Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 'Sky Islands' (EWI Cover)

I've put over 100 hours into Tears of the Kingdom at this point, and can very safely say it's my favourite Zelda game! One of its most memorable sequences occurs near the very beginning, as you step out of a cave and start to explore a massive set of ruin-covered floating islands. The detached phrases you hear in this theme echo the aesthetics of the environment you're exploring - this is the musical equivalent of exploring half-buried ruins which hint at former glory. Like so much of the BotW and TotK soundtracks, this track depicts a sense of place with unmatched precision and profundity.
I hope you enjoy what I've done with it - I'm reluctant to break out the green-screen if I can avoid it these days, but this track definitely deserved the extra work!
Thanks to ‪@JDmusicwoodwinds‬ for his transcription of this piece, which was an immense help towards getting my arrangement of this piece rolling!
Original Composers: Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Tsukasa Usui
Equipment:
Akai EWI 4000s (Preset patches 14, 15, 16, 21, and 31)
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Reaper
Audacity
GoPro Hero 10
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2019
paint.net
Special thanks to my Patreon donors who helped to support the creation of this video:
Adrien Fins, Aram Akhavan, August Hall, Beau Tran, Brett Smith, BroUps, Cooked Chicory, Daniel Capo, Darkil, Jacob Larsen, James Iben, Jason Snyder, John McKane, Josh Ames, keii4ii, Kokobon0514, Lungkisser, Mirabai Knight, Mockingjay N7, Philip Smith, Ronan.G, Shermaniac, Thomas Kresge, Thomas van Iersel, Ticfortea, Vonzent
Support me on Patreon for exclusive perks: / soundole
Download mp3s of all my tracks for free here: drive.google.c...
Follow me on twitter: / soundole
Like me on Facebook: / soundole
Check out my other channel for jazz and classical music: / @soundole2701