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Zelda has always had a main theme tune, which was normally used as the Overworld music in all of the games, although it differs slightly from game to game. This particular theme was also used in the cartoon. Other tunes varied from game to game, Zelda II and III have the best ones in my opinion, but you can decide for yourself. I have several sound samples from each of the games and they're in the good old MIDI format, and fairly small. To listen to them simply click on the url of your choice, or to same them right click and 'save target as' to your hard drive. There is also a downloadable zip file containing all the midis and many more.
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Geoff Hellstrand was kind enough to give me the idea of putting all these tunes into one large zipfile. He even compiled the file for me (I dunno why, but it was very kind!), so you can download the entire collection of music plus many more by clicking on the link (except the fan stuff) below.
Fan-made Zelda Music
Plenty of talented people have created their own versions and remixes of the famous Zelda tunes. Many sites offer these fan-creations for download so be sure to have a look around to see what's on offer. I've had a few submitted to the site, which you can download at the locations below.
The Underwater Serenade - 3kb
Zelda's Courtyard Remix - 3kb
Temple of Time Choir - 2kb
The Chinese Bolero - 4kb The Echoing Forest - 3kb These midi remixes were created by Belgarath the Sorceror.
Zelda: A Fate Preordained - 3.4MB This beautiful rendition of the original Zelda theme was composed by Lindsay Klemm.
Zelda II Palace Theme - 2MB My favourite Zelda tune of all time, the Final Palace theme from Zelda II composed by Paul Nolan.
The Zelda Soundtrack CDs
In Japan back in 1994, a Zelda CD was actually released by Sony. It was a two-disk release, disc 1 contained synth-symphony versions of Zelda music and disc two contained OSV tracks, with tunes taken from Zelda I and Zelda III. The composition was of course done by Zelda's music guru, Koji Kondo and the performance was done by various artists. Apparently, at the end of the first CD, there was some sort of drama track, with well-acted vocals, segue music, and sound effects. I've not heard the CD myself, but I've read a review which said that the tunes were excellent in both composistion and quality, and that it was highly recommended. I don't think it's being produced anymore, but here are the details.
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Download it:
LoZ: Sound & Drama
SRCL-2940~1
Sony
3800 yen
6/22/94
44:10, 54:12
Koji Kondo
various
After Zelda V was released, several music CDs became available with music from the games. There were three CDs from Zelda V, two from Mask of Majora and finally, a collection of various Zelda tunes from different games was given away as a free gift from Nintendo Magazine System here in the UK earlier this year. Some of the CDs can be purchased from Nintendo and most can also be got hold of on import from Amazon, various anime websites and of course, EBay.Thanks to Emuparadise Org they have several mp3 soundtracks for Zelda available for free download! This information was kindly provided by Shark (aka RuneManExp).
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LoZ: Ocarina of Time - Rearranged |
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Melodies of Time |
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