#Zelda Music

[unironicironic]

ZELDA ENJOYERS, MARK YA CALENDARS

WE'RE GETTING AN ORCHESTRATED CONCERT! IT'LL BE PRE-RECORDED BUT IT'LL BE GOOD I KNOW IT

FEBRUARY NINTH YALL, 5AM PACIFIC TIME

[hylian-lavender]

A piece of Breath of the Wild music I don't see people talk about a lot is the Corrupted Dragon theme.

(Listen with HEADPHONES babes)

If you don't know, this music plays as you climb a lonely, frozen mountain. It starts subtle and grows in volume and intensity as you near the peak. At the top is Naydra the blue dragon, its body covered in corrupting malice.

The thing that isn't included in the soundtrack is the breathing. The deep, eerie, almost pained breathing that Naydra is doing. It's chilling. The entire ascent is chilling (literally). The music itself is a warped version of the beautiful Dragon theme, altering its melodies into something somber and downright spooky (as I was making this post I realized it reminds of the Shadow Temple theme from Ocarina of Time).

This music and moment is a personal favorite of mine from Breath of the Wild. As far as I remember, nothing in the game guides you towards seeking out Naydra specifically. You usually discover it by just exploring. Stumbling into this secret boss fight is one of my fondest memories of my first playthrough.

[rzc11]

Keep Calm and Zelda Meme

[darlingsuperstition]

hey guys do you wanna see why I can never be trusted with banjos?

[ivyheartts]

Something that makes me super stinkin' happy in eow is that they used the horse race song from oot/mm. I fell in love with this jaunty little yeehaw song after listening to the 2018 Zelda concert where they went HARD for no reason on a song that most people do not even remember. Highly recommend giving it a listen.

Anyway I screeched a little when I started a race and found out the composers brought it back.

[failedpotato]

A list of Zelda songs I’m hyperfixating on, and why

The Great Sea (Phantom Hourglass verison)

- The part where it goes Ab - G minor - C minor SLAPS so hard, Istg sometimes I listen to this song only for those 5 seconds

-Idk I just love that part, it makes it different from the WW version - more nostalgic, in a way? It feels like… traveling. Being on an adventure far from home, and having fun yet missing the way things used to be

Dragon Roost Island (Wind Waker)

- A rhythmical masterpiece

- This song stands out for being both energetic, catchy, nostalgic, wistful, a little sad, and happy all at once

- Obsessed with part where it goes G minor - F - Bb . Maybe it’s because it finally breaks free from the G minor - F that we’ve been hearing up until this point

- I don’t have the musical vocabulary to explain why I love this one lmao. Rhythm is energetic and bouncy, flute/melody is soft and based on long, soaring notes. They complement each other so well

Hytopia (Tri Force Heroes)

- Embarrassingly enough I heard this one for the first time just last week

- I particularly love the beginning, and I love the instrumentation! The accordion fits so well to the vibe of a cozy, medieval village/town (I’ve never played tri force heroes, idk anything about what hytopia is like 🤡)

- It stands out as a very original/easily recognizable village theme but maintains some important elements from the Kakariko village theme! The guitar plays a figure that’s similar to Kakariko

Eagle’s Tower (Link’s Awakening)

- I’m pretty sure my favorite dungeon theme from this game is the Face Shrine, but this one has been stuck in my head way more recently

- It’s so eerie! While Face Shrine is as well, Face Shrine is more sad and dramatic while this one is just plain creepy

- Maybe I’m biased because I enjoyed playing this dungeon very much (I’m p sure I jumped back and forth between floors waaay more than necessary though 🫠)

- It’s like Link is just going through the motions at this point

Lanayru Mining Facility (Skyward Sword)

- Mmm yummy musical texture

- I can’t tell you what instruments are playing but I can tell you that they’re really satisfying to listen to

- I don’t care for the horn that comes in a few seconds in, I just love the mallets (???) and melodic percussion

[eiochevart]

Really proud of how this one turned out!

[echoesofwisdomcountup]

84 Days Until Echoes of Wisdom Release. Check out this beautiful arrangement. Gosh I love Zelda music.

[srahviola]

I've spent basically the last month working almost non-stop on these drawings for my recital, and I'm really proud of how they all turned out! It was a challenge to do such detailed backgrounds 😱😱😱

(I did not draw the logo myself, that would've taken too long 😖)

[hobartsaglet]

For science

i shall link their themes here (covers by kohto): Riju's Theme Yunobo's Theme Sidon's Theme Tulin's Theme

[hylian-lavender]

Have I ever talked about how much I love the beast Ganon battle from Twilight Princess? First of all, the music is so primal. It's percussion heavy and its got this wild deep chanting and the melody itself is just...strange. It's the perfect accompaniment to the fight because all the decorum is thrown out the window. Forget honor and pride. Forget swords and sorcery. In this moment, Link and Ganondorf are just two beasts trying to literally tear each other apart. Ganon tries to gore Link with his tusks, and Link rips into Ganon's stomach wound with his fangs. It's so violent and animalistic and it makes me fucking feral.

