Gleeok Battle (All Phases) - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (OST) 

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"ok i'm decently powerful now, i'm gonna go to the coliseum and beat the lynel to see what it drops" it was NOT a lynel.

Might be coincidence but it's really neat how Gleeoks are kind of the opposite of Lynels. Lynels *can* do ranged attacks but prefer close combat and use a variety of different moves and even feints. Gleeoks force a long ranged fight and don't have that many attacks, just relying on brute strength. Also, Lynels are valiant enough to fight to the end, Gleeoks are cowards that try to bombard enemies out of range when they realize they're in danger. The Lynel's big weakness (being mounted and hit from behind) is an unfortunate and unavoidable part of their physiology, Gleeok's big weakness (fall damage) is usually a punishment for their own tactics.

BotW: Wanna see me bring back a classic Zelda enemy and make them one of the strongest enemies in the game? TotK: Wanna see me do it again?

1:40 You know the composers have transcended beyond their capabilities when they can make music that feels like you're being cheered for.

I was about to say gleeoks are the new guardians but no thats the soft heart warming hands that definitely dont come out the ground to fst you

Imagine three guardians firing at you in different directions simultaneously lasting a lot longer than usual. Their beams cannot be reflected back at them, and Ancient Arrows (Blades) only do moderate damage as opposed to one-shotting them. All this while different weather rages on depending on the member being at its worst if it's thunderstorms. Oh, and they can fly and summon crazy attacks in midair. This is Gleeok.

1:41 Makes me so happy because it's the closest we have to a Link Theme and it's so upbeat. Link's actual personality contrasts a lot his usual silent demeanor, he shows so much joy when new opportunities present themselves and this leitmotif is representative of that, you just know he's enjoying beating the shit out of that giant dragon as much as you are.

The amount of triplets and phrases with 3 notes in them is so cool, it just has to be a reference to the Gleeok's 3 heads

Fighting a Lynel in BotW: Ah shit... Fighting a Lynel in TotK: 'Bring better warriors next time.' Fighting a Gleeok in TotK: 'Ah shit...'

The stunned fanfare is soooo good, right now when I am not scared of them anymore I fight Gleeoks mainly for this theme

Can we talk about how horrifying it is when these things unhinge their jaws like a snake and then proceed to scream at you?

Gleeok horns hold so much magic in em they can never go into a cooldown like other fuseable elemental materials.

I had no idea how little was actually going on in this arrangement. It shows the brilliance of the composition that they leave so much space for the game sounds to do their part.

I wasn't expecting for my first Gleeok battles to make me feel like I was in Monster Hunter instead of Zelda, even the battle theme has a MH feel to it

Just beat my first two Gleeoks last night on the Lake Hylia bridge and at the Coliseum Ruins and hearing that victorious theme at 1:40 was the best feeling. It was short but it made me feel good that i was making progress and being able to land in some strong hits to show them who's boss

Something I enjoyed about Lynels in BOTW and of Gleeoks now in TOTK, is that these battles feel like, a small mistake can cost you everything, the risk and danger feels real (until you upgrade fully your armor obviously but lets ignore that) and I can't get enough of that feeling

This whole battle theme alongside the stunned part is super intense when fighting King Gleeok. This also had me in my Twilight Princess vibe, considering the Twilight cap is the reward for defeating the King Gleeok in the Depths.

The first Gleeok I encountered was the fire one on the rock pillar on the plateau overlooking Gerudo Desert. What a battle. I couldn't have asked for more epic scenery, the fight taking place from midnight to sunrise. When I felled the beast, it landed directly atop the rock pillar, and there I stood, basking in the morning glow, practically able to hear Link's primal victory yell.

If our old boys Manhandla and Aquamentus return I hope they get an equally menacing aura.

3x as many eyes 3x as many heads 3x as much danger 3x better music Real talk, I like how a lot of the musical cues have a bit of a “3 by 3” formation. When you have something important happening in the music, it happens 3 times, not just once, mirroring the 3 heads on a gleeok. This is a thing I love about Nintendo’s music, it’s a similar thing to “Double Cherry Pass” from Mario 3D World, where the music’s beats go 2 by 2, referencing the mechanic of the double cherries.

We need rideable gleeoks, it would be so badass. Just me?

Obviously the fanfare is excellent, but I also love the finishing blow theme at 3:40. At this point the gleeok lifts all of its heads off the ground for one final roar before they all crash to the ground to the final blast of brass. I like that the last chord is flat, too, it suggests "I won, but at what cost?"

The part at 1:41 will never fail to get my blood pumping and put a smile on my face.

"Everyone ran when the Gleeok came, but monsters know better than bothering me! Here's a shroud that'll scare the wraps off Gibdo!" Can't believe that phrase is technically valid in this game!

1:40 gives massive Star Wars vibes and I love it.

I think we can all agree that in the first meeting with gleeok we all died.

I've heard loud horns before in a theme signaling surprise or danger... but wow the horns here just strike panic into you especially the first time you fight a gleeok and then all of the sudden you hear those horns just exploding.

the stunned versions of some of the bosses in this game are crazy, first the Molduga stun music hits and then the Gleeok fanfare stun music is also so incredibly good. I also like how gleeoks and molduga are nearly opposite in how their fight goes and the types of instruments in their themes reflects that.

This song sounds like panic with a sort of medieval feel to it, that swells up into a cheering fanfare when the Gleeok gets stunned. It's so good!

I'm listening to this on loop because there aren't any extended versions with the stunned phase

1:41 best part

O think this soundtracks match prefectly with the flame gleeok, i think the other ones deserved their own version of this theme with a few instrumental variation.

Can we talk about how gleeok looks like if ganondorf decided to transform in to dragon because he's tired of beeing a boar?

I told my little brother to fight a Gleeok (the only sage he has is tulin) (we share the switch, but he has a different account where he just started playing TOTK because I bought it recently, but the difference is that I I'm advanced because I became addicted, haha, but that isnt the theme.) So, I'm in my room watching RU-vid, and I hear this banger blasting full-ass from my brothers room, and I say ''HE IS REALLY DOING IT.'' I run to his room, and hes fighting that flame gleeok on that bridge,and he says,WHY DOES TULIN NOT EXTINGUISH HIM?! and I laughed, and then he got killed BY A SINGLE ATTACK. Better luck next time!

The fact that the gleeocks are just there, daring you to fight or steer way clear.

I love how the music actually feels like the gleeok is roaring and extremely furious.

The first time I tried fighting a Gleeok, it was one of the King Gleeoks to get a Sage's Will. My strategy was to hide behind the small bit of cover behind the chest where said Sage's Will was kept, and whittle it's health down over the course of an ENTIRE HOUR with Master Sword beams and Tulin. Only for my dumbass to forget (or I guess figure out) when it reaches 25% HP it enters "Bullshit Mode".

this and colgera are my faves from this ost i think

Gloom hands: the new Guardians Gleeoks: the new lynels

They better put this in smash 6

Majora's Mask vibes idk

If you had told me this song came from Monster Hunter, I'd believe you. It sounds SO similar to something you'd hear in MonHun's 3rd or 4th generation.

"Watch out Raiden! The Gleook's are no joke! Make sure to take cover or their lasers will fry you!"

1:39 is the best part its just nice

1:38 knowing exactly at what point in that bit the fall damage is makes me realise how many times ive thought these gleeoks. (Not to mention how great the next part is at getting my dopamine rushing)

0:57 - 1:22 the best part

It feels like you are in an 90's action movie scene especially when the vulnerable melody plays

The first Gleeok I encountered was the thunder one at Fort Hateno, tried fighting it and died almost instantly. Stayed away from them for a long time until I got to the golden horse quest, just said screw it, and proceeded to go ham on the frost gleeok that would’ve otherwise gotten in my way. I’m just glad I had plenty of cover or the fight probably wouldn’t have gone as smoothly.

This reminds me a lot of how they did the boss music in Pikmin 3, very adaptive, and that phase of the track when you stun the boss is the best thing to hear during the fight.

you know a boss is powerful when simply being near it changes the weather. And it can just make a natural disaster, It doesn't even need a cooldown.

The first time I saw a Gleeok, it was at the coliseum. I climbed up at a safe distance and shot him with an arrow just for fun The mf came flying up after me and I started frantically apologizing

The way the gleeoks are fought in this game, I imagine that the developers pulled their inspiration for the mechanics from Skyrim. The gleeok fights is essentially their answer to the dragon battles in Skyrim.

I've been fighting a lot of Gleeoks today, there are a pretty fun boss

I love how wild the beginning part is lol

This gives classic Monster Hunter vibes kinda ngl

1:10 when the king gleeok flys in the air and does a full on assault

When i encountered my first gleeok i got an autosave right behind the gleeok's leg. He kept killing me as i barely had time to escape. As i was flying away from him and dodging his beams i heard this theme and loved it immediately. I then tried to stay in his agro but to the point where i wouldn't die but also to the point his theme would still play. Edit:I know there were ways to get out of there, but I am playing this game for fun (like most people), and it's pretty fun to run from a monstrous dragon.

Who would win? A cyclopsian 3 headed dragon driven by hatred and malice with varying elements along with a stronger and bigger King variants with the 3 elemental heads. Or. Eyeballs

1:40 has so many Kid Icarus vibes to it, it's crazy. I wonder if anyone from Uprising worked on the soundtrack here

TOTK absolutely crushed it in the music department. So many great themes.

This legit would sound like it would be in a Monster Hunter game. Imagine if the gleeok would be in that game and this ost would be blasting

1:41 The searching for your attack boost armor theme

Why do I have to fight this big ass hydra 9 times to upgrade the Ancient Hero's Aspect? 😭

love is in the air? wrong! eyeball lynel arrows

I love gleeoks! good to see them again since the Nes zelda

I like how 3:28 hits and now all I can think of is Link and crew ganging up to just kick the shit out of the gleeok while it's down.

Facing the Flame Gleeok on the Bridge of Hylia, taking cover behind a somehow-fireproof wagon, sprinting away from its massive fireball drop, then riding the resultant updraft up to shoot it out of the sky and finish it off on the ground has got to be one of my top 10 Zelda moments.

Gleeoks have a design to them that reminds me a lot of how the hydra in Disney’s Hercules looks, and not just for being a multi-headed beast. I think the shared visual traits were no accident, but I’m glad for the familiar look. I always loved how creepy the Hydra in Hercules looked. Also this song slaps but I wanted to share my thought on that

I get nostalgic cuz of how many times I heard this over and over

The only reason these Gleeoks are difficult to some is how much damn health they have.

Combining Elements chaotic and menacing parts with more eminent stuff just fits fighting a dragon/hydra perfectly. On one hand, fighting this big monster is heroic and adventurous; on the other: thats basically a wild animal that has no reason to fight fairly to try and kill you

The fact I can KO this boss faster than a Lynel says how much stronger I became. 👁👄👁

that little "easter egg" at 0:05

It's so cool they brought back so many classic enemies and added so many new ones. It's just...i never realised that'd mean we'd get fucking semi-realistic gleeoks...at least their theme slaps xD

As another person said, this is like fighting three Guardians at once, but you can't instakill them. Honestly, I found having 60 defense to be a must.

The bit that plays when you're able to stun a gleeok ❤

Even thought Gleeoks destroy me 4 trillion times before I kill one, I LOVE this theme. (Also, it reminds me so much of Great Jagras theme and Tower theme from MHDOS..)

"Oh, what's that on Hylia Bridge?"

god i love these guys. especially the final phase on the ice ones where they straight up make a sky arena

The fact that these mfs dont go out hunting for people to kill but wait patiently for there next victim💀

1:40 gives off a Star Wars vibe

"I wonder what happens when i go to the coliseum, maybe there will be something co- *sees thunder gleeok from a distance* what in the world is that?"

*How I found out that the Thunder Helm doesn't give you **_complete_** immunity to electricity*

The first Gleeok I ran into was the underground King Gleeok in the Gleeok Den. Never have I panicked and noped out of a fight so quickly.

If someone told me this was a monster theme from a Monster Hunter title, I would believe that person.

My theory is that these are the same Gleeoks and other Monsters that Link has been fighting since Zelda 1. If it feels like these Monster have a personal grudge against you, that's because they do. You killed them before, you're killing them now.

This genuinely sounds like a theme that could’ve come from a 2nd generation Monster Hunter game!

The score for TOTK really gave back what BOTW lacked ( info they were going for isolation but come on), this is actually one of the best songs, in my opinion of course, in the whole game. It reminds me very much of Twilight Princess in that that it's a battle of music, going back and forth between the Gleeock in control, then Link having a moment to triumph. They really took progressive scoring to a whole new level and even made it a classic symphony. Making Gleeock, a nod to the first Zelda game in '86, just adds a cherry on top. I must have died numerous times before finally destroying the kin gin the depths, and the music was a big part of why I want to go back and fight it again!

sounds so much like an action movie from the 80's. very johnwilliams-esque

Fighting these things is so epic. I fought and killed my first Frost and Fire Gleeok over the last couple days. Used the Frost Horn on a weapon to deal tons of damage to the Fire Gleeok's heads when it fell down. When they fly high up into the air I had to AutoBuild some sort of flying machine to go up there. It was frantic.

Multi shot arrows+eyeballs=Free Gleeok Horns.

Hunting down all of the Sage's Wills made me really appreciate this track

"That was tough. What do I get for it?" "Pretty much nothing." "Oh. So it's not as satisfying as killing Lynels after you figure out how to do it?" "Not nearly."

For some reasons, it gives me MGS2 vibes,from the Tanker section.

Launching Gleeoks with Zonai devices and launching them into space is fucking hilarious

Not me, listening to this video on repeat all day ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Fought the frost one by the stables ngl that beast was hard so far journey has been great! Love the theme

I didn’t realize this theme was longer than 10 seconds

Laughs in using springs as a wall and then bouncing off of them to get up close to all of the gleeoks eyes