Zelda Echoes of Wisdom Music is Even BETTER Than You Think... 

I play the Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, and violin. Experiencing the new music as it comes nearly supersedes the actual gameplay for me. It’s so good, especially the woodwinds!

At one point you've gotta listen to the final boss theme (phase 3), it evokes so many emotions

The part resembling Kokiri Forest and that other with Mt. Moon, they both sounded so familiar to me when I was playing this game but I had no idea where I heard them before, props for finding the references.

As a clarinet player, I am just so happy about this entire OST

The water temple theme is so good. Very Debussy vibes. Also, very John Williams, especially Phantom Menace

I love how they use rearrangements to evoke a sense of familliarity in different locations. They've always done it throughout the series to great effect.

The new Gerudo Town theme slaps...as Gerudo/desert music generally does in this franchise!

I'd absolutely love a breakdown of the Stilled World Hyrule Castle theme, I swear I can hear the Zelda I dungeon theme in there

Probably my favorite theme in this game is the Lanayru Temple theme. It has that perfect balance of charming and mysterious to me.

Great vid bro. Haven’t played the game yet but listened to the music. Thinks it’s cool we now have 2 songs that use Zelda’s lullaby’s 3 note sequence in reverse. Ballad of the goddess and Tri’s theme and they did a great job to make tri’s theme also have that Fi theme feeling to it. Noticed how they sometimes use those 3 or 4 note sequence/leitmotifs with small alterations to bring about a nostalgic but also new feeling and that’s the magic of Zelda music. Had that same effect with Ilias theme which was basically a reference to eponas song, only with the second note of 3 note sequence down one key and instead of starting on 1, the third note starts on 1. Love little things like that Keep up the great work 💯🔥

I love that they stuck with the chamber ensemble for this. The composer did a great job of feeling like Zelda without explicit references. I also love that Hyrule Field is no longer "Link's Theme" but Zelda's theme.

Heck yeah! I've been waiting to see more from you, thanks for the upload!

This is great! Really eye opening (or ear opening lol). Can't wait to hear what you think of Hyrule Ranch and Jabul Waters.

Since I began playing this game, I was waiting for your video to come out 🎉

I'm no music expert but I love your channel! I've honestly overlooked some tracks and man you covering them makes me appreciate them much more! There are 4 themes I'm most interested in (SW for those who want to play Echoes themselves) "Jabul Ruins" (Aka the Water Temple) kind of reminds me of Star Wars "Hyrule Castle (Still World)" it makes me feel both curious but unsettled as well, by far my favorite Hyrule Castle theme I think "Faron Temple" this is one of my favorite themes from the game, everything both feels like it goes against itself but still works together in the theme I can't understand "Lanayru Temple" this theme fits so well for the story section around Lanayru Temple, it makes me think more about the characters that surround it I don't know why

It's an enjoyable soundtrack for sure. I think I've been most impressed with the effort and fidelity of the instruments themselves... Just feels strange, in a good way, for a topdown game to get such high quality treatment for its soundtrack. I love that Nintendo places such high importance on a game's soundtrack and utilizes a strong sound team of composers, producers, and musicians to make them happen. Some of the compositions hit hard and others less so, but all sound good and feel like they belong. I appreciate your video breaking things down.

Not sure how the algorithm took so long to put you on my feed, but I'm subscribing on sight!!

I’ll be a little greedy with two suggestions: The reprise of Tri’s theme which plays at the end of the game. I think it’s my favourite song from the whole ost, it drives the emotion of the moment so well and I think it’s the clearest version of the song which you can hear Fi’s leitmotif and potentially some ballad of the goddess which of course has that Zelda’s lullaby connection. The Mt. Lanayru Temple theme. Reminds me of Spirit Tracks, specifically the music which plays in the Tower of Spirits. Really nice theme.

My favorite part of playing a new Zelda game is listening to the OST. I love the more clarinet and oboe-esc focus on the entire soundtrack. Link’s theme is usually trumpet based to mimic a sort of heroic entrance. But with this game’s theme, it gives a more creative and tinkering tone for Zelda’s wisdom rather than courage. I love that they focused more on Zelda’s wisdom in the music rather than her royalty. It gives so much more room to be creative with more instruments that aren’t rly “regal”. Also bro it’s midnight what u doin 😂

Hyrule castletown theme makes me waltz all around the living room. I love the driving beat and the castanets. And the instruments sound like the they are having a conversation.

If you do another video for Echoes of Wisdom, the dungeon themes are great, particularly Eldin Temple and Gerudo Sanctum. For battle themes, the Dungeon Link Midboss and Final Boss 3 are packed with references.

