Hylian Ensemble - Shadow Temple

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[@evofire115]

The cold follows you. The bongos get louder The darkness gets darker A shadow stands before you A void Is it yours? Or his?

[@emcoulter4459]

“They have taken the Bridge and the Second Hall. We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes... Drums. Drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A Shadow moves in the dark... We cannot get out... They are coming.“

[@ChibiProwl]

Ooh….the perfect Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring quote for the Shadow Temple.

[@emcoulter4459]

@@ChibiProwl Yep. Pretty much any Slayer lyric works too.

[@SpecterKnight638]

Darkness covers you in every corner The putrid smell of blood swarms your nose You hear something faint... A bongo... A bongo drumming... it's almost beckoning...like it's calling for someone...calling...for you... Chains are rattling... Scythes are slicing... The bongo beating faster... The dead are rising once again... Creatures observing you from the dark, studying you... The bongo beating faster... The ground looks deceptive... You feel things moving, but you do not see it... The bongo beating faster... The souls of the damned cry... They cry for more blood... More meat for the slaughter... Another soul to join their endless number... ... ... ... The Drumming stops... ... ... ... The ground stops shaking... ... ... ... You feel watched... ... ... ... It knows you are here... ... ... ... It's right in front of you...

[@liambobyk219]

A terrifying poem indeed,😨😱

[@sgtyoshid3th503]

Excuse me while I go use the restroom, just reading this just made me really had the urge to go

[@retroplayer6422]

Why was everyone so scared of the ceiling monsters? It was just trying to give Link a hand.

[@azatheeverchosen7615]

@Rose's Zen Garden You mean take your like like? ;)

[@user-zr5og7tq4b]

Lol lmao

[@TheRealAaronSmith]

Right? Used to use them as an easy teleport back to the beginning

[@MajorasWrath12]

A DEAD hand?

[@the-reclining-roleplayer]

I'm down-voting on principle but I'm leaving a comment to let you know it was still funny LOL

[@cheesefinder111]

This game was always far more effective than any horror game, maybe because you don’t expect it coming from a family friendly game like Zelda is supposed to be, I had nightmares of deadhand and other creatures of similar nature when I was younger and tbh it still gives me the heebiegeebies knowing the truth about kakariko and what redead ACTUALLY are, not clay that’s cap.

[@TheRCScotsman]

The bongos fading in and out is so damn creepy... because you know he's down there... Playing. Waiting. Hating.

[@artbargra]

This comment made me remember Eternal Darkness: "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting" - Edgar Allan Poe

[@lady-hightower4698]

A profound realization

[@Petey0707]

The Hater to End All Haters.

[@Bigdoomtrain]

You definitely got the creepy atmosphere right in this cover!

[@LasagnaQueen]

Oh yes, my favourite temple. It used to be so creepy when I was a kid. That song represents it very well

[@sansnom5269]

Wait. Bongo is actually one upside guy decapitated and disembodied hands I fell like one idiot now for never noticing that.

[@mercedeswalt6621]

Sans Nom holy fuck, dude! You’re right! I never realized it either! Damn, now I’m not sure I can bear fighting him again! I always thought his decapitated stump was his eye.

[@Frostfire40]

Sans Nom Same here lol. I never realized either until I watched a KZbin video talking about bongo, different kinds of videos theories and stuff about who bongo might really be, and that detail was pointed out. Never thought of it that way until then. I wonder though. What about the rest of his body? O.O

[@F-Lambda]

I can't help but wonder if it's the remains of the owner of the house under the well....

[@skywrd_]

shit that's awful look at him

[@romanec3764]

I hear a theorie who says Bongo Bongo was a girl. And when we affront her , we can heard a sound from Bongo Bongo = she weep because she became a monster ( nice theorie , sorry for my poor english)

[@hazardman101]

If this was playing instead of the original i doubt i would be able to play through this temple as a kid

[@mattimeo12345]

And keep in mind, The well had the same music, and I had a much harder time with the well than with the shadow temple.

[@ninjoramask945]

Ditto

[@F-Lambda]

Even with the original, I could barely get through....

[@atomx16gamer81]

Ya, this is a really scary remake. Almost too creepy.

