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Updated 3/6/2015 - Added some low woodwinds, and took out the snares for the pickup phrase, to make it sound more like the original version

Heart Container - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/2015 - Re EQ'ed for fuller bass in the boss section

This is an extremely basic idea of creating modular phrases of music that you stitch together depending on the action on screen. There are only three cues here. The first is for the beginning in the village where I stick closely to the original version. Second is when you storm the moblin hideout. I just pile on the instruments playing the frantic rhythm in unison. Last is a more subdued but still tense cue for when you fight the big moblin. You can tell in this simplified implementation, that you can time the next cue to play at the end of the next measure so you get a seamless transition. You can choose to repeat the cue, or jump to another one. When my skills improve, I hope to make a true orchestral modular piece with subtle transitions but still sound like it has a logical progression.

BowWow's Rescue - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/2015 - adjusted the EQ on the piano, fixed some of the tempo so it sounds smoother.

This is highly experimental. As a pianist turned composer, I was looking forward to a piano-centric piece to do. The articulations I settled on using are in many cases too fast for me to play, but if you are a world renown pianist, feel free to have fun with it. Nevertheless I thought it was important to preserve as much of the "performance" as I could, so for parts too hard for me, I would play the left and right hand parts separately, and in other cases, I would record the midi notes at slightly slower tempo then speed it up. A lot of the rhythms and riffs came from previous piano pieces I enjoyed playing and are far superior to this track. Check these out.

La Campanella "Little Bell" - Franz List (for the crazy high note trills)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Franz List (for the insane single note repetition)
Grande Valse Brillante in Eb Major - Frederick Chopin (for the repetetive notes leading to arppegios)
Polanaise in Ab Major - Frederick Chopin (the octave ostanatos that will destroy your left arm)

My interpretation is accomplished by creating three main versions of the original track. I imagine as the bottle level, there might be a factory somewhere or massive warehouse to deal with all the bottles coming in and out. That's where the orchestral middle section would fit. The beginning pure piano translation would be used for rooms and areas surrounding it. The final piano cadenza section was where I went crazy and just added whatever came to mind. Remember that one room where you're supposed to kill the enemies in a certain order? During my very first playthrough I was stuck in that room for weeks before I figured it out. The piano cadenza in some ways portrays the frustration I felt.

Bottle Grotto - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/2015 - Used new sample library for the woodwinds

For those that are unaware, Richard is a character from the Japan-only game, "For the Frog the Bell Tolls," and makes a cameo in Link's Awakening. I only just found that out right before I started arranging. The overworld theme from that game contains a fully developed version of the theme, so I based my arrangement off of that instead, while still preserving the slower peaceful nature of the version found in Link's Awakening.

Richard's Villa (For the Frog the Bell Tolls) - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral

Photosynthesis

Arranged by Milton Guasti.
Based on the original Metroid 2 song by Ryoji Yoshitomi.

Item Fanfare

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Original Soundtrack

Epona Rodeo

Midna's Theme

Horseback Battle

Lava Reef Act 1 (Beta Version)

Mushroom Hill Act 2 (Beta Version)

I am a developer as well as a self-taught composer. My style is creating narratives in music through the use of strong melodies and unique instrumentation.

Primary DAW used: Presonus Studio One

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