The callbacks to "Assault on Vah Ruta" in the Water Temple theme are amazing... Their use of themes overall is just masterful. You can tell in _seconds_ exactly where you are and who you're fighting just by the motifs and instruments used.
Water temple final terminal is one of the extremely rare times I notice the music and stop just to listen to it. It's so damn good. The only other time this has happened in these games is the snowy mountains music in breath of the wild
I love love LOVE that they incorporated the motifs from BotW’s divine beast dungeons into the temple’s themes in ToTK as if in homage. Immediately recognized Vah Ruta’s theme within the Water temple theme and it got me choked up because of Mipha and Sidon.
Well thats fairly well fitting. Have you seen the Zelda Ocarina Of Time but as as a prog rock concept album? Some musicians go through a lot of the music rearranged to be prog rock, it's pretty good.
Its worth noting that the dungeon themes in this use the motifs from the respective Divine Beasts in Breath of the Wild. I noticed that Wind Temple uses the Rito Village intro but I didn't recognize the other village themes in the other dungeons.
The last phase of the thunder temple is a slowed down version of Attack on Vah Naboris from BotW and not the Gerudo Village theme. It's pretty noticeable when you listen them back-to-back
Idk what you mean by "Rito Village Intro" I couldn't place that from the Wind Temple music. But even in BotW Rito village was pretty much the only place apart from Hyrule Castle that used a very iconic theme from previous Zelda installments (and to an extent Zora's Domain, but that music wasn't that iconic to begin with, even if recognizable). TotK just goes balls to the wall "YEAH YOU FUCKING LOVE WIND WAKER DON'T YA" during the Rito part of the game. Colgeras theme has both the best area track and the best boss track from wind waker, on top of it's own phenomenal arrangements and call-backs to BotW. Kinda makes you wonder who at Nintendo really has the hots for bird people since Rito is almost unfairly overrepresented in the pure nostalgia department.
There's a _lot_ of "Assault on Vah Ruta" (the riding on Sidon's back bit) in the Water Temple theme. Enough that you could probably play them concurrently and it would sync up.
First time I’ve come across your channel. You did a great job on the analysis and I was really impressed how quickly you made that similar song as well as playing along in parts in real time. Super talented bro, keep it up!
This is a great soundtrack! I wish you can do a second video on this with more detailed feedback and walkthrough - I would love to watch it! It will be very interesting!
@@SprayInk-Kreatïv-Nouveau Zelda bosses were never hard to begin with, this game is perfect for us casual gamers and that what I really love about it if I want a more challenging game I'll go with Elden Ring
Late to this video, but have to comment just to say; kept waiting for the intro "teaser" to cut to a typical youtube intro, but you just raw-dogged it. No cut to "HEY RUclips TODAY WE'RE CHECKING OUT THE TOTK SOUNDTRACK" you just started with a stinger and kept fucking going. Mad respect, great video.
Also, the immediate, excited 1 hour timelapse of trying to hit a similar style/run was super impressive and really cool to hear vs the original composition that inspired it. Quickest first vid to subscribe of the year for me.
awesome vid, whats your setup man? plugins etc? also love in the wind temple they use both revali's theme in a very minor way and also the teba/vah naboris attack sequence. the music in this game had tears rolling down the face of joy and nostalgia too hahaha. think you'll love Colgera theme too. its heavily referencing the molgera boss and dragon roost island the from wind waker
RUclips recommendations giving me a solid W here. Great video! I don’t know jack about music theory, but I always love seeing people’s reactions who really do know it. The thunder temple was my favourite, but the old spirit/desert temples have always been my favourites.
7:22 Idk how familiar you are with LoZ music in general, but there's a rising run of notes in this part here that sounds eerily familiar to me. Listen to the song Farewell Hyrule King from The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker and Hyrule Castle Theme from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and you might get what I mean. The notes might not be exact, but it's close enough to remind me of Farewell Hyrule King (which makes sense to me because 'Wind Waker'... wind temple...) I mention ALttP because it demonstrates Nintendo's habit of retaining music and reusing/remastering it to suit different circumstances. If the notes do match up between this and the song from Wind Waker, it's not an accident.
