Arcade, 8-bit, and Game Soundtracks - part 3

𝟑 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

Day 28 of March Madness, where I challenge myself to remaster 1 final boss/final area theme from a video game every day. Today, I did the Great Palace theme from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. This game gets a bad reputation, but if you play it with save states/rewind and a guide, it's really fun. Dark Souls-esque combat on the NES hasn't aged that well, but the game is a fun one to pass the time. Not much to say about the song, though, except for the fact that I REALLY like how it came out. Enjoy!

Great Palace (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link) (March Madness: Final Boss/Area Themes Remastered)

Thanks everyone for patiently waiting. 3 years 9 months is how long I've been stuck on this track. I would always quit and do some other track, and this one always kept nagging on me until I finally gave myself an ultimatum to finish this up or none at all. I spent nearly every day of the pandemic working on it. Zelda II is such a different beast compared to the rest of the series, which is why I am an apologist for it. I really like how populated the world is, and funny enough it's still the game furthest along in the timeline. I treated it as if it was everyone's favorite in the series. This may be my only track where you see a perfect mesh of story, visuals, and music working in perfect sync.
 
For more notes on the track, and to appreciate it with the visuals, check it out on my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/thesecondnarrator

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Arrangement and Cover Art by Jeremiah Sun
Original Theme by Akito Nakatsuka
You can play Zelda II on the Nintendo Switch Online NES app

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement

01 - Prologue & Title Theme | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past playlist.

Note the similarities between this and A Link Between Worlds. I suppose since they're set in the same Hyrule they have similar soundtracks.

Princess Zelda's Rescue   The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past

Zelda II The Adventure Of Link - Palace Theme

Recorded Live @ House of Targ on Wed April 11th, 2018

Chrono Trigger Theme

Revised version after ace feedback from OC ReMix judges panel.

Zelda II The Adventure of Link - Do You Need A Light? Remix (Battle BGM)

F8-BIT are a cover band dedicated to classic console game themes. The quartet consists of some of Ottawa’s highest-scoring jazz players, who owe their quick fingers and epic grip strength to blistering rounds of Super Mario Kart as much as they do to music school. Expect to hear modern takes on the themes from Punchout, Super Mario World, Excite Bike, Mega Man, the Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog and many more of your favourite classic console games. F8-BIT deliver a total K.O every time!

The players are:
Michel Delage - drums
Alex Moxon - guitar
Jake Von Warden - bass
Steve Boudreau - keys