Theophany - Healing Termina

Track 04 from Time's End II
Thank you to Rozen and Reven for transcribing and adding lyrics to the parts for this song, and the amazing singers who participated in making this track something special.
VOCAL ENSEMBLE SINGERS
Emily Berger, Amy Leonard, Rachel Pierce, Mary Kate Jiménez-Wall, Michelle Deco, Trisha Hildebrandt, Cinthia Ibarra
Rozen / rozen.us
SOLO VOCALS
Reven / revensongwriter
WOODWINDS (written and performed by)
Laura Intravia / laura-intravia-3154178...
VIOLA
Michaela Nachtigall
GUITAR
Joe Zieja / joe.zieja
Alejandro Heinze
LICENSING & RELEASE
Sebastian Wolff / Materia Collective
You guys are incredible.
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[@solarsunne4950]

This song... tells a story. A story of a boy who never got a childhood, who faced the darkness when nobody else would. Someone who had to suffer, alone, and died a hero with acts unknown. This song tells a story of heroes, young and old, who stood up to vanquish evil, time and time again.

[@yamumhasthebiggay2582]

no, that was the game

[@SpeedoSnipes]

Link had a childhood, otherwise the entire beginning of the game wouldn't exist.

[@williambarrantes1674]

⁠@@SpeedoSnipeshe definitely did not have a childhood he was forced to leave his home as a child to save the kingdom, and traveled through time more than once to win.

[@SpeedoSnipes]

@@williambarrantes1674 How the fuck does living as a child for ten years not constitute as a childhood? Just because he went on this grand adventure, that doesn't erase his formative years.

[@williambarrantes1674]

@@SpeedoSnipes uh, childhood goes into adulthood my guy. Is he an adult when he leaves? No he’s still a child. Bro still had several years as well as his teen years to grow and experience. He lost those. We dont have an exact age, but he’s supposedly 9 or 10 when he leaves, and when he goes through time he goes forward 7 years. That means he skipped straight to 16 or 17. That means he basically went from a 6th grader to senior year of high school. Is that… not a significant amount of childhood gone? I would say those years are honestly more important and remembered than his younger years. Also, keep in mind he didn’t just skip those years, he had to SAVE THE KINGDOM BY KILLING MONSTERS AND FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE DAILY. So, severe ptsd and mental trauma, as well as physical wounds sustained, and skipping half of your childhood.

[@RAY19740]

😢 i can't believe i still coming back after all those years to listen to this master piece

[@HarrisBoe]

If Majora's Mask were ever made into a full movie, I imagine this song coming right before Oath to Order. Link just finished the final temple. The temple took him a full three days, but he has just enough time to make it back to Clock Town to face off with Skull Kid. Then he remembers everyone he had saved, and all of happiness he brought to people in the previous three-day cycles, and is reminded that resetting the clock has undone all of that. So, he decides to go back one last time, and do everything in a single three-day cycle. I imagine much of this song being a montage of him going back through the various dungeons and completing quests all over again. The very end of the song is him racing back to Clock Town at the end of the final day after competing all the quests, for the final showdown with Skull Kid. Not only does the decision to do everything all over again prove that Link really is a true hero, but his ability to do it all in such a short timespan demonstrates just how much stronger he's grown over the course of his adventure.

[@hotlover000000000000]

Reading comments like these always makes the music better.

[@stormcutter59]

Interesting question but is it technically possible to complete all the quests in Majoras Mask within a three day cycle? That includes all the dungeons, getting all the Masks, etc. If you cant could you still do all the side quests. Or maybe just all the dungeons?

[@ryandoyle3413]

@@stormcutter59 You can definitely do all dungeons, you can't do all masks in one cycle simply because some of the paths are exclusive. If you're interested, the speedrun of Majora's Mask (100%) at AGDQ shows how much can happen in a single cycle.

[@beccahawkins1905]

I picture it this way too. At the 3:15 mark, I picture Link having mounted his horse and riding through the forest toward Clock Town, rousing the curiosity of the woodland creatures as he rides on his way to have a final showdown with the Skull Kid. Then, at 3:55, I picture him reaching the top of a hill at a clearing, and his horse rears up and neighs with lightning in the background before galloping down the hill toward the film’s climax. It would be so cool to see Ember Lab create this scene in a full-length feature film.

[@LeMonkLimon]

i hope someday we can enjoy a good movie of this... with the actual technology they could make a TLOZ movie and it will break with the cinemas.... @@beccahawkins1905

[@collintouchette1445]

I've probably heard this song at least 20 times since it was first released. So why did I click this video? Because it's still just as amazing the 21st time.

