ReMix: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 'Secret Seashells'

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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

If Link got a powdered pompadour wig and suddenly the whole land of Hyrule went baroque and harpsichord-crazy, this arrangement might be what you'd hear playing, instead of wistful ocarina shizzits. Newcomer Kimchi gives us a fanciful, prim and proper string and harpsichord Zelda arrangement with numerous tempo changes, respectable if not immaculate sample quality, and a knack for taking the original and, using a plethora of string articulations and a believably played harpsichord as well, transmogrifying it fully to the genre. A couple judges felt the sample quality, being exposed and, on the solo violin, having some attack/release qualities that clearly mark it as synthetic, was prohibitive, but most felt as I do that it wasn't a big enough issue to stop this mature, pleasant arrangement from succeeding on musical levels. The very last note on the violin is a little loud, regardless of the samples, but the tempo flow throughout is excellent - this aspect I found particularly impressive; very subtle and natural. This actually reminds me of a piece of background music from the score to seminal seasonal classic A Christmas Story (required viewing for all), and has as mentioned a very positive, dainty, well-constructed feel to it. Good stuff, great first ReMix from Kimchi.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
This mix has been with me quite a while. Back when I was just nuts for Zelda, I listened to this a lot (as well as a couple other mixes), so there's almost a tattoo of it in my neurological pathways. Brings me back to my time in school, and to a time when I really wasn't into music much at all. In a way, you could say this was one of the bridging tools I used to learn a greater appreciation for music.
So even though my opinion of this is that I now think it sounds quite robotic and not as full as it should be, I'm really not going to hold that against it. I enjoy this as an excellent assortment of melodies presented by an obviously faux chamber orchestra, and I don't know whether it would have ingrained itself on me half as well if the instruments weren't as harsh or direct as they are. That's a good thing, in my book.
I don't want to say that this mix only appeals to me because I was once naive enough not to hear its flaws. On the contrary, I think this has the perfect middleground of not sounding too fake or too real, so that it creates a hybrid that is strangely superior to anything I imagine in its place. That alone doesn't make the mix, of course. It's the arrangement that justifies the instrumentation. Stellar conversion of the old Gameboy tune and weaving other tunes in makes it a real trip through the Zelda generations.
There's plenty to appreciate here and plenty to complain about if you hate synthetic instruments badly pretending to sound like real ones. Regardless, I'm still a fan after all the years and all the listens.

- Marmiduke on October 25, 2009
I wonder why the supposed source tunes are listed as being House by the Bay and Tal Tal Mountain... neither of which are involved.
If whoever was responsible for that cares to know, it's Mabe Village. Duh. xP

- Miku on June 24, 2007
I started wondering WHY this remixer decided to speed up the melody, give it to a violin, and add a baroque backrgound...
Then I heard why... the Windwaker cameo was not a bad idea, but a bit too... well... predictable. Got a little old after a while. I wanted to hear more original interpretations... but oh well....

- KogeJoe on January 31, 2007
Very Bach. I usually don't like Baroque-style music (it's hard to play on the piano!), but this is awesome. Keep up the great work!

- The Phantom Pianist on June 19, 2006
this song reminds me of a cheerful xmas scene in a movie.

- maestermatt on July 16, 2005
This song feels a lot like the song from the main town in Paper Mario. Also, the Outset theme is a remix of the Kokiri forest from OoT. Great job

- Moppo on June 27, 2005
I love Zelda music, it has taken up more than its fair share in my OCRemix collection. I am proud to say this is joining the other pieces in my collection. This is a happy little number that captures the joy of playing a Zelda game. Not extremely fast, but not slow by any means.
One person said this cheers them up when he/she listens to it... I would have to agree! Well done!

- Insane2757 on March 3, 2005
no matter how often i listen to it, this song always makes me smile. Keep jammin' on that Harpsichord!!!
My rating:
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) -- 7 out of 5 emoticons

- DarkLink117 on March 3, 2005
no matter how often i listen to it, this song always makes me smile. Keep jammin' on that Harpsichord!!!
My rating:
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) -- 7 out of 5 emoticons

- DarkLink117 on March 3, 2005
This is excellent. Easily one of the best zelda remixes o nthe site. The feel captured in this remix fits the game perfectly.
The Wind Waker music fits perfectly. surprised t ehck out of me when it came in. Wind waker hasd a few good songs in it, nice to see anothe ronf the m getting some attention.

- Nintendo_Ace on December 11, 2004
Oh man, did Aryll's theme catch me by surprise! That made me like this song about 10 times better. Great stuff.

- BBB on July 28, 2004
This song is great! It's so happy but makes me want to cry too. Kind of weird, huh? It's happy-wistful I guess. (Like at the part around 1:45...) World's tiniest violin indeed...
Edit: I'm talking about the Zelda's Lullaby part.

- JorJorMogBoi on January 11, 2004
If I'm ever depressed, this'll lift my spirits very quickly... :wink:

- Whuzzit on December 24, 2003
I liked this one a bunch! It feels like this tune should be in the next Zelda game because it sounds so professional (for lack of a better word). Give this one a try ^_^

- VideoGamerJ on December 23, 2003
Mmm, yummy chamber music. Me like. Me like muuuuuuch. I forgot how nice the tune was, too.

- Conqueso on December 22, 2003

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