teh_dash 0 Posted November 19, 2004 Posted November 19, 2004 I've heard two Zelda tracks with a distinctly John Williams style. When did he do these? And more importantly, can I found more? They're amazing!
John Crichton 4 Posted November 19, 2004 Posted November 19, 2004 The same place you can find Williams' music for Back to the Future, Batman, Braveheart, and probably The Lord of the Rings.
teh_dash 0 Posted November 19, 2004 Author Posted November 19, 2004 :roll: I've heard Zelda themes before, obviously, and I know this is different. It's got a video game music meets Star Wars feel.
John Crichton 4 Posted November 19, 2004 Posted November 19, 2004 Sorry if you didn't like my automatic response, it seems like we get something like this way too often. Translation:Williams has never composed music for any video game. Ever. People on file sharing programs and the like often attribute things like this to Williams because he is the only composer they know of.
SeekUYoda 0 Posted November 19, 2004 Posted November 19, 2004 Are you talking about the Zelda theme on the "Donkey Kongo" game? It's more symphonic than others, but definitely not Williams.
stewdog1 50 Posted November 19, 2004 Posted November 19, 2004 The same way that people think that all animation films are done by Disney. Check Ebay. You will see people selling Disney's Prince of Egypt, or An American Tail all the time.
teh_dash 0 Posted November 19, 2004 Author Posted November 19, 2004 Ugh, I hate it when people say Shrek is Disney. Or anything else Dreamworks is Disney. I understand were you're coming from, thanks.
Lurker 5 Posted November 19, 2004 Posted November 19, 2004 I would love to see Disney's Fritz the Cat.Neil
diskobolus 3 Posted November 19, 2004 Posted November 19, 2004 I've heard two Zelda tracks with a distinctly John Williams style. When did he do these? And more importantly, can I found more? They're amazing!Where did you hear the tracks? Game? TV? We need more here.
QMM 4 Posted November 19, 2004 Posted November 19, 2004 probably from Super Smash Bros Melee which re-recorded all the themes with a really great orchestra
hoby12 0 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 Sorry if you didn't like my automatic response, it seems like we get something like this way too often. Translation:Williams has never composed music for any video game. Ever. People on file sharing programs and the like often attribute things like this to Williams because he is the only composer they know of.Damn.
Henry B 51 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 probably from Super Smash Bros Melee which re-recorded all the themes with a really great orchestraOr was it a synth?
QMM 4 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 No it was a live orchestrathe first game was synth
John Crichton 4 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 Hmmm, that might be worth the price of a rental.
Henry B 51 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 Yeah. The music sounds great. And it's really easy to rip; the game has a "CD player" function, so just hook up a line-in cable, start recording, then play each track. There's even a fade out option to compensate for looping!
diskobolus 3 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 Are we talking about Smash Bros for GCube? Cause I actually own that, but havent played it in almost two years. I got every trophy in a week, then stopped.
Docteur Qui 1,581 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 It was from "Orchestral Game Concert", a series of 5 CDs that were realeased over five years in the early 90s. The "Zelda" track does sound quite Williams-esque but I can guarantee it had nothing to do with him.Magical Me - Whose first post ever at this board was answering this very same question....
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 I have Melee, but much prefer the original. I played the new one a lot for a while, but I've gotten sucky from playing the first so much.Ray Barnsbury
Docteur Qui 1,581 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 Really? I prefer Melee greatly. Apart from the obvious graphic improvement, my favourite is the sound. Some of the music is actually performed by an orchestra (such as Fountain of Dreams, and the Zelda Overworld Theme) but the majority is again synth.
Morlock 12 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 I have the Super Mario stuff. Quite good.
John Crichton 4 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 It was from "Orchestral Game Concert", a series of 5 CDs that were realeased over five years in the early 90s.Are these still available somewhere?
Erik Woods 841 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 You can hear a 15 minute suite from the "Orchestral Game Concert" CD on my show during the last portion Hour 3.http://www.geocities.com/cinematicsound/on_demandIn the suite you will hear Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda and Starfox... all composed by Koji Kondo.Enjoy!-Erik-
QMM 4 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 It was from "Orchestral Game Concert", a series of 5 CDs that were realeased over five years in the early 90s.Are these still available somewhere?check www.gamemusic.com
Docteur Qui 1,581 Posted November 21, 2004 Posted November 21, 2004 Great site, that. I get all my Zelda sheet music there.
Henry B 51 Posted November 21, 2004 Posted November 21, 2004 You can hear a 15 minute suite from the "Orchestral Game Concert" CD on my show during the last portion Hour 3.http://www.geocities.com/cinematicsound/on_demandIn the suite you will hear Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda and Starfox... all composed by Koji Kondo.Enjoy!-Erik-Thanks for the link, Erik! The arrangement of the Zelda Theme is great!Except for that bridge part that completely rips off Superman. :?EDIT: And Jurassic Park.
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