A composer for a game about fighter jets travels from a key of A minor into C minor, followed by a key in E, as if they are trying to tell us something...🤔
Two Aces. Two Nations. Two Fates. One grimdark future. Where one man detonates the Ring of Fire causing a second occurrence of the catastrophe known only as The Calamity. Plunging the pacific into complete damnation. In final reckoning a King is born. A King of Nothing.
I've played a lot of video games over the years. Many with awesome soundtracks. The first thing I did once I had completed my first play through of Project Wingman was buy its soundtrack on Bandcamp. It is the only time I've bought a video game soundtrack. Kings is just an absolute masterpiece, especially when you put it into the context in which it's played in the game. The visceral and raw emotion of being in a knife fight with an aerial opponent that's just destroyed everything, the somber tones throughout the track knowing you're fighting for a land that's been consumed in fire and war, and the inevitable culmination of one pilot falling from the sky while the other will continue to soar through the skies to rule over a throne of ashes. Its companion piece, Coronation, is just the nail in the coffin. All throughout the track, it plays the themes that have been present throughout the game's soundtrack into Kings, and it just does it so well. I often see folks compare Project Wingman's soundtrack to Ace Combat, which is fair since PW is heavily inspired by the Ace Combat series, but the AC game soundtracks don't tell a story the way PW does. If you get the opportunity, play Project Wingman. It will be worth your time just for listening to the soundtrack alone.
I've never heard a song so in tune with what's going on. Crimson-1 had nuked Presidia after the war is over. Your co-pilot has fainted in her seat. The sky is full of unholy fire and lightning bolts. tens-of-thousands are most likely dead because of Crimson-1s grudge against you. *you must kill Crimson-1. Not for a reward, but for justice.*
Not even for justice, just 'cause Crimson's the last fed fighting, and like Kaiser said, the only thing that matters is "the number of feds you killed"
Fun fact: This is the music for the final boss fight, where it's you and one guy squaring off in the backdrop of a nuked city. The guy you're fighting happens to be the one who nuked it moments before, killing your allies and wingmen in the process. No triumph. No glory. Just two would-be kings of the sky fighting over a broken throne. It's a damn good game. The whole soundtrack to it has some solid pieces. Kings is just the top of it. If you've played any flight sims, or specifically played an Ace Combat game before, it'll be a very quick onboarding to it. I highly recommend it.
Yeah you only hear them survive during the credits of a mercenary (highest difficulty) campaign. Its easy for most players to miss it since not everyone will try the highest difficulty.
Comic survived, Prez blacked out if you are flying a two seater, AWACS Galaxy survived, Kaiser wants death to the federation, and you all here special and unique dialogue if you beat the whole game in mercenary difficulty
A cool note about this song is that it has the motifs from nearly every other song in the game's OST, so for someone familiar with the rest of the soundtrack, it really feels like it's telling your story from the rest of the game. That's what most of those weaving melodies that you noted are from.
The composer has a YT channel where he has commentary on making this soundtrack. Amazing game, especially if you have VR. "Showdown" is the other really popular stand-alone track, though the whole soundtrack is great.
To be fair, part of the reason these two are the most popular songs is they're part of the two most memorable missions. Showdown is a glorious romp in one of the biggest air battles in history, where both sides had to send damn nigh their entire air force or face losing everything they'd sent. No SAMs, no Railguns, no Ships - just you, your targets, your backup, and the blue, backed by a piece that knows how much fun pure flight is and showing it. Kings is two bitter enemies, knife fighting as a city burns down around them, filled with anger and determination to stop the madman in front of you and hatred for what he's done - with bittersweet reminders of how freeing flight can be with the broad, swooping string parts. All of the missions in this game are fun. And the soundtrack is pretty damn good for all of them. But they never synced up to the expectations of the mission as well as these two songs did.
@@tomasmurphy9888 True, none of the other songs really stick out to me, they're still all great, the game would be very bland if they weren't there, but not exactly memorable like an Ace Combat Title. Still good nonetheless.
I know I'm way late to this party, and a couple people who weren't have already mentioned it, but I always assert that while Kings is a great piece on its own, it really pales to the emotions it brings forth in-game/in-context. Throughout the storyline, practically every time a big character is introduced (be it a rival pilot, a behemoth warship, or an entire military) there's an easily recognized jam playing in the background of the mission centered upon them. The final mission brings all of these characters with you to the end of the world, and Kings combines all their themes likewise.
Please listen to the Music from this games spiritual predecessor Ace Combat. The composer for the AC series has been around for 20 years and is amazing at mixing modern percussion and beats with orchestra. Standouts include Zero from AC 0 which is a flamenco/opera duel and Daredevil from AC 7. The soundtracks have never been bad. Also Showdown is another standout track from PW.
