Cadence of Hyrule: CoTN - Gerudo Valley / Gerudo Desert | Reacting To Video Game Music!
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Fun fact about the organ in The Legend of Zelda series: Canonically, Ganondorf (the main villain) plays the instrument. In Cadence of Hyrule you can find a young Ganondorf playing the organ and whistling the tune of Gerudo Valley.
@@rubyred386 I'm genuinely surprised they resisted calling the final boss "Organon"
The Gerudo Valley Remix from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is definitely my favourite version.
Also, the Gleeokenspiel boss music from Cadence of Hyrule is amazing.
Same. But the cover of it using Majora's mask 3ds was pretty great too
*Smash Bros 3DS.
The 15th anniversary one is mine
Cadence of Hyrule was one of the coolest and most unexpected crossovers I've ever seen. Amazing soundtrack too!
There's a reason the peaceful and combat version are the same tempo - as another commenter explained, the game switches between versions dynamically. You hear the combat version while you're fighting enemies (to the beat), then once you beat the last enemy on the screen, it switches to the peaceful version. Then if you move to another screen and it has enemies, you're back to the combat version. They work together incredibly well imo
Alright, let’s do an info dump about Cadence of Hyrule this time, lol. Cadence of Hyrule is a spin-off of both Zelda and Crypt of the Necrodancer made by the Necrodancer developers (Brace Yourself Games). The soundtrack is indeed composed by DannyB, and it also features FamilyJules on guitar, just like Crypt did. It mostly features remixes from across the Zelda franchise, but there’s also a good amount of original tracks in there as well, so it’s not only remixes. The game is basically if you took a Zelda game, made it a roguelite, and made the combat follow Crypt of the Necrodancer rules (it’s to the beat of the music). Each run can take a few hours casually because the game is literally a full (but somewhat compressed) Zelda game each time, just with a randomized map layout and item placements. The deal with the peaceful/combat versions is every overworld/area theme has multiple versions, usually at least 3. There’s the peaceful version, which plays as you move around areas that don’t have any enemies (and doesn’t force you to follow the beat), the combat version, which plays when enemies are present (where you do have to follow the beat), and the pause version, which you didn’t hear, that is a sort of lo-fi version that plays in the pause menu. Some songs have other variations, but that’s the gist of the different versions. They dynamically swap in and out based on what’s going on in gameplay, so you’ll constantly be switching between them all.
This is basically a crossover that works surprisingly well, but literally nobody could have predicted it would exist, lol. The music is all bangers, with a ton of really interesting instrumentation and fun integration into the game (some songs feature instruments like a live otamatone or a live oboe, for example). It’s actually my favorite Zelda soundtrack, and you’re in for a treat with any future requests from this game. (I should request a few songs from this game😅)
FamilyJules is an amazing musician and vocalist. He does awesome video game covers.
> nobody could have predicted it would exist
This isn't a joke, basically everyone was floored that an indie company got to license one of Nintendo's biggest properties. The story goes that Brace Yourself asked Nintendo if they could make a small Zelda-themed DLC for the Switch port of Crypt of the Necrodancer, and Nintendo essentially responded, lol, no, you're thinking too small, do a full spinoff.
@@Vadered99that’s nuts. Like I knew out was already shocking Nintendo let it happen after Phillips.
But the fact Nintendo basically said you can do more, is insane.
My favorite version of Gerudo Valley!
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Thanks for sharing! Hadn’t heard that version before, but really enjoyed it. Also loved how the tiniest member of the group was playing the largest instrument
Cadence of Hyrule was crazy.
Got announced like 3 weeks before release and was an absolute banger.
Imagine a classic 2D Zelda game with an Overworld, Dungeons, Items, Shops and Stuff, but its also a roguelite rhythm game.
It's STUPID fun and has an insane soundtrack (especially with all the B-Side stuff and extras that were added later via DLC)
Also to my knowledge the only time Nintendo has licensed out their IP to an indie studio to make a completely new game, pretty insane.
I was just gonna ask, I got the game (but suck at it) but a had remembered Jules comment that he’s going more work for DLC but I never heard it release
Mariachi Entertainment System mentioned! Got to see them perform live once, wonderful musicians and even better people.
