The land rests As the last few minutes of this extensive journey that has now come to an end fly by, the nostalgia and reflective mood kicks in. Because such a massive enterprise as a Zelda game or a Lord of the Rings movie require multiple endings to convey everything that the adventure represented. You… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zeda: A Link to the Past – End Credits / Staff Roll

Final of the fantasy The Triforce has been touched. A wish has been granted. For the occasion, the newly undeceased king of Hyrule has commissioned a march in honor of the legendary hero to the Hylian Sousa, who might as well be composer Nobuo Uematsu since this piece is very similar to the main theme… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Ending / Epilogue ~ Beautiful Hyrule

Take your boots off your feet And thus the Triforce spoke to men. And it became present in history. And you better treasure and contemplate this moment seldom witnessed in the course of the series. The elusive opportunity to interact and touch the most important artifact. You are now in the presence of something truly… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Triforce Chamber / Power of the Gods

Progressive evil En Garde! And you better be prepared since you are about to duel the iconic enemy of the series at perhaps his canonically most powerful incarnation. Right after having touched the sacred Triforce which allowed him to conquer all of the Golden Land and whose evil and darkness are pouring out into Hyrule.… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Ganon Battle / Prince of Darkness

Quick mayhem Ah, the simpler times when boss battles where not a multi epic orchestral suite but just an ostinato more basic that even what became the music for standard battle encounters out there. We are a long way from each boss having his own personalized track. And this early boss battle cue is one… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Boss Battle / Anger of the Guardians

Memento mori We are getting closer to Ganondorf (or at least the wizard Agahnim who ultimately fulfills the same human side of evil role in this game) and that means getting closer to the profiles and motifs of his own theme song (which naturally was the theme of Agahnim at this point) on this dungeon… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Dark World Dungeon / Dungeon of Shadows