Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom - Battle Medley (Main Overworld, Deconstructed Oscilloscope)

[@dapras]

it's genius how this theme changes depending on how hard the fight is. That is incredible

[@josbird]

Didnt botw do that too?

[@actualatom]

​@@josbirdYep

[@lfvgamerbro]

**Ahem Lynel fights**

[@ClipDip74]

@@josbird yes just not to this extent. The battle theme is different for almost every encounter in this game. It’s awesome

[@TraylittGaming]

@@ClipDip74this actually not true lmao 😭

[@parassect8365]

I like how this battle theme is more serious than BOTW's, It very much depicts a hero that knows exactly who he is and what he has to do. It has a bit of "determination" to it.

[@truthinnocent3454]

=)

[@truthinnocent3454]

=)

[@igordemelo4128]

7:56 They weren't kidding when they said "hands" was the theme of the game. Even the sfx is hands clapping, when you hit the enemy during the climax.

[@DanStormVO]

I thought BOTW's battle theme was great, but I fell in love with this new theme as soon as I heard it. When it really gets going it just gets you PUMPED to fight something. So much chaotic energy!

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Indeed, it grants you a sense of adventure with the urgency.

[@BowlOSoup6661]

It also sounds very chaotic at some points. It makes sense though since they want you to build mech suits in this game

[@btsnowbolt5950]

Speaking of BotW, I absolutely love how you can still hear bits of that old theme in there.

[@mr.oscilloscope]

@@btsnowbolt5950 Yep, I believed they used the same motif in the "Middle," up until the beginning of hard. Pretty clever.

[@just_call_me_leo]

it's the other way around

[@camdenhilscher5770]

Field battle strong enemy time stamps. 3:35 strong enemy minor. 1:27 strong enemy moderate. 5:45 strong enemy major. 7:45 strong enemy minor (hit SFX/cut to moderate). 11:22 strong enemy major (hit SFX). 14:21 strong enemy moderate (hit SFX and cut to major + cut to alternate ending + banger camp clear snippets). Hope dis useful. Wsp guys and gals, if you see that something has changed it’s just because further study showed me that the last time stamp is actually starting on minor then major then a new sound file I noticed that has a finally bit being different so I called it alternate. That’s all and there might be more changes if I find anything else.

[@KingKirby24]

Not all heroes wear capes. Thank you for taking time to do this!

[@reev9759]

All sections are identical except for key. So there is no "best" part when all parts are the same.

[@jeremiah5511]

I cant stress how much I love, love, FUCKING LOVE dynamic music. It's so damn good, and thank you so much for putting this together

[@crimsonite9729]

1:45 Silver Bokobin jumpscare

[@brody2199]

The BoTW theme coming in at 3:02 is really neat.

[@longerhandleisntavailable]

1:35 this is what I’ve been looking for

[@legendofLINK445]

1:45 is amazing!! I couldn’t find this part anywhere else on KZbin! Thanks so much!!

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Your welcome! I was actually baffled myself when I wanted to see if anyone uploaded the battle medley, they only placed the Easy, Middle, Middle to Easy (the transition), but not the hard. I was like, “I know it’s not heard that often, but still.

[@kursedmilk]

​@@mr.oscilloscope bro exactly it was actually making me mad trying to find it without the algorithm giving spoiler recommendations

[@tactical_slime4608]

The hard variant being a banger just as much as botw's version

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Yes, it’s a bop!

[@hylianro]

I think all of these themes are better than botw's field themes

[@Pomegray]

You never fail to surprise me! I am absolutely astonished with how your are able to do this!

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Thanks man! I am genuinely surprised myself, especially when I ran into a lot of issues when exporting and rendering this to YT. It paid off in the end though.

[@hipxl8r]

man, the composers did really heckin well with this track. i noticed that, not only does some parts of the song contain ganon's(?) theme motif, but also breath of the wild's motif in one of the string voices, i think that's what you call it. anyways, thanks for this!!

[@AndreasTarding]

I just stumbled upon your nice video here, after months of getting my Zelda battle music fix from completely manual playback of the sample files. It's clear you spent lots of time studying the game's own sequencer's patterns, it's interesting to see it visualized since some of the tracks do of course overlap, and not just switch from one to the next. Enjoyable to hear it perfectly matched together. I'm a little ashamed I didn't find your smooth visualized mix sooner :-)

[@kevosodumb]

0:51 is the best part imo

[@radiofloyd2359]

The ending is so funny, but also awesome compilation, and exactly what I wanted to listen to

[@Killer_Sniper101]

I like to imagine link and the sages doing victory poses at that part 😂 and final group victory pose on the very last one 😅😂

[@mr.oscilloscope]

@@Killer_Sniper101omg, I could imagine it too 😂

[@mr.oscilloscope]

It’s like a round table.

[@Anonymous-sw3eh]

I always found something so silly about this theme, especially when you’re taking on easy enemies. Every time I take on a construct 1 or 2 the first version of the theme plays and I find something so humorous about hearing this soundtrack while seeing the construct spin his head and freak out while I’m still just standing there in front of it

[@alioda_]

Finally someone updated the entire battles themes !

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Yeah, I’m really surprised that people have only uploaded the Easy, Middle, Middle to Easy (transition), but not the hard part. It’s so weird. It’s even used in the game itself, so it’s not like you don’t hear it. I uploaded this the day of release and I knew that Nintendo would use all parts.

[@alexlaughs8312]

Its so cool that they were able to remix the same exact melody we heard in the original teaser trailer in 2019 into multiple tracks like this

[@DryBonesandSilver]

The middle parts are such a bop

[@loganstrosahl7952]

This is really, really sophisticated composition

[@Amalgam8ion]

Was searching so much for this and you have the full thing arranged, wonderful work fr

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Thank you! I was genuinely baffled when all the more popular uploads of this don’t have the entire Battle Medley in full, so yeah, I’m a bit salty lol.

[@supersnow17]

3:00 is my favorite part of the entire battle OST. The drop feels amazing in game.

[@baseera6532]

wooowww! this blew me away, well done!

[@parkercordova8881]

I would LOVE to see this done with Breath of The Wild’s field battle theme.

[@MustardnKetchupz]

It was, almost exactly

[@blorglord]

@@MustardnKetchupz link to the source you speak of?

[@MustardnKetchupz]

@kiromi790 listen to the song. There's phases

[@mr.oscilloscope]

​@@blorglordhere's a possible source. This is unironically one of the things what got me to look more into dynamic Wii U/Switch audio. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH6bZWyJac6He8Usi=WFoG7iuGNg3F6qmp

[@chikurinred]

Lograron que encaje perfectamente en el ambiente del juego cada parte de la música te transmite que de verdad estás peleando contra criaturas cerdo-humanoides, hombres centauros cara de león y miembros de un clan de asesinos XD

[@CiroContinisio]

Really really cool visualization!

[@JOESTARRRRRRR]

dude the flute is so fucking good

[@ErenYeager-oi6hu]

I love it so much

[@razzdiamond6447]

BRB gonna use this for my 15 min cardio workout

[@Muhammad-lq7fu]

That's the spirit 👏

[@MustardnKetchupz]

King 👑

[@trtle.t]

15:02 this is so fun to listen to in order like this

[@BonkyBoko9]

So much of an improvement from botw, like these themes go crazy, I constantly get into fights on purpose just to listen to them lol

[@Toddfrommario]

Thank you for this!!! Please more ZELDA!!

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Thanks, Will do!

[@pjweaver8496]

something very satisfying about the video's ending

[@Ryzo_VRM]

15:02 What a banger

[@ieyemyeyes]

this is so cool thank you for making this

this is a gem of a video i love it! thanks for the work you have put into it!

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Thank you, I try to put as much work as possible!

[@Zaddis]

2:13 I swear I've heard this so much fighting enemies, I keep thinking it's an item CAUSE ITS THE SAME SOUND Turns out it's the TOTK equivalent of a fake discord notification

[@QueenOfPessimism]

Soon as i get a working computer this os the first thing I’m doing. Had no idea foobar could do this!

[@lfvgamerbro]

15:23 the perfect end theme

[@mr.oscilloscope]

That was my favorite part to work on, I love the fact that the outros are like a round table.

[@lfvgamerbro]

@@mr.oscilloscope ah yes, that, I can see

[@VinceTrousers4]

Incredible work here dude, thanks for uploading

[@royolaniye6643]

Love this, been searching for the hard part for so long, any chance you'll do the underground version?

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Thanks! Yeah, I think ill do it for the next video.

[@royolaniye6643]

​​@@mr.oscilloscope Awesome, looking forward to it Also, I noticed how dynamic the skydiving theme is, it seems to change alot depending on how close to the ground you are.

[@mr.oscilloscope]

@@royolaniye6643I’m hearing it now (in-game) and it seems so, but I can’t hear it properly, will have to check the files.

[@rowelloctavo876]

Dude the longer the battle the more hard the music goes

[@rowelloctavo876]

Me when I got spotted by enemies 0:00

[@kogeta37]

5:50 really what I looked for. This always play when you battle army in wild but no one upload it...

[@Zolerian]

Oh by Hylia I love this, so much.

[@GeorgeMerl]

I thought the hight pitch springy noise that starts around 1:30 was a sound that lynels made!

[@NaikoArt]

they made another GOTY, is like easy for them to do it.

[@manfredportabello6523]

I love how off-kilter the time signatures are in this theme

[@lfvgamerbro]

In other words, and extended version of the battle theme(s)

[@cheezymcreezy1801]

1:26 - 2:09 3:36 - 4:20

[@idoewjiofejw]

Is it just me or is there a bit of the Demon King Ganondorf theme towards the end of the hard bit? Like at 1:56

[@etherealNX]

Came here to say this You are absolutely right The string melody here is playing the Ganon battle music as heard in OoT

[@Qsie]

absolutely! heard it the instant i stopped, well caught.

[@aluckynumber23]

Thank you so so much for putting this all together. Can you please do the cave battle music version?

[@KazuhiroHayate]

Channels 2, 5, 7, 8, and 9, gives me Chills. Very Much Feels Like Masashi Hamauzu Music (but its not). Then When 4 Builds to 2 then 2 Switches to 8 then 8 to 9. The Eargasm!

[@remixtheidiot5771]

i'm definitely in the minority here but I like BotW's overworld battle theme more. The more repetitive nature of the song along with its emphasis on the brass and percussion are just great for setting a mood. The victory fanfare sound being a boxer knockout sound effect is just great. I don't like TotK's finisher fanfare as much. that being said, it's hard to deny just how much more impressive and grand this track is compared to BotW's. So much more transitions, instruments, phases, and ways to adapt to the current battle. I have been playing this game for over 100 hours now and some of the sections here I've simply never heard before. That's crazy.

[@mr.oscilloscope]

That’s honestly fair, I actually like BOTW’s battle theme in terms of its parts, mostly because there are more variants of different parts, making it slightly more enjoyable and less repetitive (like you said) The fanfare for BOTW is nice, though I like TOTK’s more probably because it reminds me a bit of Wind Waker “successful hit” sounds. Overall, TOTK’s and BOTW’s battle theme generally feels more akin to a “hero struggling to survive a deadly situation.” And I like ‘em both.

[@created3612]

I don’t know which one I prefer. Botw’s is a lot more intense, put-together, and epic. But TotK adds a lot more sounds to it, making the songs as a whole feel more unpredictable but very fitting given the situation you’re fighting in. I really like the part of Botw’s battle theme where the violins go crazy and switch between those two high notes, wish that returned.

[@gio9255]

3:35-4:19 Is my favorite iteration. I am not a huge fan of the others but this one is pure jam.

[@MrStatement]

All of the iterations slap imo, especially the one with the clapping.

[@hylianro]

Some of these I didnt even know existed

[@jtg55]

WHAT?! switch music can be deconstructed?!

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Yep. SOME of them though, as this generation of consoles mainly used Streams instead of sequences.

[@Lilbees_fan]

Hello friend, great oscilloscope! New sub. 😄💎🎶🎧📼📊

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Thanks!

[@Boney9551]

Could i get quick overview of how totk's music is laid out in terms of what's laid out in this way vs what's streamed (BotW too if you have that) cus this is really interesting to learn that so much of it is broken up into seperate files like from your community posts.

[@mr.oscilloscope]

I’m thinking of doing that, That should be a video.

[@KingDodo52]

13:19 - 13:30 was so badass

[@Adventureruler]

0:37 thats my favorite part of the song 😅

[@alejandrogutierrez3317]

Please please do Breath of the Wild's Field BattleI beg you!!!! I've been dying to hear all the stems that make that theme

[@Scrunkly_blorbo]

what do the channels and the stuff between brackets mean? i know different parts get used depending on enemy type/hp/... great work btw :)

[@IronBlaze77]

The channels are just there to categorize the different segments in the battle theme. Like _Breath of the Wild,_ the difficulty and key numbers denote the arduity of the encounter (e.g., enemy types, how many are present, etc.) and its key signature respectively. Key 0 is in B minor, Key 2 is in G minor, and Key 3 is in Eb minor. EDIT: fixed italicization.

