Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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"Amidst the blue skies, a link from past to future"

ISAF
Arranged for clarinets (3 Bb, 2 Bass Clarinets)
Composed by Keiki Kobayashi

My knowledge of airplanes and airplane games is very minimal but dang does this series have a banger of a soundtrack. This was a recommendation from my husband to cover (who, based on having a custom Mobius 1 patch on a bomber jacket and a Razgriz wall light, likes Ace Combat a Perfectly Normal Amount) and it was nice to do an arrangement from something he really loves.

This was a fun one to do, as it has some sweet lines on bass clarinet. Please pretend I can do horn rips on woodwinds though.

And yes, that is the Xbox 360 flight stick being manned by TATERS AS A KITTEN (and Triangles) they are my favorite wingmen.

Shoutout to @hamlin_music's brass quintet arrangement of this track which helped me a whole lot in cooking up my adaptation: youtube.com/watch?v=wa-apUh2kec
Stock footage: youtube.com/watch?v=W1FEOXRS8LA
Thumbnail photo credit: Captain (Dr.) Middlestaedt, Flight Surgeon, US Air Force