After coming down from a climatic battle in a captured capital city, the side the mercenary player is fighting for and the enemy federation agree to a cease-fire, effectively ending the war. The best pilot of the enemy federation betrays both sides, steals a prototype superfighter and puts like 20 miniature nukes into the city, which not only blows it to hell but literally causes a chain reaction that causes landmasses around the world to start erupting. Now probably millions are dead, both sides of this war are seemingly just gone, and the only people left are your backseat weapon-systems officer (who is struggling just to stay concious from the enormous g-force being put on her), and this rival pilot who is flying straight at you. A duel between who gets to be king of the ashes and rubble of what's left.
The reason for this song to be so epic and groovy is that it plays at the very end of the game, during your last dogfight, which is a duel between you and the last enemy ace. Oh, and you are both flying over a city that just got nuked by him out of spite because he`s a sore loser and a psychopath.
About 4:50 Question, about what piece you are hearing. I'm not sure if it a theme from other classic pieces but it is a recurring notes, theme within all Project Wingman pieces with different build-up and environments. Such as Homestead, OST from early mission in the game. Calamity, OST during conflict escalation of the game. Likely also in Cascadian Conflict, first DLC mission OST. Both Project Wingman and Ace Combat (Game that Project Wingman is inspired by) has a notes/theme that keep recurring in other pieces, likely building lore, environemnt and relativeness to the player. I'm not sure what this process is called in Music making.
Well Pavli just dropped a whole new soundtrack for the Frontline 59 expansion (spin-off? Idk) and it is also great. The highlight of the soundtrack would have to be Redline
Will you be reacting to the opening of Oshi No Ko? It's called "Idol" by Yoasobi. I would recommend avoiding the MV though as it kinda spoils episode 1 if you want to watch the anime, which I highly recommend. It's a very popular show and it's mainly centered around showing the darker side of the idol and entertainment industry. The song itself is sung from the perspective of Hoshino Ai who is a upcoming idol whose "mantra" is "Lies are the ultimate form of love". A major theme of the series is this idea of selling a lie to the fans like how idols (atleast in Japan) need to hide relationships or risk losing their fans. The lyrics make a lot more sense if you watch the first episode and understand Hoshinos personality but the song is really good regardless.
User @jetman2045 mentioned that the song goes from keys A minor to C minor and into E. Spells ACE... either Jose Pavli is a genius or made the best coincidence.
@@DrumRollTonyReacts Kinda makes it perfect since Project Wingman is heavily based on Ace Combat... and the music of PW reflects AC's music. The game has some of the best music, cause I mean look at "Agnus Dei", it's been memed to hell with "Somebody that I used to know" XDD
@FailedNorSeling In reality, a minor is the easiest minor key to write in... it's the relative minor of C Major. No sharps and no flats. Pretty common key to write in tbh so it's likely just coincidence
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Dude, you should absolutely check this game out. It's a good time
A composer for a game about fighter jets travels from a key of A minor into C minor, followed by a key in E, as if they are trying to tell us something...🤔
One word....
ACE
I believe that Jose Pavli (the original Composer) said he made the song Showdown with those keys
That’s brilliant
Hmm… I wonder what the message could be…
That's actually genius
This track is supposed to be "The world is falling apart, but someone still wants your crown."
It was never a crown in the first place
@@remnantofthefirstworld2930 What was it? Blood? Gold? A Broken throne?
@@VanceAsagi Butterfly :)
@@whyareyouhere6274Hahahaha
Correction: the world has already fallen apart.
*Twice*
Two Aces. Two Nations. Two Fates. One grimdark future. Where one man detonates the Ring of Fire causing a second occurrence of the catastrophe known only as The Calamity. Plunging the pacific into complete damnation. In final reckoning a King is born. A King of Nothing.
I've played a lot of video games over the years. Many with awesome soundtracks. The first thing I did once I had completed my first play through of Project Wingman was buy its soundtrack on Bandcamp. It is the only time I've bought a video game soundtrack.
Kings is just an absolute masterpiece, especially when you put it into the context in which it's played in the game. The visceral and raw emotion of being in a knife fight with an aerial opponent that's just destroyed everything, the somber tones throughout the track knowing you're fighting for a land that's been consumed in fire and war, and the inevitable culmination of one pilot falling from the sky while the other will continue to soar through the skies to rule over a throne of ashes. Its companion piece, Coronation, is just the nail in the coffin.
All throughout the track, it plays the themes that have been present throughout the game's soundtrack into Kings, and it just does it so well. I often see folks compare Project Wingman's soundtrack to Ace Combat, which is fair since PW is heavily inspired by the Ace Combat series, but the AC game soundtracks don't tell a story the way PW does.
If you get the opportunity, play Project Wingman. It will be worth your time just for listening to the soundtrack alone.
