ReMix: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 'First Time on Outset'

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The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

Alright! We've removed the "www" in our URL, killed the sidebar, revised the overall site design (announcement/feedback here), and we're now leaner, meaner, and... something else that rhymes with leaner and meaner... we'll go with "cleaner," that works. You can expect more changes over the next few months, but damn it feels good to finally get a simpler, more straightforward design in place. And what better way to celebrate than with some badass music - in this case a Wind Waker arrangement from halc. Fresh off his controversially-puntastic Kirby mix, Mr. Wheeler continues to impress. We also haven't had a Wind Waker mix since 2005, so it's good to see Link's cel-shaded Gamecube adventure get some more love. The artist's submission email was short-but-sweet:

"A chippy rendition of the Outset Island theme from Wind Waker. Not much to say, just enjoy ^^"

Pretty much; right from the intro, halc hits heavy with the chip textures, and he keeps it pretty chippish throughout, building out the arrangement to eventually include acoustic drums, string stabs, and some C64 SID-type synths here and there. It's very buoyant, joyous source material, so it's hard not to smile and bob your head a bit (my signature move) while you listen. Dig the spring/coil slinky-to-your-ear effects on the ending too; creative sound design. It seems like halc, Platonist, Protodome, AeroZ and others are getting into the chiptune sound quite a bit and putting together some awesome, elaborate stuff; definitely a good trend. More great work from halc that's rock solid on both production & arrangement and damn fun to listen to, as well.

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Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
First off, great choice of source :-P Your happy style definitely shines brightest when you're working with a good original song such as this one.
You know I love when you incorporate non-synth elements into your chippy style of music, but you seem to be able to work in strings especially well. You did the same with your Kirby mix and I thought it just sounded fantastic :-)
This was one of my initial favorites from you when I heard it on R:TS - of course, lately I've heard some things from you that, frankly, blow this out of the water in terms of arrangement and production, but you did really well here and I still enjoy listening to it :-)

- Emunator on December 1, 2009
Well although I didn't think it was possible, you topped your Super Mario Land remix-collab in one single chorus. The amount of depth and things going on, and they way they come together; my mind is blown every time I listen to this. It amazes me to hear all these different elements that are really distinct on their own, come together in ways I can't even begin to understand, to create the most beautiful sounding piece. I could live off your remixes alone.
If I am ever to start remixing, you will be my master, and I will be your apprentice.

- rainmanbk on November 12, 2009
The chiptune-sound of this remix seems so natural that you'd never guess that the game remixed was released in this decade. Nice work.

- Martin Penwald on November 3, 2009
LOVE it.
Anyone ever play Linus Spacehead on the Quattro Adventure collection for NES? Parts of this remind me of the music from that game. And a little bit of Balloon Fight too.

- IvyWinter on November 3, 2009
Sweet sweet sweet.
I can never say a lot about your mixes, except that I always enjoy riding on those subtly euphoric sound waves of yours.
Your remixes never scream 'OMG IM HAPPY AND YOU SHUD B 2'. They just infect you with their happiness, not that they'd care.
It's awesome that you've found this way of expression through the obscure hobby of video game remixing.

- Nase on October 28, 2009
Love the 8-bit, and the "item get" sound from original game. Great beat, wonderful job layering the 8-bit with everything, along with the little flourish sounds in 8-bit. I also enjoyed how you mixed kokiri forest into the song around 1:38, it was just icing on the cake.

- FightingFire on October 24, 2009
Halc you are getting really good. I can not stop playing every morning, the song is just so addictive.
I want more.

- metalsnakejuice on October 23, 2009
Excellent remix. Short, sweet, and fun.
Not much else to say.

- Roihu on October 23, 2009
Nice mix! I think there is there is something both funny and charming about the fact that chirptunes are a step back in terms of the samples and instrumentation used in the source.
Still, it is a great mix, and I love how it sounds like some of that NES goodness I used to love when I was a kid! Keep it up!

- jintoreedwine on October 20, 2009
hey halc, this song is absolutely awesome. its in my new sleep mix i put together. i love the chippy sound you're bringing to ocr lately, its awesome to see someone influencing the sounds around the entire site like you have
keep up the good work

- The Derrit on October 20, 2009
aww yeah I've been waiting for this one to be posted
good stuff, this

- Gollgagh on October 19, 2009
thank you so much everybody, really :-P
fun fact - this was made on chthonic's pc, in his apartment

- halc on October 19, 2009
halc mixes just make me happy.

- Geoffrey Taucer on October 18, 2009
Glad to see this one make it to the front page, halc. In all honesty I think it turned out to be a little overcooked, but I love it anyway. Good work.

- progressive on October 18, 2009
I'm h...a...p...p...y...
:D

- diamondfalcon on October 18, 2009

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