8 *Musical* Easter Eggs in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024

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  • @ZeldaMusicTheory
    @ZeldaMusicTheory 7 месяцев назад +52

    Love it! And thanks for the shoutout!
    Kevin
    Zelda Music Theory

  • @vendel8007
    @vendel8007 7 месяцев назад +118

    One thing I always found so cool about the Zora's themes in BotW was that if you take the C Major scale and use the italian note names (Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti/Si Do), you will find that the two repeated notes in Mipha's theme are Mi and Fa, and the two repeated notes in Sidon's theme are Si and Do. I don't know how popular this easter egg is but it absolutely blew my mind

    • @takobakogames
      @takobakogames 7 месяцев назад +17

      That's one of my favorite Easter eggs!! Add in King Dorephan (Do Re) and Zora (So La) and you got the whole scale! Not sure if the notes used in their themes match Do Re and So La, but the names fit in, which makes me happy

  • @chris_wizzudz
    @chris_wizzudz 7 месяцев назад +22

    Hearing Fi's theme in BotW/TotK is so wonderful every time. Introducing her as the spirit of the Master Sword was such a great addition because she transformed the sword from a simple MacGuffin into an actual character in the series. Even though she doesn't show up in spirit form anymore, she's still in the sword communicating with Link and Zelda throughout the ages. I don't think there's been one Zelda game set in Hyrule (after ALttP anyway) where Link _doesn't_ wield the Master Sword. He and Fi are two halves of one hero.

  • @melimsah
    @melimsah 7 месяцев назад +96

    Last time I was this early to a video, Ganondorf was still a mummy

  • @TheBreadPirate
    @TheBreadPirate 7 месяцев назад +25

    WOW! I can't believe you have so many musical easter eggs to share for future videos. This series is going to be LIT!

  • @kacperwoch4368
    @kacperwoch4368 7 месяцев назад +27

    6:07 Cucui Ganondorf forever mid-suavemente

  • @MxDiagnosis
    @MxDiagnosis 7 месяцев назад +11

    As a not super musical person who has played most Zelda games
    My version of finding easter eggs is suddenly crying because of the music and not knowing why but feeling all the feels from the callbacks my brain caught subconsciously 😭😭😭

    • @MalachiSouth
      @MalachiSouth 7 месяцев назад +3

      Facts. Usually I can't actually catch the callback but it ALWAYS hits different.

  • @emersynwilson1721
    @emersynwilson1721 7 месяцев назад +20

    Skyward Sword is one of my favorites too! I'd love to see a full episode on the soundtrack sometime.

    • @theoryforger
      @theoryforger  7 месяцев назад +3

      You're the second person who's suggested that video, I'll have to do it sometime! It'd definitely be a super long edit, so not anytime too soon, but I'll add it to the video ideas list!

  • @NEOblitz86
    @NEOblitz86 7 месяцев назад +17

    I love the amount of callbacks in the ganondorf fight! Sooo good. With the breath of the wild lick in that fight it’s not the only time they brought it back, I may be wrong but in my favorite cut scene in the game, when all the bosses try to stop link after you beat the monster army and the sages fight them, it plays the breath of the wild theme before you get blocked behind a wall of rocks

  • @BoojieD
    @BoojieD 7 месяцев назад +17

    That silent realm cutaway had me in stitches. Basically everyone's relationship with that part of the game.

  • @LeonKent
    @LeonKent 7 месяцев назад +2

    THANK YOU FOR COVERING GANONDORF'S BATTLE THEME! I am so astounded with TotK's soundtrack, I'm so glad you're covering it!! Wonderful work!!

  • @TheBlackRam666
    @TheBlackRam666 7 месяцев назад +4

    9:21 behind Fi's theme sounds like the piece from Zelda's lullaby as well

  • @urjent
    @urjent 7 месяцев назад +5

    For Demon King Ganondorf, at one point it plays that epic bit from the trailer where we first heard ganondorf's voice.

    • @theoryforger
      @theoryforger  6 месяцев назад

      Looking back I think you're totally right! That'll have to be a bonus fact in one of the next installments. Thanks for the pointer!

  • @CallMeBackSamantha
    @CallMeBackSamantha 7 месяцев назад +9

    You might be the first RUclipsr who said “subscribe if you want, you don’t have too tho” if I wasn’t already subscribed I’d be subscribed now

  • @PenguinPoo4246
    @PenguinPoo4246 7 месяцев назад +15

    I get the chills whenever I hear the Gannondorf phase 2 music and the health bar just destroys the screen

  • @nyxmiloq4167
    @nyxmiloq4167 7 месяцев назад +5

    Another callback in Ganondorf's theme... well, his army's, is to Ganon's boss theme from A Link To The Past. Specifically, the strings in the background heard right after the Army's intro play the same motif as the brasses in the OG Ganon's theme. Forgive me if "motif" isn't the right word for this one

  • @spugnoxngubcux9801
    @spugnoxngubcux9801 7 месяцев назад +2

    4:40 Seeing as this plays during the final phase of the final boss fight, and also is scattered across the geoglyphs, I think it's fair to assume that this motif is meant to represent the Light Dragon.

    • @theoryforger
      @theoryforger  7 месяцев назад

      That's such a great insight!!

  • @magicalmercy
    @magicalmercy 7 месяцев назад +9

    I love this game’s soundtrack so much, and videos like this just make me love it more!

  • @mysryuza
    @mysryuza 7 месяцев назад +2

    I’m so glad that you showed the Silent Guardian phasing through the wall in that specific area because I had that same experience and was appalled for the longest time that I didn’t hear people talk about that.

  • @jaedennsteve2429
    @jaedennsteve2429 5 месяцев назад +1

    One Easter egg I've been noticing wassss
    The Demon Dragon (Battle)
    and Zelda's Lullaby
    The first 3 long notes(Demon Dragon) sounded like the first 3 notes in Zelda's Lullaby.
    This symbolizes Zelda being able to remember more of herself after she was a dragon while assisting Link in fighting the Demon Dragon.
    As in the Light Dragon theme
    It was only 2 notes, again, sounding like the first 2 notes on Zelda's Lullaby, symbolizing that Zelda is struggling to remember more of herself while being a dragon.

  • @TTHBLOX_
    @TTHBLOX_ 6 месяцев назад +2

    Every time i hear fi's theme and "voice" my heart HURTS

  • @devongilweit388
    @devongilweit388 7 месяцев назад +4

    If you make another musical Easter eggs video you should definitely mention this one:
    The jingle when you open the purah pad is a sped up version of the first notes of the cave theme from Link’s awakening.
    I noticed this right away when the game came out, but literally noone had posted about it. Checking again now, one other person noticed it on Reddit

  • @ParStenberg
    @ParStenberg 7 месяцев назад +6

    Fire Temple features a quotation of the dungeon theme from the original Zelda on the NES. :-)

  • @BuckXI
    @BuckXI 7 месяцев назад +1

    I’m so thrilled that the algorithm led me to this channel. Keep up the great work!

  • @Burrito25
    @Burrito25 7 месяцев назад +1

    can i just say that i absolutely love ur channel here praising and analysing zelda music is just perfect for me
    (also the silent realm one will never allow me to see the spirit temple the same again lol)

  • @cool_skeleton_95_
    @cool_skeleton_95_ 7 месяцев назад +2

    i remember seeing your colgera video and immediately looking at your channel to see what other vids you had and you only had two. i couldnt believe it was only your second video, also youre so underrated

  • @Professor_Wisteria_
    @Professor_Wisteria_ 6 месяцев назад

    one of my favorite little easter eggs is when using Tulin's wind, the whistle sound is nearly identical to the horseshoe reed used to call Epona in Twilight Princess.
    super tiny detail but makes me smile every time i hear it

  • @cmelton6796
    @cmelton6796 7 месяцев назад

    I haven't played this game, but when you played clips that had bits from Ocarina of Time, I cried. Not joking. It's like seeing an old friend again for the first time in half your life.