I've never heard a song so in tune with what's going on.
Crimson-1 had nuked Presidia after the war is over.
Your co-pilot has fainted in her seat.
The sky is full of unholy fire and lightning bolts.
tens-of-thousands are most likely dead because of Crimson-1s grudge against you.
*you must kill Crimson-1. Not for a reward, but for justice.*
You know these comments are fun and all, but you're really spoiler like 90% of the game with all those comments, might as well make them more safe?
If you're worried about spoilers maybe go buy the game and play it before reading comments?
Not even for justice, just 'cause Crimson's the last fed fighting, and like Kaiser said, the only thing that matters is "the number of feds you killed"
Not for justice, only contract
Fun fact: This is the music for the final boss fight, where it's you and one guy squaring off in the backdrop of a nuked city. The guy you're fighting happens to be the one who nuked it moments before, killing your allies and wingmen in the process.
No triumph. No glory. Just two would-be kings of the sky fighting over a broken throne.
It's a damn good game. The whole soundtrack to it has some solid pieces. Kings is just the top of it. If you've played any flight sims, or specifically played an Ace Combat game before, it'll be a very quick onboarding to it. I highly recommend it.
Actually, Comic and Diplomat survived
@@Nico_6967 🤓 momment but true
Yeah you only hear them survive during the credits of a mercenary (highest difficulty) campaign. Its easy for most players to miss it since not everyone will try the highest difficulty.
Comic survived, Prez blacked out if you are flying a two seater, AWACS Galaxy survived, Kaiser wants death to the federation, and you all here special and unique dialogue if you beat the whole game in mercenary difficulty
Comic, Dip, Prez, and pretty much all of Sicario survived. The only CONFIRMED KIA is the CIS general whatsisnuts
A cool note about this song is that it has the motifs from nearly every other song in the game's OST, so for someone familiar with the rest of the soundtrack, it really feels like it's telling your story from the rest of the game. That's what most of those weaving melodies that you noted are from.
The music will bury you so completely, the Earth will turn over a thousand times before your body's dug up
The composer has a YT channel where he has commentary on making this soundtrack. Amazing game, especially if you have VR. "Showdown" is the other really popular stand-alone track, though the whole soundtrack is great.
To be fair, part of the reason these two are the most popular songs is they're part of the two most memorable missions.
Showdown is a glorious romp in one of the biggest air battles in history, where both sides had to send damn nigh their entire air force or face losing everything they'd sent. No SAMs, no Railguns, no Ships - just you, your targets, your backup, and the blue, backed by a piece that knows how much fun pure flight is and showing it.
Kings is two bitter enemies, knife fighting as a city burns down around them, filled with anger and determination to stop the madman in front of you and hatred for what he's done - with bittersweet reminders of how freeing flight can be with the broad, swooping string parts.
All of the missions in this game are fun. And the soundtrack is pretty damn good for all of them. But they never synced up to the expectations of the mission as well as these two songs did.
@@tomasmurphy9888absolutely amazing way to put it friend 👍
@@tomasmurphy9888 True, none of the other songs really stick out to me, they're still all great, the game would be very bland if they weren't there, but not exactly memorable like an Ace Combat Title. Still good nonetheless.
It really takes off of the old Ace Combat games which are known for their HUGE epic soundtracks, fantastic game with fantastic inspirations.
Epic percussion and epic natual calamity. Truly a great game.
Project Wingman is definitely one of my favorite games, with one of the best and most epic OSTs.
I know I'm way late to this party, and a couple people who weren't have already mentioned it, but I always assert that while Kings is a great piece on its own, it really pales to the emotions it brings forth in-game/in-context. Throughout the storyline, practically every time a big character is introduced (be it a rival pilot, a behemoth warship, or an entire military) there's an easily recognized jam playing in the background of the mission centered upon them. The final mission brings all of these characters with you to the end of the world, and Kings combines all their themes likewise.
Please listen to the Music from this games spiritual predecessor Ace Combat. The composer for the AC series has been around for 20 years and is amazing at mixing modern percussion and beats with orchestra. Standouts include Zero from AC 0 which is a flamenco/opera duel and Daredevil from AC 7. The soundtracks have never been bad.
Also Showdown is another standout track from PW.
YOOOOO THIS GAMES OST IS AMAZING.
HOPEFULLY WELL SEE SOME ACE COMBAT TOO DOWN THE LINE!!!
After coming down from a climatic battle in a captured capital city, the side the mercenary player is fighting for and the enemy federation agree to a cease-fire, effectively ending the war.
The best pilot of the enemy federation betrays both sides, steals a prototype superfighter and puts like 20 miniature nukes into the city, which not only blows it to hell but literally causes a chain reaction that causes landmasses around the world to start erupting.
