NEW Zelda Echoes of Wisdom Trailer Nintendo Direct MUSIC Analysis

[@voyager34]

11:02 - Backwards Zelda’s Lullaby is Ballad of the Goddess from Skyward Sword.

[@christinew8528]

☝ Yep!

[@Nichou_The_WindMaker]

Yep. From a lore perspective, you can even consider that the Ballad of the Goddess is the one which was reversed to get Zelda's Lullaby. I find it particularly interesting then that OoT-Zelda, presumably the sage of time, played the reversed Ballad of the Goddess (presumably the goddess of time) to send Link back in time.

[@mrparticles8124]

Also, the romance theme from skyward sword shows up many times too in the main theme!

[@mackdavis8200]

Thank god someone said this

[@clayton2847]

I gain sooooo much appreciation for how much the writers of the music truly love the world and motifs of zelda!!! Thank you so much for breaking this down! More people need to see this.

[@X24-SC21V]

Yes, loved it! I am the world's biggest sucker for a deftly placed leitmotif, and eagerly await the day when game soundtracks respond on-the-fly to on-screen action the way well-orchestrated movie soundtracks are written to do... John Williams is SO good at this in songs like Battle of Yavin. I'd like to see game soundtrack emulate this even better than the end of TotK as Link dives through the air, reaching for [spoilers]... Imagine an encounter where the cutscene ends, and then the music turns menacing as the player scrambles to avoid taking more damage as the boss' attacks land mercilessly all around. The music shifts as the player begins to dodge more effectively, and then a discovery motif rings out in the midst of the boss theme as a weakness is finally found. The hero's theme surges to the fore as the player begins to attack in earnest, but the boss theme roars back at the start of a new phase of the battle, darker and more brutal than previously. The player is running critically low on health, and the hero's theme returns, but it's become dissonant and desperate... The boss is also low on health, and the music screams to a fervent pitch as the two combatants attack each other, but who will land the final blow... ? (Been daydreaming about this kind of thing for about 35 years now) I do feel like this idea is the purpose for the orchestra hits when Link lands an attack in (SS?) (TP?), albeit in a simpler form. The approach to the Wind Temple-through-Colgera also took great strides towards this, I felt.

[@clayton2847]

@X24-SC21V This, for sure, is gameplays' definitive goal with musical motifs. What musicals and plays have done for 100's of years, we can only hope those with the creativity and ambition can realize within the gaming space. I would love to see someone come out with a top list of games that provide this kind of ambitious musical landscape for their games.

[@X24-SC21V]

@@clayton2847 I literally hope with every new console announcement to hear that they've added some sort of musical analogue to a graphics card for just such a purpose

[@TheCayDawg]

I was actually pretty proud of myself when I made that Zelda's Lullaby discovery yesterday. Using as a natural punctuation of the main theme of the game. I always eat up motifs.

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Love it

[@reev9759]

12:20 The reverse is true because the developers started Breath Of The Wild as a Zelda 1 prototype. With that in mind, Echoes Of Wisdom is coming full circle back to those 2D roots.

[@francosworldpiano]

Wow! Incredibile video❤ i will ne so thriller if you could do an animal crossing new leaf music analisys! There’s so much stuff in there and I feel a lot of harmony from Zelda is in ACNL. It would be SUPER INTERESTING. Also the fact that sometimes is jazzy. It would be so cool if you could do some sort of videos in which you show not only the Zelda themes hints in the games, but also “list” some sort of Emotional”vocabulary” wich we can leernos how those chords make the listener feel and how the MUSIC “links” perfectly with the trailer, its flow. We dont studi that even in musical theory so surely would help

[@reev9759]

@@francosworldpiano You're referring to the content creator but you are commenting to my post.

[@Eilavamp]

That "what is that from" 2:12 is also the music that plays when you're talking to the deku tree in OOT.

[@guthguth75]

Dang!! Working hard man this analysis came out impressively quick!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Lots of sacrifice, I didn’t have a whole lot of time and really made time for it. But it’s not every day you get stuff like this released!

[@BenthovenMusic]

Legit, the 2nd time I watched through the trailer, I instantly noticed the Zelda’s Lullaby quote. The first time I couldn’t hear it cuz I was in VC during the direct with my 2 other screaming siblings 😂.

[@Karalora]

I am completely over the moon about the prospect of a new Zelda game and NEW ZELDA SOUNDTRACK!!

[@carmanwillis7537]

LET'S GOOOOOO!!! I'm so hype for all this! I wasn't expecting an update on this from you this soon! This is so exciting! I can't stop jumping up and down about this announcement.

[@GildedBird]

I am tone deaf and music illiterate, but your analysis is really cool and your enthusiasm is infectious. Great job.

[@hmon661]

Zelda always going crazy with those motifs 😃

[@opikks]

New Zelda game announcement and new ZMT upload?? Let's go!!!

[@richardmaia8732]

Chord: a You: 😮😮😮

[@RobinLSL]

I think the reference to Zelda's Lullaby in the overworld theme goes further than you noticed. If we start at the long low G after the rhythmic pattern, then the sequence of notes is GABDA, which the bar change after the first A. If you flip things around and start at the B, then you get BDAGA, which is the order of the notes in Zelda's Lullaby! (incidentally GABDA is close to the major form of Terra's theme from FF6, that got me confused for a bit)

[@treefroggy]

Also worth listening to the Create-A-Dungeon theme music from Links Awakening remake, to my ears it does some weird stuff that may have foreshadowed this.

[@laurenbanks9521]

9:28, the first part sounds familiar to tal tal heights in link's awakening. thats my opinion.

[@Clara-vw9mb]

14:47

[@thefalselemon579]

YES I agree! I hear Tal Tal Heights, as well as a bit of the Dark World and Death Mountain themes from ALttP

[@The_CeeJay]

I started watching your videos while getting high. Had to stop because I was hearing melodies that weren't there.

[@The_CeeJay]

At about 5:45 I thought you were about to bust out with some Zelda's Lullaby.

[@The_CeeJay]

Speaking of being high, I thought I was when I started to hear that If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys.

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

😬

[@xeldalachyrule]

Wait, stop what? Stop watching, stop being high, or stop being high while watching? I’m confused.

[@NuiYabuko]

​@@xeldalachyrule Yes. I'd guess probably high while watching, since OP was hearing voices, basically.

[@Nichou_The_WindMaker]

By far, one of the two best videos I saw on this game. Thanks you rock!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

🫡😆

[@lordnul1708]

I'll be honest, you've taught me more about music theory than my actual music teachers over the years.

[@emmamiller.]

Love the use of Zelda’s lullaby in this

[@SolisFennec]

Zelda music has been one of my main loves of the series, SS is my favorite of the series because of this!!

[@Freccjjbb]

Your channel has genuinely sparked an even deeper love for Zelda music. As I watched the trailer I noticed I was listening to the music more so the talking over the top and I KNEW you’d pull through and validate my excitement (I didn’t expect it so quick though 😅)

[@BokoblinBoy]

Never tapped faster in my life! 😂 WONDERFUL video! 😮😃

[@bdgalli]

❤ I just discovered your channel! Amazing! ⭐ I almost cried when you found the Zelda lullaby theme in the middle of the new game theme 😂😭

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Welcome! That was SO cool 🤣

[@wisterio3757]

I love how these ''new-does-old'' Zelda game soundtracks feature so many different instruments and timbers! Almost like every melody is played by a solo instrument rather than a whole section. It makes the music so much more colorful and dynamic imo

[@ZayaMillis]

I love your video so much. I would love to see you talk about Age of Calamity and how they rearranged classic botw music.

[@jibogg]

2:20 - i think the moving 4ths part is somewhat of a reference to ALTTP/ALBW's castle theme intro

[@cosygracegames]

Absolutely love the passion you have if the music, it makes me so happy seeing you look shocked and excited after certain melodies or riffs! It’s super exciting to get new Zelda music! 💜 loved this episode!

[@CatalogK9]

17:57 this reminds me of the exposition about Events of the Past at the beginning on Wind Waker

[@Nima7766]

The Zelda series has always had great music. Thank you, you were really great

[@tscarytimterry5007]

In the 16 minute area when you're hearing the Zelda's lullaby think back to the opening scene of ocarina of Time in kokiri forest

[@mikejfile9070]

That reverse part reminds me of the skyward sword theme being Zelda’s lullaby backwards

[@zachindes]

So glad this came out! Quick work! What an awesome opportunity come this Sept for you

[@jbertacchi]

10:37 that Dorian mode is dark world theme from ALTTP and ALBW right there. And it makes sense because they’re showing the rifts…

[@X24-SC21V]

Yeah, I'll admit I tapped hoping for Twilight Realm revelations and Midna's return to the series teased. Still hopeful!

[@yonshi2.0]

Wanna see ALL Zelda Trailers? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5-znXyGgbNsi7c

[@pettyblood_]

the part you pointed out as colgera also reminds me of the gloom motif from totk! the one with reversed voices you hear when descending into gloom’s lair

[@cxnfusionspxll870]

So excited to play this game and purposefully extend playtime listening to the themes!!

[@concordia_jp]

I had the same brain blast moment with Zelda’s lullaby when I heard the theme for the first time!! Original key too!!! Masters at work man

[@Demanufactur3r]

So many references, and very cool you notice them so quickly!

[@kadosho02]

The music I feel is an additional character, it accompanies Zelda even more. Even throughout the series, a part of the story, but constantly changing because the world is too, because of your involvement, helping others, or solving mysteries of the land. Interesting to note, both Metroid & Zelda connect on so many layers within their 🎵🎶

[@Gamingand-Chill]

the music is just about perfect

[@MrMikander]

Very cool reaction video with interesting and relevant findings! You found way more references than me :) Nice!

[@petergates2942]

5:38 reminds me a lot of the Breath of the Wild theme from that game's credits or E3 trailer. Similar orchestration, similar melodic contour, there's even that portamento during the tritone jump...

[@yaboijamalll4093]

I loved the music in the trailer and have been waiting for someone to talk abt it, keep up the good work!

[@MandyMooDoesCrochetToo]

Haven't played a game in months and this Direct had me charging my Switch in anticipation! 😂 So excited for this game! Great to see an analysis of the trailer's music from you after watching Zeltik's and BanditGames'! What a great week for Zelda fans and fans of Zelda related content!

[@goiagamer]

Excellent video! I liked your breakdown of the trailer. Now I'm even more excited to play as Princess in this adventure!

[@drhulk99]

I was excited for this video game, but now I’m even more excited! Great job catching all that!

[@stevendierkes6028]

Never stop these!

[@Craigy2818]

When Zelda is running to look over at the Hyrule landscape - that was the same build up used in the first Breath of the Wild trailer. Also, when the voiceover (which I'm quite sure is voice actor Nicolas Roye) starts describing the game, it sounds like it's echoing Fi's theme, combined with the Silent Realm, from Skyward Sword but maybe my brain is just being dumb.

[@aarongrubbmusic]

And Zelda's Lullaby in minor is Peace Returns from Minish Cap

[@pozzumgee]

wow, quick turnaround! I'm not sure why, but I really felt Octopath Traveler vibes with the overworld theme... or maybe it was just the instrumentation? Either way, great vid and I look forward to more Echoes content!

[@lucasschachtaudio]

That bit around the 9:20 mark sounds like an altered version of the middle part of Links Awakening's overworld theme

[@mateoconk]

Was so hyped for the game but now the transliteration of the soundtrack has got me extra hyped.

[@desmondschneider5397]

I’ve already watched this announcement at least 5 times. I may be a fan of playing as Link, but hey, I’m also a fan of all things Zelda, I’m quite positive this will be awesome! Even more so than what people wanted with her having a sword, because the only time I’ve ever seen Zelda wield a sword was a Rapier in Hyrule Warriors. But for her to have her own style in a mainline game will be the real deal!

[@Freccjjbb]

And I love that they leaned into all the creativity in TotK because it really does embody a mix of courage and wisdom. It feels even more like a puzzle because the whole world is part of the pieces, even walls and trees which serve as boundaries normally

[@kingdaniel3519]

I really do enjoy these music breakdowns.

[@CatalogK9]

2:20 this also matches the Great Deku Tree’s retelling of the events of the war and Ganondorf’s curse in OoT and other exposition sequences regarding Events of the Past

[@jasonblome5287]

Fantastic analysis! Very enjoyable! Thanks!

