Zelda Breath of the Wild Orchestration - Guardian Battle (10k celebration!)

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Let's get this out of the way first. Breath of the Wild is a great game, possibly the best Zelda game ever made. The world is expansive and allows so much freedom, self-discovery, and experimentation. However, I felt that Nintendo really dropped the ball on the story and music. The Switch Presentation Trailer Nintendo showed gave me such hope for the epic music that would assault my ears, but sadly we were all misled.
To me the soundtrack is only half-complete. The tracks are all atmospheric, and fit the setting really well, but ineffective in describing the context. The whole world has been plunged into darkness. Ganon's calamity infects the landscape, and yet all the inhabitants feel like they're at peace with it. Link has woken up from a hundred year slumber, and the world barely reacts to his return. What I had hoped to see was Ganon reacting to Link's presence. As Link defeats each divine beast, there should be a great escalating response from the opposing forces. But the world stays pretty much the same. The sense of adventure I felt in the beginning of the game sort of faded away. Instead the world felt more like just a playground for Link to play in until he decides to go save Zelda.
The music for the enemies on the world map all have this playful silliness to it, which I felt was in contradiction to the context. Hence, this arrangement I made for the guardian battle, I consider more of a REVISION. I referenced the tone of the trailer music heavily in trying to come up with my version. For the percussion, I used a lot of wood and metal knick knack sounds to preserve the idea that the player is free to be creative with his/her strategies in fighting the guardians. When encountering these for the first time, most players probably fail and die quickly. The thrill you get from defeating these for the first time is very exhilarating, and I wanted the music to convey that. I borrowed the main theme of the game and injected it into the track to give it more emotion. Even though the end result is a lot more heavy highs and lows, I feel I still was able to keep the lightness of track intact.
Since in my Undertale videos, there have been many comments on the "suckiness" of my gameplay, I put in a lot of effort to make the gameplay here look cool. LOL I rehearsed how I would fight the guardian, and recorded numerous run-throughs of the fight. I made sure to move in the same consistent manner so I could edit the footage to look like it was a multi-camera setup. Very cinematic, don't you think? And I tried to make the actions correspond to the musical changes in the track!
Arrangement by Jeremiah Sun
Original Theme by Manaka Kataoka
You can buy this game for Wii U and Nintendo Switch

[@doopey5]

“Be careful link... danger awaits...” Link: I’ll be fine. *PEW*

[@kajiwekx8554]

WHZIEEEWWWWWW POW

[@ShakemBeckford]

This would fit a boss battle perfectfecly.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Shakem Beckford My Boss theme First Phase

[@jenniferchough]

IDK about you but i though the mark beast ganon fight music was pretty damn epic. i think most people were too busy playing to notice but if you listen to it on its own, it's brilliant. i don't know how that pianist's fingers didn't fly off.

[@Hazelbeso]

XxxJim_ the_ ReaperxxX *Guardian titan [stage 02]*

[@Theemeraldgamestone]

And the scary part is the fact that a guardian isn't even a boss ITS A CASUAL ENEMY

[@UnclePhil6705]

Hmmm... Almost like it's a theme for some kind of miniboss....

[@isaiahlee2902]

Honestly, I like your points on the story and music, but I personally wasn't disappointed with either of them. First off, story: With open-world gameplay, it can be difficult to fit in a good story. After all, for some people, the story can be as simple as, "Link wakes up, completes his tasks at the Great Plateau, and then heads straight to Ganon and defeats him." However, I think most of the story lies within most of the side quests, such as Link's relationships with each of the champions and even building Tarrey Town, helping to repopulate a broken Hyrule. Although yes, it would have been great to see an increase of Ganon's presence in Hyrule after defeating the blight Ganons, kinda like how Yiga attacks are more frequent after Master Kohga is defeated. Music: I honestly thought the soundtrack was beautiful and fitted perfectly into a game like this. However, you and other guys who do orchestrated remixes of BotW's songs have shown me that Nintendo could have pushed even a little bit harder to make this soundtrack better. Still, I am personally comfortable with what we have here. This is just my personal opinion.

[@christhewolsh482]

Isaiah Lee I believe this orchestration is absolutely incredible, but I disagree that nintendo did anything wrong with the botw music, I think that the fact that they used piano (mostly a piano by itself) was to give a little bit of a lonely feel to the music, much like link throughout most of the game

[@felinusfeline5559]

Original guardian theme: crap! Run for it! This theme: COME AT ME BRO

[@LORDY_VEE]

i like how the yiga clan blademaster appeared out of nowhere

[@ZeggyGaming]

Yeah

[@oscarazcautli5380]

Why your work is so underrated? I'm pretty sure that you are the best Zelda orchestrator in KZbin.

