The Final Quest- Epic Hyrule Castle/Dungeon Symphony

Hyrule Castle (BotW), Dungeon Themes, and more from my album Zelda Cinematica, available now! samostudios.bandcamp.com
Thanks for listening!
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[@dr.trousers6101]

“Courage need not be remembered, for it is never forgotten”

[@acoasting8200]

Legit just BOTW in one sentence. Now, take the first breath.

[@xaoz2362]

@@acoasting8200 "The Breath of the Wild"

[@floydjones4349]

does anyone know what the song from 5:53 is from i swear i've heard it before

[@LupinticDream]

@@floydjones4349 Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link - Dungeon Theme

[@floydjones4349]

@@LupinticDream that seems to be it

[@pirategamer6630]

"A sword weilds no strength, unless the hand that holds it has courage."

[@cee3511]

facts

[@thegloriousrock9]

Amogus

[@robloxgod6945]

@@thegloriousrock9 sus

[@gamingwithash6671]

Yes Twilight Princess quote!

[@SusanGallardo-Christner-tj7uv]

aCtUaLLy, if Otis glitch the master sword into an enemies hands, it will still work exactly the same.

[@PRIDLEY229]

A hero isn't one without fear. A hero is one who goes despite the fear.

[@ὄντος]

"Courage isn't just about not being afraid you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway."

[@JaceySutherland]

So KZbin is just now showing me this masterpiece a year later?!

[@RaptorTheWild1312]

I know, right!?

[@ortherner]

ikr

[@ogihcI1000]

Me too

[@CheshireVulpes]

Same

[@houssamb8446]

Me too

[@frederickglass1583]

if BoTW was a movie, THIS would be the final scene/staff roll theme, i swear to god. Holy shit, this is so emotionally stirring it's unreal. Awesome job!

[@SamoStudios]

Thank you good sir!

[@tristandietze8302]

Yes

[@orangevod6122]

Frederick Glass yes and if there was zelda movies wouldn't skyward sword or oot be first

[@dziltener]

@@orangevod6122 Skyward Sword is chronologically the first entry, yes

[@CulixIII]

@@orangevod6122 That's the chronological order, but there's no reason they'd have to stick to that. If they decide on a direct game adaptation, I hope they'd pick it based on whatever they think they could make into the strongest movie, whether that's Skyward Sword, Ocarina, Breath of the Wild, or any of the others.

[@rion7088]

The words from a Rito warrior stuck with me. Am I doing this for Zelda? Am I doing this for hyrule? Well it doesn’t matter, I’m doing this now. I’ve been waiting too long to face him. Zelda, you don’t have to wait any longer. I am here. This castle, despite being drenched in Malice, stands stronger than the century that tried to crumble it down. This is no time to yield. This is no time for calamity. Hyrule!! Hear me!! For your Hero has Returned!!

[@SheegogProductions]

Is this a quote from the game?

[@Flymerick]

Nope! He invented it. Nice work!

[@laynecraig5452]

I am very pleased with this! Thank you for your creativity

[@SheegogProductions]

Wow, that's amazing!!!

[@acoasting8200]

But The Hero of Hyrule will soon learn that his efforts to contain the calamity were but in vain, as the True Calamity rises from the shadows... Will Our Hero be able to contain the Calamity as he did 10,000 years ago? We will soon find out...

[@sagerios5660]

I love how it has Melody's from games across the entire series truly admirable

[@funni_noises]

Ima put some of the Melody’s used in this song here the legend of Zelda main theme Zelda’s lullaby ganondorf tower theme from oot hyrule castle from a link to the past and some more Not sure if I got them all may be incorrect but that’s what I heard

[@TheLegendofGumby]

*Melodies

[@1337blackmage]

@@TheLegendofGumby Look up leitmotif. Nintendo has always had amazing music composition and leans heavily on the idea of leitmotifs for specific characters and story ideas that they re-use constantly in amazing ways.

[@ShneekeyTheLost]

It's got several dungeon/final dungeon themes in it. LTTP's dungeon theme, original Zelda dungeon theme, Zelda 2 dungeon theme AND the final dungeon theme (which was different), Gannondorf Tower...

[@Rikaisupcom]

Oh, it's Ballad of the Windfish. Oh, yes. it is it. Oh it's something else.

[@Yooyooyaya]

The castle theme uses part of the Ballad of the Windfish. It's a little easter egg.

