Super Smash Bros. Brawl Main Theme



The Main Theme song in particular 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 Sakurai himself. The lyrics are seen in the closing video of the Subspace Emissary.

Specifics

 * Composer: 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
 * Composotion, 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 crescil.

Translated Lyrics
The translation of the lyrics appears in the end game credits of Subspace Emissary as follows:

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 also revere him Feared by many - I also 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 heros Some, my mortal enemies

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

Although the above translation is fine for idiomatic English, the translation takes many liberties with the tenses and strict verb meanings in the Latin. A more accurate translation which stays truer to the Latin follows:

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

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.

There is hope for everyone, and also for me. There is fear for everyone, and also for me.

That one is close to me.

That one is close to me. There are allies to me. Those who were once brave men and who were once rivals.

And by contesting and by fighting fiercely Our splendor grows.

Meaning
The song describes how different characters come from different universes, how those heroes (or villains) defeated many enemies in combat to earn a spot in Brawl as a playable character. The "legends" of that person are the trials and tribulations that those characters had to go through (For example, Mario having to save the Mushroom Kingdom countless times from King Bowser). The fifth and sixth stanzas refer to The Subspace Emissary on how characters fight together, or more generally to any Brawl in which the teams are ever-changing, pitting characters against each other in likely or unlikely arrangements.