Palace / Temple Theme ~baroque version | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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Since the beginning ages ago when I was thinking about how to arrange Zelda II's music, the tracks I was looking forward to the most were the Palace Theme and the Boss Theme. I've been mentally humming and beat-boxing so many ideas, and I'm excited to be finally here. I have enough ideas to do an arrangement for each of the six palaces, but I decided to limit myself to only two.
For the longest time, I expected my first version of the track would be somber and sinister, similar to the dungeon theme in the first Zelda. I honed in on the fact that the "dungeons" in the game are actually palaces, I imagined rays of light from windows that cast long shadows, hallways that twist and turn into dead ends, secret passages that open up. Think the castle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. I don't believe the game really explains any of the lore behind why there are these palaces, and it intrigued me to try to explore the lore beyond just being a creepy place. Recently, I also played the old Castlevania games for the first time, and I was surprised that Castlevania II shares a lot of similarities with Zelda II, and even predates it.
I started designing this track to only have strings. The only similar type of music I made was the Jidoor arrangement from Final Fantasy VI. Back then I used only solo string instruments, and I soon discovered that all the ideas I want to incorporate required 10x the complexity. Many phrases played by a single instrument are actually constructed by 3-4 separate string libraries. I listened to baroque classical music for weeks on end. While the palace theme melody does sound classical-ish, having it fit with baroque sensibilities proved to be a significant challenge. My initial observation with baroque is music is that while it can sound fast and complex, you can break a piece down to a simple motif and harmony, and all the ornamentations I hear are just the transitions between each chord. Any instrument can go crazy all they want, as long as they fit into a perfect mathematical progression and symmetry that is very pleasing to hear.
However, the melody for the palace theme doesn't allow me to completely follow baroque guidelines. It generally has a brisk rhythm, but each phrase is punctuated by this syncopated 5-note beat that throws everything off. The best I can do is just make it sound baroque-ish. To work through this, I changed the instrumentation in the accompaniment so the track progressions builds toward a purpose. On the plus side, I realized that the motion and breaks of the theme fit perfectly with the player's general flow as he navigates the palace. As you can see in the footage, Link basically runs through the hallways at full sprint, stopping only to engage enemies that he can't jump over or kill with a downward thrust. I always thought the back and forth sword fighting exchange with the knights was the coolest part of this game, and I'm still hoping that Nintendo brings this energy back in a future Zelda game.
Overall I am pretty pleased with how sophisticated and classy this track I ended up sounding. I ended up adding the woodwinds and brass back to help amplify the emotionality of the piece. With this more "accurate" version out of the way, I am free to go completely unhinged in the SECOND version.
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Arrangement and illustrations by Jeremiah Sun
Original Theme by Akito Nakatsuka
#ZeldaII #Calm #Orchestra
The name is Link. Adventure Link.
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Is that a James Bond reference ?
@@SaumonDuLundi I will accept that answer
Should said "Name is Link...Adventure of Link"
Who's here July 4th, 2024 - 1 year after this video was released?
I literally SCREAMED with JOY when you finally uploaded this!!! I have been waiting for you to orchestrate the palace theme as it is one of my favorite zelda songs
To the viewers, read the description first please
Thank you again for the love you put in your arrangements, I imagine the work it took to put so many details
I hope you can participate in a game project one day, you truly are an artist and you can be a big name in the industry !
Having that quick harpsichord part first come in during the crumbling walkway part and perfectly in sync was INSPIRED
This is more late romantic or contemporary than Baroque.
I just spent an hour or so listening to Zelda II remixes and getting annoyed at them because they don't seem to understand the important moments in the songs, the various almost leitmotifs that exist within the tracks, so they still play the notes that make them up but don't put any emphasis on them so they are just muddied in whatever arrangement they are doing. Not here. This is the ONLY palace theme I've liked, and I've so far only heard 100 seconds.
If you view twitch you should go look up Jonathan Ong, I think you'll have a blast there.
1:50 - 4:12 - 6:23 - 8:46
All the good parts. You're welcome!
amazing, captures the feeling of peril from entering these abandoned/overtaken palaces just crawling with enemies and disrepair. Gives the feeling the palaces are still reminiscent of hosting balls and opulence despite being completely uninhabitable
Castlevania vibes.. but without the harpischord being so shrill lol
Great music, a little long of a listen perhaps, but excellent regardless! When do we get the live action film??? :D :D
I can feel what you were going for with the baroque inspiration! It gives this piece a regal, formal feel. Absolutely love this track.
weird I don't remember liking Zelda 2
I really loved this opus ;.. maybe I'm alone on this earth, but so many good ideas, never taken again (XP for example) ... a great game. And great soundtrack. This cover is delicious.
This was pretty neat. I'm looking forward to hearing your take on the final palace theme.
This is not what I was waiting for and I ended loving it. You are so good at making what we didn't know we vere actually expecting!
THANKS FOR THIS!!!!
Bless 🙏🏾
This is incredible!
love all the stuff you do, thank you for making these
glorious, but at this level it almost ceases to be a dungeon theme because it's so inoffensive and beautiful. i am no longer in a confounding ruin of puzzles and danger
You need more subs man, you are one of the best composers on this entire site, and its CRIMINAL to see you with under 1 mil.
This is so beautiful, thank you!
Best Version I ever heard 👍
Great Job 💪
can you make a remake of TEMPLE Yotsuya Kaidan Version - Super Smash Bros: Melee BETA? I know someone already did it but since you have this version you can give it try?
It kinda sounds like as if The Great Ace Attourney played during mideaval times
(Being a lawyer at a trial infront of the king)
Definitely sounds only baroque-ish as stated in the description,
but still beautifuly done!
Wonderful work as always.
This makes me see the height of the Hyrul Empire, not some egalitarian post-post apocalypse world of villages. I'm imagining Link, Zelda, Impa, Darunia, Ruto, Nabooru, Gannondorph, Shadow Link, Kotake & Koume, all dressed up to the nines in some Rococo/Edo hybrid garb, all at a banquet/ball and all the battles are of wits and words
More of a Romantic styled piece - but amazing nonetheless. Been a huge fan of your orchestral arrangements since the Link's Awakening album.
sounds so amazing congratulations!! you gonna make de great palace/great temple version too?
auxilio, desde que lo encontré ha sido mi vicio, no he dejado de repetirla
just wait once this guy will do ALTTP
Its another take on this theme, and its realy beautifull, and very well made! Thanks for that!
I dig it!
really cool and beautiful piece!! Thank you so much for sharing.
I've been looking forward to this one ever since you started Zelda 2 arrangements. It does not disappoint. I look forward to the completely unhinged second version.
Putting it on 1.25 speed goes so hard. Bravo
RETURN OF THE KING
Excellent work!
You’re quite talented. Please do A Link to the Past (Triforce of the Gods). It’s been done too many times in the past, but always poorly. I know you can do it justice. Especially the two ending themes which have only had poor arrangements outside of the original MIDI.
Ok
@@thesecondnarrator 😮 Thank you 🙏
@@thesecondnarrator I know arrangement takes a long time (take your time)… but any hints as to when to expect something new? 👀
@@thesecondnarratorAny update? Thank you!!!
Any update to share?
It's good enough, but it doesn't sound very baroque. Just using some widely considered "baroque" instruments doesn't make it a baroque piece. Besides, the main instrument isn't very baroque at all.