Editing Lifelight

{{ArticleIcons|ultimate=y}}
[[File:SSBU Spirits are freedom.png|thumb|200px|[[Spirit]]s returning to their worlds during the "Restoration" cutscene in World of Light, a literal depiction of the song's opening line]]
'''Lifelight''' ({{ja|命の灯火|Inochi no Tomoshibi}}, ''Life's Light'') is the main theme for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. The full vocal version and the theme's title were first revealed at the end of the [[Nintendo_Direct#November_1.2C_2018|November 1st, 2018 Super Smash Bros. Direct]] during the trailer for [[Adventure Mode: World of Light]]. Prior to this, an ominous snippet of the first verse was heard during the game's initial teaser in the March 8, 2018 [[Nintendo Direct]], and an instrumental “remix” of most of the complete melody played during the "Everyone is Here!" trailer at [[E3]] 2018. Neither of these variants can be played in the final release. The theme is composed and arranged by Hideki Sakamoto<ref>http://www.noisycroak.co.jp/works/product/smashbros_special.html</ref> and sung in Japanese by Erina Koga<ref>https://twitter.com/SmashBrosJP/status/1067615604171923457</ref> and in English by Abby Trott<ref>https://nintendoeverything.com/smash-bros-ultimates-lifelight-singer-cried-when-she-found-out-what-game-she-worked-on/</ref>. 

In the game proper, an abridged version of Lifelight plays during the [[opening movie]] and is played in full during the true ending. The Japanese version is used if the language is set to Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese, while the English version is used for English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and Dutch. Both the English and Japanese versions of Lifelight can be selected as alternate menu music in [[My Music]] after clearing World of Light, and can be used as music for [[Stage Builder|custom stages]] as well as on {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, [[Small Battlefield]], {{SSBU|Big Battlefield}} and {{SSBU|Final Destination}} if the "All Music" option is enabled. Lifelight's melody is also incorporated into most of [[List of SSBU Music (Super Smash Bros. series)|''Ultimate''{{'}}s original music tracks]] such as "Menu" and "Battlefield," as well as the {{SSBU|Mii Fighter}}s' [[victory theme]].

==Specifics==
*'''Music Composition''' / '''Arrangement Supervisor''': Hideki Sakamoto
*'''Lyrics Supervisor''': Masahiro Sakurai
*'''Lyrics Translator''': Eric M. Smith / Ryan N. Kelley
*'''Recording Manager''': Mahito Yokota
*'''Musician Coordinator''': Norito Sekiya
*'''Japanese Vocalist''': Erina Koga
*'''English Vocalist''': Abby Trott
*'''Performance''': Super Smash Bros. Orchestra

==Lyrics==
The song's lyrics can be found on the game's [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site|official website]], on the Music page. The lyrics can be accessed by clicking on an animated twinkling star in the background of the theme's banner. The lyrics can be viewed in English and Japanese regardless of the language chosen on the website.
<!--DO NOT change the transcription of the lyrics without discussing it on the talk page first. This is the official formatting taken directly from the website.-->
===English===
<div style="font-style:italic">
Colors weave into a spire of flame<br>
distant sparks call to a past still unnamed<br>
Bear this torch against the cold of the night<br>
Search your soul and reawaken the undying light<br>

On that day, when the sky fell away<br>
Our world came to an end<br>
In our eyes, did a fading sun rise in the dark?<br>
glimmering shadows<br>

Silence grows, in the spaces between<br>
stretching out beyond time<br>
Rising up, as a chorus of souls find a voice<br>
flickering through the void<br>

These little sparks, cling on to life,<br>
everyone caught in the struggle,<br>
And then the storms of change, they fan the flames<br>
scattering ashes to the wind<br>

Every soul contains a whisper of light<br>
gleaming faintly as it dwindles from sight<br>
No escape, no greater fate to be made<br>
In the end, the chains of time will not break<br>

Colors weave into a spire of flame<br>
distant sparks call to a past still unnamed<br>
Bear this torch against the cold of the night<br>
Search your soul and reawaken the undying light<br>

As fate spins a thread without end,<br>
new life draws its first breath,<br>
Blossoming in a soil reclaimed from the past,<br>
where destiny holds fast,<br>

Here where we stand, hand clenched in hand<br>
everyone caught in the struggle,<br>
This is the day we finally find our way<br>
stepping into our tomorrow<br>

Every soul contains a whisper of light<br>
growing louder as it calls to unite<br>
From the distance sings a chorus of souls<br>
rising slowly, stirring heat from the coals<br>

Colors weave into a spire of flame<br>
distant sparks call to a past still unnamed<br>
Bear this torch against the cold of the night<br>
Light will guide you, on your way to the ultimate fight<br>
<!--The next two sets of lyrics aren't listed on the website, but are still present in the vocals-->