[@koldoboton5207]

Collin Touchette try it 100 times... it will be amazing too

[@cosmictrashbin7236]

Collin Touchette Nice

[@GoldenHonor_]

Come back to it 🙏🏼

[@miwtepd_ink6426]

21 is not enough tho

[@hebrewroots1985]

I play this almost everyday ❤😊

[@korou.182]

Absolutely incredible, you're like the Hans Zimmer of gaming OST remakes.

[@TheBearJew1309]

False. Hans Zimmer is the Theophany of Orchestral Scores.

[@syndrome6695]

Thats the problem. Its toouch "american" in the intensity. Overkill

[@popsicIes]

@@syndrome6695 That's the point. Majora's Mask IS intense, both gameplay-wise and story-wise.

[@mr.incognito6251]

@@syndrome6695 There is no problem, here. You are trying to create one. Why? who hurt you?

[@darkgenie3167]

@@syndrome6695 I feel you but honestly I don’t mind it at all, especially since this is the best we can get

[@TheToenninga]

Only 12 more years and we'll get Stone Tower Temple! #CanYouFellTheHypeAlready

[@ristiuMMask]

Tim Timsen I'm finding Theophany to make 3 more disk very unlikely. But if humor was intended, sure. :p

[@Gamerboy_Joy]

ristiuMMask theo confirmed it

[@keiyuk]

Tim Timsen Time's End will only have 3 discs. Stone Tower will be in the 3rd!

[@WyvernVin]

Disc 5: Fierce Deity's mask.

[@camryjones3616]

#CanYouFeelTheHypeAlready not "YouFellTheHype" lol

[@keiyuk]

This is such a heroic tune! It makes me want to go save Termina again!! 😍❤ Theophany is the best!!!

[@ackbeans4829]

Hero of Time The trumpet solo tho!

[@ninabobina8730]

This is literally the most amazing remake of any set of songs I'd ever heard. They sound like they've been ripped straight from a movie!

[@camryjones3616]

I get a Spirit Tracks vibe at 2:16. Then I get a Twilight Princess vibe at 4:18. And I also strangely get a Puss in Boots with a guitar vibe at 3:53. Man you gotta love Shrek

[@our_illumination949]

*get offffff mah SWAHHHHH-MP*

[@jaccck.son.b6623]

and 0:06 I get a 'Fi's theme' vibe

[@mfdoomguy3786]

Don't you mean Ogrerina of Time?

[@jesusvera7941]

4:18 is the leitmotiv for conflict, it does plays a lot during hyrule field in twilight princess and its the ending notes for the termina field theme.

[@fairydoll8970]

The choir is bringing me to tears, Majora's Mask is my favorite game letting go of facades(masks) healing troubles both inside and outward, racing against a clock, even a fairy tale reference (Bremen Mask), the Alice in Wonderland of Zelda Franchise, the music that you guys have revamped is incredibly beautiful, I can feel every beat every voice. 😊

[@NDeluxe]

This song seems a song from Shin Sekai Yori. Beatiful!

[@kepaarin]

Pero bueno que haceis aquí

[@plata4210]

La p*ta madre que hacen aquí mis héroes 😂😂😂😂 nunca reviso comentarios hoy lo hago y mirad me encuentro huella de mis heroes

[@RamDeli]

Ala que los trae por aca xdd enseruo no sabia que tambien lo escuchaban

[@neorak-animations1465]

o buenas

[@themapcartographer5952]

This is so godlike I'm in tears! 3:16 I crumbled into mush. How did I not know about this?!?!?!

[@Pichuscute]

Alright, these ocarina/flute parts are like the most beautiful things I've ever heard played in my life. Seriously.

[@beccahawkins1905]

