After stumbling onto the OST for Etrian Odyssey V, I noticed that this franchise of which I'm quite fond of finally got something that I didn't realize was missing until now: a piece of music that serves as an anthem of sorts for games within the franchise. The theme that did this for me was End of the Raging Waves, a special battle theme that first appeared in the third game, and has since appeared in both the fourth game and the mystery dungeon spin-off as well.

The music in games is one of my favorite parts of them, and these "anthem" themes definitely occurs in pretty much all of my favorite franchises. The following is a brief list of the one that pop to mind immediately, in no particular order.

Aria of the Soul - You can't have a Persona game without a Velvet Room, and you can't have a Velvet Room without this theme.

Detestable Visitors - There are a lot of Super Robot Games, and I mean a lot. While this franchise is most famous for its use of licensed anime robots and the music attached to them, the most enduring of themes within this game is this one, which plays whenever you are ambushed by an army of enemy robots. It is not my favorite tune in the franchise, but it just isn't a SRW game without this theme popping up at the most inopportune of times as 30 red sprites teleport onto your map.

Battle on the Big Bridge - While the Crystal Theme is most assuredly the Final Fantasy theme, what I have enjoyed the most out of the franchise for the last decade is more thematically summed up by this theme belonging to the most goofy of bosses. Plus, it's been managing to show up in every Final Fantasy game I've played lately, including this particular rendition from Final Fantasy Record Keeper with the absurdity to match the source.

So, do you have "anthem" themes for your favorite franchises? What are they?