Ghost Hand and Cawlin

Anyone else underwhelmed by the music? I was thrilled like everyone else when they announced they were finally going orchestral, but ended up being disappointed by the results. I found that most of the songs were simply unremarkable, with some of the area and dungeon themes even bordering on annoying. Additionally, the full orchestral tunes (particularly the ones with brass) had a cheap / cartoon orchestra feeling to them. One of my friends who watched me play for awhile said the same thing.

Contrast that with Mario going orchestral in Super Mario Galaxy, which I thought they did an absolutely fantastic job with. Most of SMG's songs had really great, memorable melodies. With Zelda it was just... unmemorable background music.

Of course not enjoying the game that much could have contributed to me not caring for some of the themes...

Aside from a few notable themes Zelda's music has pretty much always been really simple or ambient.

I wasn't surprised the music was forgettable (except for the Lanayru Desert theme, especially when it switches back and forth when you're in the field of activated time stones), but I was really disappointed in how bland the harp tunes tended to be.

I thought SS' soundtrack was alright. It's not as good as LTTP, LA, OoT, or MM to me but I thought it was a bit better than WW and TP. Only place I felt it really disappointed hard was the end credits, Zelda was on a really stupid run where every console game since LTTP with the possible exception of MM has had amazing credits music, had to end eventually.

And with a few exceptions that I do love such as space junk galaxy and gusty garden galaxy I also feel like SMG was overhyped a little, good soundtrack but I didn't think it was amazing

Completely. Where are my thematic melodies?!

Also, wtf liquid wind, WW had some of the best music.

Great town music and the cinematics are generally good, but I didn't like the sailing theme as much as most people and I think the dungeon music is awful on the whole

http://youtu.be/5xD1FAOJI84

this song makes up for any other weaknesses in the score

Why do people like Wind Waker so much again? Not that it isn't great. It's just that I can think of better entries in the series than that entire trilogy as a whole.

The Silent Realm always freaked me out so much in the game.

Oh, and I have to agree: Wind Waker was good, but I didn't think it was as great as everyone else seems to.