FINAL BOSS MUSIC!!!

[Meiscool]

I think it has to do with the emotion of the song. For example, Dancing Mad isn't really that great of a song, but it def sounds mischievous and clown-like, while also sounding like an impending disaster is on way. Describes Kefka and his actions pretty well.

One Winged Angel sounds like something that would play more for a character like Kratos from GoW than Sephiroth. I could never really get Sephiroth's personality down well either, so that might have something to do with it. Either way, I don't feel any emotional linkage to what it represents when I hear it, so I just take it to face value as a piece of music: something that sounds kind of out of place.

[Felix-0]

Classic VGM 278: Final Fantasy VI - Dancing Mad (Full Song)

A 17 min long song. It has a great into. If this song was remastered. Trust me, it would in fact be a great song.
"Greater song"

I wish Dissidia had remastered Kefka's portion of dancing mad.
Dissidia 012 [Duodecim]: Final Fantasy Music - Battle Theme [Final Fantasy VI]
At least they did remaster the battle theme and boss battle theme.
Dissidia Final Fantasy OST - FFVI - The Fierce Battle

[Prpl_Mage]

I think it has to do with the emotion of the song. For example, Dancing Mad isn't really that great of a song, but it def sounds mischievous and clown-like, while also sounding like an impending disaster is on way. Describes Kefka and his actions pretty well.

Have to admit that I didn't start liking One winged angel until Kingdom hearts 1, it was that arena battle against sephiroth that put the song into a real context in a way. Because that battle was hard and time consuming and it just fitted, especially with nature of the battle in a way.

Dark Messenger from IX on the other hand works awesome, it's a battle version of Kuja's theme which in itself portrays the guys deceit and evil. Not a final boss theme though, that's grand cross.

[mari123]

any links to good games music ?

[Archem]

www.youtube.com

[daoman89]

www.youtube.com

LOL.  You should listen to the Black Mages version of Dancing Mad.  Nobuo's metal band.

[Phayre]

This is pretty much the best version of Dancing Mad out there, IMO, but it still always seemed kind of. . . I don't know, incoherent and overly bloated to me. Given the vicious backlash against everything FFVII since Advent Children, I would honestly say I think Dancing Mad's more overrated than One Winged Angel at this point. Seriously, FFVI's been named Greatest RPG Of All Time repeatedly; I think we can stop pretending like it's some underrated diamond in the rough now.

But I agree with the idea of emotion and tension being the most important elements, as well as the character of the piece. I especially like when they pull back previous motifs and bring them into the song; it just sort of ties everything together for me. But it also has to fit with the feel of the music up to that point, I think. For example, even though they used Otherworld in the beginning of FFX, it just never meshed with the rest of the music for me. Maybe that was the point, given the ~different worlds~ schtick, but eh.

[Tenekirby]

any links to good games music ?

Go and search for Ys music on Youtube. It's awesome. Especially the Ys Chronicles version of "To Make the End of Battle" 

I think both "Dancing Mad" and "One Winged Angel" are pretty overrated.....
Dancing Mad is only good because it fits Kefka's insanity and because it's so long but I don't think it has a catchy melody (and IMO all really good final battle themes must have one!) but overall I prefer it over One Winged Angel, I guess 
However, I'd rather not listen to any of them xD
Final Fantasy I final boss music FTW *.*

[daoman89]

Final Fantasy III, IV, V, VIII, and IX's final boss music was pretty legit IMO

[Moosetroop11]

Yeah, I've always thought The Extreme was 'pretty legit'.  Back in the day I had a MIDI version of it on a floppy disk I used to listen to XD

[drenrin2120]

I could never really get Sephiroth's personality down well...

Well, he didn't really have a personality. His character flaw was not really having anything other than "Vengeful, sociopathic, insane, say-nothing, evil-doer." Or maybe it's been too long since I played that game.

Regardless, I actually love Dancing Mad on its own. One Winged Angel is a great musical piece on its own, too. I think something overlooked would be Secret of Mana. That game had some great music in general, but it's boss music was awesome. A bit risky, but it was done right and paid off.

Secret of Mana OST - Danger ~ Boss Battle Theme

Secret of Mana OST - Meridian Dance ~ Mana Beast Battle Theme

[Moosetroop11]

Signs have been appearing recently telling me to play secret of mana.  Is there an easy way to play it nowadays?

[Prpl_Mage]

Emulator I suppose, SNES games tend to be easy to find. Never really liked the game, it had tons of cool features and sweet music but that's about it.

[daoman89]

wii shop channel

[Meiscool]

If you play it on the wii you can do 3 player, which is awesome IMO.