Now probably millions are dead, both sides of this war are seemingly just gone, and the only people left are your backseat weapon-systems officer (who is struggling just to stay concious from the enormous g-force being put on her), and this rival pilot who is flying straight at you.
A duel between who gets to be king of the ashes and rubble of what's left.
And the best part? This enemy pilot giving his villain monologue through the whole goddamn fight
one of the best OSTs out there from such a small crew
Another project wingman track to check out would be ‘showdown’
Showdown is SUCH a banger.
The reason for this song to be so epic and groovy is that it plays at the very end of the game, during your last dogfight, which is a duel between you and the last enemy ace. Oh, and you are both flying over a city that just got nuked by him out of spite because he`s a sore loser and a psychopath.
That was pretty epic indeed. Very hype as a soundtrack
You should definitely check out the live orchestra version.
The entire soundtrack to the game is incredible.
About 4:50 Question, about what piece you are hearing.
I'm not sure if it a theme from other classic pieces but it is a recurring notes, theme within all Project Wingman pieces with different build-up and environments.
Such as Homestead, OST from early mission in the game.
Calamity, OST during conflict escalation of the game.
Likely also in Cascadian Conflict, first DLC mission OST.
Both Project Wingman and Ace Combat (Game that Project Wingman is inspired by) has a notes/theme that keep recurring in other pieces, likely building lore, environemnt and relativeness to the player. I'm not sure what this process is called in Music making.
This whole soundtrack is amazing.
This is the score that accompanies the final dogfight, it's an impressive end to an impressive game.
Kings is from the final boss of the game. It's a 1v1 over a destroyed city against a man who has been hunting you the entire game.
You gotta do Zero from Ace Combat Zero now!
Well Pavli just dropped a whole new soundtrack for the Frontline 59 expansion (spin-off? Idk) and it is also great. The highlight of the soundtrack would have to be Redline
Yo! If you like this, you should totally check out the Ace Combat 7 OST. I recommend Daredevil, Hush, Archange, and Alicorn.
Why only the 7?
@@readytopay6969agreed, ace combat zero and 4 have fucking crazy soundtracks
CAUTION
CRIMSON
CAUTON
*Monarc insignia*
Btw he made this on a mac book
Hope to see some Ace Combat on this channel soon!
PLAY THE GAME
It’s the first one to ever make me hot with rage and sadness.
Not just gamer rage
Story rage
Man you GOTTA do Showdown from Wingman now.
Will you be reacting to the opening of Oshi No Ko? It's called "Idol" by Yoasobi. I would recommend avoiding the MV though as it kinda spoils episode 1 if you want to watch the anime, which I highly recommend. It's a very popular show and it's mainly centered around showing the darker side of the idol and entertainment industry.
The song itself is sung from the perspective of Hoshino Ai who is a upcoming idol whose "mantra" is "Lies are the ultimate form of love". A major theme of the series is this idea of selling a lie to the fans like how idols (atleast in Japan) need to hide relationships or risk losing their fans. The lyrics make a lot more sense if you watch the first episode and understand Hoshinos personality but the song is really good regardless.
Pretty epic music. BWAAAAAAAAHM.
Daredevil is probably what you were thinking of
Another super good song from a dogfighting game: daredevil from ace combat 7
Man, this game is amazing. Has a story I'll never forget. Love seeing it and its music get further recognition
I thought the gameplay was really good and the story was there to just explain why you got to shoot things
@@loadmypantz8287 the nukes had my jaw on the floor cause it was so unexpected
@@nilli111 Going in blind, especially in VR, the nukes actually struck me with mortal dread. Highly recommend.
just found this channel. i thought you were Summit1G ngl. lol
Plz do one for SHOWDOWN from the same game !
I don’t know if it ok but can you do another Avenged Sevenfold song It Called Exist it a 16 min Song 😅 but it amazing
Please do Oshi No Ko opening Idol next
not really complete without Crimson 1's pro league gaslighting over the music
DO A SONG FROM THE BATTLEFIELD ONE SOUNDTRACK
Great analysis as always! I'm recommending you check out 'Idol' by YOASOBI, it'd be interesting to hear your take on it.
User @jetman2045 mentioned that the song goes from keys A minor to C minor and into E. Spells ACE... either Jose Pavli is a genius or made the best coincidence.
Well... if you are in the key of a minor the tonic chord is already A C E, so there wouldn't even be a need for the other modulations
@@DrumRollTonyReacts Kinda makes it perfect since Project Wingman is heavily based on Ace Combat... and the music of PW reflects AC's music. The game has some of the best music, cause I mean look at "Agnus Dei", it's been memed to hell with "Somebody that I used to know" XDD
@FailedNorSeling In reality, a minor is the easiest minor key to write in... it's the relative minor of C Major. No sharps and no flats. Pretty common key to write in tbh so it's likely just coincidence