Moving on to Day 10. Today's been kinda busy, almost missed it! (Like I missed a few days earlier this week. Whoops! Sorry!)
For those of you just joining us, this is Day 10 of a 30 Day Video Game Music Challenge; if you missed the first nine days, they're all grouped together in the same category, at the top of the article. Each day consists of a different category of music, and I respond with a song that I feel fits it well, in terms of being one of my favorites of that category. Hard mode: I can't repeat games. Challenge mode: I can't repeat franchises either. (Repeat characters appearing in other franchises are fine.) In each entry, I've also been providing an honorable mention, a song that fits the bill quite well; in order to avoid removing other franchises from the running, I've been keeping these honorable mentions within the same franchise as the original item. Got it? Good!
Day 10's theme is "RPG Battle Music", which is a huge and widely-varied field! There are tons of great battle songs out there, and I strongly considered giving this to some lesser-known entries, but in the end I had to come back to Final Fantasy VI's "Dancing Mad". This song plays during the final battle of the game, an iconic battle against the madman-turned-god Kefka. The song does such a good job of matching both the battle, in intensity and length, and the absolutely-brilliant character of Kefka himself.
Today's honorable mention goes to the general boss theme from the same game, "Decisive Battle". Final Fantasy has tons of great songs throughout its long and storied history, and I decided to choose two from Final Fantasy VI simply because I personally see that game as the title that defined the series. "Decisive Battle" is iconic, and lets you know you're in for a seriously-difficult fight.