Legend of Zelda

Super Mario Galaxy - Ending theme

An orchestral cover of Fairy Queen from Zelda The Wind Waker. 

Used:
FL Studio, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Audio Albion, Loegria, Sable, Mural, BML Woods, BML Brass, Percussion, Harp, Solo Strings, Cinesamples Piano in Blue.

The Legend of Zelda - WW - Fairy Queen Orchestra

I do not own any of these songs.  Credit goes to GilvaSunner for the songs in HQ,  All rights reserved by Nintendo of America, Nintendo of Japan, and the rest of the team.  Composed by Masato Koike
and Yuki Matsumura.  I hope you'll enjoy the badass songs of Hyrule Warriors, brought to you by none other than Nintendo themselves.  

Silent Guardians - Hyrule Warriors OST

Lorule Main Theme (TLOZ A Link Between Worlds) - Super Smash Bros. Wii U

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Finally we arrive at the Tal Tal Mountain Range Grand Orchestration. Since I first started, I was tempted to arrange it early on, as it is also my favorite track. Through great patience and humility, I held off on it, and even placed it far off in the tracklist, until my skills improved enough to tackle this beast. It is more appropriate here anyways, as this is when you can finally reach the majority of the mountain. Nevertheless, I've been arranging it in my head for the last 9 months, and obsessing over it until now.

With regards to instrumentation, I felt the interpretation from the "Symphony of the Goddesses" concert was suitably epic, though a bit brief since it was a medley, so I kept mine similar for the fast parts. Tambourines really do add a nice flavor to the energetic rhythm and keep it from sounding too heavy. For the repeating ostinato, I used a combination of ukulele and nylon string guitar, which is similar sounding to the Gerudo Valley theme.

Although every characteristic of the original song is preserved in my arrangement, I still made some significant alterations. The first drastic change you'll notice is that the opening phrase of the main melody has been stretched out 4 times. I felt that the original version rushed to the climax too early. By giving it more room to develop, I feel the melodic progression sounds a lot smoother this way. This also gave me more places to try out all sorts of instrument combinations and articulations. Check out those strings playing trills in discord to the melody. Sounds slightly off, yet somehow works!

One possible controversial addition I made is introducing a third arc to the music after the first two repetitions of the main melody. Since the song is constantly fast and rhythmic, having it on repeat might sound a bit exhausting to a listener. A mountain range consists of peaks and valleys, plateaus and caves. I wanted to add some gloom and introspection, as I'm sure Link must be feeling as he nears the end of his journey. This also allows your mind ears to rest in between the awesome main melody.

Tal Tal Heights / Mountain Range - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

Zelda Majora's Mask - Clock Town Acoustic Cover

My Remaster of the "Overworld" track from The Legend Of Zelda: Links Awakening

Overworld (The Legend Of Zelda: Links Awakening)

This song always makes me cry. Heck, if I ever were to die, I would want this playing at my funeral. Still, this is a great game that I will never forget.

Pokemon- Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Of Time/Darkness/Sky OST - Don't Ever Forget

A sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage.

Hidden Skill Training

An orchestral cover of Kokiri Forest from Zelda Ocarina of Time. I'd never paid much attention to the Zelda music until recently. I wish I had gotten into it much earlier as there's so many good pieces of music hidden behind 8bit blips and blops.

I tried to keep faithful while adding a little of my own style. I know it's a bit samey as my other stuff in parts, but that's just how I compose, I think.

Used: FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Albion, Solo Strings, Percussion & Harp, Cinesamples CineBrass, HollyWoodwinds & CineSnare, Project Sam Symphobia 2 & True Strike, 8dio Requiem Pro, Private Orchestral Library

Zelda OoT - Kokiri Forest Orchestra

Hyrule Castle (The Legend Of Zelda- Breath Of The Wild OST)

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Let's get this out of the way first. Breath of the Wild is a great game, possibly the best Zelda game ever made. The world is expansive and allows so much freedom, self-discovery, and experimentation. However, I felt that Nintendo really dropped the ball on the story and music. The Switch Presentation Trailer Nintendo showed gave me such hope for the epic music that would assault my ears, but sadly we were all misled.

To me the soundtrack is only half-complete. The tracks are all atmospheric, and fit the setting really well, but ineffective in describing the context. The whole world has been plunged into darkness. Ganon's calamity infects the landscape, and yet all the inhabitants feel like they're at peace with it. Link has woken up from a hundred year slumber, and the world barely reacts to his return. What I had hoped to see was Ganon reacting to Link's presence. As Link defeats each divine beast, there should be a great escalating response from the opposing forces. But the world stays pretty much the same. The sense of adventure I felt in the beginning of the game sort of faded away. Instead the world felt more like just a playground for Link to play in until he decides to go save Zelda.

The music for the enemies on the world map all have this playful silliness to it, which I felt was in contradiction to the context. Hence, this arrangement I made for the guardian battle, I consider more of a REVISION. I referenced the tone of the trailer music heavily in trying to come up with my version. For the percussion, I used a lot of wood and metal knick knack sounds to preserve the idea that the player is free to be creative with his/her strategies in fighting the guardians. When encountering these for the first time, most players probably fail and die quickly. The thrill you get from defeating these for the first time is very exhilarating, and I wanted the music to convey that. I borrowed the main theme of the game and injected it into the track to give it more emotion. Even though the end result is a lot more heavy highs and lows, I feel I still was able to keep the lightness of track intact.

Revision of the Wild

Guardian Battle & Main Theme Orchestration - from Breath of the Wild

My favorite theme from XY. I'm surprised I couldn't find it here.

Kalos Power Plant/Pokeball Factory - Pokémon X & Y OST

The Dark World - The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Special Orchestra

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Official Soundtrack

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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.

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