[@suzuneechan]

​@@Yooyooyaya "It's a little easter egg." ...dohoho etc. ...That said at least someone acknowledges this in their medley for once...~

[@Yooyooyaya]

@@suzuneechan I think you just complemented me but I'm not really sure lmao

[@orangevod6122]

Rikai quit has some song of time

[@F-Lambda]

The Ballad of the Windfish, aka The Song of Awakening.

This was the one legend of Zelda game that I truly felt that Link and Zelda were in love with each other outside of skyward sword. When I climbed that tower and fought my way through all of those high level enemies, I felt like I was truly saving my one true love from the hands of an evil captor.

[@gamephreak5]

I LOVE how the original song incorporates the "Wind Fish's Lament" (the song that plays when Link learns the truth about the nature of the Wind Fish in LA) and intertwines it with the Zelda, Link, and Ganondorf themes! SO AMAZING! and it gives off a hopeless feeling of a never ending cycle circling around Destiny and Fate! And this cover absolutely nails it!!

[@SamoStudios]

Thanks that was the idea, plus it carries over from the previous track of the album, glad you liked it!

[@ILLEGOmaniac]

This is incredible. I usually hate 'epic' covers, as it sounds like the sonic equivalent of a American teen pumped up on a crate of Gatorade doing non-stop power ballands. You have it perfectly balanced, a range of leitmotifs expertly blended, the soaring crescendos of battle but also the reflective diminuendos of puzzles and exploration. I truly feel like I'm being guided musically along the highs and lows of a Zelda quest. Incredible work.

[@SamoStudios]

Thanks! I've been making "epic" symphony covers for many years but in my own old school film style and not the modern trailer music vibe, since I kinda feel the same way lol

[@moonpie3094]

Honestly, I have to cry a bit when listening to this because going into BOTW blind was such an amazing experience and I'll never be able to relive that. Great Symphony, no idea why I only found it 3 years later but I'm glad I did :)

[@clarinetstar14]

Likely because totk came out and more searches for zelda things! But this is a masterpiece of a masterpiece for sure

[@galacticthreat1236]

Imagine hearing this live, god I would be so blown away that I would no longer be able to comprehend reality.

[@ary1848]

What just puts me in awe Is the fact that All it takes is some courage Quite literally, and the legend of Zelda potrays this so god damn beautifully

[@scottfoster7297]

Some people say the courage and stupidity are two sides of the same coin. It all depends on the end result to find out witch side you landed on.

[@sibtainafridi9197]

@@ary1848 Musk wouldn't have reached where he is without all of his money as well

[@Doodle1678]

I love the remix of the Breath of the Wild theme into the Link to the past Hyrule castle and prologue and the Wind Fish and The Zelda 1 dungeon theme and Zelda 2 just can’t say enough how amazing these are

[@SamoStudios]

Thank you! A lot of work went into it

[@AlexS-ct7dd]

It is really hard to make music better than the original soundtrack of a Zelda game. This here made it seem easy.

[@okamiman73]

Who did the background? It’s freakin awesome

[@SamoStudios]

I did, and thanks!

[@okamiman73]

@@SamoStudios sick!! :D

[@PHO3N1X_28]

Nintendo should definitely employ you

[@tatotaytoman5934]

dude just walk into the castle already

[@guideonshortie]

Love it!!!!

[@levequeleo8397]

"the chivalrous quest of the chosen one will end when he defeats the evil of the purifying blade." this has been the prophecy for centuries. beautiful music good job

[@Z-Man7]

Really captures the feeling of rescuing a dead kingdom.

[@sgtgustav5965]

Botw hyrule castle is still one 0f my top two favorites. It is tied with link between worlds hyrule castle theme

[@BB-pn2qv]

How the hell does this not get more likes?!

[@SephirothRyu]

KZbin's algorithm hasn't decided to go nuts on it yet. Mention this when applicable elsewhere (don't spam though), see if you can drum up some more interest in this guy's incredible songs. The algorithms are in the end fairly neutral in some ways.

[@pankajsaroj8937]

@@SephirothRyu agreed. This guy deserves attention for such an awesome mix. I have to try not to spam

[@bowenorcutt78]

Lord of the Rings-tier, this is. And makes my heart ache even more that we've yet to get a Zelda movie...

[@christianpaolosabater9759]

Just hope they get the right people to do it. I mean look at what they did to Dragonball, Last Airbender, and Resident Evil. Ugh 🤦‍♂️

[@christianpaolosabater9759]

Also. Will Link talk in the movie? Haha I'd love to see what they do with that.

[@bowenorcutt78]

@@christianpaolosabater9759 I think they might be able to pull off a non-verbal Link. Wouldn't be easy, but if they got the right people it'd be doable.

