] would very much be the ponified counterpart of the song along with the show's theme.

''Xenoblade'' contains music composed by Creator/YokoShimomura, ACE+, Manami Kiyota, and Creator/YasunoriMitsuda (for the ending theme). [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic It works]]. We could easily say the entire soundtrack. But if we get specific: