Sound Test #2

Jahanzeb · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:14 am�� Post subject: Sound Test #2

Sound Test #2 by Jahanzeb

PALGN Feature: Rocking out with the ocarina.

Azza · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:02 am�� Post subject:

Another great feature! Song of Storms was always my favourite Zelda tune. Try playing it when it's raining outside.
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sobriquet835 · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:05 am�� Post subject:

Great Article!

Another song from the series I really like is the Koholint Theme, from Link's Awakening.

EDIT: Also, is it just me, or does Princess Zelda's theme sound a lot like the Hymn of the Fayth from FFX?

Yuppieville · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:12 am�� Post subject:

Having never properly played through a Zelda game (and yes, I am thoroughly ashamed of myself as a gamer and as a human), this article was an interesting and enlightening experience.

Just out of curiosity, what's everyone's thoughts on The Ocarina of Rhyme, the project where rap artists sampled tracks from Zelda games?
An abomination on everything that's good and holy, a fresh new take on classic game music or somewhere in between?
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sobriquet835 · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:24 am�� Post subject:

Karai Pantsu · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:48 am�� Post subject:

I dig the Aesop Rock track, but the Doom one gave me the shits - it really comes down to the samples used I think.
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Buttmouth · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:28 pm�� Post subject:

No way man Mf Doom one is awesome. Lon Lon hip hop ftmfw.

I love just about every song in Ocarina of Time. Best memories ever. I love the Hyrule Field Main Theme- The way it springs into action and you start exploring the field for the first time. Mmmmm.
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mloder · Status: Offline Joined: 10 Aug 2008 Posts: 14 $poons: 0.60

Awesome feature - Ocarina of time is such a timeless classic for me, all of the songs and such just scream adventure and i love all of the softer ones as well (Zelda's Lullaby)

truly one of my favorite games ever - what i wait for is a title that can match and surpass it on the wii - good luck to them but twilight princess really just did'nt leave me with the same feeling, of coarse i was much younger so there is the magic of all those memories.

once again great feature for a truly great series.

Dovey · Status: Offline Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 42 $poons: 4.40

I'm sorry it was all well and good up to the 64 era days, where the scores created and played in the Zelda were truly a feature worth mentioning. But when it came to Twilight Princess... and this is my only criticism of that game... is that synthesized tracks were well and truly a thing of the past. Give a Zelda game what it deserves, a full orchestral score, recorded by a full orchestra and some voice narrative with the npc's. That is the only thing that holds Zelda back from entering the current generation of gaming.

Qbert · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:01 pm�� Post subject:

^What about between 64 and Twilight? Wind Waker has probably my favorite Zelda songs.

The title screen music, Departure theme, Hero of the World and possibly my favorite, Great Ocean song.

Personally I think that there is a lot more than music and voice acting that is holding the evolution of Zelda games back, but it's best not to go of track here.

Nice article again btw Jahanzeb.
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Quin · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:07 pm�� Post subject:

Aw, no love for Dragon Roost Island?
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Howler · Status: Offline Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Posts: 97 $poons: 31.40

Great article. The Zelda songs are definitely some of the greatest around.

Mush Man · Status: Offline Joined: 03 Nov 2008 Posts: 66 $poons: 6.20

One thing I found about Twilight Princess' soundtrack was that very few tracks are good to just listen to out of the game. While the soundtrack works fine ingame, being all atmospheric and such, take it outside and you'll realise that the dark music is hard to listen to. There are some good and, no doubt, hummable tracks, but, as a whole, they're outweighed.

Nintendo has proved that they can do orchestrals. There's not a single track I don't like from Super Mario Galaxy's soundtrack. Nemesis King Koopa, or the music for the battles against Bowser, does a very good job at trumping even Zelda's most epic tracks! It gets even more epic at 1:40.

I'd be interested to see what Nintendo comes up with for the next TLoZ, and I'm not even a fan of the series.

Cyph · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:03 pm�� Post subject:

Truly another stand out PALGN feature, nicely done Jah! My favourite track must be the title track for 'A Link to the Past', which holds the fondest memories for me. That was still during the days I was a mad Nintendo fan (it all changed after the SNES, and I only played the N64 titles many years later). Regardless what I think of Nintendo now, their priority titles (Mario, Zelda) always had some epic tunes.

I can't wait to see what gets featured next

Jahanzeb · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:15 pm�� Post subject:

Thank you all, its always nice to read positive feedback

And yes in the next Sound Test we will be looking at a composer, and no its not Nobuo Uematsu

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