Ace Combat: Assault Horizon OST - Release

Track 11/14 - Disc 3/3
From the soundtrack of Ace Combat: Assault Horizon.
By: Keiki Kobayashi and the Project ACES team.

[@SoarinYoshi64]

The dialogue on this level was just spot on- everyone in the radio chatter was trying to handle multiple things at once, Magic was just sweating all over trying tell everyone what to do. Truly fits the sound of chaos.

[@TheBlargMarg]

I found the dialog of Assault Horizon to be pretty good. Yes, the story was generic as hell, but everyone sounds like they enjoyed being part of this game, especially the voice actor that played Guts.

[@Ikcatcher]

Hate Assault Horizon all you want, but you can’t deny the fact that the soundtrack is FIRE

[@mrandrossguy9871]

Vic Boss ?

[@buzzheadguy7139]

I actually love assault horizon

[@kaiserepsilon4011]

@@Trigger-chan Well, you were asking for a challenge, and you got one. If you can't keep up, don't blame the game.

[@branislavradojevic7898]

true

[@BansheeNT-D]

I mean Assault Horizon has some really good missions, like Power Play, Siege and Akula. But it was super inconsistent with the mission quality.

[@phantomwraith1984]

Assault Horizon was actually the first Ace I ever played, and for that I love it because it got me to play all the other Ace games. Also I came here because of Strangereal history when Stonehenge fought off Ulysses

[@princenaimNFS]

So I'm not the only one who played this first

[@IJ_NavarroH]

I mean, it's a good Ace Combat to start with. It's more Call-of-Duty-nesque in both story and personality, there's a lack of superweapons but the way they make light of carrying and using a high-powered thermobaric bomb already gives you an idea of what it'll be like to get deeper into Strangereal.

[@JessFromMead]

4:45 *Kills Markov "Phew! That was a tough fight! Took me about an hour, but now its over!" "COLONEL! TRINITY IS STILL ALIVE!" "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!"

[@racealistic]

"Proceeds to unload machine gun rounds and all available missiles at Trinity"

[@wulfjackie]

Not funny...

[@Leadblast]

Nope, the final fight against Markov is horribly scripted.

[@mrandrossguy9871]

Was it worth it though being the most frustrating boss ?

[@awacsthunderhead6472]

@@wulfjackie ok and

[@grabarc]

Most of it...4:04-4:48 is Latin; the first 2 sanzas of Dies Irae, and roughly translates to: The day of wrath, that day Will dissolve the world in ashes As foretold by David and the Sibyl. How much tremoring (as in fear) there will be, when the Judge (of Heaven) comes, sentencing everything strictly!

[@flallana18]

4:04-4:48

[@outwithjohn7038]

I couldnt breath in this mission

[@JessFromMead]

lol right?!

[@miatamoment2]

Simple Tour & Traveling dude I couldn't breath one because it was so intense also because I live in DC

[@MetrolinkTrain638]

Strife! Ravage! Perish! Ruin! Rush! Fear! Devious! Flee! A day of wrath, that day, Age will pay in dust: Witness David and the Sibyl How Much is to be trembling, When the judge is to come, All strictly discuss!

[@JOEmega64]

Excellent piece, and I love that it incorporates a segment of "The Stage of Apocalypse" from Ace Combat Zero... both missions dealing with nuclear (or comparably nuclear) explosions going off and it's up to you to stop them.

[@cisarverano]

4:50 *_Colonel! Trinity is still alive!_*

[@JessFromMead]

FIRE EVERYTHING!!!! ALL THE THINGS!!!! ALL OF IT!!!!

[@SleepyPopups.Unedited]

Random bullshit, Go!

[@dakingdog]

For some reason, this fits strangely well for chandelier from ac6. Even the railgun goes off with the exact right timing to go with this song. Try it out for yourself. It's actually more fitting than megalith's agnus dei.

[@ResidentEddy]

Andrew Wang I know your comment is 6 years old, but I did make a gameplay video against the Chandelier while replacing the BGM with this track. You were right; it does fit!

[@neinist]

i still remember my palm sweating when trinity was alive and that music at 4:40 queued in

[@YTSirBlack]

The golden retriever theory in Ace Combat 7

[@michaelvincentgunawan5165]

This intro had a similar energy to Megalith intro in AC4

[@RookFox]

Most intense ace combat mission

[@ProjectXv2]

I'm oddly reminded of multiplayer, because nobody bothered to change the map from DC. But to be fair, I loved playing as the Apache Longbow. People always underestimated that heli. It could wreck most attack planes in a 1v1.

[@HamThePharoah]

Yea this is my favorite so far as well. Rebirth is also very nice, especially the last minute or so.

[@SoloWingCipher17]

I just went to DC myself last week and as I got onto a bridge on the Potomac River, I started playing this song. It really gives you the feel that the US is going to be attacked

[@MikonyaanGurevich]

It's kinda funny. What I earlier dismissed as "lolgenerictrailermusic" in the E3 trailer ends up being the most intense song I've heard from the game so far.

[@Jakah016]

The title is actually Horizon. Namco mixed the titles up. [check the sneak peek, they credit the wrong track with the chorale...the song that has no choir, confirming the mix up. :P ) Anyways, Here are the lyrics that I've discerned Strife! Ravage! Perish! Ruin! Rush! Fear! Deavous*! Flee! Dies iræ, Dies illa, Solvet sæclum in favilla: Teste David cum Sibylla Quantus tremor est futurus, Quando iudex est venturus, Cuncta stricte discussurus! (Devious?)

[@aegis6485]

*Tempest

[@kman33ful]

"Guts you're with me"

[@ProjectSun91]

4:04-4:45 Had an Vision of Escaflowne feel right there. Love it.

[@ResidentEddy]

my first reaction to the final bit of the level: "Finally got him!! Sigh .....*notices Trinity* .... oooh SHIT!!!!" *holds down gun button and spams missiles*

[@HGScout]

God damn.

[@killer-iq7725]

I couldn't have a normal breath in this mission A great game and great ost

[@Vini-zb7yc]

Up

[@wiggy700]

when i go to war this is the music i want playing

[@stevemc6010]

1:28 Sounds like someone giving the covenant back their bomb...

[@kelly2631]

For a brick, he flew pretty good!

[@jediotterforce]

I like this one because it played over the first online battle I did. Epic!

[@aureusknighstar2195]

That moment when ur mom caughts you eating parmessan off the fridge at 3 AM: 0:12

[@yokogoph]

This is the reason why I love the Washington MP map. You're sitting inside the cockpit of your personalized F-22, seeing multiple hostiles flying around, AA bursting from futile defenses, planes breaking apart. Then you get locked on, you desperately try to maneuver out. Nothing for a couple of seconds. You spam the DFM's counter maneuer desperately, then bam! You do a Cobra, you're on the 6 of the enemy jet. Fox 1. Fox 2. Boom. Beautiful.

[@skydragongaming7840]

we can all agree that Markovs plot armor was the worst thing in this Mission. what an idiotic idea.... but tb h when playing qfa with EML it would be to easy.

[@kaiserepsilon4011]

I personally think that giving the enemy your plot armor is a nice subversion of the overdone trope of a completely overpowered MC decimating the enemy you've waited the whole game to fight, no, it's gonna be long, hard, and you best expect your enemy to not fight fairly. This is replicated in AC7 with Mihaly.

[@caav56]

@@kaiserepsilon4011 I still think plot armor is a bullshit thing to do. Make them *exactly* as overpowered as protagonists if you want, but not outright invulnerable (and utterly unenjoyable to fight). Make them have player's weapons stock and survivability, physics-defying PSMs, maybe even regeneration (Automatic Extinguisher), but not invincibility.

[@FcMries]

@@caav56 it would have been cool if there were three ways to complete AC7's campaign, the first being the one where Mihaly kills Wiseman and escapes, the second being killing Mihaly after he kills Wiseman, and the third having you kill Mihaly before he kills Wiseman

[@caav56]

@@FcMries After reading some talks on Ace Combat sub, which were very unhappy in how Mihaly had plot armor for most of his presence in the game and could kill your allies with impunity while you were unable to do shit to him, something came up with an interesting idea: 1) It's not going to be easy, but you can take down Mihaly at any of his three encounters. 2) If you manage to take down Mihaly before the plot-scripted time, during the supposed next encounter with him, your opponent is a supercharged Sol Squadron, enraged at you for taking down their king (like Mihaly wasn't a sadistic bastard). 3) If you manage to take down them too before the final encounter, your last boss is a sort of a preview of the final boss of the game - a Z.O.E.-operated drone fighter, which uses Mihaly's dataset for enhanced performance.

[@FcMries]

@@caav56 hmmm, that's a really cool idea

[@PhasersLocked]

It's the music that plays during the final battle over Washington. I FINALLY FOUND IT!

[@thunderthorncomradeeditz8795]

What happen AC Assault Horizon story in Strangereal? Belka and Erusea join Osea, Yuktobania is main enemy

[@thealliedpowers]

4:16

[@Cynderfan35]

@TheKillersmod Bishop: I'm not gonna let you get away Markov!

[@coreyfigueroa9375]

Sort of gives of vibes of one of the BF1 enod of rounds sets

[@MikeLawry1111]

Played this game online. I would select washington dc everytime just because of this soundtrack.

[@AlbinoAce]

4:04 or so for about 30 seconds. Sure is Red October in here. Which I'm perfectly fine with :3

[@Amunnubz]

@chevalier115 I've been thinking tempest too. Fits with part of the story too.

[@tamamonomae7465]

I dont remember much from that game, but I do remember Akula and his grinning Felon.

[@brandoncope5321]

Anzio is where an air battle took place in WWll. This is where the 99th fighter squadron really began to take prominence. The Generals began thinking that maybe there is something more to these black-pilots. That day they shot down 6 german fighters(which back then was a lot)

[@fawxartt4257]

Three Legendary AirCrafts ::: F-22A Raptor ::: William Bishop PAK-FA ::: Andrei Markov YF-23 Black Widow II ::: Unknown

[@ReluctantWarrior]

Also the F/A-18 Hornet, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-14 Tomcat and F-15 Strike Eagle.

[@Tajphoon]

Belmont2500 Su 33, Su 47, Mig 29, Mig 33, Mig 21, Eurofighter Typhoon, Saab Grippen, Rafale C... this is just a game guys... US planes cant fly like that (Reality is that EU and Russian planes are much better in terms of maneuverability, stunts. But they are same in the speed category.... only difference is the weapon and radar system - that doesnt determine a planes characteristics.)

[@ReluctantWarrior]

Aye, the Eurofighter Typhoon is the modern equivalent to the Supermarine Spitfire, that alone makes it a legend, even over the F-18.

[@Tajphoon]

yup... but have you seen the Maneuver capabilities of a Sukhoi? Magnificent Ive seen the Eurofighter fly at an Aero-meeting* in my country. Words cant describe my feeling

[@ReluctantWarrior]

I haven't been to an Aero meeting personally(the closest example was a Blue Angels airshow many years back.) Would love to attend one at some point in the future though, especially if restored Spitfires are brought into the equation.

[@SylphonicAcid]

If we get to hear a few of the tracks during final dogfight like what they did to sulejmani's, then we will be very pumped up.

[@AdvocatusDiaboliFin]

So beautiful.

[@geranson3539]

4:45 "Warewolf 1": Trinity "Magic":Colonel Trinity still alive "Warwolf 1":IHave It IHave It "Magic": Colonel

[@Lugiafan0798]

Lol, this plus BF3 jet battles makes for a mad fight :D

[@Qui3tman]

@Nuke48 Yea I think they tossed a couple Edge cameos in for us too. And the orchestral chords in some of the songs I swear have been used in pretty much every game.

[@Jakah016]

@TigerClaws12894 I'm pretty sure. The DX CD [Japan only] comes with 3 disk, including every track from the game. It lists this song as "Horizon". It would make sense, considering Unsung War and Zero had final mission levels named after the title. Regardless, it is a fact that there is a mix up between both "Release" and "Horizon". [limited CD says "Horizon" is "Release" and vice versa] Since there is an obvious mix up, I'm calling the track based on past games and the DX edition [every track]

[@apollozong5209]

Sounds like Breaking Arrows from Ace Combat 4

[@Chromefall]

THA SHARK HAS BEEN RELEASED! (Akula)

[@brandoncope5321]

I like horizon. I think it has the feel of victory but the feel of loss at the same time.

[@JessFromMead]

Colonel! TRINITY! It's Still alive!" "I have it! I have it!"

[@tgtterrorizor3407]

"COLONEL!!!"

