The Super Smash Bros. Brawl 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 the leitmotif of Brawl, mainly being used in its special modes.
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.
English Lyrics
Localised 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, is not strictly literally translated. Right the first word, 'audi' (meaning "listen') has been mistaken with 'audivi' (meaning I've heard).
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 man!
Alone he faced his foes
And saved his country.
Listen to the legend of that man!
He ran, destroying everything he touched.
Listen to the legend of that man!
Listen to the legend of that man!
Hope to everyone, also to me.
Fear to everyone, also to me.
That man!
He is close to me.
That man!
He is close to me!
I have friends
Who were once brave men
and rivals.
By fiercely competing and fighting,
Our splendor will increase.