  • @theeknife9793
    @theeknife9793 4 месяца назад +1

    Not really an Easter egg but something I found interesting. When you beat the 4 dungeons and go back to Lookout Landing there's no music. Then you have the cutscene where you see Zelda in the castle. Then the music starts playing again but it's slightly different. I don't really know how to explain it in music terms but it sounds like a "lower" version of the original Lookout Landing theme, a bit slower, and less joyful, more unsettling. And at some point during this version, you here a melody played on the piano, that you can also hear in the background of the castle theme, and also in one of the tears cutscene (I think the one where Ganondorf is riding on a horse with his army). It only lasts for a couple seconds but I thought it was cool. Then when you beat the castle's quest, Lookout Landing theme comes back again.

  • @poizinarrow5846
    @poizinarrow5846 7 месяцев назад +1

    You don’t know how happy I was to see Suavamente Ganondorf at 6:04

  • @cairoleblanc200
    @cairoleblanc200 6 месяцев назад

    Instant follow, my guy. Idk how I haven’t encountered you before, this is exactly the type of content I’ve been looking for. I’m sooo passionate about zelda music

  • @jenkinsfamily2229
    @jenkinsfamily2229 7 месяцев назад

    Another one; the bass strings at 7:19 are playing a motif from the Calamity Ganon fight (it’s also in all of the divine beast battles, right at the outset of each; that’s where It’s most clear). The composers for TOTK really didn’t have to do all of this, but they did, and now we have one of the most densely leitmotific genius scores for any game ever

  • @Snowofthewild
    @Snowofthewild 6 месяцев назад

    I am not a music guy at all but this was SO INTERESTING! Very glad you popped up on my homepage! Great work, I'll be staying tuned for more :)

  • @br54789
    @br54789 7 месяцев назад +2

    Your editing is so funny and witty! My favorite musical call back is in the Frox battle themes. There is a motif in that song that is also played in the Hyrule Twilight theme. Also, the gossip stone chime from Wind Waker is heard at some time in TOTK, I think in the caves.

  • @_LightningRod_
    @_LightningRod_ 7 месяцев назад +4

    I love the editing man! Keep up the great content, and you'll be big!

  • @M2DaZi
    @M2DaZi 7 месяцев назад +4

    You were my fastest subscribe in a while. Keen to see you grow ❤

  • @Maxentall
    @Maxentall 7 месяцев назад +2

    Great video! Glad you're back on YT, was so stoked when I found your channel a couple weeks back hehe :D

  • @DarthTingleBinks
    @DarthTingleBinks 7 месяцев назад +1

    As much as the movie is rumored to have Silver Surfer and Galactus as villains, the best way I can see the F4 being displaced in time (assuming they're in 616) is getting trapped in the Negative Zone.
    Eric brought it up briefly in the video, but I think that's going to be the main plot of the movie. They get stranded during an experiment and spend the rest of the movie trying to get out and fighting Nihilus, arriving in the present of 616 when they escape. So think what happened to Lee Shaw in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, but in Marvel this time.

  • @thatguytristan3928
    @thatguytristan3928 6 месяцев назад

    When you’re building Links house near Terry Town, the music that plays is the music from when you entered a house in old Zelda games (specifically Wind Waker and Ocarina of Time), it’s just slowed down.

  • @minovies
    @minovies 7 месяцев назад +7

    3:46 super random but what is this song called!?? I love it.

    • @azuzziken
      @azuzziken 7 месяцев назад +6

      It's the Shooting Gallery theme from Ocarina of Time!

  • @mazerunner1804
    @mazerunner1804 7 месяцев назад +3

    Love this!!! I haven’t played tears of the kingdom yet but this makes me want to play it even more!!

  • @WoMysticTV
    @WoMysticTV 6 месяцев назад +1

    Dude i loved the vibe of the video, you earned another sub ❤

  • @theeknife9793
    @theeknife9793 4 месяца назад +2

    Subscribed at "SS is my personal favourite Zelda game". Thank you.

  • @strat0caster124
    @strat0caster124 7 месяцев назад

    I was relistening to some of the TotK tracks and damn some of those easter eggs hits me like every single time. The two that instantaneously comes to my mind are,
    1. Get Master Sword track in TotK. I cry every single time when it gets to that track.
    2. Light Dragon's Theme. After I listened up a bit more closely to what notes they were using (and obviously it's not simply just a "cut down" version of regular Dragon themes)
    Another one that I don't exactly whether counts as an easter egg or not, the snare pattern in the Main Theme definitely resembles that in the SS Main Theme (Ballad of the Goddess). I consider it to be a representation of "epic traveling through the sky vibe" lol

  • @empty-voiid
    @empty-voiid 7 месяцев назад +1

    8:17 I was 15-16 yo back in 2011, when Skyward Sword got released. Those moments TERRIFIED me and to this day, I still haven't finished this game because of it... :'D

  • @himignicest1571
    @himignicest1571 7 месяцев назад

    oh my gosh i will never be able to overstate how much i love this niche of music commentators UGH u give me SO. MUCH. MORE. APPRECIATION. FOR MUSIC. i love ur video styles and always will be my good sir, i get so excited about silly little things.

  • @neferlow1202
    @neferlow1202 7 месяцев назад

    Very nice video ! Also here are two more easter eggs I found :
    - The instruments used for the skydiving theme are very similar to some of the different themes we can hear in the Great Sky in Skyward Sword
    - At the beginning of the cinematic where zelda brings the broken master sword to Mineru (which you watch after the spirit temple I recall), you can hear the first few notes of Fi's Theme from skyward sword

  • @Mystical___139
    @Mystical___139 7 месяцев назад +3

    HE'S BACK

  • @n-ixq9097
    @n-ixq9097 6 месяцев назад

    The calamity ganon section of TOTK's ganondorf theme actually uses the Gerudo variant of calamity ganon's theme (the one that plays during the thunderblight ganon battle). you can hear it best with the melody of thunderblight's version of the theme and the string instrument that plays it.

  • @scarecrow4078
    @scarecrow4078 7 месяцев назад

    Your Zelda music theory and analysis earned my subscribe. Your top tier editing earned my respect

  • @NormalLunk
    @NormalLunk 3 месяца назад

    I know this video is about tears of the kingdom specifically, but one of my favorite music Easter eggs is how breath of the wild Castle town has the same music as ikana Valley from Majora's mask, and i feel like nobody gives that one enough recognition.

  • @takobakogames
    @takobakogames 7 месяцев назад

    I love your editing style and I learn so much about music in every video. I can't wait to see more from you!

  • @dbweinhaus
    @dbweinhaus 7 месяцев назад

    That unidentified bowed instrument sounds like a viola de gamba, but realistically they double tracked a cello and added some echo

  • @jasperjavillo686
    @jasperjavillo686 7 месяцев назад

    Another cool Easter Egg is in Remember This Name, the song that plays when Rauru seals Ganondorf away. It contains the Zelda series leitmotif, but fans of Skyward Sword will know it as The Song of the Hero, Link’s song. The really cool bit? It comes in the moment Rauru utters Link’s name.

    • @theoryforger
      @theoryforger  6 месяцев назад

      I love that one! I almost put that in this video, but it'll definitely come up in part 2 or 3

  • @Foodbasedgamer
    @Foodbasedgamer 6 месяцев назад

    babe wake up!! new tuneforge theory just dropped!!

  • @BakkerfeelingAdventures
    @BakkerfeelingAdventures 7 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome. Great work and presentation of the video. Nicely done editing too. 👍

  • @NEOblitz86
    @NEOblitz86 10 дней назад

    Gonna miss you man! I wish you nothing but the best 😊

  • @xemiii
    @xemiii 7 месяцев назад

    I think there's a callback to Phantom Ganon's theme in Ganondorf's second phase. It's right after the part with the BotW motif. To me it sounds quite similar to the music when you fight the horde of Phantom Ganons in the sanctum earlier in the game.

  • @d00p58
    @d00p58 6 месяцев назад

    the geoglyph part blew my mind

  • @Lena_Sky
    @Lena_Sky 7 месяцев назад +1

    How did you learn to play the piano? In a conservatory? I'm super jealous of your talent for finding music by ear !

