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(tweaked repost of my own Resetera OT) I think it's safe to say there isn't another video game series where the music has not only been consistently compelling over its entire multi-decade lifespan, but also contributed so much to both its atmosphere and gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmcuuWMDW7c Composed primarily by Mario composer Koji "King of Melody" Kondo up to 2000's Majora's Mask, then sharing duties most notably with Splatoon composer Toru Minegishi, Mario Kart 64 composer Kenta Nagata, and Pikmin composer Hajime Wakai, The Legend of Zelda's soundtracks have produced many of the catchiest and most recognizable songs in all of gaming, not to mention some of the most intense battle themes, most emotional tracks, as well as soothing ambience and delightful quirkiness.  Zelda's composers have shown a magnificent ability to adapt music from any genre to match any mood. Bombastic orchestral, gentle piano, watery steel drums, flighty pan flute, dissonant Chinese opera gongs, ethereal chanting, and graceful harps. And the result always sounds like its own thing, rather than trying to ape classical or popular music. This holds true for Nintendo's music in general, but Zelda's strives to be so much more than just a cherry on top. It weaves itself into the fabric of the game, and becomes just as important a part of the journey as the dungeons, characters, and vistas.  And of course, while the heightened fidelity of the 3D Zelda soundtracks has contributed so much to these attributes, the tunes of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras still absolutely pack a punch. And the handheld entries haven't been slouches either. More Majora Title Astral Observatory Deku Palace Stone Tower Temple Inverted Battle Barrage Blizzeta (Part 2) Demon Lord Ghirahim (Part 2) Phantom Ganon (WW) Molgera (WW) Superior Interiors Shop (OoT) Potion Shop (OoT) Agitha's Castle (TP) Knight Academy (SS) Absorbing Ambient (Non-BotW division) Cave (TP) Hyrule Field Night (TP) Hyrule Castle, Area 1 (TP) Snowhead Temple (MM) Final Hours (MM) Curated Covers FamilyJules - Shooting Gallery Amy Turk - Great Fairy's Fountain Katy Adelson - Deku Palace Dr. Pez - OoT medley Patti Rudisill - Clock Town gabocarina96 - Hyrule Field (TP) Spencer Register - Minuet of Forest Will Vowels - Song of Storms (hammered dulcimer) ToxicxEternity - Hyrule Castle (LTTP) Little V's Zelda Covers Links (the ones you click ^_^) 8-bit Music Theory - The Music of Zelda's Overworld In-depth analysis of OoT songs Mark Brown (Boss Keys) - mini BotW music review/breakdown Mario & Zelda Big Band - Goron City Smashing...Live! - Great Bay Shrine Symphony of the Goddesses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO-FTl5fM18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlx29hKQSkc Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Jan 31, 2021 |
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While the emphasis of this thread is on the older tunes, feel free to talk about the new stuff too. Here's the two best tracks in Breath of the Wild: Minor spoiler Major DLC spoiler Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Jan 5, 2020 |
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My three favorite Zelda tunes aren't from the older games, but instead Breath of the Wild, and A Link Between Worlds. Minorish spoilers for BotW. You know you'll eventually end up there, but still. Also kind of minor spoilers for ALBW. And again. ETA: Also if covers are cool, this one is pretty cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwa4KJ9v968 AngryRobotsInc fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Oct 27, 2019 |
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Oct 27, 2019 22:31
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShQ398rf_Mo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9emx0jUnJno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxvzIaRVujU
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https://soundcloud.com/felikitty/sets/zelda-3-fm-project There are some really good FM synth remixes of LttP on here, especially the castle theme
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGiPYIPXueY
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Anyone know how to replace Skyrim's music with this 
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I miss Oracle of Ages. The game is fun, but I can't get past the part where you have to throw the... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K4RR12EUhs YeahTubaMike fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Jan 4, 2020 |
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This was brilliant. I don't really watch videos, but I actually watched and listened to the whole 30 minutes. What a medley! Shibawanko posted:https://soundcloud.com/felikitty/sets/zelda-3-fm-project I also really liked these. In fact who has more electric lo-fi covers or jazzy covers? There's so many just straight real instrument versions, which are fine, or metal ones, which I'm not keen on. Why are there so many hard rock/metal covers?
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Not hard, but acts as a highlight of her past Zelda performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibOe2BoOaCk
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Zelda for sure has some of my favorite video game music, across many titles. It's consistently great. But the real reason I opened this thread, was to post THE OCARINA OF RHYME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8lKkhylZ94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzQWNQrgr4A
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juICb7XcM9M
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Ocarina maker Spencer Register hadn't released a video in 7 years, then he goes and does this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk8gFqaRcsI
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Amy Turk has released a full album of Ocarina of Time harp covers.  Also, I fixed some broken links in the OP.
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YouTube channel Save Data has just completed a series of videos analyzing all the main dungeon themes from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnUqlRLaKnA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcIxuy55K9k Full playlist Also, here's a video from Thomas Game Docs detailing the use of samples in Zelda music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQQeVnd2VEk
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