A few days ago, Ace Combat 7 composer Keiki Kobayashi posted a video of himself playing the game’s main theme, and the fans are joining in.
The video was originally posted alongside Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War’s theme, which was also composed by Kobayashi-sensei, in order to provide some entertainment to fans stuck at home due to the Coronavirus emergency.
Over the following days, fans have rallied under the hashtag #ACE7Music and #StayAtHome to basically play along with the composer.
Many videos have been posted on social media, including fans playing along live with a variety of instruments, while some added their digital performance in various music suites, all the way to full-fledged rearrangements.
Below you can see a selection from Twitter users 暁雨（あきさめ), げーむやかんねっと, 音割れエイパム, mgnt（マゼンタ), みえなしぎ, 四隅, 将也, yuta ogata, 山本こーすけ, みやでん/YELLOW13, horse, Lemi, Kei Omachi, シャリエミン, WildBillIllustration, 𝘄𝗮𝗸-𝘁𝗲𝗰h 電子工作, カゲはる「べひょべひょ」, ユコウ, 空野 祐哉, SIERU/スカイ/空の友人, PAD長(仮), やぶ, おぼろん, おぼろんアーゼマの使徒＠鞄鯖, Xite747, drone, Rist, ハミング, パポス/Ryo@フリーランス, 雅弥?, 虎神_, まんじゅう@えっちなお医者さん, 唐揚げ隊長, and CJ, on top of YouTube users メタモエチューブ and yoshiko yamada.
Closing this “virtual performance” is a new video posted on the official channel featuring YouTubers 雨おとこ, -kerorin-, おれお, abeshi, 関根康行-ヤスくん殿下-, and とて@オタマトーン.
This is certainly a strong and heartwarming reminder that we’re all in this together.