Style: video game music
Primary Emotions/Themes: perhaps one of the most beloved game soundtracks ever created
Thoughts: Anyone who has ever played video games for more than a few years will know about Ocarina of Time. This isn't just one of the most popular games ever, this is perhaps one of the most influential and important games to be created as well.
For the purposes of this blog were going to focus on the music. This is essentially the continuation of Link to the Past in musical form. There are similar melodies, there are many of the same songs but everything is bigger and better. The N64 soundchip was that much better than that of the SNES, so we have more instruments, more arrangements, more of everything.
This is the kind of record set you want to put on during a Friday night and enjoy reliving memories as each of the songs comes on. Hyrule Field? Lets remember riding Epona across it endless amounts of times. Death Mountain? Remember the dangers of lava and trying to repair the giant's knife? Song of Storms? Man, is there a more iconic song in this soundtrack?
This isn't the perfect Zelda soundtrack, but it's gosh darn close to it. This has everything that a Zelda fan would want... the definitive experience. Essential video game music.
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