[@stwbmc98]

This channel and Noble Demon need way more recognition.

[@glitchygang702]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6qWiYV9fNV3iZo Im just gonna leave this here

[@poogitypooheh]

OK , this turned out waay better than I expected. You're officially my favorite composer on youtube. Keep up the good work!

[@gondroidcat6968]

If you like this amazing stuff I would check out someone called Rush Garcia as well.

[@IvoRobotnik123]

while i disagree with you on the Quality of BotW ost, this remix is absolutely fantastic. I'd really love to see you Tackling the final Boss theme with all phases. Also kudos on the Gameplay, fits very well with the Music. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@jeremy8473]

@@JoelBaulidaAyerbe Im gonna have to agree with you, other zelda games have better msuic but you cant really compare the BOTW OST to games like OOT and WW because it would be weird hearing the OOT hyrule field theme in BOTW right? it just doesnt fit with the atmosphere of the game

[@marchobute5024]

All dislike are all guardians because is too epic

[@ianr3461]

😏👍

[@mrmaximumrizz]

This composition is literally the reason I decided to finally play BotW. Thank you so much for motivating me to have this awesome experience!

[@SceptileDude254]

Again, you capture the moment absolutely perfectly, and it rises to that wonderful short crescendo of the main theme. So very excellent.

[@Zorro9129]

I really like this game. From all appearances combat is actually tied to wit and skill. Your music matches it perfectly.

[@MacoDX]

Incredible stuff, man. I can safely say I'm disappointed they didn't take some of the music in this direction. Guardians would be INTENSE with music like this playing.

[@-mokerly-5984]

They normally die quicker than this, so it would be sort of weird if a long theme like this played and was cut in half or something. But this sounds awesome! Keep up the good work! Whatchabout Sidon's theme?

[@areallymeanperson]

it doesn't fit guardians, they are epic, but not epic enough for this song honestly, I don't know where in the game this would fit other than the final boss

[@calcium9668]

I think they were going for a si-fi techno kind of theme when composing for this.

[@photonblaze]

Holy crap this is fantastic. I'm getting nostalgic feels even though Breath of the Wild has only been out for 2 months. Amazing work!

[@ianr3461]

😎👍

[@kamronbyrd7628]

I love love love those piano runs from the opening of the gurdians theme in the main theme of the game its awesome.

[@Anna_Rae]

You should just redo the entire BotW soundtrack, it's very easy to replace the music files in the game so a complete OST remix could be placed into the game.

[@nathandioza7821]

Oh paaalease!!!! Like he could perfectly recapture the raw beauty and emotion of Daruk's Phenomenal theme!!! HA!!! I like to see em try!!!

[@atomsorcerer8356]

That would be an absurd amount of music to remix though-

[@gab2o211]

Imo it does sound like a boss battle but also as if: ''After a great fight, Link has won the guardians back from ganon, the divine beasts are ready to shoot but, so are the guardians. Hero, hyrule's fate rests upon your shoulders, call your guardians, tell the champions to get ready, grab your sword and let's end the calamity here and now!''

[@christianharris5489]

It's like you're fighting a guardian final boss

[@Noxstel]

perfectly captures the “OH SHIT GOTTA GO FAST” moment

[@frogonarockonarock]

Guardians Music: Intimidating and is preparing you for a boss fight Guardians: I lack object permeance and can't go very fast

[@MrChidumebi3]

0:40 I know that pain so badly.

[@momothain]

This creation of yours is so incredibly moving! Beyond just my intense appreciation of the music you've made (especially here and for Undertale), reading your description makes me so happy! You're so passionate about the game and the logical conclusions that complete your interpretation of it, and I'm so grateful that you put so much thought and really hard work into fulfilling the things you think are important! I hope you're getting a lot out of this for yourself and having tons of fun!!!

[@iamrhebeastuwoeship]

What you said in the description in of this video is so right. It would be amazing if with every destruction of a ganon blight, there'd be more than just higher level enemies. Perhaps more malice like enemies or just newer random enemies popping up here and there.

