The worst song in TP is when the best song in the series plays, Midna’s Lament, and gets INTERRUPTED BY THE REGULAR ENEMY THEME WHENEVER THEY’RE NEARBY
They didn’t even fix it in the HD remake which is absolutely ridiculous. It could have gone down as one of the best moments in Zelda history but they had to ruin it with the enemies.
In defense of Keaton's Quiz: Koji Kondo took Majora's Mask as an opportunity to compose in a more traditional Japanese style; most Japanese composers, even for JRPGs, use very western classical sensibilities when scoring for games. Keaton's Quiz, and many other tracks in the game, would sound entirely at home in an edo-period royal court or Shinto temple. To get an ear for this style of music, the Okami OST is basically western/japanese classical fusion.
I can easily think of a worse piece of music from Link's Awakening: the piece of power or guardian acorn music. Even on the Switch, it's ear-grating, and always replaces the actual good music that would otherwise play in the background to the point that many people, including myself, generally avoid the piece of power/guardian acorns despite them being useful in gameplay simply because the music when using them is awful.
It has a nice arcade-like appeal to it, but I really hate it replacing the current (usually amazing) music, to the point that I considered doing a challenge run where I beat the whole game without picking up a single one.
City in the Sky is not the choice I would have expected for Twilight Princess. My pick would have probably been the music that plays when fighting shadow beasts, even though I know it’s one of those intentionally unpleasant songs.
I lost hope in this video when he said city in the sky was the worst track and then went on to say skyward didnt have a memorable sound track. Despite myself having issues with skyward sword, namely, the imprisoned boss fights, that game's soundtrack is a joy to listen to every time i stumble upon it. I do agree with the worst selection for it though, the fi singing parts are annoying. Now as for twilight princess, the worst track is easily the twilit beast battle, its not bad but it does get monotonous especially considering how many times you fight those things with that music playing in the background
I can see your point but in my opinion, both the Twilight overworld and combat themes are great for hitting you with a bizarre and antinatural sound, almost setting you up to fight this strange being. It's not pleasant by any means, but the fact it fits so well in the context makes me actually like it
@@salmorejo_ in all honesty, you're right man. Thanks for the explanation I never really thought of it that way. Yet another example of TP being a masterclass in atmosphere
@hylianro I'm writing a story and to make different scenarios I need all type of music. The unnerving nature of the twilight hits just the spot to make uncanny paragraphs. I've grown a lot to appreciate the atmospheric purpose of most soundtracks, and the Zelda series is definitely proficient at that lmao
What the hell are you on about? Link’s awakening’s gameboy ost is amazing, it’s definitely up there as one of the best osts in any Zelda game and the remake didn’t save it, it was fine at the start.
@@ekibits64 For real - it was the first that was actually fully orchestrated, and it has some outstanding tunes. Faron Woods, Island in the Sky, The Earth Temple - and the cream of the crop, one of the best songs in the series, The Lanayru Sandsea.
Talking about music. Which is incredibly subjective and literally up to each person to decide if they like it or not. Don’t like the video, don’t watch it
@@mexa_t6534 stop staying "don't like it don't watch it" that's the worst line in history when it comes to feedback. people watch videos to see IF they will like it or not, and it's okay if people don't like a video. don't like it? that's cool, we might agree on something else, or I'm interested in why you don't like it. but "dont like, don't watch" is for the dogs
Music is definitely subjective. I understand where he's coming from with almost all of these. However, there are a few that I actually enjoy listening to. I don't understand why people dislike the forsaken fortress from windwaker.
5:09 This theme is supposed to remind us of the old folk-tale songs that Japanese people would play when talking about Yokai stories, after all, you are interacting with a Yokai right there.
I feel like the Depths could have benefited from the music adding instruments and developing into a melody as you light more lightroots. Like imagine it turning into a song with fractured versions of the Dark World theme from ALttP kind of like how you hear the main series theme as you ride a horse at night on the surface
I won’t tolerate Skyward Sword slander of ANY kind (except the Imprisoned battle). That aside, Twilight Princess as a whole probably has the most BLAND soundtrack of the franchise. It’s not bad, but as themes and tunes I cannot for the life of me say there’s one song in this game that I can say I actually LOVED. To pick the worst is definitely when you’re attacking the Shadow Beasts. It’s “fitting” I guess for the bizarrely strange beings they are, but as a piece of music I was more annoyed by it more than anything.
I don't think this guy has any respect for Old Games' music. Referring to Minish Cap's use of both it's own CPU sequencing + the Gameboy's Sound Chip as simply a "compressed bass" when it's just. A Square Wave. And considering how he completely writes off both Links Awakening and the Oracle Games, it kind of pains the picture that these all come from a place of Not Getting what he Wants from a Zelda soundtrack and it's wide genres rather than weighing the strength of each composition against each other
LA has not been saved by the Switch remake. That is just a puzzling opinion, because the chiptune OST used the hardware of the Game Boy really well. I might be nostalgic, but having a certain aesthetic doesn't make a soundtrack bad.
In my opinion the switch remakes music detracted Awakenings music, I'd take the gb versions ost any day and I have zero nostalgia for the game (unless you think October 8 2023 is nostalgic)
Nah, that track in twilight princess is actually somewhat relaxing. The real worst track for that game is the postman’s theme. It’s befitting of the postman character, but in no context would I go out of my way to listen to it
Sorry. You gotta me f*ing kidding me. The Game Over theme from the first ToZ is a masterpiece. Then it is utilized as the credit theme and is even more amazing. Ahhhhjjh!!!!!!!!
Personally I find the Death Mountain theme a better contender, because it is also basic and repetitive but also discordant. I understand that makes it serve a purpose but it also makes it difficult to listen to for up to a half hour as you explore.
@@hanburgundy4317 Yesss!!!. I know the video is about, the worst song in every Zelda game. But if Zelda 1, and perhaps 2, does not have an objectively bad song, then don't include them.
I think The City in the Sky from Twilight Princess has a perfect fitting soundtrack. I understand why it gives some people headache, but it's a very strange and misterious soundtrack that fits incredibly well the vibe of the dungeon. I would have rather chose the enemy soundtrack (not the twilight enemies one though, as I think it quite fits them, even though it's unpleasant. I'm talking about the theme of the normal enemies. I find it annoying and nothing special at all.)
the basic enemy theme deserves the worst spot simply because of the AUDACITY to dare to interrupt midna’s lament, which is not only one of the best tp themes in general, but also one you only get to hear once in game and basic ass bokoblins just have to ruin the moment
@@hylianro I think he’s talking about the Gerudo Desert theme in Twilight Princess which has a hint of Midna’s Lament in it as well. But instead of piano and violin it’s drums and vocals.
You shouldn’t have lumped Link’s Awakening and the remake together. They are two entirely different soundtracks, with different moods. The Game Boy soundtrack deserves recognition for what it was. Also, a small nitpick. It doesn’t sound like it does because of the Game Boy’s “terrible speaker”. You can plug in your headphones, idiot. It sounds like it does because of the sound chip that the Game Boy used. Which I actually think is quite unique and there are a lot of songs on the Game Boy that I liked.
For the Oracle games, as someone who’s played them multiple times before only one theme from them haunts my nightmares. The dungeon themes you mentioned are indeed a bit grating, but I’m sorry, the general cave/minidungeon theme is just SO much lazier and repeated SO often. It’s only like 20 seconds long before it loops and that loop is 3 slight variations and one elaboration on the same 6-note melody. But if you’re traversing Holodrum or Labrynna looking for secrets, you’ll be hearing HOURS of it, and the limited gameboy sound chip does it NO favors.
wow like this is a unique video idea, so props, but skyward sword is my favorite soundtrack in the entire franchise. skyloft theme, koloktos battle, and the lanayru desert theme are absolute peak, so i am disappointed by this incredibly dismissive take on the first truly orchestrated zelda soundtrack... but i can at least commend the video idea.
I think the worst theme in wind waker is the battle theme that not only isnt that good but interrupts whatever theme is playing every time an enemy appears
Zelda 2’s themes are composed by the English localizers who basically had to translate the game from the Famicom Disk System to the NES, which was more similar to the cartridge form of the Famicom
The Japanese version of Zelda II, which came out almost 2 years before everywhere else, had a few differences in the music. I wonder if you would have chosen differently if you went by those ones? The title theme is in a different key, and that grating section is a bit softer, but then the background and lead instruments play two completely different melodies that tend to clash. The other main difference is the standard enemy battle song, which I instantly thought was boring compared to the international song, but it's grown on me over the years.
You’ve made an enemy out of the Goron city theme fanbase bubs (jokes aside, my pick from BOTW would definitely be “attacking vah rudania”, it’s very repetitive and honestly kinda grating)
I honestly hate BOTW/TOTK version of Goron City theme - it sounds nothing like the traditional one, either in melody or instrumentation, and the lazy sounding Ska melody that it does present is just goofy and unpleasant.
@@hanburgundy4317 fair tbh, tho to counter I feel like it fits the more laidback but still industrious nature of the Gorons. It doesn’t retain the original melody but the instrumentation (those funny “wawa “ sounds I don’t know the name) is similar. Tbh I sorta like how the theme is unique, because we can have 2 nice songs that fit that “goron” vibe
@@hanburgundy4317 I mean, it's _not_ the traditional Goron City theme, nor is it a version of it. It's its own tune. Feel free to dislike it on its own merits, but "it's a bad version of Goron City" is a nonsense complaint. Like "Zelda doesn't have guns so it's a bad series".
@@hanburgundy4317 "I honestly hate BOTW/TOTK *version* of Goron City theme - *it sounds nothing like the traditional one, either in melody or instrumentation* [...]" "version" definitely does imply what I wrote, and comparing it to the other one in terms of melody is also nonsense unless you think it should sound similar. If it's not the same track, why should the melody sound similar?
There is a lot of well-made music in BotW/TotK, but man do some get so infuriatingly grating over time that I wish there was an option to turn the music off. Every time you have a basic enemy encounter has to be the absolute worst to repeatedly hear restart over and over again. And goron city, kakariko village, and the depths are the same way. Maybe this is a result of Zelda going open world, but if that's the case then they should have had more music variety, especially with how minamilistic most of it is. I went insane having to hear the same exact tracks from BotW all over again in TotK.
Not being a fan of 8bit music doesn't mean link's awakening and the oracle games have bad soundtracks. They are actually quite incredible, the quality isn't bad at all. Not sure what that point is supposed to mean. There's also nothing wrong with the Majora's Mask track? lol
Hah, this was fun. I've never tried to think "man, what tracks suck the most" since everyone is always focused on the best of whatever. Loved this video
My top five Zelda soundtracks are Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, Twilight Princess, and Majora’s Mask. All Zelda games have beautiful music but this is just my personal top 5.
That bass part in the shop theme is also present in other games, it's the same part you hear in the wind waker rendition. It's just blown out on GBA for some reason
Imagine if the Oracle games got a remake on the order of Link's Awakening. You buy one game, you can decide which side to start with, no passcode needed to go to the other one. On the note (ba dum tish) of Goron City's theme clashing with the rest of the soundtrack, I don't mind that so much. At least it works well enough internally. Worse, I think, is when the trombone gets added to Tarrey Town's theme. Now, I do like this town where representatives of the various peoples of the world live and work, and I like the idea of instrumentation representing that. It just seems like the trombones that come in with the Gorons drown out the others, such that it's all I notice.
While music is is subjective, the way you offended some of it is just ridiculous. Also Skyward Sword soundtrack is generic? Did you played the game on mute?
I'm barely able to think my favourites (which is Goronu Cave for Links game, and red tower for Zeldas) but least favourite is impossible due to the overall quality being pretty good
Personally I feel like the BOTW goron city theme was supposed to match the Gorons more than the actual mountain. Since the gorons themselves are adorable goofy lumbering things and the song conveys a goron pretty well in my opinion
I definitely wouldn't say that the original Link's Awakening has the worst soundtrack in video game history. It was the first Zelda game to have unique dungeon themes and it accomplished what it did in mono using the Game boy sound chip. I also heartily disagree with most Zelda players who fell immediately in love with the music in the remake. Nintendo had the greatest Zelda game of all time on their hands and they squandered their opportunity to orchestrate the music and instead offered up the sounds of a computer chewing on a Link's Awakening cartridge. Whenever I contend this, Zelda players reveal their first order thinking and can't get over their love for the game and the soundtrack. Yes, most of the tracks in the remake are improved technically, but there was so much potential potential and Nintendo absolutely wasted it.
In the original Link's Awakening, I think a lot of folks point to lvl 4 as the worst since it's just the cave theme at a higher pitch. I know one I disliked to one I ended up liking a lot in the remake was the mini-boss theme. :D
zelda 2 title screen song is legendary...soooo good. Puts the tone of the game perfectly. Love the pic of the sword also there. Much underrated game. Finished it many times, Lot of fun, with great music in general.
Honestly I agree with all of these. Including music used to portray awkwardness. The only reason I don’t mind the music in botw being minimalistic is because you’re going to be listening to these song on repeat throughout most the world outside of town. While I do wish totk remixed the music from botw it’s not that big of a deal. Have more in your face music like tp would not be fun, I dreaded traveling the overworld in ww because it’s slow (I played gb version), it’s loud enough and its the same song for long periods of time. Although I do hope any upcoming titles with larger worlds will switch between quite a few different tracks instead of just one main one.
im only one second into this video but if it isnt ancient tomb from oracle of ages this list is wrong. that song straight up hurts to hear edit: well at least it got shout out
I respect your opinion, but I physically can't stay quiet about you slamming my favorite song in "Twilight Princess". XD (Though I suppose I can be thankful that I got to hear it today.
I had to chuckle at the honorable mention of Ancient Tomb. I actually like to listen to that one. It's not something I wanna hear all the time, but there's a certain mood where the heavy droning is just perfect.
Nah the worst Ocarina of time theme is the enemy attacking theme, it’s repetitive, not nice to listen to, and it started the somewhat annoying trend in the 3D games of there needing to be a theme interrupting whatever’s playing whenever an enemy’s near by
Ngl, City in the Sky is one of my FAVORITES from TP. It's SO otherworldly that it's stuck with me longer than most of the soundtrack (save for more obvious pieces like Midna's Lament). Also...can't help but disagree with the Depths music. I find the large spaces of silence to add to the unsettling nature of the depths. They're FAR too quiet and every lengthy pause in the track just emphasizes that all the more for me. And the sounds themselves are just really other worldly too. At least, that's how I feel anyhow ahaa Can totally agree with a good chunk of this list tho
City in the Sky is my favorite TP song. Right next to Faron Woods and Lake Hylia. The twilight battle theme is the worst, it is not bad just weird and jarring.
Crown Dungeon is at least partly intentional considering the design. Just makes me dislike it more as the last thing I want to hear in a hard to navigate, disorienting puzzle-based dungeon. Jabu-Jabu's music isn't much better either.
dodongo's carven I'd say is more ambiance than music inside the deku tree type music gets my pick (im replaying the game after idk how many year and thats the most recent track i can think of lol)
I had to nope out at the Link's Awakening slander. The GB soundtrack is absolutely incredible, and to somehow dislike On the Beach with Marin? Music is subjective, yes, but - I don't know how you play Link's Awakening and reach this conclusion
the forsaken fortress theme is brilliant. i feel like you just opened up a playlist of songs from the franchise and clicked randomly until you found one that was less than amazing and rolled with it with random BS complaints.
I doubt this track has a name, but the "Random piano notes during exploration" from the BotW era easily qualifies as the worst/most annoying track of the entire series. I get what they were going for, but you're gonna ear it well over 50% of the time, so if you don't enjoy it, you'll probably end up muting the game when exploring.
Same thing would apply if it was literally anything else, you would be hearing a lot of it, and would get tired if it eventually. The piano notes are good, the fit the desolate nature of Hyrule really well, and it's mostly quiet, so it doesn't get grating as quickly as normal music would (for most people anyway, I suppose you feel different)
@RomaisShah True, but having just that during the majority of the game is not only annoying, but makes the rest of the soundtrack much less memorable. There are exploration focused games out there that can nail their ambiance and music despite taking place in a ruined world. The "Wild" era games are just underwhelming on this front and a stain on the Zelda series soundtrack as a whole. I'm not saying they should have played the Gerudo valley music non stop in Gerudo Desert, but it would have been nice to be able to hear more vibrant tracks once in a while in specific and remarkable places, and not just in super specific story events.
Majoras Mask having to play Song of time over n over..hurts my brain to Remember. And to think Song of time was one of my favourites from oot. Any Majoras Mask song really..not because they are bad but i connect them with a sense a doom. The music in forsaken fortress pretty annoying too.
Interesting list, I'll try to keep my comment to where I have particular disagreements or comments... - For ALTTP, I won't really argue that the countermelody on the Fortune Teller theme makes it the worst song overall, but I also find the dungeon themes in that game a bit underwhelming and repetitive. Not enough to fight you on the worst single track but it's an aspect of the game I feel doesn't get acknowledged enough. - I get that Game Boy sound fonts are a bit grating at times but I really think you're a bit too harsh on LA, and to a lesser extent the Oracle games. There are some stinkers, sure, like the Piece of Power theme or the Crown Dungeon, but there are some genuinely great themes on those soundtracks too. (Since the Oracle games get particularly shafted, I do want to highlight the Dancing Dragon Dungeon theme as a highlight of a great track - it is a bit of a short loop and I can see someone finding the later part of it a tad grating but it's actually a genuinely catchy theme.) - For OoT, in terms of "minimalistic, eerie ambience as dungeon theme", I find Dodongo's Cavern boring but bearable. Jabu-Jabu, though... Yeah, there's maybe a bit more "music" going on with the synth pads but it ain't appealing. - I get finding MM a bit less iconic overall compared to OoT, but I do think the high points just slightly eclipse those of its predecessor (like, Termina Field, Deku Palace, and Stone Tower Temple are just straight up bangers). But I have a different worst track for that game - Woodfall Temple. It's just so grating, and in a way that feels... I dunno, kinda wrong? It just feels a bit bad to hear even aside from being grating, and at least Keaton's Quiz was never meant to be listened to for more than thirty seconds or so at a time. - I can't think of any tracks from Minish Cap off the top of my head to be worse, but I actually think the rendition of the House theme is perfectly fine? Nothing especially remarkable but still far from ruining it. I think it's a soundfont issue again - I think the compression is kinda charming and nostalgic, and I just love GBA soundfonts in general. - TP is a soundtrack that, like the game itself, has a lot of good moments but wears out its welcome with overusing them and also having a lot of garbage. Besides City in the Sky (a close second for me) and being the most egregious offender in the 3D Zelda staple of "enemy encounter music interrupting everything and just being generally unpleasant", I also find some of its best songs, like Hyrule Field and Midna's Lament wear out for me easily from hearing them too much. (Though the latter case may be less because of the actual game and more the one time I decided to play a 99 stock match against three max level computer opponents on a custom stage in Smash Bros. Brawl using that as the music... I don't know what I was thinking either.) But one song that I never hear anyone complain about, so I guess it's just a bee in my particular bonnet, that takes the cake as my most hated song in just about any game ever is the Ordon Village music. Unpopular opinion, I get it, but it just hits all sorts of wrong buttons for me. I get that it's trying to go for a peaceful rural vibe, but it lands a bit too close to sappy, moralistic, and boring for my taste. For some reason my brain always compares it to "The Gift" by Jim Brickman, a sappy, Christmas-themed love ballad I heard on the radio all too much around the time the game came out. Not sure entirely why but I hate it. And then there's how much you hear it during the slow beginning of the game, how much I hate most of the NPCs in the village (Talo and maybe Colin get a partial pass but nobody else), and how little I want to go back there after you finally get into the real game... I dunno, I get if people like it, I'll hate it so you don't have to. - I don't hate Skyward Sword's soundtrack, don't find it all that memorable but it's nice. Don't really have any argument against your pick for the worst either. I just want to thank you for pronouncing Fi's name correctly, seems like literally nobody else does.
I actually just cant get through this video. Yes, there are always goingnto be the best and the worst in a collection of things, but my man does not seem to understand dissonance and ambience, and how effective they are creating atmospheres.
The worst song in TP is when the best song in the series plays, Midna’s Lament, and gets INTERRUPTED BY THE REGULAR ENEMY THEME WHENEVER THEY’RE NEARBY
DUDE I WAS THINKING THIS EXACT SAME THING LMAO
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Is that similar how the worst theme in Link's Awakening is the Piece of Power theme when you are on Tal Tal Mountain?
They didn’t even fix it in the HD remake which is absolutely ridiculous. It could have gone down as one of the best moments in Zelda history but they had to ruin it with the enemies.
@@Yxiomel you don't even need the piece of power, since you're going into caves every 10 seconds
In defense of Keaton's Quiz:
Koji Kondo took Majora's Mask as an opportunity to compose in a more traditional Japanese style; most Japanese composers, even for JRPGs, use very western classical sensibilities when scoring for games.
Keaton's Quiz, and many other tracks in the game, would sound entirely at home in an edo-period royal court or Shinto temple. To get an ear for this style of music, the Okami OST is basically western/japanese classical fusion.
@@guyedwards22 Guess this is why I'm less into Okamiden's OST. Leans too much into western to me when Okami did it so well.
I can easily think of a worse piece of music from Link's Awakening: the piece of power or guardian acorn music. Even on the Switch, it's ear-grating, and always replaces the actual good music that would otherwise play in the background to the point that many people, including myself, generally avoid the piece of power/guardian acorns despite them being useful in gameplay simply because the music when using them is awful.
Yeah, it’s sad too because link’s awakening has one of my favourite osts in any Zelda game and that stupid acorn/ piece of power music just ruins it.
@@voltron77true
that one or... the frog's song which was literally made to sound bad.
It has a nice arcade-like appeal to it, but I really hate it replacing the current (usually amazing) music, to the point that I considered doing a challenge run where I beat the whole game without picking up a single one.
@@SimonRoberge But that makes it fantastic
City in the Sky is not the choice I would have expected for Twilight Princess. My pick would have probably been the music that plays when fighting shadow beasts, even though I know it’s one of those intentionally unpleasant songs.
I lost hope in this video when he said city in the sky was the worst track and then went on to say skyward didnt have a memorable sound track. Despite myself having issues with skyward sword, namely, the imprisoned boss fights, that game's soundtrack is a joy to listen to every time i stumble upon it. I do agree with the worst selection for it though, the fi singing parts are annoying. Now as for twilight princess, the worst track is easily the twilit beast battle, its not bad but it does get monotonous especially considering how many times you fight those things with that music playing in the background
I can see your point but in my opinion, both the Twilight overworld and combat themes are great for hitting you with a bizarre and antinatural sound, almost setting you up to fight this strange being. It's not pleasant by any means, but the fact it fits so well in the context makes me actually like it
i find the music in TP's dungeons more so relaxing than anything else 🤷
@@salmorejo_ in all honesty, you're right man. Thanks for the explanation I never really thought of it that way. Yet another example of TP being a masterclass in atmosphere
@hylianro I'm writing a story and to make different scenarios I need all type of music. The unnerving nature of the twilight hits just the spot to make uncanny paragraphs. I've grown a lot to appreciate the atmospheric purpose of most soundtracks, and the Zelda series is definitely proficient at that lmao
What the hell are you on about? Link’s awakening’s gameboy ost is amazing, it’s definitely up there as one of the best osts in any Zelda game and the remake didn’t save it, it was fine at the start.
This guy said Skyward Sword music is too generic and not memorable.
@@ekibits64 Yeah, his taste in music is really bad.
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For real - it was the first that was actually fully orchestrated, and it has some outstanding tunes. Faron Woods, Island in the Sky, The Earth Temple - and the cream of the crop, one of the best songs in the series, The Lanayru Sandsea.
I agree. Personally, though, I dislike the new remixes for the Switch version. Then again I don’t like any of Ryo Nagamatsu’s compositions.
@@Aelvir114 Really? Not even face shrine?
What the fuck is this dude talking about
Favorite comment so far
Talking about music. Which is incredibly subjective and literally up to each person to decide if they like it or not. Don’t like the video, don’t watch it
@@mexa_t6534 stop staying "don't like it don't watch it" that's the worst line in history when it comes to feedback. people watch videos to see IF they will like it or not, and it's okay if people don't like a video. don't like it? that's cool, we might agree on something else, or I'm interested in why you don't like it. but "dont like, don't watch" is for the dogs
Music is definitely subjective. I understand where he's coming from with almost all of these. However, there are a few that I actually enjoy listening to. I don't understand why people dislike the forsaken fortress from windwaker.
5:09 This theme is supposed to remind us of the old folk-tale songs that Japanese people would play when talking about Yokai stories, after all, you are interacting with a Yokai right there.
bruh goron city as the worst is a crime
Goron City sounding nothing like the traditional theme is the crime.
It’s easily the worst theme out of all the four main places(rito, zora, gerudo, goron) and not really all that memorable
I knew it would be last when I clicked this I literally hate that theme lmfao
@@ShadowWizard224 honestly would say gerudo has the worst though not bad
It is crazy how I disagree on most of your takes.
Highly disagree with TP. Worst track is the Twilight Battle by far
I feel like the Depths could have benefited from the music adding instruments and developing into a melody as you light more lightroots. Like imagine it turning into a song with fractured versions of the Dark World theme from ALttP kind of like how you hear the main series theme as you ride a horse at night on the surface
"Ominous ice cream truck" Bro that's amazing XD
Not the Skyward Sword slander 😭 best soundtrack in the series
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I think the best soundtrack is Spirit Tracks' honestly.
I agree, but I will admit that I am incredibly biased seeing as it was the first Zelda game I played to completion.
I won’t tolerate Skyward Sword slander of ANY kind (except the Imprisoned battle).
That aside, Twilight Princess as a whole probably has the most BLAND soundtrack of the franchise. It’s not bad, but as themes and tunes I cannot for the life of me say there’s one song in this game that I can say I actually LOVED. To pick the worst is definitely when you’re attacking the Shadow Beasts. It’s “fitting” I guess for the bizarrely strange beings they are, but as a piece of music I was more annoyed by it more than anything.
I don't think this guy has any respect for Old Games' music. Referring to Minish Cap's use of both it's own CPU sequencing + the Gameboy's Sound Chip as simply a "compressed bass"
when it's just. A Square Wave.
And considering how he completely writes off both Links Awakening and the Oracle Games, it kind of pains the picture that these all come from a place of Not Getting what he Wants from a Zelda soundtrack and it's wide genres rather than weighing the strength of each composition against each other
I respect it a great deal, it's just not a sound that I always enjoy
LA has not been saved by the Switch remake. That is just a puzzling opinion, because the chiptune OST used the hardware of the Game Boy really well. I might be nostalgic, but having a certain aesthetic doesn't make a soundtrack bad.
Dude just hates 8-bit, I think
@@klop4228Really sounds like it.
In my opinion the switch remakes music detracted Awakenings music, I'd take the gb versions ost any day and I have zero nostalgia for the game (unless you think October 8 2023 is nostalgic)
Some of them are ear grating
10:16 city in the sky is one of my favourite themes
Nah, that track in twilight princess is actually somewhat relaxing. The real worst track for that game is the postman’s theme. It’s befitting of the postman character, but in no context would I go out of my way to listen to it
I think the composition of Zelda 2's title screen is really good. The ZREO interpretation is fantastic, but coming from NES hardware, it's rough.
Keaton's song isn't grating like some of the others on this list. It's a mysterious song for a mysterious entity
Agreed! That & many other of his choices left me asking “what was he thinking?!”
Sorry. You gotta me f*ing kidding me. The Game Over theme from the first ToZ is a masterpiece. Then it is utilized as the credit theme and is even more amazing.
Ahhhhjjh!!!!!!!!
And it's played by the band leader of the Indigo-Go's when you visit Great Bay.
Personally I find the Death Mountain theme a better contender, because it is also basic and repetitive but also discordant. I understand that makes it serve a purpose but it also makes it difficult to listen to for up to a half hour as you explore.
Agree..you can hear it in Great bay in Majoras Mask on the piano.
@@hanburgundy4317 Yesss!!!.
I know the video is about, the worst song in every Zelda game. But if Zelda 1, and perhaps 2, does not have an objectively bad song, then don't include them.
I don’t think you can call Dodongo’s cavern a song at all
It really isn't, it's just ambience
Really cool ambience, at that.
I think The City in the Sky from Twilight Princess has a perfect fitting soundtrack. I understand why it gives some people headache, but it's a very strange and misterious soundtrack that fits incredibly well the vibe of the dungeon. I would have rather chose the enemy soundtrack (not the twilight enemies one though, as I think it quite fits them, even though it's unpleasant. I'm talking about the theme of the normal enemies. I find it annoying and nothing special at all.)
the basic enemy theme deserves the worst spot simply because of the AUDACITY to dare to interrupt midna’s lament, which is not only one of the best tp themes in general, but also one you only get to hear once in game and basic ass bokoblins just have to ruin the moment
@vinny985
I actually like the Gerudo Desert version of Midna's Lament better, but just because I love that arrangement.
@@hanburgundy4317huh? There's a gerudo desert version of midnas lament?
@@hylianro I think he’s talking about the Gerudo Desert theme in Twilight Princess which has a hint of Midna’s Lament in it as well. But instead of piano and violin it’s drums and vocals.
@@ShadowWizard224 I thought the vocals were the main theme (hyrule field theme) am I misremembering?
I agree with every track except the House one from Minish Cap. I like that bass and it sounds as good as the other versions for me
Yeah. I always loved the GBA bass sound, and Minish Cap uses it extremely well.
You shouldn’t have lumped Link’s Awakening and the remake together. They are two entirely different soundtracks, with different moods. The Game Boy soundtrack deserves recognition for what it was.
Also, a small nitpick. It doesn’t sound like it does because of the Game Boy’s “terrible speaker”. You can plug in your headphones, idiot. It sounds like it does because of the sound chip that the Game Boy used. Which I actually think is quite unique and there are a lot of songs on the Game Boy that I liked.
Says small nitpick... also calls him an idiot lol. Like you are correct but not reason to be a POS lololol
@@sanityswept2898 It’s a small nitpick because it’s not really relevant to the whole video, but saying it still makes him an idiot.
The booting theme of The Adventure of Link is amazing... Weird choice, but to each their own I guess...
For the Oracle games, as someone who’s played them multiple times before only one theme from them haunts my nightmares. The dungeon themes you mentioned are indeed a bit grating, but I’m sorry, the general cave/minidungeon theme is just SO much lazier and repeated SO often. It’s only like 20 seconds long before it loops and that loop is 3 slight variations and one elaboration on the same 6-note melody. But if you’re traversing Holodrum or Labrynna looking for secrets, you’ll be hearing HOURS of it, and the limited gameboy sound chip does it NO favors.
wow like this is a unique video idea, so props, but skyward sword is my favorite soundtrack in the entire franchise. skyloft theme, koloktos battle, and the lanayru desert theme are absolute peak, so i am disappointed by this incredibly dismissive take on the first truly orchestrated zelda soundtrack... but i can at least commend the video idea.
I think the worst theme in wind waker is the battle theme that not only isnt that good but interrupts whatever theme is playing every time an enemy appears
Zelda 2’s themes are composed by the English localizers who basically had to translate the game from the Famicom Disk System to the NES, which was more similar to the cartridge form of the Famicom
The Japanese version of Zelda II, which came out almost 2 years before everywhere else, had a few differences in the music. I wonder if you would have chosen differently if you went by those ones? The title theme is in a different key, and that grating section is a bit softer, but then the background and lead instruments play two completely different melodies that tend to clash. The other main difference is the standard enemy battle song, which I instantly thought was boring compared to the international song, but it's grown on me over the years.
Because in Zelda CD-i all tracks are GOOD
So true king
You’ve made an enemy out of the Goron city theme fanbase bubs (jokes aside, my pick from BOTW would definitely be “attacking vah rudania”, it’s very repetitive and honestly kinda grating)
I honestly hate BOTW/TOTK version of Goron City theme - it sounds nothing like the traditional one, either in melody or instrumentation, and the lazy sounding Ska melody that it does present is just goofy and unpleasant.
@@hanburgundy4317 fair tbh, tho to counter I feel like it fits the more laidback but still industrious nature of the Gorons. It doesn’t retain the original melody but the instrumentation (those funny “wawa “ sounds I don’t know the name) is similar. Tbh I sorta like how the theme is unique, because we can have 2 nice songs that fit that “goron” vibe
@@hanburgundy4317 I mean, it's _not_ the traditional Goron City theme, nor is it a version of it. It's its own tune. Feel free to dislike it on its own merits, but "it's a bad version of Goron City" is a nonsense complaint. Like "Zelda doesn't have guns so it's a bad series".
@klop4228
Read my comment again - I didn't claim it was a rendition lol
@@hanburgundy4317 "I honestly hate BOTW/TOTK *version* of Goron City theme - *it sounds nothing like the traditional one, either in melody or instrumentation* [...]"
"version" definitely does imply what I wrote, and comparing it to the other one in terms of melody is also nonsense unless you think it should sound similar. If it's not the same track, why should the melody sound similar?
There is a lot of well-made music in BotW/TotK, but man do some get so infuriatingly grating over time that I wish there was an option to turn the music off. Every time you have a basic enemy encounter has to be the absolute worst to repeatedly hear restart over and over again. And goron city, kakariko village, and the depths are the same way. Maybe this is a result of Zelda going open world, but if that's the case then they should have had more music variety, especially with how minamilistic most of it is. I went insane having to hear the same exact tracks from BotW all over again in TotK.
Oof, Wind Waker's pick for me has to be the Outset Forest theme. Its literally just 2 notes.
Not being a fan of 8bit music doesn't mean link's awakening and the oracle games have bad soundtracks. They are actually quite incredible, the quality isn't bad at all. Not sure what that point is supposed to mean. There's also nothing wrong with the Majora's Mask track? lol
Hah, this was fun. I've never tried to think "man, what tracks suck the most" since everyone is always focused on the best of whatever. Loved this video
Man wanted to fight
I really love the Ballad of the Wind Fish from Link's Awakening and I agree that the game has the BEST music of any Zelda game!!! 😁🎮
My top five Zelda soundtracks are Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, Twilight Princess, and Majora’s Mask.
All Zelda games have beautiful music but this is just my personal top 5.
OoT, WW and BotW are tied for me. Coincidentally, those are my three favorite Zelda games
Spirit Tracks, anyone??
The la soundtrack is incredible man what are you on
That bass part in the shop theme is also present in other games, it's the same part you hear in the wind waker rendition. It's just blown out on GBA for some reason
I think Twilight Princess' Sky Temple music is one of the best tracks in the game
Imagine if the Oracle games got a remake on the order of Link's Awakening. You buy one game, you can decide which side to start with, no passcode needed to go to the other one.
On the note (ba dum tish) of Goron City's theme clashing with the rest of the soundtrack, I don't mind that so much. At least it works well enough internally. Worse, I think, is when the trombone gets added to Tarrey Town's theme. Now, I do like this town where representatives of the various peoples of the world live and work, and I like the idea of instrumentation representing that. It just seems like the trombones that come in with the Gorons drown out the others, such that it's all I notice.
6:07 "a few tires worse" lol
While music is is subjective, the way you offended some of it is just ridiculous.
Also Skyward Sword soundtrack is generic? Did you played the game on mute?
Heck yeah! Team SS all the way!
CDI Zelda soundtracks were so universally amazing that it would be impossible to pick a worst song for each game.
I'm barely able to think my favourites (which is Goronu Cave for Links game, and red tower for Zeldas) but least favourite is impossible due to the overall quality being pretty good
Come on, the Cave music from Link's Awakening is far worse than On the Beach.
Cave music isn't bad either lol. The power up music sucks
@@hylianro yeah the power up song isn't great either. It's like they tried to replicate the Mario invincibility theme but they made it bad
No way you think Dodogono's Cavern is bad it's one of my favorites.
no whimsy?🤨
no wackiness?🤨
no spookiness?🤨
no haunting?🤨
no mystery?🤨
no silliness?🤨
no fun?🤨
no noise music?🤨
no goofiness?🤨
Maybe it’s nostalgia, but i just love game boy soundtracks. Especially links awakening. Up there with OoT
Personally I feel like the BOTW goron city theme was supposed to match the Gorons more than the actual mountain. Since the gorons themselves are adorable goofy lumbering things and the song conveys a goron pretty well in my opinion
Bruh Dodongo's Cavern theme is fucking awesome. Very atmospheric and could fit in an horror game.
I definitely wouldn't say that the original Link's Awakening has the worst soundtrack in video game history. It was the first Zelda game to have unique dungeon themes and it accomplished what it did in mono using the Game boy sound chip. I also heartily disagree with most Zelda players who fell immediately in love with the music in the remake. Nintendo had the greatest Zelda game of all time on their hands and they squandered their opportunity to orchestrate the music and instead offered up the sounds of a computer chewing on a Link's Awakening cartridge. Whenever I contend this, Zelda players reveal their first order thinking and can't get over their love for the game and the soundtrack. Yes, most of the tracks in the remake are improved technically, but there was so much potential potential and Nintendo absolutely wasted it.
Your music taste is really vanilla my dude
In the original Link's Awakening, I think a lot of folks point to lvl 4 as the worst since it's just the cave theme at a higher pitch. I know one I disliked to one I ended up liking a lot in the remake was the mini-boss theme. :D
I feel like this idea could really work well for a Thomas Game Docs style giant survey.
Maybe when I'm like 10x bigger, I have the audience to carry it out lol
Ok, I agree with the worst track from Skyward Sword, but overall, it is my favorite soundtrack by far.
zelda 2 title screen song is legendary...soooo good. Puts the tone of the game perfectly. Love the pic of the sword also there. Much underrated game. Finished it many times, Lot of fun, with great music in general.
Cool Video Bro.
Thanks!
No problem.
Honestly I agree with all of these. Including music used to portray awkwardness.
The only reason I don’t mind the music in botw being minimalistic is because you’re going to be listening to these song on repeat throughout most the world outside of town. While I do wish totk remixed the music from botw it’s not that big of a deal.
Have more in your face music like tp would not be fun, I dreaded traveling the overworld in ww because it’s slow (I played gb version), it’s loud enough and its the same song for long periods of time.
Although I do hope any upcoming titles with larger worlds will switch between quite a few different tracks instead of just one main one.
im only one second into this video but if it isnt ancient tomb from oracle of ages this list is wrong. that song straight up hurts to hear
edit: well at least it got shout out
I know this is controversial, but I think Saria's song is one of the most repetitive and annoying video game songs I've ever heard.
I respect your opinion, but I physically can't stay quiet about you slamming my favorite song in "Twilight Princess". XD (Though I suppose I can be thankful that I got to hear it today.
The worst music from Zelda 1 is definitely the final dungeon theme.
I got stuck in Crown Dungeon for a long time on my first playthrough of Oracle of Ages. 😖
honestly the main melody of fortune teller kinda slaps
I liked the ALttP fortune teller theme. The counter melody is very freeform, and actually goes with the scale of the melody
I feel like Links Awakening: Animal Village (Especially on the remake) is horrible lol.
I had to chuckle at the honorable mention of Ancient Tomb. I actually like to listen to that one. It's not something I wanna hear all the time, but there's a certain mood where the heavy droning is just perfect.
City in the sky music is great, how can you say it's bad having malo mart song right there
What?! 😂 Malo Mart is the second best variation on the Bazaar theme.
@@hanburgundy4317 I do like Malo mart song, but I don't think it's better than City in the sky's
I feel like Minish Cap's OST wasn't made to be listened with headphones. Those basses are way too loud!
Nah the worst Ocarina of time theme is the enemy attacking theme, it’s repetitive, not nice to listen to, and it started the somewhat annoying trend in the 3D games of there needing to be a theme interrupting whatever’s playing whenever an enemy’s near by
Dodongo's Workout playlist might work, my gains with that Drakengard playlist on YT have been amazing
a lot of bad takes here.
But opinions are opinions (even if they're wrong.)
I like the game over music in 1st LOZ..you can hear a indigogo play in in Majoras Mask piano version.
Ngl, City in the Sky is one of my FAVORITES from TP. It's SO otherworldly that it's stuck with me longer than most of the soundtrack (save for more obvious pieces like Midna's Lament).
Also...can't help but disagree with the Depths music. I find the large spaces of silence to add to the unsettling nature of the depths. They're FAR too quiet and every lengthy pause in the track just emphasizes that all the more for me. And the sounds themselves are just really other worldly too. At least, that's how I feel anyhow ahaa
Can totally agree with a good chunk of this list tho
It’s time to stop using the word "soundfont" if you don’t know what it actually is.
City in the Sky is my favorite TP song. Right next to Faron Woods and Lake Hylia.
The twilight battle theme is the worst, it is not bad just weird and jarring.
Laat ons dan ook gewoon even de muziek horen... je praat er alleen maar overheen.
Horrible music taste, would probably say that minecraft has the best ost or something stupid like that
Crown Dungeon is at least partly intentional considering the design. Just makes me dislike it more as the last thing I want to hear in a hard to navigate, disorienting puzzle-based dungeon.
Jabu-Jabu's music isn't much better either.
dodongo's carven I'd say is more ambiance than music inside the deku tree type music gets my pick (im replaying the game after idk how many year and thats the most recent track i can think of lol)
City in the sky is great imo. I love putting it on, it has such a weird and creepy mood... cave is TP's most meh soundtrack imo
People often lump the two oracle games together, but are still two distinct games. That said, what is the worst of Oracle of Seasons?
Worst song in the Oracle games for me is the ring shop. Holy crap did it drive me crazy.
Gameboy soundscape is not terrible.
A non-musician talking music is cringe
I had to nope out at the Link's Awakening slander. The GB soundtrack is absolutely incredible, and to somehow dislike On the Beach with Marin? Music is subjective, yes, but - I don't know how you play Link's Awakening and reach this conclusion
Hard disagree with minish cap, completely agree with botw. Awesome video
Inside the Deku Tree/ Secret Grotto is OFFENSIVELY grating to me personally. Dodongos Cavern is the second worst, and it's still MUCH better.
the forsaken fortress theme is brilliant. i feel like you just opened up a playlist of songs from the franchise and clicked randomly until you found one that was less than amazing and rolled with it with random BS complaints.
OOT, the Fire Temple music AFTER they changed it is by far the worst track.
I preffer the original fortune teller music to the remix.
I doubt this track has a name, but the "Random piano notes during exploration" from the BotW era easily qualifies as the worst/most annoying track of the entire series. I get what they were going for, but you're gonna ear it well over 50% of the time, so if you don't enjoy it, you'll probably end up muting the game when exploring.
Same thing would apply if it was literally anything else, you would be hearing a lot of it, and would get tired if it eventually.
The piano notes are good, the fit the desolate nature of Hyrule really well, and it's mostly quiet, so it doesn't get grating as quickly as normal music would (for most people anyway, I suppose you feel different)
@RomaisShah True, but having just that during the majority of the game is not only annoying, but makes the rest of the soundtrack much less memorable. There are exploration focused games out there that can nail their ambiance and music despite taking place in a ruined world. The "Wild" era games are just underwhelming on this front and a stain on the Zelda series soundtrack as a whole.
I'm not saying they should have played the Gerudo valley music non stop in Gerudo Desert, but it would have been nice to be able to hear more vibrant tracks once in a while in specific and remarkable places, and not just in super specific story events.
The annoying part of the Zelda 2 title theme would sound a lot better down an octave
Majoras Mask having to play Song of time over n over..hurts my brain to Remember. And to think Song of time was one of my favourites from oot. Any Majoras Mask song really..not because they are bad but i connect them with a sense a doom. The music in forsaken fortress pretty annoying too.
i actually like the gb and nes sound fronts. reminds me of the old days
Skyward Sword has my favorite OST in the series but for the worst track, I absolutely would have picked Volcano Summit. It’s… not good. :’D
Interesting list, I'll try to keep my comment to where I have particular disagreements or comments...
- For ALTTP, I won't really argue that the countermelody on the Fortune Teller theme makes it the worst song overall, but I also find the dungeon themes in that game a bit underwhelming and repetitive. Not enough to fight you on the worst single track but it's an aspect of the game I feel doesn't get acknowledged enough.
- I get that Game Boy sound fonts are a bit grating at times but I really think you're a bit too harsh on LA, and to a lesser extent the Oracle games. There are some stinkers, sure, like the Piece of Power theme or the Crown Dungeon, but there are some genuinely great themes on those soundtracks too. (Since the Oracle games get particularly shafted, I do want to highlight the Dancing Dragon Dungeon theme as a highlight of a great track - it is a bit of a short loop and I can see someone finding the later part of it a tad grating but it's actually a genuinely catchy theme.)
- For OoT, in terms of "minimalistic, eerie ambience as dungeon theme", I find Dodongo's Cavern boring but bearable. Jabu-Jabu, though... Yeah, there's maybe a bit more "music" going on with the synth pads but it ain't appealing.
- I get finding MM a bit less iconic overall compared to OoT, but I do think the high points just slightly eclipse those of its predecessor (like, Termina Field, Deku Palace, and Stone Tower Temple are just straight up bangers). But I have a different worst track for that game - Woodfall Temple. It's just so grating, and in a way that feels... I dunno, kinda wrong? It just feels a bit bad to hear even aside from being grating, and at least Keaton's Quiz was never meant to be listened to for more than thirty seconds or so at a time.
- I can't think of any tracks from Minish Cap off the top of my head to be worse, but I actually think the rendition of the House theme is perfectly fine? Nothing especially remarkable but still far from ruining it. I think it's a soundfont issue again - I think the compression is kinda charming and nostalgic, and I just love GBA soundfonts in general.
- TP is a soundtrack that, like the game itself, has a lot of good moments but wears out its welcome with overusing them and also having a lot of garbage. Besides City in the Sky (a close second for me) and being the most egregious offender in the 3D Zelda staple of "enemy encounter music interrupting everything and just being generally unpleasant", I also find some of its best songs, like Hyrule Field and Midna's Lament wear out for me easily from hearing them too much. (Though the latter case may be less because of the actual game and more the one time I decided to play a 99 stock match against three max level computer opponents on a custom stage in Smash Bros. Brawl using that as the music... I don't know what I was thinking either.) But one song that I never hear anyone complain about, so I guess it's just a bee in my particular bonnet, that takes the cake as my most hated song in just about any game ever is the Ordon Village music. Unpopular opinion, I get it, but it just hits all sorts of wrong buttons for me. I get that it's trying to go for a peaceful rural vibe, but it lands a bit too close to sappy, moralistic, and boring for my taste. For some reason my brain always compares it to "The Gift" by Jim Brickman, a sappy, Christmas-themed love ballad I heard on the radio all too much around the time the game came out. Not sure entirely why but I hate it. And then there's how much you hear it during the slow beginning of the game, how much I hate most of the NPCs in the village (Talo and maybe Colin get a partial pass but nobody else), and how little I want to go back there after you finally get into the real game... I dunno, I get if people like it, I'll hate it so you don't have to.
- I don't hate Skyward Sword's soundtrack, don't find it all that memorable but it's nice. Don't really have any argument against your pick for the worst either. I just want to thank you for pronouncing Fi's name correctly, seems like literally nobody else does.
I actually just cant get through this video. Yes, there are always goingnto be the best and the worst in a collection of things, but my man does not seem to understand dissonance and ambience, and how effective they are creating atmospheres.