Zelda Echoes of Wisdom Music is Even BETTER Than You Think...

[@phantomthief123]

I play the Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, and violin. Experiencing the new music as it comes nearly supersedes the actual gameplay for me. It’s so good, especially the woodwinds!

[@TheKeybladeKeeper]

At one point you've gotta listen to the final boss theme (phase 3), it evokes so many emotions

[@AnthonyDGreen]

I just finished the game and that final theme is now embedded in my soul. It makes me want to cry tears of joy 😅

[@dj_chateau]

Honestly, the boss music for ancient ruins near the end did that for me. There was this really epic feel to it and whenever you went into Swordfighter mode and it would overlay that retro 8-bit feel to it and the nostalgia just kicks in.

[@MtrlDstrbt]

I love that they stuck with the chamber ensemble for this. The composer did a great job of feeling like Zelda without explicit references. I also love that Hyrule Field is no longer "Link's Theme" but Zelda's theme.

[@johnnybranstetter2366]

I am really loving the addition of the chord graphics that are displayed to further illustrate what we are hearing. I wish more channels did this. Great content as always!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Thanks so much! Some videos will have it others won’t, experimenting with how to make the videos more educational but still super engaging.

[@Skip6235]

The water temple theme is so good. Very Debussy vibes. Also, very John Williams, especially Phantom Menace

[@bigotato5155]

lego star wars nostalgia for me lol. the combination of puzzles and star wars-like music just gets it to me

[@xokatibby]

As a clarinet player, I am just so happy about this entire OST

[@komi___]

The part resembling Kokiri Forest and that other with Mt. Moon, they both sounded so familiar to me when I was playing this game but I had no idea where I heard them before, props for finding the references.

[@eeveestar6826]

I like how some of the town themes (Goron City, Sea Zora Village, Kakariko Town) use the melody from their Ocarina of Time versions while also creating an entirely new melody Also Eldin Temple is my favourite Dungeon theme

[@CaptBurgerson]

Eldin Temple theme absolutely slaps

[@Karalora]

The new Gerudo Town theme slaps...as Gerudo/desert music generally does in this franchise!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Absolutely

[@5-Volt]

I love how they use rearrangements to evoke a sense of familliarity in different locations. They've always done it throughout the series to great effect.

[@TomskyB]

I'd absolutely love a breakdown of the Stilled World Hyrule Castle theme, I swear I can hear the Zelda I dungeon theme in there

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Noted!

[@SparkyKnight31]

I noticed this too! It's definitely a mashup of the LttP Hyrule Castle theme and the original Dungeon Theme, but the Hyrule Castle theme already has so much of the Dungeon Theme's DNA in it that it's hard to tell until the iconic arpeggiation comes in. Similarly, the Kakariko Village theme has just the barest hint of the intro to the unique Kakariko theme from Twilight Princess right at the beginning before delving into the traditional Kakariko melody.

[@Raphe9000]

Probably my favorite theme in this game is the Lanayru Temple theme. It has that perfect balance of charming and mysterious to me.

[@dirtywhitellama]

I loved the Lanayru theme too, probably my favorite of the 'new' themes.

[@ryanwong167]

My favorite part of playing a new Zelda game is listening to the OST. I love the more clarinet and oboe-esc focus on the entire soundtrack. Link’s theme is usually trumpet based to mimic a sort of heroic entrance. But with this game’s theme, it gives a more creative and tinkering tone for Zelda’s wisdom rather than courage. I love that they focused more on Zelda’s wisdom in the music rather than her royalty. It gives so much more room to be creative with more instruments that aren’t rly “regal”. Also bro it’s midnight what u doin 😂

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Hahaha I like the instrumentation too. Lots of double reeds. And sometimes I experiment with release times. A lot of viewers are not in the US 😄

[@JaMi2310]

@@ZeldaMusicTheory german here O:

[@CaptBurgerson]

Love how the music analysis is getting so intense that you gotta crack out another instrument. Great work as always Kevin

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Hahaha ty Capt! Hope you’re staying busy! Lots to cover!

[@melimsah]

7:25 - THANK YOU!!! It sounded familiar to me the whole time i was playing and never figured out why!

[@jefferblue8617]

Heck yeah! I've been waiting to see more from you, thanks for the upload!