[@Nigel222]

I'd love to see them make some sneaky references to the music from Wand of Gamelon in this game.

[@kadosho02]

That would be fun. You never know

[@thefalselemon579]

There is an intriguing amount of Tal Tal Heights, Dark World theme (ALttP), and Death Mountain (ALttP) in the main theme as well.

[@L4RB1G3]

I was waiting for your video of the trailer of this game, thx ❤❤❤

[@bluekinopio9390]

Wow this video was amazing , you’re brilliant

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Thank you so much!!

[@wyatttrost4933]

The theme sounds like a mix of Zelda's lullaby and the overworld theme.

[@TheDarkLink7]

It's one of the reasons why I appreciate and like Zelda and the creators. It's like Final Fantasy VII Remake/Rebirth. It's cause all the small things and attention to details they put in for the fans. Been saying this for years now. You have a fan base. You give the fans a good story and give them stuff they like. You'll keep them.

[@pearlplayaa]

I'm super excited for a possible new version of ALTTP/ALBW Death Mountain

[@ernestosibbley3238]

Is this what Navi meant by hey listen she meant the music?😅

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

💯%

[@kylinor3025]

Watching this video gave me a new appreciation for EoW 😎 I noticed a lot more than I did a couple days ago!! I must've been so tired to not have realized that there's a release date right there 😂

[@iLLiCiT_XL]

At 02:13, it sounds like ominous music we hear in OoT as the Great Deku Tree tells us backstory/the creation story.

[@ZT13-9]

Bass clarinet is back! ❤

[@aarongrubbmusic]

I'm excited for the new game, but even more excited to cover the new music

[@Linklighter]

At 2:43 I thought you were going to point out a potential reference to the Zelda 1 game over theme, but I guess you didn’t hear it! It’s in what I think is a glockenspiel. It makes sense thematically, because Zelda was just saved, and Link just lost, both of which are the times when you hear the theme in Zelda 1!

[@julesvanpraag3712]

4:29 sounds like the Mario Galaxy theme

[@DAIEDRO]

I love this video! I’m not sure if you take requests, but I’d love if you covered the 4 minute orchestral “The theme of Sonic Colors” song. So criminally underrated, and I’d love if someone such as you or 8-Bit music theory would break it down…

[@andrewsinclair7839]

IM HERE SO SOON LETS GOOOOOOO SO HYPED FOR THIS BREAKDOWN

[@andrewsinclair7839]

Also the new lights are fire, my man

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Thank you! Lots of experimentation. I appreciate the comment.

[@becauseno8221]

At 10:04, I noticed a midna’s lament reference in what you were playing

[@X24-SC21V]

REALLY hoping that rift goes to the Twilight Realm

[@Jackaboi124]

I still can’t believe that there’s a new zelda

[@leviwarren6222]

I always appreciate your breakdowns of Zelda music. This music strikes me as being only slightly less lazy than the Link's Awakening remake music. It sounds tinny and artificial to my ears But we hardly have any music from the game yet so I could be entirely wrong.

[@Iffondrel]

I really like your little rendition of Sword Search at 14:10! Was that in the theme or were you using it as an example? Its the same soundfont as the LA remake, so I cant help listening for those nods as well.

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

It’s the same chords, same with Zelda’s Lullaby B section and Alicia Keys If I Ain’t Got You. Love that sound, I was just demonstrating how often Zelda does that.

[@decidueye_gvo97]

This game looks so much fun can’t wait to play it and I like it when you discover Zelda references in the music ❤❤❤

[@christonadams9046]

13:23 I'd love to see you break down this progression in a video. It's every where in Zelda and I feel it's an important progression, just as the flat 7, flat 6, 1

[@CatalogK9]

11:15 this is also the Ballad of the Goddess

[@wisplitplaythroughs]

Check out Re:Dream's Cover they did of the main theme by ear. I'm so curious to compare it to what we get at release.

