Epic Battle Music: Classical Orchestra, Fight & War Songs
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Epic I: The Battle Playlist
Theme: Orchestral War (Classical & Hybrid)
I'm an independent playlist curator on Spotify, YouTube Music and Deezer. All direct links to these platforms (also to normal YouTube) can be found below.
This page is dedicated to Epic Ⅰ: the epic battle playlist aka "Epic Battle/Intense/Fight".
I will be going over the genres and subgenres you can find in my music playlist and general information about the playlist's content.
At the end I will be giving you some songs and artists examples, below specific categories of music type that you can find in my playlist.
Table Of Contents
Epic Battle Music Playlist
Cover Arts, Story Opening & Phases
This is my current cover art, some previous ones can be found lower.
Story opening:
The opening songs of my playlist are represented by this story-driven 3-line quote.
"He" refers to Starscourge Radahn. It is a permanent track in this story.
Phases:
The playlist currently has 2 phases:
Phase 1 starts with the opening "Dare to Defy" (track #01)
Phase 2 starts with the Dissidia trailer (around track #40)
A part of "Dare to Defy" can be heard inside the trailer. Both are from Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.
General Information
Specifications:
Song count: 80+
Duration: 3h30+
Shuffle: Don't
Updates: Weekly, every Tuesday
Mostly prominent type of music:
Video game music (VGM)
Soundtracks (OST, scores)
Trailer, film & movie scores
Genres & Subgenres
Genre:
Under the main genre of "Classical", almost every battle song in the playlist is performed by a full orchestra, giving that continuous intense and epic feeling.
I have an article about what Epic Music is, if you wish to dig deeper.
Subgenres:
A large variety due to the very broad "Classical" main genre.
Orchestral, choral, instrumental and modern/neo classical are some notable subgenres.
Moods
Better in a mood section then unofficial subgenres, here is a list that defines what you will experience in my epic battle playlist:
Boss fights
Heroic battles
DnD combat
Fantasy wars
Powerful choirs
Clash hybrid action
Power of Gods
Epic Battle Playlist on Spotify, YouTube, Deezer & Tidal
Check it out by clicking on your favorite platform:
I also made a SoundCloud playlist extension, only containing songs not available on Spotify & co:
Epic Battle Music
Theme
Battle is the main theme. There is a lot of variety, that you will see below. From intense classical battle songs to oriental fight tracks.
I will be listing some songs and artists that you can find in my curated playlist under each category.
My playlist contains a lot of game soundtracks, but also some epic battle music from trailers and movie scores.
Epic Classical Battle Music
"Assault" by Masashi Hamauzu from Final Fantasy X HD Remaster OST (orchestral arrangement of the original FFX "Enemy Attack" by Junya Nakano).
"Requiem for a Tower" by London Music Works (re-orchestrated version of "Requiem for a Dream" by Clint Mansell) from the trailer score for Lords of the Rings: The Two Towers.
"Dancing with the Source (Oud Version)" by Borislav Slavov from Divinity: Original Sins 2 OST.
Epic Dark Battle Music
"Forest Titan" by Gareth Coker from Ark OST
"Dark Souls" by Motoi Sakuraba from Dark Souls OST
"March of the Bloodtusk Mammoth" by Jason Graves from Far Cry Primal OST
Epic Fantasy Battle Music
"Thor and Mjolnir" by Dean Valentine from Rune II OST
"One They Fear" by Jeremy Soule from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim OST
"The Forbidden City" by Antti Martikainen from the album Creation of the World
Epic Choral Battle Music
"Dare to Defy" by Takeharu Ishimoto & Kentaro Sato from Dissidia Final Fantasy NT OST
"Grýla" by Bear McCreary from God Of War: Ragnarök OST
"Epic Battle Music (With Epic Choir)" by Demfire Creation from the album Epic Music Debut
Epic Powerful Battle Music
"Starscourge Radahn" by Shoi Miyazawa from Elden Ring OST
"To Glory" by Thomas Bergersen (Two Steps From Hell) from the album Invincible
"Titan" by Cris Velasco & Sascha Dikiciyan from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine OST
Epic Cinematic Battle Music
"World Without End" by Brand X music from the album Volume 15
"Final Seconds" by Future World Music from the album Behold
"Halo Theme" by Epikus, single (orchestral arrangement)
Direct links to the playlist on all platforms:
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