[@pix9784]

I'm no music expert but I love your channel! I've honestly overlooked some tracks and man you covering them makes me appreciate them much more! There are 4 themes I'm most interested in (SW for those who want to play Echoes themselves) "Jabul Ruins" (Aka the Water Temple) kind of reminds me of Star Wars "Hyrule Castle (Still World)" it makes me feel both curious but unsettled as well, by far my favorite Hyrule Castle theme I think "Faron Temple" this is one of my favorite themes from the game, everything both feels like it goes against itself but still works together in the theme I can't understand "Lanayru Temple" this theme fits so well for the story section around Lanayru Temple, it makes me think more about the characters that surround it I don't know why

[@aaronisaacarias62992]

The soundtrack blew my mind ❤!!! My favorites are Suthorn, Dialog 1(I call it Condes Lament), sea zora village, lanayru temple(😮omg) jabul waters, hyrule ranch. When i first heard Suthorn i remembered made village. I had to start on a cover and literally worked like 12 hrs trying to learn the song on keyboard and ocarina. 😅I'm so slow cuz I'm not to bright. But I finished my cover and it was so fun! I absolutely love this game! My daught was so happy to see princess hero😂

[@polwigle]

Not sure how the algorithm took so long to put you on my feed, but I'm subscribing on sight!!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Hahaha I’ve been less frequent with videos, but you should see uploads now! 😃

[@davidnystrom9059]

So much of this soundtrack just gave me cozy and warm vibes. Almost like Christmas music. Haha. Any of the dungeon themes would be awesome to hear a breakdown of!

It's an enjoyable soundtrack for sure. I think I've been most impressed with the effort and fidelity of the instruments themselves... Just feels strange, in a good way, for a topdown game to get such high quality treatment for its soundtrack. I love that Nintendo places such high importance on a game's soundtrack and utilizes a strong sound team of composers, producers, and musicians to make them happen. Some of the compositions hit hard and others less so, but all sound good and feel like they belong. I appreciate your video breaking things down.

[@wisterio3757]

I'm an oboist so this soundtrack has driven me crazy happy! Love the instrumentation in it, super colorful and very woodwind-forward. A woodwind quintet could play a killer arrangement of this soundtrack's best themes.

[@DNYLNY]

Hyrule castletown theme makes me waltz all around the living room. I love the driving beat and the castanets. And the instruments sound like the they are having a conversation.

[@sofivazquez1271]

Since I began playing this game, I was waiting for your video to come out 🎉

[@unclemoriarty1436]

This is great! Really eye opening (or ear opening lol). Can't wait to hear what you think of Hyrule Ranch and Jabul Waters.

[@AlanNess]

I absolutely adore the Kakariko Village theme in Echoes of Wisdom. I love the rhythmic variation of the OoT Kakariko Village

[@TheKeybladeKeeper]

3:26 I definitely noticed a hint of song of storms in there too

[@moldomre4838]

I'm so glad you got to hear the Kakariko Village theme, it never fails to put a smile on my face. Zelda's new "hero theme" in this game is incredible too; I'm glad her lullaby is mixed in. I kinda wanna hear the new theme in the movie when she inevitably does something cool lol

[@ernestosibbley3238]

I was looking for him all time and i miss 2 days haha always nice to see you with the Zelda music theory.😅

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Hahaha hopefully uploading more often 2025

[@Uggnog]

I can tell this soundtrack is gonna give me INTENSE nostalgia in like 2 months

[@gregpl9363]

Great vid bro. Haven’t played the game yet but listened to the music. Thinks it’s cool we now have 2 songs that use Zelda’s lullaby’s 3 note sequence in reverse. Ballad of the goddess and Tri’s theme and they did a great job to make tri’s theme also have that Fi theme feeling to it. Noticed how they sometimes use those 3 or 4 note sequence/leitmotifs with small alterations to bring about a nostalgic but also new feeling and that’s the magic of Zelda music. Had that same effect with Ilias theme which was basically a reference to eponas song, only with the second note of 3 note sequence down one key and instead of starting on 1, the third note starts on 1. Love little things like that Keep up the great work 💯🔥

[@TimothyCHenderson]

The "water temple" music is by far my favorite. Overall, the soundtrack feels almost 70's inspired at times. One of my favorite Zelda scores of the franchise.

