Album DescriptionJapanese video game soundtrack. 2004.
REVIEW
It's zelda, nough said! Disc One (78:12)
1) Disk System Theme 0:09
The Legend of Zelda (Famicom Disk System)
2) Title BGM 1:40
3) Overworld BGM 0:46
4) Underground BGM 0:31
5) Death Mountain BGM 0:35
6) Game Over 0:22
7) Flute 0:04
8) Treasure Catch Fanfare 0:04
9) Triforce Catch Fanfare 0:09
10) Ganon's Appearance and Defeat Fanfare 0:05
11) Zelda Rescued Fanfare 0:08
12) Ending Theme 1:18
The Adventure of Link (Famicom Disk System)
13) Title BGM 1:18
14) Overworld BGM 0:53
15) Battle BGM 0:33
16) Flute BGM 1 0:05
17) Village BGM 1:16
18) Indoors BGM 0:24
19) Flute BGM 2 0:05
20) Temple BGM 1:41
21) Boss 0:12
22) Temple Clear 0:06
23) Level Up 0:04
24) Game Over 0:05
25) Great Temple 0:47
26) Last Boss (Dark Link) 0:28
27) Fanfare 0:07
28) Princess Zelda 0:23
29) Ending 0:43
The Adventure of Link ~Foreign Version~
30) Title BGM 1:18
31) Battle BGM 0:41
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods (Super Famicom)
32) Title 0:17
33) Opening Demo 1:16
34) Normal Overworld 0:51
35) Master Sword Demo 0:13
36) Alternate Overworld 1:09
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (NINTENDO64)
37) Title 1:24
38) Hyrule Field Main Theme 5:01
39) Lon Lon Ranch 4:16
40) Lost Woods 0:41
41) Princess Zelda's Apperance 0:07
42) Princess Zelda's Theme 0:57
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (NINTENDO64)
43) Title Demo 2:11
44) Termina Field 1:31
45) Ocarina "Song of Soaring" 0:07
46) Mayor's House Council Room 0:50
47) Mid Boss Battle 1:10
48) Cremia's Wagon 0:44
49) Majora's Mask to the Moon 0:31
50) Staff Roll 6:21
The Legend of Zelda: Baton of the Wind (Nintendo GameCube)
51) Title 1:07
52) Granny 1:41
53) Departure 0:52
54) Great Ocean 2:40
55) Master Sword Get 0:11
56) Hero of the Wind 1:26
57) Ending 1:06
The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords + (Nintendo GameCube)
58) Field BGM 1:08
59) Dungeon BGM 1:10
60) Overworld BGM 1:06
61) Hyrule Castle BGM 1:37
62) Village of the Blue Maiden (Before the Puzzle Solving) 1:20
63) Village of the Blue Maiden (After the Puzzle Solving) 1:14
64) Sky BGM 1:14
65) Temple BGM 1:26
66) Wind Palace BGM 0:40
67) Clear Fanfare 0:11
68) Shadow Link Battle BGM 1:00
69) Boss Battle BGM 1:01
Arrange Version
70) The Legend of Zelda Theme Melody 8:56
Its ok I love the Final Fantasy series. And when I bought this I found a simple arangement of music played by an orchestra. I was sumwhat dismayed by this. I wanted direct songs from the game played by the orginial players. But nevertheless you get what you pay for.
Album DescriptionMArio & Zelda Big Band Live CD - Live at Nihon Seinenkan Hall, September 14th, 2003.
REVIEW
Not to be Underestimated Mr. Watson's review of this album is his opinion, but I can assure you that his opinion is far from shared. First of all, gamers around the world recognize the Zelda franchise as having some of the best music to be found in games...probably second only to the Final Fantasy series and maybe a few others. That being said, many of these tunes have been arranged very well though the performances sound adolescent at times - a high school-aged group maybe? The various groups performing do have some issues with the technical aspects of the music at times (intonation), but I've noticed this to be common among Japanese ensembles and anyone who is reasonably familiar with music of this genre will no doubt be familiar with that as well. (There are just as many, if not more, really great moments...especially the solo work in the two WindWaker tracks, among others). Despite some performance flaws, this is a great album - not just because of the music but because of the energy and fun just oozing out of it. You can almost see these performers just having a blast playing some descent music that many people recognize and enjoy reminiscing to. Shawn Watson "God of Gods" (good lord!) is obviously too young to understand this. So what it boils down to is if you enjoy Nintendo music...and have since the mid 80's...and if you enjoy live performances, you'll enjoy this album. Without a doubt.
Album DescriptionJapan exclusive album compiles BGM soundtracks to 'Mario Bros.', 'Super Mario Bros' (1,2 & 3), 'Super Mario Bros. USA', 'Wario no Mori' & 'Yossy no Cookie'. Like the previous entries in the Famicon (Nintendo) 20th anniversary series it contains tracks that are available for the first time on CD. 2004.
REVIEW
For the obsessed Okay, so you had/played/enjoyed Nintendo back in the day (1980's). Well if you werebig into Mario Brothers 1, 2, 3, and some other mario tunes/melodies for the original NES, you will enjoy this. It has 79 tracks of the ORIGINAL tunes/melodies. It isnt some ghetto person playing the tune like some generic artists do. You have to be a complete nintendo finatic and older than 18 to fully enjoy it. Either way, if you love original Mario Bros. tunes/melodies, this is the cd for you!
The Soundtrack From The Arcade... Namco Video Game Music is effective for what it is: a reformulated version of some of the themes you heard while playing some of the more popular arcade games of the 80s and 90s. My main gripe about the album isn't even the fact that these aren't the original soundtrack recordings, but that the disc is "write protected," meaning that if you want to record it to an MP3 format, you have to go through an extra and unnecessary step (i.e. playing it in a CD player, line in to your MP3 recorder) to make that happen. I was a serious addict of the game "Out Run," so I felt compelled to purchase this disc. I suspect very few others will be so inspired, and those that are will probably want to just remember those tunes as they were. To sum up: this is a curio with a high price tag!
A Fantastic Job... Hey. Please don't be put off by the "Child's Review" notice; I'm 13, but the reason I'm using this form is because for whatever reason, they require a credit card for the normal form. Anyways.
I've watched videogames since I was born, and started playing them at a very early age, and I've always loved listening to the background music. 13 years later, as my musical tastes and hardware specs have developed and improved, I listen to it more than ever. But rather than bore you with comments like that, I'll get into the nitty-gritty of the OST.
Rare's been my favorite developer since I can remember, starting with Donkey Kong Country, and a huge part of this is the music. Robin Beanland, the maestro for this particular team, has always gone the extra mile in making his games sound organic. This is no different. There are usually two or more live parts per track, which is amazing in a videogame. However, even when it's sampled, it sounds live. The only exception to this is a few brass parts, although if you weren't looking for things that didn't sound organic, you wouldn't even notice. In addition to most of the tracks that were on the original Bad Fur Day OST redone in insane quality, you have the addition of all of the(musical) Multiplayer tracks, which range from symphonic, to pseudo-techno, to wacky ambience. One of my regrets, however, is that the Uga Buga track from the game didn't make it onto the OST. Also, the fact that they cut a seemingly complete bonus track featuring Ozzy Osbourne. But other than that, the tracks have even been beefed-up slightly from their appearance in the game. Subtle things that improve it, like changing a little bit of mixing on a track, or changing the drum sequencing just a little bit for Surf Punks. They really went the extra mile on this OST, and I highly recommend it for video game music fans, and even people who don't listen to it. It's got a wide enough spectrum of genres that should give you a good idea of what you're missing if you don't listen to game music.