How I imagine the progression of a scene accompanying this music in my head: 0:00 Link watches as the sun begins setting on the third day for the last time, sitting next to Epona, mentally preparing himself for his final battle with the Skull Kid, having saved all the giants, gearing himself up for the plan, despite the doubts he's been facing all day. 0:38 Link thinks back when he bid Zelda farewell in Hyrule to go off to find Navi in Termina, knowing that he wasn't just fighting for the healing of Termina, but to get himself back home as well. 1:21 As a rainstorm descends onto the valley, he worries that he won't succeed, and all will fall into darkness, and that he had no power to stop the moon from destroying everything, including him and his hopes of reuniting with Navi and Princess Zelda. He tosses his sword to the ground in fear and dismay. 1:47 As Link is about to give up, Tatl alerts him to look skyward, and he looks up and sees the moon descending menacingly closer to Clock Town, and suddenly he finds his courage again, clenching his fists as the Triforce of Courage glows on his left hand. There is no time, and his compassion for Termina overrides his fear of the odds being against him. A renewed determination courses through him. 2:42 He grabs his sword from off the ground, tightens his belts and buckles the satchel of supplies to the saddle, and he mounts his horse, glaring up at the moon in defiance. 3:15 "Ya!" With a thrust of the reins at the same time the town clocktower sounds, Link takes off on Epona through the trees on his way to Clock Town. Curious woodland creatures come out of their burrows to see what's happening as Link gallops past them. Determined to put a stop to the Skull Kid's impending apocalypse once and for all, he races forward into a clearing and up a hill. 3:55 When he reaches the top of the hill, lightning splits the sky behind them as Epona rears up and neighs, and Link brandishes his sword toward the Clock Tower, hoping the Skull Kid can see it. Townspeople point and shout as Link rushes past them down the hill toward the wall. From a distance, the Skull Kid, from atop the tower, peers down at him and laughs devilishly, commanding with the gesture of his arm a small army of bats to try to stop Link from reaching him. Link manages to slice through them with ease. 5:13 Link reaches the city wall and leaps from Epona's saddle, latching onto some protrusions he could manage to climb to reach the Skull Kid in time. The Skull Kid hurls gusts of air in attempts to knock him back to the ground, but to no avail. 6:06 Link reaches the top of the city wall and gives the Skull Kid a brief determined smile before heading toward the clocktower itself. Townspeople are running in panic to shelter in place, thinking the moon is going to crush them all. ,Soldiers try to stop Link, pleading with him to find a place to duck and cover underground with some of the families. But Link eludes the soldier's grasp and finally makes it to the base of the clocktower. The moon is beginning to cause earthquakes now. 6:34 Link frantically climbs up the clocktower as the Skull Kid screams insults from its peak, telling him he will never make it in time. And even if he could, he wouldn't stop it anyway. But Link continues climbing anyway, and some soldiers begin to look on, dumbfounded at this child going into what seems to all of them to be a pointless confrontation. 7:08 Link makes it to the top, where he sees the Skull Kid floating above him and looking down as the hellish gaping maw of the moon was within mere striking distance. Link stumbles around a bit trying to keep his balance in the midst of the mild earthquakes testing the foundations of the tower, 7:52 "If it's something that can be stopped...then just try and stop it!" This time unafraid, knowing it would finally be a different song he would play, Link takes out his ocarina and puts it to his lips. But a tremor from the earthquakes knocks him over, causing him to drop the ocarina. He scrambles to pick it up from he ground, and after he gets back to his feet, at 8:31, he then puts it to his lips and blows forth a song calling for reinforcements for this time, not retreat. :)

[@chiarakikimatteazzi4840]

This is so beautiful 😍😍❤️❤️

[@asherrudick3912]

I feel like this wouldn’t work well as a movie, cuz then it would be longer than it needs to be. Nah, instead it should be a series with real quality. It would still feel like watching a movie, but in an episodic format so we can watch Link’s adventures in full. That would be amazing.

[@donovanreese9768]

Quite possibly the most chilling, touching, emboldening and awestriking version of the theme of the Legend of Zelda. The piece is true to it's source material, which in turn is deeply true to the deep heart of the Legend: the Solitary Stranger takes up the duty to stand against the darkness; to enter the dark place, to protect the weak and to climb the tower to defeat the laughing man. He has no obligation whatsoever to endanger himself for people who view him only as an outcast and a stranger. But he fights not for his own glory, but for the destruction of evil and the healing of the weary.

[@MaruchanPrime]

4:10 I'm rock solid for that percussion work every time.

[@mgonzalezIII]

3:13-3:50 is so awesomely heroic

[@kyoto773]

Michael Gonzalez oh damn yeah

[@mgonzalezIII]

Honestly going to play this music when I'm driving to pick up Breath of the Wild

[@kyoto773]

Hell yeah

[@xSKxBLOODFIRE]

i swear you guys can't get any better you make me tear up ;-;

[@daxemeritus9792]

3:55 pure gold

[@drownedintears]

nier vibes, i cant be most in love with this reinterpretention, my fave game of all time fusioned with one of the most impressive game ossts of all times

[@NaturalStateWingChun]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@MrAlanSmart]

This song is a masterpiece. It's filled with so much suspense, so much action, and so much mystery. A perfect picture for Majora's Mask.

[@DeBonosan]

Love you guys. Thanks for the best fan music from any pop culture work ever.

[@daimian166]

God the vocal ensemble always gives me the damn chills at the beginning and the end, great work. I would pay to see this actually performed in an orchestra!!

