Last Battle

1 General Information
2 Official Releases
3 Unofficial Releases

General Information[edit]

Composed by: Yasunori Mitsuda
Original Japanese Title: ラストバトル / Last Battle
Time Signature: 4/4

Per the V-Jump Player's Guide Emergency Special, Mitsuda wrote this song over January 3 and 4, 1995, after another staff member expressed worry that the game would be shipping soon and that they still didn't have a final boss theme.

Mitsuda recounted: When the two songs for the final boss (World Revolution, Last Battle) were completed, the first version was set to play the "Last Battle" song when fighting the boss itself, and "World Revolution" when fighting the boss's core. [Yasunori Mitsuda]

During the debugging period, Uematsu-san was playing the game in the booth next to me, and after the second stage of the final boss battle, he suddenly ran over to the planner and said in a very angry tone, "This song is the wrong one!" [Yasunori Mitsuda]

In the end, the title for the boss itself became "World Revolution," and the title for the boss's core became "Last Battle." In response to this, the background for the boss's core was changed to an image with even more of a sense of speed. [Yasunori Mitsuda]

[About "Last Battle"] "It's a strange song. Like, 'I wonder how he managed to write such a song.' By the way, it's not my scream. 😀

"The synth bass-like sound is made using two tracks with slightly shifted pitch."