A few posts ago I mentioned that the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword would come with a 25th Anniversary orchestral CD. Upon first hearing of the news, I was hopeful, yet skeptical, that the CD would be legitimately good. As I had said, Nintendo would not have needed to try hard to make the arrangements on the album good because members of the Zelda fanbase would eat orchestral versions of their favorite tunes up regardless of how much original material the arranger adds. Plus, I’ll admit that the London Phil’s half-hearted attempt at making a VGM CD made me less excited about listening to this album.
That being said, the record is awesome, and I highly recommend it to any lovers of both Zelda and VGM in general. The eight tracks on this record span a total of 45:13 and move in and out of a good number of Zelda releases. There are four medley-type tunes (“The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Medley,” one for Wind Waker, one for Twilight Princess, and a “Main Theme Medley”), three single-song tracks (“Gerudo Valley” from Ocarina of Time, “Great Fairy Fountain’s Theme” from A Link to the Past, “Ballad of the Goddess” from Skyward Sword), and one track that’s the combination of two versions of itself from two different games (“Kakariko Village – Twilight Princess Theme,” which stems originally from A Link to the Past).
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