Anglerbe's Soundtrack of the Week

Yeah I've been a bit busy lately with vacation and editing. Haven't forgotten completely about these though.

The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask
Deku Palace

Another Majora's Mask track. Come to think of it, MM might just have my all time favorite video game soundtrack. Maybe. Anyway, Jburitto has started an LP of this game, and getting to this part really brought back memories of the difficulty I had sneaking around (even though this time we got past a good chunk of it really quickly, kind of insulting). Anyhow, the Deku Scrubs are some of the most interesting and humorous creatures in the Zelda universe. Many of them will spit seeds at you, only to surrender if you send there attacks back to them. Others even want to do business. This music really personifies their characteristics, with a sort of jungle/tribal wild, festive theme. Also, it's quite an addictive tune.

Anglerbe's Soundtrack of the Week

The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask

 Astral Observatory

Extended version just for you people. As mentioned by Anglerte, Jburitto recently played a bit of Majora's Mask, during which we encountered the old man in the Astral Observatory. Majora's Mask has one of my all time favorite soundtracks, and this stands out as one of my favorite from it. And that's saying something. MM is just an incredibly atmospheric and surprisingly dark game. To see everyone slowly decay into doom and despair, only at the last second to teleport to 3 days prior, where (almost) everyone is again oblivious to their impending doom, gives you a great sense of loneliness, but also of a glimmer of hope that, bit by bit, maybe the world can be saved. The Astral Observatory, with this track playing, feels like a safe haven in a dying world, despite that the moon continues to descend toward Termina.

Anglerte's Soundtrack of the Week

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Because we recently recorded Jburitto playing Majora's Mask (at his request), I decided that this track would be fairly appropriate. Although this is one of the minority of tracks displayed by the game that is not in some way a remix of "Song of Healing" (at least not to my knowledge), that ultimately only serves to make it more significant and memorable in its own right. Although obviously this specific track was meant for the first day, it's still a bit refreshing to find an entirely optimistic and uplifting track in this sea of suspense, misery and,  as Jburitto was hoping to find, disquietude. Just as the music achieves in many of the villages throughout "The Legend of Zelda" series, this track produces emotion and peace that establish thorough nostalgic value. Although it certainly fits right in with the series and would very believable stand as an entity of "Ocarina of Time", it possess a sort of immediate uniqueness that it desperately needed to uphold that "Majora's Mask" is indeed a different experience, and one worthy of high regard in its own right.