Game Composer Listens to DAREDEVIL from ACE COMBAT for the First Time
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- Today we're finally diving into Ace Combat music for the first time ever! This is Daredevil from Ace Combat 7 Skies Unknown. I knew Ace Combat was a fighter jet game, but this music is making me think it is MUCH deeper than that.
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Ace Combat is a mecha anime disguised as a silly game about fighter jets. I love this game so much
basically macross haha
you ever heard of macross? its both
@@Estuardomendez13 of course, I never got super into it, but I used to play the games when I was a kid.
@@justago96 i had the robotech gamecube game pretty good tbh
DECULTURE
I remember reading a bit about the composing process behind this track on twitter: The producer refused to finalize game without a track that "gives goosebumps and makes player cry" he asked Keiki Kobayashi to compose an amazing song that would make the game a success; and thus Daredevil was born.
The composer actually convinced them the delay the game so that they could compose this song.
The game was also way over budget and way behind in terms of release schedule.
And the game itself wasn't expected to get made in the first place, since the company didn't feel like AC7 was worth investing time and money into making.
@@mattoliveiraeugenio
Yea, there's a lesson somewhere in there about trusting your team to finish a game to maximize profits, I think.
Maybe.
Too bad companies won't pay attention to that.
@@lilMutton15 the Director, not the composer, they guy felt like something is lacking at the end of AC7 so he called in the composer for another song and the composer basically said "bet" and crafted this masterpiece
@@lilMutton15 The game was already going to be delayed and Kobayashi made the song in the delay
As so many on the internet have said: the soundtracks for the Ace Combat games have no business going as hard as they do.
Agree to disagree, this game is about being the ultimate hero. It's about going big and epic. Without that kind of musics, players can't feel it. This music is the secret sauce, the ingredients that connect everything, gameplay, graphics, level design story and dialogue and elevate it to new heights.
It does look way over the top and incredibly good for a "arcade jet video games" but video games are about fantasy and emotions, big emotions for AC. It's about changing the world winning a war, being the most important asset in a terrible war and even, saving millions of lives, saving entire cities from destruction and deaths. And the only way to feel that is with music. That kind of music.
But we're glad they did 😂
Honestly some of the consistently best soundtracks in all of the gaming franchises out there.
daredevil, it edges you just right.
Ace Combat; aka "War is bad, but fighter jets are rad!"
QUADRUPLE THE DEFENSE BUDGET
Hope you all are excited for NGAD - I know I am. Still hoping we get declassified info of competitor prototypes in time for AC8 (or at least its DLC) even though I know we have had little more to go on than the ROIs put out over the last few years. All we know is that at least one proof of concept scale model has flown successfully, but nothing else is known - not even the manufacturer.
Judging by how none of the US armed forces can seem to agree on mission parameters going forward, it's seeming more and more likely that the US will have multiple 6th (or at least 5.5) generation aircraft on the horizon (budget be damed I guess😅).
Any bets on competitors or potential contract winners? My money is all in on Lockheed's Skunk Works as usual!
@@DeltafangEX idfk about all that, I'm just here to occasionally play funny plane game
It's so fun watching Davi getting blue-balled with the fake drops 😂
"SIKE"
"SIKE"
"SIKE"
"oh boy heeere it comes, it's almost he--SIKE"
😂😂😂😂😂
@@SirPogsalotCreates psych*
@@SirPogsalotCreates Wrong. It is:
"MISSILE!"
"MISSILE!"
"MISSILE!"
I'm surprised and so glad! If you wouldn't mind, I want you also try to listen "ZERO" from Ace Combat Zero.
And Liberation of Gracemeria. And the somewhat forgotten Assault Horizon's Naval Warfare/Dogfight.
Megalith 😊 too
I second and third this. The opera and flamingo guitars give it the perfect one on jousting feel that the fight that occurs on that song follows.
Zero, Megalith and Magic Speer 1
And do not underestimate Ace Combat games.
Its certainly a Fighter Sim but there are always huge undertones and imagery.