[@Z-Man7]

Hollywood would ruin it, we need a writer/director that actually cares about the source material.

[@eileensmiller8041]

Hate to break it to you, but there is a zelda movie and it sucks. They even mixed tunics for Link

[@digiboygaming5299]

I love the image of Link just staring at the castle as presumably, based on cloud movement, DAYS are going by. *He's just standing there... MENACINGLY!*

[@bichito7546]

"The shadows that you fight are not compared to the worst enemy that you will face: Your past" I just created this phrase for the ocassion. Link fighting against the enemy that killed his friends and everything what he had is just amazing, this battle have a secret meaning: fighting with the past

[@CheyenneEntertainmentYT]

3 years...I've been kept from this masterpiece for 3 YEARS! So happy KZbin recommended me this. Wonderfully done!

[@SamoStudios]

It's ok most folks don't know I exist so I'm happy you found me eventually!

[@psycosulu]

Thank you for adding Zelda 2's final dungeon theme. I loved the song choices and I love how you combined it all together.

[@tattertot8259]

The ballad of the wind fish part is proof that Marin is royalty and we need to save her from being trapped as a seagull forever ! 278 days remaining till I

[@angelaandjustiningraham4508]

3:26-4:10 From a Link to the Past was one of my favorites and it pulled into the game instantly. How this hasn't been reused in other Zelda games is beyond me. Your rendition of it is FANTASTIC.

[@angelaandjustiningraham4508]

pulled ME into the game I meant.

[@pankajsaroj8937]

Instead I got pulled into Botw

[@lily_littleangel]

It has been reused in the minish cap, for mount crenel.

[@detectivesky6123]

@@lily_littleangel AND in Four Swords Adventures once or twice

[@chickbowdrie4750]

Ok, this is the best botw castle arrangement I've heard by far! It really captures the utter epicness of how crazy the castle theme should have been like. Legendary, frightening, giving it that final feel to it. Hands down the best rendition so far. 👍👍🎬

[@SamoStudios]

Thanks, that's what i was going for!

[@BloodStormWarriors]

finally found a truly epic zelda music lol..........the society can be dumb.........BUT FINALLY FOUND A TRULY EPIC ZELDA MUSIC & NOT JUST A FAKE EPIC ZELDA MUSIC...... i am happy! (: greetings & good wishes from austria!!

[@manji83]

I was overjoyed to hear “Seal Of Seven Maidens” at around the 3:25 mark. It was too short lived. I would love to see you do an entire cover for that song just like this.

[@permafrost8322]

Goosebumps. I feel as though Im there, slowly trekking through the collapsed halls and ruined breezeways.

[@mic383]

The Intro/Prologue for a Link to the Past remix you have @3:25 is the best I've heard yet. It's one of my favorite Zelda music moments

[@SamoStudios]

Thank you! It's one of my favorites as well; I was originally going to open the album with it, but felt it would have more impact heading into the climax instead.

[@mic383]

SamoStudios I agree, it worked perfectly with the build

[@EdnerLopes]

The Master is back!

[@bainsfire]

Absolutely incredible, I'm upset ive gone 4 years without hearing this! Great job!

[@willofone2120]

just the right blend of beauty, loss, danger, and courage to face whatever awaits beyond. this is a legendary scor conveying the emotions. thanks for sharing this :)

[@Triforce469]

its amazing how you mixed themes from other zelda games in here

[@cameronengland3095]

I wonder if link can hear the music or is it awkward silence

[@ortherner]

I always wonder that too.

[@ortherner]

@@WanderingLostHermit oof

[@man_like_forg1121]

And then: BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP- BOOM

[@indigopines]

I'd like to think, more like "oh shit what's behind this corner" horror-movie silence

[@Shadownumber]

I'd personally say he's having that heart thumping against his chest moment as he's going thru the castle, like the next fight just might be my last....but if it is I'll take him/it with me!

[@s0enix]

Imagine this is the final battle music for totk

[@luis_villagomez]

Sadly it was just calamity’s theme sped up, however the choir leading up to ganondorf was the BEST music in the game (other than colgra theme and hyrule castle theme in my opinion)

[@jacksonschlup9272]

I like this version of the Hyrule castle Melody

[@RayTC]

Another masterpiece. Your work is just simply amazing.

[@thamonito]

Simply amazing yet again. Excellent work Sam!

[@thexdfacedgamer2306]

Man 2 years later and I still hear this in my head even after the games realse so long ago.....

