'Lifeline' opens with a moody harp phrase that gradually brings in a stolid layer of strings beneath heavy, syncopated beats.

Hiroshi Okubo's compositions are emphasized by strong percussive statements. It's one of the most decisive-sounding and marvelous battle themes I've ever heard from any game. This final stage track presents almost oppressive passion with absolute dignity. He even brings in a mixed chorus in four voices in 'Megalith -Agnus Dei-'. In 'Operation Bunker Shot', a bristling baseline and marching drums combine before a climax that introduces surprisingly powerful harps with loud cymbal and gong. Keiki Kobayashi focuses on the orchestral aspect much more. Some of the collaborators' compositions are just as masterful as Nakanishi's tracks. In 'Sitting Duck' the guitar creates a lively contrast to a glowing trumpet, while 'Farbanti' boasts a killer guitar solo. But the most impressive are the tracks that use wailing guitar to add spice to the soundtrack. The opening track 'Shattered Skies' establishes the soundtrack's leitmotif, melding different melodic lines ingeniously. 'Emancipation' offers a hopeful yet sad melody offset by cracked percussion. In 'Safe Return', high-pitched strings fade in like birds elevating to the sky.

(It conjures almost no image of the futuristic techno in the previous game, Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere, even though the same man was behind it.) 'Tango Line' begins with an uneasy hybrid of wiggling sounds and ethnic effects. It consists of determined brass and tense strings supplemented by various distorted beats with a steady tempo.

The soundtrack leads with a fierce yet cool harmony that Tetsukazu Nakanishi, the AC04 sound director, establishes. Every scene is supported by the game's realistic setting, and certainly the music contributes with its dense soundscape. Reviews A splendid symphonic shooting suite.Īce Combat 04 Shattered Skies boasts a serious narrative where the relationship between events and characters comes to the front intricately. Detailed release notes and credits at VGMdb.Track 2.16 'Blue Skies' lyrics and vocals by Stephanie Cooke.All tracks composed by Tetsukazu Nakanishi except where otherwise marked.Una Limosnita Por Amor de Dios (Mangore, Tajima).USEA National Anthem -Hymn of Liberty- (Nakanishi, Kobayashi).

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