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[[folder: ''Ys IX: Monstrum NOX'']]

* Many players noticed from the very that the song after the place [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A98da5UbppY&list=PLzFTGYa_evXh3xbRlZIl16KjCm__xDqEw&index=16 CLOACA MAXIMA]] stood out, truly becoming among perphaps the best tracks in the game. When that solo hits!

%%** The new versions of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MELU1EBOqbo Harlequin's Temptation]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JddAWDuQyQE In the Fires of Ignition]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF_PLujZxmE Tower of Guidance ~ A Kiss for Eldeel]], [[https://youtu.be/TewWYlBX4mY Crater]] (formerly a CutSong only available on the limited ''JDK Special II'' soundtrack), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbInAjfLqio Iris]] (known as "Tower" from the SFC version) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPageMTh8nA The Final Decisive Battle]].

%%** Can you feel that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8kPrhktoEY Gust of Wind]]?

* The boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DfzxdyfRO4 Mighty Obstacle]]. Not many songs can combine guitars, keyboards, organs, and a ''horn section'' and come out making your heart race.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfaf2R6T72g A Kiss From Eldeel]]", in its ''Memories of Celceta'' version, is perfect for the first dungeon you go through with [[GlacierWaif Calilica]] in your party, the Tower of Providence, with an epic rocking track as you race across the tower with its boss giving chase to you in the second half. The song is featured in a different area in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXALWwXjSl8 SNES]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttIEXizMUi0 PC Engine]] versions.

%%* Next up we got a rocking [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFrwGFdGw8s Lava Field (Kiss for Eldeel)]].

%%* The OP theme of ''Ys Seven'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XxE18F7MQU Innocent Primeval Breaker]] and its vocal cut, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efE125rCs1M Rush Out]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfWYlVQPY7Y Night Survivor]], the theme for the three nighttime areas, is a fast-paced Techno track that turns what should be a StealthMission into a completely frantic rave.

* ''Ys'' = Awesome Boss = Awesome Boss music, and in ''Ys IV'' it's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9EVobxVhrU Battle #58]]. And if you're looking for something more modern, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBX49COJ470 here's the remix]] for ''Memories of Celceta''.

%%** The new versions of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiSBuUi6atY Burning Sword]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MELU1EBOqbo Harlequin's Temptation]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JddAWDuQyQE In the Fires of Ignition]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF_PLujZxmE Tower of Guidance ~ A Kiss for Eldeel]], [[https://youtu.be/TewWYlBX4mY Crater]] (formerly a CutSong only available on the limited ''JDK Special II'' soundtrack), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbInAjfLqio Iris]] (known as "Tower" from the SFC version) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPageMTh8nA The Final Decisive Battle]].

* ''Ys'' = Awesome Boss = Awesome Boss music, and in ''Ys IV'' it's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9EVobxVhrU Battle #58]].

* ''Origin'''s version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0K4JI-isFM Dreaming]]" is something else and plays fantastically well to what the Hall of Reflection has become in this game.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBkg0MnkoW0 Dreaming]]", the theme to the Hall of Reflection floors of the Tower of Darm added in the ''Eternal'' version onwards, is a dancable tune playing into the unique nature of these floors. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBVgZv9H4rw The Chronicles version]] is even better at this. Falcom also had the mind to add [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gLJP1qNqgg a PC-88 remix]] for the sake of leaving no tracks missing in the PC-88 Mode of the soundtrack in Chronicles.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBkg0MnkoW0 Dreaming]]", the theme to the Hall of Reflection floors of the Tower of Darm added in the ''Eternal'' version onwards, is a dancable tune playing into the unique nature of these floors. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBVgZv9H4rw The Chronicles version]] is even better at this.