    • @theoryforger
      @theoryforger  6 месяцев назад +1

      Haha thanks! I never went to conservatory, but I did take piano lessons for like 9 years when I was a kid. Most of what I've learned since has just been from watching music stuff on RUclips, learning new songs, and playing with other people regularly (you'd be surprised how much that last one trains your ear and your general feel for music :D)

  • @jadetuin9086
    @jadetuin9086 7 месяцев назад

    I like this video because it points out the use of motifs in TOTK in a succinct but also funny way :~)

  • @Th3_playertwo
    @Th3_playertwo 6 месяцев назад +1

    In the Colgera theme, you still missed one, that one iconic part, people should know what I’m talking about, is the same as some
    Of the Dragon Roost Island theme in Wind Waker. (It’s the music playing at this time stamp.) 10:05

    • @Th3_playertwo
      @Th3_playertwo 6 месяцев назад

      Oops, I think he mentioned it in the other video, never mind, sorry!

  • @etiennechouinard1541
    @etiennechouinard1541 6 месяцев назад

    For Colgera, go check The Battle Between Mehve and Corvette from Nausicaa. I'm pretty sure it is inspired from that

  • @arachnidath
    @arachnidath 7 месяцев назад +2

    Finally, another Skyward sword fan! I have found my burial ground.

  • @thezoostation
    @thezoostation 6 месяцев назад

    I think you can hear part of the Final Palace theme from Zelda II in the battle with the final form of TOTK Ganondorff

  • @BlackStarSymphony
    @BlackStarSymphony 7 месяцев назад

    I just need more videos like this and disections of the boss battles in totk.

  • @cassidynoelle741
    @cassidynoelle741 6 месяцев назад

    3:39 That almost sounds like a hurdy gurdy, but I can’t be sure. To be fair, I’m surprised that instrument isn’t used in Zelda games more often, given its Germanic roots and relation to the organ.

  • @NemoNeel
    @NemoNeel 7 месяцев назад +2

    I wish we had the old soundtrack back at least as a separate orchestration mechanic

  • @owenkrepps4966
    @owenkrepps4966 6 месяцев назад +1

    Oh shit this guy knows his music

  • @Lannisq00
    @Lannisq00 3 месяца назад

    you're SO talented, can't wait for the next video :))

  • @Greenknight3
    @Greenknight3 6 месяцев назад

    the spirit temple sounds so much like the temple of time theme... to preface this, I am on 2 hours of sleep so I might just be hearing things.

  • @BenthovenMusic
    @BenthovenMusic 7 месяцев назад +1

    I’m sorry but #3 just blew my brains to absolute smithereens!!!

  • @choogmuncher79
    @choogmuncher79 7 месяцев назад

    i’m not completely sure i haven’t played wind waker in a while but i think that one part in ganon’s boss theme calls back to the phantom ganon fight !

  • @karenthreatt4498
    @karenthreatt4498 7 месяцев назад

    Personally one thing in TOTK with the band that plays near the stables like Kass plays Epona's song and like if you listen to the Main stable theme has a part that follows the same pattern

  • @biggestbirddavid
    @biggestbirddavid Месяц назад

    3:36
    i thought this instrument sounded familiar and i decided to look into it - the closest instrument that i found was the korean ajaeng, which is a bowed instrument

  • @finalbossd
    @finalbossd 7 месяцев назад

    Part of the instrumentation of part I of the demon king Ganondorf fight is a reference to Maz Koshia.

  • @ENZO_D
    @ENZO_D 6 месяцев назад

    If You make an equivalent video with iBreath of the Wild, You can tell that in the jingle when a guardian is defeated, if we listen attentively we can ear the one when Ganon appears or is defeated in The Legend of Zelda but in reverse!

  • @amaraphoenix3542
    @amaraphoenix3542 7 месяцев назад

    One of my favorite musical Easter eggs in the game is the Light Dragon's theme. SPOILERS
    It's such a beautiful mix of the regular dragon theme and Zelda's lullaby, but with the latter, it only plays two of the notes and hangs on them without adding the third, and then being taken over by the dragon theme. It's as if the song is trying to remember what it once was...but will never be able to recall it. So good.😢

  • @richienagy1994
    @richienagy1994 7 месяцев назад

    Colgera has by far the best theme of the game’s bosses.

  • @george_gamma
    @george_gamma 6 месяцев назад

    I’m like 90% sure that the 3rd song hummed the gerudo valley theme not the one from links awakening

  • @rachelbulger8307
    @rachelbulger8307 4 месяца назад

    So maybe it's just me, but does the ancient zora waterworks piece from totk call back to Skyward Sword's faron woods? The lick (?) is only a couple seconds long but it really reminds me of a section of faron woods, especially the underwater version.

  • @chrisshorten4406
    @chrisshorten4406 7 месяцев назад

    Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the geoglyph instrument might be a hurdy gurdy.

  • @TheCayDawg
    @TheCayDawg 6 месяцев назад

    I'm a very melody driven listener and I absolutely EAT UP motifs in compositions, especially games!
    Also, for the bit at 7:12 just before the BotW motif, at the beginning of that musical phrase the TotK motif happens and leads into the BotW motif.

  • @Gr3gLMAO
    @Gr3gLMAO 6 месяцев назад

    The depths poi sound sounds just like the fire temple from oot

  • @Goldlucky13
    @Goldlucky13 6 месяцев назад

    the little bit at 7:11 is also in wind waker when you travel, i think

  • @CatalogK9
    @CatalogK9 7 месяцев назад

    I was actually (one of?) the one(s) to point out Fi’s Theme to Zelda Music Theory, but did you notice Zelda’s theme also playing in that scene slowly on top of it? 🤯

    • @theoryforger
      @theoryforger  6 месяцев назад

      I didn't! Wow, I'll have to go back and listen

  • @dam9356
    @dam9356 6 месяцев назад +1

    I was expecting ganondorf suavemente💀💀💀

  • @ixsmt
    @ixsmt 7 месяцев назад

    at 7:19, the low string + piano ostinato plays the same motif as the piano in the blight fights in the beasts in botw :) it's barely discernible with the big string octave ostinato above it but it's under there

  • @redstonewizard08
    @redstonewizard08 7 месяцев назад

    HES BACK

  • @demonprinceofkhorne
    @demonprinceofkhorne 6 месяцев назад

    So with the Molgera theme, the chkachkachka bit is only in the OST version, its not actually in the main game. It was weirdly disappointing to me when I found out

  • @kylewhite4984
    @kylewhite4984 7 месяцев назад

    Glad this guy is back!

  • @unsterino
    @unsterino 7 месяцев назад

    tears of the kingdom (the ost especially) feels like a huge love letter to past zelda games and i'm living for it 😭

  • @BombingGamer
    @BombingGamer 6 месяцев назад

    Is the song at 1:04 that’s being hummed NOT the Gerudo Valley music?

  • @sebastiangamboa6259
    @sebastiangamboa6259 Месяц назад

    Love ur videos bro! You have to hear the water temple from tears of the kingdom🎉🎉❤

  • @ethangadd7210
    @ethangadd7210 7 месяцев назад

    Won a subscriber as soon as you said Skyward Sword was your favorite

  • @ImaSpinachLeaf
    @ImaSpinachLeaf 7 месяцев назад

    I’m pretty sure colgera’s name is also a mix between one of the bosses who’s names starts with c (I forgor😢) and molgera

  • @motherjup1ter
    @motherjup1ter 6 месяцев назад

    just decided to watch a random video because I had to do a quest in wind waker but I have to wait so long rn😭

    • @motherjup1ter
      @motherjup1ter 6 месяцев назад

      This was actually really fun so finna watch your other videos lol ahhaha

  • @COSMICking831
    @COSMICking831 6 месяцев назад

    The ganondorf one has a abit of phantom ganon from wind waker and the calamity ganondorf from botw it a mix up one

  • @Xp070
    @Xp070 7 месяцев назад

    Love me some leitmotifs

  • @EtheRenard
    @EtheRenard 7 месяцев назад +4

    Fun fact, Molgera is Gayla in French. Don't know why, but I like it lmao. So Colgera is Glagayla. A frosty gay sky centipede

    • @Zogef1996
      @Zogef1996 7 месяцев назад

      Oooh I thought Molgera in french was just "Molgera" (didn't play wind waker and I'm french)