on that sense of loss we associate with Mipha, it bears pointing out that beside Links more personal connection to her that since the zora are a long-lived race most of the people in the domain actually knew Mipha and still mourn her loss unlike the other champions' people who deify them as heroes of the past.
I always heard that Age of Calamity's soundtrack was weak, specially compared to the original Hyrule Warriors' one. As someone who honestly don't like Hyrule Warriors' soundtrack never got that. I just finished Age of Calamity and I think its soundtrack is amazing! I don't get why people would say that.
1:34 I would also like to acknowledge, in the spirit of “good composers borrow, great composers steal,” that this is the same chord that opens the highly emotional One Summer’s Day from Miyazaki’s Spirited Away.
miphas theme--and by proxy miphas court--is genuinely one of my fav pieces in all of zelda. its so so good. so bittersweet.. but still so calming. perfect for her char. i love it
I love Mipha's theme a lot, but I still think that Revali's theme hit me the hardest. There is something about it just feels nostalgic, heroic, and the tragic all at the same time.
For me it's not just Revali's theme as much as his link to the accordion sound... and how you can hear the accordion in Windblight Ganon's battle theme.
I never could really connect to revali as a character. I think the tragedy of him being the best archer ever but quite literally succumbing to his arrogance was not fleshed out enough for me to care
@mr.s4x113 I think what makes me like Revali so much is that he is the only one in the group who *doesn't* have some epic destiny in store. Zelda is the goddess reborn and the princess of Hyrule, Link is the goddess' chosen hero, Mipha is princess of the Zora, Daruk is boss of the Gorons, Urbosa is chief of the Gerudo... and Revali is just some kid who is really good with a bow. No bloodline, no special powers beyond what he developed himself. With that context his putting on a big show of arrogance to cover up his insecurity makes a lot of sense.
All of the champion themes are great and memorable, but this one has always stuck in my head the most, probably because it was the first I heard in-game (as is the case for a lot of players). Revali's theme is my favourite overall, but Mipha's theme evokes the strongest sense of nostalgia.
Part of why I love the bridge at 10:05 so much is that the Bb > Amin progression can be seen as a bII > i progression in Amin, but it can also be interpreted as a IV > iii progression in the F major key that the intro starts in. A nondiatonic #11 chord usually screams "modulating on the IV chord" to me, but because we tonicised Amin so much already, it gives the bridge a sense of struggling to decide between being in the calm F major or the grieving A minor. I'm a huge fan of nondiatonic chords being used as callbacks to previous keys the song used, or perhaps foreshadowing keys that the song is planning to modulate to!
One of the cutest moments in BotW was in the DLC cutscene with Mipha and Sidon. The way they moved between their two themes, and even threw in a cheeky reference to the Van Ruta theme as Mipha took Sidon up the waterfall (perhaps even implying that moment was what implanted the idea in Sidon)- it was delightful and charming. BotW/TotK soundtracks are so underrated, honestly.
Longtime fan of 8-Bit Music Theory and finally just have to say this channel is so cool. Teaching music theory to laypeople like me through video game music that we all grew up with is just so amazing. Every single one of your videos brings this sense of nostalgia and fun, and you can see the passion in all your work! Creators like you are why I love UA-cam. I hope you touch on some more of the remastered Paper Mario TTYD music soon!
I’m surprised you’d never heard the mi-fa thing before that concert this spring, haha! And the end of that bridge is really not harp friendly 🫠 worth it, though.
This is an amazing analysis, and I absolutely love this theme! Other things I had noticed and really liked were: - The F7 -> Em7 -> D major chord progression is all done without a bass line, making it feel more light and to me invoking a strong feeling of reminiscence or memory, perhaps a calling to all the good memories Mipha and Link shared - The final F -> G (leading to an A but never reaching it) progression reminded me strongly of the Breath of the Wild Main Theme's ending, which ends with a similar chord progression but transposed and actually landing on the resolution (Ab -> Bb -> C); it felt like a perfect touch, making it feel a bit like Link was resolved to keep Mipha in his memories and save Hyrule in vengeance
Great! I have always found mipha's theme to be so elegantly mournful. You should listen to the divine beast vah ruta full theme - I find it's the most haunting and emotional piece
2:48 It’s a sign of how chronically online I am that I immediately thought of the sad meme song when that first E melody note played over the A minor 😅
When I heard this again at Mipha's shrine in ToTK, I immediately started to cry. Having knowledge of her unfortunate story adds SO much emotion to the song.
Mipha's theme is one of the few songs that will just rip the tears from my face no matter what i'm doing. it is perfectly crafted to match the tragedy of her life, and it never gets old
I totally took this soundtrack for granted while playing the game. I appreciate this piece way more now seeing it all transcribed and explained. By the way, I like to think there would be an A Major resolution at the end. That's just what I hear, and I guess it would represent Mipha finally finding peace.
“Mipha and the Divine Beast” aka her cutscene music after activating the divine beast laser beam, always makes me tear up.. it’s so underrated!! I always think about her looking over Zora’s domain and lamenting, “father, I hope you’re well.. if only I could see you one more time” 😭
Please, we need a video touching on the reharmonizing done for Colgera's theme. Also, it's like the best theme of ToTK, and the "heroic" section is absolutely enchanting
4:55 Althogh, the notes Mi and Fa arent always e and f. They are the third and fourth pitch from the tonic. And since this piece is in a minor, mi and fa are actually c and d. So really its so la.
that's true if you are using a moveable Do solfege system (relatively common teaching practice in America) but overseas they use a fixed Do system in which C is always Do! this means that e is always Mi and f is always Fa. Fixed Do can be difficult to navigate if you are unfamiliar with it as you cant rely on tonic implications as much but it can be really useful for developing relative pitch and atonal passages, its really cool!
@@fryhorn444 wow thanks i didnt know that! i'm an americian, so I was taught the other wya. considering the composers were japanese, the mi and fa thing could be possible!
@@CGammer101 No problem! I honestly didnt know much about it until i got into my final year of college as my school only taught via moveable-do systems in our theory courses; then i was thrown into the deep end when studying atonal sightsinging in a conducting seminar and researching general music pedagogies across the world. Its one of those niche things (for americans) but its really interesting to dig into!
Man I would LOVE for you to do the intro to a link to the past that arpeggio at the start is the most perfect thing I've ever heard to achieve that "mystical" feel
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When someone tells me BOTW/TOTK don't have soundtracks, or that there are only two "songs", I ROFLMAO. They're my favorite of the bunch, with OOT right there. The various champion themes, and the region themes related to them, are no small part why.
Great video! Btw, if I recall correctly from the interview that came out with the official release of the OST, Prince Sidon's theme also had a solfege reference to his name. In Japanese, his name is シドン(Shidon). In Japanese solfege, instead of ti for degree 7, they say シ(shi), so Sidon's main motive is based around ti-do, or 7-1. As a commenter here pointed out, they use fixed-do solfege in Japan instead of note names, so that's why each of the motives are E-F for Mipha, and B-C for Sidon. Pretty neat stuff!
DID YOU KNOW? There is more than one system of solfège. In most of the musical world, "Do" is fixed and is always middle C (C4) on the staff. The Mi-Fa (Mipha) and Si(ti)-do (Sidon) references only make sense in this system, and that's because Japanese use the fixed Do system of solfège. Most English-speaking countries use the Kodaly system of solfège, where "Do" is always the tonic of any major key, and "La" is always the tonic of any minor key. Some call this "movable Do."
Another interesting fact, the Bb maj chord is a tritone substitution for E maj, which is the V chord in A harmonic minor (and A major), so the Bb maj chord acts as a V chord in A minor
Was hoping to hear a connection to Sidon's theme too. Love the idea of connecting it to the Age of Calamity theme too. Regardless! Your videos are terrific and I can't wait for more of your work! Thank you for doing what you're doing.
I love every single video you put out and I cite you as single handedly inspiring me to learn composition. In my desperate need to sit you down and have you teach me all you know, I've took it upon myself to just do it myself!!! Thank you, man. ❤
I know the "Mi-Fa" thing is common trivia, but the composers discussed in an interview that this theme was one of their favorite parts of the soundtrack because they got to play around with that. They of course reference it with changing it to Ti-Do in Sidon's theme, and then in the track "Mipha and Sidon" from the DLC, Sidon's theme is played as mi-fa to represent how young Sidon is riding Mipha's back and sees her as the hero. Another note is, Yasuaki Iwata was the composer for all the Champions' themes, and not only did he do a great job, but he purposefully tried to make Revali's theme make the character more likable.