AC5 for instance has Norse Influences and things play out there is a higher power at work to guide history.
As for this song:
Daredevil is a play how the MC was demonized for a crime he did not commit. He became a devil to his own nation and this is his rise to redemption. Even the main rival of the game is Mihaly, romanian I think for Michael. Michael is said to face Satan.
Likewise, the core of the story is also over a tower that reaches deep into the sky. Babel. And the main consequence is how humanity lose the ability to communicate because of the war over it.
It took a daredevil to face what are absolutely oppressing odds to bring back peace.
This song plays when you face a gigantic flying Arsenal protecting the Tower. Armed with dozens and dozens of drones.
Its a war against an enemy where pilots from opposing nations unite to destroy the threat of drones who are being used by another nation to plague the skies.
The game is a love letter to pilots and the love to fly in the skies as Mihaly believed there no nations or borders in the skies. He believes people can understand another in the freedom of the endless skies.
The final battle proved it as they all stand united against the drone threat.
Wouldn't call it a fighter SIM, really. Davi nailed with the description, it's a fighter jet anime. :v
Thanks for sharing! I never noticed all that. It's so cool
One thing I would like to point out, Daredevil plays during the penultimate mission of the game.
The big melodic hit at 11:11 works even better from a narrative standpoint, as it reprises the leitmotif found in other parts of the game notably in the first mission's theme "Charge Assault".
Funny enough, it plays even earlier than that-at the end of the song "Drag Racer" from the opening cutscene. It's right as Avril's plane that she built finally takes off.
The dedicated ACE COMBAT video XD
I can now die in peace xD
If you plan to do more ace combat in the future, heres some must-listens:
- Rex Tremendae & Megalith - Agnus Dei from Ace Combat 4 (rex tremendae plays first, then into megalith)
- Zero & Morgan from Ace Combat: Zero (morgan plays first, then into zero)
- Blue Skies (Infinity Remix) from Ace Combat Infinity
- The Unsung War from Ace Combat 5
- Magic Spear 1 from Ace Combat 7
- Archangel from Ace Combat 7
- Alicorn from Ace Combat 7
- Liberation of Gracemeria from Ace Combat 6
- Anchorhead Raid from Ace Combat 7
THANK YOU!
The bangers of Ace combat!!! I would have done the same list, but adding the AC7 drag race
I'll throw in a few of my own favorites:
- Rescue from AC7
- Naval Blockade from AC5
- Reprisal from AC5
- Into the Dusk from AC5
- And of course, Chandelier from AC6
They way they lined up the beat drop with the Arsenal Bird's shield going down was just perfection
You picked a great choice for your first Ace Combat video! I would highly recommend you do either Megalith or The Liberation of Gracemeria next!
if you're doing ace combat music then I highly recommend Alicorn and it's companion piece, Hero of Comberth Harbor
Yeah we NEED him to listen to Allicorn
All the DLC tracks fckin slap, tbf.
The whole soundtrack is great but they really brought the heat for the DLC.
How about megalith & Zero
And "The Unsung War."
Alright guys I have a solution, let’s just have him listen to every one of them: thoughts?
Davi just to let you know this is a gameplay track that plays in the second to last mission. And yes it is a boss fight, great reaction my man!
And no, it doesn't loop like you thought. They literally delayed the game to finish this song. They set it up to time with the mission perfectly, no looping required.
hope MarcoMeatball sees this. i love both your channels and your commentary. y’all are fun listens to and from work, showing me music i wouldn’t find otherwise.
This plays in game on mission 19. It is a boss fight. A key moment in the mission is timed to happen as the crescendo of the music kicks in. It gives me chills every time. It's one of the greatest pieces of in-game music IMO. Right up there with "Suicide Mission" from Mass Effect 2.
Daredevil from AC7, Suicide Mission from ME2, The Landing from FFVIII, gotta love video game music that makes u wanna get up and take action.
They literally delayed the game so they could compose this song for it.
