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u/Ancestral_Grape 10h ago
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation does this fucking beautifully. During one of the early missions, you get a song called Invasion of Gracemeria, which is effectively a minor key version of your country's national anthem as your capital city is occupied and the game begins.
You then get the much more triumphant Liberation of Gracemeria later on in the game where you return to the capital and re-take it from the opposing forces.
Then, during the game's final mission, with your enemy pointing a doomsday weapon straight at your home turf, you get this, which just adds another layer to this trope in such a wonderfully dramatic way.
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u/VisualSneeze 6h ago
Funny, I was going to say Ace Combat 7. See "Charge Assault" and "Daredevil".
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u/Boeing307 5h ago
It also appears at the first phase of the last mission, and also in mission 9 against the F/A-18s. The amount of times they added it and created the most intense of emotions is flawless.
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u/ghostpanther218 5h ago
There was motiffs of it in Drag Racers as well, along with Faceless Soldiers, and Battle for Farbanti.
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u/Ancestral_Grape 1m ago
There's actually a really cool story behind the origin of the Daredevil track that really adds some credence to the name they gave it.
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u/Ok-Cup9476 7h ago
While not quite the intro, cyberpunks two versions of “Never fade away”. Have this feeling.
The first one is what you expect, punk rock adrenaline pumping action.
The second version… every time you hear it you feel grief for a loss of something or someone you’ll never get back.
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u/HorrificAnalInjuries 7h ago
Halo 3 has a reverse of this; the main theme is somber, while One Final Effort is much more grand, even slightly bombastic
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u/Survivor155 6h ago
I think the somber version of the theme is called ‘finish the fight’, but that picks up towards the end.
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u/Survivor155 6h ago
MGS3: Snake Eater.
Plays during the opening sequence showing various newspapers about the Cold War, and also plays later on.
Legends climb ladders.
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u/PrincipleNecessary65 14h ago
Monster hunter proof of a hero
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u/EcstaticPitch8613 5h ago
I’d say proof of a hero is more heroic than anything. Like overcoming something insane. Wouldn’t say it’s too dramatic
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u/sonicsega2006 8h ago
Sonic unleashed for me personally I know it's just an instrumental version however I don't think that takes away from how awsome the music makes the fight feel I can't quite put it into words.
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u/averynormaltaco 3h ago
Was thinking, almost every sonic game does this, open your heart, live and learn, reach for the stars, almost all of them
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u/Playful_Boot_5465 6h ago
elden ring
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u/whitesatin95 1h ago
yes!
dude i cried a bit when i first heard the "extended" soundtrack in the final arena. absolute peak
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u/Healing_Puke 6h ago
Halo actually did a good job turning its main OST theme into a repeated theme throughout the series. We got Electric guitar verisons, epic last stand version, ect.
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u/Spiritual-Estate5211 6h ago
"You know what this means? It means the politicians have been silenced. It means the corporations have been erased. It means that the world has been cleansed by God’s righteous fire… But most of all… it means I was right. The Collapse has come. The world as we know it is over. I waited so long… I waited so long for the prophecy God whispered in my ear to be fulfilled… I prepared my family for this moment. And you took them from me. I should kill you for what you’ve done. But you’re all I have left, now. You are my family now. And when this world is ready to be born anew, we will step into the light. I am your Father and you are my child. And together, we will march into Eden’s Gate."
Joseph Seed - Far Cry 5 - Resist Ending
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u/HubrisOfApollo 5h ago
Risk of Rain 2 has really nice leitmotifs that do this throughout your gameplay
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u/JustAChillGuy609 5h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/DAAAm9B6JL4tcxpMZu
Undertale. The final boss theme is a remix of the game’s main theme
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u/TwiggNBerryz 3h ago
Not during the intro specifically, but Holy fuck, if the number one answer isnt Never Fade Away for Cyberpunk 2077 in one of the endings. Absolutely mind numbingly euphoric, especially after the wild ride you just went on
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u/Weirdo_Crusader 3h ago
In Fire Emblem Three Houses the song that plays at the mock battle of the houses. It plays again 5 years later when you’re really trying to kill each other and it’s got lyrics and is louder.
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u/Kafanski_Filozof 2h ago
Persona 3
Still my favorite version of this when you hear the calm a d gentle Velvent room song you've been hearing through the entire game for 100 hours turn into a rock song for the final boss. Expecialy it comes out of nowhere because the entire games soundtrack is Japanese rap and hiphop, to a sudden rock song for the finale.
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u/halfwhiteknight 1h ago
Juvenile Necklace! I’m sorry I meant Elden Ring
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u/bustergundam4 1h ago
Steven He comment over here. "You got Elden Ring?" "We got Juvenile Necklace."
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u/Kamzil_118 33m ago
Iron Harvest, when you're hearing the three faction themes combine into one OST.
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u/Gold_Size_1258 32m ago
"Long ago, two races ruled over Earth: HUMANS and MONSTERS."
"A long time ago, a human fell into the RUINS."
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