ReMix: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 'Tattered Slippers'
- Game: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo, 2006, WII)
- ReMixer(s): DarkeSword
- Composer(s): Asuka Ohta, Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi
- Song(s): 'Midna's Lament'
- Posted: 2007-06-24, evaluated by djpretzel
OverClocked... WiiMix? Shariq brings us our first ReMix from Nintendo's latest console, from none other than Twilight Princess. DarkeSword gives us some narrative context:
"There is an old Grimm's fairy tale called The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces, about twelve princesses who would secretly cross over to another world every night to dance with twelve princes. In the morning, the king would discover that all of his daughters' slippers were tattered and worn. A hero eventually shows up and saves the day, as heroes are wont do to, but that's besides the point. This is a waltz arrangement of Midna's Desperation from The Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess, called Tattered Slippers. It's about a princess who crosses over to another world to dance with a hero."
Though I'm the proud owner of a Wii, I confess to not investing time yet in TP; I don't need to be sold that it's a fantastic game, I just haven't had the type of free time I'd want to be able to commit to enjoying it without massive interruptions. Definitely looking forward to it, though... things intro here with harp, gradually joined by strings of varying articulations - pizzicato, legato, tremolo - a bell timbre, and a wind lead. Interesting chord progression; very mysterious, deliberate, and serious. The 3/4 time and military snare pattern work well to achieve a dancing, swaying feel, then things pick up with a shift to what feels more like 6/8. This is only Shariq's second Zelda mix, a follow-up to his 2003 Wind Waker ReMix, but he handles the series' tone and material quite adeptly, incorporating Zelda's theme nicely into the arrangement's more upbeat, major-key conclusion. Mr. Sword's recently had a career change of sorts and apparently has better hours, a little less stress, and more free time. If it means more mixes like this, that's fantastic, but even if it doesn't, I'm glad things are working out for him. This is an excellent first Zelda:TP mix AND first Wii mix, proving that whether it's retro-gen, last-gen, or next-gen, a DarkeSword mix by any other generation would sound as great.
I like this mix a lot. Imo, this > original. i.e. this is pretty much what the original should have been.
It's also wonderfully atmospheric; it falls right in line with Zelda motifs, a sense of loss and destiny, mournfulness, longing, purposefull.
Very good and worth downloading.
yes, master...
- 42 on March 20, 2009
- a_d on December 9, 2008
- Zeriga on June 11, 2008
Azul v2;327740 wrote: Of course I love it, I just wish there were more Twilight Princess mixes, because it was an awesome soundtrack (particuarlly the music after you kill a boss. hint hint).
Ditto. I remember walking around the boss room after I've defeated him instead of picking up the piece of the Fused Shadow, just to listen to the song.
Also good job on the remix! My fav TLP remix so far! :nicework:
- RoninPedroshin on April 25, 2008
- Azul v2 on October 8, 2007
Tattered Slippers, in short, is a wonderful and magnificent piece of work. I originally had never imagined Midna's Desperation to ever be played on something other than a piano (due to the original), but man, this mood of song just totally works out the instruments chosen.
Favorite part though? At around 1:57 where the mood takes a drastic change and man. Just plain awesome from there on. Good stuff man, recommended download for all.
- SynthesizedStampede on August 8, 2007
- sadron on August 1, 2007
- Villainelle on July 16, 2007
No point other than simple observation. :-)
- MrBond on July 5, 2007
MrBond;290811 wrote: I can definitely hear instrumentation from DarkeSword's previous work, especially his [U][URL="http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01463/"]Grandia II -- A Deus ex Harpa (Second Seal Mix)[/URL][/U] and [U][URL="http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01507/"]Metroid Prime 2: Echoes -- Torvus Clockwork[/URL][/U] mixes.
Aaaand....what's your point? A lot of artists tend to have certain sounds that they like to use. :-|
- DarkeSword on July 5, 2007
- MrBond on July 5, 2007
I really love the atmospheric feel the song has to it. The melody takes you on a four-and-a-half minute journey that ends with the masterfully incorporated lullaby. Thanks to the fantastic choice of instruments, the song keeps you interested for the full time; there isn't any part that could make your thoughts wander away from the song.
Truly epic. Very nice work.
- Martin Penwald on July 4, 2007
But a great remix, it is.
:D
- Lord.Roderick.i on June 30, 2007
With regards to the mix at hand, the harp and woodwinds sound fantastic. Very atmospheric stuff - the backing padding of overarching strings and choir makes for a very deep feeling, really reminiscent of the kinds of times the source material would play, actually. Nice arrangement, although I feel like some of the parts were pretty stilted at times, and realism tended to go way down the tubes during the parts with faster strings or brass (can't blame you for any of that, though, I'm not much better, even with my new super-expensive orchestral libraries :(). Interesting choice of reverb, I think it fits really well :D
Congratulations on the first of what I hope will become a long line of Twilight Princess mixes!
- Rellik on June 28, 2007
-Derek-
- derako on June 26, 2007
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