Is Breath of the Wild's sound track lackluster?

[PAOerfulone]

mZuzek said:

PAOerfulone said:

From a series that has given us masterpieces, many of which can be found in the same game, such as:

Ocarina of Time:
Title
Lost Woods
Hyrule Field
Gerudo Valley

Majora's Mask:
Clock Town 1st Day
Termina Field
Deku Palace
Credits

Wind Waker:
The Great Sea
Windfall Island
Dragon Roost Island
Hateno Villege Day, while good, can't touch the original source.

Twilight Princess:
Hyrule Field
Sacred Grove
Kakariko Village
Gerudo Desert
Midna's Lament

Skyward Sword:
Ballad of the Goddess
Romance in the Air
Fi's Theme
Ghirahim Battle 2
Staff Roll

So many classics can be found in just one game. There are many other great pieces in each of those games, but for now, I stuck with my absolute favorites.

Breath of the Wild in comparison, while it certainly has memorable and breathtaking pieces of its own. The quantity does not come even remotely close to that of the games that precede it.
And from the Legend of Zelda franchise, we aren't necessarily expecting better, because like I said, Breath of the Wild has incredible pieces of its own, but we expected more. Much more.
Grass, birds, trees, and wind is nice, and it fits this game perfectly, but I'd rather hear Lorule's theme, or the Forest Temple from Ocarina of Time (even though that temple sucks major Dongs), or the orchestral piece that plays while you're flying through Skyloft.

THAT'S what everyone means when they say Breath of the Wild's soundtrack is lackluster. Because compared to there others, it certainly is.

No, it isn't. That's your opinion and I for one disagree with it quite heavily.

You listed a shitload of songs calling them all "masterpieces", a term which I would only apply to maybe 4 or 5 of them (pretty much one per game). Most of them range from okay to good or even great, but nothing special. For example I think Lost Woods and Hyrule Field from OoT are highly overrated, they're catchy songs and nothing more, and the same applies to many of these.

Breath of the Wild also has some stellar songs. Its Main theme and Hyrule Castle theme both rank right up there with Zelda's best ever songs in my opinion, and there's loads of other greats like Vah Rudania, Vah Medoh, Revali's theme, Kass's theme, Tarrey Town, Molduga, and more. So, no, Breath of the Wild's soundtrack isn't lackluster - if anything, it's people's opinions on it that are.

Also, @bold, you meant Rito Village right? Because that's a rearrangement of Dragon Roost Island (and I too agree the original is better, though the new one is great too), while Hateno Village as far as I know is a completely new song.

Songs that I couldn't remember if you held a gun to my head.

There isn't enough in Breath of the Wild to match the others, and what is there, for the most part, doesn't measure up.
The Main Theme and Hyrule Castle, I agree, are up there, but that's pretty much it. And you hear them at the beginning and the end of the game. That is THE textbook definition of "Few and far in between".
Other main themes that can match those would be A Link to the Past's Overworld theme or the Final Fight with Demise.
And while you may think Lost Woods and Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time are overrated, which you have a right to say they are, I won't argue with it, you can't deny that they are memorable and iconic staples of the series.
Those two themes are probably the first pieces of music people will think of when you say "Legend of Zelda" right behind the main theme from Zelda 1.

Breath of the Wild is great and amazing at a lot of things:
It's soundtrack is NOT one of them.
Pretty much the only flaw and problem I have with the game.