Line #15 AwesomeMusic/SamuraiWarriors


1	* The {{Triumphant Reprise}}s of the main themes are always incredible, and make awesome moments like Yukimura's final charge even better. Have a listen to ''1''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0lTlNX3Jlc Superiority]], ''2''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMV-wbhMZlc Annihilation]], ''3''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm6wc2iAhz0 Winning]], ''Chronicles''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgtJS-5aS8c Imminent Triumph]], and ''4''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ge5HkPH1f4 God of War]].
2	* All [[SongsInTheKeyOfPanic "You're screwed"]] tracks are pretty awesome, too, despite being played when your forces are losing. Have a listen to ''1''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDjDEAy6JoQ Destruction by Fire]], ''2''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB6KrQ3cmWQ Backwater]], ''3''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwUP2izu5yQ Life or Death]], ''4''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thSmNUS6jig Blunder]], and ''Spirit of Sanada''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3ZfvDNPBDI Anti Conquest]].
3	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Ndv8h5V7s Retreat battle]] music from ''2'' is hauntingly awesome! It's usually played when your army is in great disadvantage from the beginning of the stage and in the midst of retreat, such as Oda army's Kanegasaki, Uesugi army's Hasedo, Musashi's Sekigahara, etc.
4	* Osaka Castle theme in ALL games is gracefully awesome, which perfectly fits the last battle of Yukimura, the series' poster boy. Here are the versions from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZagfD1x8JY first]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Gdum6-xaU second]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg4PzqNLFW8 third]] game, respectively.
5	** ''Chronicles'' splits the Siege of Osaka into two battles. The first, the Osaka Winter Campaign, simply reuses the music from ''3''. The Summer Campaign, on the other hand, offers a haunting reprise of the main theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5NRor9tO8A Grief]], which really drives home the emotions behind the battle, and the fact that the interminable age of war is finally coming to an end.
6	** The fourth game has ''three'' tracks which are quite different to previous games' versions, but still awesome. Two of the three depend on the scenario: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2jJdLPBiBM this one]] is for Toyotomi's army, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqI-ngWzxkY this one]] is for Tokugawa's army. The third track is for the game's {{DLC}} and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx5BDsXpSPg sounds similar]] to the previous games' music, but more beautiful.
7	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z2ZWC-RP0E Honnouji]]'s theme from ''2'' is awesome. It sounds like Mitsuhide said "I've had enough with all of your ruthlessness, Lord Nobunaga. It's time to end this." The music is also played during "Conflict in Kyoto", where Ieyasu tried to frame Hideyori for planning assassination during both scenarios for Musashi (sided with Toyotomi) and Kojiro (sided with Tokugawa).
8	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYRPEarKzg8 Rescue Battle]] theme from ''2'' is possibly the most beautiful music in the game. It really encourages you to protect your friends and beloved ones.
9	* Kawanakajima is a series of battle between two [[BadassArmy Badass Armies]], Takeda versus Uesugi. So it's just natural to have awesome battle music. Here are the tracks from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnM8I5UbLp0 first]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlB1lHeUr3E second]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywwAu7FFHEw third]] game, respectively. Much like the Osaka Castle theme above, the fourth game has different music depending on context; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKAesOo7t4g this]] is for Uesugi's army, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk8ucg6-KIQ this]] is for Takeda's army. Likewise, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufPvLGCIxw here]]'s the DLC version.
10	* Nagashino is about Takeda at the tail of its downfall, so the hauntingly gloomy music, with its stomping drums and menacing synths, reflects their crisis. Here are the versions from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3SKIZa4Eow first]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXA7Hp3rFUI second]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6tgbvFj3NU third]] game, respectively. For the fourth game, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68v6rjlLYzk here]] is the Oda version and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QkgryD3KUA here]] is the Takeda version.
11	* Speaking about one clan's crisis, Mikatagahara is when Tokugawa are at their lowest point, so the music also reflects their crisis. Try the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiZavhxDEKU first]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwl5Vd6Jc6g second]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-K6zAc67DQ third]] game's versions, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nduu5sgMYM8 Tokugawa's version]] in ''4'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhWb9cDHOUU Takeda's version]] in ''4''.
