Motivic Development in Link's Awakening [Patron Request]

[@GarArtStudios]

ok but legit that opening intro was slick, nice way to move from the happy bday song into your intro theme

[@strawberryjuno]

Garrett Williamson I was thinking that exactly

[@Bankai2169]

Thanks to this channel, I went from a low B in theory to a high A. I cannot express how much this channel has done for me as a musician, but thank you so much for all that you've done!

[@8bitMusicTheory]

That's amazing! Good work, man!

[@columbus8myhw]

So a B flat to an A sharp?

[@shiningarmor2838]

Pun intended, I hope.

[@columbus8myhw]

+Curtis Hansen Oh whoops :D

[@_Baku]

No, a B3 to an A5.

[@pseudonym8667]

2:30 So apparently one guy in charge of our school is a fan of Nintendo games, so when we're dismissed, this song plays. Every time this song plays, everyone at school stupidly hums to it, and it's amazing. When this song played on your channel, I immediately paused the video and had my mind absolutely blown that the song everyone sings along to was from Zelda. As a fan of video games and their music, this was the most awesome thing that could ever happen. So thanks, 8-bit music theory.

[@MisterAppleEsq]

Happy Cflatirthday!

[@Wolfram47]

Mister Apple I didn't know there was a celebration to 'see flat earth day'!

[@_Baku]

*Adoublesharpirthday

[@johnfoster7762]

(Let's just write it as B for now and not tell our professors)

[@Aenwyrm]

I'd love to hear you do more dissections of Link's Awakening music. It's got a special place in my life as the first video game I ever played and I think a deeper understanding of just how different the music in the game was would be fascinating.

[@GameScoreFanfare]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 8-BIT!!! Can't believe the amount of success you've found in just a single year, it's pretty much unheard of. No wait I definitely can believe it, your videos are fantastic and are only getting better. Can't wait to see what the next year brings. This is honestly one of my favourite videos you've done. I loved seeing the main theme evolve step by step into something that I barely would've even recognised in Sword Search as coming from the same piece. Really great work dude.

[@8bitMusicTheory]

You're too kind!!! I can't believe how crazy this last year's been, let alone the fact that it's been a whole year already!!

[@ProfesserLuigi]

Im shocked it isnt more popular by now.

[@papi1050]

Prof. Luigi same

[@danielevans7439]

I can’t believe those are the same tune! I just played Link’s Awakening last month and had no idea, but now that I listen to it, it makes perfect sense.

[@TheDeke3]

Your videos have changed the way that I understand music. When I listen to songs, I find that I now have a deeper appreciation for the good ones and a stronger disdain for the duller ones. Thank you, sir

[@Accelerando_poco]

I remember around one year ago when I got this sudden urge to learn all about music theory. Decided to search youtube for videos on the subject, and you had just uploaded your first video with perfect timing. I feel like I've learned so much during this year and a lot of that is due to your videos. Really appreciate what you do, and I think this is a good time to give you a huge "thanks". Thank you for making the process of learning music theory such a great experience for me!

[@fygarOnTheRun]

Happy Birthday 8bit! Your Channel has become one of my favourites. Keep it up!

[@Michirin9801]

Only one year? With the kind of quality content you put out, and with how big your channel has become, I'd imagine you have years upon years of experience already but... Damn... Congrats for the 1 year anniversary! ^^ Also, that "Mario in a minor key" bit sent me down a weird rabbit hole...

[@RohannvanRensburg]

Powerglove? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGq9m2eZnd2Yea8

[@Michirin9801]

Well no... What I ended up listening to sounded a lot sadder >w>';

[@GUIM1797]

Totally thought this was going to be about the shrines, but this makes just as much sense! Hip video, man. I really like how you mentioned the balancing of Rhythmic and Intervallic variations. That's such a crucial element that can be so easily looked over! Anyways, Link's Awakening is so sick. I'm working on an analysis of Face Shrine and Sword Search at the moment!

[@GUIM1797]

Oh, and your video transition and interactions with the sheet music is definitely improving (smooth, man). Personally I would much rather see sheet music or terminology the entire time versus the amount of gameplay shown (although I do dig when you use gameplay to demonstrate an idea, such as the NES Zelda side-by-side with Wind Waker), but I know there are so many viewers out there that would definitely not concur.

