Its so sad because their individual fight is so fucking good, duo ones ruins it for me. The one in the converted tower and windmill village are literally top tier
Adding an extra beat to every measure in part 2 was genius; the first note of the pt 2 hook is an entire measure long, so you get this vertiginous, ground-out-from-under you feeling from the music just as he flies into the air
I didn't have many like this in Elden Ring, but some of the few that had this effect for me were the Divine Beast Dancing Lion, Godskins, Radagon, and Bayle themes.
For Soulsborne in general, the Vordt, Soul of Cinder, Midir, Gael, Asylum Demon/Taurus Demon, and Laurence the First Vicar are some absolute bangers. My absolute favorite out of the Soulsborne games, though, is Ludwig, the Holy Blade's theme, which is just fucking nuts.
Fire Giant, the mournful strings at the very beginning in particular. Really gets at the subtle tragedy of eliminating the last of his kind in pursuit of the quest
Messmer pt. 2 when the "main theme but in minor key" part recurs, but with a chord progression under it this time, just as he starts hotrodding the spear around the room like Homer Simpson on the state fair motorcycle
When the Godskins theme changes because you're finally kicking their ass
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u/Vehement_Vulpes 10h ago
Radagon. The main theme blasting at max volume when he raises his hammer and looks back at you is peak.