* The opening song of ''Ys Origin'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vKHLdxJFRc Genesis ~ Beyond the Beginning]] is, as so common in the series, awesome. And the title shouts back to the very start of the intro movie from the PC Engine ''Ys I'', which said, simply, "In the Beginning". But of course, it takes its crown from its use in-game, before Toal Fact fights the last bosses.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxcROjfpJ8s Tower of the Shadow of Death]]", the theme of the Tower of Darm, and by extension, a good chunk of the second half of the game. This song alone might be more representative of ''Ys'' than the main theme tune of the game. This theme kept evolving as new versions of ''Ys I'' came out, with remixes also appearing in ''The Dawn of Ys'' and ''Origin''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EunxobcaHY The Chronicles version]] is often considered one of the best versions of this theme, competing only with ''Origin'''s version. Legendary, classic ''Ys'' soundtrack + the AutobotsRockOut vibes from more modern games in the franchise = this might be more of Adol's theme than ''his own theme itself''.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxcROjfpJ8s Tower of the Shadow of Death]]", the theme of the Tower of Darm, and by extension, a good chunk of the second half of the game. This song alone might be more representative of ''Ys'' than the main theme tune of the game. This theme kept evolving as new versions of ''Ys I'' came out, with remixes also appearing in ''The Dawn of Ys'' and ''Origin''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EunxobcaHY The Chronicles version]] is often considered one of the best versions of this theme, competing only with ''Origin'''s version. Legendary, classic ''Ys'' soundtrack + the AutobotsRockOut vibes from more modern games in the franchise = this might be more of Adol's theme than ''his own theme itself''.

%%** For Darm Tower (and by scale, half of the game) we got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbqL-yo-oEg Tower of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTuENwl6c6A The Shadow of Death]].

* The opening song of ''Ys Origin'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vKHLdxJFRc Genesis ~ Beyond the Beginning]] is, as so common in the series, awesome. And the title shouts back to the very start of the intro movie from the PC Engine ''Ys I'', which said, simply, "In the Beginning". But of course, it takes its crown from its use in-game, before [[spoiler:Toal Fact]] fights the last bosses.

* [[https://youtu.be/bIK738WVSqw Vanishing Trail]] greets you with a sense of sadness and beauty upon entering the secret endgame dungeon, [[spoiler: Former Sanctuary Crypt.]] Although the dungeon is creepy and extremely deadly, filled with traps and overpowered version of several enemies you've fought before, the music really fits considering the dungeon's sad history if you've played Dana's story until the very end.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz9yQ-qzWiM A-to-Z]], a glorious remix of the main theme, used for the [[spoiler:true]] final boss. It might sound unfitting for a final boss battle, but it still fits, given that [[spoiler: the world has already been saved, the only thing at stake is just whether the party will see Dana again]].

%%** The original boss music, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTW91hJyjoQ Holders Of Power]] (in this instance set to footage from the ''Ys'' OVA).

[[folder: ''Ys IV (Mask of the Sun/The Dawn of Ys/Memories of Celceta'']]

[[folder: ''Ys III: Wanderers from Ys'' / ''The Oath in Felghana'']]

[[folder: ''Ys IV: Mask of the Sun'' / ''The Dawn of Ys'' / ''Memories of Celceta'']]

[[folder: ''Ys Origin'']]
* The opening song of ''Ys Origin'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vKHLdxJFRc Genesis ~ Beyond the Beginning]] is, as so common in the series, awesome. And the title shouts back to the very start of the intro movie from the PC Engine ''Ys I'', which said, simply, "In the Beginning". But of course, it takes its crown from its use in-game, before [[spoiler:Toal Fact]] fights the last bosses.
* The boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlSxN98y7Z4 Scars of the Divine Wing]]. As a Youtube commenter named [=MapleMeringue=] observes, "the hallmark of boss progress is living long enough to hear the riff at 1:12".
%%* And the sub-boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2At2iqCksY Oboro]].
* Origin also had awesome stage music like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPW_M48Welk Scarlet Tempest]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C-sNSEm46A Silent Desert]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw-7B3NQxdo Samsara And Paramnesia.]]
%%* The final boss music kicks into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kdbUVN1Pmw Over Drive.]]
* The new version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6yLoUNzqmQ Termination]] is easily one of the most amazing pieces of music to grace a video game.
* The battle with [[BulletHell Jenocres]] in Rado's Annex is set to a raucous jazz remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HRybmCCeTw Tension]] from ''Ys I & II''.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVL34JQkW6Q Water Prison.]]
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%%* As befits ''Ys'' tradition, there's the boss music, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DfzxdyfRO4 Mighty Obstacle]].

