Real Life Should Have JRPG Victory Music

JRPG victory music is one of the best types of video game music. Every time you emerge from battle victorious, a familiar, stirring theme plays. I want that music to play in my everyday life.

This post originally ran on 4/26/2012. Five years later, I’ve bumped it up and made a few edits, because Persona 5 really needed to be on here.

Why can’t my every accomplishment be accompanied by victorious fanfare? I don’t know. I think I’m going to start carrying around a little set of speakers with me so that gaming’s best victory anthems will underscore my everyday accomplishments.

Here is a list of the themes I’d want to play, and when.

Final Fantasy VII

I want this music to play every time I reach inbox zero.

Trails in the Sky

I want this music to play every time I switch from sweatpants to real pants.

Persona 3

I want this music to play every time I walk into the building where I used to have a job I didn’t like.

Final Fantasy Tactics

I want this music to play every time I close the printer door after installing a new ink cartridge.

Suikoden III

I want this music to play every time I ride my bike down the hill in front of my apartment.

Lunar 2

I want this music to play every time I peruse the wine section at the grocery store.

Saga Frontier

I want this music to play every time I successfully snag a cab from the other six people standing in front of the bar.

Chrono Trigger

I want this music to play every time I get a notification that the girl I like has commented on one of my Facebook posts.

Chrono Cross

I want this music to play every time I look out my window in the morning and see that it is actually not foggy today in San Francisco raining today in Portland.

Persona 5

I want this music to play every time I successfully clean a mustard stain off of my shirt before anyone notices.

The Throne Room

It’s not from a JRPG, but still. I want this music to play every time I walk into a room carrying a just-delivered pizza.