Awesome Music / Bravely Default

Revo is a composer not to be underestimated. For the game, he has brought a good amount of bangers:

• The battle themes for the game ooze awesomeness.
  • First, we have the random encounter theme, The Gongs of Battle, which has a sound reminiscent of other songs he has composed, like "Guren no Yumiya", which came a few years after the release of this game, and it wouldn't be out of place as a boss battle theme in another game.
  • The normal boss theme, At Battle's End, has a very sinister undertone, fitting for the Crystal Guardians.
  • The Asterisk Boss Battle theme, He of the Name, is a really badass rocking tune which helps to show that the Asterisk Holders mean business, especially during the gauntlet in the final cycle.
• Airy the Fairy's battle themes set the tone of the fights:
  • First, we have The Evil One. An evil tune that shows the real colors of Airy, being an ugly fairy-like monster, and what a nasty piece of work she really is.
  • Evil War, the second battle theme, used both against the first form on the Normal Ending route in the final dungeon and against the second form in the Golden Ending route when confronting Airy in the airship. They have dropped all pretenses and decided to show how much they really mean business.
  • Evil Wings, the third and final battle theme, is absolutely astounding. It has a very definitive Final Boss air, considering that Airy is the final boss in the Normal Ending route, and the song is used for her second form. It's also used in her new final form during her battle against Airy in the final dungeon on the Golden Ending route. This is The Evil One at its most powerful form, which this melody shows at its finest.
• The Final Boss theme, The Serpent That Devours the Horizon, takes things to a whole new level. There are multiple stages to the music, each with their own theme and emotion; the beginning makes it clear you're up against nothing short of divinity with the combination of Ominous Latin Chanting and the raging electric guitar. As the music continues, it changes to something far more downbeat, and you can feel the desperation and despair of the party as Ouroboros begins devouring planets, with nothing they can do to stop him. Then, just when all hope seems lost...BOOM. "My Ray of Hope", "Where the Winds Blow", "Hatchling" and "Romantic Rogue", bursting through the dark clouds, seamlessly woven together for the ultimate "HELL YES" counterattack!, culminating with a reprise of the title theme "Overture to Hope", to show that our protagonists will overcome this challenge, TOGETHER!
• Ibitsu Naru Shinen Sono na ha Mao, the Nemesis Boss theme for the Ba'al monsters, is a discordant, terrifying, glorious musical piece perfect for these bosses who are Nightmare Fuel incarnate. The live version of it is awesome too.
• Each character also has a particular Leitmotif that plays when they perform a Special attack.
  • Tiz has My Ray of Hope, Agnès has Where the Winds Blow, Edea has Hatchling, and Ringabel has Romantic Rogue.
  • Taken up another notch with the vocal versions. Special note for Ringabel's version. That voice sound familiar? It should. That's the voice of Revo himself, aka the singer and composer of Guren No Yumiya!
• The full version of Praline A La Mode's Love in the Crossfire makes it easy to see why her singing can make her fanclub unit invincible.
• On the non-battle tracks side, we also have, among others, Where Flowers Fall, a slow and sad piece perfect for the deaths during which it is played, and Land of Sand and Time, a very catchy and desert-like theme that plays in Ancheim.
• Visitor, the theme of the Eternian Jobmasters, is delightfully diabolical, perfectly embodying the mix of menace and comedy that the Duchy's forces provide.
• The Council of Six has Under the Banner of the Duchy, which for all intents and purposes is the game's "Imperial March", a triumphantly ominous military march for Eternia's heaviest hitters.
• Now take all those great songs and play them at a live concert. Each theme is handled so amazingly well that it's eargasm incarnate! Songs like "Ship upon the Open Skies", the main battle theme "The Gongs of Battle", "Under the Banner of the Duchy", and the final boss themes, sound amazing when done live!

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