12	* "City of Flowers", better known as "Okuni's Battle Theme'', will never be forgotten. Sure, the music ensures us the battle will not be taken seriously, either it's about Okuni and something foolish, like a "tournament" to decide who is the most beautiful woman or extortion of strong warriors to gain some money for her shrine, but the music itself is still beautiful. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-VwhfG9_gA first]] game's version is more 'intense', while the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XV3HUo42T8 second]] game's version is more laidback. The remix for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2yFAD1DTVQ fourth game]] is pretty awesome, too.
13	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qhVZY5Y2bM Yamazaki battle theme]] from first game is possibly '''the best''' compared to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N7H8y_UKKI second]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If2PGBWmzxI third]] game's version. It brings chills where it indicates how people take Mitsuhide's betrayal seriously and wants him to be punished. It's a good thing the first game's version return in ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi 3'', where the human resistance is facing against Susano'o's Mystic army. It's also the stage where the Mystic leader reveals to the humans that Daji has been hiding Orochi X's corpse to try to resurrect him. No wonder KOEI use the first game's music, which is more haunting and thus reflecting the danger that is faced by humans once again.
14	* Of course, this sub-page would not be complete without '''Tadakatsu Honda''''s theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKPdNK-ge-o All versions]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxOK2KETMbc never]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDaNuKOQe5w disappoint us]].
15	* From the fourth game, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae95tI-GMg4 Destiny]]". OminousLatinChanting and dark dubstep-like electronica with accompanying Japanese flute? What better theme for the climax of Oda's story at Honnoji!
16	* Sanada's theme from ''4'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXK1MCXwJhE Cherry Blossoms]]", is just so beautiful, especially when it's played again in Nobuyuki's final story stage in ''4-II'' where Yukimura unleashed his historically famous lone attack on Tokugawa's main camp. ''Spirit of Sanada'' has TriumphantReprise [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS4WO0AYCOI version of this]], where it's usually played when you're in the winning side, so it sounds more optimistic.
17	* ''Spirit of Sanada'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfFNVKBJk78 "Sanada Maru"]] which is played when Yukimura faces Hidetada in the final battle. It's actually a majestic and orchestral version of the Sanada theme which makes Yukimura's final suicidal charge very epic.
18	* The Credits/Ending themes, fittingly, sound like they're marking off the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGpQqrNyt0 end]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kzu7EXmvAc of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNhN2mvm7NE an]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqXt0xt3P7Y era]]. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LufCL7U_Wqs ending theme]] of ''Spirit of Sanada'' sounds like it came straight out from Music/HansZimmer's book which makes the ending and the game as whole a {{Tearjerker}} and at the same time, a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the Sanada clan.
19	* Komaki-Nagakute pairs an intense beat with an insanely catchy riff, repeated by a whole bunch of different instruments. Here are the versions from ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1JnCPfpIxA Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se8U9nsaurc Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends]]'', and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkb-aTSreKE Samurai Warriors 4-II]]''. (''3'' uses a different song for the battle.)
20	* Anegawa ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbSN4IG2E5k Samurai Warriors 1, 2, and 3]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYUDiBI_jpc Samurai Warriors 4 Azai version]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSt9apK-OE Samurai Warriors 4 Tokugawa version]]) is a downright relaxing trance track, mixing echoing synth chords with Japanese flute... except in 4's Tokugawa mix, which turns it into a stomping dance track.
21	* Raging Waves (''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpyD1VpgVdc Samurai Warriors 2]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc7CdtiWLUg Samurai Warriors 4]]''), the theme for the Shikoku campaign, is chock-full of shamisen shredding... fitting for a song associated with [[MusicalAssassin Motochika Chokosabe]]. The ''Samurai Warriors 4'' version makes it even more awesome by adding a dance beat. It becomes even more epic in the second game Motochika's Dream Stage where he fights the hypothetical Oda Army on Shikoku, twice the size of the original Toyotomi one.
22	* Among ''Spirit of Sanada''[='=]s soundtracks, 'Defender of Awa- Masayuki' depicts Masayuki as a heroic, exuberant figure and plays during the story's more pivotal moments.
23	* The trailer music for ''Samurai Warriors 5'' has a nice fusion of techno and oriental styles, as well as incorporating more rock like its sister series, ''Dynasty Warriors''.

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