[@frederickglass1583]

@@atomx16gamer81 if Oot ever got an HD remaster, or they bring back the Shadow Temple, THIS should be the base track for it, bar none

[@obi-wank-enobi]

I love the shaddow temple because it's like a dark souls area the game doesn't outright tell you what it once was. It's left up environmental storytelling. The shaddow temple was once a dungeon for the most vile criminals in all of hyrule and enemies of the royal family. People were taken down there to be tortured and executed by the sheikah. But due to the dark magic that envelopes the temple the people who were killed there have a habit of not staying dead so the temple was shut down and sealed away to be lost to time only that the people who once slept there still walk the bloody halls. The same goes for bongo bongo if you look off of his design it is implied he was tortured by being hung upside down from the ceiling and had his hands cut off and finally was executed via beheading. But now he's awake and ready for revenge.....

[@epicphantom589]

Wait a minute THAT’S why he looks like that… yikes

[@axuwu6939]

Honestly, it makes me kinda sad that the encyclopedia decided to straight-up tell us what happened in the Shadow Temple. The mystery of it, the question of “who would do such a horrible thing and why?” adds so much to the horror! It’s just so, boring I guess, to be given a straight answer. I’ve seen so many creative theories trying to piece together the lore of the shadow temple that, if I just said them without context, they’d seem absolutely absurd! But then you read all the evidence, and think “huh, this person has a good point.” Then you see another, even more outlandish theory, and you think “wait, this person has a point too!” The endless possible interpretations make it so fun! So, I personally like to treat even the more official outside lore as just another theory to consider. It’s so much more interesting to try to work out these mysteries ourselves! Sorry to dump this entire rant into your comment lol, I just grabbed at the first excuse I found to ramble on this topic

[@TheChaosDragoness]

This is definitely going in my Halloween playlist.

[@summerleighshaffer9095]

The Chaos Dragoness same

[@felipemcarullo1556]

Same here

[@chrombopulusthegreat5729]

I checked and it looks like you dont have a halloween playlist.

[@TheChaosDragoness]

@@chrombopulusthegreat5729 It's private, like most of my playlists I make.

[@chrombopulusthegreat5729]

@@TheChaosDragoness Understandable, have a nice day.

[@haydanoc8779]

I used to hear this if I put my ears underwater in the bath as a kid, I think it was mainly the fact that I had a plastic toy boat that would infrequently tap against the side of the bath while I breathed. As a young kid it reminded me of part of the percussion for the original of this song.

[@brodentripcony3641]

That's terrifying

[@BlizzardPeak]

Imagine a shadow temple themed escape room with this playing

[@BarracoBarner42]

This new version is so well done, it should be used for a horror movie

[@VindictiveShadowWolf]

Brilliant work, as always. The Shadow Temple was my favorite. Real bitch to get through without the Lens Of Truth. But you feel special when you do.

[@HeyRussianCommissar]

I didn't even know you could get through it without the lens

[@VindictiveShadowWolf]

+RussianCommissar I had to do it the very first time I played OoT, because I was a stupid kid. But make it a priority to play a classic game like OoT once every year, and you memorize every little illusion.

[@aciefiedspade3510]

you subject yourself to the water temple ever year for the sake of nostalgia? you sir are a trooper

[@ShiruKitty]

lol its not THAT bad.

[@aciefiedspade3510]

yea i know it's a bit exaggerated, its not so much difficult as it is tedious or annoying, all of the keys just seem so out of the way

[@elliek4854]

I love how this didn't scare me as a kid but now as an adult i'm terrified

[@Morgoth__Bauglir]

This is exactly the atmosphere we all would feel/find entering in the Shadow Temple. A one-way trip btw...

[@somethingnormal6467]

"The Shadow Temple... Here is gathered Hyrule’s bloody history of greed and hatred."

[@astral_ayah4409]

This is sending chills down my spine. This is giving me flashbacks from when I was a kid just being terrified of even progressing through the dungeon, the music being one of the reasons. You really nailed the creepy atmosphere in this cover. Keep up the great work!

[@commandocommander4041]

Ah.... Nightmare fuel... Better pack my dream weapons

[@demokosonofazathoth2555]

and your bfg 9000 *hands over big fucking gun 9000*

[@frederickglass1583]

@@demokosonofazathoth2555 go back to your Doom wet dreams...this is Hyrule, not mars

[@Droid15243Z]

@@frederickglass1583 Bro...

[@SupernaturalDetective]

@@frederickglass1583 so anyways I pulled out my arrows of light and started busting

[@AlexianKing]

One of my favorite parts was how it was a coherent song, this is on the fringe of just being a creepy ambiance

[@ironriderslsm]

Shadow temple, my favorite place in the game. I feel at home with this.