[@rentsukasa2860]

It's been a long time since music brought nerd tears to my eyes. There are so many leitmotifs used here, and it's bringing back memories of Ocarina of Time, A Link to the Past... basically everything Zelda I've ever played, and it's beautiful and also painfully nostalgic. This is the best thing I've ever heard. Than you so much.

[@silenal2885]

The only thing I really dislike about this video is that it got recommended after 7 MONTHS!!!

[@papachonk8103]

Seven?! Try over a year!!!

[@papachonk8103]

@@starcat6550 Yes it has hahah

[@ortherner]

@@papachonk8103 ya

[@Turbotugger]

Your musical talent is way beyond an "artist". The way you fuse songs together is just so perfect. You are on another level Sam.

[@solonepeon5805]

GOD DAMN THIS IS AMAZING! Nintendo needs to hear this & HIRE you for BoTW2 OST!

[@NoviceJv]

This gives me the feeling of a Zelda game cliffhanger. Like, you finished the game's story, the last dungeon, and all that's left is to fight the final boss but then this is the ending. . .and the fight was just left for us to imagine. . . "The Final Quest."

[@wyattthememeplug7334]

“Destroy Ganon: Complete”

[@PrinceTissueTF2]

Criminally underrated and watched. How on earth do you not have over 1M views by now with such an amazing song

[@GuiFoxJus]

Incredible, Sam! I'm so glad i found your work while listening to Harmony of a Hunter. I've been following you ever since and have never been disappointed.

[@dragonrand100audiobook]

I’ve listened to this so many times on Spotify, and it’s still freakin’ awesome.

[@Thunder-shock912]

I have no words, I'm just gonna give you a powerful "Like" like the video

[@SamoStudios]

Thanks!

[@pankajsaroj8937]

@@SamoStudios I'm giving you a powerful subscribe, this made you earn it.

[@PHO3N1X_28]

@@SamoStudios the most deserving “like” and “subscribe” I’ve ever given in my KZbin life Congrats

[@CaptainsRath]

Ahh yes, the Zelda Cinematic Universe, I remember this.

[@IzanaKunigiri]

You, Good Sir or Madam, have just dug my childhood out so effectively I didn't know I needed this. Fantastic Job. :)

[@arturito6344]

You know what is incredible? All this masterpiece was always under our noses, and no one stop for listen it...

[@themightyman4230]

Heroes may die, but Legends endure.

[@s0enix]

why have I gone three years not knowing this existed

[@s0enix]

facts just came back a month later this shit is gas

[@TheActualMrLink]

A lone hero, armed with nothing but a sword, shield, bow, and unfaltering courage steps forth.

[@chrisnguyen2316]

your work never ceases to amaze

[@sketchingjapan5121]

Thank you for your beautiful work.

[@Velisus]

5:16 brought back some good/eerie/foreboding memories. I wish that track would come back!

[@MattTheHun]

The best version I've heard so far! Masterpiece!

[@KBBeats]

Awesome job on the transitions between the themes!

[@nebobyeoli]

Unbelievably epic! I'm in love with this rendition!

[@ilikestuff9250]

Oh my... After the Castle you go straight into the rest!!!! How in the name of Hylia have I barely heard any of this amazing symphony...

[@frauditortroll]

Beautiful job whoever created this.

[@SamoStudios]

Thanks! ^_^

[@frauditortroll]

@@SamoStudios You are very talented i watch a few more videos after this one and i was thoroughly impressed, keep it up!

[@JeremySolo]

So much here for long term Zelda fans. Simply AMAZING

[@JeremySolo]

You know, normally i just get my music off youtube. Seriously, I never buy albums anymore. But this guy... this guy has earned my money

[@JackieYTSMELLS]

This gives the feeling of a long forgotten hero who lay dormant for 100 years finally coming to slay the entity that brought ruin to his and everyone else’s life

[@craftman780]

The subtle motif to Links Awakening throughout the piece was fantastic! The original creators really thought of everything, past and present.

[@Sharpclawasaurus]

Wonderful as always!! Keep it up!

[@TheCreepypro]

what a legendary and epic symphony!

[@KorriTimigan]

Oh man, I stopped looking up reorchestrations a few years ago because after ZREO disappeared I found most were subpar. This is insanely good! Well done!

[@nickzalan4762]

Rozen, Materia Collective, Sam Dillard here, Evenlyn who runs The Noble Demon channel, the last couple years have been somewhat of a Zelda Orchestration revival after the drought from ZREO's disband.

