Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Original Soundtrack

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The Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Original Soundtrack[a] is the collection of music composed for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.

The soundtrack was released worldwide as a standalone physical product in December 2019, featuring over 100 tracks split between six CDs.[2] This includes the music featured in the campaign missions, DLC missions,[3] in-game cutscenes, multiplayer modes,[4] and VR Mode.[1] Since it was released in December 2019, it does not feature the additional multiplayer music added with the JASDF Skin Series or the TOP GUN: Maverick Aircraft Set, which were released in 2021 and 2022, respectively. This was the first physical Ace Combat soundtrack release to be officially sold outside of Japan, not including the limited partial release of the Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Original Soundtrack.

The Ace Combat 7 soundtrack was later released on digital platforms in January 2024, both for purchase and streaming, to celebrate the game's fifth anniversary.[5] The digital release features the same tracks as the physical release with slightly altered titles and separated into two "discs" rather than six. Indirectly, this is the first digital release of select tracks from Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere Direct Audio with AppenDisc, Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies Original Soundtrack, and Ace Combat Infinity & Series Music Best since they were never released digitally.

Players who purchase the Ace Combat 7 Season Pass gain access to the bonus Music Player within the game itself. The Music Player contains a selection of the soundtrack, mostly from the main campaign missions; it does not feature any of the tracks from the cutscenes, DLC missions, VR Mode, or previous Ace Combat games.

Ace Combat 7's multiplayer features the first official use of "8492" (included in Disc 5 of the physical soundtrack release) since the track was unused in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War.

Physical release

A promotional image advertising the physical soundtrack release

The Japanese music production company SweepRecord released a physical version of the Ace Combat 7 soundtrack in December 2019,[2] with catalog number SRIN-1162. Purchases through SweepRecord's Japanese or international stores began shipping on December 20; third-party purchases began shipping on December 30.[6] The soundtrack was initially slated to release earlier in December, but it was delayed in November due to the addition of more tracks that were still being recorded.[7]

In addition to the 100 tracks on six CDs, the physical release includes notes from Keiki Kobayashi, Ryo Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Kitadani, Hiroshi Okubo, Junichi Nakatsuru, Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Yusuke Kudo, Yusuke Yamauchi, Yukiko Miyagi, Manabu Shimomoto, and Kazutoki Kono.[8] Before taxes and shipping, the physical soundtrack is priced at ¥7,000 (approx. USD$65).[2]

Digital release

NexTone, a Japanese copyright collective, collaborated with Bandai Namco Entertainment's Game Music division to publish the soundtrack on digital music platforms worldwide on January 16–17, 2024, commemorating the five-year anniversary of the game's release.[5] The soundtrack can be streamed on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, LINE, and AWA. It can also be purchased for direct download from iTunes, Amazon, mora, and recochoku for ¥3,300 plus tax (approx. USD$23).

Track List

The in-game Music Player

The following list of tracks and credits comes from the physical soundtrack release.[9]

Disc 1

  1. Skies Unknown[b] - Ryo Watanabe
  2. Main Menu[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  3. Drag Racer - Keiki Kobayashi
  4. IUN Briefing[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  5. Fort Grays Air Base Hangar[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  6. Charge Assault[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  7. 444th Air Base - Keiki Kobayashi
  8. Eastern Wind[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  9. Unmanned Craft[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  10. Dual Wielder[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  11. Two-Pronged Strategy[b] - Hiroshi Okubo
  12. Tail Man[b] - Hiroshi Okubo
  13. Salty Lake - Keiki Kobayashi
  14. Gunther Bay[b][c] - Keiki Kobayashi
  15. Rescue[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  16. Mother Goose One[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  17. Friendly Fire - Keiki Kobayashi
  18. IUN Debriefing[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  19. 444th Air Base Briefing[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  20. 444th Air Base Hangar[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  21. 444[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  22. Fetid Air - Keiki Kobayashi

Disc 2

  1. Long Day[b] - Junichi Nakatsuru
  2. Yinshi Valley[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  3. First Contact[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  4. Two Pairs[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  5. Pipeline Destruction[b] - Junichi Nakatsuru
  6. Three of a Kind[b] - Junichi Nakatsuru
  7. Waiapolo Mountains[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  8. Identification[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  9. Faceless Soldier[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  10. Transfer Orders[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  11. ADFX-10[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  12. 444th Debriefing[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  13. LRSSG Briefing I[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  14. New Arrows Air Base Hangar[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  15. Siren's Song[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  16. Stonehenge Defensive[b] - Tetsukazu Nakanishi
  17. Dragon Breath[b] - Tetsukazu Nakanishi

Disc 3

  1. Magic Spear I[b] - Ryo Watanabe
  2. Magic Spear II[b] - Ryo Watanabe
  3. Werewolf[b] - Hiroshi Okubo
  4. LRSSG Debriefing I[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  5. King of the Heavens - Keiki Kobayashi
  6. Battle for Farbanti[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  7. Sol Squadron[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  8. Offline - Keiki Kobayashi
  9. Last Hope I[b] - Ryo Watanabe
  10. Last Hope II[b] - Ryo Watanabe
  11. Tyler Island - Keiki Kobayashi
  12. LRSSG Briefing II[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  13. Homeward[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  14. Supply Ship[b] - Hiroshi Okubo
  15. Lost Kingdom[b] - Tetsukazu Nakanishi
  16. Archange[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  17. The UAV Factory - Keiki Kobayashi

Disc 4

  1. LRSSG Briefing III[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  2. Lighthouse[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  3. Daredevil[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  4. LRSSG Debriefing II[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  5. Admiral Andersen - Keiki Kobayashi
  6. LRSSG Briefing IV[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  7. Determination - Keiki Kobayashi
  8. Hush[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  9. Space Elevator[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  10. Dark Blue[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  11. Epilogue - Keiki Kobayashi
  12. pensées[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  13. Mission Failed[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  14. VR Prologue - Keiki Kobayashi
  15. VR Hangar - Keiki Kobayashi
  16. SCRAMBLE (Arranged ACE COMBAT 04 "Sitting Duck") - Tetsukazu Nakanishi, arrangement by Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  17. GATOR PANIC (Arranged ACE COMBAT 04 "Tango Line") - Tetsukazu Nakanishi, arrangement by Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  18. SENTRY'S BRUNT (Arranged ACE COMBAT 04 "Blockade") - Keiki Kobayashi, arrangement by Keiki Kobayashi
  19. Do or Die (From ACE COMBAT 5) - Hiroshi Okubo
  20. VR Debriefing - Keiki Kobayashi
  21. VR Ending - Keiki Kobayashi
  22. VR Mission Failed - Keiki Kobayashi
  23. Airshow Music "Lightning Speed" (From ACE COMBAT 2) - Nobuhide Isayama
  24. Airshow Music "Fire Away" (From ACE COMBAT 2) - Kohta Takahashi
  25. Airshow Music "On The Sly" (From ACE COMBAT 2) - Hiroshi Okubo
  26. Airshow Music "Fire Youngman" (From ACE COMBAT 2) - Nobuhide Isayama

Disc 5

  1. Multiplayer Mode - Lobby[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  2. Multiplayer Mode - Final Checks[b] - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  3. Roca Roja[b][d] - Junichi Nakatsuru
  4. Aim High[e] - Nobuhide Isayama (Ace Combat 2)
  5. Comona[e] - Tetsukazu Nakanishi (Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies)
  6. Fighter's Honor (Flying Remix)[e] - Go Shiina (Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy)
  7. City Lights[f] - Hiroshi Okubo (Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation)
  8. Chain Reaction[f] - Junichi Nakatsuru (Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War)
  9. Megalith - Agnus Dei -[f] - Keiki Kobayashi (Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies)
  10. 8492[g] - Junichi Nakatsuru (Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War)
  11. CONTACT[g] - Tetsukazu Nakanishi (Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War)
  12. Blue Skies (INFINITY Remix)[g] - Hiroshi Okubo, remix by Junichi Nakatsuru (Ace Combat Infinity)
  13. Shattered Stones[h] - Kanako Kakino (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere)
  14. First Flight[h] - Keiki Kobayashi (Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War)
  15. If the Sky is Burnin' Out! (2011)[h] - KAZ Nakamura (Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy)
  16. Revelation[i] - Go Shiina (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere)
  17. Catch The Lightning[i] - Hiroshi Okubo (Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War)
  18. Operation Bunker Shot[i] - Keiki Kobayashi (Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies)
  19. Deep Strike[d] - Hiroshi Okubo (Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies)
  20. ZERO[d] - Keiki Kobayashi (Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War)
  21. Multiplayer Mode - Victory[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  22. Multiplayer Mode - Defeat[b] - Keiki Kobayashi
  23. Multiplayer Mode - MVP[b] - Keiki Kobayashi

Disc 6

  1. DLC LRSSG Briefing I - Yusuke Kudo
  2. DLC New Arrows Air Base Hangar - Yusuke Kudo
  3. Enchanter I - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  4. Enchanter II - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  5. Sighthound - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  6. Anchorhead Raid - Yusuke Yamauchi
  7. Mimic - Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  8. DLC LRSSG Debriefing I - Yusuke Kudo
  9. DLC LRSSG Briefing II - Yusuke Kudo
  10. Awakening - Keiki Kobayashi
  11. Sideshow - Keiki Kobayashi
  12. Alicorn - Keiki Kobayashi
  13. Ten Million Relief Plan - Keiki Kobayashi
  14. Hero of Comberth Harbor - Keiki Kobayashi
  15. Singularity - Keiki Kobayashi
  16. Conclusion - Yukiko Miyagi
  17. Premonition (Unused) - Keiki Kobayashi
  18. 2015 Trailer - Keiki Kobayashi
  19. ADFX-10 2019 Launch Trailer ver. - Keiki Kobayashi, arranged by Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  20. 2019 DLC Trailer - Mitsuhiro Kitadani

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Stylized as ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (エースコンバット7 スカイズ・アンノウン オリジナルサウンドトラック) or ACECOMBAT7 SKIES UNKNOWN Original Sound Tracks[1]
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 2.52 2.53 2.54 2.55 2.56 2.57 2.58 2.59 2.60 2.61 2.62 This track is available in the in-game Music Player.
  3. ↑ This track is called Gunther peninsula in the Music Player.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 This track has a chance to play in the "Roca Roja" multiplayer map.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 This track has a chance to play in the "Fort Grays Island" multiplayer map.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 This track has a chance to play in the "Anchorhead Bay" multiplayer map.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 This track has a chance to play in the "Waiapolo Mountains" multiplayer map.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 This track has a chance to play in the "Yinshi Valley (Morning)" multiplayer map.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 This track has a chance to play in the "Yinshi Valley (Night)" multiplayer map.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sweeprecord.ocnk.net/product/28
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://youtu.be/nB5IYyh6Drg
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/Yuki_flakes63/status/1155046822462685184
  4. ↑ https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2019/07/28/91700.html
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://gamemusic.bn-ent.net/news/551/
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/bk2128/status/1194699038337093632
  7. ↑ https://twitter.com/super_sweep/status/1191972544712257537
  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/Task_Force23/status/1194473873296822272
  9. ↑ "エースコンバット7 スカイズ・アンノウン オリジナルサウンドトラック". SweepRecord. Retrieved on 25 December 2019.
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