Style: video game music
Primary Emotions/Themes: The music fully embraces the sea and all of its wonders and perils
Thoughts: This entry is a bit of an end of an era. This entry marks the last record that I had in my collection at the point where I started this blog. I added some along the way but at one point I said "I'm finishing what I have first" before moving into anything new. This is the last record on that list... this is a big moment for me. It's fitting that it's such a wonderful soundtrack.
Wind Waker is a game that took me by suprise when it launched. I wasn't sure what to do with the graphics, but I found that the gameplay was fun so I stuck it out. I know several people that stopped playing the game completely because of the cell shading. Looking back now with how revered this game is it seems crazy that anyone would do that.
As with any Zelda game, the music is excellent. This again marks a huge upgrade in the sound quality and composition for the series, finally getting into fully uncompressed samples and instruments.
The main theme of Wind Waker is water and of course wind. The music reflects that. There is a natural sway to much of the music that resembles being in the water. It's a subtle touch that brings the soundtrack closer together.
Like any good soundtrack listening to it will make you recall playing the game and hopefully bring back fond memories. That is exactly what Wind Waker does for me. This isn't my favorite Zelda game by a long shot, but it is one that I enjoyed well enough to complete. That in itself should be more than enough for me to have this record set in my collection.
And with that my original collection comes to a close. We now enter a new and exciting chapter of this blog where things are less structured and I can write about whatever strikes my fancy. I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time.
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