BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Faleel 5,381 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 By the way, if anyone was interested in buying the The Legend Of Zelda 25Th Anniversary Symphony CD, you should know that it seems that it will only be offered with Skyward Sword, and it will not be released individually.I am sure it will turn up as an individual purchase just like the Zelda Collectors Edition disc did/has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krang 1 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I'm terribly partial to old school soundtracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 It features probably the best version of the main theme in orchestral form at 1:27.That was cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Here is the Skyward Sword theme without SFX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhzCpsYWqSk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jacob 0 Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Just stumbled upon this: It is the only orchestrated track of Ocarina of Time 3D soundtrack (why did they just recorded one track? I have no idea!). It features probably the best version of the main theme in orchestral form at 1:27.By the way, if anyone was interested in buying the The Legend Of Zelda 25Th Anniversary Symphony CD, you should know that it seems that it will only be offered with Skyward Sword, and it will not be released individually.Oh wow. I hadn't heard anything about these albums yet. I was planning on getting Skyward Sword anyway, so the Symphony CD is just double the awesome. I don't have any of the Ocarina of Time albums, so I just found/ordered a used copy of that new 3D soundtrack from a "new" seller on Amazon for $25.Hopefully that won't bomb out on me.Also, regarding why they didn't redo the entire soundtrack, I found this interview where Kondo says he wanted it to "stay faithful to the Nintendo 64 sound... if you changed the sound like that, it wouldn't be Ocarina of Time!"A lot of neat stuff in the 6 page interview: http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/zelda-ocarina-of-time/0/0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 here is the intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zMo7JnLwXQ&feature=player_embedded#! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 He has a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob 0 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Don't upend the tea table! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 He has a point.Who? Kondo?If they reorchestrated everything, wouldnt it be too big for the 3DS's hardware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 He has a point.Who? Kondo?Yes. The nostalgia factor with Ocarina of Time is very high and that has to do (subconsciously or otherwise) with the original score. For better or for worse, it would feel like a different game with an orchestral soundtrack, and I don't think that was the goal they were intending to reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Yokota didn't say anything about recording an orchestral soundtrack for OoT 3D. He only mentioned working on "slightly more up to date" arrangements. Maybe it would have been something like the sampled arrangements of Zelda Reorchestrated, which sometimes sound really good... but tend to miss out on the simple and reserved character of the music.Yokota's one orchestral recording was just put at the end of the credits, right? If there's one thing about OoT's soundtrack that bothers me, it's that the main theme doesn't play over Hyrule Field when you're Adult Link. And I'm not one of those people that's always been outraged that the main theme is never stated outright in OoT. I just think it would have been perfect to show the passage of time and Link's gained maturity. The shoehorning of the main theme into Majora's Mask, on the other hand, was totally unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 The taste of music from the Uncharted 3 multiplayer is outstanding. Can't fucking wait for LLL's release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Just stumbled upon this: It is the only orchestrated track of Ocarina of Time 3D soundtrack (why in the name of fuck did they just recorded one track? I have no idea!). It features probably the best version of the main theme in orchestral form at 1:27.Firebird rip-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Firebird rip-off.Which Firebird? Stravinsky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Yes. Listen to the finale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yes. The nostalgia factor with Ocarina of Time is very high and that has to do (subconsciously or otherwise) with the original score. For better or for worse, it would feel like a different game with an orchestral soundtrack, and I don't think that was the goal they were intending to reach.That's because of people like you that we were stuck for so long with MIDI-sounding soundtracks for Nintendo games. Shame on you! Thank god they're slowly changing that and starting to offer us orchestral soundtracks more often.Actually, I'm more than happy about that. I loved Super Mario Galaxy and I can't wait for Skyward Sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Yokota's one orchestral recording was just put at the end of the credits, right? If there's one thing about OoT's soundtrack that bothers me, it's that the main theme doesn't play over Hyrule Field when you're Adult Link. And I'm not one of those people that's always been outraged that the main theme is never stated outright in OoT. I just think it would have been perfect to show the passage of time and Link's gained maturity. The shoehorning of the main theme into Majora's Mask, on the other hand, was totally unnecessary.I never noticed the main theme didn't appear even once in OoT! Where does the main theme appear in Majora's Mask? It's been so long since I played this game, I can't remember.Are you talking about Termina Field?Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 OH YEAH! : http://www.zeldauniverse.net/zelda-news/skyward-sword-features-fully-orchestrated-soundtrack/#more-29033 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I believe before it was just an informed rumor, or it was confirmed that there would be orchestral music, just not whether it would be fully orchestrated, or if just cutscenes and special events would be orchestral and the more technical "gamey" stuff would be MIDI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Stoked to hear about it, and no game series deserves it more... but I can't help but be annoyed at some of the video game community's reaction, mainly being "FINALLY, no more SHITTY MIDI". I mean, all of the Zelda games have had outstanding music regardless of the limitations. I'm able to look past the lack of live performance and unrealistic samples to the essence: well-crafted and influential electronic music. Without MIDI, Ocarina would have been an entirely different game - there would have been no instrument to play in-game and the ability to make the score respond instantaneously to on-screen events (battles, night-to-day etc) would have been virtually nonexistent.I'm yet to hear an orchestral game track that I like more than "Gerudo Valley". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Stoked to hear about it, and no game series deserves it more... but I can't help but be annoyed at some of the video game community's reaction, mainly being "FINALLY, no more SHITTY MIDI". I mean, all of the Zelda games have had outstanding music regardless of the limitations. I'm able to look past the lack of live performance and unrealistic samples to the essence: well-crafted and influential electronic music. Without MIDI, Ocarina would have been an entirely different game - there would have been no instrument to play in-game and the ability to make the score respond instantaneously to on-screen events (battles, night-to-day etc) would have been virtually nonexistent.I'm yet to hear an orchestral game track that I like more than "Gerudo Valley".People are only acting like that because Twilight Princess (which "should" have been orchestral) was MIDI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Yeah... MIDI was perfect for Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, and the handhelds. I'd never ask for anything more. Only by Twilight Princess was it starting to wear thin. To be fair, the samples used in TP (yes, they are samples, not GM MIDI) are more advanced than those of OOT, but they just didn't measure up to the epic, filmic themes the game dealt in. I'd almost say Skyward Sword, from what we've seen so far, is less deserving of orchestral music, although I'm stoked to have it. It's a little more intimate and abstract than the "realistic" TP, and to an extent synth music is okay for that style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Too bad Goldsmith (I know he is dead now, but) or Williams do not write for video games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 It seems like all you guys talk about in here is Nintendo music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Thats because Nintendo started making Video Game music second. Oh yeah, here is the full intro: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 English Version: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob 0 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Yay! My OoT 3D disc arrived. Thrilling to finally own a copy of this "legendary" music. (See what I did there? It's The Legen... yeah.)I remember falling in love with Hyrule Field years ago, before I ever considered myself a soundtrack fan.The part starting at 2:34 still hits the spot.Hyrule Field Main Theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Stoked to hear about it, and no game series deserves it more... but I can't help but be annoyed at some of the video game community's reaction, mainly being "FINALLY, no more SHITTY MIDI". I mean, all of the Zelda games have had outstanding music regardless of the limitations. I'm able to look past the lack of live performance and unrealistic samples to the essence: well-crafted and influential electronic music. Without MIDI, Ocarina would have been an entirely different game - there would have been no instrument to play in-game and the ability to make the score respond instantaneously to on-screen events (battles, night-to-day etc) would have been virtually nonexistent.I'm yet to hear an orchestral game track that I like more than "Gerudo Valley".You do not understand why people say things like "FINALLY, no more SHITTY MIDI". It's not because they thought the music was shit. It's because they thought the music was kick-ass and would have been "kick-ass-er" in orchestral form. At least, that's the reason why I say such things. Yeah, Gerudo Valley is brilliant. Now, give Gerudo Valley orchestral version, and we're reaching new heights! I've said it many times before, I love Tal Tal Heights and The Ballad of The Windfish from Link's Awakening. But they sound horribly bad (this is Game Boy we're talking about!). So the thing is, I ain't gonna be able to burn them on a CD and listen to them "just like that" and enjoy them. Now give me an orchestral performance of these two cues, and rock on, baby!I understand perfectly well. The wording just makes people sound ungrateful. I don't see the need for everything to be orchestrated anyway. Sure, a lot of OOT was written symphonically, but the Temple cues for example would not translate well to an actual orchestra as they relied heavily on synthetic sound effects. Not to mention the use of "exotic" instruments like steel drums, various guitars, eastern woodwinds etc that were accessible through samples, but unlikely to be used for recording purposes (monetary limitations).Koray, I talk about Nintendo because I don't game much anymore, but when I do it's generally a Zelda or Mario game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 but the Temple cues for example would not translate well to an actual orchestra as they relied heavily on synthetic sound effects. Not to mention the use of "exotic" instruments like steel drums, various guitars, eastern woodwinds etc that were accessible through samples, but unlikely to be used for recording purposes (monetary limitations). Have you listened to "The Temple of Doom"? (the track AND score)And I am sure some of the synthetic sound effects (like in the case of the Forest Temple) could be done chorally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 but the Temple cues for example would not translate well to an actual orchestra as they relied heavily on synthetic sound effects. Not to mention the use of "exotic" instruments like steel drums, various guitars, eastern woodwinds etc that were accessible through samples, but unlikely to be used for recording purposes (monetary limitations). Have you listened to "The Temple of Doom"? (the track AND score)And I am sure some of the synthetic sound effects (like in the case of the Forest Temple) could be done chorallyBecause of course a heavily compressed orchestral score for a video game would have the same budget as an 80's Spielberg blockbuster. Again, they would unlikely have had access to any non-orchestral instruments or performers for such a project.I can imagine a composer with access to an orchestra would feel obliged to utilize it fully, with that Hollywood sound. That kind of instrumentation can sometimes contradict the kind of creativity inspired by technical limitations.Regardless, I'm looking forward to Skyward Sword, both game and soundtrack. But no-one could ever convince me that OoT would have been a better game with a recorded symphonic score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Is this article right? The Mario Galaxy CD included has never been released before?http://www.technobuffalo.com/gaming/platform-gaming/nintendo-unveils-new-nintendo-wii-bundle/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 If there's one thing about OoT's soundtrack that bothers me, it's that the main theme doesn't play over Hyrule Field.Actually it does, a very short snippet though. at 2:14/2:15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I know, but in full. I think the existing field music is perfect for young Link. For when Link steps out of the Temple of Time after 7 years, I would have liked to have heard a musical evolution. A couple places like Kakariko Village have different music, so why not the field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Is there any place in OOT where there is two musics for the same map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krang 1 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I know, but in full. I think the existing field music is perfect for young Link. For when Link steps out of the Temple of Time after 7 years, I would have liked to have heard a musical evolution. A couple places like Kakariko Village have different music, so why not the field?I completely agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 The Zelda 25th Anniversary Concert is streaming. Some really special arrangements, not vapid Hollywood sounding stuff. I'm looking forward to the professional recordings on the 25th Anniversary CD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Gerudo Valley reminded me a bit of Conan.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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