[@edety33bhb]

Theophany is just in-bloody-credible!!!

[@___Artemis___]

I've been playing this video for so many hours and it's absolutely ridiculous that I didn't notice that the Deku Scrub Link's tears are moving.

[@don_jara1]

I didn't notice in two years . . .

[@DragonRand100]

Really love that rendition of the main theme towards the end! Truly epic.

[@KingPsycax]

2:15 - 2:45 The most beautiful piece of music my ears have ever listened to.

[@Elpekelew1]

I will never forget your song. Merci Beaucoup.

[@Maestro-K1121]

I love the vocals so much. Reminds me of the OST for Nier Automata, and also Ghost in the shell. Is there anywhere I can find music that is specifically like this with the incredible chorus?

[@truthseeker1995]

Look into traditional Bulgarian choral music. The influence on Ghost in the shell is obvious.

[@johnbrey8196]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed that the singing resembled Ghost in the Shell!

[@ShadyRonin]

John Brey me too! And literally only like 30 minutes after you hahaha

[@PineappleLimonov]

You could try the original nier ost if you havent already. The drums are reminiscent of that ost as well

[@Slechy_Lesh]

It is very, very Ghost in the shell. I will check out the bulgarian choral music though.

[@EF9001stormspotter]

Best Zelda overworld theme hands down, period, QED.

[@beatricetan1916]

Amazing! Worth the wait for 4 years

[@XhanAnimations]

I LOVE how this song is treated. There's so many areas of the series to enjoy in it and the vocals really push the power of everything together. Stunning

[@miguelraos4585]

Epicoo !! No hay otra palabra para definir esto ,que gran trabajo realizaron .

[@HeliozTV]

It's like I feel I have to play against Calamity Ganon with that theme playing ... Yeah I must to.... #BotW

[@robertyeowell3729]

Also I enjoyed this extremely, especially the vocals! Looking forward to any other projects.

[@johnandsoon6081]

I didn't know it could get this good! The main theme being vocalized gave me shivers!

[@cathiane9901]

3:28 Just wow

[@mirage4151]

this absolutely beautiful, thank you for this masterpiece

[@gigaganon]

at 1:45 it reminds me so much of yoko kanno's (EDIT : actually Kenji Kawai) work on ghost in the shell!

[@kainnosgoth6922]

Ho yeah, that's what i was looking for! I was thinking of something but couldn't remember!

[@wongdor]

The music from the films with those distinctive vocals is actually composed by Kenji Kawai.

[@gigaganon]

wongdor you're right, i feel dumb for not remembering this correctly

[@wongdor]

To be fair, Yoko Kanno's work on the TV series is fantastic too.

[@BlueMoon-er6on]

LOVE THIS TRACK! YES!

[@zacharysien5245]

This was beautifully inspiring. And I mean this when I say this might be one of my favorite music pieces, ever.

[@kahakusurf]

this was beautiful at 1:48 this reminds me of Ghost in the Shell theme song. I loved it sooo much

[@MystrangyTV]

Absolutely perfect rendition. Will play this while I look for the rest of the masks and save Termina!

[@TheBeerHunter7]

I've just been working my way through your video's following a recommendation for your Molgera version and i'm just speechless at the level of quality across this whole project and even those additional tracks beyond it. Didn't even know which video to comment on but the vocals and then breakdown throughout the 6th minute just blew my mind and I just had to say, that without a doubt, you produce the best interpretations of these OSTs that i've ever heard. Thank you for your efforts its a privilege to listen to.

[@dougedgar2774]

I could see them making a Majora’s Mask Movie Trilogy. The first movie would cover the prologue, Deku Palace, Southern Swamp, and Woodfall Temple storylines. Then, at the very end of the first movie after Link clears Woodfall Temple and goes back in time to the first day, this song from 0:00 - 3:15 plays as Link observes his surroundings and eventually heads into the direction of Snowfall Mountain, where the screen cuts to black and the rest of the song after 3:15 is the credits.

[@addineoterra5615]

Thank you so much for this!! So awesome...

[@Erikona1]

1:45 could be straight from Nier:Automata

[@koldoboton5207]

Why can't just push the like button for 1.000 times... so f**** amazing. Next time I play Majoras I will save Termina with this song

[@fyofyoriosity2350]

The first minute made me cry, hecc... good job man

[@a.d.seveda]

Truly outstanding!

[@allenbanks3986]

That bell gets me every time

[@princeofhyrule2205]

simply breathtaking... as usual!

[@NeonBandingo]

I can't rest until the people I love are at rest. So I will be the hero for lost souls.

[@theanomalousduck264]

This iis one of the if not the best Zelda remix I've ever seen.period

[@BrianThebold]

This is just amazing

[@EduardoJReyes]

This is amazing. I love it!

[@imirik]

Jesus! Incredible! Bravo! Goddamn! You sir have an incredible ability to inspire!

[@SadatEverything]

too beautiful

[@TainoMoya]

has such a nier vibe i love it

[@abelboualem2365]

Merveilleux

[@DeltaPro137]

I really can't wait until this group gets to the End Credits, thats gunna be so sick

[@thecupcakefoxblog]

Your music reminds me of James Horner. And I cry my way through the nostalgia.

[@vaderguardian666]

The quality of the sound even with youtube compression. Volume of the different sound levels colliding perfectly. And lets not even get to the fact that the 3D effects are like as if you were standing in a spot with asmr microphone recording. If i ever want to test a new audiophile headset i know where to go from now on. Also that thunder in the beginning of the song is incredible i literally had to go look outside if there was thunder approaching. Never stop making new stuff, you are like sun brigthening our days in the darkness.

[@mortman200]

Really like the Ghost in the Shell vibes of the choir section.

[@beccahawkins1905]

I'd love to see this particular part of Theophany's soundtrack paired up with an animation from Ember Lab!

[@zerotwo3298]

there is one song from theophany 2 that always manages to bring a tear to my eye every time because of the origins behind the song and id have to say that would be the theophany 2 song of healing (believe in your strengths) it makes me recall all the times i ever suffered. all the times i ever have been hurt. and the part that makes me shed a tear is the fact that it reminds me all the times i ever needed the help of another. and yet nobody was ever there. and i say this not to make others feel sorry. thats not the motive or reason for this comment. the reason is that i am trying to make a point. a reason i always find works for me. "when you are suffering or hurting. when you have your doubts or disbeliefs. play yourself a tune of music. music. is a pathway into ones spirit and soul while others use it for a means of self repair and peace"

[@ascaellanyxx1919]

god am I a sucker for choirs (specially ghost in the shell type), that begining was beautiful

[@MorleyQ]

This is...this is just beautiful.

[@PixelsBlocksAndTNT]

+MorleyQ Why, fancy seeing you here!

[@leonardoshinagawa3548]

Wow! Great work!

[@artsylotl]

At roughly 7:27, I start getting Doctor Who Bad Wolf vibes with the vocals. So many things right with these songs.

[@MarioMoreno-on3cy]

Thats just to good 👏

[@reonnarenee3226]

I'm in love with this! First it sounds like Nier and then it sounds like something from a studio ghibli movie... Beautiful :)

[@DavideGrucci95]

lovin it

[@my8-bitost651]

5:38 this part is soooo good

[@joseavila720]

Me encanta.

[@wesmylezz5997]

love this

[@DeathTheKid1010]

Traveling though Hyrule in Breath of the wild to this is amazing! 😉👍

[@Atoll-ok1zm]

Nice electric violin. They really don't get enough love

[@zacharysien5245]

I want a Smash Ultimate Young Link combo video or him going through World of Light with this music.

[@MetaKaios]

Incredible.

[@OscelotTheCat]

Literally have chills, and I haven't even played Majora's Mask.

[@alpakid648]

por dios!! me encanto!! :D

[@masafraik]

i'm speechless

[@mj_out]

Wow...

[@chuy92]

Amazing.

[@MrLemonGrahb]

Yes, yes to thoose Ghost In the Shell style voices, perfect fit

[@Crye60]

I got some heavy Nier Automata Vibes from this, this is amazing!

[@dreaming4ffr]

thing is.... nier automata came out, AFTER this song.

[@Xolcin]

The vocals in this song have a striking resemblance to those in Forest Kingdom from NieR:Automata.

[@halo5moments79]

incredible

[@MetricZero]

Chills.

[@___Artemis___]

This is sooo beautiful! Man, the songs from Majora's Mask NEED more appreciation.

[@castillo33brandon]

Still a favorite song

[@MangleFoxy]

It sounds so epic! :D

[@error13_genderexpunged]

This goes HARD Y'ALL

[@erickpas]

Got major Ghost in the Shell vibes now, loved it!

[@RhythmGrizz]

? How?

[@eirianodalis4992]

Great song! Many parts sounds like Ghost in the Shell.

[@TainoMoya]

5:11 I love that sound so much. reminds me of Nier. i love this

[@caden.does.musicc]

Serious Austin Wintory vibes at 5:15 , super similar voicings to his works in Abzu and Journey!

[@rodrigoVgaspar]

Thank you. Seriously, goddamn thank you.

[@leonardooliveira7558]

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH