The Hyrule Castle Theme is Spectacular 

Despite the limited sound channels,it truly does sound like a full orchestra, I agree

It’s also nice to hear the OG Level Theme forever memorialized (and in-turn leads to meta that said-labyrinths really were defenses for Zelda’s triforce of wisdom (which she fractured and hid herself in the game’s scrolling text before getting abducted by Ganon to keep it out of Ganon’s Possession.) SO…2D Levels and the bosses and monsters inside? Actually those are defenses and appointed guards unless specified otherwise (like the Dark World/Lorule Dungeons-which actually ARE lairs and dungeons in-function since they’re where the banished miko are being held captive in LttP/LBW.)

You might like The Consouls jazz cover from Windwaker ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VQnIRwEQER8.html - not an orchestra but a quintet

It helps that at least two of the channels _are_ an "orchestra" type sound. Plus that lovely SNES audio chip.

Honestly pretty much all the link to the past music did a great job of sounding like an orchestra despite the limited sound capabilities on the gameboy advanced (i can't speak for the nes version)

Thought the same! Wagner style.

The only true competition is Kirby music

The Farewell Hyrule King version from Wind Waker, is the best version of it.

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@@maxpowr90 Oh definitely. And an incredibly moving arrangement for a character’s death scene who…was actually a major asshole. (Seriously-he has Link set up a Beacon for HYRULE ENTRANCE HERE, has Link break the Seal on a great deal of Ganondorf’s Power, then sidelines Tetra for Being Girl after completing her Triforce Piece and locking her away in HYRULE HERE-if you sail over Hyrule’s Entrance before completing the Triforce of Courage, it’s revealed that it’s locked away until you finish the Piece. Who has an entire Piece? GANONDORF. And the Tower of the Gods (which Link revealed by placing the Pearls) is SO MASSIVE that it’s easily scene in the distance as far away as Windfall, Forest Haven, and Dragon Roost.) Like…yes King’s traditionalist misogyny literally Makes Plot but. Y E A H… he didn’t even have Link CHECK ON THE OG Sages which would’ve avoided A Lot of trouble. (Or, y’know, keep Tetra close and on the move with Link. Tetra’s Ancestors keeping mobile with 3/4 of the Triforce of Wisdom is what kept Ganondorf or his followers from obtaining it. Ganondorf’s seen Tetra now, sure. But On The Move with the Master Sword wielder would still have been a Better Idea than “hiding” underneath a massive neon arrow sign. And unlike the New Sages, Tetra’s not combatively helpless!) But, yeahhh… the Kings have pretty much always been massive pieces of work in every game they appear in (LttP, OoT, WW, BotW.)

That was the first thing I noticed during this breakdown, too, how similar the Ikana Castle theme is. Surely on purpose. But Ikana Castle feels like it's missing the out-in-front brass melodies, opting for more ethereal voices and murmurings, leaving the brass just playing backup fanfare to... almost nothing. Appropriate for a dead kingdom.

So you won't mind playing this when the Queen enters the room then? Okay!

@LonerlRelnol They used to do Zelda symphony concerts all over the country and the world; maybe they still do them. I had the opportunity to go to one, and they indeed played an orchestral version of this piece. Very exciting!

@LonerlRelnol Honestly Kondo and Uematsu should be revered on the same levels as Mozart, Bach, Handel, etc. Their ability with sounds is undeniably beyond all others within the genre, and some of the best music bar none.

I was JUST about to post this, good ear.

@Juan Ramon Silva Parra HIGHLY disagree with this. If you compare Kondo's best stuff to Beethoven, Bach, Or Mozart's best stuff he's absolutely at their level at a minimum. In fact, I'd consider him higher because he wrote for a much bigger variety of genres and in many styles than those three did.

@Juan Ramon Silva Parra Well, considering how subjective this whole debate is, what makes you consider Kondo’s music lesser than that of the greatest composers of the classical/Baroque eras? If it’s purely holding up over time, then there’s no way to know. None of us will be alive in 200 years. I think comparing him to the Beatles doesn’t make sense at all. The whole thing about popular music is that it’s in one day, gone the next. It’s all about the latest trend. But soundtracks for games aren’t written like that, they’re all about legacy and there’s a reason that after over three decades soundtracks from games like Super Mario Bros of are still incredibly iconic. It basically revolutionized video game music and that’s when people started paying attention.

I noticed it too. Very useful and much appreciated.

Indeed. Also your profile pic. That bring some good memories of a certain marine...

Yes! I wholeheartedly agree! What did we do to get so lucky?!

@@blackcitadel37 Yes lets goo carbot!

I usually have to stop myself from air-conducting when the trumpets come in at the climax. 😀

The whole soundtrack is bangin. Can't help but bop to Lost Woods, Dark World, or Death Mountain themes either.

@@jakemauger8377 seriously! There’s definitely a reason that LttP’s soundtrack can be found in every Zelda remix album ever ;)

leitmotif

well spotted. Leitmotif in melody is easy to spot but I have a lot more difficult time using nomenclature to identify the rhythmic echoes. you're totally right that the actual beat and rhythm of this piece establishes patterns used through the whole soundtrack

It's also similar to LeChuck's theme from Monkey Island.

I always loved the piano version in TWW, but the 5/4 organ arrangement in BotW just blew my mind.

my single favourite part of wind waker was the part where this music played

I love farewell Hyrule king from WW Link between worlds version is great too

I'd say it's where the series started taking its story more seriously More than just "rescue the princess!!!!11" I mean you still do that but there's other stuff too

@@DogsRNice I agree

Zelda1 isn’t bad. But it’s more focused on exploration than it is telling a story-literally. Zelda hides the Triforce of Wisdom to keep it from Ganon and is abducted shortly after, leading to Game. Still gives Zelda FAR more agency than most titles that followed, and it wasn’t ever trying to be more than Exploration + Mcguffin Hunt

Definitely

I missed most of the SNES era (got one around the same time I got a PSX), and never have played this game. Nor anything on the N64 for more than 5 min. Nor Windwaker, or the Game Boy Zelda games. I've got a WHOLE lot of stellar titles to explore, and I'm super excited about it. :-D

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Ooh yes! I only know the music from The Consouls ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_fKGYF3WG0w.html but a deep theory dive would be great!

Top 5 desert island game with a top 5 desert island soundtrack.

Same here, even more so when he appears in the flashback you find near Zelda's study and is introduced with the first notes from the ALTTP castle theme. That one really made me shiver.

Same.

You might enjoy this by The Consouls (the guitar solo is so good) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VQnIRwEQER8.html

I also find speactacular the VGM covers by The Consouls ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VQnIRwEQER8.html