The Legend of Zelda NES - Dungeon Theme Extended

I felt like extending something different from Phoenix Wright today, so here is a Legend of Zelda extension!
Enjoy!
I do not own this theme or any of the pictures used, all rights to their respective owners.

[@thee_morpheus]

Never has an 8 bit sound chip captured the horror of fantasy dungeons so perfectly

[@raymontdabizach]

Try *0.5x playback speed*

[@quagtwo]

@@raymontdabizach The game already does that for you when you use the candle on a bunch of enemies lol

[@rennerxtreme]

@@raymontdabizach Creed! The music is super creepy 😱!

[@raymontdabizach]

@@rennerxtreme *2x*

[@rennerxtreme]

@@raymontdabizach I already did the test, it looks like Mario Bros when it goes into countdown.

[@Skyefuego]

I hear this when I walk to the bathroom in the middle of night.

[@Strelnikov403]

Haha. +1.

[@Devilsnightforlife]

To drop some bombs I assume?

[@Skyefuego]

Yes... yes indeed

[@500Diegoperez]

Thor Pedersen I see what you did there... :D

[@CCCPWarHammer]

+Thor Klauson lolololol i see what u did there lol g1

[@Imgema]

Each loop lasts less than 20 seconds and it still sounds ominous, epic and dramatic. Koji Kondo everyone.

[@SkyKing5634]

The piano music is in 4/4 time is is only 8 bars long. So yah like 20 seconds

[@Bagel_Le_Stinky]

@@SkyKing5634 19 seconds

[@exmodule6323]

Deep Purple everyone

[@escapethefall1]

I played this for 4 hours tonight as my scary Holloween music for the trick or treaters!!

[@slicknick333]

escapethefall1 that’s cringe

[@YoutubeAccount5]

@@slicknick333 sick burn, totes got him

[@EzrahOwO]

Very cringe indeed.

[@avadae9126]

Why's everybody so mean

[@m4b9]

because there soulless creatures

[@shipped_my_pants_3000]

It's not complete without the one- heart beat tone and the dragon breath sounds

[@RunicSigils]

>getting hit Fucking casual.

[@Metaridley17]

You seem to be forgetting, the one heart beat tone drowns out half of this bgm.

[@shipped_my_pants_3000]

@@Metaridley17 when one of the channels gets drowned out that's when the tune gets even sicker

[@nibirbaishnabchannel2125]

it is not the part of the music it have nothing to do with not realizing that it i a joke!

[@thefinalpotato1566]

Or without your mom telling you turn down the volume because the low health sound is getting annoying.

[@my8-bitost651]

It is old and simple yet it stills a masterpiece !!

[@my8-bitost651]

***** hh kinda

[@fryhoonable]

yup but i also consider Zelda- A link to the past like a masterpiece!! one can't simply have just a single best game ;|

[@tobiasfarragut292]

Someone should play this @ Lincoln center during an important recital

[@fireballdude7368]

No

[@fireballdude7368]

fryhoonable you don’t know what that is

[@Triggerhappy88]

I have to be honest, after playing this game for so many years it's weird hearing the full tune without any lag from the game loading in the next room.

[@Supertimegamingify]

Or through one less channel because you're on one heart.

[@gargervon8697]

Subconsciously, I kept expecting it to slow down randomly, too. That happened when you entered a room with a bunch of enemies, too, and I particularly associate extended slowdown in rooms with Wizzrobes and Like-Likes. 😆

[@abandonedmuse]

So like you never just stood still in a monsterless room after you killed everyone to let it play? I did.

[@solomonevans7637]

Yeah when there's too many enemies in a stage

[@urtiz]

Justice sure knows which songs have the most potential!

[@JamieSwitzer]

Yup!!

[@Ha0chan]

aha came here right after listening to the album

[@DustinJCooper]

Link is certainly an Explorer as well as you and I

[@holamoco]

The best Zelda dungeon soundtrack. Creepy, dark, scary and memorable.

[@lilllwizzzle]

Face shrine is up there too

[@jewdas12]

i once saw a gypsy playing this on an accordion in the park, for money i gave him money.

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

I want to see him too

[@tomzadvydas1758]

I would gladly give money in that scenario

[@tomzadvydas1758]

::tosses rupees:::

[@ShosuCeladon]

@@tomzadvydas1758 well played

[@jimmea6317]

Did he give you a piece of heart?

[@dunkingsteven6781]

very hypnotic. this music actually puts me to sleep

[@tucker2138]

It keeps me awake

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

It keeps me awake too,to play some Zelda

[@nibirbaishnabchannel2125]

it is relaxing

[@raymontdabizach]

*0.75x* will help!

[@ladysnake8449]

The more you listen to this, the more you hear the slight changes in the sounds of music..... I love this theme because it's both dark and beautiful.

[@c.andrewwilliams1174]

This is surprisingly creepy! I remember playing my cousin's Nintendo and being too scared to go into the dungeons because of this theme!!

[@matatumbac]

Me 2. Jajajajjajajso creepy man

[@101jir]

Oh yeah, as a little kid I once got to a dungeon but immediately left because I assumed with the scary music that it would be too hard and I didn't want to go back to the start.

[@dawnbreaker2912]

Deep Purple - 'April' was Kondo's inspiration for this piece.

[@CahtodeRay]

Indeed. One might even argue something more than just "inspiration."

[@drenchedinsyrupp6059]

WELL, EXCUSE ME PRINCESS

[@Kas03]

[cN]GodOfCharizardz WELL EXCUUUSEEE MEEEEEE PRINCESS xD

[@ziobarion2262]

DrenchedInSyrupp kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXWYpZ53irN5l5Y

[@Ilikebunnies-metoo]

Oh boy, smoochin' time! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[@TheInkPitOx]

That was more Zelda II

[@cutlery9831]

ya know what? im slowly learning that all the songs ive had stuck in my head for years now are all just random zelda songs. IVE NOT EVEN PLAYED THE GAMES FOR GOD'S SAKE! HOW ARE THEY STUCK IN MY HEAD?! WHAT KINDOF MAGICAL SORCERY IS THIS?!

[@cutlery9831]

@Isildur Son of elendil I recently just finished BOTW. I see now why all those songs were stuck in my head. Wonderful game series.

[@irgendwerausbayern1999]

I could recommend Wind Waker on the Gamecube or the HD version on the WiiU as a starter Zelda.

[@collinstewart64]

That moment you just collected a heart and don't hear the low heart sound anymore.

[@robertcummings1971]

THIS OST IS TIMELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gemsicle1720]

favorite game on the NES

[@bigpapaadam1]

My Older Brother and I would play this game and beat it together every Christmas when we would all fly out and visit my Parents and Younger Sister. I have so many strong memories tied to the hours we have played this game and the music. Music takes me right back home. Thank you for blessing me with this Zelda music! Classic and special 🙌

[@LtJackMorton]

I cranked this up to full volume and my grandmother came to me like "This music is good".Then i went to the kitchen for a tea and she continued the conversation like "I like these better than those rockers with their drums what rips your head off". Because my sister always bumps rock and punk music on full volume,so this moment was very memorable for me,thanks to this masterpiece. :) I'm 19 btw.

[@therealgman4321]

Koji Kondo, who composed this game, is actually big fan of rock (particularly progressive rock) from what I've read online.

[@ocksie]

"I'm 19 btw" Only 11 year olds say "I'm [age] btw" Thus, you must be 11

[@sturmgewehr4471]

Gayest comment on youtube

[@SunnyShuklathedoctor]

yeah sure.

[@gregtime]

r/ThatHappened

[@PlayerFiveVids]

An arpeggio and a bassline. So simple, but it lets the listener imagine so much.

[@georgelouis6515]

OH MAN THIS IS SO GOOD! MYSTIC SOUNDING!

[@sterlingnimbus1]

I agree.