[@DeloreandudeTommy]

@Qui3tman Not to mention that all the Aces from the previous games (with the exception of 3) are available as callsigns in Multiplayer.

[@chieftainmk_11]

“Did some carbon based life form say B R A K E?” “KIMI DONT”

[@treewizard6484]

0:12 - 0:26 when ur mum discovers you sneaking into the fridge at 1:00 AM

[@Nuke48]

Anyone else think that from 3:10 on, it sounds like a redone version of the song that plays on mission 3 of Ace Combat 5, Narrow Margin? If they did this on purpose, then I love them for putting that in for the Ace Combat veterans.

[@jojoreztorc0396]

Well Warwolf in general is a reference to Wardog and the 108th task force is also a reference to the 108th tactical fighter squadron from 5, so there’s reason to believe that they snuck in some more AC5 references.

[@NaturalBornLifeEnder]

yeah, Ofnir and Grabacr squadrons aren´t military? Hmm weird, i could have sworn they were shooting with missiles at the Razgriz, maybe its my imagination

[@SoloWingCipher17]

Translates from Latin: A day of wrath, that day, Earth in ashes burning: As foretold by David O day of mourning, When the Judge comes, Everything strictly!

[@theghilliesinthemist1825]

Best bomber ever the B-2

[@chevalier115]

@Able914 there is a HUGE difference i heard when i blasted my speakers...I'm pretty sure its tempest...because i heart a T sound instead of a D...but you could be right

[@Able914]

@chevalier115 I heard tempest as well but either way, the music is still epic.

[@Superhrnet]

Anyone else hear the similarity between this track and Naval Blockade from AC5?

[@TheKillersmod]

3:10-4:04 A remake of Narrow Margin BGM from Ace Combat 5? FUCK YES

[@Himmelvakt]

This is Death Note music lmafo.

[@CngDelta757]

Instead of gotta stay fly this should be the final battle tune

[@PierresWildAdventure]

Warwolf their coming right up the potomac, their moving like bats outta hell!

[@aryadwitama]

viper turn off!

[@PierresWildAdventure]

Arya Dwitama Viper 7: "Holy Shit!"

[@MrDuckie00]

+Colonel Bishop “Warwolf 1” warwolf 1 engage on those fighters target locked and FIRE!!! DO IT NOW BISHOP!!!!

[@artisticsabuko]

"Washington DC" *Camera zooms out from the White House as missle smoke trails, explosions, aircraft, and clouds swiftly dissapear in the distance as choir dramatically rises...*

[@Jakah016]

@CngDelta757 ...is the last mission theme. :P [as well as Mrs. Krista Slovak]

[@JOEmega64]

@CngDelta757 It is. lol. Everyone who said "Gotta Stay Fly" was the final battle tune were fools.

[@korimaru]

This song is the reason why everybody plays on the washington map.

[@dong1557]

mmm, while Assault Horizon had such a shitty gameplay mechanic called DFM, the music and graphics are still good.

[@TheTankbus]

If DFM didn't force us into scripted on rail segments, it could would be pretty cool.

[@lekoro1]

MrDustyMonk well how else would they do it? you have to follow the opponent or they will either get away or get behind you so why not give you a dose of epic at the same time (flying between the buildings and flying through valleys)

[@TheTankbus]

That's okay from time to time. What isn't fun is being forced to use DFM to kill an ace. The final boss is guilty of this. I don't think it should be forced, it should be a tool in the players arsenal. That's when it works best if you ask me.

[@adamfarkas5327]

Yeah, DFM is such a thing which you either love as hell (like me) and use it almost every time, even for most cannon-fodder planes... or you hate it, because of the restriction it puts on the gameplay. By that I mean, you can only progress through the story, if you kill LEAD targets, and LEAD targets can only be killed in DFM, as far as i know.