[@8bitMusicTheory]

There's soooo many examples of this in this soundtrack that I ended up cutting down like 2/3rds of the original script just to get it to a reasonable length. But thanks! I've been trying to step up my editing game, good to hear that it's getting better!

[@GUIM1797]

Oh yeah, I know how that goes! Sometimes I feel like I spend more time cutting down content than I do writing it, haha! It's so easy to talk about these killer tunes for hours. 5 - 10 minutes though? Oh god...

[@skanes17]

I noticed the same thing - the production has become mega slick!! I enjoyed the rough 'DIY' style of your first few videos but you've really kicked it up a notch. Also, if you ever feel like making a 'deleted scenes' where you add in all that extra content I'm sure you'll have an audience for it!!

[@jb1980ist]

Yeah, I was also expecting this to be about the dungeons, haha. Although I think there's already a video out there which details thematic transformation in them.

[@steadyrhythms9571]

I'm a sophomore taking music theory in high school, and we just took our first test. While my friends got a 55, 55, and 71, I got an 89. This can be blamed on your channel. You've taught a lot of music theory to me, allowing me to succeed higher than my friends who are extremely smart as well. You have me so much farther ahead than anyone in my class I believe. Thank you for everything you do.

[@thespeedyyoshi]

That seriously did not feel like 9 minutes. How do you manage to keep this so entertaining!? Also: That intro switch (the way the happy birthday actually lead into the normal intro) was SOO GOOD!!! =)>

[@chrones56]

When you were talking about the motivic transformation of the theme to a dream-like quality, it's chord structure suddenly reminded me of the Final Fantasy prelude and its dreamlike progression. Speaking of, you should definitely do another 8-bit Music Theory on the Final Fantasy franchise.

[@AugustBurnsSam]

THIS is why i have notifications turned on. THIIIISSS IS WHYYYYYY.

[@jukkamegido6409]

8-bit Music Theory is such a nice thing to see on the notification bell :D.... PD: Portal of I is such a master piece.

[@AugustBurnsSam]

Both of those statements are 100% correct!

[@WillowEpp]

If you spent the next hour talking about exactly this topic, I wouldn't mind a bit. Tal Tal Heights is so good....

[@TrevRockOne]

Tal Tal Heights is *by* *far* the *raddest* piece of music in Zelda.

[@itachiuchiha-yu2fk]

The minor key zelda's lullaby at 2:30 absolutely gave me chills.

[@GwydionAE]

Having always been a huge fan of LA's music, this was especially cool to hear. You could have covered every relevant piece in the game, and I wouldn't have cared. XD Another excellent video!

[@keeseman]

I was hoping you would talk about Tal Tal Heights, since it's pretty much the greatest Zelda song ever, but oh well, another day.

[@dannymusic]

I was expecting this video to touch on Tal Tal Heights but got Sword Search instead! Even better! Great work, what you do enables others to appreciate both video game music and music theory in new ways.

[@ikeeichenberg9068]

I just found your channel earlier this month, and thank God I did, because this channel is a blessing. Not only are your videos entertaining, they're incredibly informative as well. I'm making a video game and I'm composing a lot (if not all) of the music for it. Watching your videos has taught me lots, such as how different pitches can invoke different emotions, and how the same motifs can be manipulated into entirely new music. So thanks for being awesome, happy birthday, and keep on keeping on

[@saboo_tage]

I love your content so much! At first I was in doubt but now I can say for sure that you produce the best content on this entire site, the way you explain why our favourite childhood pieces are so awesome is genuinely inspiring. Keep up the good work and thank you!

[@LPetal86]

I'm such a huge fan of this channel and the cute happy little intro so imagine my surprise that you would play the birthday theme! Happy 1st anniversary indeed, 8-bit Music Theory! Here's to many more years of learning all kinds of crazy cool stuff about music!

[@beardedartisan]

Happy Birthday! I can't describe how much I love this channel :) I come away from every video brimming with enthusiasm and new ideas, and it's helping me with my own compositions immensely! Your presentational style is so engaging, and your passion for your subject comes over so clearly. Wishing you an AMAZING second year ahead!!!