[@Tactical_Therapist]

I would listen to this when I was in college in my 30s. Listened when my kids were babies and just rocking back and forthwith them in the middle of the night. I’m 43 now, listening as I write notes after work and it’s 0126 (am). It brings back so many memories when I played as a kid in the 80s and so many other milestones in my life🥹and so many more to come…

[@thyagoamerico9860]

Damn those blue Wizrobes

[@ethanpease7026]

Thyago Americo in breath of the wild lynels with a savage lynel crusher one hit kill me.

[@jbohnoff]

Rooo-booop Rooo-booop...

[@redmage8719]

The less that is said about those damn Darknuts, the better.😡

[@opalgoblin]

"I fear no man. But that thing..." [ZELDA DUNGEON THEME] "It scares me."

[@Joker74312]

Listening to this makes me realize that the Soul Sanctum theme from Hollow Knight is basically this with some changes

[@skriabinfly]

I pressed the microwave buttons and felt the stress of having low hearts

[@Oksenholt]

A quote that best sums up the mood of this theme: "Abandon hope all ye who enter here." This piece is so haunting, desolate, and endless...but that's just my opinion. ; )

[@illel-zorro9527]

Ahh, the golden 80's (and 90's).

[@AvoozlPlays]

And 00's.

[@Iggoosy]

@@AvoozlPlays that’s called the early 2000s

[@illel-zorro9527]

@@AvoozlPlays 00's was garbage because of you.

[@Pikachoot]

"It's a secret to everybody" -Red Moblin

[@Caerbanogh]

Still hauting me after all these years...

[@quintinking9055]

Back then this been called a masterpiece, but now it is known as a relic of history.

[@yandman26]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ it's so beautiful and timeless. Nostalgic, wondrous.

[@ElPeloVerde07]

This theme is now on super mario maker 2!!

[@Nyah420]

All the music they added to SMM2 works so well!

[@DarkLeviathan8]

I played this game for the first time about a week ago, and I gotta say I'm having a blast!

[@kimmolaine8069]

Hypnotic.

[@deletedaccount3187]

I love how the game lags every time you go to the forward door

[@unknownghostx]

Never played this original Zelda, but this theme is just beautiful...

[@macethorns1168]

Very jealous. I'd love to play it for the first time again.

[@JSC178]

Never??? You do live on this planet, right? LOL

[@Commander_Tarnum]

It is beautiful, though the game itself is really *Really* hard to beat.

[@ToNoOlmos]

The first dungeon theme on the series, still being one of the best dungeon themes of all time, I love it! =)

[@ShortyLongstrokin]

It goes down in the DM!

[@Abqkqqpdbdb]

Thought the same thing!!

[@lilboosie5]

+Shorty Longstrokin OMG that's why I came here!!!! lol i was thinking the same thing

[@johnsmith-fk7fw]

+Marcus Scott wow i thought i was the only one who heard it lmao

[@lilboosie5]

john smith Haha ikr. I ended up mixing down in the DM with mega man 2 level select 😂

[@abp1400]

+Shorty Longstrokin This is the correct answer. I thought I was the only one...

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

I still think for me as a kid the roughest level was Level 4 on the 2nd quest or "D". It introduced 1-way doors, the leave your life or money guy, red bubbles, putting a secret behind the triforce room (kid me missed this forever and had my mind blown when I found it) and probably some others.

[@terryoconnor5689]

.75 speed is where it's at people. completely changes the mood

[@josuesalinas3176]

This brings me back some memories for 2020!! whenever I use to go trick or treating every Halloween or when I’m alone in some abandoned places spooky 😱

[@Wunderfull_osu]

Let me tell you a story: It was mid October in 2014, It was late and I was starting to fall asleep with my Nintendo DSI charging while it was paused on this level on the 20th anniversary of loz. Hearing this again, looping, brings me back to the days in my childhood where things were simpler, where I would draw, or play with my toys and be contempt. I miss when I didn’t have to be playing video games all the time like I have to today. Keep in mind that my dsi was my only console that was truly mine, and I didn’t have a computer or phone, or any way to access the internet in any way, other than the family computer which ran an older version of windows and was rly slow. Brings me back man, I miss those times. :(

[@________5347]

Deep Purple - April

[@dariodidle]

If the song beethoven - moonlight sonata was an 8-bit song, this would be it.

