Happy Boss Day! Let's Dance to Some Music!

Today is Boss Day, so let's celebrate with the best music to listen to while dealing with your boss!

In my opinion, music makes the boss. It has to be the best composition in the entire game, especially if it's the final boss. For me, the music has to perfectly describe the boss. It has to be his alarm clock that he wakes up to every morning! It has to be his lullaby when he goes to sleep every night! The music somehow prepares you for the upcoming battle. It warns you that the next fight might be your last.

These bosses have the best theme songs in the entire game! So crank up those speakers and get ready for some epic tunage.

Top 5 Boss Themes

5. Baby Bowser

Yoshi's Island

This song just starts off mysterious and foreboding as you see the giant Baby Bower emerge from the horizon. It warns the player that they're in for it now! After a number of repetitions of the same notes, it suddenly drops to this fast paced song that keeps you on your toes and keeps your heart pumping. The song has excellent rhythm that I found my foot tapping along to the music.

4. The Great Mighty Poo

Conker's Bad Fur Day

How many bosses actually sing their theme song?  It's even a sing-a-long! His lyrics are creative and catchy while the music is an excellent opera masterpiece. Half-way through the battle, he starts to get really angry and the music begins to speed up which only adds to the mood. The Great Mighty Poo has the voice of an angel and the face of shit...because he is shit...but there's nothing shitty about this song! Except the fact that it's about shit...

3. Bowser

Super Mario 64

I know...I know...I'm putting Bowser on here twice! What is this, a conspiracy? No. But hear me out! These two themes are completely different in style and rhythm. The song begins with a drum that just lays down the beat. Then the music comes in with a dark, threatening style that makes you realize you're about to face off the giant koopa himself! And unlike Baby Bowser's theme, this song continues being dark and evil. It continues to remind you that you're going to die here...multiple times!

2. Vs. Red

Pokemon Series

Even if you've never picked up a Pokemon game in your life (such as me...sadly), you would still be able to recognize this song (like I do). It's iconic! It's pure! It's catchy! It knows that you're in for a long battle that you've been preparing for! It knows how hard you've worked to get this far! It knows that you and your pokemon will triumph in the end! It knows that the time to battle is now!

1. Sephiroth (One-Winged Angel)

Final Fantasy VII

You remember the shower scene in Psycho? This is what this beginning of this song reminded me of. And I guess it actually fits since Sephiroth is pretty much a maniacal killer who slays women while they're in water. Anyway, about a minute within the song you start to hear a Latin chorus sing about Sephiroth, which is very unique considering it's a Final Fantasy piece. The song itself is mystical and enchanting while at the same time terrifying and overpowering. It describes Sephiroth's character perfectly. (Also I looked it up! Nobuo Uematsu, the composer, was inspired by Hitchcock's Psycho!)

Now let's take a moment and appreciate all those difficult bosses that truly tested our skill in the game. However, we always were able to defeat them...like a boss!