The Final Quest- Epic Hyrule Castle/Dungeon Symphony

[@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."

[@BehelitZero]

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...

[@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

[@elgoog-the-third]

@@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

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.

[@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

[@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

[@XolarPoweredHistory21]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@sgtgustav5965]

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

[@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

[@TheActualMrLink]

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

[@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!*

[@Z-Man7]

Really captures the feeling of rescuing a dead kingdom.

[@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.

[@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

[@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!!!!

[@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

[@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

[@Kid_Ying]

Scrolled four pages of comments for this. Shame it took so long, but I am glad it's here and someone knows what's up.

[@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 :)

[@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

[@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

[@permafrost8322]

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

[@solonepeon5805]

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

[@EdnerLopes]

The Master is back!

[@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.

[@RayTC]

Another masterpiece. Your work is just simply amazing.

[@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!

[@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!

[@ninkstheultimate3376]

That Great Temple theme mixed in just makes it that much more powerful. This cover is one of the greatest "Final Dungeon/Temple" theme!

[@bainsfire]

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

[@thexdfacedgamer2306]

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

[@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...

[@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.

[@JohannesFarnleitner]

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!!

[@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

[@jacksonschlup9272]

I like this version of the Hyrule castle Melody

[@Triforce469]

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

[@Velisus]

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

[@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

[@jgsworder9868]

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

[@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

[@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

[@thamonito]

Simply amazing yet again. Excellent work Sam!

[@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

[@arturito6344]

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

[@dragonrand100audiobook]

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

[@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!

[@CaptainsRath]

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

[@themightyman4230]

Heroes may die, but Legends endure.

[@philb9015]

OMG!!!!! 5:18 and beyond........ WOW, JUST WOW!!!!!!! I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH!

[@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.

[@craftman780]

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

[@KBBeats]

Awesome job on the transitions between the themes!

[@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!

[@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

[@IzanaKunigiri]

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

[@SkyKing5634]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@JeremySolo]

So much here for long term Zelda fans. Simply AMAZING

[@richardcarroll5577]

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

[@tylerlacy9463]

Holy shit. I was not expecting the dungeon themes after BotW! Caught me off guard with goosebumps in the best way!

[@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.

[@fadran11]

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

[@Link75300]

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.

[@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.

[@MattTheHun]

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

[@i_love_drawing_tbh]

I’ll tell you what. Every time I felt discouraged or afraid of going to face Ganon, or that one Lynel, or anything, I’d put myself in Link’s shoes. The world needs me and Zelda too, I can do this. And when adventuring or battling feels lonely, remember you are not alone as long as you’ve got the sword that seals the darkness. For a old man once said, “it’s dangerous to go alone! Take this!”

[@Zelda2086]

Who on Earth would actually thumbs down this video? Shame! This is amazing!

[@petermoore900]

I certainly wouldn't, and I love it, but this is a rare case when it's really hard to compete with the original.

[@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?

[@thelastword2305]

Isnt this incredible? Like, the once royal and mayestic castle of hyrule, reduced to the nest of the cataclysm and the original main theme reflects that at the same time as it gives you like final zone vives. Just exelent.

[@timothyjohnson5699]

Seeing as the sky is always red here, It's hard to tell exactly, but based on the speed of those clouds, I'd say Link has been standing there for two weeks straight *at least.* Nearby redeads must be screaming like crazy!

[@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 !

[@s0enix]

why have I gone three years not knowing this existed

[@s0enix]

facts just came back a month later this shit is gas

[@nochtrollsegundoh3220]

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

[@nochtrollsegundoh3220]

Remember the name of Morgath when I became someone!

[@murmirr]

Dude! Is that the Great Palace theme i hear? Zelda II's music is so epic i'm so happy to see it here.

[@statelyelms]

with your intro, this theme really sounds like movie trailer music.

[@Tonindo]

This is amazing.

[@eileensmiller8041]

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

[@revalieldesarrollador6644]

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

[@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 !

[@unedecouvertemusicale7432]

wonderful music

[@wenyntrout]

Wonderful as always!! Keep it up!

[@cheatorcompletor7884]

I love how from 7:40 till 8:00 you can hear the forest temple theme from OOT softly in the background

[@footlad4163]

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

[@SammieHypnotized]

This song is amazing

[@TheCreepypro]

what a legendary and epic symphony!

[@randomman.5]

this looks like an opening to an awesome movie, change my mind, I'll wait

[@relkuTV]

im offended that youtube didnt recommend this to me 3 years ago. amazing work!

[@SamoStudios]

Better late than never, and thanks!