[@OcaReyna]

Awesome analysis! It's so incredible how fast you made this, and how you're able to pick out the correct pitches instantly. Where was this video when I was making my ocarina cover 😭🤣 It would've been so much easier to learn this song after hearing you play. Anyways, thanks for sharing this! Your enthusiasm is such a joy to watch. Btw, if you could check out the covers I made of the Echoes of Wisdom theme, I would really appreciate it! Any constructive criticism is welcome-- I'm sure I must've missed some notes here and there 😅

[@AFStudiosMedia]

13:30 is a subtle callback to twilight princess in its musicality

[@andyyellowhouse2108]

Just gotta say one heck of a video

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Thank you so much!

[@NuiYabuko]

I like how they also incorporated the protagonist this time being Zelda into the music. To make her just a reskin of Link would've been boring, when she is her own character with her own strengths, so to see that reflected not only in the gameplay but also in the music is great. I guess we might even get a Zelda theme outside of Zelda's Lullaby, the one that starts like Link's, perhaps to make the distinction between Zelda as a character in Link's adventure and Zelda as the main character in her own adventure.

[@moldomre4838]

Only just started the video but I listened to the new music over and over in the trailer; only things I found were Zelda's Lullaby and MAYBE a reference to TotK's Ganon theme during the fight at the start?

[@kylinor3025]

Woah I just noticed! At 16:55! The two different kinds of Zora! 😱 I'm so excited to get some answers about this 👀

[@chandlermccoy1813]

2:07 isn't that part of the melody that also plays in the story intro in wind waker??? When the story of the Hero of Time didn't strike down Gannon?

[@cookiehero4518]

Hi hi ! Writing this comment because I have a video request . So lately , when playing tears of the kingdom I noticed , that link sings some melodies while cooking! Its only a few notes , but its still quite recognisable . I definitely Heard the lost woods theme from oot , and also the Melodi- from the Main zelda track . Maybe also either ballad of the windfish or song of Storm but im not sure about those 2. Well anyways , there were a lot of Tones that I did not recognise but im very curious to know from what soundtrack they are from! It would be really really awesome if you would do a video or a short out of this . But also wanted to say I love your Videos its always so interesting to watch so thank you !!!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Done! 🤣 Welcome to the channel 😎👍🏼 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaCqept-Z56bZ80si=6C6-5jpFNKlGG2Q4

[@cookiehero4518]

​@@ZeldaMusicTheory wow thats awesome !!! Ill have Lots of fun watching the Video:]

[@ThePuckYeah]

At 2:30 I hear the great deku tree song 🤔

[@Guardianangel934]

Niche observation, but the music from this trailer reminds me a lot of the score from an indie game called Potionomics

[@jackragland9222]

At 2:10, the theme you’re asking about is the Great Deku Tree theme from OoT.

[@jackragland9222]

At 2.52 I’m pretty sure that’s an oboe.

[@ItsBenBadaBoom]

coool video broooo

[@igorlukas363]

2:05 That reminds me of Great Deku Tree theme in OoT

[@NienoTuOrt]

I need this guy to make the TLOZ movie's music

[@RobinsMusic]

Hey I’d really love it if you added your midi output on a virtual keyboard at the bottom of the screen

[@classicsbycandace]

Great video!! ❤😎💯

[@francosworldpiano]

Wow! Incredibile video❤ i will ne so thriller if you could do an animal crossing new leaf music analisys! There’s so much stuff in there and I feel a lot of harmony from Zelda is in ACNL. It would be SUPER INTERESTING. Also the fact that sometimes is jazzy. It would be so cool if you could do some sort of videos in which you show not only the Zelda themes hints in the games, but also “list” some sort of Emotional”vocabulary” wich we can leernos how those chords make the listener feel and how the MUSIC “links” perfectly with the trailer, its flow. We dont studi that even in musical theory so surely would help

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

I'll add it to the list for my other channel Legendary Music Theory kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJvXo5WErdicjc0, I just released my first video on Metroid. It's for non-Zelda stuff. Also send me your top Animal Crossing themes!

[@treefroggy]

Second melody you tackle has the same first four notes as the theme music from Kaeru No Tame Ni Wa Naru For the Frog the Bell Tolls spiritual predecessor to Links Awakening. Easiest to hear it I. The town theme I believe. This game has a lot for R&D1 DNA in it as a weird spiritual successor to Links Awakening.

[@lucasschachtaudio]

Sometimes I too forget to pull the RODE pouch from my mic! :D