A peaking behind the scenes After meeting (and becoming) the lead guitarist in a band, it’s time to a face to face encounter with his band mates and become acquainted with their internal dynamics, their… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Band Practice
From a fellow musician to another “It seems my lucky color this week is green” Now things are about to get real…or not. On the one hand, this is a moment where we experience the… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Mikau
A paradisiacal inferno If you thought the whole alien saga was ridiculous—in the best possible way—then you will see Majora’s Mask not holding back on its ocean level. There is your standard fare, of course:… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Great Bay Coast
The rock cup This is a race. This is a goron race. Say no more, It is just a matter of bringing back the horse race cue and plaster goron instruments everywhere, replacing the hillbilly… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Goron Race
Because rock people can also be soft The second “warp song”—or at least its equivalent—from Majora’s Mask. It also shares a bizarre pedagogic method with all the other dungeon ocarina tunes from the game; first… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Goron Lullaby
Entrusted with a soul The music that signifies that a powerful exorcism, an alleviation has taken place in the world of Termina. That Link has been entrusted with a precious vow of confidence directly from… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Song of Healing (Piano Version)
Dead Mountain Another land corrupted by the evil mask, another version of the corrupted Majora’s theme, of course made snowy to fit the theme of the level. An opportunity to hear the same track arranged… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Mountain Village
Follow the leader We reach one of the Majora’s Mask niche genres for the first time with this little fun track attached to the Bremen mask. The war music genre, or martial music, which will… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Bremen March
A plea for action We’ll… be… there… The ultimate promise in a game about promises; the song that symbolizes that the gods of Termina are with their people. When the last ray of hope banishes,… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Oath to Order
The five saviors of the land The mysterious lands of the guardian deities of Termina; Link can only access these after defeating the influence from Majora in each of the four cardinal directions: south, north,… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Giants’ Theme
Dynamic combat The last track we will come across courtesy of new hired composer Toru Minegishi (still in his early twenties), the three themes he contributed to the game leaving proof that he was perfectly… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Boss Battle
Musical analysis of the dungeons from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask written by Koji Kondo. We will explore the cultural influences of a seminal Nintendo 64 game