[@Goldenkitten1]

***** Not using it constantly would have been a massive boon. As an occasional thing that they drop in to make a certain scene more cinematic I would have been totally 100% behind it. But unfortunately it's not optional or used sparingly, instead you pretty much HAVE to use it to win the game. And in the last few missions when they really crank up most of the enemy AI to the max (especially on Ace difficulty) there is a 0% chance you can beat them without it. I've seen some planes on Ace difficulty do a complete 180 on the spot without actually turning at all, the realism of that aside gameplay-wise this is something you could not possibly keep up with in manual, thus making DFM a requirement. And once you engage that you're almost completely on rails. Ace Combat 4, no DFM? Pretty epic. Ace Combat 5, no DFM? One of my all time favorite games and a completely cinematic experience. Ace Combat 0, no DFM? A good game with an AMAZING 1-on-1 dogfighting finale that relied entirely on your own control. I don't hate Assault Horizon completely. I think it was an "average" game when you get down to it, just that in a series that has generally been awesome it seems worse by comparison. But if they'd spent more time on crafting a fun manual mode (and a better story, though unlike some I don't totally despise the "real world" twist, even if I liked the previous ones better) instead of trying so hard to be "cinematic" I think it could have been something as special as the games that came before it. Sometimes when the music kicks in, the moods just right, and you're not forced to fall into DFM I actually do get waves of classic AC feelings from this game, unfortunately they're too few and far between and the game is dominated by a mode that takes most of the gameplay out of your hands. *tl'dr* - DFM was a one-trick pony that might have worked as an occasional addition to add gravitas, but as a major gameplay mechanic it takes the game out of your hands.

[@Me999xyz]

I had a geekism when i first heard this.

[@Jakah016]

@chevalier115 I agree. It does sound a lot like Tempest. But at the same time, it sounds a lot like "deves...tate" also. I'll go with tempest. :)

[@MelindaColden]

best part is from 3:10 - 4:30

[@chevalier115]

@Jakah016 you sure they didnt say Tempest instead of devious?..it fits better for some reason :3

[@wsaucey1866]

When a pack of griefers starts to approach your friends base in minecraft

[@mirbill24]

when is the soundtrack gona be on itunes

[@Skylightdual]

I think this one might be in" the shark" trailer hmm

[@csgptg]

Only wish is the game was longer than it was. 18 missions isn't enough lol. I got the story but I wish it was a longer more well told story. Otherwise, love this game

[@Talon3000]

Which is a description of the biblical apocalypse ;)

[@Able914]

@Jakah016 Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's Devious.

[@MobiusTFS]

I believe it may be tempest

[@yokogoph]

@Jakah016 I think it is Tempest for some reason.

[@playboicartiii9909]

SEITHÈN - PARISH

[@brandoncope5321]

They will i meant

[@NitraatPiraat]

anyone came from Seithen - Parish?

[@playboicartiii9909]

Me

[@MrDuckie00]

Cornel bishop

[@JessFromMead]

@jediotterforce Those any fun? I haven't Played

[@ChaseWyler]

It's English, if you want Latin try The Unsung War or Megalith.

[@jridenoure]

Ominous Latin Chanting!

[@SoloWingCipher17]

trust me, if we started wars all the time, our economy would be shit like it is

[@WinVisten]

xD True :p

[@rogervaldez5545]

4:49 ist part destroy trinynity

[@SylphonicAcid]

AC's good at that; make hell a lot of derivatives from one single music.

[@MikonyaanGurevich]

Try it out, you might be pleasantly surprised. I used to be completely indifferent about Real Time Strategy games until a friend introduced me to Command & Conquer, at which point I got hooked on them.

[@brandoncope5321]

F-22. Best plane ever created other than the P-51 and the A-10. That is why America is the best.

[@Dwight511]

F/A-18E

[@aegis6485]

SU-47.

[@Giratina575]

Kamikaze sukhois and Tu-160s

[@BeastlyMussel61]

My favorite Ace Combat character is Captain Blaze. Who's yours?

[@andrewrogers7404]

Mobius.

[@ryanmartin4732]

Pasternak

[@captainnope747]

+XxRedRocket15xX Garuda 2 "Marcus"

[@fighter5583]

+XxRedRocket15xX Captain Davenport :'(

[@BeastlyMussel61]

fighter5583 RIP Lieutenant Colonel Alvin Davenport

[@SoloWingCipher17]

uhh nope. Belka was basically stripped of its military in 1995 after the Belkan War

[@WinVisten]

Who would win if all of the AC aces got in a dogfight flying F-15 S/MTDs? (Spoiler: Mobius 1)

[@aegis6485]

Cipher

[@HekateMGO]

Mobius 1 could fly an F-4E & beat the crap out of all the others flying their signature planes... with the exception of maybe Cipher.