Zach : "I have no idea what's going on" "Ok i wrote this in an hour, it's very hard to do" *music fits perfectly into the style* RUclips : "BRUH! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT X'D" You are so good at this my man x)
Thanks so much. I am the game player who is in the game 99%. I did not know that the main menu has those music. Thank you for bringing me to the music.
2:35 I understand that BotW's soundtrack was less... designed. It was supposed to be very mysterious and vague, for thematic reasons. But I have to agree. I think TotK's soundtrack is better.
And somehow some people still thinking this game doesn't worth 70, it's worth way more than that just for the music it self ,and not yet include the game and graphic
@@DundG it's just sad , fifa and NBA 2k both just not worth , they not just dumb , those player just don't understand the art of game , they just like fast food game with "graphic", I think they even think Redfall or Forspoken is good game with "Graphic" .
@@LaiYou We don't need to argue with those who can't understand. Just as we don't need to participate in the stupid console wars. I'm quite happy that Nintendo does its own thing and doesn't cater to those "graphic-whores" as we called them in german. Nintendo sticks to their definition of gaming which has more ups than downs in by book.
Have you looked at Final Fantasy XIV Soundtracks? That's also a wild ride to go through ^^ if you haven't already (first video I see from you) Love how you explain some parts and it's nice to see you get excited,, same as I do :D although I have no theory knowledge xD
8:16 I can immediately tell that 1) it's the Yiga clan and 2) clearly inspired from Naruto! 🤣 Manaka Kataoka is absolutely killing it and I can't wait to hear what else she comes up with!
Also, I’ve only been playing Ocarina of Time on N64 (Gerudo valley is my favourite VGM soundtrack of all time), but I remember «backwards vocals» being used there. Was it in the temple of time or so? Is it a recurring theme in Zelda games, or is the usage of that in the game music here a nudge towards OOT?
Want your mind blown? Listen to the Yiga/Kouga theme on this video, take in the melody, the instruments used, etc., then go listen to the Kakariko Village theme. **Pow**...
Great breakdown, the unfortunate issue with the playlist you're listening to however, is the fact that you're only getting the final phase of dungeon/boss music, and not the full progression as you advance through the dungeons over five phases. The wind and fire temples especially build amazingly throughout.
Music’s a little… out there sounding. Very different from Breath. Breath was light and airy. This one is darker, more exotic, and somewhat goofy, avant-garde, or whimsical.
I’m one of the few who doesn’t feel that it’s an upgrade from BOTW music. It mostly feels like an orchestrated rehash of the BOTW music in most places. There was so much originality, space, and passion in the BOTW music. Even though it’s more in-your-face and orchestrated, it doesn’t feel better. But that’s what people were asking for, so I guess they got it. 🤷🏻♂️
It feels weird to see you say "Already a lot more orchestra than in Botw" literally during a track significantly less orchestral than its botw version (Hyrule Castle).
Hi, my name is Donn Nauert, I've been involved in the gaming industry since the late 70s, I cannot help but noticing your thumbnail is just to bait people who are fund of this game, why such a silly photo? Even though Zelda's soundtrack is epic you are just exagerating to get clicks (hence views) have some more respect for your passion which I can only guess is music...
P.S. If you liked the piece I wrote, check out my second video:
ruclips.net/video/W-JEk6bipB8/видео.html
Your opinions are very interesting thanks !
“I wanna learn that” *crushes the technique* then says, “it’s really hard to write music like that”
I love your content!!!
😂😂
bro was like, "I'll give myself an hour to recreate an insane orchestra piece." 1 hour later, sounds like he just stole the audio it's so good.
The music as you progress further beneath Hyrule Castle gets SO INTENSE. Even being overpowered the music made me feel STRESSED
The music and atmosphere leading up to the final Ganon boss is insane.
@@Real_JKDOS especially combined with his mechanics
Zach thank you for having the key display at the bottom for us to see what you’re playing as you break it down. It’s so awesome. Great video thanks!
The callbacks to "Assault on Vah Ruta" in the Water Temple theme are amazing...
Their use of themes overall is just masterful. You can tell in _seconds_ exactly where you are and who you're fighting just by the motifs and instruments used.
Water temple final terminal is one of the extremely rare times I notice the music and stop just to listen to it. It's so damn good. The only other time this has happened in these games is the snowy mountains music in breath of the wild
Colgera is probably the best boss theme but Queen Gibdo is so so good, that 5/4 7/4 switchup is just so so good
Not my favorite, it is one of my favorite since I like some themes equally with the last one, the main one and the title one.
The rito final boss song is just PERFECT
my favorite one
Dragon roost island baby ;)
@@mookiestewart3776 And the lick being played right before the roost theme is the main lick from the Molgera theme song
really love the vocal embellishments that sort of glitch or warp in and out throughout the whole thing
I love love LOVE that they incorporated the motifs from BotW’s divine beast dungeons into the temple’s themes in ToTK as if in homage. Immediately recognized Vah Ruta’s theme within the Water temple theme and it got me choked up because of Mipha and Sidon.
This is literally is the greatest soundtrack ever for a Legend of Zelda game incredible!
Wind temple Skydive! I'm so addicted to that small piece, it gives me chills every time
It's like Jazz Djent metal turned into orchestral music.
Well thats fairly well fitting. Have you seen the Zelda Ocarina Of Time but as as a prog rock concept album? Some musicians go through a lot of the music rearranged to be prog rock, it's pretty good.
I love how you partake in the music as well and not just listen to it , really awesome video, enjoyed the entire thing.
You have have have to listen to the Wind boss theme! The rito village motif is added in such an amazing way there.
I swear whenever I listen to this music I feel so many emotions that I've never felt anywhere else
Its worth noting that the dungeon themes in this use the motifs from the respective Divine Beasts in Breath of the Wild.
I noticed that Wind Temple uses the Rito Village intro but I didn't recognize the other village themes in the other dungeons.
Same.
The calgera was very window shopping imo
But dang they throw a bang
i love that so much actually-i heard the motifs from the divine beasts and felt that the music perfectly encapsulates being a sequel.
The last phase of the thunder temple is a slowed down version of Attack on Vah Naboris from BotW and not the Gerudo Village theme. It's pretty noticeable when you listen them back-to-back
Idk what you mean by "Rito Village Intro" I couldn't place that from the Wind Temple music. But even in BotW Rito village was pretty much the only place apart from Hyrule Castle that used a very iconic theme from previous Zelda installments (and to an extent Zora's Domain, but that music wasn't that iconic to begin with, even if recognizable). TotK just goes balls to the wall "YEAH YOU FUCKING LOVE WIND WAKER DON'T YA" during the Rito part of the game. Colgeras theme has both the best area track and the best boss track from wind waker, on top of it's own phenomenal arrangements and call-backs to BotW. Kinda makes you wonder who at Nintendo really has the hots for bird people since Rito is almost unfairly overrepresented in the pure nostalgia department.
There's a _lot_ of "Assault on Vah Ruta" (the riding on Sidon's back bit) in the Water Temple theme. Enough that you could probably play them concurrently and it would sync up.
First time I’ve come across your channel. You did a great job on the analysis and I was really impressed how quickly you made that similar song as well as playing along in parts in real time. Super talented bro, keep it up!
This is a great soundtrack! I wish you can do a second video on this with more detailed feedback and walkthrough - I would love to watch it! It will be very interesting!
Bro wrote and entire masterpiece in a matter of an hour. Thats what I call ✨️TALENT ✨️
I love Colgera's theme the most
Same its so good
@@Swoompynotlive They had no right to make it so epic but at the same time so easy...
I know it’s my favorite! Also the Master Kohga theme it’s so good!
@@SprayInk-Kreatïv-Nouveau Zelda bosses were never hard to begin with, this game is perfect for us casual gamers and that what I really love about it if I want a more challenging game I'll go with Elden Ring
@@Cye_Pie I mean the way to kill him, it's very basic, just dive into it.
This is 100% Top 5 Video Game OSTs for me. This game just shocked me with how much more and better the music is compared to BOTW.
zach oh my goodness u don't have to belittle us by remaking a part of it and saying it's hard to write music like that. u are so damn good!
im not someone who can do music stuff but the fact you did that first part in just an hour omgg
Zach, the old school brass parts you played sounded like straight up Bernard Herrmann. Darn good stuff!
Late to this video, but have to comment just to say; kept waiting for the intro "teaser" to cut to a typical youtube intro, but you just raw-dogged it. No cut to "HEY RUclips TODAY WE'RE CHECKING OUT THE TOTK SOUNDTRACK" you just started with a stinger and kept fucking going. Mad respect, great video.
