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[olimario]

I decided to type 'Kondo' into Windows Media Player and listen to all of his Zelda: Ocarina of Time Music and I've decided that I don't care if the music in the next Zelda follows closely the music of OOT. Slight remixes would be much appreciated.

It is easily his best and most atmospheric and involving music. It's also his most catchy.
The Zora theme, the Market Theme, Sora's Song, the Windmill Theme, Gerudo Valley, etc... It's all brilliant.

By that same token, I would NOT mind the music of the next Mario title to follow closely the music from Mario 64.

I don't know what it was about that generation, but kondo and everyone who helps him were at their best.

 

[Mama Smurf]

Don't forget Gerudo Valley.

I was so, so disappointed with WW's music (with the exception of maybe two pieces), I hope to god he's back on form this time. Same goes for Sunshine, though I'm not too worried about future Mario music, Sunshine's environments and general setting is the main reason for that soundtrack.

 

[Cioran]

In before Speevy! (Just kidding)

I want more interactive music (The Phantom Ganon build-up was awesome in Wind Waker) and less remixes! Atmospheric is good, but keep it to dungeons...

 

[Eric-GCA]

I was so, so disappointed with WW's music (with the exception of maybe two pieces), I hope to god he's back on form this time. Same goes for Sunshine, though I'm not too worried about future Mario music, Sunshine's environments and general setting is the main reason for that soundtrack.

Hmm, I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that the music in EAD's recent games like WW have not been completely handled by Kondo himself, and that others have been helping with the composition.

 

[Beezy]

I decided to type 'Kondo' into Windows Media Player and listen to all of his Zelda: Ocarina of Time Music and I've decided that I don't care if the music in the next Zelda follows closely the music of OOT. Slight remixes would be much appreciated.

It is easily his best and most atmospheric and involving music. It's also his most catchy.
The Zora theme, the Market Theme, Sora's Song, the Windmill Theme, Gerudo Valley, etc... It's all brilliant.

I don't know what it was about that generation, but kondo and everyone who helps him were at their best.

IAWTP

Don't forget Saria's Song! BTW, anyone knows how old Koji Kondo is?

 

[olimario]

Sunshine had some fun tracks, but as a whole it wasn't as diverse, good, or intersting as SM64s.
The Delfino Plaza song IS very catchy, though.

 

[lexi]

Yep yep, Listening to the Orchestrated OOT soundtrack has convinced me it easily has one of the best soundtracks ever composed. It's also worth noting MM was Kondo at his absolute best, Calling the Four Giants > *

Here's hoping Kondo is in form for New Zelda.

 

[olimario]

Yep yep, Listening to the Orchestrated OOT soundtrack has convinced me it easily has one of the best soundtracks ever composed. It's also worth noting MM was Kondo at his absolute best, Calling the Four Giants > *

Here's hoping Kondo is in form for New Zelda.

The MM Soundtrack is just what I'm talking about!
It's deeply rooted in the sounds of OOT, but it varies where it needs to.

That IS what the next Zelda needs to have a great soundtrack.

 

[jett]

I don't know what it was about that generation, but kondo and everyone who helps him were at their best.

I don't give a shit if its your "opinion". It's wrong. WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG.

 

[olimario]

I don't give a shit if its your "opinion". It's wrong. WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG.

OH SNAP!
DAMN, GuRL!

 

[lexi]

Oh, and add Song of Healing to MM's greatness. I think it helps that the sidequests associated with that song were the best the Zelda series has ever seen.

 

[Do The Mario]

There should be radio stations in the new Zelda

You should also be able to steal horses and run people over!

 

[olimario]

Oh, and add Song of Healing to MM's greatness. I think it helps that the sidequests associated with that song were the best the Zelda series has ever seen.

Song of Healing sounds like it should be not only in BG&E, but that it should be the best track in BG&E.

 

[Beezy]

There should be radio stations in the new Zelda

You should also be able to steal horses and run people over!

:lol :lol :lol

Grand Theft Epona: Hyrule Field

 

[SantaC]

IAWYP Olimario.

The problem is that there was actually 4 music composers for Wind Waker. The other 3 are obviously not in the same leauge as Kondo. I can't believe they had 4 different and was able to compose the worst music in a zelda game. Not saying the music sucked, but compared to other zeldas it did.

 

[Mejilan]

MM and OoT were stupendous. WW had some of my favorite Zelda tracks ever, but some stinkers too. IIRC, Kondo was one of four composers working on WW. He worked alone on OoT and MM... I think.

The Phantom/Shadow Ganon interactive theme in WW was fucking ridiculously awesome, however. I loved how the music went back and forth depending on how well/poorly you did in the magical volleys. If you smacked the Ganon phantasm, causing him to drop and become vulnerable to your sword, the music was swell with this really triumphant beat. Likewise, if you were on the receiving end of the magical ball of pain, the music was get all dreary and "reset" when you recovered. Just awesome stuff.

 

[Sagitario]

Kondo RULZ!!!!

 

[belgurdo]

There should be radio stations in the new Zelda

You should also be able to steal horses and run people over!

"Your Bow skill has reached "squire" level! Keep practicing until you reach Paladin level, which allows you to use two bows simultaneously"

 

[Chipopo]

Seriously though, I can't be the only one who sees horse riding in GTA's imminent future.

 

[el jacko]

If you're curious, the composers for WW were:

Kenta Nagata: composed Mario Kart 64, 1080 Snowboarding, Animal Crossing (Field BGM only)
Hajime Wakai: composed Star Fox 64 (w/ Koji Kondo), F-Zero X (w/ Taro Bando), Pikmin 1 & 2
Toru Minegishi: composed Animal Crossing (Indoor BGM only). appears to mostly be a sound designer.

All three did Pokémon Stadium's soundtrack together.

 

[Beezy]

If you're curious, the composers for WW were:

Kenta Nagata: composed Mario Kart 64, 1080 Snowboarding, Animal Crossing (Field BGM only)
Hajime Wakai: composed Star Fox 64 (w/ Koji Kondo), F-Zero X (w/ Taro Bando)
Toru Minegishi: composed Animal Crossing (Indoor BGM only). appears to mostly be a sound designer.

All three did Pokémon Stadium's soundtrack together.

WHat were they thinking when they decided to make them produce tracks for Zelda?

 

[Doogdogg]

MM has wonderful soundtracks. My favorite is 12:00 a.m Final Day, right before the lunar landing.

 

[SantaC]

WHat were they thinking when they decided to make them produce tracks for Zelda?

exactly. Better can them for the new zelda. Kondo can do it alone.

 

[Saki]

Idiots...
- Title <--- Fabulous track!
- Outset Island (Kokiri Forest, but so changed - it's essentially new) <--- Fabulous track!
- Fencing Instruction
- Battle <--- Fabulous track!
- Aryll's Kidnapping
- My Grandma
- Departure
- Forsaken Fortress Invasion 1
- Forsaken Fortress <--- Fabulous track!
- Windfall Island (Kakariko Village, but so changed - it's essentially new) <--- Fabulous track!
- Ocean (Overworld, but so changed - it's essentially new) <--- Fabulous track!
- Dragon Roost Island <--- Fabulous track!
- Mini Boss <--- Fabulous track!
- Gohma Second Half <--- Fabulous track!
- Forest Haven
- Ceremony In The Woods
- The Great Sea Is Cursed (Ocean + Ganondorf's theme, but changed significantly) <--- Fabulous track!
- Tower of the Gods <--- Fabulous track!
- Gohdan <--- Fabulous track!
- Aryll's Rescue 4
- Helmaroc King <--- Fabulous track!
- Earth Temple
- Molgera <--- Fabulous track!
- Puppet Ganon (All forms)
- Ganondorf Battle <--- Fabulous track!
- Staff Credits (Title, but extended) <--- Fabulous track!
- Aryll's Theme <--- Fabulous track!
- Game Demo (Ocean, but a little more energetic) <--- Fabulous track!

Not to mention the countless cues and tracks from classic Zelda games, TWW's soundtrack was a sensation!

 

[olimario]

TWW's soundtrack as a whole wasn't very good quality, wasn't very catchy, and had a very childish sound.

Exceptions are the Outset Theme, The Volcano Island Theme, and the Staff Credits.

 

[En-ou]

Oh, and add Song of Healing to MM's greatness. I think it helps that the sidequests associated with that song were the best the Zelda series has ever seen.

damn you, you beat me to it. >_<

 

[Wario64]

Windwaker's soundtrack is terrible. I bet Minish Cap's soundtrack trumps over it, and that's a GBA game

 

[Saki]

Windwaker's soundtrack is terrible. I bet Minish Cap's soundtrack trumps over it, and that's a GBA game

pssh apart from Minish Forest and Minish Town, all the good tracks are tracks from TLOZ, ALTTP and OOT

 

[guess]

all the good tracks are tracks from TLOZ, ALTTP and OOT

which are all better then the TWW soundtrack

 

[Wario64]

The only track that sticks out for me from Windwaker is the title screen/credits music. The live version played at the Mario And Zelda Big Band Live concert is even better

 

[Saki]

which are all better then the TWW soundtrack

Yeah... especially when most of those tracks are IN The Wind Waker.
Fricking Junior Members.

