Takes Me Anywhere // Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Original Soundtrack Disk 3

ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON Original Soundtrack Disk 3
Track 16: Takes Me Anywhere
Composition: Shoi Miyazawa
Lyrics: Shoi Miyazawa
Vocal: Shoi Miyazawa
Chorus: ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON Development Staff

[@gargarmikejaphett.3840]

"Chorus: The entire dev team" Bruh.

[@snakebot4986]

I feel like this was supposed to be the game's original ending theme.

[@drwilyecoyote5357]

oh dang. that one guy in chat wasnt kiding.

[@Mischief350]

Such a "Weight of the World" song, damn

[@fencel5151]

Miyazawa's comment on the album: "I joined From in 2014 because I love the AC series, and I was finally able to join the development team as part of the BGM/sound effects staff and I'm very grateful. I had hoped to start working on AC as soon as I joined the company, but that didn't end up happening for a long time. But I think I was able to fully utilize the experience I gained from working on other titles, so I hope you enjoyed it. The last track on the album, "Takes Me Anywhere," features the chorus of all the friends who worked together on this project. In fact, I actually started work on it as soon as I had joined the company, and although I had always wanted to make it a reality, I never had the chance to realize it until now. But with the help of many people, including the development staff of ACVI, I was finally able to complete it."

[@cryogenicstardust9245]

Dude was cooking this song for as long as we've been waiting for a new Armored Core. Oh my God.

[@naxergss2625]

Shoi Miyazawa has channel on YT with some of the stuff he made before getting hired by From. its called Giovansen

[@Linksays]

@@naxergss2625WAIT, HES *THAT* ONE!? THATS SICK AS HELL!

[@geraldo301]

@@naxergss2625 brooo, i absolutely loved his cover of Day after Day from years ago. Even more than the original 🥲 didnt know he was the one working on this one. Mad respect 🧎‍♂

[@DanDlllm]

Where’d he say it?

[@jarkspore]

Bruh, they got the whole game staff as the chorus, I’m not crying you’re crying

[@loughtthenot]

What! That is the coolest shit Ive ever heard in my life

[@pintobean6702]

​@@loughtthenot Neir automata also did the same thing with one of the osts, i believe it's called weight of the world, highly suggest giving that ost a listen if you liked this one

[@pivas7455]

Oh my god this is so cool

[@MatsYoo]

@@pintobean6702 nier automata fan spotted WTF IS A BAD GAME RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@fencel5151]

To anyone who might not know, Miyazawa began his music career as an amateur musician under the screen name Giovansen_3p. He primarily used to make remixes of AC music, playing three instruments and doing the vocals all by himself. He joined the From Software sound team several years ago, and earned praise from Kota Hoshino himself who claimed that Miyazawa was probably the most talented member of the team. He worked on Deracine as well as Elden Ring, but now he has finally achieved his dream of making music for Armored Core, the series that got him into music production in the first place. I'm sure that means the universe to him, perhaps so vast that even the coral can't reach it all.

[@lonewolf646]

some of his fan remixes have already been released in officially ac content.

[@Shattered_Skies]

And it all started with a remix of Fall...

[@Hiryuze]

The fact it's the same dude who made a cover of Day After Day back then... that's one helluva story! Kudos to him for realizing his dream and leaving his mark on such an epic franchise!

[@h.bjoewho6859]

​@@Hiryuze Which one are exactly his past remixes so I can listen?

[@anhquanphan3089]

​​@@h.bjoewho6859One is the electro arrangement for Fall in AC4 iirc

[@juhata9068]

The absolute fucking gall to have a mecha franchise have this much raw, unfiltered pure soul and to have it shine this bright. Miyazawa, I fucking kneel.

[@MrMuhdizrin]

"So what's your build for Shadow of the Erdtree going to be?" Me: 0:21

[@danielm.5078]

Such a blissful “we’re back” song. Someone needs to put this over the Allmind fight starting from when Ayre shows up.

[@Forge105]

Oh my god that would go so hard.

[@theguy5124]

Someone did already luckily kzbin.info/www/bejne/kImtYouXp5dkaacsi=8WaXjGvWWgHAGssr

[@frank3le]

The song lyrics feel like theyre talking about how the fans and devs have waited so long to play and make a new armored core.

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

Yes! i feel that too!

[@waspoptic]

This makes me think Stargazer was Kota's love letter to Miyazawa for being apart of the team "Take a deep breath! You're part of the band now, ride on the flow!" Whether thats true or not, both of them have made amazing music that makes you feel like you're part of a ever growing family.

[@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084]

oh god my heart strings

[@waspoptic]

I’m not crying, you are!

[@pigwank420]

Miyazawa has really proven himself with this one.

