History AwesomeMusic / AceCombat

* It's safe to say that the entire soundtrack of Ace Combat 2 is crowning music of awesome.
** From the powerful and HotBlooded [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcOCTpxknW8 Fire Youngman]] to the subdued yet wonderfully catchy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUtqZbxsX6U Aerial Hawk]] And even the song that plays in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwn1Ivx3eAk briefing]] portion is awesome.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIMDOdi1fME Rising High]] is amazing. There's also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeZONsD_Mt8 A Fresh Youngster]] to guide you in on landing, and finally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfxfKF_t5hc your musical reward]] for completing a mission.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEMKjcWY7RA 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 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRhlwRLYVNc Night and Day]] from the first game [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbzCpLChSz0 was remixed for the second]], and it's quite possibly the best track in the game.

* Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbPNvb-T5VU Comona]], used in the game's [[TitleDrop namesake mission]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBh942pS_yk Operation Bunker Shot]]. Just imagine this playing while flying over a 21st Century version of the D-Day landings.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkKwJN9SJiY Farbanti]]. Another great track for the given level. In this case, sacking your enemy's capital city, and dogfighting with [[VillainSue Yellow 13]] in the sunset.
** There's also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPudxb0S1iI Blockade]] - it gets particularly good at around 2:38.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ6ABV_Q9qU Megalith]]. The first track in the series to use OminousLatinChanting was used in the final level where the world was about to end, DeepImpact style.
*** Especially when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyEGYMeGEqs the intro is included.]]
*** Now, all themes heard during the mission are included [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbiXNn5yivo in one video]], complete with lyrics in Latin and English translations.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TtQvdZdcyQ ISAF]] is powerfully rousing stuff.
** Two briefing tracks. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCsWzUz31Lc Operation]] to start off, and later [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDnYB-rqw6E Second Strike]] after the destruction of Stonehenge.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NEuCNSMpU Escort]]. The final part is especially awesome.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23exxWmTpzo 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.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUWmQE2UZLA Whiskey Corridor]] cannot go by without a mention, especially not with what starts at 2:50.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEW2JhDIDHs&feature=related 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
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yLk7sE6ZfQ Hrimfaxi]], a reprise of the music from the earlier [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtZWXy9I_EI Scinfaxi]] fight, but with some insane electric guitar thrown in for effect.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3P8HPiOfc Supercircus]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajz1d4oTdE0 Wings of Unity]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkiYVHQG7V8 Dead Ahead]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsvf9IbuS6s First Flight]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4n1qFlPyvc&hd=1 The Unsung War]] - Latin chanting of the legend of the main characters, with sweeping orchestral music wins it every time.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SvukZNJYok Winter Storm]], a sort of prologue to Unsung War, also deserves mention.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXJyy_SKpTI Ice Cage]] sounds like a YouShallNotPass moment.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuaQflZr3Fo Into the Dusk]] A more somber piano version of The Unsung War.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWZuLtCTZPU 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 [[FinalBoss SOLG]] assault practically into a [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming CMOH]]/TearJerker.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MenKrYJMBJo Unsung Heroes]], a short, yet still magnificent piece, truly befitting of your final victory.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjiG3iW01BQ The Journey Home]]. A TearJerker, with or without words.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWXxc8Nt2zQ&hd=1 Closure]]. Apparently, it's an easy-to-miss song.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqb6CLhwnSM Lit Fuse]]. It gets better with every second.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JANarGLRPbw Briefing2]]. One of the best pre-battle tracks in any video game.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swbo99NNbLk Razgriz]]. Listen to this song and tell me you don't want to stand and salute.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nOArklXvgM President Harling]]. It may only be just over a minute long, but the last fifteen seconds are truly ''awesome''.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkO6J8ABXhM 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQr7DUYVqus Mask]] and the apparently unused [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFKi0CG21x4 8492]], which together form a sort of ad-hoc {{Leitmotif}}.

