This may end up as my game of the year but I'll be damned

they didn't. also nice false flagging faggot

I remember Hateno, the Ruto Divine Beast 'fight' when you're riding on Sidon, Hyrule Castle, and that ambient piece with a Clocktown reference in there that plays on some cliffs/mountains near shrines. The OST could be better for sure but as it stands it's still good.

Nigger what? I'll admit the overworld ambiance can get kinda boring but none of these stand out to you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhVWOrUysEI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aWHkYWslcw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlg43w1aK8M

>>375955771
Comfy coming through
https://youtu.be/IhdibdC4azQ

>>375955765
>Clocktown reference in there that plays on some cliffs/mountains near shrines

Wait, what? Source?

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>>375955771
Not even linking the best music in the game. I swear to god anon......


https://youtu.be/3ecM_TSfXIQ

>>375955976
Here is real comfy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlHXRe3mJUo

Seems to be a problem with open world games.

I can't remember a single track from FFXV other than maybe one of the battle themes and that jingle that plays when the sun comes up.

>>375956027
Closest I can think of
https://youtu.be/jcV4220T484?t=45s

>>375956027
keep listening to this, you'll hear the clocktown melody at around 4:19, just a brief reference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8cM7Z3evOw

>>375955418
Um....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnIpHHqIhOI

Best main theme in the series. Especially from 1:20 onwards:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln86ud26hhU

>>375955418
>He doesn't remember the maze theme, Hyrule Castle and the Rito village theme
Something's definitely wrong with your head. Might want to ask your doctor about Alzheimer's.

>>375956476
Too bad it never fucking plays anywhere. Seriously, why isn't it at least playing over the title screen?

>>375956476
It was nice hearing this in the trailer and not in the game.

I feel the music for when you're trying to board the beasts are severely underrated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOMYg72o3OI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4S-kn6v5I8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR7bCi9Hqrg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KCOe5mG5rE

>>375956404
I like the part with the strings+brass (4:14 - 4:54), but the percussion in this track is really grating.
>>375956476
it's a real shame this never appears in the game, only the Kass version does afaik.

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It's a fucking travesty that the music from the final trailer isn't the game. Hands down one the best pieces of music from Nintendo ever.

https://youtu.be/zw47_q9wbBE

>>375955418

It's a shame too. This game could have been even more great if it actually had good music.

>>375956602
>rito village theme
Uh they reused dragon roost. So just to be clear your praising them reusing music.

>>375956647
>>375956713
technically, the intro to it plays when you first leave the shrine of resurrection, but the full track really should've been used somewhere. I'm not sure where, but somewhere - maybe the title screen at least.

>>375956319
The rhythm matches, the notes don't.
I'm labelling this "coincidence".

>>375956313
>>375956319

not hearing it at all. You guys got me all excited for nothing.

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>>375956307
I remember plenty of tracks from XCX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd0PbyrG6H4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH4T9kr8AfU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyDc5DGTb78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYrsFWOBsAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY2kRPIic-I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8pFzQ1lyF8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmdnpbmM4pc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmUeqMnWmDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1K2QT-zF0s

>>375956404
I really hate this theme, just because of pausing it for a long time and hearing it for about 15 minutes
GOAT music goes to Rito Village somewhat
Hateno Village sounds kind of nice, but also like Village Bridge in Pokemon Black and White
everything here >>375956765
the Horse God Fountain and the place where you meet the Rito elder's son is my favourite

>>375956867
it's called a rearrangement, and there's nothing wrong with that.
>>375956896
>>375956876
>the notes don't.
Yes they do, are you tone deaf?
It's the exact same melody, just with different instrumentation and slightly downtempo.

revalis theme is nice

>>375956959
usually for the wrong reasons, though. The region themes in XCX are nice (with Sylvalum being top-tier) but the Skell flight, Battle (and all variants), and the NLA themes are all annoying as fuck.

>>375957146
>usually for the wrong reasons, though
No. I like most of XCX's OST, even Black Tar.

