ReMix: The Legend of Zelda 'Hyrulian'
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- Game: The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo, 1986, NES)
- ReMixer(s): djpretzel
- Composer(s): Koji Kondo
- Song(s): 'Title'
- Posted: 2000-02-23, evaluated by djpretzel
Well, although I prefer The Rabbit Joint's remix because it's just so damn zany, here's my OWN remix of the two central Zelda themes, in a jungle/techno style, with some orchestral elements as well. I think it turned out fairly well; at first I wanted to do more work with the chord progression, but I opted instead for a more ambient, lonely rendition of the melody, with some cool loop manipulation + stereo panning effects . . . hope you enjoy . .
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Uh.....hmm...I normally love jungle and techno, so putting them
together seems to be perfect to my ears. However, the beeping parts
wasn't my cup of tea. The Middle Eastern sounding bits are great
and when the beeping is overtaken by the other instruments, it's
excellent. The arrangement was amazing though, and I'm sure that
once I get used to the beeps of it, I'll completely love it. Sweet
ReMix.
- Crulex on October 6, 2011
- Crulex on October 6, 2011
0:00 the off-beat chorus ahhs are perfect here.
0:26 while this could have been disastrous, the distorted drums work very well
0:48 the jungle elements didn't work quite as well here
1:34 nice change in chords
1:45 possibly the best solo section of any of djp's mixes
2:19 that's one mean tuned kick
3:22 unexpected but it works
- SubNormal J3 on February 19, 2011
0:26 while this could have been disastrous, the distorted drums work very well
0:48 the jungle elements didn't work quite as well here
1:34 nice change in chords
1:45 possibly the best solo section of any of djp's mixes
2:19 that's one mean tuned kick
3:22 unexpected but it works
- SubNormal J3 on February 19, 2011
Reminds of the Kill Bill movies. Another make of this song devoted
entirely to that approach would be pretty sweet.
- Aliasdragon01 on December 14, 2009
- Aliasdragon01 on December 14, 2009
Some pretty cool concepts, and I dig the beat, but I don't feel
they always gelled, mainly due to a lack of bass in a lot of
frequencies. Some bass synth comes in at some point, but it sounds
like it needs more. Flute solo is nice stuff. Samples sound a bit
dated, but nothing kills it. A decent mix. :-)
- OA on November 13, 2009
- OA on November 13, 2009
Poppin!...That's the way that I'd define the peppy style of this
peace. Very cool timbre too.
- ArchangelMurphy on October 27, 2006
- ArchangelMurphy on October 27, 2006
This is my favorite version of the classic zelda theme. Its
absolutely the best! Its begining is amazing I just love it ^-^
- Blooe on May 1, 2006
- Blooe on May 1, 2006
Yes I'll have to agree with all of you. The Flute solo kicks. At
least it kicks a lot more than my moped does. I just had to boost
up the volume to the max. This song rocks.
- TheAverageJoe on February 28, 2006
- TheAverageJoe on February 28, 2006
^ Ditto. The flute solo was what made me love this remix, so
creative, and it takes the already amazing tamber of the remix to
an even more exciting level. Perfect for dancing! Need I say more?!
- lady zelda on January 15, 2006
- lady zelda on January 15, 2006
I love this song...but for some reason I got its name confused with
the stupid singing one, called town mix.....again, I don't know
why......but ya, great song and everything. the flute solo is great
too. I personally hate it when I hear too much techno, so I can't
repeat this song too much. I much rather hear all of my favorites
then one of them over and over again....
- Heyjohnny on August 12, 2005
- Heyjohnny on August 12, 2005
Okay.... The rest of the song, yeah, it's good, but straight-up
pales in comparison to the flute solo, and I haven't heard much
past 2:45 'cuz I keep getting bored and jumping back to the flute
solo. Hey, DJP, I don't suppose you have a nifty little PDF of the
sheet music for that sitting around, do you? ^_^ I'm a flutist and
I'd love to be able to play that. So yeah. If you're reading
this.... *jumps back to flute solo AGAIN* DOWNLOAD IT NOW! It's
badass, and if DJP gets me the sheet music, I will finally be able
to prove to the band that flute does indeed kick more ass than
tuba. I'll stop typing now, it's distracting me from that AWESOME
flute solo.
- SixthFlyingMan on May 1, 2005
- SixthFlyingMan on May 1, 2005
I didn't like this song the first time I listened to it. I do like
the jazzy flute solo in the middle, but the excess beeping in the
background is about to drive me nuts. I like it when it mellows out
after the solo, but then it goes right back to the beginning.
- Marin on February 19, 2005
- Marin on February 19, 2005
I first downloaded this mix ... between '00-'02. I can't remember
when. I was in college and was doing random searches for VG remixes
(whenever it was it was way before I discovered OCR) and came
across this mix. I don't remember the name of the file, but I still
have it on a couple mix CD's never knowing to whom to attribute
this mix until now.
I was going through all the Zelda mixes I've dl'ed and recognized the beat and flute solo and was like, "Holy crap, it's that funky middle-eastern Zelda mix!" The flute reminds me of the middle east. At first I was stoked that it was actually from OCR and I figured it'd be by an unknown. But right there on the playlist it says "djpretzel". The facilitator of this site has stunned me once again.
So why do I like this mix? The first few times I listened I didn't cuz I couldn't get past the intro. I honestly felt it was kind of lame. But then I listened to it all the way through and discovered it to be quite unique. I think the flute solo is what sells it. It just comes out of nowhere, and as I stated before it gives it kind of an ethnic feel. Somehow the story (or Legend I guess) of the Zelda games became that much more real to me in terms of imagining what it'd look like played out in real life.
So I have no technical praise or anything except to say I like it a lot and it has some good memories attached to it.
DJP, please continue to rock on.
- LuckyXIII on October 26, 2004
I was going through all the Zelda mixes I've dl'ed and recognized the beat and flute solo and was like, "Holy crap, it's that funky middle-eastern Zelda mix!" The flute reminds me of the middle east. At first I was stoked that it was actually from OCR and I figured it'd be by an unknown. But right there on the playlist it says "djpretzel". The facilitator of this site has stunned me once again.
So why do I like this mix? The first few times I listened I didn't cuz I couldn't get past the intro. I honestly felt it was kind of lame. But then I listened to it all the way through and discovered it to be quite unique. I think the flute solo is what sells it. It just comes out of nowhere, and as I stated before it gives it kind of an ethnic feel. Somehow the story (or Legend I guess) of the Zelda games became that much more real to me in terms of imagining what it'd look like played out in real life.
So I have no technical praise or anything except to say I like it a lot and it has some good memories attached to it.
DJP, please continue to rock on.
- LuckyXIII on October 26, 2004
