Opera Singer Reacts: Kings || Project: Wingman

I didn't know what to expect when I first booted this up to be honest, but, I certainly didn't expect this. This song slapped me in the face in the best way possible. Truly flabbergasted at how good this music is and is composed. Such nuance and depth and so many laters. Very very good.

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Credits:
Developer: Sector D2
Composer: @JosePavli

[JosePavli]

Hey man!
Someone pinged me and I’m glad they did.
Your reaction made my day, I absolutely love seeing fellow musicians reacting to my music. Thank you for your kind words, glad you enjoyed it! Cheers 👊🏻

[FinalWarrior]

"Zero" is about two brothers-in-arms jousting over their beliefs. "Kings" is about two maniacs knife-fighting over a dead city.

[mikoirl]

"The human spirit to overcome obstacles."

Well, in the case of Project Wingman, it's the spirit of an inhuman pilot overcoming O R A N G E

[tardlord]

Zero: Two heroic knights fighting for what they believe.

Unsung War: Four great warriors made into legends.

Kings: Two lone kings fighting for the dead land they call their own.

[jimmyseaver]

"I've never seen a character based solely around projection."
-- Max0r

[cipherth]

"What are you fighting for, Merc? Blood? Gold? A broken throne? I will bury you so completely, the Earth will turn over a thousand times before your body is dug up."

EXCELLENT composition by Jose Pavli. Man is a legend now in the AC community for this!

[IncogNovah]

It hits different when you're hearing the rapid beeps of missile alerts, the pounding of railgun fire and the enraged ramblings of a man who's lost everything alongside the bumping soundtrack

The "second half" of the song, Coronation, also really helps set the tone as you turn the tables against the one you're fighting

God I love this game lmao

[miss_bec]

I remember reading a comment on the official Kings video that I really like that I'll paraphrase here: this song - and the mission it plays in - is the anti-Zero. In Zero, it's an energetic dance building to the famous Latin Choir in all the best AC songs, the backdrop to a last battle for humanity between two estranged best buds, plus it's got a very clear progression from start to finish which reflects the mission and its context perfectly. A beautiful song for a beautiful ending.

Kings is the absolute opposite of that. There's no beauty in this song, just a lot of raw emotion. The whole song has a gnarly bassline, often distorted. It's energetic, sure, but where Zero is elegant, Kings is incredibly messy (but in a good way). The progression of the song is also quite messy, as it's a huge collection of leitmotifs from other songs in the game stitched together vaguely increasing in tension. All this comes together to pair fantastically with the mission and its context: in Zero, the song plays at a critical moment of the prevention of international catastrophe; in Kings, the catastrophe has already happened, and its all around you both in the clouds and covering the ground - all that's left for you to do is enact some kind of retribution.

It's the anti-Zero, and Jose Pavli couldn't have picked a better vibe.

[Ikcatcher]

Project Wingman is basically one big love letter to Ace Combat. Kings is how I think the track Zero would be like if it was more tragic and somber and didn’t have Spanish guitars.

[Jakeverhart]

I swear his ability to digest and “read” music is incredible. To give such an accurate description of the level this song comes from with no knowledge is next level

[ryanschulte]

“You're a slave to history. Even after Calamity, you fight against the only order that can guarantee the safety of your people. You, solely, are responsible for this, ”

the song starts with this voiceover and ends with

“Monarch...when you hear the thunder...when the storm...comes for you...remember me. “

Crimson 1 federation ace

( PS he nuke a city)

[memesrdreams]

One thing that Jose Pavli, the composer himself, has said, was that the soundtrack to Project Wingman was a culmination, starting with the very first, Bankrupt Sea, and ending in the final two tracks of the game, Presidia, and this track, Kings.

With each song, each mission, something new is tossed into the pot, or something that's already in the mix, such as one of the game's lietmotifs, gets iterated upon. It builds up to everything surging back together during Presidia, the track for the penultimate mission, and then gets bathed in a sea of nuclear orange fire for the finale, Kings.

Except Kings isn't really the final track. That honor goes to Coronation. One has stood, the other fallen, along with all they were fighting over to begin with.

[AplReach]

I said it once, I now say it again:
This one is an evil twin of "Daredevil". If the latter sets the tone for a hero that saves the world, "Kings" makes you realize that there are nobody left to save and now only one thing remains: to rain vengeance upon the one who caused the devastation that claimed all the lives. And it's beautiful in its violence and tragicness!

[Scientist]

The skies burned in rage for a day that should have ended in glory, now in ashes and flames. Two armies came to end what had began on this battlefield with dreadnoughts finding solace in the blue abyss, airships scattered across the city, and the streets shadowed by a duel above. Friend and foe watched as fate hinged on two men engaged in vicious combat, each striking with swift precision and grace beyond compare. Yet, whenever their blades clashed, it was as if they heralded the gods of war.

It was at that battle that a mercenary became a king and a peacekeeper transformed into a war monger.

A contract to complete, a kingdom to save, and a vengeance to be fulfilled.

[aquila]

"The human capacity to endure"
That is a excellent and simple way to not only describe the song, but the entire story. Project Wingman throws a devastating war plus geothermal bombs that can cause a geothermal tectonic disaster at you. The main character has to endure an inhuman amount of suffering during the entire game, both physical and mental, and this song really describes the amount of hell Monarch is enduring but still pushing through like the absolute badass he is.

[bleepbloop]

Spoilers for PW

I think the key underlying emotion is rage. First you got the rage from the antagonist, who’s mental state has degraded to the point that he restarts the in game equivalent of the apocalypse, which he then proceeds to blame you for. Then you got the rage coming from the protagonist/you. You’ve already fought this guy 3 times before, you don’t know if your team is alive or dead, he’s monologing about how everything is your fault and how you ruined his life while flying throwing the kitchen sink at you, and he even breaks the story structure. Crimson 1 is such an asshole that he ruins the good ending you should have had in mission 20 and makes the story continue for an entire mission (mission 21, which is also called Kings) and you hate him for every second of it. If you weren’t angry at him before, you are now.

And one thing I’m surprised you didn’t mention is how chaotic the score is, which is very appropriate for the shit you have to do in order to fight crimson 1.

[Sparking_Ram]

The most stand out moment of the fight is definitely when you finally get the boss's health to zero, all music cuts out, the bar refills, your own health bar appears next to his, and there's no music for the rest of the fight. Just jet engines, missile lock on pings, and occasional machine gun bursts.

[jamarswope]

Clicked SO FAST. This one is the inverse of all those empowering Ace Combat themes and it’s AMAZING.

A duel above a burning city, in an orange sky, against a pilot filled with such distilled hatred you can’t help but be chilled to the bone…

[harithmuller]

Honestly, at this point Marco should go and either watch the scenes or just play them outright to really sell the grandeur of the tracks. Blind analysis like this is really cool and i love to see it, but having the song along with the best boss battle this side of the industry would be dope as all hell

[anlize]

Ah yes... The fight with Crimson... only this song can describe the rage that is shooting that forsaken bastard.