>>375955418
I remember the main theme, molduga, Hyrule Castle, and the Rito village off the top of my head. I'm not sure if I should count the last two as original though.

>>375957223
Oh an Tarrey Town. Love Tarrey Town.

>>375957005
>It's the exact same melody, just with different instrumentation and slightly downtempo.

that particular sequence is 6 notes whereas in MM it was 7. This sounding similar is merely a coincidence. Was not impressed.

>>375957190
well I don't, I'd say I only like around half its OST - all the region themes, theme x, Ma'non Ship, Barracks, and even Uncontrollable as a bit of a guilty pleasure are great. The rest ranges from mediocre to awful imo.

>>375955509
holy fuck first post and the drone is already here

>>375957005
No man, they're not the same at all.
I'm no musician but the BotW track uses fewer notes than the Clock Town part you're referencing.

https://youtu.be/dtz-qGWKNOw?t=21

>>375956770
This is why Nintendo fucked up by not having a title screen. Imagine, why the single save system the game has, whenever you launch the game it recreates the pan around the great plateau with the title music, only from whereever you last saved with whatever gear you were wearing.

>>375957354
>>375957415
you're both retarded. I play piano, I know those notes are identical, it's clearly intentional; they just play a short snippet of the melody is all.

They went for ambiance and a connection to nature to make you more immersed in the exploration feeling. I have to admit it benefitted the game a lot.

>>375955418
>Memorability equals quality

Neck yourself pleb. I bet you think Katy Perry is better than the great classical composers.

>>375957057
I liked the Champion themes (Revali and Mipha especially) but they were sorely underutilised in game.
The first time I properly appreciated them was when they played in the credits.

To me this sorta makes a case against voice acting in Zelda games. Instead of rushing through a track with VA on top, the game should allow you to progress dialogue at your own pace, which has the benefit of letting you sit and listen to the OST during a story moment.

>>375957583
eh, it certainly helped with the subdued mood they were going for, but I still feel they needed more areas with unique music (like how the towns have their own themes, what if other areas of interest had specific themes as well?). I'm glad there's no overworld theme, though, as that would've been extremely irritating to hear for 100+ hours.

>>375956319

Anyone else hear the melody of kiss from a rose in that flute line? I Swear to god it's all I hear

>>375957726
They went with the design choice they did for a few reasons

1. This game emphasizes exploration and fiddling around with the world, it also emphasizes the freeness and vastness of it all. They've built the game around this, including the physics engine and the gameplay mechanics.

2. By having no music AND by having such a wide variety of sound effects they also put an emphasis on immersion.


It's made for an amazing video game experience. I will admit that the game is lacking the soundtrack prowess that other games have had, but it's a trade off.

Also, I feel really bad for people who've played this game while listening to a podcast or some other thing, with the sound off.

My only grievance is I was holding out for some kind of glorious labyrinth theme.from Zelda 1, or palace theme from AoL for the Mazes or the Forgotten Temple. The forest music was cool and got good mileage, but could you fucken imagine walking into those mazes and hearing:

https://youtu.be/1Y5xAFSiBlE

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>>375956153
EXQUISITE TASTE

>>375957990
Don't get me wrong, I understand why they did it. I'm just saying I wish more of the unique locations in the game used music (e.g. the ruins around the Akkala tower could've had some subtle music in the same vein that the Temple of Time ruins do). I actually like the choice of having less music for exploration, I feel it's a smart decision - I just wanted more areas, like the towns, which do feature some music.

>>375956647
>>375956713
>>375956871
the theme is great but I think the point of it is that the game's overall music uses different parts of the theme throughout the game to enhance the feeling of the world being disjointed and broken

also at least we have the Dark Beast Ganon music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Squ9lx10A_Y

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>>375955418
What game comes out in the beginning of the year, and becomes GotY?

Something better is going to come out, and this Zelda game is going to be look back on, as shit.

