i loved it when the music starts and u hear the enemy boss life.bar rising drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

When you really think about it, this could be the darkest megaman X game. You’re fighting for the necessary pieces to save the world from total annihilation, and the places you visit are filled with people who have gone insane. Everywhere you go you’re surrounded by workers, soldiers, scientists who have fallen to madness, and those who still have their sanity ask you to put them out of their misery.

when you hear this song 80% of the time you dodging attacks

Best boss theme in the Megaman X series ever. It's just so damn intense yet catchy

the most twisted , dark and epic boss battle ever made

Never noticed that one of Zero's helmet spikes is destroyed and cracked, that looks so cool

When you're fighting someone you _really_ *don't* want to fight...

You're not just fighting mavericks in this one. The 8 bosses in this game are one of your former maverick hunters, some are repliforce and they're all infected. The worst thing is they're asking you to put out of their misery.

I love how well this boss theme goes with the game, it feels fitting for a fight that will decide the fate of a world destined to meet it's destruction

Easily the best boss theme of all the X games. It symbolizes many of the fights perfectly: Your former reploid allies succumbing to the madness of the virus and becoming mavericks.

The voices in coral saying "Ah, ah, ah ah ah", it's very badass and scary

This just blows every single boss theme in the MegaMan franchise out of the water, like it ain't even a competition.

this is by far the boss theme in megaman x games PERIOD.

This boss battle theme in my opinion is the best and most fitting. Heres how i see the boss themes. X1 = Alright a boss fight, bring it punk! X2 = Another Maverick in my way, time to finish this. X3 = Your going down! X4 = The fuck....is this really the music? X5 = There isnt much time, a colony is going to crash into earth, theres no time for fooling around, its now or never...

This isn't that dark. No, the music that drives me to despair is Shadow Devil's theme. It's a revival of an ancient menace. A robot type not seen in over a century with a warped W in the background. And you know it's his work. The most dangerous man to ever live left a final gift in case his virus wasn't enough. And for all the upgrades X has over Rock, it's still capable of crushing him.

*Bosses when you need Enigma/Shuttle parts* X/Zero: Give me the parts Reploid: No X/Zero: Okay we are now considering you as a Maverick *Bosses when you don't need Enigma/Shuttle parts* Reploid: Why are you here? X/Zero: I don't know i just want to steal your powers

Honestly, this is one of the best Boss Battle Themes in the history of gaming in my opinion. You can listen to it and let it loop over and over. Long Live The Mega Man X Saga!!!!!🤖🤖🆘⏳⌛️📡♨️☄️⛈☣️👾👾🌎

Megaman x is slapping the boss with his cyber peacock to this theme.

The agony of the spiral pegasus rematch...

My Favorite boss theme, The best one so far.

Best boss theme of any Megaman games, without a doubt.

the 8 dislikes were from the 8 maverick bosses

This theme has that subtle tone of despair

You know it's Metal when X & Zero are Fighting Guns & Roses, or Capcom Pulled a JJBA BY NAMING THEIR VILLAINS AFTER A BAND!

24 people were thrown outabounds by the skiver

I like this boss fight theme the most in Megaman series. It feel like the bosses are too strong, can't beat them easily, can't take a wrong step.

X5 was an awesome game EXCEPT for 2 things: The goddamn tutorial messages you can' disable. AND The bad difficulty balance between the stages and the boss. i.e.: Insane stages but super-easy bosses. Other than that, the game is awesome. ^_^

When you heard this you knew it was gonna go done in that small room that has WARNING WARNING flashing.

This is the song that plays when you detect a spider or a cockroach and you only have one shot and you are alone at home

The best Boss theme in all X series.

When the collection renames Duff McWhalen

I found this boss theme in a Sonic ROM hack before playing Mega Man X 5

I remember this song from a Mario Megaman Sonic (MMS) fan game on Newgrounds where this song plays as you fight Sigma. But I really want to start playing the Megaman X games.

This takes me back to the 90s.......good times. Life was simple back then.

This song would fit perfectly for boss battles for Splatoon 3.

Best of the X series boss themes.

Battle Against the Last Members of The Repliforce

The most epic boss battle theme, hands-down!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Tidal Whale: I've already been infected... Shall we fight for old time's sake? A duel! And I'll show no mercy! Zero: Your ship is about to set sail... ...for the last time!

Wow, NOSTALGIC! My childhood memories are coming back! Indeed a very nice track, thanks.

The most menacing Megaman X series Boss theme.

15 minutes of pure epicness

So sad, 8 people did not defeat Grizzly Slash...

When stage is much more difficuot than the boss Imo Best boss theme ever in the series

Such a good theme. I was actually reminded of this when I saw the new future paradox Pokémon, they remind me of the Mavericks, especially the GOAT Iron Valiant.

Squidaler harasses the crap out of you by following you. Skiver uppercuts you mortal kombat style. Mattrex, another one that hits you hard as hell. Duff McWhalen throws you in the spikes when you piss him off. Axle the red takes a chunk of your life when he straps you in that vine rope. 😫😫. What more can we expect???

Grizzly Slash / Crescent Grizzly Squid Adler / Volt Kraken Izzy Glow / Shining Hotarunicus Duff McWhalen / Tidal Makkoen The Skiver / Spiral Pegacion Axle the Red / Spike Rosered Dark Dizzy / Dark Necrobat Mattrex / Burn Dinorex

The fact that this isn't used in Megaman X Dive is a travesty.

