A Link to the Past

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Remix of Intro)

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 - A Link To The Past - Dark World

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

Courage (The Legend Of Zelda - A Link To The Past Remix)

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Hyrule Castle

I decided I would recreate a little Zelda melody on my keyboard.

Zelda - A Link to the Past "The Goddess Appears" (Cover)

This is an orchestral cover of Overworld from Zelda A Link to the Past. 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. 

Used: FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Sonokinetic Vivace, Spitfire Albion, Solo Strings & Percussion, Cinesamples CineBrass, CineBrass Pro, CineSnare, CineOrch, HollyWoodwinds & VOXOs, Project Sam Symphobia II, VSL Orchestral Cube, Horizons & Performance set, Orchestral Tools Orchestral String Runs, Various Private Orchestral Libraries

Zelda ALTtP- Overworld

A Link to the Past - Zelda's Lullaby

ZREO - A Link to the Past Zelda's Rescue

My rendition of the Castle Theme from the video game Zelda: A Link to the Past arranged with EWQL Hollywood Strings and Bass. Enjoy!

A Link to the Past

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