Every soul contains a whisper of light<br>
growing louder as it calls to unite<br>
From the distance sings a chorus of souls<br>
rising slowly, stirring heat from the coals<br>

Colors weave into a spire of flame<br>
distant sparks call to a past still unnamed<br>
Bear this torch against the cold of the night<br>
Light will guide you, on your way to the ultimate fight<br>
</div>

===Japanese===
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Kana !! Romaji !! Translation
|-
|
とりどりの色たちがつむぐ　炎の螺旋<br>
果てしなく続いてく　はるかから受け継いだ光<br>
|
''toridori no irotachi ga　tsumugu honō no rasen''<br>
''hateshi naku tsudzuite ku　haruka kara uketsuida hikari''<br>
|
Various colors spin into a spiral of flame<br>
The distant, inherited light continues endlessly<br>
|-
|
空が落ちたあの日　目にしたのは<br>
朽ちる明星か　尽きない宵闇か<br>
|
''sora ga ochita ano hi  me ni shita no wa''<br>
''kuchi ru myōjō ka tsukinai yoiyami ka''<br>
|
On that day when the sky fell before our eyes<br>
Is it a dying star or an endless twilight?<br>
|-
|
永遠(とわ)に続くような　しじまの中<br>
無数の魂が　ほのかな鼓動を打つ<br>
|
''towa ni tsudzuku yōna　shijima no naka''<br>
''musū no tamashī ga hono kana kodō o utsu''<br>
|
In between the everlasting silence<br>
Countless spirits, a faint heartbeat<br>
|-
|
命の灯火　全ての人たち<br>
吹き抜けてゆく風に　身をゆだねたまま<br>
|
''inochi no tomoshibi　subete no hitotachi''<br>
''fukinukete yuku kaze ni mi o yudaneta mama''<br>
|
Everyone's lights of life<br>
Entrusting their bodies to the wind blowing through<br>
|-
|
生けるものが　かすかな光を放ち消える<br>
悠久の刻の中駆ける　さだめと絆<br>
|
''ikerumono ga　kasukana hikari o hanachi kieru''<br>
''yūkyū no toki no naka  kakeru sadame to kizuna''<br>
|
Living things release faint light<br>
Run in the heart of eternity, destiny and bonds<br>
|-
|
とりどりの色たちがつむぐ　炎の螺旋<br>
果てしなく続いてく　はるかから受け継いだ光<br>
|
''toridori no irotachi ga　tsumugu honō no rasen''<br>
''hateshi naku tsudzuite ku　haruka kara uketsuida hikari''<br>
|
Various colors spin into a spiral of flame<br>
Continue endlessly, the distant, inherited light<br>
|-
|
めぐる因果の中　息が芽吹き<br>
新たなる命が包む　この大地で<br>
|
''meguru inga no naka　ikiga mebuki''<br>
''arata naru inochi ga tsutsumu kono daichi de''<br>
|
A breath sprouts in the fate that surrounds<br>
New life will cover this earth<br>
|-
|
戦い　交わる　全ての人たち<br>
立ち上がり踏み出して　明日へ進みゆく<br>
|
''tatakai　majiwaru　subete no hitotachi''<br>
''tachiagari fumidashite asu e susumiyuku''<br>
|
Everyone caught in the struggle<br>
Stand, step forward, and advance towards tomorrow<br>
|-
|
生けるものが　かすかな光で織りなす星<br>
悠久の彼方まで　魂たちは歌う<br>
|
''ikerumono ga　kasukana hikari de orinasu hoshi''<br>
''yūkyū no kanata made  tamashi-tachi wa utau''<br>
|
Living things weave faint light into a star<br>
Spirits sing to the end of eternity<br>
|-
|
とりどりの色たちがつむぐ　炎の螺旋<br>
果てしなく続いてく　どこまでも流れゆく光<br>
|
''toridori no irotachi ga　tsumugu honō no rasen''<br>
''hateshi naku tsudzuite ku　doko ma demo nagare yuku hikari''<br>
|
Various colors spin into a spiral of flame<br>
Continue endlessly, light which flows everywhere<br>
|-<!--The next two sets of lyrics aren't listed on the website, but are still present in the vocals-->
|
生けるものが かすかな光で織りなす星<br>
悠久の彼方まで　魂たちは歌う<br>
|
''ikerumono ga　kasukana hikari de orinasu hoshi''<br>
''yūkyū no kanata made  tamashi-tachi wa utau''<br>
|
Living things weave faint light into a star<br>
Spirits sing to the end of eternity<br>
|-
|
とりどりの色たちがつむぐ　炎の螺旋<br>
果てしなく続いてく　どこまでも流れゆく光<br>
|
''toridori no irotachi ga　tsumugu honō no rasen''<br>
''hateshi naku tsudzuite ku　doko ma demo nagare yuku hikari''<br>
|
Various colors spin into a spiral of flame<br>
Continue endlessly, light which flows everywhere<br>
|}

