A collection of tracks from across the Zelda series; including arrangements and covers that are on the more relaxing and melancholy side.

Soul of the Tranquil

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Update 3/20/2015 - Adjusted woodwind levels in the middle section so the harmony sounds more accurate

This could have gone in many directions. I decided to go with a Classical period, Mozart-like piece with a direct translation, and then two variations after that. The melody for the second variation was achieved by inverting the village melody. I noticed that it sounds a little similar to the Kokiri Village theme from Ocarina of Time. Coincidence?

Mabe Village ~Variations on a Theme~ - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/2015 - Re EQ'ed

Update 5/2/2014 - Maximized the sound

When I first played the game, each time the music for the owl played, I always expected the two arpeggios were an intro leading up to the real song, which never was the case. This is my imagining of that song. I chopped up phrases from the Wind Fish song and scattered them around. As the game takes place within the Wind Fish's dream, I interpret the owl as a subconscious of the Wind Fish guiding Link to wake it up.

The Owl - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/2015 - Used new sample library for woodwinds.

Leave it to Link to disrupt their business with his pot smashing. I went with an instrumentation fit for chamber music, as this track takes place only indoors. The original version is extremely soft, and for people in a hurry, they might miss the nice melodic resolution in the second half. I took it another step further and added another section based on an inversion of the main piece. It took me some effort to get the harmony unique enough because it was sounding too much like "Kids Run Around the City Corner" from Final Fantasy VI, which as one of my favorite tracks in my favorite video game soundtrack, is permanently burned in my head. Anyway, I still need to work on balancing the instruments as they sound too blurred together no matter how I adjust them.

Peaceful Villagers - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/2015 - Lowered harp level

Waking Up - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/2015 - Used new sample library for the woodwinds

For those that are unaware, Richard is a character from the Japan-only game, "For the Frog the Bell Tolls," and makes a cameo in Link's Awakening. I only just found that out right before I started arranging. The overworld theme from that game contains a fully developed version of the theme, so I based my arrangement off of that instead, while still preserving the slower peaceful nature of the version found in Link's Awakening.

Richard's Villa (For the Frog the Bell Tolls) - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral

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Update 3/20/15 - Re EQ'ed

The part I really like from the original version was the oscillating triads that play at the end of the melody before it loops again. The rhythm gives off a feeling of reminiscence, that I wanted to develop more. This piece is similar to my arrangement for Kanalet Castle in design choices I made. I have no idea what kind of past the ghost had before he died. I wonder what was he hoping would be different when he revisited the house, but I guess we'll never know. What I like about sad music like this one is that the song itself is pretty optimistic, but because we understand the context it belongs in, the happier the piece in the gloomy setting, the contrast makes the listener sadder.

House by the Bay - Ghost House - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/15 - Re EQ'ed

I admit this arrangement doesn't sound like it would fit the context as much, but I needed another track to try out another riff of the Ballad of the Wind Fish: The Orchestral Swell. Imagine instead another scene, near the end when you talk to Marin again. She says she will never forget you, and will never forgive you if you do. She's probably laughing while she says it, but Link becomes overwhelmed by the reality that the person standing before her will cease to exist. That's when the swell of the orchestra comes in to amplify his emotions as he walks away.

Game Over - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

Great Fairy's Fountain

Kakariko Village

Legend of Hyrule

Lon Lon Ranch

Nocturne of Shadow

Staff Roll Credits

02 Kakariko Village - Twilight Princess Theme

05 Great Fairy's Fountain Theme

The Legend of Zelda - Majora's Mask Soundtrack

25 Astral Observatory

10 Mayor's Meeting

06 Clock Tower

Recorded October 16, 2016 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Theater
The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Taizo Takemoto

Soul of the Tranquil

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