After seeing your react to the Wild Arms intro, I knew this one was going to be right up your alley. The organ is a great touch!
Many people don't know that the Gerudo Valley theme was originally inspired from Mido Arashi theme from Dodge Danpei as it came in 1991 and first appearance of Gerudo Valley theme was in OOT 1998
It's funny, I heard a midi version of this track in a fan made map pack for doom 2 called "Ar luminae" and I thought it was an original track written for that map pack, but it's actually from Legend of Zelda lol. That melody got stuck in my head so I instantly recognised it here
You'd probably like Cadence of Hyrule as a musician. It's a game that works on rhythm and has some crazy good tracks.
I can recommend playing it. :)
Cadence of Hyrule was literally the first game I'd beaten in years. It's such an insanely fun game to play. Every song in this game is an absolute banger, but Gerodo Desert is by far my favorite.
I'd wholeheartedly endorse a full Cadence of Hyrule OST or playthrough! It's amazing.
Gerudo valley its just like a canyon/desert area full of women and no men allowed if a men approches their town they get captured which it happened in ocarina of time and link has to go rescue them but he also get captured and he escapes too. The most critical thing frol gerudos is that one male is born every 100 years and it becomes a king and that king is ganondorf.
Apology for the grammar. Lol
It’s funny you sort of listened to it backwards. When you enter a new screen the combat music plays and it only changes to the peaceful music when you’ve cleared all the enemies
Cadence of Hyrule has an amazing soundtrack, my favourite track is Gleeokenspiel and the overworld battle theme.
Gerudo Valley somehow passed me by, although to be fair, I only recently got into Zelda. Sounds great, especially the mariachi cover!
Oh hell yeah, finally some Cadence of Hyrule recognition!
As someone who may or may not have taken my name from Ocarina of Time, i approve muchly of these songs and my nostalgia bar is now full. 😄
Man you NEEEEED to play this on stream
This game is basically A Link to the Past as a rhythm game with almost procedurally generated maps (even the overworld). Zelda's also a playable character here, so not a damsel story. Also the music dynamically switches tracks between peaceful and combat depending on if there's enemies on the screen. When you beat the enemies you can move free of the tempo with no issue, but during the combat portion you're supposed to act on the beat.
Some of the hardest challenges are chests that only unlock if you clear the whole map without any off-beat inputs.
There are actally 2 more Versions of these songs by different composeres. They were part of the DLC of this game.
To be honest, whenever I watch A Few Dollars More, I always think of Gerudo Fortress because of the music for one, but also because they go into a building that looks a lot like it. It seems clear the this theme was inspired by those Spaghetti Westerns.
I *adore* DannyB's orchestration of Gerudo Valley for Cadence of Hyrule, I think it might be my favorite one. That says a lot given the amount of fantastic 'official' orchestrations of Gerudo Valley in Smash Ultimate, variations in later Zelda games, and that's not even touching other YT arrangers. Lucas Gitano Family's arrangement/performance is also fantastic.
As for why Gerudo Valley is flamenco/Spanish inspired...here's my guess. The Gerudo were inspired by a story in Journey to the West about a town of only women, but LoZ added the twist making them a different...culture, if not a different 'species' with fantasy and not going there. Point being they have a 'king' born about once a century, which is where Ganondorf comes from. Why it's a desert, why it's spanish themed...I think it's because Nintendo was pulling from Moorish history. From ~750 to ~1500 CE various parts of Spain were controlled by a variety of caliphates, whether it was nobles fleeing the collapsing Umayyad Dynasty to the Caliphate of Cordoba at its height, so there is another association of Spanish/Flamenco sounds to various music of Islam. Which, for better and worse, the Gerudo are themed after may pop culture depictions of the Middle East.
What it did was result in one of the most legendary pieces of video game music.
I have the feeling this has some slight uses of Disco Descent from Crypt of the Necrodancer as well, but I'm not 100% sure.
You NEED to check out the track for "Kakariko Crypt" in Cadence of Hyrule!
Its a mashup of the zelda main theme and disco descent.
I love it so much
Going through this game with FamilyJules' version is such a blast, I love it!
Yes! I love MES and their cover of this is amazing.
