The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Soundtrack

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Tracklist:

DISC 1

1. Opening
2. Player Select
3. Link is Awake ~ Marin's House
4. Professor Fanfare ~ Big Item
5. Sword Search ~ Koholint Island
6. The Wise Owl
7. Fanfare ~ Sword
8. Overworld
9. Mabe Village
10. Mysterious Forest
11. Guardian Acorn & Power Piece
12. Shop
13. Fairy's Fountain
14. Fanfare ~ Puzzle Solved
15. Trendy Game
16. Trendy Game ~ Crane
17. House
18. Ballad of the Windfish (Marin)
19. Fanfare ~ Item Get
20. Cave
21. Dungeon ~ Tail Cave
22. Side Scrolling
23. Mid Boss Battle
24. Boss Battle
25. After Boss Clear
26. Fanfare ~ Instrument of the Sirens
27. Full Moon Cello
28. The Moblins Took Bow-Wow!
29. Mr Write's House
30. Telephone Booth
31. Dungeon ~ Bottle Grotto
32. Conch Horn
33. Richard's Villa
34. Totaka's Song
35. Kiki's Bridge
36. Kanalet Castle
37. Dungeon ~ Key Cave
38. Sea Lily's Bell
39. Bees!
40. Animal Village
41. Christine's House
42. Dream Shrine ~ Entrance
43. Falling Asleep
44. Dream Shrine
45. Marin's Beach
46. On The Beach With Marin
47. Link and Marin's Ballad of the Windfish
48. Tal Tal Heights
49. Tal Tal Heights (2nd Half of Adventure)
50. Song for the Sleeping Walrus
51. Angler's Tunnel Revealed
52. Dungeon ~ Angler's Tunnel
53. Surf Harp
54. Song ~ Mambo's Mambo
55. Cinnabar The Ghost's House
56. Fishing Under The Bridge
57. Fishing Hit!
58. Dungeon ~ Catfish's Maw
59. Boss Warning!
60. Wind Marimba
61. Song ~ The Frog's Song of Soul
62. Southern Face Shrine
63. Dungeon ~ Face Shrine
64. Coral Triangle
65. Dungeon ~ Color Dungeon
66. The Rooster
67. Cucco House
68. Dungeon ~ Eagle's Tower
69. Eagle's Battle
70. Organ of Evening Calm
71. The Turtle Awakens
72. Dungeon ~ Turtle Rock
73. Thunder Rock
74. Raft Ride
75. Ballad of the Windfish (Ensemble)
76. Dungeon ~ Wind Fish's Egg
77. Nightmare Intro
78. Nightmare Battle
79. Nightmare Clear
80. The Windfish
81. Finale
82. Ending
83. Staff Roll
84. Game Over

DISC 2

01. Chamber Dungeon ~ Damp�'s House
02. Chamber Dungeon ~ Edit
03. Chamber Dungeon ~ Woodwinds
04. Chamber Dungeon ~ Strings
05. Chamber Dungeon ~ Ensemble
06. Chamber Dungeon ~ Shadow Link!
07. Chamber Dungeon ~ Results
08. Title (No Intro)
09. Overworld (No Intro)
10. The Wise Owl (No Intro)
11. Guardian Acorn & Power Piece (No Intro)
12. The Moblins Took Bow-Wow! (No Intro)
13. Shop (Fast)
14. Recorder ~ Overworld
15. Recorder ~ Overworld (No Intro)
16. Recorder ~ Mystery Woods
17. Recorder ~ Tal Tal Heights
18. Player Select MARIN
19. Player Select ZELDA
20. Player Select TOTAKEKE
21. Fanfare ~ Secret Seashell
22. Fanfare ~ Golden Leaf
23. Fanfare ~ Ocarina
24. Ocarina ~ Ballad of the Windfish
25. Ocarina ~ The Frog's Song of Soul
26. Ocarina ~ Mambo's Mambo
27. Ocarina Hetakuso [?]