Also, the immediate, excited 1 hour timelapse of trying to hit a similar style/run was super impressive and really cool to hear vs the original composition that inspired it. Quickest first vid to subscribe of the year for me.
the music actually makes me cry
awesome vid, whats your setup man? plugins etc? also love in the wind temple they use both revali's theme in a very minor way and also the teba/vah naboris attack sequence. the music in this game had tears rolling down the face of joy and nostalgia too hahaha. think you'll love Colgera theme too. its heavily referencing the molgera boss and dragon roost island the from wind waker
RUclips recommendations giving me a solid W here. Great video! I don’t know jack about music theory, but I always love seeing people’s reactions who really do know it. The thunder temple was my favourite, but the old spirit/desert temples have always been my favourites.
Just a few minutes in, but I’m already digging this. In fact, I dig the music so much I might need to get myself a console to play this through😂
Shaping up to be one of the best Nintendo scores of all time! Wow. Really pushing the envelope forward from BOTW
7:22 Idk how familiar you are with LoZ music in general, but there's a rising run of notes in this part here that sounds eerily familiar to me. Listen to the song Farewell Hyrule King from The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker and Hyrule Castle Theme from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and you might get what I mean. The notes might not be exact, but it's close enough to remind me of Farewell Hyrule King (which makes sense to me because 'Wind Waker'... wind temple...) I mention ALttP because it demonstrates Nintendo's habit of retaining music and reusing/remastering it to suit different circumstances. If the notes do match up between this and the song from Wind Waker, it's not an accident.
I'd love to hear what was going on in that piece you whipped up in an hour, that was great man!
I wanna be like you when i grow up 😩
That's so nice 🥲
Zach : "I have no idea what's going on" "Ok i wrote this in an hour, it's very hard to do"
*music fits perfectly into the style*
RUclips : "BRUH! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT X'D"
You are so good at this my man x)
Thanks so much.
I am the game player who is in the game 99%. I did not know that the main menu has those music.
Thank you for bringing me to the music.
Great job!😮
Im just impressed with the speed you can compose. The same piece that took you one hour to make would probably take me 3 to 6 hours to make.
You did that attempt at 1:00 in one hour that would take me like a week 😭
Absolutely awesome, sublime soundtrack! thanks for this video, Zach.
I recommend listening also to the Ghost of Tsushima OST!
Your cover sounds like a news theme!
Great work Zach, what fader controllers are you using?
Great Video! To create music like that would be really hard, And I want to learn that Someday!
The music in this game is soooooo good
The soundtrack definitely does a great deal of heavy lifting in this game!
if there's one piece of music that needs some attention its the wind temple's boss battle
2:35 I understand that BotW's soundtrack was less... designed. It was supposed to be very mysterious and vague, for thematic reasons.
But I have to agree. I think TotK's soundtrack is better.
And somehow some people still thinking this game doesn't worth 70, it's worth way more than that just for the music it self ,and not yet include the game and graphic
Some People are dumb. Many pay 60$ for Fifa, which are just remakes of each other and then whine about Zelda for graphics.
@@DundG it's just sad , fifa and NBA 2k both just not worth , they not just dumb , those player just don't understand the art of game , they just like fast food game with "graphic", I think they even think Redfall or Forspoken is good game with "Graphic" .
@@LaiYou We don't need to argue with those who can't understand. Just as we don't need to participate in the stupid console wars. I'm quite happy that Nintendo does its own thing and doesn't cater to those "graphic-whores" as we called them in german. Nintendo sticks to their definition of gaming which has more ups than downs in by book.
@@DundG agree, i also just lazy to fight with them , i rather use my time playing zelda haha~
The music for the Fire Dungeon is also really good!
YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO COLGERA ITS LITERALLY THE BEST BOSS THEME
9:38 that is so hard to do😮
Have you looked at Final Fantasy XIV Soundtracks? That's also a wild ride to go through ^^ if you haven't already (first video I see from you)
Love how you explain some parts and it's nice to see you get excited,, same as I do :D although I have no theory knowledge xD
The second part of ganons theme is even better. You should react to that.