I would love to see a combo video about the music of all the main villages from breath of the wild, Zora’s Domain, Rito village, Gerudo Town, and Goron City. Think it would be fun :) great video btw
Damn i love your videos and analisis so much. Every one of your videos inspires me to compose and make arragments. When i lack inspiration i always comes back to one of your videos to have something to listen and refelect about. thank you so much for your work!
Such a somber track - I think it would be interesting to see an analysis for Signalis' "The Promise" by 1000 Eyes, which has the same effect, I think, but goes about it in a vastly different way
The thing I also find interesting alongside the Mi-Fa Easter egg is how Sidon’s theme is very similar. Granted, the theme still goes up by a half step in a similar manner.
I generally wasn't a fan of BotW's more airy, atmospheric music over the previous entries' strong classical roots. But god damn if it doesn't have the most incredible Master Sword sequence of any game. I got actual chills listening to Link pull that thing out of the stone (what the hell even is that arpeggio?!). These are composers who knew exactly what they were doing, and they used BoTW to show the world what they're capable of.
I do agree that musically, I prefer the older games. But BotW (and by extension, TotK) definitely NEEDED more atmospheric music to match the exploration and tone for the game. Older Zelda music works well because the music rarely overstays its welcome, solely due to areas just being smaller. If I had to listen to the Hyrule Field theme on loop for an hour while exploring aimlessly, I know I'd get tired of it eventually. Especially over the course of a 100+ hour playthrough. Plus, all the main location/combat music is good enough to make up for it.
Another 8-bit Music Theory video where he analyzes a single composition and fails to mention or credit the composer even once. This game has a soundtrack with complete credits, so there's really no excuse. And yet, he routinely does this. The composer of this theme is Yasuaki Iwata. He was in charge of all 4 of the champion themes, the 4 regional town themes, and many of the other melodic themes in the game. Aside from Breath of the Wild, he was a composer on Animal Crossing: New Horizons (including the main theme). He did not return on Tears of the Kingdom and has not been credited on any games since New Horizons in 2020.
Wait he really hasn't been on any games since New Horizons... That's sad! Didn't he also work on the Final Trial track from the DLC or am I misremembering?
The opening arpeggio chord; is this not the exact same chord in the opening theme to Spirited Away, by Joe Hisaishi? 🤔💭 I could be wrong... The "Mi-fa" musical Easter egg is obvious to anyone who studied solfège. You would have also caught Sidon's theme is nearly the same as Mipha's except his theme is Si-do, or "ti-do" for Anglophone learners of Solfège, where the Japanese use "Si" instead of "Ti" in their solfège. Did you also catch the "Sora" reference in the ending notes? (G to A is "So-la," where "la" and "ra" are the same syllable in Japanese phonology.) If you listen to the attack on Vah Ruta you will hear the Si/ti-do and Mi-fa references in there too. And even the Vah Ruta dungeon music; you will hear "Mi-fa" as if suspended in time. Because the spirit of Mipha lives on in the Divine Beast. It's all so beautifully... Linked... 🥹
Will never forget how the melody for Mipha’s theme spells out her name in solfege: Mi-Fa
In fixed-do🤢
(I know Japan uses fixed-do, but movable-do is infinitely superior in tonal music)
@@SamRegan610Imagine thinking literally anything in music is objective and non-contextual.
Sidon's theme is Si-Do
And if you noticed, most of the Zora's names are from music stuff. It's referencing the Tadtones in Skyward Sword, I guess
@@SamRegan610 western europe also uses fixed do, not just japan.
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@@EtheRenard holy shit thats brilliant. How did you notice?
on that sense of loss we associate with Mipha, it bears pointing out that beside Links more personal connection to her that since the zora are a long-lived race most of the people in the domain actually knew Mipha and still mourn her loss unlike the other champions' people who deify them as heroes of the past.