[@calcorps5016]

I’ll be a little greedy with two suggestions: The reprise of Tri’s theme which plays at the end of the game. I think it’s my favourite song from the whole ost, it drives the emotion of the moment so well and I think it’s the clearest version of the song which you can hear Fi’s leitmotif and potentially some ballad of the goddess which of course has that Zelda’s lullaby connection. The Mt. Lanayru Temple theme. Reminds me of Spirit Tracks, specifically the music which plays in the Tower of Spirits. Really nice theme.

[@smurgledwerf]

If you do another video for Echoes of Wisdom, the dungeon themes are great, particularly Eldin Temple and Gerudo Sanctum. For battle themes, the Dungeon Link Midboss and Final Boss 3 are packed with references.

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Noted!

[@IbraheemM98]

A track that actually took me a while to find online was the opening intro dungeon music. It's really moody and dynamic with the player starting the game as Link and when you ascend the staircase they add an organ on top of everything to intensify it. They did something similar in Tears of The Kingdom at the beginning and end of the game and it sort of reminded me of the end of Ocarina of Time with the long staircase to the final boss.

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Yeah 100%!

[@mightygryffon]

You should really listen to the stilled hyrule castle theme! So many references and interesting harmonies!

[@saraross8396]

"That's the same motion as Zelda's Lullaby." Well, yes, and it is unsurprising because Zelda's Theme is worked in practically everywhere in this game. You can hear it in the overworld music, and it is even more prominent when the overworld undergoes a slight change after a certain point is reached in the game.

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

100%, looking forward to playing more and hearing it all in game

[@eillo3060]

The quantize was throwing me off for a sec lol good stuff

[@PedroSalesJrAP]

Woodwind instruments and percussion were highlighted on this soundtrack. I really liked it.

[@RedCaio]

7:08 Goron theme from Ocarina of Time

[@Linklighter]

I hope you analyze the Jabul Waters theme, it’s one of the most relaxing themes in the game in my opinion. Also, I don’t know if I’m going crazy, but I think I hear part of Dragon Roost Island in it!

[@evanmhm]

IK you covered the river zora theme but the Hyrule River Theme is also INCREDIBLE! This video made me cry multiple times haha

[@JustTheTrick]

Each piece has flavours from past game. In particular many themes from Link to the Past

[@EstoNoEsUnSpoiler]

My personal favorite was Faron Temple theme... it made me feel like I was in a Rainforest Café or a Mayan themed hotel

[@aaronisaacarias62992]

Dude I see your channel a lot and I really wish I was at your level. I started late and I have autism. But you my man kudos to you❤I thank you with utmost sincerity because your videos GREATLY help me understand music better.

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Yeah absolutely! Working on teaching a little more so stay tuned! Thanks for commenting and keep playing what YOU enjoy.

[@apoptastic7845]

I would love a breakdown of the leitmotifs used in the soundtrack! I’m hearing a LOT of Zelda’s Lullaby, but the Item Get was so unexpected!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

🤣 That was probably the best part of the video

[@cosygracegames]

What a gorgeous soundtrack! Thank you sir for showing us all these songs and teach us all about music!! The guitar part was so pretty, swoon-worthy, also that kk slider transition was super smooth- awesome music taste! Until next time!~

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Haha I enjoy busting out the guitar on occasion!

[@kolbra4170]

Love this! Hope you cover more of the tracks!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Definitely!

[@kj_H65f]

I'm not positive but I'm fairly certain that I found your channel shortly after your first vid based solely on me looking up analysis of the (at the time) new totk Zelda music. Anyway that to say, I'm continually impressed with your ability to pick out very subtle musical patterns, and how you've even somehow gotten better at it! Zelda music means so much to me and my family and it's truly a pleasure to see someone else break it down with as much love and care as you do. Thanks so much!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

That is awesome. Thanks for watching since the very beginning! Working on getting better at actually teaching music in a succinct but educational and entertaining way. I haven’t “taught” as much as I’d like because I don’t want people to get bored. But I have loved pulling as many cool things from Zelda music as possible and I’ve discovered much more than I ever thought I would.

