ReMix: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 'Into the Golden Sunset'
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- Game: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Nintendo, 1991, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): BogusRed
- Composer(s): Koji Kondo
- Song(s): 'Ending', 'Overworld'
- Posted: 2004-06-19, evaluated by the judges
Newcomer Susie Sahim, alias BogusRed (one of those multi-talented people who does both music and art - www.bogusred.net), submits this touching Zelda 3 solo piano ReMix. Initially there was some clipping in the recording but fortunately thanks to Protricity's proactive intervention we sorted that out and got a cleaner version, which is a good thing as this is an emotive arrangement that uses the full octave range very thoroughly (including some nice upper-register touches), has an attuned sense of tempo fluctuation and dynamics, and also's got a great left-hand presence on supporting chords and arpeggios. This is the credits theme, which also includes the familiar main Zelda melody, and BogusRed's taken all the motifs and melded them into a consistent presentation that transitions very naturally and from a performance perspective makes the necessary pauses and ritardando to segue gracefully. I sent this submission to the panel because the arrangement was great, but I knew the sound quality would be an issue - once that was addressed, there was a pretty clear consensus on Susie's piece. It's great that she was able to clean things up, as this is a very solid, natural Zelda piano interpretation I think many will dig.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the There's some great, interpretive stuff happening in the background,
but I was left wanting so much more from this piece. I agree that
this is a theme that deserves respect, and to not start messing
around with it is a way of being respectful to it, but I would have
preferred some dignified alterations to the main melody, other than
the decorative piano cheerleading going on behind it. It's all
nice, but so is the original. The arrangement is terribly
unexciting and a missed opportunity.
Furthermore, the piano sample is tinny and fails to draw the emotional potential out of the notes. A piano rendition of this theme (while this is still a very pleasant piece of work) should be much more. I just think that when you have a big canvas and a big brush, you should paint with big strokes. And this seemed far too close to the original to be considered something truly great. I do like what's here, but I LOVE the SNES version... so I feel there's something lost with the decisions made in this remix.
- Marmiduke on May 14, 2011
Furthermore, the piano sample is tinny and fails to draw the emotional potential out of the notes. A piano rendition of this theme (while this is still a very pleasant piece of work) should be much more. I just think that when you have a big canvas and a big brush, you should paint with big strokes. And this seemed far too close to the original to be considered something truly great. I do like what's here, but I LOVE the SNES version... so I feel there's something lost with the decisions made in this remix.
- Marmiduke on May 14, 2011
Specter597;720575 wrote: I guess my question is, how is this a remix? I see that it is listed as a mix of the ending and the main theme, but the piece is pretty nearly an unmodified cover or arrangement of the song by the same title "Into the Golden Sunset" as it occurs in-game.
There are two songs that play when you defeat Gannon for the final time, "Ending and Fanfare" and "Into the Golden Sunset"
No, that would be wrong. :lol: [URL="http://www.google.com/search?&ie=UTF-8&q="Into+the+Golden+Sunset"+Zelda"]http://www.google.com/search?&ie=UTF-8&q="Into+the+Golden+Sunset"+Zelda[/URL]
The official soundtrack for A Link to the Past is here http://vgmdb.net/album/885 - Susie's arrangement arranges the staff roll portion of "Ending". It's a conservative but interpretive & personalized arrangement for piano.
Susie included a MIDI on her site, and 3 others have performed covers of her arrangement, thus why you can find other YouTube performances of "Into the Golden Sun."
- Liontamer on October 8, 2010
This is by far my favorite music from LttP. I think when I first
heard it (after 50 hours of playing ...) I wept. (Hey, I was
twelve.)
I guess my question is, how is this a remix? I see that it is listed as a mix of the ending and the main theme, but the piece is pretty nearly an unmodified cover or arrangement of the song by the same title "Into the Golden Sunset" as it occurs in-game.
There are two songs that play when you defeat Gannon for the final time, "Ending and Fanfare" and "Into the Golden Sunset"
I loved the song so much that at the time I hooked my console up to a tape deck and reloaded my last save so I could manage a ghetto recording of it. I'm soo glad that BogusRed took the time to work on an arrangement of it for everyone here.
- Specter597 on October 8, 2010
I guess my question is, how is this a remix? I see that it is listed as a mix of the ending and the main theme, but the piece is pretty nearly an unmodified cover or arrangement of the song by the same title "Into the Golden Sunset" as it occurs in-game.
There are two songs that play when you defeat Gannon for the final time, "Ending and Fanfare" and "Into the Golden Sunset"
I loved the song so much that at the time I hooked my console up to a tape deck and reloaded my last save so I could manage a ghetto recording of it. I'm soo glad that BogusRed took the time to work on an arrangement of it for everyone here.
- Specter597 on October 8, 2010
Very nice rendition of a very nice theme, this is the perfect
length, with good transitions, and some nice ornamentation. I've
spent half the morning listening to this one, and I really enjoy
it. :-)
- OA on June 8, 2010
- OA on June 8, 2010
What, have I just been purposely skipping all of the good LttP
mixes on this site or something?
This is gorgeous.
- Lucentas on June 25, 2009
This is gorgeous.
- Lucentas on June 25, 2009
You know, I kinda wanted to hear this one remixed when I heard it
on the game and you just made it so much nicer. The piano is
superb! Very relaxing too.
- Ryu2Wolf on January 6, 2009
- Ryu2Wolf on January 6, 2009
Defiantly one of my all time favorite songs from a video game. This
is an fantastic remix as it sticks to the main style of the
original song but still provides the listener with a peaceful but
interesting mood. Awesome
- Davos-Moon on July 6, 2008
- Davos-Moon on July 6, 2008
Beautiful piece. Definitely one of my favorite piano arrangements
on the site.
- Geoffrey Taucer on April 20, 2008
- Geoffrey Taucer on April 20, 2008
I just stumbled across this track in my music folder, and I was
utterly blown away. Beautiful and moving from start to finish. I
have to ashamedly admit that I've yet to play LttP (/me ducks
rotten fruit of indignant masses), the segue into that
oh-so-familiar overworld theme was perfect. I'm a sucker for solo
piano tracks; there's a simplicity and elegance to them that just
can't be achieved in any other medium. This definitely ranks as one
of the best I've heard. Excellent work. :)
- Top Gun on October 11, 2007
- Top Gun on October 11, 2007
I totally disagree.
This piece is absolutely beautiful. The piano work sounds great coming out of my speakers. The arrangement is wonderful and the piano still sounds great, even after 3 years of age.
This piece is able to evoke emotions out of me that other pieces aren't able to. When this happens, I know for a fact that it is special.
3 years later and this piece is still a winner.
Definitely worth a download to add to your collection!
Susie, I wish you we're around and produced more. You have amazing potential.
You'll probably never read this, but just know that this mix will always have a place among my favorite remixes.
Much love.
- Degree on April 2, 2007
This piece is absolutely beautiful. The piano work sounds great coming out of my speakers. The arrangement is wonderful and the piano still sounds great, even after 3 years of age.
This piece is able to evoke emotions out of me that other pieces aren't able to. When this happens, I know for a fact that it is special.
3 years later and this piece is still a winner.
Definitely worth a download to add to your collection!
Susie, I wish you we're around and produced more. You have amazing potential.
You'll probably never read this, but just know that this mix will always have a place among my favorite remixes.
Much love.
- Degree on April 2, 2007
But this arrangement SUCKS. Too amateur...
The guy probably has a bad ear, and has limited playing skills. WRONG key, WRONG chords, and TOO much goddamn ornamentation.
I've been called before on my peeve of key. "What's in a key?" Someone has asked? KEY IS EVERYTHING!!! If you can't appreciate a song in the KEY it's been written, and just say "ooh, that sounds KOO-el," it's not really saying much. It just shows what a musical bumpkin you really are. A song played out of the original key it was intended in sounds REALLY out of place. Sometimes, it sounds like it's not even the original piece at all. A song played OUT of key, sounds dumbed down; like the person was too unskilled and inexperienced to play in the original key, so he/she had to play it in a different key to make it "easier" on his fingers, and on his/her little mind that thinks the key of F# or Gb is "too hard!," when it's probably the easiest. What can be easier than playing on ALL BLACK KEYS, goddamn it??? That and Db Major are, I think my favs... A major's also really nice...
Each key has a different flavor to the ears, and this is pronunced for a pianist, who has the extra sense of touch; he/she has to modify his hands to fit the chords, so not only does it "sound" different, but FEELS different as well.
Though a GOOD piano arrangement is in order for this, one of my favorite, if not my most, from all of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
This one tries, but doesn't even come close.
Practice, practice, practice, and better luck next time.
- KogeJoe on February 1, 2007
The guy probably has a bad ear, and has limited playing skills. WRONG key, WRONG chords, and TOO much goddamn ornamentation.
I've been called before on my peeve of key. "What's in a key?" Someone has asked? KEY IS EVERYTHING!!! If you can't appreciate a song in the KEY it's been written, and just say "ooh, that sounds KOO-el," it's not really saying much. It just shows what a musical bumpkin you really are. A song played out of the original key it was intended in sounds REALLY out of place. Sometimes, it sounds like it's not even the original piece at all. A song played OUT of key, sounds dumbed down; like the person was too unskilled and inexperienced to play in the original key, so he/she had to play it in a different key to make it "easier" on his fingers, and on his/her little mind that thinks the key of F# or Gb is "too hard!," when it's probably the easiest. What can be easier than playing on ALL BLACK KEYS, goddamn it??? That and Db Major are, I think my favs... A major's also really nice...
Each key has a different flavor to the ears, and this is pronunced for a pianist, who has the extra sense of touch; he/she has to modify his hands to fit the chords, so not only does it "sound" different, but FEELS different as well.
Though a GOOD piano arrangement is in order for this, one of my favorite, if not my most, from all of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
This one tries, but doesn't even come close.
Practice, practice, practice, and better luck next time.
- KogeJoe on February 1, 2007
I am very fond of both mixes on this site by BogusRed. Her work is
so emotive and flowing, and the upper-register gets me every time.
I find myself caught up in the parts like 2:30, when the song is
really flowing and moving. Not really any big complaints here. One
of the few instances in which i just want to express myself as a
big fan and say that I am most certainly looking forward to more.
- Kozmo on March 7, 2006
- Kozmo on March 7, 2006
I havent really left any genre of music untouched. I love some
music, and hate some. This track went so far as to move me. that is
ALL that matters. Beautiful.. carry on
- satscom on January 31, 2006
- satscom on January 31, 2006
This piece is beautiful. Stunning. I'm not so crazy about sound
quality, so the quality of the song hasn't bugged me. To tell you
the truth, I havent noticed it since I read this topic. Moving on,
this song moves me to tears. It is absolutley wonderful. Instant
favorite. Thank you, BogusRed, for making such a beautiful
arrangement.
- pokezel on January 30, 2006
- pokezel on January 30, 2006
The jury is out! BogusRed is un-arguably (for lack of better
grammar) a true jedi-master piano mixer of the highest order (all
for lack of a better term)! The LttP credit theme is one of the
most beautiful themes ever made in VGs and who better to not only
do it justice, but take it not only to the next level, but beyond
expectation into the stars and beyond! I mean, the main theme
already has the beauty, but this mix enhances it one-hundred fold!
It truly encompasses the pure atmosphere of the closing of LttP.
What more can I say? I am in desperate need of somebody to give me
pointers on how to find better words to describe it...but in short,
I LOVE IT!!! This is definitely material for the next Zelda!
- lady zelda on January 16, 2006
- lady zelda on January 16, 2006
