Hellfire (Final Fantasy XV)

"Hellfire" is a boss theme in Final Fantasy XV. It was composed by Yoshitaka Suzuki and Yoko Shimomura, and arranged by Suzuki.https://twitter.com/yos_compose/status/803442995085217792https://twitter.com/yos_compose/status/803445309338595328https://twitter.com/yos_compose/status/810110832138981376https://twitter.com/yos_compose/status/810112131119153155 It is the boss theme of the Astral Ifrit. In the original release of the game, it is the penultimate boss theme.
"Hellfire" is composed of three movements and contains motifs from "Apocalypsis Noctis", the boss theme associated with the Astrals. The second movement is referred to as the "main loop" section and the third movement is the "pre-end" section. After the three movements, the "end" section is an arrangement of "Cosmogony", the theme of Shiva/Gentiana. It ends with the "Prelude".
There are no official lyrics for "Hellfire".https://twitter.com/yos_compose/status/1526559507278876673https://twitter.com/yos_compose/status/1526571995735146496
==Game appearances==
===Final Fantasy XV===
"Hellfire" first plays during the flashforward in the beginning of the game, where Noctis Lucis Caelum and his party face Ifrit. The first movement of "Hellfire" loops in this part.
"Hellfire" plays in its entirety during the boss battle against Ifrit outside the Citadel in Insomnia, summoned by Ardyn Izunia. The first movement of "Hellfire" plays when Ifrit sits on his throne. The second movement (main loop) plays during the second phase when Ifrit stands up to fight after Bahamut is summoned and casts Ultima Sword against him. The third movement (pre-end) plays when Ifrit is damaged enough and gets into "serious" mode as well as the background darkens. The end section of "Hellfire" plays when Shiva is summoned and casts Diamond Dust against Ifrit to end the battle.
"Hellfire" is track 91 on the Final Fantasy XV: Original Soundtrack.
====Final Fantasy XV: Comrades====
"Hellfire" plays again during the boss battle against Ifrit in The Pyreburner's Trial, summoned by Ardyn. The final part does not play here as Ifrit is defeated without summoning Shiva.
====Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn====
The introduction of "Hellfire" plays when Ardyn summons Ifrit at the attack during Founder's Day in the opening of the DLC episode.
The first movement of "Hellfire" plays during the short battle against Ifrit and the Royal Guards at the magitek research facility at the end of Chapter 2.
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==Behind the scenes==
When commissioning the music for the Ifrit battle, Sho Iwamoto, audio programmer at Square Enix, sent the composer a gameplay video, and requested music that is easy to transition. The first transition to "pre-end" part of the music happens when the player has damaged Ifrit enough for him to get into the "serious mode". The last transition from pre-end to the end part of the music aims to synchronize with the long ending scene.https://youtu.be/jtoyunrO62I?t=46m9s
"Hellfire" was created by a three-person discussion with an audio programmer (Iwamoto), a planner, and Yoshitaka Suzuki.https://twitter.com/yos_compose/status/1465916505372061697
==Etymology==
 Hellfire is Ifrit's recurring summon ability in the series.
==Citations==
Category:Battle themes from Final Fantasy XV