[@mostlyokay]

I love this channel, it has really motivated me to learn more about harmony and compostition techniques and has definitely helped me improve my improvisational skills! The hands-on approach really makes it special. Does any one know any other channels dedicated to analysing music at this level/depth, preferrably not videogame music?

[@SnyderSensei]

Makes me realize how much unknown there is and glad you are out there educating 8-bit! Well done on your first year! Love from your hometown!

[@jtvatsim1498]

Been watching your channel for a few months now and loving every moment of it! I'm an amateur, but your work has inspired me to try my hand at transcribing music. You rock! Looking forward to another great year of music theory!

[@skanes17]

Consistently amazing. Thanks so much for all the hard work you put into these, and Happy Channel-Birthday!!

[@8bitMusicTheory]

Thanks so much!

[@matesafranka6110]

I still don't understand half the stuff you're talking about, but I love the attention and enthusiasm you put into these. And it kinda makes me want to learn more about music theory, so there's that too :) Here's to many happy returns!

[@Frac.Razoer]

Your birthday is almost here and that intro is amazing, really shows how much you know of music

[@SigmaXcelsior]

Awesome! I love your personality, positive attitude and the way you break it all down. Happy Anniversary!

[@matheuscastello6554]

Cant believe its been a year already! Thanks for all the amazing vids :)

[@Dimipim1]

Man, this channel deserves great success. Your content is great!

[@dogswithglasses]

Happy KZbin anniversary! As a rabid fan of both music and video games I’m so thankful that you’re out there doing the work that you’re doing. I absolutely love your channel and can’t wait to see the things you do in the future! Thanks and keep up the good work!

[@carl.wunsche]

Congrats!!! This is the best channel I've subscribed, ever. Every week I'm constantly wainting for your next video man. Really, thanks for everything. Un abrazo desde Argentina!

[@carl.wunsche]

Also.. this was one of my firsts game boy games!! Love the music back then and now more!

[@interstellarginger5042]

Happy Anniversary! Thank you so much for making these videos for us! As an aspiring music composer I find these videos helpful, inspiring, and just a whole lotta fun! Keep up thee good work :D

[@ayxh]

Happy Birthday 8-bit!!! Your videos are so well written and your analysis is so clear and interesting, and your transcriptions are really useful to arrange with. You've made me wish I study music instead of maths now :')

[@JasonMYu]

Fantastic work as always, and congratulations on the 1-year anniversary! Link's Awakening is one of my favorite soundtracks and I love seeing more analysis of it being done. Thank you!

[@kivideogames]

Happy anniversary to the coolest KZbin channel. Keep up the good work!

[@skrillexfan2000]

Happy birthday man. Keep up the amazing work cause your analysis helps and inspires me to create stuff

[@danbisson9679]

These analyses are so thorough and fun, they always inspire me to keep working at music, thank you man :)

[@IconforShort]

A wonderful video, as usual. Congrats on the anniversary, and thank you so much for all you've done

[@Laborejo]

Very good! Please continue your good work. It is very important to have beginner level analysis for every kind of music! Your soundtrack work is very good to fetch listeners and musicians where they already feel comfortable and introduce them to musical analysis! Thanks!

[@NathanRiveraMelo]

Probably my favorite episode. This is such a great concept to explore, and you did a great job.

[@Amybayme]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! This is my favourite channel. Thanks for inspiring me to write better music! ❤

[@wladdaimpala88]

Freakin awesome; liked and sub'd. Even after two years of music theory class with rigorous sight singing, keyboard, and ear training, I learn something from every one of these videos. I wish this level of analysis existed among pop music reviewers, but alas most of them don't know even the basics of theory.

[@larryisntmynamebutyoucanca9625]

I love your channel so sincerely ❤ you take stuff I already love and make me love and understand it even more! You = awesome

[@davemarx7856]

You've been doing this for a year. I've been subbed for about 3 months. I still don't understand 90% of what you say. I still love every video.

