makingmusic476 on 30 January 2008
| rocketpig said: It's really important to me because a great soundtrack can push a game over the top. What would Halo be without that wonderful score to add atmosphere to important parts of the game? What would Zelda be without the main theme (though Big N doesn't use it much anymore, the bastards)? I don't even have to mention the Mario theme. BioShock, Silent Hill, and many of the most successful "adult-oriented" games use music to engage the player and heighten the mood. Without that music, it's a lot harder to achieve an epic feeling in-game (probably stemming from our love of film and John Williams over the past 30 years). Gamers have come to expect the score to match the experience, foreshadow events, etc. |
While Nintendo doesn't use the main Hyrule theme directly anymore, it has been rearranged, remixed, or used as influence for many Zelda songs since the original. You can here heavy traces of the song while sailing in the Wind Waker, and the song is used in the "Legendary Hero" opening of the game. The song is also used in the theme playing on title screen of Twilight Princess.
