Understanding the Music of Ocarina of Time

Visit WorldAnvil.com and receive 51% off any yearly subscription with code "TRIFORCE" https://www.worldanvil.com/?c=triforce Analyzing the effect that music has on your legendary journey through Ocarina of Time, and how music is used brilliantly as a game mechanic. Edited by @clickingaming Thumbnail by @hotcyder Check out @Malcura for more "Heavy Flamenco," as they put it! Chapters 0:00 Intro 4:07 Origins 13:02 Ocarina of Time 49:01 Conclusion Sources Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack, Andrew Schartmann (2015). ISBN 978-1-62892-853-2 Super Mario Bros. Theme Preserved by Library of Congress https://www.pcmag.com/news/in-a-first-super-mario-bros-theme-song-is-preserved-by-library-of-congress Koji Kondo interview with Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2024/02/26/koji-kondo-mario-zelda-nintendo/ Koji Kondo Interview - NES Classic https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2016/November/Nintendo-Classic-Mini-NES-special-interview-Volume-4-The-Legend-of-Zelda-1160048.html Koji Kondo at GDC 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20120710232628/http://www.1up.com/news/gdc-2007-mario-maestro-shares 1-UP Interview with Koji Kondo https://web.archive.org/web/20110523092745/http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3163588 Zelda Music Theory Piece, Lisa Witt and Kevin Castro https://www.pianote.com/blog/zelda-soundtrack-koji-kondo/ Interview with Miyamoto and Koji Kondo on Ocarina of Time’s Music https://web.archive.org/web/20130514004651/http://www.glitterberri.com/ocarina-of-time/1101-interviews/playing-the-ocarina/ An analysis of Hyrule Field’s music https://officialmusictracks.wordpress.com/2022/03/02/inside-the-score-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-original-soundtrack-hyrule-field-theme-overworld-theme/ Iwata Asks interview with Mario composers https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/wii/super-mario-all-stars/0/2/ Source of increased Ocarina sales thanks to Ocarina of Time (1999) https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/15/business/compressed-data-can-you-play-feelings-on-the-ocarina.html Like my videos a ton? Consider becoming a Patron (or YouTube Member): https://www.patreon.com/liamtriforce https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWQfbcMGyrPDlIU7wV7aAOQ/join Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/liamtriforce Discord Server: https://discord.gg/3umZtAWrqt