So long story short, some stuff happened and we started posting video game music with opera singing in it in the All the Sonics thread. I figured it'd be a shame to leave that collection buried in that thread, so let's move it here! I've compiled all of the tunes shared in the initial discussion in this OP, but if anyone has any other examples that aren't listed here please feel free to post them here.
{EDIT: From now on, especially if you're posting a Nintendo track or music from another takedown-happy corporation, I ask that you mention the name/context of the song (or at least copy the name of the video) as well so if the embed ever breaks people can still hunt down the music.}
Rockythechao wrote: ↑4 years ago
Opera vocals, especially the One-Woman Wail, are pretty versatile and can help add a tragic, ominous, or haunting/unsettling quality to music, make it more dramatic or theatrical, convey things like affluence or poshness, power, egotism, unpredictability, etc.
So yeah, spoiler warning, this is a fairly common musical trope for final boss fights and dramatic moments so there's going to be a lot of those in here! The videos in this initial post are spoiler-tagged for compactness but the names are unmarked, and I can't guarantee even that much for any responses. Proceed with caution!
THE INITIAL LIST
Sonic CD (Japanese/European soundtrack): The Final Fever
Final Fantasy VI: Maria and Draco Opera (suggested by Ashan)
Portal 2: Cara Mia Addio (suggested by 10204307)
Persona series: The Poem for Everyone's Souls leitmotif
Resident Evil series: Theme of Alexia
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: Enchanted Banquet
Pokemon Sun & Moon: Lusamine Battle Theme
LittleBigPlanet 2: Victoria's Laboratory
Nier: Automata: A Beautiful Song
Skullgirls: VS Bloody Marie
Hollow Knight: City of Tears
Kid Icarus: Uprising: Chaos Kin leitmotif
Henry Hatsworth: Banson's Aria
THE SECOND WAVE
Batman: Arkham Asylum: The Perfect Crime (submitted by The Hero Hartmut)
Bloodborne: Suite (main menu theme) (submitted by Ashan)
Heroes of Might and Magic II soundtrack (submitted by Voltgloss)
The Dark Spire soundtrack (submitted by Voltgloss)
BlazBlue Calamity Trigger: Awakening the Chaos (submitted by Super Llama)
Guilty Gear Overture: Diva (submitted by Super Llama)
[Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator]: One Dawn (submitted by Super Llama)
Jet Set Radio Future: Grace & Glory (submitted by Super Llama)
Mario and Rabbids: Phantom Rabbid Song (submitted by Grounder)
Conker's Bad Fur Day: The Great Mighty Poo (NSFW language warning!) (suggested by Piesoncreations)
Octopath Traveler: final boss themes
ROUND THREE, LET'S-A-GO!
Super Smash Bros Ultimate: Galeem