“ the shields are down attack the Death Stars main reactor”
I gotta say this: If you want a very powerful song, you should definitely check out "Frontal attack" from War Thunder
Edit: btw, I found your channel through your Undertale videos. I love that you manage to explain the chords in a rather simple manner, making it easy to understand even for people who don't know much about music. Love from Germany ❤️
これを待ってたよ。ありがとう
まさにファイターとしての誇りや孤独を感じることができる
The fact that the game was delayed to perfect this song shows how much the Ace Combat team values the soundtrack and it's storytelling.
Indeed. Which is why it doesn't actually loop like he thinks it would. They choreographed the song to the mission's timeline exactly from the point it is set to start playing. No looping required here.
Yup. It's a boss track.
Correction: it's THE boss track.
OMG! HE FINALLY LISTENED TO THIISSS. ❤️
Now you must deal with us fans "pestering" you with all of the other game's soundtracks.... 🎶 (it's worth it!!!)
**non-evil cackling** Yes, he must listen! Or play the game really. I wonder what he will think of Faceless Soldier.
I wish we could see his face seeing how the music lines up so well with the mission.
Oh hell yeah! If your doing ace combat you NEED to do Unsung War and Zero IN THAT ORDER! They'll blow your mind.
Always love when you and the community introduce me to amazing OSTs!
Going down the Ace Combat rabbit hole? I'm on for it!
Flying through a rabbit hole on one of the final missions is Ace Combat tradition at this point!
The composer's name is Keiki Kobayashi, and he ABSOLUTELY fit this into the gameplay. His is a name worth looking for for future videos.
He also did an amazing track for FF7 Remake: Valkyrie.
also I hope Davi gets to see this boss fight hehe
I agree
The perfect song for 7. Stick with Trigger and you'll make it and no this is not any title or anything. Its timed perfectly with the intensity of the situation, when the choir really kicks off and that feeling that EVERYTHING is on the line. Its perfect.
Love this game, I'm glad that you checked this amazing track Davi!
Oh heck yeah! This one is great. If you're gonna dive into Ace Combat check out the offshoot Project Wingman, the soundtrack is just as good
Project Wingman is less an offshoot and more a spiritual successor to Ace Combat given it's made by a different studio in a post apocalyptic setting on Earth compared to Strangereal of Ace Combat.
@@ZaydinTTV Right! Sorry, I guess I couldn't find the right words when I wrote this
Davi, this review was an absolute delight. It's the best review of "Daredevil" I've seen with a wonderful blend of raw, emotional reaction and technical analysis. I love how the song constantly takes you by surprise.
If you're to listen to another Ace Combat track, it should be "Hush" from Ace Combat 7 because it's literally the sequel song to "Daredevil." You mentioned during this video that despite the isolating feel of the vocals early in the track that there's a sense of hope-"Hush" very much takes the idea of hopefulness and bends and stresses it to the limit. I think you'll love it.
Ace Combat games, specifically since AC4, have a veneer of being a simple, arcade fighter plane game. Underneath that, they're laden with religious and mythological symbolism. The narrative structure, the characters, the themes, the story itself, and the way the music is both composed and integrated into the games are all intentional and create a gaming experience you can't find anywhere else. And to top it off, they have some of the best music composed today that masterfully combines modern sound design with classical orchestration.
Can't wait for you to dive further into the series.
Something I really like about the track is how the instrumentation feeds the sense of conflict. The song starts with a droning mechanical tone that presses against the listener under the tense strings, constantly present under everything. Then comes in the vocal track, calm, peaceful, almost meditative, not all is lost, the droning (hah) won't win. Only then the mechanical tones come back, stronger, louder, drowning out the vocals until they too rise, shouting defiantly, the strings and percussion growing more and more chaotic all the while until-!
And then the drop hits, the vocals *soar* and the droning oppressive sound is drowned out as the human element of the song rises triumphant.
It's downright masterfully done.
This is the type of video I i like when you actually explain like I'm five. So many "first listen/reacts" creators stop doing that and lose me because I can't follow. Loved learning what an astinato was, thanks!
15:30 No, it is gameplay soundtrack, and it is perfectly synced programmatically to the progress of player attack to the boss!