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vh7GoZ4ntg Ultramarine Deep]], the underground passage theme.

* From ''Ys I'', we have the original boss music, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTW91hJyjoQ Holders Of Power]] (in this instance set to footage from the ''Ys'' OVA).

* A short but energetic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmDOxxn-9BM acoustic guitar and violin rendition]].

** Unique to the Famicom port, Zepic Village received [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkAUDA_IOPc its own theme]], in every other port it reuses the Fountain of Love music.

** Adol himself got a nice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybid-EzZmgk theme]].
** For Darm Tower (and by scale, half of the game) we got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbqL-yo-oEg Tower of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTuENwl6c6A The Shadow of Death]].
** In the tower we get a new boss music: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBOrIPDGKgk Chase of Shadow]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBVgZv9H4rw Dreaming]] in the Mirror Maze room.
** Feel the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf87KPms97c Tension]] as you are nearing the top of the tower.
** Before the Final Boss fight we got the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCbrytcP844 Last Moment of the Dark]]

* From ''Ys I & II'', we have the ending music from ''I''/the opening music to ''II'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-V0fOvAv_0 To Make The End Of Battle]](in this instance set to the animated between-games cutscene of ''Ys I & II Complete'').
** There's also the PC-Engine version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmDgcbJv0E8 To Make the End of Battle]] for those among us who prefer that style.
** Since ''Chronicles'' came out, it can be safely said: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL044D7ABC2B744027 All of it]].''
* From ''Ys II'', we have the music from the first monster-populated area [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZjj_8mmhM4 Ruins of Moondoria]].
** And the first monster-infested dungeon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HozAnvz-gBo Noble District of Toal]].

** And then we go to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4l4KtzXNUA Ice Ridge of Noltia]].
** Then into the complete oposite of above: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-_QbgQ6Awc Moat of Burnedbless]].
** Final battle against Darm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wsrUR_7ZMQ Termination]].
** And of course there's the nice chill-out track Stay With Me Forever, including the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUlRaclX4cA 1988 original]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rDC0chP1zU 1989 arrange]], as well as the vocal version Adventure World (both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvv_yuU8mNE 1989 original]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWwemFglUQk 2009 cover]]).
** The anime adaptation (which remixed the music from the game) is no slouch in the music department either, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnu5xAiqVOE The Last Righteous Battle/The Final Crusade]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HFDP-7jHVw Adol, Full of Hatred]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JXeq_gNyVU Theme of Adol]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4TgtRK558A Prologue]]... hell, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC038138D921F476D the entire]] [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL280B26DAA1831AA3 soundtrack]]'' counts.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t91vhNDJww vocal rendition]] of Lilia's theme is something special.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUlWlhTQISI Valestein]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlMSrzeolg Castle]], the area theme of... well, Valestein Castle.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49DkO17LNok Be]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sgnFikzIFI Careful]] when crawling through the Tigray Quarry.
* It's a ''Ys'' tradition to have awesome boss music when you fight [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuEFA8blzzU Dark Beasts]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtpCwbz09n4 Black as Night.]]

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ76AMDLKp0 Illburns Ruins]], [[SpellMyNameWithAnS or whatever it's called]], has some nice music.
** In the PC Engine version it's called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spYkKm0yGZU Alcaino Ruins.]]

* For harder bosses we got the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk7FfnOp1iY Shock]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A01p4ikt-AY of The Death God]].

* Then get [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xL3qBb2RdA Chopped]] by Chester.
* The Final Dungeon's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdVePsz44L0 Beat of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw10IAQsg5k Destruction]].

* The intro music [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS7g5Iag0gY Dawn of Ys]], which is just as famous.

* For the field music we got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Sj28pVtf0 Field]]. Yes, it's called just that.