[@nmann]

This is incredibly good! Thank you for creating such Masterpieces

[@nmann]

After listening many times to this, I have to correct myself. This is by far the BEST orchestration of BotW ever! I can't wait for other ones like Hyrule Castle :O

[@poogitypooheh]

2:00 omg the chills

[@jac0bthefool]

I feel this should've been called "Guardian Battle Theme (All Divine Beasts Defeated)"

[@Theemeraldgamestone]

"no! you can't just one hit me!!" Haha. Laser go boom

[@buddyman1990]

This is so incredibly good!! If they made a breath of the wild movie this would have to be what the guardians theme for sure!!

[@souryma]

Amazing ! :D, could you do an orchestration of the hyrule Castle theme of Botw after ??

[@dhillydallyfilms5866]

I agree

[@KingOfWizards]

honestly my favorite theme in BOTW, so I would love to see that done

[@souryma]

KingOfWizards yeh me too 😉

[@frcShoryuken]

Cosigning

[@ciarazito4528]

I love this!!!! Without even seeing the screen, the music tells a story! Beautiful! I wish this was actually in the game somewhere!❤❤❤ I play to this in the background when I play BotW and it fits perfectly!

[@ZorillaMyrid181]

Introducing: Anxiety orchestrated

[@wizardofsabertooth6483]

just how are you that skilled? I can tell from the amount of obvious opportunities to defeat the last guardian you ignored that you weren't even taking the fight seriously

[@verdanthorn]

This is really amazing!!!! man you're so underrated.. :,( But I'll always be looking forward to new music from you!! Keep up the good work!

[@da3577]

5:39 THAT jump tho!!! and everything else

[@tenpers]

very impressive. rly good stuff!

[@akira1086]

AAAAAAH, YOU'RE CHANNEL IS STILL ALIVE, BLESS!

[@Sacred_Korok69]

Bruh after 2 years i finally found this epic remix! Majinphil used it in his vid where he shiny hunted crobat and i wanted to hear the full song. Amazing work!

[@ruam0ne]

2:16 Wow sounds like Princess Mononoke. I love it!

[@ultimate.funkypunky]

the main theme leitmotif was EPIC! I'm amazed by this, someone should make a mod with it

[@GG-pw7cg]

Amazing I love this

[@ianr3461]

👌😏👌

[@thanoscarthanoscar219]

This is the sound of true terror. Good job m8.

[@ajbolt7]

Yea this game was marvellous save for the music. Totally fell flat in any scenario that wasn't the quiet pauses of exploration.

[@blueducky1]

This makes me think of a Guardian mini-boss, with tons of health. However, instead of locking on and firing beams, it would instead slowly track you with a continuous laser than can't be parried, (Essentially like the Sting Ray from Splatoon 2) forcing you to keep moving or take cover.

[@thuyh9028]

Battle stations! A gaurdian is comming!

[@franz.hildenburg]

Some people have criticised this, but I think it's perfection!

[@loup9003]

Majinphil's newest video brought me here and damn, i'm not disapointed. Really nice song!

[@bonkboy6242]

Great job! agree 100% with how you explained botw music and story in the description. keep making great music!

[@Purple1222119Music]

This is spectacular! Everything you added from the original is a big plus, love the heavy percussion and the main theme in there makes this so good. I will be listening to this on repeat for a long while! Always glad to hear more content from you!

[@joeplanet8254]

Imagine a Guardian with three heads and 12 legs with a bodymass that rivals a Hinox. This song represents that thought.

[@MadisonBennings]

i literally cant stop grinning this is freakkng epic

[@MadisonBennings]

AND THE GAMEPLAY LITERALLY ADDED TO THE MUSIC I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

[@wavadoblue]

I like how you incorporated Ganon's theme

[@damianibarra275]

Still loving your music. And I couldn't agree more with you. I missed Koji Kondo in this game.

[@mystory2914]

Thank you.

[@NordianAdmiral]

The part at 2:10 and 5:06 is amazing! And the slight sync at 2:12 is so good!

[@basedaudio1]

Stun and hit, that's it.

[@elmontenegro5217]

I'm so happy

[@marchobute5024]

This music is your revenge against guardians

[@aydensmith9745]

This sounds like it could be the boss fight theme for that giant guardian boss they had planned and got scraped at some point

[@JairusC]

As always a phenomenal job orchestrating. You'll only keep going up from here. I like that modulation half-way. EDIT: Made sure to share it on the Breath of the Wild subreddit, my man.

[@CanadaGradeEh]

Your work with the fights paid-off. I really get in to that experiencing-a-hero-from-a-fantasy-novel-do-something-badass mindset watching this. Thanks!

[@siLveRscOpe13x]

Yiga jerks can't even stay out of epic fight scenes like this. They really were the bane of my experience. Lol.

[@waydness1537]

EPIC MUSIC

[@Boko]

Well done - you earned a sub!

[@155kji50]

Stunning. Well done

[@neonmajora8454]

You went above and beyond!

[@Constable_Chud]

They should have done something like this when Demise/Ganon *woke up and turned his head towards the Triforce holders who disturbed his slumber.* The rest of the trailer should have been will-driven yet surrounded by the evoking of desperation at its peak, as you've done here with a LOT of the Eastern music inspiration. Brilliant, brilliant stuff. "Last shot, kid. *Make it count."* energy I'm almost certain that they intend to bring forth the Twilight Realm into the story too. The green color is attributed to the Triforce of Courage, as well as Twili magic. This story is going to be very, VERY dark. You've even got the Twilight Princess vibes at about 4:12 of the with the percussive bits, the triangle, and brass (horn) textures.

[@voolcy35]

That was the coolest thing i ever heard

[@TurKlack]

What is worse than a Guardian? A Yiga Dude coming out of nowhere.

[@thechristianhylian4886]

Months later, I still revisit this song to enjoy its awesome epicness. :) (I don't remember how long ago I found this, so I'm just gonna says months... But been enjoying it for quite a while!)

[@MevDotE]

I wish this was in the game it's so good

[@Noonmark]

Your channel is honestly one of the highest quality orchestration/remix channels i've found on youtube!! This arrangement is insanely impressive!! Absolutely in awe, good work! :)

[@gavindasher9356]

Giant ancient core drop from walking-explosive-laser-pointer 1.

[@Zoe-zg1pl]

i just can't get enough of this, man you are a legend!

[@stevenmcpeake3387]

This is freaking epic. You should be very proud of this.

[@thenamelessnpc1000]

How dare you make the most stressful song sound so good. Amazing work ^-^

[@frederickglass1583]

Link: *hiding behind a tree* Yiga Blademaster: Hello, Link, you must die- Link: *hissing menacingly* COULD YOU JUST WAIT FIVE (STATIC)ING MINUTES?! *IM KINDA PREOCCUPIED RIGHT NOW!"

[@jingjiang4639]

I think you have the skills to take on Ganon now!

[@plaguegang8787]

Really captures the "oh shit run you fucking horse run!

[@ylluminarious151]

Nice job; very interesting touch with adding the main theme. I agree, they could have done much more to add to the flavor of the game with stuff like having Ganon react to your presence. They also didn't add enough uniqueness to the puzzles, i.e., all puzzles are just shrines or korok seeds so puzzles feel kind of boxed-in in that way. But hey, I guess that's what happens when the company ain't doing so well and they have hundreds of people working on it for several years and they need to just ship the product. Maybe they're also planning on releasing a bunch of DLCs / expansions...

[@Cinnuhminn]

Fantastic!! Really puts off the feeling of a dramatic chase and you've put the main theme in this? Gosh that's clever... Do you mind doing a Hyrule Castle one? I'm curious how amazing you could present that.

[@skrugtuggler]

How can I be terrified when I'm giving myself whiplash from this amazing remix?

[@terukisuke5324]

This is truly a beautiful piece you’ve made. I see you’ve put a lot of effort into this, and I’m going to use it in one of my videos because it’s amazing. However, I do have a different opinion, even if I do respect yours. I have been a Zelda fan for much of my life, even if I’m young, and Breath of the Wild, while it is not perfect, is definitely a step in the right direction. I love the music of the game... It is why I find myself here, looking up remixes of otherwise amazing tracks. Nintendo has made it clear they are trying new things, and I can respect that. I loved exploring the world in a post apocalyptic setting. I love the small violin flourishes you added, it really is a nice touch and shows more of a two-sided struggle than the one-sided the guardians appear to be infamous for. However, I feel adding the main theme is a bit unnecessary, and makes a skirmish with what the guardians are a bit more ramped up than it should be, considering they are at most footsoldiers despite their seeming mini boss difficulty. After getting better at the game, they are actually quite quick to take down, though this may not be the case for everyone but there are quicker ways of dispatching them. Link before he died faced hundreds of these machinations, which makes for an epic fight though doesn’t attest them being worthy of the main theme. I wouldn’t say all this if this was a simple remix, but since you have stated this is more of a revision and something claimed should actually be in the game, I felt the need to discuss this. Breath of the Wild is more of a game where sometimes simplicity and hinting is more charming than complexity or emphasis. The theme that plays while riding a horse is the best example of this, as the majority of the time is different but plays the classic tune of Hyrule in small parts throughout the piece, successfully making itself stand out as original while at the same time an ode to an old theme. Link himself is different in this game. He wears a blue tunic instead of green, while the green tunic you get after completing all shrines is somewhat of a reward or afterthought, since the game’s emphasis on trying new formulas is evident. This also shows itself in the music; Kakariko Village’s theme is far different than anything we’ve heard from the Zelda series to my memory. The people seem unaffected since many of the people who were alive in Link’s time have died save for the Zora people, of whom are constantly grieving Mipha’s death. The new generation of zoras don’t recognize him, but the few elders who remain blame Link for Mipha’s loss. The other races get by with the strife like they always have with other games since it is all they have known. Hyrule Castle has always been a fortress of death and destruction. And they are hampered by the Divine Beasts even if they don’t know what they are, as the people most knowledgeable of them has past on or went into hiding to make sure they are there for Link’s potential return. I do agree with some of the game’s faults. I feel there was wasted potential with Ganon even if his first form is a thing of nightmares to behold. I always loved the confrontation Link had with Ganondorf back in Ocarina of Time. The organ, their confrontation of wills, the dark atmosphere, what he has become all these years. I held off the end of Breath for so long because I anticipated an encounter of that lore-filled encounter. What kind of person would Ganon look like? What intelligence would he show? Except there was nothing there... Nothing left. I wish there was more to learn about him. Another flaw, while I did not find it while playing the game but found after I played it, I was sad some of my favorite monsters weren’t in here. The poes, specifically; I loved hunting after them in previous games. And what if the Skulltulas, or a lot of other things? No water exploration? These things I will miss, but I have promise they will improve on it in the future. I can’t fault this game too much, though. I loved horses when I was a child, and this game made me love collecting horses again. They’re all beautiful, and giving them different names was cool. Sorry for the long message. I just feel so passionately on the subject. There are actually a lot of great themes here, hidden in the Wilds.

[@glitchville]

This is awesome!

[@RichyAsecas]

Really brilliant.

[@TeaquestSagas]

Got here through an undertale playlist just now, but I can already tell I will stick around for more. Your work is amazing, happy I came across this channel

[@Fozmaloud]

Great track!

[@floloslate2221]

OMFG! This is AMAZING! even more than the original D:

[@getolde7966]

Its so amaaaazing

[@trial_with_an_error9687]

The Guardians: Ancient sentries incapable of fear. They are nigh invincible, *run*

[@kanunize]

Link and Guardian: fighting Blademaster: I just live here.

[@Zoe-zg1pl]

First... THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS!!! Second i want to ask that if i become your patreon can i expect you to do more epic FF music (so many im unable to think right now) something like lets say FF Jenova or similar? thanks

[@shadowstar3739]

My heart rate skyrockets every time I hear that piano.

[@PixelaGames2000]

Yo this is freaking amazing the way you blind the guardian theme and the main theme together is just (chiefs kiss)👌🏻

[@cr_scnt]

Me: Wow! I’m starting to enjoy how calm this game is! *hears song* Oh crap wtf save me

[@jayjustkiddin]

0:06 I like how you’d kept the “OH SHIT” piano roll!

[@reshi606]

This is some fire

[@ayahassari6740]

It was brilliant

[@M_Dutch97]

Great arrangement! I love the way you used the Main Theme. I don't agree with you om BotW's soundtrack though. The game is very different than other Zelda titles so imo the soundtrack has to be different as well. It really fits with this game and that's all that matters. Besides it has some of the best themes in the series: Main Theme, Battle, Champion Themes, Hyrule Castle and many more. I would love to hear an arrangement of the latter btw. Congrats at 10k subscribers! I've been listening to you since Link's Awakening. It's awesome how much you've grown.

[@yungsaverage1852]

M_Dutch97 I think it's fitting for the game for this intense music to be playing, currently the Guardian music doesn't come off as threatening to me.

[@serafie5084]

Great Job!! I love it!!

[@hyliombi]

Frankly, I wish I could like this thousands of times. I also felt as if this game's soundtrack was severely lacking after the music heard in the trailers and in reference to what is going on in the game's world. Fantastic job on this and you really did fix the song to more of what I personally expected. I would have much preferred to hear this version in the game. Congratulations on the 10k subscribers and keep up the great work :)