[@NanoComputer]

Been listening to this song almost non-stop ever since the album dropped. I'm fucking crying so much they really poured their soul into this game and love this series.

[@Niru684]

Make me want to cry in joy. I love fromsoftware and the games they've released over the years. It makes me happy they share moments like this.

[@tamagoh4839]

ACVD "This is where my soul belongs." Indeed Dev, indeed.

[@draydra]

im guessing you mean the quote: "The battlefield is where my soul belongs"?

[@tamagoh4839]

@@draydra The origin Japanese trailer didn't include "battlefield". I prefer that way because it makes the slogan can be commonly used everywhere.

[@lesslighter]

@@draydra the more direct translation from Maggy's line is "This is where I belong" ohh wait she says "ここがあなたの魂の場所よ" to the Lone Merc which is then call forwarded when you fight her in story mission 9 or 8

[@draydra]

@@lesslighter yup

[@crimeman621]

this one feels kinda surreal for some reason. fucking love it * oh, it’s because the ENTIRE FUCKING TEAM IS SINGING THE CHORUS!!! now i know why feel this way. there’s tears in my eyes

[@fridgegremlin5496]

I’m fucking *weak* for development staff choruses. This proves it.

[@tuukkamatikainen3389]

IT'S JUST... SO PEAK

[@lonewolf646]

Jesus, we need disk 3 in game, preferably playing during a hard mode, but just in pvp alone would be good enough. This probably the greatest collection of tracks ever and it not even being in game itself is criminal.

[@Joelk-vb5tf]

dlc's from past game (namely ACVD) added bit of new parts, then bunch of bangers that replaced certain missions. So yeah, there's still hope

[@dakota0000001]

I made a video doing one of the boss fights (don't wanna spoil it for people who haven't beat it) to Cinders while running loader 4, the soundtrack really synced up so well to the fight and the cutscene it was amazing. Posted it on my channel. I really hope they do a DLC adding them all in.

[@retrovisor]

Would be awesome if these tracks were tied to rank tiers. A to S tier players get to have these tracks as background music in the 1v1 and 3v3s

[@andruuu4649]

May replace the ost with these and upload it to nexus as a mod. It's very simple actually but of course will only work for PC players

[@lonewolf646]

@@andruuu4649that would be really nice, but the real question is where the new tracks should be placed.

[@nameless-soviet-soldat]

開発スタッフで合唱してるのらほんといいわ

[@cryogenicstardust9245]

Faith, takes me anywhere I go Faith, strong will gets me all along Will Flame, seems to burn forever more Flare, lit the cinders burnin' on The darkest starless sky begging for the light to shine A vast and great space of emptiness Confusion and fear unfriendly shadows, lurking in the dark Souls burnin' on [Takes me anywhere] Go, we just have to move on go Well, we just have to go *All we wanted All we needed All we waited All we've gone through [Starless sky Light to shine] We go The darkest starless sky begging for the light to shine A vast and great space of emptiness Confusion and fear unfriendly shadows, lurking in the dark Souls burnin' on [Takes me anywhere] [Takes me anywhere] I go Strong will gets me all along Ah, takes me anywhere I go

[@cryogenicstardust9245]

These are the official lyrics that came with the soundtrack. * denotes lyrics that are not in the booklet but that's my interpretation of what is said between 1:57 and 2:07

[@alextreides]

@@cryogenicstardust9245Thank you

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

the "All we wanted, All we needed, All we waited, All we've gone through" feels what AC fans are waiting for... AC6

[@arturoz6547]

​@judicatorhurayth1927 fans and devs, is beautiful

[@Felix-ic1fc]

Imagine, if Armored core would have been an anime, all the existing waifus would have been surpassed by a talking red dot.

[@panabrasrns8298]

I cried listening to this. Why is this not in the game? The music of future ACs is going to be insane

[@alextreides]

Same. 🥲

[@Ginp-]

but these OSTs of the game because I've never heard them

[@alextreides]

@@Ginp- they are unreleased tracks that never were put into the game, but they released them in a CD/album now

[@Ginp-]

@@alextreides ty

[@Cue-Ball.]

Official lyrics from the CD booklet: Faith, takes me anywhere I go Faith, strong will gets me along Will Flame, seems to burn forever more Flare, lit the cinders burnin' on The darkest starless sky begging for the light to shine A vast and great space of emptiness Confusion and fear unfriendly shadows, lurking in the dark Souls burnin' on [Takes me anywhere] Go, we just have to move on go Well, we just have to go [Starless sky Light to shine] We go The darkest starless sky begging for the light to shine A vast and great space of emptiness Confusion and fear unfriendly shadows, lurking in the dark Souls burnin' on [Takes me anywhere] [Takes me anywhere] I go Strong will gets me along Ah, takes me anywhere I go

[@fusioncell7669]

To add on I think this is what's being said at 1:56 All we wanted All we needed All we waited All we've got to

[@Cue-Ball.]

@@fusioncell7669 It wouldn't be Armored Core if we didn't *still* have missing lyrics even when getting official lyrics haha

[@lonewolf646]

@@fusioncell7669 man they really left out the chorus, which is the best part.

[@jaygei_2641]

​@@fusioncell7669 yup... I just had an eargasm hearing that.

[@jarkspore]

No shade to Kota, but I feel like Shoi is at least the better lyricist. “The darkest starless sky / begging for the light to shine” goes hard, it even rhymes!

[@cryogenicstardust9245]

I don't know how to describe it, but when the track listing was revealed, I somehow *knew* this track would be a vocal one. The whole staff as the chorus compounds the idea that not only something happened during production with the music, but everyone at From that worked on this game did so with all of their hearts and souls. Listen to that CHANT, man. Powerful stuff, my God.

[@Cue-Ball.]

Holy shit I love Miyazawa's voice, I'd be so down for more music with him singing instead of Hoshino all the time or like get them both on a song together... band style. I'm so excited for FromSoftware's future, Miyazawa's work on Deraciné, Elden Ring and AC6 has been amazing, the future of the sound team once the old guard leave is in good hands. EDIT: I still find it so crazy he's able to make music like this and also ones like Godrick or Mohg's theme from Elden RIng, man has crazy amount of skill.

[@vulkanxl]

Miyazawa did do backing vocals on Stargazer along with Hoshino.

[@Cue-Ball.]

@@vulkanxl You're right I nearly forgot that

[@JetStream0509]

Fromsoft composers have insane range

[@SaarkinCho]

_In the sky were the brightest lights and deepest darkness. It was impossible to tell where one started and the other ended; and in that boundless potential did those children find their canvas._

[@VideoGameMantis]

bless the development staff o7 hope Fromsoft's working conditions have improved since AC-V, they deserve only the best honestly

[@condmaker]

Miyazawa I fucking kneel

[@MasterCheeksUNSC]

That chorus puts the stupidest grin on my face. Having your dev team do the chorus of a song is an insane flex.

[@kaku-dm8tv]

これはフロム社歌

[@firstamongsuckers23]

They pulled a NieR Automata you love to see it this goes hard

[@21145543]

AC music is always this good

[@frank3le]

@@21145543 i think theyre talking about having the entire game dev involved in the final song by singing in the chorus. Something NieR Automata also does

[@21145543]

@@frank3le Okay, then I misunderstood it.

[@R-XI_Sulla]

This is somehow also the perfect song for the AC community Long have they waited Refusing to let the fire go out Hoping the stars shine again Until then they keep the cinders burning And they will rejoice when they shine again. Where ever the stars are leading them

[@ik_proyect]

"All we wanted All we needed All we waited All we've gone trought" Thanks FromSofware

[@dakota0000001]

What a nice end to the disk, really makes me wonder just where they'll take the story next.

[@neogeo4103]

New Raven here, just want to express how much I love this game soundtracks especially 4 Answer and Verdict Day. Kinda disappointed how I'm this late playing this game considering how much I loved listening to its previous titles soundtrack and this OST just hits the same as the old ones. This is probably my favorite by far and I hope this gets released as a DLC OST so I can jam to it whenever I want to start a new playthrough.

[@ticklewickle100]

2:48 to 2:58 hits me on a spiritual level. The chorus picks up at the end and it just feels like all of the fallen Raven's that never got to see 6 are pushing us forward.

[@itri245]

it is shit like this that keeps me going. shoi miyazawa, wherever this IP takes you, i just know you will do it proud.

[@user-jv2ei7np2p]

They should add dlc as soon as possible like cosmos We need a fourth round😂

[@RN-TKS]

We take you anywhere from software,ever.

[@user-xd3pc3jf9n]

アーマードコアの新作を出してくれて本当にありがとう...

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

My Condolences to all fallen Raven who never get to see... the answer of AC6.

[@galactic_c4090]

I think looking at the lyrics without context of a mech game, you might it's a Christian song that goes hard

[@chewbacachunks8644]

I have been listening to the different Frequency albums for years now. I can honestly say that these new tracks on this disc 3 are all bangers and are some of my new favorites. Frequency has cemented itself as one of my favorite bands of all time. Crazy to think that it all came from an in house band at FromSoftware. Kota Hoshino, and everyone else involved are some of the greatest to ever do it. Their love for the Armored Core franchise really comes through. Armored Core is FromSoftware's baby. It may be a niche franchise, but it feels good knowing that the devs even after all the this time aren't going to let this franchise die. Armored Core forever.

