The Zone Where Normal Things Don’t Happen Very Often “You are entering the Twilight (realm) zone duriruriduriruri” Or at least a place where a weird fella resides, one of those beings whose minds and specialized… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Fortune Teller
A heart of gold We have finally reached the Golden Land of legend for real this time. But we aren’t afraid no more, nor helpless. We are atop the golden pyramid surveilling what has become… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Dark World / Dark Golden Land
Cute dread Our first encounter with the Dark World, not only in A Link to the Past but in all of Zelda, is not a pleasant affair; nor is it an unpleasant one mind you.… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Death Mountain Rabbit / The Silly Pink Rabbit
Kooky saloon Of course you can make a theme that is both catchy and dissonant or memorable and ugly. And by bringing back that ambiguity present in many tracks of the soundtrack even the innocent… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Mini Game / Guessing-Game House
Holy organum Just like Saria’s Song had its older Lost Woods counterpart, A Link to the Past also had its own original church with its own short and almost forgotten cue that is only revived… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Sanctuary / Safety in the Sanctuary
A more spacious underground Link set out on his most adventuresome quest yet. Or so does promise the title card at the beginning of the black sheep from the Zelda series. And it is a… Read More »Inside The Score – Zelda II: The Adventure of Link – Palace / Temple / Dungeon
The origin of the mythos The True Legend Begins The SNES era brought with it new possibilities: new colorful graphics, new sound chip with more channels and where the entire game can be scored with… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Title Theme / Opening (Intro)
A Fistful of Rupees Befitting the most westernized iteration of the Zelda series, here is an out of field sub-film where our vaquero steps into a non-medieval town that comes right from the Wild West… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Hidden Village
Marche funébre, the darkest hour “Shadow and light are two sides of the same coin… One cannot exist without the other” Of course Zelda herself here is referring to Twilight Princess and The Wind Waker,… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Midna’s Lament
Pure adventure awaits Just like the wind blowing at your back, the call to adventure is strong on this one. You close your eyes, feel the breeze, a mixture of air and water, and then… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – The Great Sea / Ocean Theme
Andean volcano The Island where the wind wakes…up in many forms. We arrive at the Nintendo Gamecube era—although don’t expect too many games since it is a nightmare to convert from the proprietary BMS sequences… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Dragon Roost Island
Underwater bliss The only track that can give Aquatic Ambience a run for its money in the battle for the most iconic aquatic ambient theme in video game music. Even so, while the song from… Read More »Inside The Score – Super Mario 64 – Dire, Dire Docks / Water Theme