[@Aderon]

I like how the River Zora village theme uses similar instrumentation to the Goron city theme from BotW and TotK. It just seems like an interesting choice which complements the parallels between the Goron and the river Zora in that they both rely on the mountains in some form. The Gorons live off the minerals within while the river Zora thrive off the waters that flow down presumably from Hebra Mountain.

[@AFStudiosMedia]

I am so in love with this soundtrack and ive seen and heard a LOT of subtle callbacks, especially to LTTP

[@Kalus_Heart607]

I’d love if you could do a reaction or analysis of the ice dungeon, Mount Lanayru Temple! It’s by far my favorite dungeon theme, and dungeon in general lol. The last phase of the final boss though would be great as well

[@fishnewt1331]

I am personally interested in the Golden Goddess themes.

[@Doodle1678]

You’ve got to listen to phase 3 of the final boss and the Hyrule castle theme both the peaceful and dungeon versions

[@Doodle1678]

You should also speed up the Hyrule castle still world dungeon theme to x1.5 you can really hear the lttp melody that way after you listen to it normally

[@Tomson-wq6lw]

The majority of the temple themes slap but the Eldin temple theme slaps the hardest imo. It has a sexy tango vibe and i love it. You should react to it 🙏

[@AustinKukay]

When you brought out the guitar and played the chord- I literally thought to myself, "Huh, this sounds kinda like an Animal Crossing song"... only for you to show that that's where you learned the chord from lol

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

That's HILARIOUS. Yeah I love that piece KK Cruisin, tons of exotic chords. You can learn music from so many places.

[@HyruleStreams]

Amazing annalyse again!

[@ashleycurzon6348]

Hyrule castle (2)!

[@EvenFox]

Please consider doing the impostor Zelda fight! It’s my favorite track and it incorporates one of the coolest remixes of Zelda’s lullaby!

[@The.natrix]

You are a maestro of Zelda music!

[@carmanwillis7537]

Liking this video and commenting to help the algorithm. I'm gonna come back later to watch because I still haven't finished the game!!! But this music is gorgeous and I'm excited for your analysis!!!!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Sounds good! Happy playing! (I’m only like 1-2 dungeons in lol)

[@carmanwillis7537]

@@ZeldaMusicTheory well, happy playing yourself! It's been a very pleasant romp of a game so far.

[@linkofhyrule6580]

Faron Temple and Lanayru Temple would be awesome!!

[@rinnl.3685]

please analyze the faux character themes!! i loved them so much they were so cool

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Noted

[@OhadLutzky]

....I should be playing this game with headphones, I'm missing out. Love the new visualizations on your video, btw! If I could ask though, could you please include numeric indications as well? e.g. for the scale of C, write Fm7 also as iv7?

[@ThePikkutyyppi]

Deku smootie shop tune was really good

[@dirtywhitellama]

Loved finally hearing LTTP kakariko village theme used again. Castle town was so sweet too. I wish they had a little more variation in stilled world themes (it's fine that all the minor rifts had the same ones, but it would have been nice if the pre-dungeon parts of the major rifts had their own versions too) but on the whole I quite enjoyed the music in this game. River Zora village reminded me of Tarrey Town; was that just the trombone or how much more is there to it?

[@JdogTLoZ]

^ Candy Shop -> Kid so relatable

[@tee_nanners]

The bag pipes you think you hear, I assumed was a hurdy-gurdy!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Oh wow yeah you might be right!

[@tee_nanners]

@@ZeldaMusicTheory if there's one thing I know it's weird instruments. If you wanna jam while I play an accordion or Bass VI or some other instrument no one plays you lemme know

[@Seabasstard22]

I was waiting for you to upload for EoW!!!

[@McCoolSmoothDaddy]

Faron Temple Dungeon theme!

[@jennytv9558]

I love your videos. There are always interesting.❤

[@iLLadelph267]

5:44 this sounds extremely similar to the end of one of the trailers for Tears of Kingdom, when they revealed the name for the first time

[@marshallee]

I didn't noticed the similarly with Mt. Moon theme

[@aliciau86]

This should have much more views!!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Thank you so much!

[@steveoh9849]

Sounds like a sitar? on the first song playing the drones. Kakariko theme is awesome!

