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Legend of Zelda... Soundtrack Album!! What do you think? [roundtable]
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Unfortunately, I had a horribly extended airport pick-up yesterday, so I had to cut my Skyward time short, but it did give me time to listen to the 25th Anniversary dealio at ear-bleeding volumes. Brief impressions: Pretty damned good! I enjoyed the full experience even more than the clips on the Nintendo Channel (which makes me think that the live show would have been even better). I generally liked how the themes were cut up and arranged and medley-fied. That kept the music from being too repetitive, like it occasionally got in the actual games. It was also neat to hear similar elements and progressions evolve over the course of the series. Most of the choices were smart and/or interesting. The Wind Waker medley, in particular, was godly. Hearing the music independent of the games gave me a bit more appreciation for it. It held up surprisingly well as pop-classical music (next up, the Liverpool Oratorio!). I'm not sure how much modern, orchestral-type game music would, to be honest. Usually, those Youtube clips bore me a bit. But it's possible that nostalgia played a factor, since a lot of the familiar themes reflexively brought a big grin to my face. Ah, the dangerously enticing pleasure of reminiscing of past days. Better days. As for cons, I wish it were a bit longer. And in 5.1 surround sound. And I also wish that the already-orchestrated Twilight Princess trailer music was included. Yup. How about you guys? URL to share (right click and copy)
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11/21/11, 17:55 Edited: 11/22/11, 03:17
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I got serious goosebumps listening to the Twilight Princess medley. That Hyrule Field theme is just so off the walls balls awesome, I can't take it. I know people dog that game for reusing too many tracks, but I thought the music design in the game was pretty brilliant, the way they weave together so many themes throughout the game.
The only crappy part of the soundtrack is that they really don't cover the entire series. They cover WW, TP, and OoT fairly well, but other than that, it's mainly songs that span the whole series like the fairy fountain and the main theme.
Honestly though, just hearing the songs by an orchestra just makes me wish they'd have a version of OoT, MM, WW, and TP that had orchestral tracks. I feel like some of the songs I'm hearing on this CD are how they were meant to always sound, but were gimped because of the N64 hardware and some sound design decisions on the Gamecube. |
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