This is, in my opinion, one of the best pieces of VGM ever produced. Thanks for the analysis. Great work, as per usual.
By the way, this mission is in fact a "boss fight".
It's weird, because I love this track, but there's like two others I'd put above it (Magic Spear, Archange) and then the DLC dropped and added several more above even that (Anchorhead, Mimic, Alicorn)
What I'm saying is that Ace Combat 7 is an embarrassment of aural riches
Chills every time!
Yes, try Zero from Ace Combat 0. I also recommend Archange from AC7 and The Unsung War from AC5.
Ace combat as a game series just has a way of making you feel free in the sky, and like humans should have had wings all along. Between the music and gameplay it's euphoric
I really hope to see someday a analysis of "Zero" from Ace Combat Zero, it's something so unique, one of my all time favorites
ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US
I love how this track just bamboozles you over and over in the best possible way
Cant help but cry everytime i hear it
"Imagine fighting a boss to this". Well, funny story...
They literally delayed the game to compose it, after the mission was finished. That is why they timed it exactly to match up with the "shield" going down. That is why it does NOT loop. It doesn't NEED to loop. It is choreographed with the mission from when it starts playing perfectly.
"But maybe it is gameplay and I look stupid now."
Oh, don't worry. They literally delayed the game for this song. Of course they fit it in perfectly to the mission, no looping required.
You don't look stupid. You just look like you underestimated their devotion to the dark blue skies.
You just gotta try Sol Squadron next, it made me start playing the series when it’s genre never drew my interest
Goes amazingly well over Top Gun scenes.
You've opened a whole can of worms here. There are so many incredible Ace Combat tracks, you can't stop at one!
You said in the past that Valstrax’s theme sounds like flying. But to me, AC7’s main motif is what really sounds like flying.
The way it goes up then down and then up again repeatedly, slowly, and elegantly just feels perfect. I’ve always said it feels like ‘the freedom of flight given musical form’. Which is extremely fitting for AC7’s story, since human pilots vs drones is a major theme.
Best anime i ever played.
its the part where all the pilots, all of them, from all nations, even enemies come together to fight the final foe who threatens the whole humanity. Even the long time rival and enemy steps down and lets you have the supplies necessary to reach this threat
Just so you know this track plays during a fight against a GIANT DRONE (which carries other smaller drones) armed with lasers and laser gund
Play the game. You will love it.
Edit: Yes. They used jet engines as one of the instruments in this song.
Davi, you REALLY need to listen to Megalith Agnus Dei !
Ohhhh F*** YES!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE do ZERO from Ace combat Zero next!
You’ll absolutely love it!
Think of the Spanish guitars!
*wink* *wink*
Great video!
God bless, Jesus loves you!
Your analysis was absolutely great!
Easy to understand and really informative!
Awesome video!
I've scrolled a little bit and don't see these points, so I'll plop them here:
+Ace Combat is _absolutely_ like an anime writer's work plopped into an arcade flight combat game. The hero is always an unstoppable force against a relatable but unforgivable evil.
+Ace Combat music from the 4th game onward is the king of buildups. Daredevil takes it to the maximum, but these composers _adore_ the effect.
+Daredevil is the final boss music of the game, and said boss moves through phases which are accompanied by emotional changes in the supporting cast and stepped forward by the player's actions, thus each section of the song is indeed designed to loop until the player completes the current task and there will be a musical cue moving it into the next portion; the most notable of these being that almost "electronic water" sound that plays when the boss's invincible super-shield fails followed by the solo soprano going full-tilt as the all-out allied assault begins.
daredevil from ac7 just like telling people how it feels when fly and fighting in the sky
Megalith Agnus Dei or Zero next, you have just tapped into a gold mine Davi
My favourites (not necessarily in order):
Warning Line (AC2)
Rising High (AC2)
Night and Day (AC2)
Zero (AC0)
Round Table (AC0)
Near The Border (AC0)
Blockade (AC4)
Stonehenge (AC4)
Megalith (AC4)
Hrimfaxi (AC5)
The Unsung War (AC5)
Archange (AC7)
Alicorn (AC7)
Daredevil (AC7)
And, since I consider Project Wingman as a part of Ace Combat's legacy:
Persidia
Peacekeeper II
Kings
Aw, no Faceless Soldier?