8:16 I can immediately tell that 1) it's the Yiga clan and 2) clearly inspired from Naruto! 🤣 Manaka Kataoka is absolutely killing it and I can't wait to hear what else she comes up with!
Very interesting re-creations of these new Zelda themes. Very playful music overall.
Also, I’ve only been playing Ocarina of Time on N64 (Gerudo valley is my favourite VGM soundtrack of all time), but I remember «backwards vocals» being used there. Was it in the temple of time or so? Is it a recurring theme in Zelda games, or is the usage of that in the game music here a nudge towards OOT?
I love this music but I do miss the great hooks from the old soundtracks. I wish they’d bring some of that back.
Would you breakdown the time signatures for the full Gleeok theme? I'd love to see it explained. :)
Colgera: Am I a joke to you?
1:19 what is the melody? i have no idea what scale XD
From a music theory standpoint it's 100% more sophisticated than BOTW. Honestly they took some big, big swings to go to the next level thematically.
Soundtrack makes me want to come out of self-imposed video game retirement and purchase a Switch 😂
something went wrong in my shipment, so i can't play the game yet. but the soundtrack is so awesome, i can't wait to play the game
they stepped up so much compared to BoTW, like that one was good but they turned it up waaayyy past 11
Want your mind blown? Listen to the Yiga/Kouga theme on this video, take in the melody, the instruments used, etc., then go listen to the Kakariko Village theme.
**Pow**...
Some other really good tracks are demon dragon and final fall!! Also Ganondorfs approach is awesome
Great breakdown, the unfortunate issue with the playlist you're listening to however, is the fact that you're only getting the final phase of dungeon/boss music, and not the full progression as you advance through the dungeons over five phases. The wind and fire temples especially build amazingly throughout.
Wait where does that first song play? Is it the spirit temple boss?
This one’s probably my favorite track (descending into Ganondorf’s lair) ruclips.net/video/cSL2NsGpmrU/видео.html
LISTEN TO THE RITO BOSS MUSIC
I hear Poulenc influence in the second 'lyrical' theme...
1:08 honestly I think his version is better lol
listen to the colgera theme (phase 3)
Please do octopath traveler 2
What DAW software do you use ?
That’s Logic Pro (it says it in the top left you could’ve just looked)
why did yours sound like mgs?
Please listen to the rito boss music, it’s genuinely my favourite video game song ever!
I believe the proper grammatical phrase you were looking for was "I love mes some dungeons musics."
You're welcome
Music’s a little… out there sounding. Very different from Breath.
Breath was light and airy. This one is darker, more exotic, and somewhat goofy, avant-garde, or whimsical.
unfortunately they nerfed the song of the castle (interior or exterior)
please add divisions to the video
best one for me: ruclips.net/video/vCztbxYdGdY/видео.html Rito boss theme when they mix molgera et dragon from wind waker
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I wish there was a link to the video you stole
Easy
Copy FF and Metroid = ZELDA OST
You look like GothamChess (that's a compliment ig)
Colgera is the Best
I’m one of the few who doesn’t feel that it’s an upgrade from BOTW music. It mostly feels like an orchestrated rehash of the BOTW music in most places. There was so much originality, space, and passion in the BOTW music. Even though it’s more in-your-face and orchestrated, it doesn’t feel better. But that’s what people were asking for, so I guess they got it. 🤷🏻♂️
Bro there’s no way you skipped over “colgeras theme”….. it’s the single best piece of music in the entire ost….. wtf …. Like it’s not even debatable
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It feels weird to see you say "Already a lot more orchestra than in Botw" literally during a track significantly less orchestral than its botw version (Hyrule Castle).
Hi, my name is Donn Nauert, I've been involved in the gaming industry since the late 70s, I cannot help but noticing your thumbnail is just to bait people who are fund of this game, why such a silly photo? Even though Zelda's soundtrack is epic you are just exagerating to get clicks (hence views) have some more respect for your passion which I can only guess is music...
It’s a funny world we live in because this dude can do whatever the hell he wants..
My first 5 hours have been so quiet though. It's kinda sad. I'm starting to think my games bugged maybe?
😢 What I'm listening to rn is beautiful. I'm over 5hrs in and haven't heard anything like it in gameb
2:14 when you realize someone is watching you :')
You sir have become my daily doze of drug before i go to bed. I learn a lot from you 🤌🏻🤌🏻