[@jmarmusic5702]

I’m a huge fan of Goron City in this game, that one would be cool

[@DaisyPigeon]

During the River Zora theme, I was just internally YELLING that it sounded like Animal Crossing to me XD and then you showed KK!

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Hahaha that’s hilarious

[@charliefoot6117]

I have seen all of your vids and just realized I'm not even subscribed Apologies for enjoying your vids and not subbing before now. Best channel on KZbin for Zelda music content

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Hahaha thank you! That's funny. "Let's make this official" 🤝 😁

[@sean_nowell]

I can't wait until you do the Final Boss theme (I won't name it for spoiler reasons)

[@jorgeortiz2578]

The Faron Temple theme its very good too, i would love that you review that ❤️🙏🏻

[@princesspiranha]

K.K. Slider, one of the best music teachers in the world

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

😅

[@murfcool]

you should listen to the eldin volcano theme since i think it contains the thrill digger theme from skyward sword and goron city from ocarina in it but im not sure

[@TheRealBatabii]

I saw the title and thumbnail and thought this was a charles cornell video

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Lol he is the best music breakdown guy on the internet imo. Trying to replicate that but for Zelda fans.

[@Kaing007]

7:23 i think it may be the Azalea Town theme

[@JdogTLoZ]

You should react to the Eldin Temple theme, it slaps

[@dazza2350]

Did they get the animal crossing new horizons guys on this

[@TMD-2147official]

Yo. On your other channel, you should cover Undertale music! You’d have the biggest field day exploring that OST.

[@jadwigabogumia7542]

Hi, your videos are amazing❤ I don't know how to contact you so I'm writing here Do you know how to get scores to whole soundtrack of Breath of the Wild and others games from the series?

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Hi there! You can always send me a new comment thread (instead of responding to this one, I may not see your response)... I use Nintensheetmusic for a lot, musescore has a lot too. But I play almost everything by ear and provide visuals to make it more engaging. 👍🏼

[@Alex_Eicher]

Hours of analysis to reflect your passion, shorten to 18 minutes..

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Hahaha for real

[@wordedhalo6746]

Honestly I wish the music jumped out more to me, a few standout tracks with the River Zora village being my favorite. I was just hoping we’d get a more full return to form on the soundtracks. My favorite songs ever come from the Zelda series

[@wordedhalo6746]

Can’t complain though it is an incredible soundtrack and serviceable to the 2D formula. And yeah definitely not complaining because I don’t want to contribute to the pile of annoying complaints people are making 😂

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Yeah I definitely understand. For a 2D unexpected Zelda I give it the thumbs up. Definitely not making the same tier as MM, WW, TP, SS etc

[@reev9759]

This is a bad video title because a lot of us may have already thought that Echoes's music was Great without being told so. The video title implies a bias of perception that the consensus for its music is negative, and your goal is to prove otherwise. It is generally understood that Echoes' music is good to begin with, so you simply need to ameliorate that consensus without further need to prove against your own misperceived falsehoods or video titles intended to draw in your audience falsely.

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Thanks for the feedback. I try to optimize every title to draw in interest of the viewers who would like the video so more people see and hear Zelda music breakdowns. It's not always going to be ideal, I certainly don't think people think the music is bad, and I do see your point. But for now it's the best title I could think of that makes people want to click.

[@reev9759]

​@@ZeldaMusicTheoryI don't believe you intended to make your viewers believe they thought Echoes's music is bad. But that's what you did subliminally.

[@JoshuaBelugaHuggett]

No, it's the worst Zelda soundtrack we've ever seen apart from BotW/TotK both of which had amazing sound design that complemented the music.

[@ZeldaMusicTheory]

Interesting. Probably a contrarian view. I'll wait until I've heard/played it all to form an opinion because it takes me a long time to get through games lol.

[@DrMonkey1224]

This is definitely not the worst Zelda soundtrack. Not in a long shot.

[@JoshuaBelugaHuggett]

@@DrMonkey1224 I like the overworld theme but other than that, I can't think of a more indistinct soundtrack in the series. Very forgettable.

[@DrMonkey1224]

@@JoshuaBelugaHuggett HUH?

[@JoshuaBelugaHuggett]

@@DrMonkey1224 What soundtracks would you consider less distinctive?