I play this while fighting the bosses in "Azure Striker Gunvolt".

It´s so worthy playing the game in Extreme difficult to have a long battle in the boss rush only for this great music.

I missed the good old classic days of Megaman games on the NES and SNES but still the X series was awesome ;)

Nothing like this kind of soundtrack to complete my retro gaming sessions

This is, without a doubt, my favorite Boss battle of all megaman X Series!!, beautiful!

My favorite Mega Man X boss theme

a moment of tension in the chaos of the world

(Burn Dinorex Vietnam flashbacks)

LOVE this theme, and the pic shows that this game was meant to be the last.

The choir is my favorite part

Listening this soundtrack makes me want to replay MMX5 🎧🎶❤🎮

OH MAN THIS SOUNDS SOOOOO EPIC, can't wait until I play X5 on my X collection to hear this music

probably the darkest megaman series

this song have the one piece effect; first time you say "what the heck is this shit!?" and later, without notice you are hooked, you can't get it out your head.

Best track to play anime fighters like blazblue and melty blood with this

This is the best boss theme I have heard on a video game period. This used to get me too pumped to blow up a Maverick.

i fucking love mega man x style of music. its just so epic. its perfect and beautiful . ♥

Sounds like something You’d hear in Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door. Like against Grodus if he had another form/phase.

Really fits with boss rematch + the stage background

idk know if I have shit taste but I remember i was playing X4 and I wasn't having any fun at all, except for a couple spots but when I got to cyber peacock's stage, i just had enough and stopped playing Then I played X5 and I just had a blast, sure there were rough parts but it felt so much more fun to me, but that may be because i was playing a Zero still though

Of all the maverick boss themes this has to be the best one I heard with MMX coming a close second.

I remember when i was in mid school,trying so hard to finish this game just using X 😂

best boss theme megaman x has ever had, plus the game where i completely stopped playing with x and zero became a permanent favorite, just how bad ass is he

This music is great

This is one of my favorite boss theme.

Bears can get poked by Spikes A Sharp Blade Cracks the Ice Water ruins Electronics High Voltages make Lights go-out Light expells Darkness Fast People can be stopped by stopping Time Wind blows out the Fire Fire burns the Rose

So no one is gonna talk about how this son is similar to Mega Man Zero 2's Departure theme? I got HARD goosebumps

*Alia:* This is Hunter Base. Can you hear me? Are you all right? Any damage?

I really miss these old Megaman, Megaman X and Megaman Zero series. I spent hours whooping and getting whipped by the bosses.

brings back some good memories.. :)

this one with the x4 in my opinion has the best music!

This was originally supposed to be the final game in the x series with the zero series following after. Then they made X6 and things just made no sense.

Playing this at half speed makes it kinda sound like one of Imperfect Cell's themes.

This theme just hits different

Put the playback speed to 3/4th (.75) for a bomb ass beat

some of x5 bosses have attack that leads to instant kill such as whalen spike pit and the skiver punch that knock player to bottomless pit, thats how the boss should be

This theme is mainly about random Reploids affected by the Sigma Virus global outbreak during the Eurasia Incident (or should Sigma say his best work because of Dr. Wily's involvement to make Zero realized his original true purpose as his Magus Opus.). Volt Kraken is most tragic Mavericks in this game where the hunters & countless players get to witness his last moments of sanity before he gets completely overtaken by the Sigma Virus and sent into a berserk frenzy, forcing the hunters to put him out of his misery. Also more callbacks & tie-ins to the classic series & the previous X adventures like the Black Devil being a huge Yellow Devil homage, Rangda Bangda, Zero Virus being somewhere between his first & 2nd armor forms, Wily symbol, Quick Man lasers, and finally the capsules of X & Zero being all breached complete with Sigma's new body being more streamline version of X's & Zero's bodies & his giant form Gamma Sigma both built by Wily. This theme can't get any more tragic than seeing random infected Reploids literally fighting to the death with the hunters just to go out with a bang!

I love this somg

x5 has some of the best bosses in the x series imo and tied with x8 for best dialogue

8 Mavericks in the Secound Round The Giant Bar of the Mavericks X & Zero: Please really?

This song should be in super smash bros Wii u/3ds

Normally the "farts" in a track make it sound worse, but here it sounds so good together

This gives me Persona 2 vibes

This reminds me of Departure from Mega Man Zero 2

You're right man. Every game has both ups and downs, I hated when they took away the anime cutscenes in X5-6 (and also the skip button in X5). but looking at them, they are well drawn. Even the CGI from X7-8-CM is very nice, capcom does very good cel shaded animation.

This song always plays in my head whenever I'm gonna doing things secretly, keeps my senses aware..

My favorite megaman game and x8

THE FIRST 2 SECONDS OF THIS IS AMAZING

The X series bosses were a pain in the arse, because when you start hurting them, they get mad too and start changing their pattern. And then you;re like "Time to GET SERIOUS!" :P

THIS MUSIC S, AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My favorite theme, ever!

OBJECTION. Axl was bad in X7, his voice was annoying and IMPOSSIBLE controls, in X8, he was just AMAZING, he plays alot like Bass in later games (but Axl could glide for a short period of time) and his voice was given a new actor.