"Force Your Way"
A battle song from FFVIII's boss fights. The heavily synthesized melody tells of the heroes' strength and their will to lead the way in this exhilarating song.
"Force Your Way" is the regular boss battle theme from Final Fantasy VIII, composed and arranged by Nobuo Uematsu.
Game appearances[]
Final Fantasy VIII[]
[Video Soundtrack] Force Your Way [FINAL FANTASY VIII]
"Force Your Way" is used in the battles against almost every boss. It is track 10 of disc 1 on the Final Fantasy VIII: Original Soundtrack album.
It was released again on the Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack Revival Disc.
Final Fantasy XIV[]
A new arrangement of "Force Your Way" by Daiki Ishikawa plays in various boss fights in the Eden 
Raid series, in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers; in particular, Eden's Gate: Resurrection, Eden's Gate: Descent, and Eden's Verse: Iconoclasm.
It is track 86 on the Shadowbringers: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
Final Fantasy XV[]
The original version as well as the Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy arrangements of "Force Your Way" play in the music player after the player buys the Memories of FFVIII soundtrack from Hammerhead for 100 gil and the Memories of Dissidia 012 FF album from Old Lestallum for 500 gil, respectively.
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]
"Force Your Way -arrange- from FINAL FANTASY VIII" from Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
"Force Your Way -arrange- from FINAL FANTASY VIII" is an arrangement by Keiji Kawamori. It is track 34 on the Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack.
The track can be automatically selected for battles including Squall, Ultimecia, or Laguna, or any battle with Ultimecia's Castle as the arena.
Kawamori remembers thinking that the drums should be simple, but the synth melody should give it a rough feel. He usually plays bass, but the guitar is easy for this arrangement, so he played it himself and programmed the bass.[1]
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[]
The Dissidia 012 and the original PlayStation version can be bought from the shop for 3,600 gil.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy[]
"Force Your Way" is a bonus Battle Music Sequence available as downloadable content.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call[]
Esthar City
"Force Your Way" is a Battle Music Sequence and is available in the base game.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival[]
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Force Your Way
"Force Your Way" is a playable Battle Music Sequence. It is available to the player by default.
| Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Expert | Ultimate | Transcendent |
| N/A | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 |
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line[]
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Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
"Force Your Way FFVIII, FFRK Version arrange" is an arrangement by Masaya Tsunemoto that plays in the game. It is track 5 of disc 1 on the Final Fantasy Record Keeper Original Soundtrack Vol.4.
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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon[]
"Duel Room" is an arrangement by Yuzo Takahashi. It was released as the twenty-second track of the Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon ~Labyrinth of Forgotten Time~ Original Soundtrack.
Arrangement album appearances[]
The Black Mages[]
"Force Your Way" was covered by The Black Mages in a progressive rock arrangement and included in their first, eponymous album, The Black Mages as the third track.
Final Fantasy VIII Chips[]
The song is part of the 8-bit arrangement album as its third track. It is the second section of the mash-up with the tracks "Don't Be Afraid" and "The Winner".
Final Fantasy Orchestral Album[]
"Force you Way" is the eight song of the final track of this album, "Battle Medley 2012 (Final Fantasy I – XIV)", arranged by Hiroyuki Nakayama. It is performed in a piano solo.
Piano Opera Final Fantasy VII/VIII/IX[]
"Force Your Way" is the ninth song in this piano arrangement album, arranged and performed by Hiroyuki Nakayama.
It was released again on the Piano Opera Final Fantasy I-IX album.
BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Brass de Bravo 3[]
"Force Your Way" was arranged by Rika Ishige and recorded for the album, conducted by Hirofumi Kurita and performed by the Siena Wind Orchestra. It is track 8 on the album.
It was released again on the BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Battle & Field album.
Final Fantasy Series Acoustic Arrangements[]
Arranging video game music as someone who is a bit of an originalist means that I want to change as few notes as possible. However, sometimes there's no avoiding making a few changes in order to acoustically recreate the joy one feels when playing the game. I approached this arrangement with the goal of helping you freshly relive your experiences playing the game—quite the task given that you may have heard the song many times over. I think the arrangement turned out quite exciting, and I personally recall taking the guardian forces Quetzalcoatl and Shiva to the battle against Ifrit in my first playthrough—that's how thrilling I found it. I hope that players of the game will experience the same thrills as well.
Tsubasa Ito
ACOUSTIC ARRANGEMENTS「Don’t be Afraid ＆ Force Your Way」 arrange from ファイナルファンタジーVIII (1999)
"Don't be Afraid & Force Your Way" was arranged by Tsubasa Ito, performed by Atsuki Yoshida (violin), Mei Mishina (viola), Kirin Uchida (violoncello), Seiya Yoshida (contrabass), and Ren Tsukagoshi (guitar). It is track 8 on the album.[2]
Live performances[]
The Black Mages Live[]
The Black Mages' arrangement of "Force Your Way" from their first album was performed live at this 2003 concert that took place at Shibuya-AX and Kanagawa University. It was the second song of the line-up.
The Black Mages III Darkness and Starlight Live[]
"Force Your Way" was performed live by The Black Mages on August 9, 2008 and recorded on the album.
A New World: intimate music from Final Fantasy[]
"Force Your Way" from A New World: intimate music from Final Fantasy
A live recording of "Force Your Way" from at the London premiere of the concert of the same name on February 15, 2014, conducted by Arnie Roth, is included on this album.
It was released again on the Distant Worlds and A New World Collections: music from Final Fantasy VIII.
BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Brass de Bravo 2017 with Siena Wind Orchestra[]
A live recording of "Force Your Way" was held at the Tokyo Bunka Kaiken on May 14, 2017 and recorded, conducted by Hirofumi Kurita and performed by the Siena Wind Orchestra. It was released as track 9 on the album.
Video performances[]
Square Enix Music Channel[]
[FF8] Guitar Cover: Force Your Way
A guitar cover of "Force Your Way" was arranged and performed by Seiji Igusa and uploaded on the channel on July 14, 2023.[3][4]
Compilation album appearances[]
Final Fantasy VIII Vinyl[]
"Force Your Way" is track 1 on side B of disc 1 of the album.
Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary Tracks 1987-2017[]
"Force Your Way" appears as track 68 of disc 1 on the album celebrating Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary.
Time and Again 2: Final Fantasy XIV Raid Dungeon Themes[]
"Force Your Way" from Final Fantasy XIV is track 2 of disc 2 on the album.
Final Fantasy XIV Vinyl LP Box Vol. 2[]
"Force Your Way" from Final Fantasy XIV is track 2 on side B of the Shadowbringers Vinyl LP Vol. 2 album.
Non-Final Fantasy appearances[]
Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special[]
An arrangement of "Force Your Way" was included in this crossover between Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.