Super Smash Bros. Brawl Main Theme



The Main Theme song was revealed along with the game itself at the game's first trailer in E3 2006 before being posted at the site much later. This thundering orchestra with vocals sung in Latin was composed by famed Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu, and its lyrics were supervised by Masahiro Sakurai himself. The lyrics are seen in the closing video of the Subspace Emissary. The instrumental part is used often in Brawl, normally in a remix mode.

Specifics

 * Composer: Nobuo Uematsu, (SMILE PLEASE Co. Ltd.)
 * Arranger: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
 * Lyricist: SORA
 * Composition Supervisor: Nobuo Uematsu
 * Arrangement Supervisor: Shogo Sakai
 * Lyrics Supervisor: Masahiro Sakurai
 * Lyrics Translation: Taro Yamashita
 * Soprano: Oriko Takanashi
 * Tenor: Ken Nishikiori
 * Source: Original
 * Composition, arrangements, lyrics and translated lyrics: Copyright Nintendo / HAL Laboratory, Inc.

Lyrics
Audi famam illius. Solus in hostes ruit et patriam servavit.

Audi famam illius. Cucurrit quaeque tetigit destruens.

Audi famam illius. Audi famam illius.

Spes omnibus, mihi quoque. Terror omnibus, mihi quoque.

Ille iuxta me.

Ille iuxta me. Socii sunt mihi, qui olim viri fortes rivalesque erant.

Saeve certando pugnandoque splendor crescit.

Commercially English Lyrics
The commercial English text variant of the lyrics is given in the end game credits of The Subspace Emissary, but is localized and, as a result, ignores many of the Latin language's tenses and strict verb meanings (e.g. translating the verb "Audi" as "I have heard" despite the fact that it is a second person singular in the imperative mood translating as "Listen to" and cannot be translated otherwise).

I’ve heard legends of that person How he plunged into enemy territory How he saved his homeland

I’ve heard legends of that person How he traveled the breadth of the land, reducing all he touched to rubble

I’ve heard legends of that person I’ve heard legends of that person

Revered by many -- I, too, revere him Feared by many -- I, too, fear him

Now, that person Stands at my side

Now that person stands at my side Now my friends are with me Some of them were once heroes Some, my mortal enemies

And as we face each other in battle, locked in combat We shine ever brighter

Literal English Translation
A more literal translation is as follows:

Listen to the legend of that one! Alone he rushed into his enemies and saved his country.

Listen to the legend of that one! He ran, destroying everything he touched.

Listen to the legend of that one! Listen to the legend of that one!

Hope to everyone, also to me. Fear to everyone, also to me.

That one is near to me.

That one is near to me! They are allies to me, Those who were once strong men and rivals.

And by contesting and by fighting fiercely Surely our splendor grows.