Let's get started.
As I told in the previous post, I'll start talking about VGMs ( for those who don't know yet, VGM stands for Video Game Music) . And the first one i'll pick is a music from one of my favourite game series ever: Ace Combat.
Back in 1994, the first Ace Combat game ( initially called Air Combat in europe, the name changed with the second episode) was basically the missing link between PC flight simulations and arcade games, by providing immediate fun to the player while still being set in a realistic context.
Fast travel to 2006, and the release of Ace Combat (Zero): Belkan War. This game is a part of of what players tend to call "trilogy",composed of AC: Squadron Leader, AC: Distant Thunder, and of course , AC: Belkan War. And the music I picked is no less than the final boss theme of this game.
Throughout the game, a whole story of friendship, honor and ideals is built up, leading to a Warning: spoiler ahead: final fierce battle between the two main characters of the game, opposed by their ideals and vision of the world.
The easiest solution for a soundtrack to this battle would have been some frantic techno, or some heavy, loud metal, yet the actual song is far from that: no heavy guitars, few dashes of electro here and there, but mostly, some flamenco style guitar, with a chorus singing lyrics written in latin. Totally the opposite of what we could have expected, but it's essentially what gives the final fight this epic taste: the flamenco guitar makes it sounds like a knight duet, while the chorus add an epic vibe to it. In the end, this soundtrack grasps you and makes you feel all the tension present in this scene.
Anyways, enough talking, time for the song. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did, and see you later.
-Aliascent
As I told in the previous post, I'll start talking about VGMs ( for those who don't know yet, VGM stands for Video Game Music) . And the first one i'll pick is a music from one of my favourite game series ever: Ace Combat.
Back in 1994, the first Ace Combat game ( initially called Air Combat in europe, the name changed with the second episode) was basically the missing link between PC flight simulations and arcade games, by providing immediate fun to the player while still being set in a realistic context.
Fast travel to 2006, and the release of Ace Combat (Zero): Belkan War. This game is a part of of what players tend to call "trilogy",composed of AC: Squadron Leader, AC: Distant Thunder, and of course , AC: Belkan War. And the music I picked is no less than the final boss theme of this game.
Throughout the game, a whole story of friendship, honor and ideals is built up, leading to a Warning: spoiler ahead: final fierce battle between the two main characters of the game, opposed by their ideals and vision of the world.
The easiest solution for a soundtrack to this battle would have been some frantic techno, or some heavy, loud metal, yet the actual song is far from that: no heavy guitars, few dashes of electro here and there, but mostly, some flamenco style guitar, with a chorus singing lyrics written in latin. Totally the opposite of what we could have expected, but it's essentially what gives the final fight this epic taste: the flamenco guitar makes it sounds like a knight duet, while the chorus add an epic vibe to it. In the end, this soundtrack grasps you and makes you feel all the tension present in this scene.
Anyways, enough talking, time for the song. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did, and see you later.
-Aliascent
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