@@SephirothRyu it's great, just not my favourite, same as Magic Spear 🤷
@@evilbabai7083 Fair, its really an in-the-moment song.
I love watching first time reactions to Ace Combat music. It's always a thrilling and emotional experience. You're in for a ride if you keep reacting to them. Highly recommend Unsung War from AC5 and Zero from Ace Combat Zero
Tiberian Son's version of Daredevil AKA The Devil's Spear (from "Ace Combat 7") hits harder.
It always amazes me how music can relay anything the gameplay does.
YESSSSS
ace combat is definitely best described as if gundam was a jet anime
Dang he got initiated in the Ace Combat OST Cult. Well, there's a TON of good Ace Combat tracks but some suggestions are "AC0:Zero", "AC5:The Unsung War" and "AC4:Megalith Agnus Dei"
Ace combat is a game series with great story with awesome soundtrack and inspired some player to dream to become fighter pilot and some of them are pilot now and make fighter jet not boring as some fighter jet game (US vs Russian concepts) except DCS world because is a fully simulation game and warthunder for mulitiplayer fun
I love seeing people experience Ace Combat. Daredevil is one of the best, Kobayashi was a master of leitmotif in AC7 and you hear the main tones of this track throughout the game. "Charge Assault", "Battle for Farbanti", and a few others have the main rhythm to them and hearing these tracks atop the story beats for the first time really sells you on being such a heroic character
I strongly recommend the paired tracks "Morgan" and "Zero" or "Rex Tremendae" and "Megalith -Angus Dei-" to examine next, the former track of both pairs is a hearty introduction, while the latter are phenomenal main themes
The next epic song to listen to from Ace Combat 7 would be The Hero Of Comberth Harbor both the original composition and the game version. One of my favorite songs from Ace Combat 7 would be the ADFX-10's theme as it sounds so similar to Top Gun's Flat Spin or Hop 31 but better
I really hope you listen to "Hush" from Ace Combat 7, it comes the mission after this and is a variation of this theme.
ANOTHER ONE DOWN THE FUNNY PLANE GAME RABBIT HOLE BABYYYYYYYYY
If you want more from Ace combat 7, i recommend "awakening", "alicorn" and "the hero of comberth harbor"
3 phases of the (for me) best boss fight in the game.
Love your content, keep going! I would love if you could listen to the blasphemous 2 and lies of p soundtrack
Woah, I know the track jajajaja. At least the big vocal part, I guess it's famous cause I remember hearing it in many places. Super epic, not the type of music I would listen to right now though jajaja. That's it. ¡Adiós!
That was also my reaction: "it's a fighter jet game, how good can the music be?" and proceeded to have my eardrums obliterated (in a positive way) lmao
@DaviVasc this might seem a bit out of the blue, but i think a song youd like to react to would be "Second Trumpet" from a game called "Lobotomy Corporation"
Ace Combat is pretty much a mecha anime, there's a lot of references to Macross in it.
Ace Combat 6 OST - The Liberation Of Gracemeria
Or just watch the trailer for it, its the song for that.
I promise you will love that one.
The Ace Combat series has always nailed their soundtracks, and they just seem to get better and better with every release. If you're covering more Ace Combat music in the future, you should check out Zero (Ace Combat Zero) and Archange (Ace Combat 7).
Another couple of tracks you could maybe give a listen to one day are Showdown and Kings from Project Wingman!
Hey Davi, if you're looking for a good one, listen to Zero's theme, it's brilliant
Two recommendations; there is a rendition of the Ace Combat 6 song “Liberation of Gracemeria” from the franchise’s 25th anniversary symphony. I’d recommend it over the OG cause it goes a lot hard.
The other is from the AC inspired indie, Project Wingman: Showdown just slaps absolutely hard.
It's not understating things to say that the music is one of the main characters in Ace Combat, the games wouldn't be the same without it.
Also, you're right that a lot of Ace Combat tracks are made to loop, but they typically play in their entirety before looping. In the case of Daredevil, the scene is actually built around the music.
The Ace Combat games have some of the best OSTs. Can’t wait until AC8 comes out to experience new music and gameplay from Project Aces!
おー！エースコンバットだ！エースコンバットは名曲揃いだから凄く良いですよね。私のお勧めのエースコンバットシリーズの曲は、エースコンバットゼロに収録されている『ZERO』と言う曲です、主人公が戦友に、戦友が主人公に、己の理想や信念の為に最後の決闘に挑む場面の曲で、正に最終決戦に相応しい曲となっています、是非聴いて欲しいです、必ず胸熱く心踊る気持ちに成ると約束します。
これが『ZERO』のURLです。
ua-cam.com/video/YjmU93_oE7E/v-deo.htmlsi=VvzSzTu3bVl6_BuT
An aliance of enemies pilots fighting against a mass of drones, and a big almost unkillable flying tank to end an war, this track fits perfectly
The final build up the OST happened in game when your team finally switched off the shield of the big aircraft boss, The Arsenal Bird. Thus the final build up represents the hope the protagonist team had after being overwhelmed by the Arsenal Bird for so long few missions before. When the shield is off, then you can directly lock the missiles onto the big aircraft, then sink it into the ocean
As that happened, i was around 3km in the sky, and started falling on the damned thing because the first time around, i shot it down with 2% durability left on me, so i desperately tried to lose the fucking drones off my tail, and right as i descend on that metal monster i hear everyone screaming at Trigger to shoot that thing down, pushing him on.
NGL, i teared up.
Another good Ace Combat song I would like to recommend would be "The Unsung War" from ace combat 5 The Unsung War
Also I Highly recommend that if you do intend to listen to both Ace Combat 5's "The Unsung War" and Ace Combat Zero's "Zero" that you do so one after the other as the combination of listening to the two close together is quite enlightening.
please do ace combat assault horizon naval warfare, its not as orchestral as most of ace combat but it just goes hard
I know you have a lot of AC tracks to listen to now, but please please consider reacting to the Project Wingman soundtrack. It got some really good stuff there
Nice, and now you need to listen to all the other great Ace Combat music too!
we need to get dani to play Ace Combat 4 through 7
oh yes, Ace Combat, a game with an OST that make you feel patriotic for a fictional nation, going against the odds to save humanity with your heavy weaponized jet
You will love epilogue from ace combat zero, rampage, monster hunter rise, the first hunter bloodborne, ectude andante atelier ryza, and overdose blue reflection 2017.
and for the next trick, Project Wingman's Kings please. It's an indie game that is a tribute to whole AC series. And a game that pulls the Ace Combat as good as the originals. Including music.
on an unrelated note, StarRail's Wildfire as well.
The Ace Combat games are crazy, over the top, and way overdramatic and ridiculous… And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
They’re not realistic, but feel right out of the stories you would make up playing with toy planes on your bedroom floor.
Another thing you could say is that they’re Gundam stories with jets instead of mechs.
A fellow musical UA-camr, Marcomeatball recently played through the AC PS2 trilogy and AC7. Let’s just say the ‘funny plane games’ brought him to tears.
Play the game to get the full experience of how the music is in harmony with the gameplay.
15:42 Nah you got it right the first time, this is a gameplay track, during a boss fight.
The part of the mission this track plays in is very heavily scripted and the track matches it very closely, the big drop that the entire song has been building to plays right at the turning point of the mission.
It is the game quite literally screaming at you that this is the moment youve been waiting for, so you better make it count!
MISSILE MISSILE MISSILE MISSILE!
The first time I heard ACE COMBAT music was in a very serious game called "I Wanna Be the Boshy". It was three-phased oatmeal final boss and the author used a track - Monolith Agnus Dei . This is still my favorite, although it is probably less interesting in terms of composition and musical techniques than the one presented in the video