jrgwalker 0 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I have just heard a compostion of the theme tune from a game called the legend of zelda that is surposidly done by john williams. Although I think it sounds like his work it came to me via a dodgy source. So I was wondering if it is genuine and if john williams did any other music from computer games???its not who you are underneath its what you do that defines you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 John Williams never composed any music for the Legend of Zelda games (or Super Mario Brothers, or any other video game). I believe the theme was composed by Koji Kondo,but I'm not sure about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgwalker 0 Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 did john williams ever perform a version of it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Wow, my very first post in this forum answered this very question!It's a (great) arrangement of the Overworld theme found on one of the "Orchestra Game Concert" series of CDs released in the 90s. I don't know who arranged/orchestrated it, but it wasn't Williams, though it's very much in his style. Almost a marriage of Zelda and JW - the two passions in my early teen years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgwalker 0 Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 hmmmm it just sounds so much like his work though, u just cant trust artist names on mp3s these day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTallJodie 59 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 For the record, it was the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, and was on the first volume of the Orchestral Game Concert. There were five volumes in all, and they're all awesome - although some of the tunes are more obscure than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 hmmmm it just sounds so much like his work thoughNo, not that much.u just cant trust artist names on mp3s these day Yes, that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Fett 0 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 So John Williams didn't do Batman!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I had simply assumed he'd arranged it because part of it does sound very Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 So John Williams didn't do Batman!? No, it wasn't Williams who did the score with James Newton-Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgwalker 0 Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 when did batman come into this thread. did i miss something??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 You missed a lot.In the meantime, John Williams has been hired to score the upcoming 5 sequels of Zelda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Fett 0 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Batman was just a joke. If you do a search for John Williams on a file sharing site, you'll find that people tend to give Mr. Williams credit to The Godfather, Batman, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Star Trek, Willow, and of course, The Legend of Zelda. :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Speaking of Zelda, to anyone else who's majorly anticipating Twilight Princess, this is from the official European Nintendo site. Theme song perhaps? Vocals aren't great, but the music's Zelda-ish. And by Zelda-ish I mean "Welcome to Baku" from Arnold's The World is Not Enough. mp3 link removed by moderator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Batman was just a joke. If you do a search for John Williams on a file sharing site, you'll find that people tend to give Mr. Williams credit to The Godfather, Batman, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Star Trek, Willow, and of course, The Legend of Zelda. :roll:Yes, and searching in site like this one, the truth will be revealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Speaking of Zelda, to anyone else who's majorly anticipating Twilight Princess, this is from the official European Nintendo site. Theme song perhaps? Vocals aren't great, but the music's Zelda-ish. And by Zelda-ish I mean "Welcome to Baku" from Arnold's The World is Not Enough. Link doesn't work for me. But do you know what's cool? The Twilight Princess trailer music. Finally, the Zelda music is sounding realistic and dramatic, while retaining its roots.mp3 link removed by moderator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Fett 0 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 hehe..the Link doesn't work. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacck 23 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Actually I disagree.. The Arrangement and orchestration is very VERY similar to some of Williams older works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I didn't think those links were illegal, they were from the official site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Yea. The begining starts off with an almost Superman March thing. Especially the transition between the theme and the restatment sounds like something from something he's done.That's why I just kinda assumed it was wrong when it said John Williams--which i know to be wrong because I haveall the Zelda scores and I know he didn't write the theme--but thought maybe he'd arranged it.Who in their right mind changed the artists? Why would someone do that?To get a kick out of it??Oye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 To listen to that Twilight Princess music, do a search for "Twilight Princess trailer MP3," and it should be the first result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlohaBlunts 1 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 hehe..the Link doesn't work. LOLhah...BOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthera 0 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 IGN has the twilight princess trailer music to download. I used google to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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