Zelda: The Windwaker - The Great Sea / Ocean Theme - Piano Cover

[@Twitross]

This song feels like a perfect embodiment of "An adventure is about to start!" I'm sure I've listened to this performance 100 times. Thanks Animalisa Keys! This gets my day started with energy and optimism.

[@Trapezoideris]

By far the best rendition on KZbin

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thanks, that's high praise!

[@evangelicalH]

ahh cant help but cry a bit at this amazing cover

[@wiipicross]

Sooo good. Thanks Animalisa Keys!

[@alejandrocamberosrodriguez4222]

Oh my God, I was looking for something like this! Most arrangements I've heard for the Great Sea are good, but are missing that... heart. NGL, I got emotional and might've let a tear or two roll down. Thank you for this version! You can add another subscriber to your count!

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Awww thank you 😢 I'm glad you like it!!

[@alejandrocamberosrodriguez4222]

@@AnimalisaKeys Au contraire: thank you! WW was my first Zelda game, and a rush of good memories came to mind when I heard your rendition!

[@MatthewGagliardoMusic]

So good. This is one of my favorite over world themes in an Zelda game! You nailed it!

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thank you! :) It makes the long treks through the ocean less tedious!

[@joveezus1347]

I absolutely agree

[@louisdefromont4265]

Awesome! Wind Waker is still probably my favorite game of all time and this is a great cover of one of the best songs from it!

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thank you!! It's such a charming game, I love it too!

[@thomandy]

Amazing performance. Working on this myself at the moment, realizing the arr. I found is far from this. Need to find something similar, sounds so good!!

[@Gordy-fj1jy]

I’ve listened to a lot of Zelda music over the last 20 years. I’ve probably heard every version of the various themes, performed by a variety of artists, particularly anyone associated with Zelda Reorchestrated (ZREO). Suffice it to say that I feel very confident in saying that this is the best version of “The Great Sea” I’ve heard performed on piano. Kenta Nagata would be proud. Congratulations! Bravo! 👏

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Wow, thank you so much!!

[@yoshitora96769t]

Hi, I'm Japanese. Lovely work🥰 I can feel a sea breeze from this music!!

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thank you so much! I'm glad, I was trying to make it feel/sound like the ocean :)

[@yoshitora96769t]

@@AnimalisaKeys Perfect! And I've followed your KZbin!

[@msterdam]

Ahhh so nice!! All those good memories!! (man I even got emotional here) Great play!!👍🔥

[@classicsbycandace]

So beautiful!! 💙I enjoy playing the background music from “The Legend of Zelda” franchise on the piano! I like listening to “The Great Sea” and “Zora’s Domain!” Keep on rocking those keys, girl! 🎹😌👏🏽

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thanks :) Good to see another lady who loves playing video game classics on piano!!

[@classicsbycandace]

@@AnimalisaKeys OMG! Thank you so much for your support and encouragement! You inspire me to play video game music on the piano. I used to feel like I was alone in this adventure until I came across your channel! Keep up the beautiful work! ❤️❤️❤️

[@corsicroz5343]

amazing!!! love this video so much

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thank you!!

[@atlasblue3542]

I could watch a hundred of these, excellent!

[@alm6029]

this is awesome!

[@LaGuitarraDeJuan]

amazing

[@benferda]

this is exactly what ive been looking for! loved it so much thank you!

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thanks for listening :D

[@drpiv8549]

Excellent choice! Brings me back.

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Glad I could bring back some hopefully good memories :)

[@whitem_off]

Magnifique 🥲

[@AnimalisaKeys]

😊

[@maxestrubbel9323]

Respekt ❤!

[@DisposedHeroVGM]

Amazing work, as usual! Yeah, I don't think anyone minds the frequent Zelda uploads :)

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thank you! Haha perfect :)

[@ashyoung6134]

New goldmine found. Addicted to this channel now.

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Wow, thank you so much! I'm quite flattered!

[@ashyoung6134]

@@AnimalisaKeys I don't usually comment on youtube videos but felt compelled to here to express my appreciation of your work. Looks like I have discovered this channel in its infancy with such few views and subscribers but I hope that will change. I am a video game music collector and own many game OSTs if you ever want any further inspiration. I will also be willing to pay you for WAV/FLAC downloads of piano covers like this. So much talent on YT that is not available as CD or download...

[@AnimalisaKeys]

@@ashyoung6134 I think eventually I'm going to license and distribute my covers because I'm the same way; I prefer to have a way to stream/download music rather than watching YT videos.

[@ashyoung6134]

Hey, do you take cover suggestions? I have plenty of pieces that I would love to hear transposed to piano and driven by a talent such as yours. Also, if you would ever like to chat on social media, I would be honoured.

[@Oogs777]

Charming performance

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thanks :)

[@bradleykaczmarek5573]

Great work once again!

[@AnimalisaKeys]

I think you were first that time!

[@bradleykaczmarek5573]

@@AnimalisaKeys no. makemusic beat me to the punch!

[@LloydTheHammer]

I just recently played wind waker to 100% completion again and it still remains to be one of my favorite 3D Zelda games! Toon link is also my favorite incarnation of Link and I main him in smash lol. Your rendition of this song is really beautiful! Wish this plays when you're cruising on the great sea haha.

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thanks so much! I adore this game, and the graphics make me so happy haha. I don't think I've played vs a lot of Toon Link mains? So that's pretty neat

[@LloydTheHammer]

@@AnimalisaKeys No problem and same here! What would be your favorite zelda game of all time? :)

[@LloydTheHammer]

@@AnimalisaKeys Also we should totally play smash bros against each other sometime if you want! My friend code is: SW-7819-8819-1274

[@AnimalisaKeys]

@@LloydTheHammer If I had to pick one, even with all its flaws, I'd say Breath of the Wild. I think it captured the spirit of the original NES game with its open world! "Princess" added you (er...my sister and I were playing 2-player online one day and we thought using that name while being characters like K rool and Ridley was funny...). I haven't played in a couple months 'cause it's been busy, but maybe I'll see you on there!

[@LloydTheHammer]

@@AnimalisaKeys Cool Breath of the wild was definitely my number one 1 Zelda game when I first played it and I agree how it really captured the Nes game which is really cool to me! I found the flaw in that the replay value isn't great I feel but that's all haha. The idea of K rool with that name above his head is really funny to me haha so no worries and maybe I'll see you there! :)

[@Duhemsounds]

This is beautiful, well done =3

[@AnimalisaKeys]

Thank you!

[@Potatointhehood]

=3333

[@Santiago-yc8lm]

Do you have sheet music for this gorgeous arrangement?

[@AnimalisaKeys]

No, I did it by ear :( feel free to transcribe it, though!

[@metalgearsolidiscool]

This is such a good cover. Would you mind if I used it in a time lapse video if me painting a wind waker scene, to be posted on Instagram? I'll credit you of course

[@AnimalisaKeys]

That sounds really neat, I approve! I want to see it, too!

[@TheSlowPianist]

Well done with the good arranging. Is there any kind of place where video game pianists can all hang out, like a Discord or something?

[@AnimalisaKeys]

I don't know of any, but I'm sure they exist as it's a great idea

[@TheSlowPianist]

@@AnimalisaKeys Maybe I'll create a Discord and gradually add people I discover. Would it interest you?

[@AnimalisaKeys]

@@TheSlowPianist Yes, it would

[@alexandrestrawinski7581]

I am actualy watching a playtrough of Zelda the windwaker by Gab Smolders

[@Purgious]

Ever consider posting this on other places so more people recognize your videos?

[@AnimalisaKeys]

I post to Reddit and Instagram sometimes, and that helps! This channel is still super young and it's going to take some time to build a following, I think

[@Dgdg233]

I enjoy it more at 0.75x