Theophany - Lovers Mask (Time's End) 

Majoras Mask truly is a game about HEALING more than anything. All Link does in this game is work to ease the pain of everyone in Termina around him. To me that's what makes the game stand as a legend among most video games period. It really is a masterpiece in art

I copied the entire soundtrack for my mom to hear on her computer. She called me up from work after hearing this song and said she cried so hard while listening to it. She had no idea what the story behind this song was about. I told her and she started tearing up again. It goes to show you not only is Theophany good with telling a specific story with the music created. But also can capture pure raw human emotion. Not many musicians can do that. I applaud this person for making that accomplishment. Keep up the good work. :)

I really appreciate that Theophany dedicated a song to Kafei and Anju, my favorite video game couple. I've heard it argued that their story is hackneyed -- a couple separated by forces beyond their control, finally united shortly before the end of their time -- and perhaps there is merit to this. "Romeo and Juliet did it better." "The myth of Orpheus did it first." Etc. Regardless, the Majora's Mask experience was something stark, indescribably frustrating and sad, and beautiful. I have three days before the world ends. What can I do? What should I do? Can I save anyone? Anything? If you, the gamer, chose to work to unite Kafei and Anju over those three days, you also chose to disregard all other stories, paths, and people. The decisions made, the paths not taken, the others ignored -- could you justify it? Was it worth it, in the final moments of the third night, to see them together? To me, it was, but these sorts of unsettling questions are what I recall about the experience of Majora's Mask most vividly some twelve years later. I've yet to see any game stick with me like that.

I don't feel like i have any praising words that would do justice to this masterpiece

Can you imagine how sad Anju and Kafei must be? Finally reuniting after being separated for so long and realizing the life you wanted to spend with the person you love, the good and bad times, the ups and downs, the trips together and the painful time apart, all reduced to a few bleak hours before the end of the world. Theophany achieved that exact mood with this masterpiece.

This is pretty emotional if you really imagine being in either Anju or Kafei's shoes: Finally seeing the one you want to spend the rest of your life with but sadly knowing that only means a short moment. At the end it sounds like screams! So heart tugging!

5:39 "When the lovers lock eyes and see only each other in all their elements. Past all chaos, through all hardship. Into inevitable white stilness"

This music is simultaneously incredibly beautiful, tremendously calming, and somehow instills me with terror.

Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance

Around 5:40 you can hear muffled screams in the background.. (I request wearing headphones so you can hear it better) that part always gets me.. I started to silently cry during school when that part played.

Girlfriend: "Can we play this at our wedding?" You're music is absolutely phenomenal and stunningly beautiful.

"Hey....Listen"

Please nintendo, PLEASE hire this man. Someone, start a petition. Do something, tell people. This is such a moving piece, and the fact that so few people have heard of it outside of the internet makes me feel sad for humanity. We have Icona pop and Lady Gaga getting fame...yet the true beauty lies here, in the simple yet emotionally rending pieces made by dedicated people like Theophany.

Together, in the end. Together, they were ended. In the end, they were together. A broken bond, mended.

WHO CUTS ONIONS IN HERE

anyone else notice the violin played Zelda's lullaby

I just replayed this game because they released it on the 3ds and I just did that quest. Being older, new things struck me about it. For instance the relationship between the curiosity shop owner and Kafei, who knew he could trust him despite his transformation. However what really punched me in the guts this time around is this one line from Talt, where she gives her opinion about Kafei. "What?? Are you telling us what to do?!?" [...] "I don't like him... But do we have any choice? Should we help him? He's just like *Tael*... rushing ahead in the face of danger, never thinking of the consequences... ... That's it. We have to help. Let's go!" Doesn't help that he's purple too :') And here's other heartbreaking quotes I noted. "... Tee-hee! They're lovers, but they look just like a mother and child." "Please take refuge. We are fine here. We shall greet the morning together." (Minutes before dying).

Anju and Kafei's story is so beautiful. So is this song.

I kinda want sheet music for the violin part. and all of it. I love this music. is there a way to buy this I dont want to illegally download this I respect it that much

It kinda makes me want to cry, ever since I was introduced to the first game I've been a huge fan ever since. The music is so amazing and brilliant that this is the only game series that I've been passionate towards and it makes me so happy to of played every single game so far, I really love this video game series.

5:39 really hurts. They are accepting their fate of the moon crashing down, yet still are loyal till the end.

I pretty much comment on all of these videos but can we talk about THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL IN THESE SONGS. You can hear the freaking moon come crashing down in the distance towards the end just like in the game before playing the song of time to save yourself. I just.....holy shit THE DETAIL

Big Edit (1Year Later) : What Zelda Majora's Mask Learned to me... Is that everything can look happy, but it is not, everyone can act like they dont care but they do, and sometimes coldest people are the saddest people, this game was very good to play, I loved to play this game, I'm glad that these kind of games are in my childhood. PS : I edited this cause it was so Cringe xD When I rited this com 1 year ago I used traductor cause I was(still) suck at English, now that i'm reading this 1 y later i feel like i was so Cringe :(

I always think of an skilled craftsman that made masks of great power. One day his wife got killed. He went straight into madness and despair. He made one final creation, the lovers mask. He planted all his wrath and hatred into it, to destroy the ones, responsible for the death of his wife. One last effort to kill was all he needed. After that he vanished and the mask was lost in time. No one knows who made it or why. But it is said who ever gazes on it, will experience eternal hatred. You will never sleep, never forgive and never show mercy. You will kill until the dawn of time sets you free. ,,All living beings can feel anger and so they will feel my wrath!" ~ Daren Asher The Loving Mask Maker

i shed a tear every time i listen to this song. so emotional, yet so climatic.

at the end the majors mask eyes should close

Me: Don't cry, don't cry! *bursts into tears*

This song brings up so many emotions and memories. This truly is nostalgia. I love all of these songs, and I can‘t put my joy mixed with sadness in good words. So I‘m just gonna leave this comment here, so if someone likes it, I will be reminded to come back here

Why hasn't Nintendo hired you yet? This is magnificent...

Now go, seek shelter. We'll be fine. We will greet the morning together.

This part of the game made me cry.

Has a hans zimmer feel to it. I like it.

Play this song and rainymood. It sets the melancholic mood.

This makes me feel things. Things no other piece of music has ever made me feel again. I keep coming back to this since nearly 8 years now and can't stop. This is too beautiful.

This actually made me cry. And I don’t usually cry at scores like this. I’ve never played Majora’s Mask, but this TELLS A STORY. It tells a story of sadness, and of fear, but it also tells one of love.

That's.... Beautiful... I can't stop crying... When I hear this first time, that makes me fell to think about my life and what should I do to be better person... Thanks for it :')

The Zelda theme motif throughout this causes me to imagine a scene in a Majora's Mask movie where Link is reuniting Anju and Kafei on the last day. Their touching reunion causes him to think of Zelda and his love for her, and how he misses her. Link, who is able to communicate telepathically with Zelda even as he is in Termina, decides to do so as Anju and Kafei embrace, and she replies by telling him to hold on, that they'll see each other again one day. Anju kisses Kafei on the forehead (because Kafei is still in a child's body, and it would be awkward and creepy otherwise), and then when they give Link the lover's mask as a thank-you, they beckon him to face the mask in one final showdown and finish his journey and save Termina.

This is beautiful...I can't wait for the next album to come out

te prometo que esta vez lo aprovechare bien

So larger-than-life, cinematic, emotional, and healing. I love it so much. Thank you.

I love this so much... a lot of re-orchestrated themes seem muddled, and don't emphasize the original theme well... this touches the soul of Zelda's Lullaby and Majora's Mask so well.

Theophany should make some songs for HD zelda game remakes!

I was writing my Zelda fanfiction(it's called Invincible and I promise it's not cheesy) and this song came on my playlist. I literally started crying because it was while Link was riding away from his home villlage on the back of Epona during a storm, and between the music and even the storm sounds in the background, it was so fitting.

I think I've listened to this song about a hundred times.

God, I love this song. Everything in it is just perfect. But what hit me the most is, if you listen closely during the final minute, you can faintly hear what sounds like the fading scream of a woman and, with a stretch of the imagination, a child. If any of you have played Majora's Mask, you'll know why this hits me the most, and since you usually complete the quest with 5 minutes to spare, it actually kinda fits.

You have no idea, how much you've done to me and my life with this song ❤ Thank you so much 💓💓💓

I feel so stupid! I’ve listened to this god knows how many times and not until I read the description I realized that this is based on Zelda’s Lullaby.... And now that I know it just elevates the song even more. I love it. Please release Time’s End III soon!

The Anju and Kafei storyline in Majora's Mask has been so overlooked, I have yet to have even heard someone say anything about it when talking about the game itself. This song captures the pure, raw emotion of the two's loving embrace as they're left in the dark room, not worrying about the end of the world, because they're finally together. The fact that you had the idea to dedicate a full symphony to this relatively small part of the game has me in tears. Thank you, Theophany. Thank you.

is it just me, or do the eyes pulsate around 1:50?....

Hay 19 humanos a los que no les ha gustado esta canción... Digo humanos, porque no podían ser personas

I've been listening to this over and over. I wish there was a one hour version!! I haven't played MM but reading from comments I now know a bit of the story. My favorite Legend of Zelda game is Ocarina of Time and I'd like this composer to make an album consisting of those songs ~ Especially Epona's song. Even when I listen to this song it makes me think of those two characters confessing their love as the world around them end. And perhaps it zooms up on Link and he looks towards the sky and thinks of Zelda, and flashbacks play across the screen of all the times that they met/shared. And as the world ends and things fade to black, the words 'We'll meet again, someday..." go across the screen. And idk about you but the very idea of that makes me have chills! Currently playing Windwaker and I figured the pirate Tetra was Zelda reincarnated just how my character is Link reincarnated and I was right! Legend of Zelda is so good!!!

Are there still any physical copy of your wonderful work ?

Listening to this again, drifting off to sleep, eyes closed and hands behind my head, I completely forgot this was music and got totally wrapped up in the ambience at the end. You've nailed it, my friend. Keep making amazing pieces like this.

I can't find words...

absolutely beautiful

When listening to this song, I like to think that Link and Zelda are confessing their love for one another while the world crashes down around them. Amazing work.

This fits perfectly to Zeldas Despair and the last special memory in BOTW. When i have this playing in the background while the memories play... just.. so.. emotionally perfect. So fantastic! So much goosebumbs!!!

PLEASE REMAKE THIS GAME! There was no other game from that generation that had the depth that this did, even today we are hard pressed to find games that take you on the emotional journey that this did. It deserves to be played by modern audiences.

This is truly one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

I like how he took a piece that has always been a sign of safety and comfort and turned it completely upside down....This reminds me of bad, bad times in my life. And I can't help but be thankful, despite being sad.

algum brasileiro escutando esse som maravilhoso Aqui ??

A masterpiece. A true fucking masterpiece. This has to be the most inspiring song I ever have been listening to. Things like my familly, girlfriend and all my friends where in mind the whole time. Oh man, I don't know how you could create such a good song without being "famous". You deserve to be recognized across the whole world. Can't find more words bro, thank you. That's all I have to say.

I commend thee with the highest regards, I have not found music that ecompasses the music of such a wonderful series such as I have found now. The first 5 seconds almost had me in tears. That is incredibly powerful and very much a skill.

We shall greet the morning together!

zelda MM remake coming on 3ds guysss :D:D:D:D:D:D

They didn't know when or why but they knew how. That gentle moon that everyone took for granted, keeping the darkness from overwhelming the light, had been corrupted ,just like the child who corrupted it was. They could see it, day after day creeping closer, with that frightening face that showed doom. It would take a miracle to fix it. A walking miracle with a legendary sword, a loyal horse, and the force of courage. Imagine this game made in this generation. Crazy

this. is. the. best.

This is incredible.

Sad 😭

everything hurts

And we shall greet the morning..together..

Two lovers,united at last,await the end of the world in eachother's arms.

Breath taking. I could die to this song and be happy with my sorrow. My mom walked in the room while I was blasting this on the sound system. I told her the song was about two lovers finding each other in time to greet the end of the world in a tight embrace. She cried. Theophany, I want you to know that you've been... well. An epiphany. For me and hundreds of others. We wait for your second instalment with eager cheerfulness. I know where I will be on 21/12/13

My all-time favorite side mission. I completed this over and over again. I can't fathom how much this game stuck to me after all these years. Definitely my most favorite Zelda game, and you, sir, encapsulated almost every fan's passion for such wonderful piece of art.

Gahhh that hit me right in the feels!

I know that this is based around Anju and Kafei, but the song is called *Lover's Mask* and it's *Zelda's Lullaby* hint hint. See where I am going with this.

Its ironic that Majora's Mask is a heart.

I really forgot about the VC for a moment, thanks for mentioning that option. Must have missed the GC version, though. I probably should have added that I appreciated the little bit of polish Nintendo gave the OoT remake, I'd like to see them include MM as well.

I wanna add it to favourites, but dang, i've already done it a few days ago

From the first day I heard this to now, it still gives me chills

Instead of Anju and Kafei, I was imagining that this song was about me and my wife. This brought tears to my eyes and made me realize how much I love and appreciate her. This song is a masterpiece!

what was the original track on the majora's mask ost? I cant find it, and I'm curious to see how it sounds. I know it's not called 'Lovers Mask', of course.

another great job theo

This is soooo beautiful😭😭 i... I ... don't know what to say

The way the eyes flicker like there's fire behind them is mesmerizing.