[@LouieG88]

I like this temple and the spirit temple the most

[@xylem2202]

After all this time I just realized that Bongo Bongo is an upside down decapitated and hand amputated humanoid body....

[@patrickpfaff803]

Damn is that great. I felt the fear. For the time hearing this i was the kid me from then and feared this temple. Absolutely great. Even now at 30 years old, i still fear that one temple slightly

[@guts1634]

It reminds me that it took me a week when was 8 years old to decide myself to go in this temple 😅

[@Glut3n]

This is awesome! The art is so creepy! I LOVE IT!

[@AyakaruJuuhachi]

darn, already been 5 years since the last update still love these tracks

[@MajorasLullaby]

People who downvote this wanted to give a thumbs up actually, but are hanging upside down like bongo-bongo

[@beckettjensen4075]

exactly that's how it is with every zelda fan

[@KL-oj2my]

YES

[@elliotandersen3439]

NOPE NOPETY NO-NO-NOPETY NO

[@zenarc35]

Omg you captured the shadow temple perfectly absolutely amazing

[@nickleonardi1732]

Sends a chill down my spine listening to this. Job well done indeed.

[@muncherofpizza]

I really hope that the certain someone who is making a totally legit remake of this uses this for the shadow temple. This really does the original justice, but is even more terrifying.

[@milamarquis4737]

Yo that hits absolutely different if you play it in an entirely dark room with headphones on full volume :0 Anyone still watching? No just me? Ok then xD

[@UnknownUser-pd3ey]

This is absolutely beautiful! I just found your channel & it’s bringing me back to all my childhood days! Thank you, for bringing this to me! Never stop your passion because I can tell your absolutely amazing at it! I wish you nothing but the best!!! Have a great day & remember that YOU ARE AWESOME!!! Thank you again, I’m going to listen to everyone of these songs & you should do Termina fields! That is a great mix between adventure & haste towards your next adventure! Be safe during these times I’m writing this !

[@xray2k4]

How afraid I was as a kid, when I first met the zombies in the kings crypt. When I got to the shadow temple, I knew I would encounter more of them, but as s grown up Link, I wasn't that afraid though...

[@XxMayDesmondsxX]

Oooooh! This wonderful! Beautiful and eerie cover!

[@Duhemsounds]

I love the Shadow Temple, great take on that dark track

[@kevindenis9551]

Those who thumbs downed this vid were lost in the the darkness below....

[@Gamedraco]

This is perfect music to listen to for me when I am watching coverage of catastrophic Hurricane Harvey on Houston as I post this.

[@The_Jovian]

I find this quite perplexingly calming actually. This is very bizarre.

[@cheesefinder111]

I cant understand why they don’t remake oot it’s the best Zelda game right next to majoras mask, a literal masterpiece and one of the best game’s ever made.

[@Jakob-qy6te]

B...but brEath oF tHe WilD 2? Honestly I'd rather have a bottom.of the well than a breath of the wild. So I agree with you

[@jacky4draws762]

i love this boss, it's so fun and the music *mwa* chef kiss

[@x_Nyxx_x]

Oh the feels the feels... Thanks for sharing this

[@rastabananaman206]

Absolutely brilliant as usual 👌

[@Masamoone]

This is epic! Gives me goosebumps!

[@ImpyWorm]

I didn't think this theme could be anymore more creepy. Once again, you prove me wrong. It's gotta be the bongos. Just imagining that thing staring at Link the whole time and doing his bong-solo gives-a-me the jibblies.

[@waywardphoenix3188]

Shadow Temple. Here lies Hyrule’s bloody history.

[@frederickglass1583]

Holy shit, this is EXACTLY what the Shadow Temple should be! TERRIFYING

[@ZetaChamp]

This literally sounds like it's from amnesia the dark descent

[@erdtroll7010]

The more you look at bongo bongo‘s design the more you start to realize… Holy fking shit they wouldn’t get away with this so easily today

[@leozamora5884]

hmmm if i could work in nintendo i should say hey we need a new version of ocarina of time what about with Twilight Princess Graphics and do it as a new remake besides 3DS version and we put hylian ensemble music there

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

eh do it Elder Scrolls style and throw Unreal Engine 4 in there then you got yourself serious business thats going to nuke the market so hard Sony and Microsoft would get the kick in the ass of their lives, would be nothing but blurry sight in Nintendo's mirror thats how good it would be but Nintendo being Nintendo "nope" THEY ARENT EVEN TRYING :v

[@clojcloj]

That would be a dream come true ngl

[@snowflurries9629]

Good, now add the shrieks of the poor damned souls

[@minnieminmin4494]

Ok you are amazing! I love your music!!!

[@emm8578]

Bruh whenever I saw those damn hand shadows ... I’d be unplugging my N64 just to save my boy Link. Hell No

[@Hayzl1]

This sure does bring back the freaky vibe.

[@SimplyMavAgain]

Holy shit what's going on. KZbin literally updated its interface in-between the time I went through my subs and the time I clicked this.

[@Dzugashvili]

great as always!

[@kratal122]

Ah the soundtrack to my night terrors for the next three weeks!

[@riildiilcomments891]

It really creeps up my spine! Shadow temple is still one of the scarriest places I've ever seen in a game.

[@davidmuhs4590]

ive yet to find a single song from u that im not impressed with awesome work bro

[@gustavoroapina6640]

1000/10 your work are awesome :D

[@johny_baba]

Amazing! and creepy as well.

[@mallomeee]

Joli, j'adore

[@DregdenY0r]

This and the forest temple...mmmm Good call guys thanks

[@xyrothael7976]

Yes.

[@YuuyaKZMI]

Very Twilight Princess-esque.

[@ninjataco7777]

Creepy well done

[@omegawolflight]

...great that temple...

[@jewelsintheground7417]

NO NON JUST NOPE RIGHT OUTTA THERE HGHGGHH

[@onyx8924]

this sounds creepy as hell. awesome!

[@StupiBone]

How to make a awesome and creepy track even creepier and better

[@martarepeckiene885]

I really like your remakes. They are so stylish and cool! Could you do Fi's farewell theme? :) Greetings and good luck! :)

[@Frostfire40]

Hm you know this has to be one of the creepiest versions of this theme that I've heard 'keeps listening' O_O yup definitely is

[@ShiruKitty]

nice job!

[@klou6615]

My dumb ass fought him when he was still invisible

[@tiredasf107]

Whoever created this masterpiece said “fuk dem kids”

[@Camze3307]

Ce temple était sordide

[@ItatsuMagnatsa]

Keep up with the Cool Zelda Music Bud!

[@elsden722]

I loved loved loved the shadow temple, the way it was introduced, the ocarina song, the adventure, the mind fuckery, 100% my shit when I was a little'n

[@zero2xsammy125]

perfect just 2 more and well get a full soundtrack

[@felipeotakusantacatarina1571]

Esta Terrorífica La Música 🧐🤔😮😨🤑😍

[@muncherofpizza]

NOOOOOOOOOO! That art is truly gruesome.

[@dragonrand100audiobook]

This is way creepier than the original, especially when it's late at night and you're home alone...

[@SuperAlvinator]

I wonder if Ganondorf knew about Hyrule and the Shiekah with the dark secrets concealed within the shadow temple, or how valuable was bongo bongo since he was executed by some unknown treason. I always thought bongo bongo was a Shiekah who betrayed Hyrule, but that is only been my speculation since his eye closely resembles the lens of truth. Maybe bongo bongo knew too much once he gained some forms of insight perhaps which would lead to his removal from Hyrule.

[@jakejudy5455]

Unrelated but i imagined hearing the shadow temple theme during the order 66 scenes in kenobi

[@matthewlawson602]

Sounds like something from a nightmare.

[@Vladek16]

creepy as hell.... so i guess it's a success :D !

[@silverdust9176]

Pleeeaaasseeee make kamaro/ rosa sisters' dance remix.

[@leongreen4075]

Silver Dust he has 😑

[@silverdust9176]

Leon Green i can't find lol. Gimme link fam.

[@ruffscetch]

You really should upload these to iTunes.

[@beckglascofromyoutube7957]

Now this is uncomfortable

[@kilomatter]

It’s interesting how it becomes less coherent as it goes on...it’s also way scarier.

[@demonicweeze]

think you can make a dark link song I would like to hear your version of links shadow side

[@Funisinfinitejpeg]

Welcome to the Hell Temple.

[@caydeofspaydes]

OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[@bb.playlist1822]

Yes yes yes

[@zerogyoro4521]

Comentario de apoyo 😃.

[@herooftime6334]

its very creepy:o 😵😰😨😱

[@Cegorachthelaughinggod]

I shat my pants.

[@wainwright5522]

Ahhhh what a relaxing sou-- Zzzzzz