Koji Kondo’s favorite cadence
Inspired by Michael Abbott’s post on music in the Legend of Zeldacite series, I’ve been working up harmonic analyses for the songs Link learns to play in Ocarina of Time. I’ll post the whole thing when...
View ArticleThe trouble with Twilight Princess
By any objective standard Twilight Princess seems head and shoulders above Ocarina of Time. The dungeon design has improved, the battles require more strategy, the world is bigger, the plot is...
View ArticleMusic in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, part one
[Part one | Part two | Part three | Part four | Part five | Part six] Koji Kondo on his experience writing the music for Ocarina of Time: I had to create all of those memorable tunes with only five...
View ArticleMusic in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, part two
[Part one | Part two | Part three | Part four | Part five | Part six] This post continues analyzing the songs in Ocarina of Time and theorizing about Koji Kondo’s intentions with them. Before reading,...
View ArticleMusic in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, part three
[Part one | Part two | Part three | Part four | Part five | Part six] All right, back into the fray! It’s time to finish off the analysis of the twelve ocarina songs. We’re down to the last six. As...
View ArticleMusic in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, part four
[Part one | Part two | Part three | Part four | Part five | Part six] This post, the last in the current series, comes in two parts. First, some trends I’ve found while analyzing the twelve ocarina...
View ArticleIrregular meter in video games
[Part one | Part two | Part three] 6/4/08 — One On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness piece added. (Hi, Brainy Gamer readers!) 5/20/08 — Two Road Rash 3 pieces added. 5/15/08 — Two Jet Force Gemini...
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