The Forest Temple in Ocarina of Time Has the Most Perfect Atmospheric Music in a Video Game.
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2019
- The perfect atmospheric song in a video game doesn't exist-
bone rattling begins
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is known for its incredible music, but check out why I think the forest temple has the perfect track, and even though it seems so simple, a huge amount of thought went into this, and Koji Kondo deserves a ton of praise. By the end, you'll understand why the forest temple theme is the perfect atmospheric song in a video game.
music discussion starts at 3:54
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And the Glass Armonica footage used is from here: • Sounds of a Glass Armo...
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@@AngryChair94 Hahaha, thank you! It's just pomade and a blow dryer! lol
have you ever heard Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock? After listening to it I immediately remembered this track
The music is both creepy and soothing, it may be one of those vibes to some, or both to others like me, but I love it.
The part that gets me most are the vocal sections at the latter portion of the song, I could never determine if it was an echo of Link's voice, or just some extra voice set used as an instrument.
I actually talk about it in the fire temple video I did as a follow up, but it was a sample Koji Kondo used from a compilation CD
Oot music was legitimately religious for me as a child. I can remember gently pushing the joystick when walking in the Temple of Time so that Link would walk with reverence on such hallowed ground.
I did that too! It almost felt rude to run in there.
Brethren
Same 🤣
Same dude! I would even crouch down with the shield sometimes as adult Link in front of the alter bc it looked kind of like kneeling
OMG haha I did that too. I loved hearing the soft tap of his shoes while listening to the chants.
I once heard someone say that this track is effective as it sounds like even the music is turning against you. This goes well with the sense that this is his first dungeon as an adult in this scary world
Yeah, it’s seriously such an amazing piece of ambient music. I am actually working on a follow up for the fire temple that should be released in the next few days!
@@SaveDataTeam Awesome! Can't wait
Word
Bro, my mind 🤯
Fun fact! That rattling instrument used in the Forest Temple is called an Angklung, which is an Indonesian instrument made entirely out of bamboo shoots. This instrument sample is also used in the Water Temple but played in a higher pitch.
Both the Forest and Water Temples share the Angkling and Glass Harmonica (actually a Voice Pad) instruments in their soundbanks.
I mention this is the video I did on the water temple! It’s so crazy they share so much in common!
damn, even though I'm an Indonesian i didn't realize it was Angklung instrumen, it just feel familiar but i don't know what
Ah. Bamboo. Forest.
Huh, as an Indonesian that was my first guess. Didn't expect it to fit so well for the track!
Man, what sample library are those voice pads from? The Gigapack?
Always felt there something special about the Forrest temple music that gave me goosebumps
Same. It’s just such a haunting tune. 😅
Yeah, granted so is the Shadow temple's music.
I remember being stuck at a point.. Then this tune became a torture pretty fast but being a musician I always knew it had something special just don’t know why I never dug into it until now. Also it makes sense it is one of the most elaborate music of the game being a very important part of the quest where link kinda says goodbye to his friend and childhood, hence ocarina of TIME... DAMN this game just messes with your head sometimes I love that born in the 90’s can’t thank god enough for doing that to me...
@@SaveDataTeam This melody made think of insanity when I was kid. Like the spirits of the temple were mocking me as voices in your head. This was hardest temple for me as a kid. The water, shadow, and spirit I thought were comparatively easy.
Shut up
Me: it's either creepy or relaxing
This dude: it's both
More like mysterious & relaxing. At least to me
MGMT: So Kondo-San, should the forest temple theme be more happy or sad, maybe even spooky?
Koji Kondo: Yes.
I agree with this dude 😂
One other creepy thing it does, is that the "laughing" track also pans randomly. Sometimes you think it's coming from behind you. It's so weird and cool.
Yeah it's a cool effect. Feeding it through different audio channels is a great way to get this effect, which is what I assume they did. The Face Shrine from LA (and the remake) does a similar thing with the main melody seeming to fade in and out as if it's getting away from you and then getting closer.
I remember playing the game at night and it was my first time in the forest temple. When I heard the laughing I almost shit my pants.
yes THIS.
As a kid, the "Poe's Laughter" part, I interpreted as Saria calling for help by playing distressing music, it both scared me and kept me going.
Yeah it always felt like an ambient cry for help to me too...but the way you hear planted cries for help in a horror funhouse.
Me too! haha same thought!
Yeah, I thought exactly the same thing, just like if her spirit was calling you to save her
Beautiful. I seriously love your mind. That is just so wholesome
I interpreted it as the poes using Links voice but in a more demented way to mock him due to the deeper and creepier tone.
Fun fact: The Forest Temple was initially supposed to be The Wind Temple that's why the music also sounds so fitting for a sky-themed dungeon.
Yep! Also explains why the “Forest” section of Ganon’s castle has all wind puzzles lol
@@Caulculon69 oooo I never noticed that but you’re so right omg that makes so much more sense now
Now I read this, it does give the same vibes as the music of the City in the Sky
@@Caulculon69 Also explains why the Forest Medallion looks the way it does 🤯
@@Level_Eleven The Forest section in Ganon's Castle even have fans, giving a sense of wind blowing behind your back… or in your face.
It will always be my favorite Zelda track EVER. Nothing sets the tone like the Forest Temple track. It's SO mysterious and gives that "mystery lost to history" vibe that just gives you goosebumps yet it's also soothing and trance-like. Not to mention the temple itself is great in keeping the mystery of the place alive. What a great temple to start off with Adult Link in!
You nailed it. It's such a great experience on so many levels.
You explained well.
Also hearing this transport my current present self to that first time I entered the temple, when I was like 8 or 9 years old and was just in awe and fear playing this section of the masterpiece.
@@Afreshio Awesome, nostalgia at it's best!
@@SaveDataTeam Thank you! OoT in general is such a great game to "grow-up" with, an absolute treasure ♥️
As a kid I always felt the Poe Laughter was the poes mimicking Links voice to confuse him. It just made the temple so spooky to me as a kid.
But I still loved the song back then and I still do now.
Exactly dude! I was gonna comment that i think he left out the pitched “hyyyeech”s that were definitely link’s voice. You put it perfectly
The Forest Temple is far more creepier than the Shadow Temple, imo. It’s not as a dark as the macabre theme of the Shadow Temple, but it feels like it truly had been violated by malevolent forces- more so than any of the other temples (not counting the Great Deku Tree). The haunting music, the atmosphere inside the temple where it feels like a haunted house, and the wallmasters that are waiting to pounce on you. And who could forget Phantom Ganon? He felt like he was placed there on purpose just to scare the player. It definitely feels like it was the one temple that was truly violated by Ganon.
It also works story wise. If you call Saria before you get into the temple, she is happy to hear from you then freaks out about she tried to go to the Temple and says it's full of monsters and begs for your help. With that in mind, you almost get a sense that this damn temple is taunting you, saying that you will never save your friend.
Then at least Link saves her spirit... He may not have come in time, but the same holds true for Nabooru.
I’m stuck on forest temple right now. It’s embarrassing because I’m now 24 and my older brother beat this game when he was 10 with no internet walkthroughs. Impressive, Rest In Peace Phil ❤
One word defines the forest temple:
Ethereal
Even 21 years later, I still believe this temple is way ahead of our time. It's a hauntingly beautiful place that resembles exploring and embracing the unknown which is one of the biggest challenges of life.
Further compounded by the sudden "growing up" of Link who finds himself thrust into a sort of adulthood.
I thought it had good atmosphere but I really didn't love the actual temple. I found it confusing and sometimes tedious. It had way too much backtracking, I didn't like the phantom ganon fight at all either.
Tbh the unknown of Zelda was the reason I started playing video games in the first place
There is a great video someone did on UA-cam talking about how Ocarina of Time is a masterclass in Subtext, and I think that’s why this game manages to endure in the minds of so many today.
Mysterious is personally more accurate
I played this game 100% again recently.. At several points I was so overwhelmed with nostalgia and emotion, i just broke down crying. The music and whole vibe of all these games, but most of all ocarina of time gets the player so emotionally involved in the timeline and especially when we experience that as a child, then go back again as an adult... Theres no feeling like it
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
I would listen to Orinoco Flow by Enya in this temple too
Played through it again before my daughter was born. It’s been a long time since I played and it was a very special game to me. It was a strange and sad feeling when I finished. Now some time later I tell my little girl stories of the hero of time. We were lucky to have such great games when we were growing up
I remember as a kid just spending hours in this temple just to hear the song lol. Spent more time in the courtyard than was necessary
It’s criminal that this doesn’t have more views.
Thank you very much! Feel free to share it 😅
Exactly what I was going to say my beautiful Shandra..Earned my sub
The forest temple’s theme is the musical equivalent of feeling like you’re being followed but you can’t see who’s following you.