I'm an oboist so this soundtrack has driven me crazy happy! Love the instrumentation in it, super colorful and very woodwind-forward. A woodwind quintet could play a killer arrangement of this soundtrack's best themes.

I hope you analyze the Jabul Waters theme, it’s one of the most relaxing themes in the game in my opinion. Also, I don’t know if I’m going crazy, but I think I hear part of Dragon Roost Island in it!

Liking this video and commenting to help the algorithm. I'm gonna come back later to watch because I still haven't finished the game!!! But this music is gorgeous and I'm excited for your analysis!!!!

Love this! Hope you cover more of the tracks!

My personal favorite was Faron Temple theme... it made me feel like I was in a Rainforest Café or a Mayan themed hotel

I am personally interested in the Golden Goddess themes.

I like how some of the town themes (Goron City, Sea Zora Village, Kakariko Town) use the melody from their Ocarina of Time versions while also creating an entirely new melody Also Eldin Temple is my favourite Dungeon theme

I am so in love with this soundtrack and ive seen and heard a LOT of subtle callbacks, especially to LTTP

I’d love if you could do a reaction or analysis of the ice dungeon, Mount Lanayru Temple! It’s by far my favorite dungeon theme, and dungeon in general lol. The last phase of the final boss though would be great as well

3:26 I definitely noticed a hint of song of storms in there too

Woodwind instruments and percussion were highlighted on this soundtrack. I really liked it.

I would love a breakdown of the leitmotifs used in the soundtrack! I’m hearing a LOT of Zelda’s Lullaby, but the Item Get was so unexpected!

Amazing annalyse again!

I like how the River Zora village theme uses similar instrumentation to the Goron city theme from BotW and TotK. It just seems like an interesting choice which complements the parallels between the Goron and the river Zora in that they both rely on the mountains in some form. The Gorons live off the minerals within while the river Zora thrive off the waters that flow down presumably from Hebra Mountain.

I can tell this soundtrack is gonna give me INTENSE nostalgia in like 2 months

I was waiting for you to upload for EoW!!!

"That's the same motion as Zelda's Lullaby." Well, yes, and it is unsurprising because Zelda's Theme is worked in practically everywhere in this game. You can hear it in the overworld music, and it is even more prominent when the overworld undergoes a slight change after a certain point is reached in the game.

When you brought out the guitar and played the chord- I literally thought to myself, "Huh, this sounds kinda like an Animal Crossing song"... only for you to show that that's where you learned the chord from lol

Sounds like a sitar? on the first song playing the drones. Kakariko theme is awesome!

^ Candy Shop -> Kid so relatable

You’ve got to listen to phase 3 of the final boss and the Hyrule castle theme both the peaceful and dungeon versions

Loved finally hearing LTTP kakariko village theme used again. Castle town was so sweet too. I wish they had a little more variation in stilled world themes (it's fine that all the minor rifts had the same ones, but it would have been nice if the pre-dungeon parts of the major rifts had their own versions too) but on the whole I quite enjoyed the music in this game. River Zora village reminded me of Tarrey Town; was that just the trombone or how much more is there to it?

please analyze the faux character themes!! i loved them so much they were so cool

Please consider doing the impostor Zelda fight! It’s my favorite track and it incorporates one of the coolest remixes of Zelda’s lullaby!

Deku smootie shop tune was really good

....I should be playing this game with headphones, I'm missing out. Love the new visualizations on your video, btw! If I could ask though, could you please include numeric indications as well? e.g. for the scale of C, write Fm7 also as iv7?

Hyrule castle (2)!

I didn't noticed the similarly with Mt. Moon theme

I have seen all of your vids and just realized I'm not even subscribed Apologies for enjoying your vids and not subbing before now. Best channel on RU-vid for Zelda music content

Did they get the animal crossing new horizons guys on this

I can't wait until you do the Final Boss theme (I won't name it for spoiler reasons)

You should react to the Eldin Temple theme, it slaps

I saw the title and thumbnail and thought this was a charles cornell video

Hours of analysis to reflect your passion, shorten to 18 minutes..

7:23 i think it may be the Azalea Town theme

This is a bad video title because a lot of us may have already thought that Echoes's music was Great without being told so. The video title implies a bias of perception that the consensus for its music is negative, and your goal is to prove otherwise. It is generally understood that Echoes' music is good to begin with, so you simply need to ameliorate that consensus without further need to prove against your own misperceived falsehoods or video titles intended to draw in your audience falsely.

No, it's the worst Zelda soundtrack we've ever seen apart from BotW/TotK both of which had amazing sound design that complemented the music.