The live version played at the Mario And Zelda Big Band Live concert is even better

Yup yup, makes you wonder how great it'd be if it wasn't MIDI, of course the battle music wouldn't be interactive but still...
Listen to Helmaroc King again

 

[En-ou]

lols, so much hate towards ww's soundtrack. it wasnt as bad as you guys make it out to be, just the temple music mostly wasnt as good as the previous zeldas. but it had lots of other good music, the dragon island track is nothing short of amazing. i think the new zelda will have music similar to oot and mm. i want a modified gerudo valley theme!!

 

[hirokazu]

i honestly didn't enjoy much of Wind Waker's music, the ones that i did enjoy were more or less those that were past on past Zelda music, for the nostalgia value, i guess. i hope the new one has better, more memorable music in it.

 

[Mr Gump]

damn i havent even finished wind waker. They did something wrong for that to happen.

 

[Saki]

just the temple music mostly wasnt as good as the previous zeldas.

:lol That's because it didn't have many dungeons/temples

MM's temple music was pretty weak, except for Stone Tower

 

[DSN2K]

I know what it was with the WW soundtrack...

overall it was pretty effective but their were no tracks what really stood out.

 

[Mejilan]

Oh hell no. Miniboss music, Phantom Ganon, Dragonroost Isle, and most of the boss musics (of which there were a truly stupendous amout). WW had a SHITLOAD of music, and some truly great, great, great ones. It just wasn't as consistently good as OoT and MM, imho.

 

[sc0la]

I personally appreciated the indian influence in the music in WW. All the sitarr stuff etc. There was some great understated stuff. There was some good stuff in there sorry it wasn't "epic" enough

Zelda doesn't have to be a remix everytime. LoZ V: OoT remix edition

 

[Kandinsky]

Nothing beats Oath to Order from MM, awesome song.

 

[Gibbo]

The music in the Minish Cap is pretty awesome..however, alot of the tracks are remixes of past zelda games. Not that thats a bad thing of course

 

[speedpop]

As long as there is a track as addictive and beautiful as Zora's Domain, I shall be satisfied.

 

[mrklaw]

The music in the Minish Cap is pretty awesome..however, alot of the tracks are remixes of past zelda games. Not that thats a bad thing of course

yeah, but for some odd reason they sound better than I remember from past incarnations. I have no idea how GBA can sound better than N64, but maybe they are just remixed with different instruments.

 

[.:RaZieL:.]

I to love the music in the minish cap.
Wind Waker is still one of the best games i have ever played, screw the haters.
Minish cap has a very WW feel to it, the art is almost the same and i love how they remixed
a lot of WW and OOT songs for this game, it really sounds very good.

The world needs WW2!, maybe on DS?!

 

[hobbitx]

I never really liked to much of the N64 Zeldas music, I didn't hate it, it just didn't amaze me like LttP, that's probably the best music I've heard in any game. I would kill to hear beautiful sounding stuff like the forest song or that weird song from the fortune tellers house in the new Zelda. I really think the darker stuff from LttP would totally fit with the new Links world.

WW also had some really good tracks during certain parts of the game. Like the music that plays in Hyrule castle and the last dungeon, those were some amazing tracks, I pray the next game is full of great sounding stuff like this as well.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

the windmill hut song in ocarina is one of my favourite tunes, ever. did kondo do super mario kart? i love those ones too

 

[Kola]

Minish Cap's music is amazing. Especially the dungeon themes are well written. Is it Koji Kondo? I'm not convinced yet, but the chances are high.

There are also some remixes of OoT's music. And of course the obvious Zelda overworld theme.

 

[Jacobi]

Dragon Roost Island > any Zelda track imo

 

[.:RaZieL:.]

Dragon Roost Island > any Zelda track imo

So true!

Awesome track, if you like this track then be sure to hear the version from Big Band live.
That one is fantastic.

 

[Jacobi]

So true!

Awesome track, if you like this track then be sure to hear the version from Big Band live.
That one is fantastic.

Who was the composer ? Was it Kondo ?

 

[.:RaZieL:.]

Who was the composer ? Was it Kondo ?

I dont know, but i can send you the song if you like.