[uwudonoodle]

The Legend of Zelda Orchestra Concert [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO]

I didn't think they'd be opening with Tears of the Kingdom. They had me crying in the first 30 seconds.

[fredandcheese]

Just incase anyone wanted some Zelda playlists

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 16/05/2024

Kass' Theme

Season 4 Episode 1 Featured on: SECOND WIND ~ SiIvaGunner: King for Another Day Tournament Original Soundtrack VOL. 2

Ripped by wolfman1405 feat. Buta Big Band

Requested by sabybeal! (Request Form)

Now, Wolfman1405 is certainly not a new name to be featured here on this blog. Be it with Sunday Morning, Theme of HoBART, and most recently Haltmanna feat. Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, I've spilled many words on just how excellent of a contributor the guy is, how distinct his jazzy sound, sultry voice, and love for music truly is amidst the channel's sea of contributors. Yet through all of those posts and more, I'm somehow yet to write a post about Wolfman1405's most distinct trait - the rips involving his own full-on Jazz ensemble, the Buta Big Band. With Kass' Theme, it felt as if the group was finally able to show their full potential on the big stage - a no-nonsense, non-shitpost cover of a beautiful piece of Nintendo music.

I briefly mentioned back on Sunday Morning that contestants like Adam Levine never really felt destined for the big leagues - the idea that some contestants just *felt* like they wouldn't be able to make it to the top. The contestants of this rip, Nintendo Power, felt pretty similar to me - as good as their setlist was, it wasn't all too different from the type of music SiIvaGunner usually uploads, that being primarily Nintendo-focused. But their presence did of course feel very welcome althesame - it gave the team ample room to show just how far they could PUSH that Nintendo-centric focus the channel already had with genuine all-cylinders effort put in. That was, as I've ruminated on many times, a huge part of what made KFAD so incredible: it was, to put it in the corniest way possible, SiIvaGunner's Avengers moment, of so many rippers from the channel's history coming together to give it their absolute all for this one event. Frequent rippers, infrequent rippers, old legends like Triple-Q and guest contributors like GaMetal on Ink That or DM DOKURO on September. And in the middle of all this sat Wolfman1405 - contributing a half dozen rips to the event, with Kass' Theme in particular showing perhaps the full power he possesses.

It helps, of course, that Kass' Theme is one we all have collectively swooned for since the release of Breath of the Wild in 2017. Hell, later in that very same year, during Season 2, SiIvaGunner themselves contributed a full-on Fusion Collab in the titular Kass' Theme Fusion Collab - a listen that, fittingly enough, begins with Wolfman1405's very own piano playing. Kass' Theme, two years later, then truly feels like a full circle moment, and above all else like a huge flex from the part of the Buta Big Band. It's Kass' Theme, sure, but filled with personality around every corner, evident from the word go as the ensemble leads into the titular song with a snippet from the main The Legend of Zelda theme completely seamlessly, borderline mandela-effecting me into believing that it had always been a remix of said theme all along. Kass' Theme isn't a very long piece of music, but the rip journeys through so many different takes and rhythms to the tune in its runtime - a trumpet-lead at one section, the full band in another, a section broken up by drum beats, and what I believe to be a trombone solo halfway through it all. As a former trombone player (Mel fun fact of the day!) I can't help but admire it, both on principle alone but also for just how well it manages to fit this new take on the song.

There's layers to dissect at every turn with Kass' Theme, and even as it turns almost entirely into freestyle toward the arrangement's end, it never loses the soul of what it's adapting - and, of course, never stops sounding fantastic. It's that sheer quality that makes Wolfman1405's rips stand as tall as they do, that touch for finesse born from such a good understanding of music - and, perhaps most obviously ad most importantly, a love of the SiIvaGunner channel. It all reminds me of rips like Because I Love You - there's no bit, no punchline, no irony, naught but the love of genuinely good music, to be expressed as earnestly as possible with an audience of fans who are damn near bound to accept that sincerity with open arms. Kass' Theme is an absolute slam dunk for the Buta Big Band, and one of the MANY reasons I love Wolfman1405's contributions to SiIvaGunner - and hey, if you're interested in his work outside of the channel, may I recommend his two independantly-produced singles, Distance and Atlanta?