The gerudo village in Ocarina does looks like a north american tribal stone carved village on a cliff, they have also ranch bull skulls style decoration like in mexico. So yeah there is a style connection with the music. Even if clothes wise they are more arabian.
Cadence was a short, awesome playthrough of a game!
Cadence of Hyrule blew me away!
I think that 'trumpet' in the combat version is an Electronic Wind Instrument. Insaneintherainmusic liked to show that off in some of his covers, and it sounds the same to me.
Guitar Brothers did an amazing cover of this. recommended.
Nice videos man! I hope you get more subs than that.
It is a full game that is a collaboration between Crypt of the Necrodancer, and the Legend of Zelda so its a full on rythem Zelda game.
I've never played this ( I love Zelda games I just suck at Rhythm games lol) but this was a joy to listen to!
Good news, you can turn off the rhythm mechanic and not have to worry about timing your inputs
@VikTimmy That sounds nice actually! Do you think it's worth playing without that, though?
@@KeloRogue you might still enjoy it, but imo it kinda defeats the premise unfortunately
I really hope you listen to the rest of the Cadence of Hyrule soundtrack, every one is amazing.
I highly recommend you check out one of the guitarists in this song his name is FamilyJules and I recommend you check out his metal tribute to video games throughout history called replay 2019
ive never played zelda at all but that was fire
This accoustic version of Gerudo valley is sick. I have this playlist and play their track at home whenever I want to relax and unwind
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Hey Jesse, I just wanted to give you some info before you play Xenoblade 2. Nothing about the gameplay or story, just a couple things you should know:
The game was rushed to be released on switch as early as possible, since it's an early switch title. Aside from some questionable decisions regarding progression while exploring, the only thing that's really baffling is the tutorials. Compared to the XB1 tutorials, they just suck. I believe you cannot even view most of them again. The dlc fixes this, but for some reason it was not changed for the base game. This comes into play with the combat system, so if you're struggling on mechanics and have a boatload of side stuff to do, maybe do another livestream asking for help on mechanics. One other small thing is that the game has some audio balancing issues, a few times, the music overpowers the voices. It is rare, but I thought I should let you know. You can edit the balancing, but since it's inconsistent, there's no point.
Aside from that, I suggest you play the game, and the rest of the series, in English. You should save the Japanese VA for a second playthrough. There are like 3 lines in the English VA that are oddly bad (the actors sometimes weren't even allowed re-takes, and no time to practice), but 99.9% of the time it's exactly as great as XB1 (Also, since this game is more anime-like, it's occasionaly very apparent when the mouths don't match the words. Xenoblade 3 actually has lip syncing for English!). I haven't finished watching your XB1 playthrough, so in case you haven't heard this, here's a fun fact: the reason all the English voices are British, is simply because it was localized in Europe. Back in 2010, there were 3 games that had not been localized in the west, including Xenoblade. After a campaign by fans titled project rainfall, Nintendo finally had them localized. But Nintendo of America wouldn't do it, and ever since then, the British voices stuck. Xenoblade 2 actually takes the accents to the next level, to the point that would be impossible to do in Japanese. You will see what I mean. One last little thing, I suggest purchasing the dlc only after you've completed the game. Have fun!
Finally a classic Zelda theme
If you want to know what Gerudo Valley/Desert is like, play Ocarina of Time. You really should now that you own a Switch. It is the most critically acclaimed game of all time for a very good reason.
(The valley part is basically a canyon and the desert part is what you can guess, a hot sand desert. It's named after the Gerudo tribe who live there, an all-female warrior/thief tribe)
Except for the one male, if I remember correctly… Maybe it depends which game…
U should react to tryo the beryl, solo, entrusted hope and hopeful pain from dinasty warriors br0. hurr hurr
Hell yeah, more Zelda!
You should def react to both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the kingdom final trailer music!
You need to react to Zelda’s Lullaby songs
i love hearing that xenoblade music in the background before and after the reaction, forest of the nopon, was it?
ah yes a fortress run by arabian style amazonian warrior women
and in majora's mask they take the role of running a pirate/bandit fortress
I'm sure it's been said ad nauseum, but yeah.. if you like video games, you really owe it to yourself to play at least one Zelda game..