ReMix: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 'Tattered Slippers'

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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

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.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
...so wonderfully hypnotic. I just hope there's no subliminal messages here. :<
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
i this piece didn't particularly stand out to me. But when I started waking up to it on one of my OCR CDs, I started to love it. Very well done. Perhaps the OST should've used an orchestral version like this instead of the mainly piano solo it does use

- a_d on December 9, 2008
Songs often have an emotional effect, especially in my case. I find the mood that this song brought me was amazing, though my headset kinda ruins it with the major pain it's doing to my ears because it's too tight. *Joke* Anyway, I noticed a flute like sound in it. I personally love flutes in songs, and the piano (Or what I believe is a piano) is wonderful. Everything tied together.It brought such peace to my heart and soul, I could have just fallen into a wonderful sleep listening to it. Great work! Not to mention it has that sense of adventure which most Zelda fans love! 10/10!

- 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
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).

- Azul v2 on October 8, 2007
DarkeSword has just proven with this mix that it IS possible to make good songs from recent games even better. For me, it's just raised the bar in my mind because I had previously thought songs from recent games already sounded TOO good to be re-arranged.
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
I don't care what these guys say. I like it a lot. Keep up the good work :3

- sadron on August 1, 2007
Agreed with Passive Pretentiousness; this mix meanders. At first I thought it was spinning out a GrayLightning-esque reverie that would resolve, bit by bit, into an epic yet ethereal sense of serenity, harmony, and all those other Enya descriptors. Unfortunately I don't feel this mix goes anywhere, just glides around prettily but aimlessly. Thin Crust said, "Sets a mood, but doesn't do much else," and I agree. Perplexing, as I've heard much better from DS.

- Villainelle on July 16, 2007
Oh, no no no...I'm not complaining! I like it quite a bit.
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
I can definitely hear instrumentation from DarkeSword's previous work, especially his [u]Grandia II -- A Deus ex Harpa (Second Seal Mix)[/u] and [u]Metroid Prime 2: Echoes -- Torvus Clockwork[/u] mixes.

- MrBond on July 5, 2007
Well, it's a DrakeSword mix, so arrangement and production quality are top notch. No need to comment on that.
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
I love this Remix, and I find it has some pieces from CronoTrigger in it. Or at least it sounds like it does.
But a great remix, it is.
:D

- Lord.Roderick.i on June 30, 2007
DarkeSword beats Rellik to first TP mix?! Impossible! Or actually very, very possible... at least you didn't take the material I want :D I officially call dibs on a complete ripoff of Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts for Midna's main theme (whether I can handle it or not is another story). I kind of forgot all about OCR until I read that press release in my e-mail today, but it's nice to come back and hear some stuff from good old Darke! Maybe I'll stretch EWQLSO Gold Pro XP's legs a bit with a Midna mix of my own, as a hold over until I can get a jazz band together :P (a hold over until the end of time is not a hold over, mind you)
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
The woodwinds are very nice. So is the orchestration. I know that good brass samples are hard to find so it's understandable that they weren't "professional" but you still did a very good job integrating whatever brass samples you used. Same for percussion. The snare suffered a little but it's the effort that counts and the orchestration makes up for the lack of that. I love the flowing smoothness of this piece. I'm a sucker for a great melody and deep flowing woodwinds... what can I say? :wink: Very nice Job guys!!!!

-Derek-

- derako on June 26, 2007

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