the legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker - Main Theme

The Legend Of Zelda The Minish Cap OST

This big thing is my musical play through The Legend Of Zelda : A Link To The Past. It's actually a fully-reengineered version of my 2005 Dwelling of Duels entry that goes by the same name. I went through this again for the sole purpose of properly celebrating 10 years of activity within the VGM remixing community.


The opening Triforce jingle is a short prologue showing the listener what to expect : I blended the original note sequence from the game with a transcripted version using high quality sounds, to reflect the quality transformation of the whole arrangement.


The overall structure remains the same as it was, with most of Koji Kondo's original soundtrack being revisited in the gameplay order, but it underwent a full instrumental reworking along with in-depth harmonic and rhythmic upgrades. As a result, the song is also longer than before, mostly because of time signature and tempo adjustments. A complete breakdown of all the changes is probably unnecessary, but below are various specific ones I can think of :

- An organ is now playing alongside the other instruments during the whole song or so
- Both dungeons theme now feature a more progressive approach
- Full reprogramming of the drums
- Emphasised ska section in Kakariko
- A few playful pauses or silly melody alterations such as the one in Hyrule Castle (2)
- Guitars play richer stuff than before
- Overall better production


Fun fact : to complete this, I've recorded more than 2400 instrument takes, as usual for the sake of hunting the magical accidents that uplift each part of the song - especially on the leads.


Source material breakdown :

0:00 - Title
0:21 - Opening Demo
1:15 - Hyrule Castle (1)
2:23 - Overworld
3:17 - Kakariko Village
4:43 - Sanctuary Dungeon
6:08 - Forest
6:40 - Master Sword Demo
6:55 - Church
8:04 - Hyrule Castle (2)
9:15 - Dark World (1)
10:12 - The Goddess Appears (1)
10:38 - Dark World (2)
11:08 - The Goddess Appears (2)
11:38 - Dark World Dungeon
13:12 - Dark Mountain Forest
14:59 - Princess Zelda's Rescue
15:36 - Priest
16:06 - Battle With Ganon
17:06 - Credits


Cover art by the awesome Hans "Hanzo" Steinbach : http://heavymetalhanzo.deviantart.com

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Unsealed [The Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past Medley]

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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Guitar Medley

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The Legend of Zelda - A Link To The Past - Lost Woods (Forest)

The Legend Of Zelda ''The Minish Cap'' - Palace Of Winds (Orchestra Version)

Cover of TLOZ: Minish Cap
Boy, soooo many memories about this game...
And this track always got stuck in my head.

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The Legend Of Zelda: Minish Cap - "Minish Village" Cover

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past playlist.

Note the similarities between this and A Link Between Worlds. I suppose since they're set in the same Hyrule they have similar soundtracks.

Princess Zelda's Rescue   The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past

Hyrule Field Main Theme   The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past

Hyrule Castle   The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past

Dark Hyrule Castle, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap cover

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap - Palace of Winds Cover

The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past - The Capturing Of Princess Zelda (SNESology)

My collection of songs that remind me of my summers

The Legend Of Zelda - Song Of Storms

Here is a video game inspired song I wrote.  You'll also recognize a very familiar tune at the end of the song.  This is for all the Zelda fans out there!!!!  :D  Enjoy!

the legend of Zelda

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