While Skyward Sword is generally known to have mixed reviews, you have to admit that it holds up in regards to Nintendo’s high standards for music. From the beginning, Skyward Sword greets us with a grand intro, and the music continues to inspire throughout the entirety of the game. From the upbeat and bouncy flutes…
Ocarina of Time is, hands down, one of my favorite games of all time. I remember the thrill of playing it for the first time and being absorbed in the unique environments and fantastic gameplay. “Zelda’s Lullaby” is a song I particularly cherish; I even have my own ocarina to play the tune with. For…
Fire Emblem has always been at the top of my favorite video games list alongside The Legend of Zelda, and it’s so hard to believe that just a few years ago there were not so many games (well, at least in the U.S.). I started with Path of Radiance a few years after it came…
There’s something refreshing about listening to music that is able to leave you completely exhausted. Heavy metal is a genre perfectly suited for this. It gets you pumped and leaves you tired yet fulfilled. It’s the super-spicy hot wings of music. So, when you take that energy and slap it over the beloved and mesmerizing…
The first time that Link visits the Forest Temple in Ocarina of Time, he is unable to step foot within the ancient, ivy-covered citadel. Nestled deep within the Lost Woods, the Forest Temple’s entrance offers a place of solitude for Saria, who sits beneath the crumbling stairway playing her eponymous song on an ocarina. The…
One of my favorite things about video games is their music. So when I found out there was a group doing covers of video games tracks with their own spin on them, I was all in, and that’s before even mentioning my fondness for string instruments. My favorite instrument is the cello. (Looking at you,…
You know what scares the ever-loving Hestu’s gift out of me? Death. The thought of my own mortality and the briefness and irrelevance of my existence in the vast expanse of time of the universe. I remember once almost 15 years ago, on the day one of the now very popular end of the world…
One of the things the Warriors games are known for, which admittedly is something I look forward to whenever I play them, is their use of heavy rock soundtracks. After all, what kind of music is better suited for mowing down tons and tons of enemies in an over-the-top fashion? The second Hyrule Warriors was…
The Astral Observatory has always been a place I associated with childlike wonder and whimsy, and while the elaborate colors and elaborate structure of the building do a fine job in portraying this, I think it’s the music that really takes it over the top. Even before playing this game I heard the song and…
Ever since the release of the Link’s Awakening remake, my feed has been inundated with a flood of new music for me to listen to, some familiar and moving, other pieces amusing and clever. I chose something of the latter this week, for despite my fondness for indie and alternative music there will always be…
It’s no secret that Twilight Princess has a superb soundtrack comprised of numerous magnificent songs. There’s never a moment in the game when the music doesn’t draw the player in and bring the world of Hyrule to life. The only issue people have with the soundtrack is that it is synthesized rather than being performed…
Yesterday, we featured a song from YouTube user Martin Anderson, which was an excellent cover of one of the most nostalgic songs from The Legend of Zelda TV series. That song was uploaded seven years ago, but Anderson is still keeping the love for the cartoon going with a much more recent cover from 2019.…
Something I genuinely enjoy about The Legend of Zelda TV series is its music. Shuki Levy, who composed many major children’s cartoons in the 1980s, took the 8-bit music of the original NES Zelda games and orchestrated them into full symphonies. It’s such an incredible shame that the soundtrack has never been released, and to…
The theme song of The Legend of Zelda TV series is awesome. It was incredibly novel to hear an orchestrated version of the main Zelda theme back in 1989, and while you can argue that its grandeur may be somewhat diminished by Link exclaiming “Excuuuse me, princess!” at the end of the cartoon’s intro, it…
Last week we celebrated the five-year anniversary of Hyrule Warriors with columns highlighting music, trivia, characters and cosplay from or inspired by the Zelda spin-off. But why stop there? Let’s keep it going for another day! Think of it as Hyrule Warriors Week: Definitive Edition. Today, we keep rocking with a mettlesome medley of Wind…
