Harrow posted:

One thing I love about FFXII is just how much the Esper boss battle theme stands out from the rest of the game's music. Most of the game's music, even boss themes, can often be pretty restrained. And then there's the Esper battle theme, which is more bombastic even than the final boss theme. It's such a great like oh poo poo theme, especially when you just wander into an Esper's battle arena without knowing ahead of time what you were getting yourself into.

Side note, good god do the Espers ever earn that intimidating theme with the Struggle for Freedom mod. Even Belias, the first Esper you fight and a pushover in TZA, is pretty drat threatening with the SFF mod.