UNKNOWN TRACKS
- BGM_ENSEMBLE_INST [1]
- Ensemble_Duet
- Koakumakun
- LastBossFinal
- RapidTimeAttack
- ShellHouse

Tracks have been arranged mostly in the same order they came within the data dump, with some things being inserted where it made common sense. There are roughly 5 or so tracks I have not been able to identify, name or place at all.


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Special thanks to Traiver!

Thank you very much, i was really looking forward to this, you are truly amazing

Thank you

thanks.

I don't have the game yet but i think these are what the extra songs are

- BGM_ENSEMBLE_INST [1] - Ballad of the Wind fish (Three or More Instruments Collected)
- Ensemble_Duet - Ballad of the Wind Fish (Two Instruments Collected)
- Koakumakun - Most Likely New Song for the Mad Batter
- LastBossFinal - Most Likely New Song for the Final Boss Phase
- RapidTimeAttack - New Song for River Rapids Game
- ShellHouse - New Arrangement for the Shell House

Whoah, awesome!

Awesome! Thank you for your quick work!

The Ballad of the Windfish with lyrics isn't actually in the game itself? That's tragic. I'll be bummed out if there isn't actually a full version of the song...

Anyway, thanks for this rip! The music is fantastic in this game...

Thank you good sr. I love zelda soundtracks.

Thanks a lot!

Thank you!

Thanks, and fuck SittingOnCloudsOST

Thanks for the upload. Actually I haven't downloaded it, but I came here to see if there was a release after getting the actual stream files from the game.

Obviously this has nothing to do with youor work ripping and releasing this, but I needed to say somewhere that I'm not liking this soundtrack as much as I had hoped. It suffers from some of the stupid tendencies some musicians/arrangers seem to have nowadays about removing/downplaying emphasis and highlight from the original that really punctuated the music with a satisfactory punch, and, on the other hand, adding colorful embellishment in other places where it's completelly counterproductive. Sadly, some of these affect some of the main themes from the game.
I'm not going to say that it's a complete failure, but my enthusiasm I had for this from the first impression when the game was revealed has deflated significantly after finally listening to the finished product!
Yes, I'm rather disappointed. There's plenty of good there, but these "little" things here and there where it matters the most are making a serious dent on the whole. What a pity.

I don't have the game yet but i think these are what the extra songs are

- BGM_ENSEMBLE_INST [1] - Ballad of the Wind fish (Three or More Instruments Collected)
- Ensemble_Duet - Ballad of the Wind Fish (Two Instruments Collected)
- Koakumakun - Most Likely New Song for the Mad Batter
- LastBossFinal - Most Likely New Song for the Final Boss Phase
- RapidTimeAttack - New Song for River Rapids Game
- ShellHouse - New Arrangement for the Shell House

Thanks for the info!

Thanks, and fuck SittingOnCloudsOST

I'm out of the loop, what's the story with this guy? EDIT: Nevermind, got it- he reposts people's work with ads, and then plops his website into the tracks's comment metadata. Yea, fuck that guy.

Thank you! :)

Thanks a lot!

@radorn, yeah after hearing richard's theme, im with you on that, the hell was that...

I'm only about halfway through, but do a bunch of the songs just abruptly cut out halfway through and then hang there for a few seconds before proceeding to the next one for anyone else? Both versions of Tal Tal Heights, the color dungeon, and a few others have so far.

@radorn, yeah after hearing richard's theme, im with you on that, the hell was that...

To be honest, there are many tracks in the original game that are all just quirky in their own right, and not that much of a melody, so I can agree to disagree with the arranger on his choices there, as it's more debatable whether they betray the spirit of original material. In others he seems to make a first half that is rather faithful to the original and then adds a second loop that departs further stylistically, like the file select BGM, to name one, which adds a second loop in a style that reminds me 100% of Paper Mario 2. That's OK I guess. I don't necesarily like the result, but I can live with it. But even there he's already doing the silly thing of omitting a note in the reply the tuba makes to the flute, for no good reason.
Also in the main overworld theme, there's this first phrase that loops twice, first with a tame transition that leads to the second loop and then a more climactic transition that leads into a different new phrase. In the original this is punctuated with a very satisfying high note contrasting with the main melody. In the remake, he plays the main melody with cellos, and completely removes the highlights, which, could well have been done with a violin. This anticlimax really puts me off, and I don't understand why he did that.
He also does this in the village theme. The original is very short, just a barely 30 second loop, so he extended it to four loops each one with a different arrangement of instruments. The last phrase of the loop slows down highlighted by high notes. In the remake, he either removes these entirely or subdues them so much, playing them so softly that it's like a feather. In the third loop of the remake he even plays a high pitched flute or ocarina to lead the melody, and it would seems like this time he'll do it right, but no, come the last phrase, it all crumbles down, deflating the climax completely. Seriously, what's wrong with this guy?

Then there are cases like the BGM for when you are in a house, which now sounds like some fever induced hallucination for some reason :|

I could continue but... I don't know, sometimes it seems to me that arrangers want to be "avant garde" or whatever, and they do nonsense like this thinking it's high brow, or that it spices things up, or that it's so emotional and delicate... but it just ends being disappointing and off-putting, like pouring salt in your tea.

Now, I'm not saying that changes and twists like those can't be done well. In fact there are plenty of examples arround with excellent arrangements that demonstrate just that, and I've enjoyed many of them greatly. But but as many as there are that are really good, there are just as many, or more, that are bafflingly nonsensical and terrible, and I just can't come up with any good excuse for them.

What were they thinking!?

On a positive note, I think he did a very good job with Tal Tal Mountains. No missing hihglights, no butchered climaxes... there's even plenty of spice wisely added to great effect, which my ears like a lot. There's just one instance, in the small inflection between the final climax of the loop and the fade into the next loop, where he overplays his hand with his silly embellishments, overemphasizing what in the original is a subdued little background climb contrasting with the main melody going down after the climax, he instead brings it to the forefront, reinforcing it with an orchestra hit. It's kind of annoying, but I can tolerate it, since it's surrounded with so much goodness.

Anyway, sorry for the rant. I don't want to derail this too much.

Thanks ! :)

I'm only about halfway through, but do a bunch of the songs just abruptly cut out halfway through and then hang there for a few seconds before proceeding to the next one for anyone else? Both versions of Tal Tal Heights, the color dungeon, and a few others have so far.

I'll look into it, but as far as I'm concerned none have issues with playblack. I did notice some issue with the looping, though, but nothing severe.

The Ballad of the Windfish with lyrics isn't actually in the game itself? That's tragic. I'll be bummed out if there isn't actually a full version of the song...

Anyway, thanks for this rip! The music is fantastic in this game...

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/switch/ar3na/world/index.php
Full version of the Japanese song is on the Japanese website now that the game has gone on sale.
Wonder if someone can extract it?

I expect the English version will be up on the US site tomorrow (maybe?).

Badass! Thanks!

It may very well have just hiccupped when transferring to my ipod, I'll have to listen to the original files next time I get on the computer.

The link for the Japanese Ballad of the Wind Fish is here: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/switch/ar3na/assets/audio/full.mp3


Also, the English version is out there. It's on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwmVfnCyry0. Not sure where the source is though.

Thank you so much! The file seems to be corrupt though

In others he seems to make a first half that is rather faithful to the original and then adds a second loop that departs further stylistically, like the file select BGM, to name one, which adds a second loop in a style that reminds me 100% of Paper Mario 2.

For me it was the Terraria overworld day theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkKs9Qs0F5M

But yeah, I agree with a lot of your comments. I still like the OST but I think a few odd decisions keep it from being great.

Cover art:

Thank you so much! The file seems to be corrupt though

Update your extracting software to the latest version.


Cover art:




Isn't just that the Switch home menu icon?