* Next up we got a rocking [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFrwGFdGw8s Lava Field (Kiss for Eldeel)]].
* It's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGBI9AVCf1k A Great Ordeal]] to fight some of more serious bosses.
* In the Valley of Lament we got appropriately named [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHnjPT4-3Cw Walking the Path of Legend]].
* In the Valley of Quicksand we have a nice-relaxing music of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrzZSGLFkEM same name]].
* While it's not of Rockin' Awesome type, it would be a disservice not to include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAt3YAl-pjk Crimson Wings]] here.

* In the Ruins of No Return we got another remix: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S64nULdFPHs Theme of Adol 1993]].
* After chit-chatting with Lefance and teleporting out, we get [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvthDkAKL5E Temple of Sun]].

* And finally the final boss music: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Y4461tQsg In The Fires of Ignition]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFzWvyh759M The Final Decisive Battle]].
* In ''Ys Celceta'', we get awesome themes such as:
** The new versions of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiSBuUi6atY Burning Sword]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MELU1EBOqbo Harlequin's Temptation]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JddAWDuQyQE In the Fires of Ignition]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF_PLujZxmE Tower of Guidance ~ A Kiss for Eldeel]], [[https://youtu.be/TewWYlBX4mY Crater]] (formerly a CutSong only available on the limited ''JDK Special II'' soundtrack), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbInAjfLqio Iris]] (known as "Tower" from the SFC version) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPageMTh8nA The Final Decisive Battle]].
** And new badass themes such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gkeyJxiFJI Underground Ruins]]
** Can you feel that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8kPrhktoEY Gust of Wind]]?
** And then there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg9ss_wxJZ4 The Morning After the Storm]].
** And so we make our way towards the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVt3fyswQtY Ancient Land]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEaXvBhD1jg Black Wings]].

* As befits ''Ys'' tradition, there's the boss music, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DfzxdyfRO4 Mighty Obstacle]].
* The penultimate boss music when fighting against [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzfodAERwuU Ernst]].

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NyvvCGxRes Final Boss Theme]], one quintessential example of SoundtrackDissonance; while this relatively calm music play, you'll be - especially on [[NintendoHard harder difficulties]] - soaking your controller/keyboard with every sweat drop you body can produce trying to make Adol avoid the dozens of beams Naphistim's defense mechanism is throwing at him.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEcH1jO80dA Zanmai version]]: slightly more bombastic, yet still way too cheerful for the DeathTrap it depicts.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vh7GoZ4ntg Ultramarine Deep]], the underground passage theme.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoyLvhCa0k4 Quatera Woods]], the first dungeon/overworld theme, along with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNza3pSSW9o the version from the Falcom Field Zanmai album]].

* And the sub-boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2At2iqCksY Oboro]].

* The final boss music kicks into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kdbUVN1Pmw Over Drive.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVL34JQkW6Q Water Prison.]]

* The OP theme of ''Ys Seven'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XxE18F7MQU Innocent Primeval Breaker]] and its vocal cut, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efE125rCs1M Rush Out]].

* For kicks, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1tuD5xsLzo Desert of Despair]].

* The other, much less used, boss theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNEcBbzX2m4 Crossing Rage]] is quite good too.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYHjuAWgts To Reveal the Way to Go]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYsSWDnjGP8 Road to Solitary Death]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1STiYPzyGI The Place Where Souls Return]], which plays in the final dungeon and nicely sets up the foreboding atmosphere of the endgame.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYJOL_r99yU Ancient Dispuation]], the final battle theme.

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In the late '80s, ''Franchise/{{Ys}} I & II'' were two of the very first games to fully take advantage of the [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 PC-Engine's]] CD add-on to deliver Red Book-audio quality music, as opposed to the typical beeps and squawks of the time. Masterfully arranged by Ryo Yonemitsu, it was ''really good music''. A lot of the music for ''Ys I & II'' was composed by the legendary musician Creator/YuzoKoshiro alongside Mieko Ishikawa, which greatly influenced the soundtracks of the sequels.