-I was super excited to put this final form of the song together. Every nod to the Ikanan Ball made me giddy, and even the Elegy of Emptiness got to speak up! I'm very grateful that this piece was a part of this project.

-Cover of "Stone Tower Temple" from Majora's Mask, originally composed by Koji Kondo.

Stone Tower Temple

-As I was building my instrument list for Deku Palace, Ook's melody turned into a test of sorts, and by the end of it I couldn't help but include this bit into the song. I'm quite fond of it now.

-Cover of "Ook" from Twilight Princess, originally composed by Toru Minegishi and Asuka Ohta.

-I like this piece. Always have. Baking it into the plot was never a question of "if" for me. I probably overplay it, but I really don't care!

-Cover of "Lanayru Sand Sea" from Skyward Sword, originally composed by Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yokota, and Takeshi Hama.

Lanayru Sand Sea

-The more time I spend with that brass, infrequently as that might be, the more I want to put it in everything I do.

-Cover of "Gerudo Town" from Breath of the Wild, originally composed by Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and Hajime Wakai.

Gerudo Town

-It's hard to not play all your built-up ideas at once when you sit down to make a song. I did not do well at making a calmer version of this for what felt like weeks. Managed in the end, though!

-Cover of "Stone Tower Temple" from Majora's Mask, originally composed by Koji Kondo.

Ikana is Dead

-Bellum challenged me, as a song. I wanted to go somewhere different instrument-wise, and mimic some of that otherworldly discomfort that Tears of the Kingdom had done so prominently. Certainly a struggle I'll come back to.

-Cover of "Bellum" from Phantom Hourglass, originally composed by Kenta Nagata and Toru Minegishi.

Bellum

-I feel like this song was just begging to be used in a tabletop setting. I get a kick out of it every time.

-Cover of "Forsaken Fortress" from Wind Waker, originally composed by Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, Hajime Wakai, and Kenta Nagata.

Forsaken Fortress

-I once dreamed that every combat song, if not every song in Madrigal, would be able to cycle through instruments to accentuate each protagonist as we played. This dream was a bit ambitious for me, but this song's vertically variable bridge is a relic of than dream, still appearing every once in a while.

-Cover of "Mini-Boss" from Ocarina of Time, originally composed by Koji Kondo.

Ocarina of Time Mini-Boss

-I originally hoped to recreate more of the iconic opening pieces and have them rotate through to keep things from getting stale, but that ended up not ever being an issue. This cover exists as a relic of a fear that got put to rest very very quickly!

-Cover of "Title Opening" from Majora's Mask, originally composed by Koji Kondo.

Majora's Mask Opening

-This finished product 'belies the effort that went into it', as they say. No piece of music has ever haunted me so. The story's not worth your time, but I just need you to know that this cover taught me what no classroom ever could.

-Cover of "Talus Battle" from Breath of the Wild, originally composed by Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and Hajime Wakai.

Talus

I like storytelling music most, particularly when it knows when to swell, and when to let a moment breathe. I write that kind of music.

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