[@jgsworder9868]

2:25 Omg its amazing. Fantastic Job. Zelda music is so underrated its a crime. Can't wait for BOTW 2.

[@richardcarroll5577]

This is amazing.. bravo.. I felt 7 years old and 40 and the end!!

[@aarbor6606]

Bone chilling. absolutely beautiful, thank you for this.

[@nochtrollsegundoh3220]

This inspired me about how to write the end of my book saga

[@nochtrollsegundoh3220]

Remember the name of Morgath when I became someone!

[@QrazyQuarian]

I didn't listen to this song before adding it to my Dungeon Ambient playlist for my upcoming D&D sessions. We all stopped mid-session to listen to this song; shit goes hard, nicely done!

[@thomasravt7608]

Your musics are so incredible !

[@FroobTubeLIVE]

This is utterly and incredibly beautiful. However I feel like a piece is missing without that onslaught of never-ceasing, untiring soldiers marching shortly behind Link in the background that the original has. Really adds something there imo

[@silverseth7]

Anything can be an instrument, and the stomping of many many boots is a hell of a beat.

[@scourgescourge4202]

This is absolutely beautiful

[@haititow]

Oh my god, this is an awesome music. You did a really good job because that’s so sick. You have my best like for this job man, keep trying hard !

[@channelknightfadran7901]

What videos were out a year ago that KZbin thought I'd enjoy more than this masterpiece?

[@sagerios5660]

Link to the past is one of my favorite zelda games I love how it was included truly excellent Im subscribing

[@LouisianaGhostbusters]

Nicely-done. A very enjoyable and unique take.

[@Tonindo]

This is amazing.

[@happyflygon8096]

I feel like this would be the final battle theme in a sort of Zelda "anime". Maybe the anime has a lot of 5 episode seasons, each season showing a snippet of a game or something. Season 1 is Skyward Sword, 2 is perhaps Ocarina, 3 Majora, 4 Wind waker, 5 TP, 6 Phantom/Spirit, with the ultimate culmination being season 7, BOTW, where this scene plays as a series of ghost flashbacks from the rear, of all the links charging towards their perspective hyrule castles/demise, skyward on the left in the water-realm-thing, then ocarina towards Ganon's castle, Majora would be towards the clock tower, then in the center is the non-ghost of BOTW towards Hyrule castle, then phantom/spirit towards bellum/maladus, then wind waker towards wind waker's hyrule castle, and then TP against the castle encased in Twilight.

[@kimhigham4688]

Not even a thousand likes... This song deserves more.

[@SamoStudios]

Thank you; no one is obligated to leave any likes at all, so I am always thankful for any love that my work happens to receive :)

[@renewableman]

@@SamoStudios it's good to be humble, but he's right!

[@ammonkunzler3948]

over 5k likes now :) Mine's one of 'em

[@kunishbeebakly8868]

No matter what. There will always be another final quest. It will take the form of a boss or a DLC or another game. The Legend Of Zelda has no ending.

[@wesnohathas1993]

This song is amazing, but I just have to say, even now, it still feels so wrong seeing Link right-handed.

[@SamoStudios]

Hehe, maybe he is just ambidextrous

[@chocolatephone7840]

Ikr! Why he has to be right handed?! I know a minor detail and all of that but Link being Left handed just felt right

[@epsilon1372]

oh boo hoo

[@chocolatemilkgangleader4871]

I think it’s to show that each link is a different person some are right handed, some are not. They’re different people.

[@PeterParker-jz8eo]

Video of an epic final battle soundtrack of an one man army against the force of evil and the thing that bothered you is Link being left handed?

[@aaroncarlsback7239]

I love your remasterization

[@unedecouvertemusicale7432]

wonderful music

[@Mr_Jackson1234]

This is just too epic i love it

[@footlad4163]

Hyrule Castle + Skyrim OST + Hyrule Castle Inside + Awesomeness Extract???

[@eileensmiller8041]

And you dear KZbinr have now gotten an extra like. I'll be adding this to my Zelda playlist

[@SkyKing5634]

Why tf hasnt this shown up on my recommended. It's already 2 years old but man alive this is amazing

[@AnarithAelys]

This is just PERFECTION ! I love so much this theme. Even if the original and the concert version were so wonderful, I've been looking for other remixes for this reason. +1 Subscriber, and you deserve so much more !

[@biscuitdisco4402]

This gives me chills dude

[@revalieldesarrollador6644]

Its a epic moment of all videogames.... Dude THIS IS EPIC

[@Ninjaananas]

Absolutly epic. Only few remixes are this amazing.