[@super_dude00]

3:41 god DAMN

[@Brunn0121]

please, Flux Construct Battle next, PLEASE!

[@yuwong5850]

Seems like TOTK battle theme system is much more complicated than BOTW

[@KyleXlr8]

Goat

[@alancraft6109]

5:13

[@zenith7128]

The cellos are playing botw’s main theme

[@mr.oscilloscope]

I’ll need to listen to that again with my headphones and see.

[@nitroboombox3291]

Hi

[@alancraft6109]

3:03

[@LeUnifrog]

Has any other video game done modulation of music like this depending on how hard the fight is?

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Late response, but I don't know actually. Up until I made this video, I only thought BOTW had it, with Twilight Princess doing smth similar with it's Hyrule Field Theme into Enemy theme.

[@mikelimakilokiloromeo]

The whole thing of having a main track fading into different versions is I think pretty common, but the level of depth this particular track has with key and instrument changes is I think much rarer - I think the game Pyre has something similar, actually, and several indie games go the whole way into adaptive music with the music being generated in real time inside the game instead of samples being played. Fez comes to mind for something like this. Of course, these are only the games I know personally - this is definitely not exhaustive.

thanks

[@mr.oscilloscope]

No problem!

[@alancraft6109]

10:48

[@MewTheGoob]

Literally how

[@mr.oscilloscope]

I thought the same thing myself, but it wasn't too hard to go prying in the file system of the game.

[@ERIX07]

Hey, What’s Up!

[@jadenwilliams615]

Could you do Hi-Fi Rush with the in-game sound effects. I’d greatly appreciate it.

[@MrDSkinny]

This 🙏🏾

[@segaking5846]

WHAT HOW

[@mr.oscilloscope]

I said this myself. But with a rip, and extract and fl studio later, here it is!

[@cooper54729]

Hey, can I get all of the .wav files you deconstructed? I want to arrange this for a concert band piece.

[@mr.oscilloscope]

of course! drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kiuQuxB4Kp_0owU1WhgjM_yaSNEjhYPL?usp=drive_link (you could also take a look at the other music and SE I'm uploading to it)

[@TheUltimateNatural]

What is deconstruction and Oscilloscope?

[@mitios7]

I'm not completely sure I'm right but I'm pretty sure: Deconstruction is referring to the actual breakdown of the fight soundtrack from the files, as it isn't a direct soundtrack, it's made up of parts. These parts aren't just in one file, they are constructed in-game while you are in combat to reflect the various aspects of the fight (ex. difficulty). An Oscilloscope is the visualization on-screen. It shows various things like frequency and other sound stuff that I have not enough knowledge to give you an educated answer.

[@mr.oscilloscope]

That is a perfect explanation of both terms!

[@JermiahJefferson218]

I kinda like this one better than botw

[@felixmarques]

The BotW theme annoyed me. Too jumpy, zany but inconstant, it just made me mad. This one was an improvement for sure, it feels like it locks into a groove better even if the density changes and there are spaces. It feels a little bit more seriouus and oriented, so it manages to be truly exciting and fun without being ennervating.

[@redandblue1013]

Can’t lie, this is the only theme in totk I really don’t like. Botw’s battle theme was really amazing, but with this, it feels like they tried to remix it and failed

[@Toddfrommario]

Dude I want to know what kind of music you like, I absolutely loved the one from the first game and this one is like that x382617186

[@lexsims2516]

I see...

[@kursedmilk]

To each his own I think this theme is the best Zelda battle music I've ever heard

[@jadenwilliams615]

🧢

[@TraylittGaming]

I think this theme is better over all, the only part I think botw has better is the hard part Totk is still just as good tbh

[@dextar7]

In my opinion the Breath of the Wild theme is better but this one is ok

[@diegodavila2062]

Truly my new favorite KZbin Channel. Hope to watch you go live whenever you do so again. New subscriber here! Please consider doing any tracks from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time on the SNES. It's my favorite VGM Soundtrack of all time. I can recommend Sewer Surfin, Neon Night-Riders, Climatic Battle (boss theme), Technodrome - The Final Shell Shock. Thanks so much for what you do man! Please keep it up! Do you have Instagram or any other social media??

[@alancraft6109]

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