These contradictions and dissonances… I believe that these must be the pilots’ feelings. It shows itself not only in the openly showy displays of fighting spirit, but also in its attempts to hide itself under a cold exterior. This passion is not an explosion but a combustion, although both are heat all the same. You could call it a “concealed passion,” I suppose. They became the groundwork for this new music.Īt a listen, much of it seems dark and subdued, but in reality it is brimming with passion. The sky, war, grandiosity, anxiety, anger, sorrow… our direction was immersed in these various concepts. We needed to provide a different kind of “passionate score” for this new Ace Combat. It continues consistently through the ending credits, as I am sure all of you who have finished the game know already. Even in the opening, the explosions that connote red are left behind and this world begins to speak, softly yet powerfully. In the graphics as well, there was a theme of blue imagery. These were the themes I wanted to find ways to express. Those invisible parts… For those players who live in this world, in this place, what state of mind are they in? What kind of time are they spending… And with a deep world that has been established down to details invisible to players, the Ace Combat series is amazing! Certainly, within that time, the expressive power of the games’ visuals has improved dramatically, but more than that, we have created more realistic images than ever within a virtual world. Looking back, I first participated in the Ace Combat series with Ace Combat 2, and then with 3 and now 4 I have become the sound director. Ace Combat 4 -Shattered Skies- Original SoundtrackĬommentary Tetsukazu Nakanishi – Sound Director

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