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The Super Smash Bros. Brawl Main Theme is, as the name implies, the main theme of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, playing in the opening movie and The Great Invasion cutscene. It was first heard alongside the reveal of Brawl itself in the game's first trailer at E3 2006, before being posted on the Smash Bros. DOJO!! much later. The song was composed by Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu, and its lyrics were supervised by Super Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai. The translated lyrics are seen in the closing video of the Subspace Emissary, just before the credits. The melody is used in many of Brawl's original songs, albeit usually without the lyrics.

While the original song does not return in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, it returns as selectable menu music in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (after clearing World of Light). Its various remixes from Brawl return as selectable music in for Wii U and Ultimate for the main menu, Battlefield, and Final Destination. The song is also incorporated into the credits medley in both versions of SSB4.

Specifics [ edit ]

Composer : Nobuo Uematsu

: Nobuo Uematsu Arranger : HAL Laboratory, Inc.

: HAL Laboratory, Inc. Lyricist : SORA

: SORA Composition Supervisor : Nobuo Uematsu

: Nobuo Uematsu Arrangement Supervisor : Shogo Sakai

: Shogo Sakai Lyrics Supervisor : Masahiro Sakurai

: Masahiro Sakurai Lyrics Translation : Taro Yamashita

: Taro Yamashita Soprano : Oriko Takanashi

: Oriko Takanashi Tenor : Ken Nishikiori

: Ken Nishikiori Source : Original

: Original Conductor : Taizo Takemoto

: Taizo Takemoto Composition, arrangements, lyrics and translated lyrics ©Nintendo / HAL Laboratory, Inc.

Lyrics [ edit ]

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.

Translated Lyrics [ edit ]

The end game credits of The Subspace Emissary feature localizations of the lyrics, as follows:

English [ edit ]

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

Direct Translation [ edit ]

The English translation is a localization, and as such takes many liberties with the original Latin language's verb tenses and strict verb meanings. A more direct translation that stays true to the original Latin follows:

Hear the fame of that one

Alone he rushed into his enemies

and saved his country

Hear the fame of that one

He ran, destroying everything he touched

Hear the fame of that one

Hear the fame 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 fighting fiercely

our splendor grows.

Trivia [ edit ]