>>375958023
the Vah Medoh dungeon music is pretty good (see >>375955771, first video), though it's more uplifting than foreboding like the music you posted. The Maze music in BotW is also decent, though less melodic (maybe this is the one you meant by "forest music"? not sure)

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>>375957493
It's wishful thinking my dude, they aren't the same.
I suppose it's harmless and makes you happy though, so I'll leave you with how I hear it and won't keep laboring the point.

>>375955418
Had this in my head for weeks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYgNE7ZyJqM

>>375958231
I can't think of how this game could be topped, 2 months later and I still feel it's superb.

Only track that sticks with me is Rito village. Now that was a good track.

>>375958470
you know the melody in clocktown has a higher-pitch section, right? as that's the part BotW is referencing, not the part you're thinking of (I get what you mean, though).

>>375958224
The Beast Ganon fight is a straight reversal of the rest of the game where the music is memorable but the combat is not engaging at all. Pity.

>>375958674
Please time stamp it on this vid to clear up the confusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtz-qGWKNOw

>>375958674
to clarify, listen to >>375957427 at 0:39 for what I mean.

>>375955418
The immersion is pretty good. Everybody is doing their own thing. There are seven (or eight) small towns. All you need now is the dungeons.

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>>375957146
>the Skell flight
>annoying as fuck
Don't worry about the future, and kill yourself.

>>375958682
so very fucking true
I'm hoping there's a God-tier boss in the DLC at least and that the story DLC isn't its own stand alone story but carries on within the game itself

>>375956307
>Seems to be a problem with open world games.
Shitty ones.

The Witcher 3, both Xenoblades, RDR and Oblivion all have phenomenal OSTs.

>>375958853
Oh yeah, that matches a little more closely.
I hear what you're talking about now.

>>375955418
It's because they dropped Koji Kondo from composition.
He's been a supervisor for the past few years and hasn't directly influenced any of Nintendo's musical output.

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>NOT POSTING THE BEST FUCKING BATTLE THEME IN THE ENTIRE GAME
FUCK YOU FAGGOTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwyhYmGzKLU

>>375959114
it's not 100% exact melody (rhythm is subtly different) but it is the same notes played in the same key, the BotW version is basically a downtempo version of it is all.

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>>375959404
Wait. This song is way longer than I thought.
The guy burrows back underground before I can hear the whole thing.

Ironically people forget how shitty hyrule fields music in OoT was and how it was broken up by ambient music every 4 seconds

>>375959701
That's because it's built to transition in at any point of the phase 1 fight theme. Depending on where in the phase 1 theme you trigger the second phase, that part of phase 2 will start playing. It's called dynamic music. The various variations of the Guardian theme are also great in that way.

>>375958395

Yeah, the maze music was the same the lost woods used, and maybe to because it heard it there first, but I felt it a better fit there over the mazes. It was still a good song for the atmosphere, it just felt kind jarringly like "oh they're reusing this instead of having new music". To me.

>>375960290
I understand that but it may have been nice to be able to hear the whole thing in one sitting instead of having to enjoy the track on YouTube.

>>375960397
technically, the lost woods version is a little different with an extra bass layer and some variations played the deeper you go.

>>375960442
Yeah but it wouldn't have had as much charm and wouldn't have fit the gameplay as well as it did if you can just sit back and relax as phase 2 plays in its entirety and the Molduga wiggles helplessly on the ground. Besides, I'm pretty sure you can just open your inventory and listen to the whole song from there if you really want to.

>>375960397
I think it fit the Lost Woods better, specially because you can hear the clanky woody sounds Koroks make in some parts.
It nonetheless really is a perfect track for any area in which you're supposed to feel lost. I love it.

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>>375960589
>I'm pretty sure you can just open your inventory and listen to the whole song from there if you really want to
That's one good idea

>>375960571
Also the lost wood versions has Korok noises in the background. I really hope someone uploads the straight up maze version one day as to it not triggering my YAHAHA sensors.

Town themes were mostly all awesome but no real over wold theme in a Zelda game is despicable. DESPICABLE!

>>375960878
>play random Zelda music when romping around the overworld
>realize it totally ruins the mood
>stop
Seriously they made the right choice