* Ace Combat Zero. My god, where do we even begin?
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so4k5cBLXOY&fmt=18 Glacial Skies]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL-cQRTFsXk&fmt=18 Flicker of Hope]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FimHbIyAks&fmt=18 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.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bunT4LKFeFA&fmt=18 Glatisant]] - The beat gives it an ominous feel as you enter your enemy's home country. Hard to believe people missed this.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbTdEq8mWm4&fmt=18 Contact]] is absolutely fantastic. It fits the incredibly frantic dogfight against the ace squadron at B7R so well.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWuiiGX0vT8&fmt=18 B7R]], from the same mission, is also awesome.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtzcbUEXB_Q&hd=1 Merlon]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW6oT4Tc8bA&fmt=18 Mayhem]] is possibly the best non-boss track in the whole series.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta2H5Sv1FnE The Stage of Apocalypse]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_E2qSVA5iw&fmt=18 The Final Overture]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0W-nJpZnEo&fmt=18 The Round Table]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUrJepxxxo4 The Valley Of Kings]]
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDlc4r69R38&fmt=18 Avalon]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qOWv54HzYc&hd=1 Zero]] - AKA Keiki Kobayashi's CrowningMomentOfAwesome 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 [[spoiler: your former wingman]], 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoCvlTjosBk 8-bits remix]] is as awesome as the original.
*** Even better, someone made an ''11 minutes long'', digitally remastered HD-quality version. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80XAJKqRU9k Here it is.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLe1_9qyMz0&fmt=18 Galm 2/Epilogue]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMeYeppW4Q8&fmt=18 Ending Credits]]
** Hell, even the ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIAJHiD9kEM&fmt=18 hangar music]]'' kicks ass.
** Don't forget the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIAJHiD9kEM&fmt=18 shop music]]! The entire track is perfect for a technology demonstration!

* Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPNkOYiT10w Alect Squadron, Armada]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcGXIQqS0lA Captive City/Break In]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Ja-VW_fr8 Fenrir Chase, Shock Cannon Countdown]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOT7A3NfBqk Diversion/Offline]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHq2G32J8Qg End of Deception]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFa10rXoJ10 Prelude/Joint Operation]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m42V66mQQQ Skies of Deception]]

* Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HGQS5XSoJ4 The Liberation of Gracemeria]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_RrKxXuZXY The Invasion of Gracemeria]].
*** And its excerpt, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7KylNIs8jE Fires of Liberation]], being used for the BigDamnHeroes moment in Mission 12.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKsnJqMKBDA Siege on Silvat]] fits it's mission perfectly.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0KZlp9m1U8 Selumna Peak]], a soothing orchestral song for a mission in the snowy mountains.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEuAflISyg8 To All Things]] Moody, but still uplifting.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UioDpyCG8sw Ragno Fortress]] was one of the greatest missions, with some of the greatest music.
*** [[AwardBaitSong And of course we can't forget]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydrhzs-BmSs A Brand New Day]]
** [[http://youtu.be/mIjNvR9rq2w Malebolge]], fitting for the fight against [[spoiler: Pasternak in the CF-44 Nosferatu]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcQ6qD3xTkY 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhgpDOY0xNM&feature=related City Lights]] starts playing, those suspicions are confirmed.

* Ace Combat: Joint Assault
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjAKK-EPO_0 Showdown (Varcolac)]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh_B0XTrV8I Sulejmani's Shame (Footsteps in the Night Sky)]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jJIBSokPm8 In The Zone]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ1Qv4Ffhbc Safe Recovery]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLeW_2L3lkY Bird Hunt]].
** [[http://youtu.be/aZg3i9VIOAA Spiridus]].

* Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
** A [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfy-kQwTElU preview]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVsw34Dk8l8 soundtrack]] has been released, and so far, the front runners would definitely have to be [[http://youtu.be/lbapsli9er8 "Rebirth"]], [[http://youtu.be/JQ89B2kxdyw "Mrs. Krista Yoslav"]], [[http://youtu.be/WIbXhQ5pUco "Beyond the Canal"]], [[http://youtu.be/iUUchxqHIpM "Dogfight"]], [[http://youtu.be/o2nRsXeTTho "Release"]], [[http://youtu.be/OJvfYr9VRmU "Horizon"]], and [[http://youtu.be/PVx1kq0B38U "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...
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpRvgAxeyOE Ascend to The Power]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muaIrJtifDw 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.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT_hU53aZUM Decisive Battle]]. '''''Daaamn.'''''


* Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bYkVhO3Aoc Fighter's Honor (Flying Remix)]]," the first mission theme.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilgMFhY9OQg&feature=related Trickster's Delight]]."
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQh-JOQJz-c Gravity]]," the EndingTheme[[hottip:*:The ''3D Cross Rumble'' soundtrack calls this song "Like a Phoenix Rising," but in the credits for ''Assault Horizon Legacy'' this song is titled "Gravity." This is also the name Noel herself used for the song.]]
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjVvQxa-hPY Fighter's Honor]]."
** Every ace squadron gets its own {{Leitmotif}}s:
*** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppmDoIHVSeM Skyburn]]," Lancer Squardon's theme.
*** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2ruvmK_3a4 Grey Wolf]]," Beast Squadron's theme, is face-meltingly amazing.
*** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFuEcpPlNtI Locked]]," Cocoon Squadron's theme[[hottip:*:The ''3D Cross Rumble'' soundtrack calls this song "Gravity," but in the credits for ''Assault Horizon Legacy'' this song is titled "Locked."]]
*** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jOSwSwg8kc Zone of Endless]]," Z.O.E's first of three themes, and the one used most often.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDlc4r69R38&fmt=18 Avalon]]

**** 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 [[spoiler: your former wingman]], 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.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qOWv54HzYc&hd=1 Zero]] - AKA Keiki Kobayashi's CrowningMomentOfAwesome (YourMileageMayVary) Anyone who considers themselves a music fan owes it to themselves to listen to it at least once.

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQh-JOQJz-c Like a Phoenix Rising]]," the EndingTheme.

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppmDoIHVSeM Skyburn]] Lancer Squardon's theme.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfdCdrkxa3s Beast Squadron]]'s in particular is face-meltingly amazing.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFuEcpPlNtI Cocoon Squadron]]'s theme, AKA "Locked."
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jOSwSwg8kc Zone of Endless]], Z.O.E's first of three themes, and the one used most often.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpRvgAxeyOE&feature=related Ascend to The Power]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FimHbIyAks&fmt=18 Diapason]]

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppmDoIHVSeM Lancer Squadron]]'s theme.

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jOSwSwg8kc Z.O.E]]'s first of three themes, and the one used most often.

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsdggeg3rW0 Gambit]]," the first mission theme.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRg6Ym1IIA Opera House]]."
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VELpIlgVDGQ Gravity]]," the EndingTheme.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m1tbVBmTZw Fighter's Honor]]."

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXDAVdyi8AI&feature=related The Unsung War]] - Latin chanting of the legend of the main characters, with sweeping orchestral music wins it every time.

** A [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfy-kQwTElU preview]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVsw34Dk8l8 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...

*** Especially when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyEGYMeGEqs the intro is included]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGX6vGL0GBI The Unsung War]] - Latin chanting of the legend of the main characters, with sweeping orchestral music wins it every time.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEW2JhDIDHs&feature=related Stonehenge Attack]]. Made doubly terrifying when as 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.

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWZuLtCTZPU 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 [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming CMOH]]/TearJerker.

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFlKa38G8js Lancer Squadron]]'s theme.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZpwdbOtO7A Beast Squadron]]'s in particular is face-meltingly amazing.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi6KgScMow8 Cocoon Squadron]]'s theme, AKA "Locked."

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEuAflISyg8 To All Things]] Moody but still uplifting.

** Every ace squadron gets its own battle theme. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZpwdbOtO7A Beast Squadron]]'s in particular is face-meltingly amazing.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUWmQE2UZLA Whiskey Corridor]] cannot go by without a mention, especially not with what starts at 2:50. God only wishes his brass section could be this epic.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjiG3iW01BQ The Journey Home]] - A TearJerker, with or without words.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWXxc8Nt2zQ&hd=1 Closure]] - Apparently, it's an easy-to-miss song.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JANarGLRPbw&feature=related Briefing2]] - One of the best pre-battle tracks in any video game.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swbo99NNbLk&feature=related Razgriz]]. Listen to this song and tell me you don't want to stand and salute.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nOArklXvgM President Harling]] - it may only be just over a minute long, but the last fifteen second are EPIC.

*** This [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoCvlTjosBk&feature=watch_response_rev 8-bits remix]] is as awesome as the original.

** Hell, even the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIAJHiD9kEM&fmt=18 hangar music]] from this game is epic.

*** [[AwardBaitSong And of course we can't forget]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydrhzs-BmSs&feature=related A Brand New Day]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jJIBSokPm8&feature=related In The Zone]].

** A [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfy-kQwTElU&feature=youtu.be preview]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVsw34Dk8l8&feature=youtu.be 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...

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuaQflZr3Fo Into the Dusk]] No mention of this one, which is a more somber piano version of The Unsung War?

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swbo99NNbLk&feature=related Razgriz]]. Listen to this song and tell me you don't want to stand and salute. I never played the game, but this song is beyond amazing. I hope it IS played at a proud moment...

**** This troper actually preferred [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXJyy_SKpTI Ice Cage]] over Winter Storm -- it sounded more fitting the atmosphere of the mission, and to me it sounds like a YouShallNotPass moment.

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWZuLtCTZPU 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 [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming CMOH]]/TearJerker for this troper.

*** This troper would like to point to this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoCvlTjosBk&feature=watch_response_rev 8-bits remix]]. It's as awesome as the original.