[@iamforsaken_1]

Thank you for covering my favourite game of all time :D I sang along to every tune. Also you missed that every dungeon is the cave theme but all 8 each have their own slight variation. Plus tal tal heights is a perfect match to the traditional theme but has an excellent rising and falling motif to match the mountainous terrain!

[@zdancrk]

I started watching your channel to understand music theory. I watch them over and over to understand each mode or scale you talk about. I'm trying to learn theory so I can be a better guitar teacher for my students.

[@JizzburnGigaqueer]

Excellent as always. Happy anniversary!!

[@Hoibz]

Happy birthday 8-bit Music Theory! Been fun and interesting understanding barely anything in these video because I know nothing about music theory! :) Learned quite a lot from you however.

[@calebv123]

I got freaked out by the intro cuz Oct 22 is my birthday, too. o-o Happy anniversary, 8-bit Music Theory!

[@user-ox6oh2zv2s]

You started you channel on my b-day This is the best birthday wish I could be asked for. I love you stuff keep it up 😁

[@a_Fax_Machine]

Congrats on one year! I'm a more recent subscriber but color me impressed by your content

[@lax398]

THIS CHANNEL IS SO DOPE AND IVE LEARNED SO MUCH AND HAPPY BIRFDAY

[@PiercingSight]

Whoo! Happy Anniversary/Birthday! I LOVE these videos! Keep 'em comin'!

[@TheArrangment]

This guy puts a lot of hard work into these lessons. I’d be interested in seeing a lesson on free rhythm. Very good quality! Thanks!

[@xanderkirk7872]

happy aniversery! lets go more years with your amazing content

[@OrisStories]

Happy birthday! You're one of my favorite channels!!!

[@drewwerkmeister7251]

How did you know it was my birthday?! Happy "birthday," 8-Bit! Just turned 18 today and seeing a new video from you made my day.

[@rordrom3234]

Happy birthday 8-bit music theory! Your videos are real nice. :D

[@ChengHorn9]

I have been out of music world for a while due to personal reasons, but I still miss being a music major a ton. These videos are like therapy for that longing to get back into it, which I hope someday I can. Thank you.

[@isthisrumo]

Links Awakening is a great example for motivic development, thanks for the insight which helped me for my own compositions!

[@TheProtagonizer]

Dude, just found your channel like 2 weeks ago, but I absolutely love it, easily one of my fav music-related channels on YT now, the videos are so dinamic and the editing is on point, congratulations on your first year, keep up the good work!

[@DrakkarCalethiel]

I pretty much didn't know a thing about music, until I found your channel. Better explained than any teacher has done!

[@littlelamp100]

you’ve only been on youtube for a year? how!? i am floored. you’re amazing

[@ivyssauro123]

Yay this video is much more explanatory and well edited, thanks !

[@KuroShiiiiro]

the transition from happy bday to the intro? wooooooah 😳

[@TiagoLageira]

Happy Birthday 8-bit, love your analysis!

[@munzutai]

I'm learning a lot from your videos (at least I feel like I am) and you are the reason I'm learning about music theory in my free time now. Here's to another and even more successful year.

[@commediaDollArte]

Zelda's "Lullaby" sounds like something you'd hear in Majora's Mask

[@gideons6126]

Happy birthday, channel. You're great

[@bradleywindham4927]

Yay! Thanks for doing an episode on my favorite game!

[@AceAttorny]

AYYYYY! Happy channel birthday! Thanks for combining my childhood gaming nerd with my young adult music nerd! ... Should I even thank you for that? You've taken 2 of my inner nerds and made 1 Monster Nerd. This is the kind of stuff kids get beaten up over. But then again, I'm not a kid anymore. What was I saying? Something about cake? OH YEAH HAPPY CHANNEL BIRTHDAY DUDE But for real, in just a few short months, you've managed to become one of my favorite channels. You combine fun and interesting content with educational music theory in a way that pleases both casual audiences and (aspiring) musicians. Bridging such a gap is far from easy, but you did it! You should be proud, man! Congratulations!

[@germanoid83]

Congratulations to a successful start and thank you for providing fantastic content ^^ hoping for Metroid/Super Metroid in the next year

[@SilverXIIVI]

Your videos are Awsome man, I love you! Keep it up dude. To a massively successful year!

