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Xander Martin requested a WL4 cover of this from me. Unlike some of his past requests this one seemed easy enough to warrant actually following up on. So I took a stab at it. 

At first I was using WarioWare, inc. as my standard for which sounds I could use. Actual Flute and Pan Flute sounds would be open to me this way, and the choir as well. 
[30,2] was an absolute shoe-in for the chorused plucked string, so that was obviously the first thing I did. I also went to the trouble of making this with Sappy playback in mind, unlike some of my other recent WL4 covers. 

Because of these 2 things I'd been flip-flopping on the idea of going full Arabian Nights with this waarangement. Finding ways of limiting the # of sound channels and # of voices while keeping audio seamless put the idea of also limiting myself to base WL4 instruments (justl ike good old day) in mind. 

So, after the initial arrangement was finished, I basically halted production for a while. I finally took a drug holiday this week, and I may resume it tomorrow (not sure just yet).
But anyway, today I came back to work on it a little more, since I remembered not being satisfied with it where it was. I did a bunch of patch event changes, and spruced up the choir part (which is now strings). 
For a while I had the 1st Flute set to be the Soft Electric Piano, but ended up changing it to [113,2], the Arabian Nights shanai. I ended up leaving the echo as [5,2] though, because it sounded like an echo for just the flutier portion of [113,2]'s sound. This gives the illusion that the lead is a doubling.

Cursed Wathedral - Wario's Mystery Meat

[Intro]
Gather 'round, dive into the tale,
Of a hero in green, off to set s-s-s-sail.
In the land of Hyrule, legends grow cold,
Brave-hearted warrior, a mission unfolds (unfolds).

[Verse 1]
Link starts his quest with a sword in his grip,
From a cave in the shadows, he’s r-r-r-ready to rip.
Across the land, to dungeons deep,
Monsters lurk, treasures keep (keep).

Fights through the darkness, Aquamentus falls,
Dungeon by dungeon, answering the c-c-c-calls.
Collects the keys, the map, the heart,
Each piece of Triforce, he must st-st-st-start.

[Chorus]
Link, keep fighting, keep fighting, strong and brave,
Through the night, through the d-d-d-day, never cave.
Link, keep fighting, keep fighting, on his quest,
With heart and courage, facing every t-t-t-test (test).

[Verse 2]
From the Eagle to the Moon, he finds his path,
Boomerang in hand, he avoids their w-w-w-wrath.
Through the Snake, the Lizard, dodges every blow,
With the Raft and Ladder, onward he’ll g-g-g-go.

The whistle blows, secrets unveil,
Link's on the move, he will not f-f-f-fail.
Magic Rod, Silver Arrows, tools of the fight,
Prepped for the darkness, he’s a beacon of l-l-l-light (light).

[Chorus]
Link, keep fighting, keep fighting, strong and brave,
Through the night, through the d-d-d-day, never cave.
Link, keep fighting, keep fighting, on his quest,
With heart and courage, facing every t-t-t-test (test).

[Bridge]
Now he stands at Death Mountain’s gate,
Ganon’s lair, the f-f-f-final fate.
With Silver Arrows, the beast he'll d-d-d-down,
Save Princess Zelda, claim the cr-cr-crown (crown).

[Outro]
So here's to Link, the hero of t-t-t-time,
From humble beginnings, to legend sublime.
Through trials and battles, he’s made his m-m-mark,
In the land of Hyrule, he’s the light in the d-d-d-dark (dark).

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Original composition by Tommy Tallarico.

Transcription and arrangement by Tony Grayson.

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