The forest temple is one of my favourite zelda dungeons. The only dungeons I think are better are the stone tower temple and the sand ship. I think this dungeons was when I realized link was not a kid anymore. You must hunt down ghosts in a big haunted mansion which is unlike anything you did as child link
the sand ship is an amazing dungeon, from my favorite game
Skyward sword is my favorite too
I fucking loved the stone tower, music and the dungeon itself. I think majoras mask is highly underrated. Especially the music from it.
I hate the forest temple cause I have a bad memory of spending a week roaming around before realizing I had to shoot the paintings of the ghosts
I never found this song to be spooky, but you're right it was relaxing. I got to the forest temple right around summer time, and it reminds me of going inside after a hot day out and relaxing / winding down with some zelda.
Don’t forget the sweet tea you’re sippin while playing
Never thought I'd watch a UA-cam ad all the way through and enjoy it, good work.
Thank you!
This has always been my favorite theme song in any video game EVER. I still remember it exactly the way it was when I first heard it many years ago and I’ll never forget it. It’s brilliant
it's an absolute jam
When I was 8, this temple's eerie scenery ALWAYS scared me. What made it even worse was the music! However after facing my fears on this game over the mixture of these two, it eventually grew on me over time & I'm actually happy I experienced this when I was young. Listening to any soundtrack of this when I'm alone is so nostalgic. Incredible Video!
💚 Forest Temple! Best Temple! 💚
I’m in the same boat! Glad you enjoyed!
I was terrified of wallmasters as a kid, so this temple (and the shadow temple, of course) always gave me major heebie jeebies. It took me months to beat the forest temple, haha.
As soon as they brought wallmasters into 3D, they created nightmare fuel 👋😰
Same! This temple gave me the creeps growing up but I also loved it 😄
100% my favorite zelda "song" from the whole series
Same. I really love this song. I can listen to it forever.
Around The Monitor check out the original sample of the voices here
ua-cam.com/video/Xa_niQY3YDo/v-deo.html
You hit the nail on the head: one of the first feelings when you first enter the forest temple and hear that track is a sense of “the gloves are off”. That, and a sense of mystery & wonder that accompanies a sense of being part of something far bigger and older than yourself.
Man. I LOVE the forest temple.
It will live on in my memory forever!
Theres something about the ocarina of time soundtrack that stands out from other soundtracks in its time.
I remember being scared of this place and the music when I was a kid, but now, as an adult, I love it. It's such a delightfully haunting melody.
Yeah, it’s strange how my view of this song has made a complete 180.
That 'poe laughter' was also used as part of Yoshi's voice in Yoshi's Story.
Really? 🤔 imagine yoshi being hidden in Loz oot.
@@dennisjohnson1809 isn't he in one of the pictures in Hyrule Castle?
@@sgillman16 yes
I can hear what you're saying, and maybe the sample was used back in Yoshi's Story too, but this sound is actually from a sample Kondo used in the song. I talk about it in the Fire Temple video too, but here's a comparison: www.whosampled.com/sample/664565/Koji-Kondo-Forest-Temple-Zero-G-2-African-098-B/
@@SaveDataTeam I know, lol. I'm saying it was also used for Yoshi
the forest temple is my favorite dungeon ever, in what’s probably my favorite game. not only are the gameplay/puzzles/battles excellent imo, but the song is amazing and fits the dungeon and atmosphere so incredibly well. It’s so nostalgic listening to this man, I wish i could play it for the first time again
It’s funny that people find it relaxing because it has always made me feel freaked out and uneasy, like I’m being watched. The water temple on the other hand, is super relaxing. And zora’s domain may be the cure to depression.
On paper, I totally agree with you. The forest temple should be uncomfortable, and I think it was designed to be, but I can totally chill to it. It’s wild because I feel that way about Snowhead temple and people in the comments on my video on it are like “this song is super relaxing!” 😅
For me the Forest temple has a duality to it, some of the part of the songs are very creepy to me and others are quiet relaxing
That theme always makes me nervous. I become hyper-vigilant.
Look out for Wall Masters! 😜
You should try to play the forest temple theme over any of the zonai labrynths, lost woods, or typhlo ruins. Very fitting, given their origin. The forest temple tests your courage moreso, because if you notice, all the enemies are likely based on Link's fears. 2 of which debut in this temple that you (likely) only heard about until then: the stalfoes and poes. The much larger dekubabas are designed to make you feel like you're still a child despite becoming an adult outwardly. There are 2 or 3 rooms that mirror rooms from the great deku tree, and some rooms have the enemy type and placement being the same from the gdt. You know what's nuttier? The court yards symbolize and foreshadow the time travel for the bottom of the well; the three hearts found underneath representing the three heart containers you gained from the dungeons as a child. The vines, nature, represents childhood, the ladder, adult.
It isn't possible to get tired of hearing any zelda song
This is one of my favorite pieces of music just in general. Nothing else can quite give me the feeling this does.
The Forest Temple has it ALL! Twisted funhouse corridors, ghosts that leap out of paintings and indescribable awesome background music.
It's so brilliant how the Poes' laughter synth sequence starts to actually add in lower, more human timbres from time to time - I never see anyone commenting on that, but that's the part that especially makes the song for me. It almost sounds like the sequence is warping into this ghoulish cackling or babbling. If you listen, it's just every now and then that those sections occur - it's like a raspy, shouty vocalization. Even today, I find the song to be sort of psychedelic above all else - like a track Aphex Twin would have dropped around this time or sooner.
It’s also worth noting that, given the track is made up of “airy” sounds, the forest temple was originally meant to be called the “wind temple”. Hence its name in Twilight Princess
Nothing like stepping into this temple for the 1st time as adult Link back in the 90's.
1:13 : lemme explain-
_music starts_
Me: *_PERFECT EXPLANATION!_*
Amazing video, thank you! I remember the first time I entered the Forest Temple (I was 12). The first thing that hits you about the Temple is in fact the music. From them on, it was the greatest challenge ever. I remember being scared and in awe at the same time. My favorite Zelda game in the series.
Glad you enjoyed! Yeah like I said, I still listen to the track from time to time and get transported to the first time I entered the temple. It’s such a good song!
3:06 got a laugh out of me xD
I'd personally say "The Final Hours" theme from Majora's Mask to be the most ambient and emotion capturing piece in Zelda but yeah this comes pretty close
A lot of people have asked me to cover The Final Hours, so I might do that after I finish Stone Tower!
@@SaveDataTeam i look forward to it 👍
As a youth, I spent way too much in the Forest Temple. Upon being beyond stumped on my first play through, I went upstairs to watch tv...and my mind continued to play the haunting tune...beckoning me back to the dark of my basement and the escape of my N64.
To me the music of the forest temple holds an unspoken foreboding tempered with an eerie calm. Serving as both a grim reminder and a gentle advisor that this forest is no longer the safe haven it once was, and not only is the forest dangerous but that this inner sanctum which you intrude upon is even more so.
I've been obsessed with the spooky and awkward music from time to time and the Forest Temple was in fact one of them.
Personally, it just always sounded like an empty and lonely place that YOU ARE IN and it's not getting happier anytime soon as though it's cursed to be an eternal empty vessel.
I hear the "bone rattling" as someone playing an instrument of hollow wood tubes like wood chimes (I own some wood chimes and they sound similar). Interesting that you think of it as bones. It's a crazy good song though. I often just stand in the temple in game and just listen to the music.
same here! i always imagined it as wooden chimes. it was interesting to see that they're made of bamboo
It is an instrument made of hollow bamboo shoots! You two are right on.
This has always been one of my favorite BGMs, it's like it's not just unsettling, but unsettling in a very specific, "liminal space" kind of way. Like at the same time, compared to other areas of the forest that are full of life, it's empty - but also like it's a place that should be empty, but there's something else going on, some other presence there just outside of your perception. The twisting and untwisting hallway give it an otherworldly quality and all of that's just highlighted by the music, it's excellent.
5:02 idk why, but I always associated those sounds with the wolfos’ howling and jumping around.
The Forest Temple music reminds me of the Banchee Boardwalk music in Mario Kart 64. It also has a bone rattling type of background sound with a similar sounding melody.
I think this laughter also drives you crazy hearing it on repeat for several hours because you can't be this fucking insane dungeon (well at least when I was a kid I couldn't) and the music just amplifies this.
That's pretty much why I hate this song, if I remember correctly I kinda cheesed it at one point because there's no way what I did was the intended way for a nintendo game
The "Ha ha, ha ha" part actually makes me feel nostalgic, and relaxed. It sounds more like time going back and forward, back and forward, which evokes a sense of nostalgia.
I always thought the song was more haunting and anxiety-inducing than anything, the first time I played this game and got to this temple I got severely stuck and didn't know which room I was supposed to go to next and this music just kept repeating over and over again, I felt like I was gonna go mentally insane... That's probably why I feel so melancholic as soon as I hear this.
Theme never unsettled me. I felt like I was laughing right along with them, the little chants in the back felt mysterious and fun. It made me want to explore too.
Amazing, I just looked up ‘why is forest temple best’ hoping to find exactly this.. I couldn’t agree with you more, emotionally it was incredibly deep and atmospherically gripping from the very first time I felt it back in the day, and still holds up the exact same today which is insane to me but beautiful. What an influential theme yet so simple! It gave and still gives a truly other-wordly experience of ethereal proportions worthy of a deep mysterious forest temple in my favorite game ever.
I think I understand the feeling. When playing Super Castlevania I get the same chilling vibes, and nostalgic happiness that comes with memories. Tbh it’s calming to listen to when working on stuff or just on long drives as well.
Castlevania does have some bangers
Oh god-- I can still remember just how much this piece of music used to scare me as a kid. Actually ended up getting stuck in the forest temple, and out of pure stubbornness I never looked up a walk through or anything for a hint of what to do and eventually ended up leaving Link in there.
Forever trapped in the confusing layout of the forest temple.
One day I might try to dig up the game and actually complete it, now that I have a bit more experience with games as a whole and don't feel the hairs at the back of my neck rise at the sound of....this
I never noticed the nuance in this song. Very interesting to learn, I really liked this video.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
The songs automatically becomes spooky once the Poe laugh hits out of nowhere lol
The best part of this is I don’t even have to hear it. I get chills just thinking about it.
The "bone rattling" at the start makes me think of something stirring after being dormant for years, like the temple itself is waking up.
everything about the forest temple terrified me as a kid. Literally gave me crippling nightmares. This video is still rough to get through as an adult XD
I thought it was wood rattling, not bones but it’s still fitting
I remember this song for one reason...those creepy ghostly echoes of link yelling at the "climax", really added to the grand, ancient, *empty* feeling to the dungeon
The "poe laughter" sounded to me like a distorted link, it sounds like the "hya" he makes when he's rolling, does a backflip, or charge attack. It made it feel like this is a place where you lose your sanity/humanity, kind of like the lost children that turn to skull kids in the very forest you're in.
I always heard those 8th notes as laughter too! I love the music in OoT's dungeons
3:21 lmao
That joke literally took like 45 minutes to make and it was on screen for all of 3 seconds 😂
@@SaveDataTeam well I'm baked and it made me giggle like animated Link on the top right so it was worth it!
I could listen to this all day. It’s my favorite, next to the original fire temple with the chanting in the background.
As a kid I was wondering about that Poe laughter I heard and it creeped me out throughout my whole play through. And then I realized through the internet it was a sample Koji kondo used like for the fire temple now I feel better about it
It's definitely the most Steve Reich-influenced track Kondo has ever composed for sure; it sometimes sounds like Music for 18 Musicians' second phase but with more tribal instrumentation.
When nature can be terrified
This song make me feel lonely but at the same time alert, because I'm aware that I'm not alone at all 👻...
I usually play this song when I'm designing help me a lot to stay focus and creative I don't care if it's looping for 1 hour with this song time pass on different way
When I was a kid, I watched my older brother play through this entire game (stopping at the Water Temple, which unsurprisingly stumped us until we were a little older). There is a very distinct difference, emotionally, between this temple and the events that precede it. It immediately sinks me into a very special time in my memory, somehow more than most of the other music.
Of all the dungeons in the game, this one, the Forest Temple, is the one that really creeped me out. Beneath the Well and Shadow Temple terrified me (especially the well, honestly), but this dungeon gave me that spooky feeling. Itself my favorite in the game lol.
I always felt like I was being watched, and those horrible wall masters freaked me out. After I beat it, I'd go back just to listen to the music lol.
The laughter, i imagine fae playing a flute far off
Edifice of Echo I can 100% hear that as well! I just picked the Poe since they are in the dungeon as well.
@@SaveDataTeam what if poe are corrupt fae ?
I often visit forest temple because of music and atmostphere. When i hear it, it feels like i almost remember something that goes beyond my lifespan. Certainly best track on entire game.
I also think that aquatic ambiance from first water level on Donkey Kong Country is perfect videogame music as well, for that particular level.
Are we talking Aquatic Ambiance? Because that song slaps!
then please let me introduce you to one of my favorite remixes ever, of that exact track ua-cam.com/video/u378tFlAzVM/v-deo.html
I;m absolutely loving this series. Keep at it please!
I agree 100%. I Played it at the N64 in the 90s and never forgot this Music. And we have 2021!!!
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Thank you very much! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Does anyone else notice the Main room looks like a pentagram on the minimap?
I have always loved this temples music, ever since I was a kid. It was so creepy and eerie, yet somehow also playful and whimsical. It fit the atmosphere of the temple so well. I legitimately used to pull up 30 min versions of it for study music when I was in college.
How does this channel only have only 12k subscribers? This channel's quality is really high, so I hope it grows.
Thank you so much! Growing on UA-cam is an uphill climb, so feel free to share our content! 😁 it really helps!
@@SaveDataTeam I'm sharing it with people I know who like Zelda.
Us: Which Oot temple has the best music?
This Man: Yes.
This is my favourite temple in my favourite game, the music plays a huge role in that
Dude this almost made me tear up and cry. Just how you described your childhood being so simple…hit a weak spot. I can totally relate playing Zelda Oot
The “glass harmonica” sound, or at least its effect, remind me of some of the TP temples. They really convey this sense of exposure that reminds you you’re striking out into a place where People Don’t Go There.
Man whoever did the art in the thumbnails of these videos is very talented.
It was Tom Garden! Check out his work: tomgardenart.com
@@SaveDataTeam Will do, thanks!
ah, im not the only one. Ive listened to this song on loop so many times now. the song is somewhat calming whilst being unsettling and i love it.
its like this video was made me, you have no idea how much of a simp i am for the forest temple theme for the past like 2 decades
Just found this and the Forest Temple is one of my favorite tracks next to the shadow temple theme, which I have already watched your video on, and now on to the next one Fire Temple!
The way "poe laughter" sounds both mirthful, yet casually skips along the same short, unceasing pattern with a feeling of eternity makes me think of the folk mythology of humans being drawn into fairy circles to dance with the fae until they die. I can imagine the spirits of those who died there joining them, with nothing left of their mind but the endless, skipping dance.
"I've never felt the desire to skip it whenever it comes on" perfect way to describe it. This is the track I keep coming back to in the OOT soundtrack.
It may have been said already but given that the Forest Temple was originally meant to have been the Wind Temple, the very breathy nature of the music (consider the panning and fading of the instruments back and forth) seems fitting and may actually predate the re-theming of the temple seen in the final game.
As a kid, it definitely struck me as wind temple-y without even knowing about its existence during the development of the game, and I never made the bone-rattling and poe-laughter connections in my head before this video!
You put that victory road music so on point. As a kid I was so happy to have reached that point but knew that the rest of the game would be crazy challenging.
Okay, but that bit about the soundtrack for Victory Road and the emotions it invokes. That song always makes me feel like such a freaking badass!
Great assessment. Thanks for sharing
I've been watching a few of these now, one popped up in my feed after watching your Ace Attorney with a Lawyer series. I frequently watch you guys play AA with my son around and was listening to this video in the car on our way home, and my son asked if this was Zak, Wes and Prij, and I was so proud. *wipes tear*
I love you guys and your content, I'm so happy to enjoy more things from you guys. Thank you for doing what you do.
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@SaveDataTeam Thanks so much for playing the chrono trigger map theme - I had it stuck in my head for two years and forgot where I heard it - you didn't even make a comment but just seeing the music with the video was enough. great videos too!
There's something so nostalgic and lonesome about this song, even as a 4yo when I first played this when it came out. This temple fascinated and scared me because of this theme and how it made me feel.
The fact that I purposely had to erase my data once finished & start new games over again a bunch of times was ALL just to enjoy the soundtrack that Zelda's OFT's temples had, starting with the Forest Temple, which gives you goosebumps as you're playing thru it...
even though i never got to play older zelda games because i was a literally infant at that time, i know all the songs from the series. and the forest temple theme is the one i would think of first when talking about Oot.
I finally got the chance to play Oot through nintendo switch online and my god this song right here is something else... it drives you nuts trying to find your way through the temple and its unnerving, gives you goosebumps but the same time... addicting?
after finishing the forest temple, this song was just constantly playing on loop in my head for the next days, no way out of it. its just great in an unexplainable way
Just found your series - subscribed! Great musical analysis on these simple yet deep and elegant tracks, and awesome presentation of your ideas. As someone who both enjoys Zelda and music composition, this is refreshing to watch
Appreciate it! 😁