[@Eike2002]

Man, this is just awesome. So visual, so sophisticated, so much love!

[@somerandomguy802]

Happy Birthday! (Cool editing here by the way)

[@jerronimo13]

Hands down best channel on youtube, you rock sir!

[@mattlister3713]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 8-BIT WE LOVE YOU KEEP AT IT I’VE LEARNEd more from you than 3 music teachers

[@christopherkinnaird2881]

Hey 8-bit, I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your channel. I'm a music education major and I've recently decided to limit passive entertainment, such as video games in exchange for more active educational entertainment. I still love video games though! So, your videos really help me get my fix. It's amazing how complex video game music can be. I really think video games fostered my love for music. You should do Animal Crossing one of these days! :D

[@JariSatta]

" Beware of Sea Urchins! Don't touch them with your bare hands!"

[@samgreen8865]

First of all, congrats on one year! What an achievement seeing how much you've grown! Also I have a video idea, how about "the evolution of Pokémon battle music throughout the series"

[@Elephatal]

I love Link's Awakening. My favorite Zelda game. Such a great array of music in it. Really set the tone for child like discovery of wonders and dreamy wistful adventure.

[@d1comics]

Legitimately, this may be my absolute favorite video game soundtrack, period. I know for a fact Link's Awakening holds the title for best use of music in combination with gameplay AND story of any game. Absolutely wonderful stuff. I could listen to analysis of this soundtrack for hours on end. Great stuff.

[@ben1988uk]

Wonderful work! Happy birthday!

[@Samwize1]

Congratulations on one awesome year!

[@SomniRespiratoryFlux]

Congratulations on your first year of the channel! Really love how the intro sounded, and the video was extremely good as well (as always)! As others have said I never actually knew that the Sword Search music was directly using the main Zelda theme that way, and the overall presentation was really interesting. If I were to make a Patreon request, which admittedly I don't have as much money as I'd like, but I'd love to support your channel when I can afford to... I still don't know exactly how to formally make the request, since I lack the proper music theory understanding to really know what I'm talking about I guess, and I don't have a specific game soundtrack in mind to base it off of. But I kind of would be interested in seeing a video on how unusual time signatures can be used to influence the rhythmic structure of a song to create different moods, but I don't know how to phrase that premise in a way that wouldn't be either too elementary or too self-defeating (in that, since you can create various different moods with the same unusual time signature, it comes down more to other factors, thus weakening the premise to just analyzing songs that use odd time signatures). I'd also want a game to work from that includes a variety of uncommon times to work with in its soundtrack, or at minimum two that use the same non-standard meter in contrasting ways. ...I mainly ask this because in my experiences learning to play music (as a brass player in high school marching, concert, and jazz ensembles) and in just listening to it on my own I've come to really appreciate unusual time signatures to an admittedly nerdy degree, to the point that I personally prefer 5/4 and especially 7/4 over standard 4/4 or 3/4. Sorry if this is all very awkward. If I can get the money together, come up with a strong game to suggest for the topic, and if nobody else has suggested this before, I'll be sure to drop a more formalized suggestion to you in the proper way. Until then, keep making great videos as you have been!

[@johnfoster7762]

YO HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Here's to several more!

[@PetroProVG]

Happy birthday!! Thank you for reinforcing my desire to take music theory in college.

[@mushroomdude123]

I feel like I’m seriously getting better at composition thanks to you.

[@riddleiddle]

Happy birthday!:) This is my favorite Zelda OST.

[@duncanhiggins7653]

I'm actually gonna pass my music class because of this channel. Thank you so much🙌.

[@cerealbloodx]

I know this isn't a Q&A section but, what's your favorite OST? also, what's your opinion on Layton series? also also, Happy-birthday this is by far the "nerdish" and most excited channel that I ever encounter, not just reviews or esoteric talking, thanks a lot for the effort, hope to see this channel keeping growing for more and more years

[@felixmarques]

Your choice of screen captures is great.

[@annoynymouse1146]

Congrats dude! you deserve even more!

[@Reyrzy]

THAT INTRO HAD ME SCREAMING!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@BlimpMcGee]

Dude I have no idea of what you talked about, but man was this entertaining