[@BB-sz1jm]

I kneel dev staff

[@OneAndOnlyDave117]

With all the pain and suffering in armored core stories, I feel like we need more good and uplifting endings, even things like Alea Iacta Est, that maybe isn’t strictly good ending but it leaves us with a spark for better future

[@dannyboi5887]

If there was ever a song to use for an Armored Core anime opening, this would absolutely be it.

[@user-nn5vg5ct5n]

play this and i will happily be taken anywhere

[@utatteeeeeeeeeeee]

i'm cry

[@DIVINEPURGATION]

This feels like a continuation to Fallout, I'm absolutely in love. Faith, takes me anywhere I go.

[@marselo1316]

frequency gotta put these on spotify and in game man

[@RyukagiRen]

Holy Moly, this feels like song dat play when Credit reach middle point... i Fricking Love It

[@S4soka]

can really hear the pride and passion

[@Jojopiez]

It's so good, I need this to be in the game. If a modder adds it in the game at the very least, I will be eternally grateful.

[@AeroWraith901]

An amazing finish on the disk!

[@gunnar515]

Holy peak

[@learkenciel]

Time may pass, stars may fade. From Software's insane amount of SOUL will last forever.

[@GrimNought]

GOD!! OH MY GOD!! THIS TRACK! i....i dont even know what to say! i just have this big stupid smile on my face😂 this track makes me smile, this song makes me want to cry because how beautiful it is, it makes me want to confess to my crush that i liked her since the 1st day of uni when i saw her (not going to cause she's way out of my league & not sure but i heard she might have a bf) Shoi Miyazawa, my guy, u r going places but a part of me hopes u'll stay with fromsoft.

[@MrNeutral]

This song is so god damn good that when I read it was in creation for essentially a decade I just went "that makes total sense"; the amount of SOUL in this is just unthinkable.

[@CODONAMINO]

深淵でも火星でも、好きなとこに連れてってくれ でも毒沼は勘弁な

[@bombomos]

FreQuency... Nay all of Fromsoft Smaassshes a Home Run with this track!!!

[@AORaiMechWork]

Fan chorus when

[@JetStream0509]

Shoi Miyazawa I kneel

[@pivas7455]

AC6 development team I kneel

[@snakebot4986]

Amazing

[@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084]

IT SO GOOD

[@Gearsy]

Absolutely lovely.

[@steely4729]

Oh yeah, were back.

[@voidgivenfocus]

Bangers

[@m0nsterzer0]

Simply beautiful

[@phrauz4114]

Bro, there's no way. Since Elden Ring, almost all of my favorite FromSoft OSTs came from Miyazawa. Hope he has done another one(s) for Shadow of the Erdtree as well.

[@thepotatoofheaven]

i was randomly recommended this

[@draydra]

welcome, raven

[@teerex1314]

The beginning strings gave me an instant flash to Evergrace's Palace,King's Throne Theme. Chills~

[@TOHOREMIX]

Going to be real - This >> Stargazer. Should've been the ending, sounds soo much better.

[@fernandoharjono9472]

Hope they're saving this for the ending if they ever decide on expansion like the older games, man it would be such a good send off for 6

[@tessemi]

I do agree. It just doesnt sound so unserious.

[@Uhcip]

A lot of the extra tracks are great, just a different vibe to what they went for with the game.

[@pootissandvichhere9135]

Nah. This should’ve been the final boss theme!

[@hyperfixatedd]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@leandraoliveira6407]

😭😭😭

[@panabrasrns8298]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 this song so good

[@steely4729]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@alextreides]

🥲

[@Eggsi__]

At around 2:29 i believe i hear a bit of complete physical...could be wrong.

[@Racc_Oon]

there also might a little bit of Mechanized Memories at 2:41

[@Eggsi__]

@@Racc_OonI vaguely hear it, I don't remember if its this song or something else in this album but I heard Blue magnolia somewhere, which pretty much could be the mechanized memories tune

[@Eggsi__]

@@Racc_Oon AH shit it was this one, just a few seconds before your timestamp

[@lananielsen9465]

Music DLC when?

[@sunambassador]

Why not in a game lol

[@Walamonga1313]

I wonder if Miyazaki sang in this

[@lesslighter]

maybe considering he was the first director

[@BloodyArchangelus]

It is almost like Sawano composed this.. my lord. It is so silly that Company that define nobledark fantasy genre - can define SCI-FI Nobledark genre in same time. It is true talent. Born of blood and sweat. Well done from. You and Gabe are the last ravens standing in a world of darkness.

[@HKaito]

This and Sega Phantasy Star Online 2 Ending hits really hard for player who loved the game. Devs showing there thanks to player for playing there games.

[@solemnjohnson570]

"Chorus: ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON Development Staff" Huh. Well ain't that just cool.