6: One Toot on This Whistle

The flute noise from the original Legend of Zelda has resurfaced in later games, woven into the soundtrack in sometimes hard-to-notice ways. In this episode, I'm attempting to round them up, all while celebrating Koji Kondo and the other composers who have defined this series' sound.

The flute noise from the original Legend of Zelda has resurfaced in later games, woven into the soundtrack in sometimes hard-to-notice ways. In this episode, I'm attempting to round them up, all while celebrating Koji Kondo and the other composers who have defined this series' sound. (Note: This episode has been updated from the version I originally uploaded to include a track from Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.) Track listing: 0:06: Title Theme / Legend of Zelda (FDS) / Koji Kondo 3:34: Overworld Theme / Zelda II: The Adventure of Link / Akito Nakatsuka 5:56: Grass Land / Super Mario Bros. 3 / Koji Kondo 8:17: Light World Dungeon / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo 11:14: Title Theme / Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Koji Kondo 15:15: Forbidden Woods / Legend of Zelda; The Wind Waker / Kenta Nagata and Koji Kondo 18:58: Wind Ruins / Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap / Mitsuhiko Takano 20:49: Shrine / Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Manaka Kataoka 26:50: Fortune Teller / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo 28:35: Dark World / Switched on NES / Switched on NES: A Link tp the Past

Track listing:

0:06: Title Theme / Legend of Zelda (FDS) / Koji Kondo
3:34: Overworld Theme / Zelda II: The Adventure of Link / Akito Nakatsuka
5:56: Grass Land / Super Mario Bros. 3 / Koji Kondo
8:17: Light World Dungeon / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo
11:14: Title Theme / Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Koji Kondo
15:15: Forbidden Woods / Legend of Zelda; The Wind Waker / Kenta Nagata and Koji Kondo
18:58: Wind Ruins / Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap / Mitsuhiko Takano
20:49: Shrine / Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Manaka Kataoka
26:50: Fortune Teller / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo
28:35: Dark World / Switched on NES / Switched on NES: A Link tp the Past

 
 
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Drew Mackie