[@dububro]

No, this would kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGa7dnalZ9VskMk

[@nicka5040]

Actually it'd be April by Deep Purple. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4eblpKIoNWchKM

[@scottythegreat1]

To be more specific to that, its about 2 minutes into April by Deep Purple

[@rubenfernandez3578]

@@nicka5040 nope its bilongo la negra tomasa 8bits thank me later

[@nicka5040]

@@rubenfernandez3578 Like Scotty said, Deep Purple's song has the exact same melody. lol.

[@DNKG669]

I once heard someone say that video game music is like modern day classical, I realized how genious that analysis was

[@Fytom7]

The soundtrack of my childhood nightmares

[@atom5153]

Una canción que te angustia, te da nostalgia, te motiva y es pegadiza al mismo tiempo, perfecta en todos los sentidos simple pero precisa cumple su labor en las mazmorras dando el toque tenebroso.

[@flynnscythe2524]

Ahí un fragmento de una canción llamada será de Ricardo Montaner que reduciendo la velocidad es esta canción de Zelda se puede cantar y encajar ese fragmento de la de Montaner.

[@jenniferburchill3658]

My all-time favorite video game soundtrack.

[@modms11]

Smooth McGroove ^__^

[@Tactical_Therapist]

I return here , every so often…

[@Tactical_Therapist]

And here is am

[@maxc9133]

The best soundtrack, full of intensity, depth, scariness, and atmosphere! Perfect!

[@SS-Tommy]

It's amazing how an otherwise basic tune can work well. I wouldn't want to listen to it all day but when you're playing...

[@warriorstrength6797]

This game was a pain in the ass yet I beat it and happy that I went through the struggle, especially with this theme

[@marcusalexander3076]

Just a guy from year 2021 coming trough😂 even when this song is way back in the 80's it's still one of my favourite Zelda songs

[@bpo1975]

This just brings such a smile to my face.

[@levimiller5007]

Back when the hero was a short elf guy, who was so badass he didn't need to run or jump..

[@SpiceyNachoz]

Is it me or does this sound like a remix of the Super Mario Bros castle theme?

[@CarlosMunoz-pc2ky]

My favorite song of all time. It pumps me the f up. Its ring music to my ears.

[@mattp.158]

Level 6 gave me nightmares.

[@zhangjao6328]

+Matt H. Those fucking wizards.

[@AlchemiconSilver]

+ZhangJao Wizrobes are crazy little wizards.

[@MidoseitoAkage]

Wizzrobe* Even the blue one are the worst tbh.

[@mielthesquid6536]

Quite a difficulty peak, indeed. Most of the time I do the 7th before nowadays because it's easier.

[@AnthonyGarza_drums420]

The most nostalgic memory, I remember playing this game on the GameCube collectors edition, I love this game series so much

[@nathangagan4965]

This brings back so many good memories in the 8th grade when I would pay this game on my wii and I was so focused. I love it so much I consider it to be very good music to eliminate petty insignificant and unimportant matters that have nothing to do with me.

[@ljohnson0725]

A masterpiece of my childhood!! Wow 1986

[@pepi88]

I keep finding this arpeggio everywhere. Beautiful

[@Linkedboxes]

My favorite Zelda Song, nothing can change my mind :D

[@baronnuuke7821]

Y'all gotta hear the orchestral version of this on the Swedish orchestra video, its insane

[@wolfsblood6280]

The 80s

[@jameswallace3439]

The best game in Zelda history.

[@cloudshines812]

Nothing beats the original

[@donnellconner2300]

And this person was so nice he shows the World map where u need ta go(Thumbs up)

[@sjmatiak]

I hope a remix version of this comes back in Zelda Wii U/NX. I just hope in general the new Zelda takes some cues from Older Zelda games.

[@PikaSamus]

good news the sanctuaries seem to have a calmer remix of this

[@iownalx23]

+PikaSamus025 yup. much better lol

[@rory2365]

no Fuck Off I want zelda Wii u to be it's own thing entirely

[@iownalx23]

Rory Sullivan too late.

[@cptnoremac]

+Rory Sullivan "it's" means "it is."

[@willrock8194]

Reminds me of the Soul Sanctum in Hollow Knight.

[@lanesteele240]

greatest video game of all time. fightme

[@josejr8474]

I always found this scary but I love it!! Brings a lot of memories for sure!

[@J0is_mango]

This music puts me into a trance state. Funny sometimes I can sleep study and meditate to this.

[@nesterfesticle7033]

This is when you had to have an imagination to play games. Loved it

[@seanobrien276]

I still love that little verse added for the Color Dungeon in Link's Awakening DX. It wasn't anything long or profound, but made a super-atmospheric dungeon theme even better.

[@flynnscythe2524]

Aletargado en el tiempo Obsesionado con verte Se enrojecieron mis ojos Se marchitaba mi mente Será..... Que aún no se llenaba la luna Será..... Que el tiempo fue menguando nuestras ganas Será.....🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶

[@Francoist_Spain_was_based]

Sounds Scary!

[@timeformegaman]

This song is such a nostalgia hit. They used it in the Friday cartoon all the time as well.

[@mitchellmccue6961]

I love playing this at half speed. Creepy but in a good way.

[@Inspectorwho]

Transistor ost - Vanishing point

[@tobiasfarragut292]

U know you’re a dad that was an 80’s baby when you find yourself @ 10pm cleaning your sons Jordans while humming along to the bass line for duration of this video

[@calledrocket2653]

Dark room, single chair, and this track playing on loop for all eternity

[@DustinHarrisonCat]

This is beautiful when you have a fire going

[@dieselheart001]

If you could do this for the "Continue?" screen of "Earthworm Jim 1" that would just magnificently kick ass!! It's such a catchy little number...

[@farooq7248]

Me recuerda la parte final que sale en la negra tomasa

[@abandonedmuse]

Literally playing this blasting in my car in the middle of Miami. No one understands me here. :(

[@chungus-chan3231]

When you're home alone at night

[@BitchChill]

This makes me feel like I'm lost in a maze

[@jessecontreras6404]

*Saria's Song Intensifies*

[@kiancashel8667]

Omg it's lars's battle theme!!

[@fruitsalami3729]

f u

[@lemonadesnake]

who's lars

[@KazukiKins]

*_beep_* *_beep_* *_beep_* *_beep_* *_beep_* *_beep_* *_beep_* *_beep_*

[@dominiqueradford9469]

Blue & Red Medicine.

[@fruitsalami3729]

@samuel Screw the effin HECC out of you. To some people that could be a little offensive.

[@okerew]

So misterious. beware man who speaks in hand and it is from another world

[@TotallyNotMike]

I just realized how much Greed from Binding of Isaac reminded me of this

[@redfoxbennaton]

At that point it's no longer just a game. It's an experience.

[@nashkar6561]

As someone whos never played zelda this tune might have made me ready to start

[@dougmcauliffe2253]

Fun fact: this song samples the song "April" by deep purple... Listen about 2:00 into the deep purple song you'll hear it

[@nonnenhut]

This song and then when the endboss effect kicked in was so cool as a kid

[@ArchangelRG09]

This music makes me think of all past Links and Zeldas from preceeding games watching their descendant on his quest to finally stop Ganon for good in the downfall timeline.

[@AJ_Deadshow]

Sounds like the music that would play as an old pirate talks about the swordfight that claimed his Captain's life, and the treasure that was lost at sea, somewhere near Dead Man's Cove.