Epic Battle Music – 2025 Playlist: Classical War Songs

Introduction

I’m an independent playlist curator on Spotify, YouTube Music, Deezer and Tidal.

This page is dedicated to Epic Ⅰ: the battle playlist aka “Epic Battle/War”.

This playlist is no longer updated on a precise schedule but receives regular updates.

I will be going over the genres and subgenres you can find in my playlist and general information about it’s content.

At the end I will be giving you some songs and artists examples, below specific categories of music type that you can find in my playlist.

Epic Battle Music – Playlist Information

Cover Art

Epic Ⅰ

“On an uncharted land
Where the battle rages
He—is waiting”
―Demfire Creation

Story opening

The opening songs of my playlist are represented by this story-driven 3-line quote.

“He” refers to Starscourge Radahn. It is a permanent track in this story.

Phases (this is under rework)

The playlist currently has 2 phases:

The opening tracks serve as a prelude.

Phase 1 starts with “Dare to Defy” (track #04)

Phase 2 starts with the Dissidia trailer (around track #60)

A part of “Dare to Defy” can be heard inside the trailer. Both are from Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.

General Information

Moods

Better in a mood section then unofficial subgenres, here is a list that defines what you will experience in my epic battle playlist:

• Boss fights
• Heroic battles
• DnD combat
• Fantasy wars
• Powerful choirs
• Clash hybrid action
• Power of Gods

Epic Battle Music – Song Examples

Theme

Battle is the main theme. There is a lot of variety, that you will see below. From intense classical battle songs to RPG/JRPG boss and dragon fights.

I will be listing some songs and artists that you can find in my curated playlist under each category.

My playlist contains a lot of game soundtracks, but also some epic battle music from trailers and movie scores:

Epic Classical Battle Music

• “Assault” by Masashi Hamauzu from Final Fantasy X HD Remaster OST (orchestral arrangement of the original FFX “Enemy Attack” by Junya Nakano)
• “Requiem for a Tower” by London Music Works (re-orchestrated version of “Requiem for a Dream” by Clint Mansell) from the trailer score for Lords of the Rings: The Two Towers
• “Dancing with the Source (Oud Version)” by Borislav Slavov from Divinity: Original Sins 2 OST

Epic Boss Fight Music

• “Orc: One-Winged Angel – Rebirth” orchestral arrangement by Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu & Yasunori Nishiki
• “Ancestral Dragon” by Masato Coda from Monster Hunter 2 OST
• “Battling Dragons” by Kamil Orman-Janowski from Broken Ranks OST

Epic Fantasy Battle Music

• “Thor and Mjolnir” by Dean Valentine from Rune II OST
• “One They Fear” by Jeremy Soule from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim OST
• “Peaks Pass” by Bear McCreary from God Of War OST

Epic Choral Battle Music

• “Find the Flame” by Masayoshi Soken from Final Fantasy XVI OST
• “Dare to Defy” by Takeharu Ishimoto & Kentaro Sato from Dissidia Final Fantasy NT OST
• “Epic Battle Music (With Epic Choir)” by Demfire Creation from the album Epic Music Debut

Epic Powerful Battle Music

• “Starscourge Radahn” by Shoi Miyazawa from Elden Ring OST
• “To Glory” by Thomas Bergersen (Two Steps From Hell) from the album Invincible
• “Titan” by Cris Velasco & Sascha Dikiciyan from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine OST

Epic Cinematic Battle Music

• “World Without End” by Brand X music from the album Volume 15
• “Final Seconds” by Future World Music from the album Behold
• “Halo Theme” by Epikus, single (orchestral arrangement of the original “Halo Theme” by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori)