OCR04829 - *YES* Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild & OoT "Sidon's Serenade"

[Emunator ⚖️]

Artist Name: Chimpazilla, Emunator

Credits:

Chimpazilla: Original concept and arrangement, production, mixing, mastering
Emunator: arrangement, production, keys, mixing

Artist Comments:

Chimpazilla: Once again, I think Wes and I have created something magical.  "Sidon's Serenade" began as my wip; I laid out the arrangement structure with the intention of collabing with Wes, and he loved it and ran with it.  The style was intended to be lo-fi to match some of his more recent arrangements, but I think the lo-fi effect was lost as we went along. (That is my fault, I'm not sure I'm good at lo-fi!)  The result is a gorgeous halftime chillout song full of glassy synths, organic bells and instruments, shimmery pads and tons of ear candy.  Wes and I improved our collab protocols even further with this arrangement, and I think the result is extremely beautiful and cohesive.  We hope you enjoy it!

Emunator: Another week, another Chimp+Emu collab, it seems! We need to officially form a band. This is sort of a sister track to our Super Mario World 'Apparitions' arrangement, but in reverse. This time, it was one of Kris' old demos from years back that I pulled out from storage and decided to finish off. Zora's Domain, regardless of the iteration, is a tremendous piece of music that contains so many lovely riffs that can be arranged in an endless number of ways, but I ended up mainly sticking with Kris' original arrangement structure. The only totally new section I added was the guitar-led outro at 3:37. The rest of my contributions involved layering a TON of sounds and textures and spicing up the transitions. That said, I'm also pretty proud of the Fairy Fountain cameo that I played on keys at 1:20 - that was entirely a happy accident that Fairy Fountain worked over the Zora chord progression!

Kris alluded to some workflow collab improvements that stemmed from this piece, so I'll take a moment to elaborate there. There was a period of time where we were seemingly at odds about how the song should be mixed, and had a bit of a communication gap that we didn't immediately pick up on. Turns out, I was pulling my inspiration from the Ocarina of Time version of Zora's Domain, which features a lead guitar motif present at :45 and 3:48 in our remix that, unbeknownst to me, wasn't present in the Breath of the Wild version that she was referencing, so she had no idea it was supposed to be a lead melody. Moral of the story - make sure you and your collab partner both know which song you're supposed to be remixing! All that said, I couldn't be happier with how this turned out and with the experiencing working with Kris. See y'all again next week... probably! :)

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Games & Sources

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Zora's Domain (Day)

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Zora's Domain

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Great Fairy Fountain

[prophetik music ⚖️]

opens with sfx and some beautiful sustains alongside some bells. 0:23 brings in the first real melodic content of the chords from the original, but the beat doesn't drop until 0:36. the shuffle in the shaker on this track is just the perfect amount of swing, it feels very organic. the dx chords used throughout fit so well too with all the bells going on.

bit of a shift at 1:21 when the fairy fountain cameo comes in. this bit felt a bit more artificial to get in there, mostly due to the chromaticism required as compared to the lack of chromaticism in zora's domain normally. the transition at 1:43 was great, and the track backs off again around 2:05 just in time to feature a bunch of vox sfx for a bit.

there's a shift at 2:28 and a big change in the backing elements. there's a lot of glam on this section, it's super sparkly and shines especially in the higher freq ranges. it's a nice transitional section before reprising the original arpeggiated melodic material at 3:14 one last time. there's a somewhat out-of-time outro starting at 3:37, and this does a nice job settling down the track in prep to be done. a few times through the original arp, a filtered guitar bit, and we're done.

this is gorgeous as expected. really luscious soundscape throughout, and an excellent job adding to a track that's already a highlight on the BotW soundtrack. nice work.

 

 

YES

[Liontamer ⚖️]

Cool, I actually didn't know until now that Breath of the Wild had any classic Zelda theme reprises, so welcome me to the party, as late as I am. :-D

Pretty relaxing mix, and I liked hearing this theme have more of a bassline presense (even though it's subtle). Nice lil' escalation in the energy at 2:51 with those weird vocals or whatever that sound was. Yeah, this is quite a cool treatment with lots of lush sounds, and the final minute only continues adding to that cool factor with the guitar and lots of acoustic sounds. :-) Nice job, y'all!

YES

[Hemophiliac ⚖️]

I want to put this on a chill-out station and loop it for 10 hours. It's perfect for work or just relaxation.

Bass has a nice warmth and is supportive but isn't in your face, and doesn't take over the mix. The whole thing is very beautiful and delivers as expected from the both of you. Great work as always.

My only criticism was that 4:11 was an unexpected transition, but the outro itself worked.

YES