Really makes me think about who i really am as a person. I acknowledge all of the faults and fucked up things i have done to other people and how harsh and conceited i can be. All i can do now is apologize because none of that is who i really am. whether or not people can forgive me for my actions is another thing. But at least now i understand who i am

It's fake. They did that trailer years ago. It's going to be on the 3DS or at least might be as in an interview, the creator said he will take into Operation Moonfall in consideration and he might make it after a new zelda is released. /watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-JOChBfhta4 Read the description. It's been confirmed Fan-Made but hey, we still have a chance? As that creepy bastard of the happy mask salesman said, "Have faith..."

This is a tribute, not necessarily official. ""Time's End" is a free Majora's Mask tribute album that will be released on Friday Dec 21. For years I have wanted to create an album that attempted to capture the beautiful and nightmarish world of Majora's Mask. While I am only releasing the first disc, the album will eventually cover the entire soundtrack. 12-21-2012 is only coming once. For Majora's Mask fans, I hope my small tribute can help commemorate this momentous occasion."

To say Majora's Mask is perfect is a lie. Nintendo could improve Majora's Mask by making the characters more personalized, expressive and stylized, give each character a more complex storyline, improve the controls to be even more solid than the original. Just look at the fan made fake trailer. The way they made Deku Link and the Mask Salesman speaks volumes as to what Nintendo could do. Especially with a more powerful console.

I have a question for the musicians of this piece: when you first played this in its complete form as it is now, did you feel the same emotions that you were trying to convey during and/or after playing? All of that tearful hopefulness? That contentment in meeting that (possible) terrible fate? Did salty tears make it hard to see, but you kept playing your heart's song? Please, tell me: did you feel the same way I felt? Did you feel all of which I described?

You are kidding right?! People freakout over things getting remade all the time. Look at Final Fantasy 7 and 10,people would kill for that. Then you got ICO/Shadow Of The Colossus HD awhile back,Halo HD, Black Mesa (Half-life HD),Jet Grind Radio HD,Metal gear Solid HD, and then The OoT remake for 3D. So what you're saying people don't like buying the same games being remade with better graphics.... I don't even think you know what true fandom is...

It wouldn't be fresh. If it was fresh it wouldn't be a remake. It would just be the same game, but people would think it's better because it has nicer graphics. No. Majora's Mask doesn't need good graphics to be one of the greatest games ever made. One of the most tense gaming experiences ever. One of the most emotional stories. Because that's what makes a game good. Not graphics, not how new it is. But how it speaks to you.

I want this at my funeral.

Nah,if that were the case,all of Capcom's games would have the little thingy in all the cartridges (we need to find out the name of that thing BTW),and look at pretty much every other game on SNES,the colors are exactly how they should be,they obviously have the right colors to make brown/blonde hair and white skin

I'm not sure,but I guess ALTTP,it stays true to the original,gets harder at a steady pace,has tons of little hidden stuff,good story,tons of fun to use items,and is just great overall,though the coloring of links skin and hair is a little off......Why the hell is Links hair pink and his skin look Hispanic?

I have a bit of a pridiction on Majora's mask. The 3DS had Legend of Zelda: Ocaraina of Time 3D. It made another item spot and touch screen. So, the wiiU has come out. If Nintendo wants to sell the WiiU, they should make a Legend of Zelda: Majora's MaskU. Just putting that out there. Come on Nintendo, we know you can do it! XD

Graphics makes the feeling of a game. If you remake the graphics, you remake the game. And with all the high hopes and dreams of the remake the developers would never be able to live up to it and it would flop. All I'd ever want would be a new release. On nintendo wii or whatever, the same game, the same graphics, but on a newer console. So I can buy it and love it again.

majoras mask and all the older games dont need better graphics, as it doesnt hurt our eyes, (would be awesome with better graphics but...) games now adays hurt our eyes when they arent as graphically intensive for some reason, i suspect its all to do with style and quality of the visuals, rather than just clear cut graphics personally

It's not new graphics that I care about. It's the ability to play it again on something like a 3DS. Many gamers these days don't even know what Majora's mask is they were born in a different generation. It's not about an insatiable desire to see moar grafix. It's about opening greatness up to a new audience.

Theophany also did work for Harmony of a Hunter, Metroid's 25th Anniversary tribute soundtrack. You guys really need to check out that album. There's also a follow up now: Harmony of a Hunter 101% Run. Check them out, and look up Shinesparkers. Theophany also has an EP for Metroid's 25th anniversary, as well. Crystal Flash, it's beautiful. Check these out now!