Hades 2 Soundtrack: Why You Can't Stop Humming Those Boss Themes

Have you ever finished a game, moved on to other things, but found its music still playing in your head weeks later? That's exactly what happened to one PC Gamer writer with Hades 2. After putting in 65 hours and beating the main story, they haven't touched the game since October 4, 2025—but the soundtrack? It's still on repeat in their brain.

The writer gives props to the ambient tunes too, like Edge of Erebus, Spider Silk, and especially The Song of Sirens, which they call a faithful rendition of its mythological namesake before composer Darren Korb hits you with a rock band. But what really seals the deal are the show-stopping boss themes, where Korb often brings in guest musicians to set each track on fire.

Take Scylla and the Sirens—their entire discography is excellent, from Coral Crown to I Am Gonna Claw (Out Your Eyes then Drown You to Death), Rock and a Hard Place (feat. Charybdis), and Bewitching Eyes. The joke of Scylla becoming your number one hater after a few defeats, writing a bespoke diss track, and then following it up with Charybdis performing death metal screams is both hilarious and a total earworm. Erin Yvette's vocals tie it all together beautifully.

Then there's The Titan of Time, Chronos' theme, which uses a ticking clock as percussion—obvious, sure, but brilliantly executed with clever time signatures. And The End of Time, which plays after you unlock the Dissolution of Time incantation to put him down for good, features guest star Louis Cole going absolutely wild on the drums. Turning drums into the leading instrument for the Titan of Time is a no-brainer, but the execution is what matters, and it's phenomenal.

Even minor bosses get the big guns. The Sightless Shepherd, the theme for Polyphemus (the cyclops Odysseus blinded and pissed off), features Sam Gendel tearing it up with a saxophone solo—one the writer literally used in a top 100 debate to try to get the PC Gamer team to vote for Hades 2. It didn't work, but everyone's heads were bobbing.

Olympus Aflame, which plays during the Vow of Rivals boss fight against both Heracles and Prometheus, might be the most standard fantasy track of the bunch, but it's earned a spot on TTRPG playlists for its perfect encapsulation of Olympus—orchestral trumpets reaching a feverish, panicked crescendo as their mountain crumbles. It's proof of Korb's mastery over the basics, which allows him to go wild elsewhere.

While Hades 2 isn't the first time Korb has cooked—Bastion, Transistor, and even Pyre have their fans—it definitely feels like the epoch of his work. In an already stacked discography, Hades 2 has enough hits to nearly eclipse the rest. The writer may be done with the game, but they're nowhere near done with its soundtrack. What do you think—will you be giving these tracks a listen?