A personal favorite, “Faceless Soldier,” incorporates it alongside a tribal-like chanting. “Dual Wielder” utilizes the same melody but is a bit groovier in tone thanks to the bass line and twangy guitars, while retaining an extremely exhilarating atmosphere. Opening with tense electronic percussion and heavy brass hits, it transitions beautifullyi into the main theme, a heroic and determined melody with a strings focus and features great brass harmonies and percussion usage.

The first instance of this is presented in “Charge Assault,” the first mission in the game. While it doesn’t have a standalone entry on the soundtrack, like previous soundtrack releases in the series, it permeates through much of the mission music. Paramount, however, to the soundtrack is Keiki Kobayashi’s main theme. The various “LRSSG Briefing” tunes, of which there are four total, range from dramatic and determined to heroic and angelic while the two “LRSSG Debriefing” themes use synthesizer and electronics to offer a sense of relief for the first one and a more mysterious and tense tune with strings and brass that gives off the impression that that there is still harder battles ahead. “444th Air Base Briefing” is mostly percussion with no real melody that helps create a tense atmosphere while its counterpart debriefing theme offers a sense of relief with its bright synths, piano, and electric guitar. Other briefing and debriefing tunes also showcase different ranges of style to accomplish similar things. “IUN Briefing” and “IUN Debriefing” are such examples, with the former being an electronic heavy tune with a great sense of tension while the latter is done in a similar style, but with an air of victory in its execution. In fact, there are many such tracks that serve as a setup and closure to the various in-game missions. As it progresses, additional elements, like a more noticeable bass line is added, but it serves as another breather before the action. Following that is “Main Menu,” another soft ambient electronic track that fits nicely as a menu screen.

The album opens up with “Skies Unknown,” an atmospheric track by Ryo Watanabe that doesn’t really stand out, nor serve as the main theme to the soundtrack, but does manage to give a sense of a calm before the storm. How does this entry compare to others in the series? Body In addition to the game’s original soundtrack at release, it also includes the music for the DLC released for the game as well. Featuring compositions by Keiki Kobayashi, series veteran, as well as contributions from members of the BNSI sound team, such as Ryo Watanabe, who served as sound director, Hiroshi Okubo, Tetsukazu Nakanishi, it continues the tradition of strong soundtracks for this air combat simulator series. ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKĪce Combat 7: Skies Unknown is the first mainline title in the series since 2007.

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