Ace Combat/Awesome Music


 * Ace Combat/Air Combat wasn't exactly scrappy with its music, as this sampling of tracks shows.


 * It's safe to say that the entire soundtrack of Ace Combat 2 is crowning music of awesome.
 * From the powerful and Hot-Blooded Fire Youngman to the subdued yet wonderfully catchy Aerial Hawk And even the song that plays in the briefing portion is awesome.
 * Rising High is amazing. There's also A Fresh Youngster to guide you in on landing, and finally, your musical reward for completing a mission.
 * Elemental Particle, which was remixed for 5's Arcade mode.
 * Remixes of earlier tracks go at least as far back as this game for this series - Night and Day from the first game was remixed for the second, and it's quite possibly the best track in the game.


 * Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
 * Comona, used in the game's namesake mission.
 * Operation Bunker Shot. Just imagine this playing while flying over a 21st Century version of the D-Day landings.
 * Farbanti. Another great track for the given level. In this case, sacking your enemy's capital city, and dogfighting with Yellow 13 in the sunset.
 * There's also Blockade - it gets particularly good at around 2:38.
 * Megalith. The first track in the series to use Ominous Latin Chanting was used in the final level where the world was about to end, Deep Impact style.
 * Especially when the intro is included.
 * Now, all themes heard during the mission are included in one video, complete with lyrics in Latin and English translations.
 * ISAF is powerfully rousing stuff.
 * Two briefing tracks. Operation to start off, and later Second Strike after the destruction of Stonehenge.
 * Escort. The final part is especially awesome.
 * Emancipation is quite calming, but when the bell strikes, it invokes a feeling of uncertanity. In later part (about 3:18), it turns into an awesome rousing theme.
 * Whiskey Corridor cannot go by without a mention, especially not with what starts at 2:50.
 * Stonehenge Attack. Made doubly terrifying when you hurry to obey the sudden order to drop altitude, not knowing why it was given, and watch as half your allies get blasted out of the sky above you.


 * Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
 * Hrimfaxi, a reprise of the music from the earlier Scinfaxi fight, but with some insane electric guitar thrown in for effect.
 * Supercircus
 * Wings of Unity
 * Dead Ahead
 * First Flight
 * The Unsung War - Latin chanting of the legend of the main characters, with sweeping orchestral music wins it every time.
 * Winter Storm, a sort of prologue to Unsung War, also deserves mention.
 * Ice Cage sounds like a You Shall Not Pass moment.
 * Into the Dusk A more somber piano version of The Unsung War.
 * 15 Years Ago Another piano version that you normally hear during Nagase's and Gennette's musings on the Belkan war, but also plays during the final mission if you beat the enemy planes quick enough. This song, along with the ordinarly sappy dialouge, makes those two minutes leading up the SOLG assault practically into a CMOH/TearJerker.
 * Unsung Heroes, a short, yet still magnificent piece, truly befitting of your final victory.
 * The Journey Home. A Tear Jerker, with or without words.
 * Closure. Apparently, it's an easy-to-miss song.
 * Lit Fuse. It gets better with every second.
 * Briefing2. One of the best pre-battle tracks in any video game.
 * Razgriz. Listen to this song and tell me you don't want to stand and salute.
 * President Harling. It may only be just over a minute long, but the last fifteen seconds are truly awesome.
 * Grabacr - Unfortunately very easy to miss, which is a shame because it's one of the best in a game with a LOT of incredible tracks.
 * Similar tracks include Mask and the apparently unused 8492, which together form a sort of ad-hoc Leitmotif.


 * Ace Combat Zero. My god, where do we even begin?
 * Glacial Skies
 * Flicker of Hope
 * Diapason - A rousing, uplifting piece that plays as the player flies in the skies over the capital city of their homeland, pushing the Belkans and liberating the city.
 * Glatisant - The beat gives it an ominous feel as you enter your enemy's home country. Hard to believe people missed this.
 * Contact is absolutely fantastic. It fits the incredibly frantic dogfight against the ace squadron at B 7 R so well.
 * B7R, from the same mission, is also awesome.
 * Merlon
 * Mayhem is possibly the best non-boss track in the whole series.
 * The Final Overture
 * The Round Table
 * Avalon
 * Zero - AKA Keiki Kobayashi's Crowning Moment of Awesome Anyone who considers themselves a music fan owes it to themselves to listen to it at least once.
 * To put it into better perspective, imagine yourself as the only person in the whole damn world capable of putting a stop to the maniacal terrorist organization who just launched a missile capable of wiping out half the cities in a US-sized nation. All that stands between you and the destruction of that missile is, and you have to literally joust against him in air combat. You have the skills; he has the technology-- Just you vs. him in a duel for the fate of the world. And this song captures the feeling of that moment perfectly.
 * This 8-bits remix is as awesome as the original.
 * Even better, someone made an 11 minutes long, digitally remastered HD-quality version. Here it is.
 * Galm 2/Epilogue
 * Ending Credits
 * Hell, even the hangar music kicks ass.
 * Don't forget the shop music! The entire track is perfect for a technology demonstration!


 * Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
 * Alect Squadron, Armada
 * Captive City/Break In
 * Fenrir Chase, Shock Cannon Countdown
 * Diversion/Offline
 * End of Deception
 * Prelude/Joint Operation
 * Skies of Deception


 * Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
 * The Liberation of Gracemeria.
 * The Invasion of Gracemeria.
 * And its excerpt, Fires of Liberation, being used for the Big Damn Heroes moment in Mission 12.
 * Siege on Silvat fits it's mission perfectly.
 * Selumna Peak, a soothing orchestral song for a mission in the snowy mountains.
 * To All Things Moody, but still uplifting.
 * Ragno Fortress was one of the greatest missions, with some of the greatest music.
 * And of course we can't forget A Brand New Day
 * Malebolge, fitting for the fight against.
 * San Loma Assault at first seems run of the mill for Ace Combat, until the brass comes in.


 * If you'd already played AC 4 and 5, you probably knew something bad was going to happen the moment they told you your last mission was a peaceful patrol over Gracemaria. When City Lights starts playing, those suspicions are confirmed.


 * Ace Combat: Joint Assault
 * Showdown (Varcolac).
 * Sulejmani's Shame (Footsteps in the Night Sky).
 * In The Zone.
 * Safe Recovery.
 * Bird Hunt.
 * Spiridus.


 * Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
 * A preview soundtrack has been released, and so far, the front runners would definitely have to be "Rebirth", "Mrs. Krista Yoslav", "Beyond the Canal", "Dogfight", "Release", "Horizon", and "Gotta Stay Fly". Hell, pretty much the entire preview soundtrack got listed! There's probably a reason why these songs were used in the trailers...
 * Ascend to The Power
 * Keep Alive is a near-perfect blend of militaristic drums, electric guitar and electronic music samples, creating what is probably one of the most epic BGM ever conceived for a 21st century aerial battle.
 * Decisive Battle. Daaamn.


 * Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy
 * "Fighter's Honor (Flying Remix)," the first mission theme.
 * "Trickster's Delight."
 * "Gravity," the Ending Theme
 * "Fighter's Honor."
 * Every ace squadron gets its own Leitmotifs:
 * "Skyburn," Lancer Squardon's theme.
 * "Grey Wolf," Beast Squadron's theme, is face-meltingly amazing.
 * "Locked," Cocoon Squadron's theme
 * "Zone of Endless," Z.O.E's first of three themes, and the one used most often.