ReMix: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 'Ancient Hero'
- Game: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (Nintendo, 2003, GCN)
- ReMixer(s): DarkeSword
- Composer(s): Hajime Wakai, Kenta Nagata, Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi
- Song(s): The Legendary Hero
- Posted: 2003-11-29, evaluated by djpretzel
Darkesword aka Shariq Ansari gives us this stirring orchestral arrangement of the story theme from Link's latest cel-shaded adventure. I confess to owning a Gamecube but not this game; I'm still working my way slowly through Metroid Prime, which is a bit more my style. Though the middle of this arrangement is taken up by a more reticent version of the classic Zelda theme on oboe, the framing melody on either end is new and gives this ReMix a good combination of nostalgia and freshness. Introing with solo harp, then gradually building to the suspenseful string stabs and horn fanfare of 1'00", there's some great running percussion with tambourine, timpani, and cymbals going full force. Things segue into the classic melody then back out, and we get a nice oboe duet towards the conclusion. Harp, oboe, strings, choir, orchestral percussion, and french horn are all mixed very coherently and cohesively into this lucid arrangement that's a bit of the old and a bit of the new. As our first Wind Waker mix, I'm certainly glad it didn't just focus on the legacy content, but instead incorporated it in very smoothly with the newer material. A good sense of harmony and dynamics gives this motion, breath, and direction. Very good stuff.
Czar Diego;556930 wrote: Someone made an ....interesting TF2 video to this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtaqMpBxrjA
Yeah I linked that in the TF2 thread a couple of months ago. Freakin' brilliant.
- DarkeSword on June 12, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtaqMpBxrjA
- Czar Diego on June 12, 2009
- Opterion on January 20, 2009
- MessagesFromEarth on December 26, 2008
It would be great placed as a theme in its own game.
Good work :D
- Fibre-Optics on October 4, 2008
Paladin;76524 wrote: There are those who fail to appreciate this kind of music, those whose souls are so tainted by the world and the dark mists of egotism and sensationalism that they have lost the capacity to sense true grandeur. Let them first find the light within themselves, then the wonders that abound shall be manifest.
Amazing the power of music to inspire such poetry.
- Plachy on December 31, 2007
- NSider on December 29, 2007
haha im such a nerd :p
very epic. who wouldn't want to give this piece a try?
- GreyMage on November 16, 2007
- Duo on May 3, 2007
- Scooter7 on September 1, 2006
- Atmuh on December 14, 2005
I actually came out of dormancy to come comment on this song. I haven't posted in this place for years but this song is just so good that I can't help but comment on it.
It is moving, it truly is. I actually downloaded it a while back, and today was searching through some of the fine songs here at OCR when I noticed it sounded .. painlessly familiar. Yes, it does fill the listener with emotion and I (some noob) am here to verify that.
I am one of those people who believe Windwaker was one of the most underrated Zelda games (Just next to Majora's Mask). Once you get past the cell shading, the music is great, and the game is overall great. In all honestly this song doesn't much remind me of it, in fact it has it's own personal relevance.
Very well done.. 10/10 easily. I would say 50/10, but the scale doesn't go that high =P.
- Fr0zEnPh0eNiX on December 11, 2005
It really evokes the feeling of uncovering a new Zelda game, which was present in the Wind Waker intro.
Very nice, and overall, lives up to it's original.
Darkesword, its' da shizzle!
- CE on December 10, 2005
I agree with everyone about Wind Waker - I was rigidly opposed to the game because the cell-shading made it look cartoony and stupid. I was outraged at Nintendo for ruining my favorite gaming series. Then, I broke down and got it, and [i][b]loved[/i][/b] every minute of it! Epic, lengthy, and full of memories that will last a lifetime! Great game!
- triumvir on December 10, 2005
PS: Somehow reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean...
- Lockblade on November 29, 2005
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