Happy Monday, folks! It’s time for the Weekly Video Games Thread.

I’m not gonna belabor this: our prompt is boss music—specifically, some of your favorite pieces thereof. Mini-boss music counts too, of course. I have my choices, just a fraction of which I shall put into a spoiler tag.

• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, “Into the Dark Night”
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, “Chamber of Ruin”
• Chrono Trigger, “Battle with Magus”
• Cuphead, “Railroad Wrath” (whole soundtrack fits, really)
• Dark Souls, “Gwyn, Lord of Cinder”
• Dark Souls III, “Slave Knight Gael”
• deltarune Chapter 2, “Big Shot”
• Elden Ring, “Starscourge Radahn”
• Final Fantasy VI, “Decisive Battle”
• God of War (2018), “Deliverance”
• Hades, “God of the Dead”
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, “Stalfos”
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, “Helmaroc King” (arrangement from Wind Waker HD)
• Kid Icarus: Uprising, “Boss Battle 1”
• Kingdom Hearts II, “The 13th Struggle”
• Kirby’s Adventure, “Nightmare (Part 2)”
• Kirby Super Star Ultra, “Masked Dedede Battle”
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, “Vs. Dark Samus”
• NieR: Automata, “A Beautiful Song”
• No More Heroes, “Steel Python”
• Õkami, “Battle of Orochi I” and “Battle of Orochi II”
• Persona 5, “Rivers in the Desert”
• Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, “Battle! (Zinnia)”
• Pokémon Sword & Shield, “Battle! (Gym Leader)”
• Resident Evil 5, “Winds of Madness”
• Shadow of the Colossus, “A Despair-filled Farewell”
• Shovel Knight, “The Defender”
• Stinkoman 20X6, “Mecha-Trogador”
• Sonic Unleashed, “Vs. Egg Dragoon”
• Super Mario 3D World: “Hisstocrat”
• Super Mario Galaxy, “Final Bowser Battle”
• Super Paper Mario, “The Ultimate Show”
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, “Galeem”
• UNDERTALE, “Death by Glamour”
• WarioWare Gold, “Wario de Mucho”
• Xenoblade Chronicles, “You Will Know Our Names”
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2 “Death Match with Torna”
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon, “Receive and Turn You”

What are some of your favorites? And while you’re here, how was your weekend when it came to playing?