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Yona is superior
@@_demitriyeah, but she's married
@@_demitriI’m sure she’s a great character with a great personality that wasn’t just conjured out of thin air to get rid of the Silink ship, right?
the ending of the song truly feels like. yes, you’re grieving, and no one can take it away from you, but mipha wouldn’t want you to stay sad
of course,she’s SO sweet
I love how in Age of Calamity they turned this tune into an upbeat battle theme. Really great stuff
i actually teared up a little when i heard it, genius twist on the theme
I always heard that Age of Calamity's soundtrack was weak, specially compared to the original Hyrule Warriors' one.
As someone who honestly don't like Hyrule Warriors' soundtrack never got that. I just finished Age of Calamity and I think its soundtrack is amazing! I don't get why people would say that.
1:34 I would also like to acknowledge, in the spirit of “good composers borrow, great composers steal,” that this is the same chord that opens the highly emotional One Summer’s Day from Miyazaki’s Spirited Away.
I thought that straight away!
miphas theme--and by proxy miphas court--is genuinely one of my fav pieces in all of zelda. its so so good. so bittersweet.. but still so calming. perfect for her char. i love it
"in the temple of timeless zelda music"
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*chefs kiss* great dad joke
I'm starting to realize more and more how much more there is to flat 2 chords than just desert
It's so interesting that you think "Desert", flat II has always been "Moonlight Sonata" for me.
LOL, they gave the fish girl the Jaws motif (alternating m2 between e and f) with a different rhythm.
Got this notification literally as I was playing this song on the accordion. Synchronicity!
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To me the melody allways sounded like crying. The C being the part where the sadness gets out, and the D being the short breaths
I love Mipha's theme a lot, but I still think that Revali's theme hit me the hardest. There is something about it just feels nostalgic, heroic, and the tragic all at the same time.
For me it's not just Revali's theme as much as his link to the accordion sound... and how you can hear the accordion in Windblight Ganon's battle theme.
I never could really connect to revali as a character. I think the tragedy of him being the best archer ever but quite literally succumbing to his arrogance was not fleshed out enough for me to care
@mr.s4x113 I think what makes me like Revali so much is that he is the only one in the group who *doesn't* have some epic destiny in store. Zelda is the goddess reborn and the princess of Hyrule, Link is the goddess' chosen hero, Mipha is princess of the Zora, Daruk is boss of the Gorons, Urbosa is chief of the Gerudo... and Revali is just some kid who is really good with a bow. No bloodline, no special powers beyond what he developed himself. With that context his putting on a big show of arrogance to cover up his insecurity makes a lot of sense.
@@OniLink147 I actually never thought of it that way...
Thanks. I hadn’t cried yet today, so this helps me check that off my to-do list.
Beautiful analysis. My kids and me still listen to the BOTW soundtrack on Saturday mornings - the game was our escape during the lockdown times.
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Never clicked on a video so fast. Mipha's theme is so special and has a very special something I define as "strain".
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My new favorite term to describe those half step LST movements is “gannondorfian” lol
All of the champion themes are great and memorable, but this one has always stuck in my head the most, probably because it was the first I heard in-game (as is the case for a lot of players). Revali's theme is my favourite overall, but Mipha's theme evokes the strongest sense of nostalgia.
Agreed. And I've always loved the Zora overall. Revali's theme just hits so hard for no reason. Same with Vah Medoh's theme.
Part of why I love the bridge at 10:05 so much is that the Bb > Amin progression can be seen as a bII > i progression in Amin, but it can also be interpreted as a IV > iii progression in the F major key that the intro starts in. A nondiatonic #11 chord usually screams "modulating on the IV chord" to me, but because we tonicised Amin so much already, it gives the bridge a sense of struggling to decide between being in the calm F major or the grieving A minor.
I'm a huge fan of nondiatonic chords being used as callbacks to previous keys the song used, or perhaps foreshadowing keys that the song is planning to modulate to!
One of the cutest moments in BotW was in the DLC cutscene with Mipha and Sidon. The way they moved between their two themes, and even threw in a cheeky reference to the Van Ruta theme as Mipha took Sidon up the waterfall (perhaps even implying that moment was what implanted the idea in Sidon)- it was delightful and charming.
BotW/TotK soundtracks are so underrated, honestly.
"In the temple of timeless Zelda themes" and a shot of the Temple of Time: 10/10.
Sidon’s theme needed his part too 😭
Longtime fan of 8-Bit Music Theory and finally just have to say this channel is so cool. Teaching music theory to laypeople like me through video game music that we all grew up with is just so amazing. Every single one of your videos brings this sense of nostalgia and fun, and you can see the passion in all your work! Creators like you are why I love UA-cam. I hope you touch on some more of the remastered Paper Mario TTYD music soon!
The best Final Fantasy track and its from a Zelda game.
I’m surprised you’d never heard the mi-fa thing before that concert this spring, haha! And the end of that bridge is really not harp friendly 🫠 worth it, though.
This is an amazing analysis, and I absolutely love this theme! Other things I had noticed and really liked were:
- The F7 -> Em7 -> D major chord progression is all done without a bass line, making it feel more light and to me invoking a strong feeling of reminiscence or memory, perhaps a calling to all the good memories Mipha and Link shared
- The final F -> G (leading to an A but never reaching it) progression reminded me strongly of the Breath of the Wild Main Theme's ending, which ends with a similar chord progression but transposed and actually landing on the resolution (Ab -> Bb -> C); it felt like a perfect touch, making it feel a bit like Link was resolved to keep Mipha in his memories and save Hyrule in vengeance
Great! I have always found mipha's theme to be so elegantly mournful. You should listen to the divine beast vah ruta full theme - I find it's the most haunting and emotional piece
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Your elegant subtle references to the material are very expressive...
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I can't help tearing up every time I hear Mipha's theme. A beautiful song from the composers.
Incredible video! Super detailed and informative. The solfege literally reading out Mi Fa is the most brilliant idea. What a masterful composition.
2:48 It’s a sign of how chronically online I am that I immediately thought of the sad meme song when that first E melody note played over the A minor 😅
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When I heard this again at Mipha's shrine in ToTK, I immediately started to cry. Having knowledge of her unfortunate story adds SO much emotion to the song.
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Mipha's theme is one of the few songs that will just rip the tears from my face no matter what i'm doing.
it is perfectly crafted to match the tragedy of her life, and it never gets old
That Mi Fa thing is awesome. Love that kind of stuff
I totally took this soundtrack for granted while playing the game. I appreciate this piece way more now seeing it all transcribed and explained. By the way, I like to think there would be an A Major resolution at the end. That's just what I hear, and I guess it would represent Mipha finally finding peace.
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Good choice for a video! Love hearing anything you have to say about the Zelda OSTs, and love that you chose this theme.
“Mipha and the Divine Beast” aka her cutscene music after activating the divine beast laser beam, always makes me tear up.. it’s so underrated!! I always think about her looking over Zora’s domain and lamenting, “father, I hope you’re well.. if only I could see you one more time” 😭
I especially love the opening and ending analysis. Very insightful and excellent observation!
Wow, this may be my favorite analysis yet. So many feelings.
Please, we need a video touching on the reharmonizing done for Colgera's theme. Also, it's like the best theme of ToTK, and the "heroic" section is absolutely enchanting
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Althogh, the notes Mi and Fa arent always e and f. They are the third and fourth pitch from the tonic. And since this piece is in a minor, mi and fa are actually c and d. So really its so la.
that's true if you are using a moveable Do solfege system (relatively common teaching practice in America) but overseas they use a fixed Do system in which C is always Do! this means that e is always Mi and f is always Fa.
Fixed Do can be difficult to navigate if you are unfamiliar with it as you cant rely on tonic implications as much but it can be really useful for developing relative pitch and atonal passages, its really cool!
@@fryhorn444 wow thanks i didnt know that! i'm an americian, so I was taught the other wya. considering the composers were japanese, the mi and fa thing could be possible!
@@CGammer101 No problem! I honestly didnt know much about it until i got into my final year of college as my school only taught via moveable-do systems in our theory courses; then i was thrown into the deep end when studying atonal sightsinging in a conducting seminar and researching general music pedagogies across the world. Its one of those niche things (for americans) but its really interesting to dig into!
Man I would LOVE for you to do the intro to a link to the past that arpeggio at the start is the most perfect thing I've ever heard to achieve that "mystical" feel
When someone tells me BOTW/TOTK don't have soundtracks, or that there are only two "songs", I ROFLMAO. They're my favorite of the bunch, with OOT right there. The various champion themes, and the region themes related to them, are no small part why.
Great video! Btw, if I recall correctly from the interview that came out with the official release of the OST, Prince Sidon's theme also had a solfege reference to his name. In Japanese, his name is シドン(Shidon). In Japanese solfege, instead of ti for degree 7, they say シ(shi), so Sidon's main motive is based around ti-do, or 7-1. As a commenter here pointed out, they use fixed-do solfege in Japan instead of note names, so that's why each of the motives are E-F for Mipha, and B-C for Sidon. Pretty neat stuff!
Thank you for covering this absolute beauty of a piece.
Ngl I clicked it so quickly because I misread it as midna's theme and TP is my favorite Zelda, but this is a good song too
Good point though, when do we get the Midna's Lament analysis?
@@nebulous9280 Yes! I'd also like to see an analysis of the Twilight music. Some really unsettling microtones in there.
I absolutely love this song and this analysis gives it an even deeper meaning
DID YOU KNOW?
There is more than one system of solfège.
In most of the musical world, "Do" is fixed and is always middle C (C4) on the staff. The Mi-Fa (Mipha) and Si(ti)-do (Sidon) references only make sense in this system, and that's because Japanese use the fixed Do system of solfège.
Most English-speaking countries use the Kodaly system of solfège, where "Do" is always the tonic of any major key, and "La" is always the tonic of any minor key. Some call this "movable Do."
Another interesting fact, the Bb maj chord is a tritone substitution for E maj, which is the V chord in A harmonic minor (and A major), so the Bb maj chord acts as a V chord in A minor
Super fantastic video and analysis, as always!
A similar melody passage at 6:07 can be heard in the 'To Sail Forbidden Seas' theme from Final Fantasy 16 (1:34).
Was hoping to hear a connection to Sidon's theme too. Love the idea of connecting it to the Age of Calamity theme too. Regardless! Your videos are terrific and I can't wait for more of your work! Thank you for doing what you're doing.
I love every single video you put out and I cite you as single handedly inspiring me to learn composition. In my desperate need to sit you down and have you teach me all you know, I've took it upon myself to just do it myself!!! Thank you, man. ❤
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temple of timeless zelda music, what a bar
Kepler believed that the earth sings mi fa mi, dooming us to misery and famine.
I'd love a little extra video on how Sidon's theme is derived from this one.
We all need so much more BOTW or TOTK analysis
I know the "Mi-Fa" thing is common trivia, but the composers discussed in an interview that this theme was one of their favorite parts of the soundtrack because they got to play around with that. They of course reference it with changing it to Ti-Do in Sidon's theme, and then in the track "Mipha and Sidon" from the DLC, Sidon's theme is played as mi-fa to represent how young Sidon is riding Mipha's back and sees her as the hero.
Another note is, Yasuaki Iwata was the composer for all the Champions' themes, and not only did he do a great job, but he purposefully tried to make Revali's theme make the character more likable.
I really don't understand much about music theory, but that does not keep me from listening to your videos! Great content, man!
I truly love Mipha's theme
I would love to see a combo video about the music of all the main villages from breath of the wild, Zora’s Domain, Rito village, Gerudo Town, and Goron City. Think it would be fun :) great video btw
Damn i love your videos and analisis so much. Every one of your videos inspires me to compose and make arragments. When i lack inspiration i always comes back to one of your videos to have something to listen and refelect about. thank you so much for your work!
Beautiful & Bittersweet.
"Link likes to play it cool"
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yup, checks out.
10:51 the final note feels like the word "but.."
I feel like something similar to 2:57 is happening at the end of the intro for Yunobo's Theme, in TOTK, before it goes ham.
Always very, very well presented as well as, interesting.
Such a somber track - I think it would be interesting to see an analysis for Signalis' "The Promise" by 1000 Eyes, which has the same effect, I think, but goes about it in a vastly different way
10:25 There’s Zelda’s lullaby buried in the harmony
The thing I also find interesting alongside the Mi-Fa Easter egg is how Sidon’s theme is very similar. Granted, the theme still goes up by a half step in a similar manner.
The way i cried multiple times watching this video
I've never heard this ending before, the one I've heard ends on A major (that picardy 3rd, as you mentioned!)
That Fmaj9 sounds like the exact chord at the opening of Spirited Away too
It feels like that 'fifth' sound is so predominant with japanese composers. The opening chords are so reminiscent of Hisaishi for example.
That sixteenth triplet part reminded me of Urbosa or the Gerudo Town theme.
That first chord sounds just like one that Joe Hisaishi used in Spirited Away, on the song one summer's day
I generally wasn't a fan of BotW's more airy, atmospheric music over the previous entries' strong classical roots.
But god damn if it doesn't have the most incredible Master Sword sequence of any game. I got actual chills listening to Link pull that thing out of the stone (what the hell even is that arpeggio?!). These are composers who knew exactly what they were doing, and they used BoTW to show the world what they're capable of.
I do agree that musically, I prefer the older games. But BotW (and by extension, TotK) definitely NEEDED more atmospheric music to match the exploration and tone for the game. Older Zelda music works well because the music rarely overstays its welcome, solely due to areas just being smaller. If I had to listen to the Hyrule Field theme on loop for an hour while exploring aimlessly, I know I'd get tired of it eventually. Especially over the course of a 100+ hour playthrough. Plus, all the main location/combat music is good enough to make up for it.
you played it briefly at the end, but i'd love a video on comparing mipha's theme to sidon's theme, if you were interested!
Link slept on this for 100 years can you imagine
Psss. Sidon's Theme is Si(B)-Do(C)
I see Mipha, I click.
1:44 Spirited Away
12:40 Also a brief nod to the Gerudo theme for some reason
Man, I called it on the Chopin prelude. Maybe I am starting to learn a music theory.
I love Age of Calamity's battle version so much!
Another 8-bit Music Theory video where he analyzes a single composition and fails to mention or credit the composer even once. This game has a soundtrack with complete credits, so there's really no excuse. And yet, he routinely does this.
The composer of this theme is Yasuaki Iwata. He was in charge of all 4 of the champion themes, the 4 regional town themes, and many of the other melodic themes in the game. Aside from Breath of the Wild, he was a composer on Animal Crossing: New Horizons (including the main theme). He did not return on Tears of the Kingdom and has not been credited on any games since New Horizons in 2020.
Wait he really hasn't been on any games since New Horizons... That's sad! Didn't he also work on the Final Trial track from the DLC or am I misremembering?
Turns out that who made it has no bearing on any of the stuff under discussion.
My brain always sings "Stairway To Heaven" whenever this theme plays.
Edit: Okay, I see it makes senses lol now I know why, thanks.
The opening arpeggio chord; is this not the exact same chord in the opening theme to Spirited Away, by Joe Hisaishi? 🤔💭 I could be wrong...
The "Mi-fa" musical Easter egg is obvious to anyone who studied solfège. You would have also caught Sidon's theme is nearly the same as Mipha's except his theme is Si-do, or "ti-do" for Anglophone learners of Solfège, where the Japanese use "Si" instead of "Ti" in their solfège. Did you also catch the "Sora" reference in the ending notes? (G to A is "So-la," where "la" and "ra" are the same syllable in Japanese phonology.)
If you listen to the attack on Vah Ruta you will hear the Si/ti-do and Mi-fa references in there too. And even the Vah Ruta dungeon music; you will hear "Mi-fa" as if suspended in time. Because the spirit of Mipha lives on in the Divine Beast. It's all so beautifully... Linked... 🥹
The G(add2)/B is literally the quintessential steely Dan chord
Amazing video analysis as always. Would you be open to make a Stellar Blade music analysis, particularly Lilys atelier and or Beyond fate?
I've never seen a version of the clip where he actually starts playing stairway to heaven
Gunstar heroes for the Sega Genesis also has an OST that slaps would be cool to see you do a video on something from that