The Unsung War
"The Unsung War" is a song from the Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War Original Soundtrack, featured as the 13th track on Disc 3. It is a classical orchestral and choral piece composed by Keiki Kobayashi with singing from the ACE COMBAT 5 Chorus Team.
"The Unsung War" plays during the Strategic Orbital Linear Gun's final descent during the eponymous mission.
Lyrics
The game's director, Kazutoki Kono, originally wrote the lyrics in Japanese; B-cause,Inc. translated the lyrics to Latin, and NAMCO HOMETEC INC. (now known as Bandai Namco Entertainment America) translated them to English. The Latin lyrics were used for the song itself.
Original Lyrics
- 歴史が大きくかわるとき、ラズグリーズはその姿を現す。
- はじめには、漆黒の悪魔として。
- 悪魔は、その力をもって大地に死を降り注ぎ、やがて死ぬ。
- しばしの眠りのあと、
- ラズグリーズは再び現れる。
- 英雄として現れる。
Latin translation
- Cum historia mutat valde
- Razgriz revelat ipsum:
- Primum daemon scelestus est.
- Cum potentia sua
- Daemon fundet mortem in terram:
- Deinde moritur.
- Cum somnus finit,
- Razgriz surget iterum:
- Magnus heros est.
English translation
- When history witnesses a great change Razgriz reveals itself-first, as a dark demon.
- As a demon, it uses its power to rain death upon the land, and then it dies.
- However, after a period of slumber,
- Razgriz returns-
- This time, as a great hero.
Live performances
The Eminence Symphony Orchestra performed "The Unsung War" live during A Night in Fantasia 2005 and 2009.
On February 4, 2017, Bandai Namco hosted the first Orchestral Memories concert in Paris. "The Unsung War" was performed live alongside other Ace Combat songs, including "Zero", "Megalith -Agnus Dei-", and "FIRES OF LIBERATION", the latter two for the first time.[1]
On August 7, 2021, Bandai Namco hosted the second ACE COMBAT/S THE SYMPHONY in celebration of the franchise's 25th anniversary in June 2020. "The Unsung War" was performed live alongside many other popular Ace Combat tracks. The performance was later released in the Ace Combat/s the Symphony 25th Anniversary Concert Album.
References
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/AceCombatHawx/videos/884237468345353/. Facebook, by AceCombatHawx. Published on February 10, 2017. Retrieved on February 11, 2017.