Our friends at ZREO: Second Quest have announced that they are working on an all-new album inspired by Ocarina of Time, and it will be soon available for the public. With an official remake of the game to be released sometime this year, it’s a great project for fans to look forward to on the horizon. Read on to learn more from their press release below.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2026 – ZREO: Second Quest, the fan-driven successor to the long-running Zelda Reorchestrated project, today announced Quartet of Time, an ATLYS and ZREO: Second Quest production – a full-length album of music from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, arranged for string quartet and performed by ATLYS.
The album reunites the partnership behind 2023’s Fair Winds & Following Seas feat. ATLYS: Music from The Wind Waker, which spanned a digital, CD, and double-vinyl release. Where that album placed the quartet within larger arrangements, Quartet of Time belongs to the quartet alone: two violins, viola, and cello carrying Koji Kondo’s most beloved score with no ensemble behind them.
“Ocarina of Time is the reason I became a musician,” said Ari Fisher, ZREO: Second Quest’s arranger and composer. “Not one influence among many – the reason. When the remake was announced, the only thing that changed for us was that we stopped keeping the album a secret. We’d been making it all along.”
ATLYS – violinists Jinty McTavish and Sabrina Tabby, violist Susan Bengtson Price, and cellist Genevieve Tabby – formed in 2016 and has built an audience across more than a thousand live performances, with the Quartet of Time arrangements written to travel: music the quartet can carry directly onto concert stages.
Several arrangements are complete and recording is underway. Rather than holding all material for a single release date, finished tracks will be released to streaming platforms individually, with the full album to follow. A physical edition is planned. No release dates have been announced.
The album’s home page, cover art, and additional materials are available at https://zreosq.com/quartet/. A press kit with high-resolution assets and artist bios is available on request.
About ZREO: Second Quest – ZREO: Second Quest continues the mission of the original Zelda Reorchestrated project: bringing the music of The Legend of Zelda to life through full, faithful arrangements, produced independently and powered by its community. https://zreosq.com
About ATLYS – ATLYS is a genre-defying string quartet known for original arrangements spanning classical, folk, and contemporary repertoire, performed everywhere from Red Rocks to The Gorge. https://atlysmusic.com
The Legend of Zelda and Ocarina of Time are trademarks of Nintendo. Quartet of Time is an independent production; all compositions are licensed for release. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo.
Chelsea Reed
I’m a ZU writer and author of an up-and-coming sci-fi fantasy novel. All credit of my nerd prowess goes to a dear friend of mine, the true master of Forsaken Fortress.