==Gallery==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Theme video in English
|-
|{{#widget:YouTube|id=EhgDibw7vB4}}
|-
!Theme video in Japanese
|-
|{{#widget:YouTube|id=qiI7wTGV6Go}}
|-
!E3 2018 version (unused in the final game)
|-
|{{#widget:YouTube|id=envO76P5uFA}}
|-
|}

==Trivia==
*This is the first main theme to have an official title.
**It is also the first main theme to have its main version be officially revealed a significant amount of time after the game's reveal.
*While the [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Main Theme|main theme]] of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' has vocals in Latin, this one has vocals in both English and Japanese, a series first.
**As a result however, and unlike ''Brawl'', the vocals are not subtitled in any language when sung during the final [[credits]]. This causes ''Ultimate''{{'}}s main theme to have official lyrics in two languages, while ''Brawl''{{'}}s main theme had official lyrics in eight languages (including Latin) depending on the language of the game.
**The ''Brawl'' and ''Ultimate'' main themes are also the only main themes that can be used as alternate menu music in their original forms (as opposed to remixes).
*The English lyrics of the song on the game's official website used to contain an inconsistency in the seventh verse: the sung lyrics are "where destiny holds fast", while the printed lyrics were "where our future holds fast". On November 6th, 2018, this inconsistency was fixed on most English versions of the website, but it remained on the North American version, until it was fixed approximately two weeks later.
*The ominous non-vocalized first verse of Lifelight heard during the game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Gt42kVgCw first teaser trailer] and at the beginning of [https://youtu.be/82Q2XTJ8jWk Sora's reveal trailer] can also be heard in the World of Light opening cutscene as Kirby looks over the desolate landscape.
*The E3 instrumental version of Lifelight, heard during the "Everyone is Here" trailer and on the Music section of the game's website, is absent in the final game, although as the second to last vocal part of the song was used for the final boss fight between [[Galeem]] and [[Dharkon]].
**Prior to the official reveal of Lifelight, this version of the song was used as the main theme instead. 
**This version cuts out half of the first verse, and replaces the fifth and sixth verses with the instrumental at the end of the final version.
**Despite not being used in the actual game, the chorus at the end of this version plays during [https://youtube.com/watch?&v=TLKX2nOQxP4 advertisements] on YouTube for each fighter on the Fighters Pass Vol. 1 and for [https://youtube.com/watch?v=GIkGw8Cggbk Fighters Pass Vol. 2 as a whole], and  [https://youtube.com/watch?v=hRBmt4UFyAo the announcement of more DLC fighters after the Fighters Pass Vol. 1].
***The beginning portion of the E3 2018 song also plays in a [https://youtube.com/watch?&v=Bcu1N5KOonE Nintendo UK ad for the Fighters Pass Vol. 1 as a whole].
*Abby Trott, the English vocalist of Lifelight, said in an interview that she had no idea she was auditioning for the role of the main vocalist in ''Ultimate''. As a life-long fan of Nintendo, she stated that she cried when she realized exactly what she was auditioning for, and that the opportunity was "extremely special".
**Relatedly, following ''Ultimate'''s release, Abby Trott also portrayed characters in other notable platform fighters using crossovers of established IP, those being [https://wiki.supercombo.gg/w/Nickelodeon_All-Star_Brawl/April_O%27Neil April O'Neil] in the ''Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl'' series and [https://multiversus.wiki.gg/wiki/Wonder_Woman Wonder Woman] in ''MultiVersus''.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Music (SSBU)]]
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. universe]]
	You aren't logged in. While it's not a requirement to create an account, doing so makes it a lot easier to keep track of your edits and a lot harder to confuse you with someone else. If you edit without being logged in, your IP address will be recorded in the page's edit history.
	Log in	Create account
Insert common text
Signature	~~~~
Symbols	£ ¥ ° ± × ÷ € ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥
Diacritics	À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Œ Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø œ ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ
Wikitext	[] [[]] \| [[Category:]] [[File:]] #REDIRECT: [[]] {\| \|- \|\| \|}
Templates	{{cleanup}} {{image}} {{reflist}} {{stub}} {{d}} {{delete}}
Formatting	<!----> <br> <code></code> <gallery></gallery> <nowiki></nowiki> <ref></ref> <references/> {{#widget:YouTube\|id=}}
Substitution	<includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude>