Fun fact: Zelda’s music was deeply inspired by early 20th century French music and impressionist pieces. Ravel’s Bolero was supposed to be the title theme for the 1st game. The fact that we’re seeing so much Ravel and Debussy in the classical answers really doesn’t make it easy.

@jaredf6205

20 күн бұрын

Oh no, I’ve been telling people this whole time that Ravelle’s Bolero was supposed to be used as the title theme for Ocarina of Time this whole time lol. I wonder how I missed that part of the fun fact. Because I also remember that the song was only a few weeks away from its copyright ending, but they had to ship the game and couldn’t wait.

This is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.

@partimentieveryday

11 күн бұрын

The passages are very short. The substance found in classical happens over much longer phrases. I thought it would be super easy too but then I was hit with that ravel. The problem is the midi plays the music really poorly too.

You joke, but Giant's Theme/Oath to Order is one of the backbone leitmotifs in Majora's Mask. It's great.

@aruarian43

16 күн бұрын

Yup they were way off there. That would be the highlight of a concert for me.

@henrikaugustsson4041

10 күн бұрын

Absolutely fantastic.

@Verticom10

5 күн бұрын

Love those final days/oath to order dj-jo remixes

@daisymaygames

3 күн бұрын

I was so excited when I got this one 😂 I was screaming at the screen “ZELDA! OATH TO ORDER!MAJORA! ZELDA!”

so proud of myself for immediately recognizing the Giant's theme. Love majora's mask

@aarongrubbmusic

23 күн бұрын

Same. I knew it immediately

@kuks0453

22 күн бұрын

The best theme in the game imo, super underrated!

@Marandahir

21 күн бұрын

Oath to Order

@josh-ni7li

21 күн бұрын

nice! Jesus loves you my friend : )

@korlkiller

20 күн бұрын

For some reason I thought it was part of midnas lament from tp

It's pretty simple for me, if I don't know it it's classical

@sheeplehunter2000

11 күн бұрын

Opposite for me.

@lighting7508

6 күн бұрын

I’m completely cooked because I’m deeply familiar with the games and classical music 💀 so I don’t have any way to differentiate 😭

@Mossbergg

5 күн бұрын

@@lighting7508LOL struggling from your own success of knowledge

@baronstriker8378

5 күн бұрын

Yep

@marginaliia

2 күн бұрын

@@lighting7508if u studied music its easy

The giants theme is probably one of the most pivotal moments of Majoras mask because it after the ocarina is played, it summon the 4 giants from each region to hold up the moon so it prevents the destruction of the town while allowing for link to get inside the moon to fight

@DaNintendude

21 күн бұрын

yeah it's a really strong moment, and the music is perfect for it. One of my favorite Majora's Mask themes

@Enlacealpasado_

20 күн бұрын

One of the most obvious

@CreedoTheGamer

17 күн бұрын

Yeah they obviously never played mm

@ego-lay_atman-bay

16 күн бұрын

To those who've played the game. As someone who hasn't played the game, the giants theme is not that impactful.

I'm a lifelong Zelda fan and classically trained pianist and this was much harder than I was expecting it to be 😂bravo to whoever put this together!

ganons themes are always in odd time signatures might be one of the nerdiest coolest sentences i’ve ever heard

12:16 - Really tough unless you know both pieces intimately. Very similar to Breath of the Wild's Divine Beast Vah Medoh theme, love the influence.

@danboom101

23 күн бұрын

That was my IMMEDIATE thought. "Oh that's vah medohs assault theme, it's slightly calmer though so it's probably a cutscene"

@RiverTheMuse

22 күн бұрын

@@danboom101 I actually thought I immediately recognized it but as Agitha's castle theme, the bug girl from twilight princess, crazy how similiar all three sound

@itsmeike

20 күн бұрын

​@@RiverTheMuseThat's exactly what I thought it was

@michaelwhite1552

16 күн бұрын

My first thought was Agatha's theme from Twilight Princess

7:43 This comment is funny because it actually did make the concert tour. I know it was more a figure of speech, but it's part of the final phrase of the Suite from Majora's Mask

The fact that EVERYONE recognized Oath to Order

Question 5 : it is one of the most iconic songs in Majora's Mask, you should play it and you will say "oh yes that song!" :p

21:30 Fun Fact: Eiji Aonuma, current producer of The Legend of Zelda, has a horse which he trained to come to him when he whistles Eponas song.

@Seank7

18 күн бұрын

Sorry to be that guy but, source? I'm genuinely just curious

@andyrogers28708

18 күн бұрын

​@@Seank7I'm also very curious. I've heard he rode horses from an interview at the back of one of the Zelda books, but I've never heard this story.

@83Protons

18 күн бұрын

I am gonna be honest, i don't remember where i got it from and i can't find it either because all the search results are about zelda. Sorry to disapoint

@user-qv2mc3dw5o

18 күн бұрын

@@83Protons almost certainly not true then

That one with Debussy was confusing me cause I knew I had heard it, but I didn't remember where. Then they mentioned Untitled Goose Game, and it clicked!

Oath to order is incredible, i recognized it immediately. Majoras mask was my favorite game from 2015 until earlier this week.

@raggebatman

15 күн бұрын

What's your favourite now?

@OmniversalOrca

14 күн бұрын

Oh, come on. Now you have to say which one's your fave now

@nintendude794

9 күн бұрын

Do tell

@miyamotomusashi6450

9 күн бұрын

@@raggebatman paper Mario: the thousand year door. It has been a close second for many years but the remake released a few weeks ago and it is definitely my favorite now.

What do you mean the oathe to order isn’t rememberable?

7:00 OF COURSE IT'S ZELDA! And yes, I'd imagine people wishing they played the Giants Theme on concerts, it's a haunting and amazing song.

17:20 Just to nitpick - Sibelius isn't French, in spite of his first name (he's Finnish).

Cool video! Note that the titles of the Debussy preludes aren’t actually the tempo markings as the quiz makers listed, but the titles are at the end of the score for each prelude. Voiles is the correct title for question 12, as he said.

6:07 literally one of my favorite zelda pieces ever

7:45 I actually was that guy at one of their classical tours and they played the chapel music from link to the past. I was losing it in when everyone else around me was like "is this even Zelda music?",

@johnmackay13

19 күн бұрын

Yep that was a great transition from Zelda's Lullaby using the Triforce Chamber theme to get into it! Before doing another crazy transition to get into the Agahnim battle

I love these types of videos

9:50 sounds a lot like the music that plays inside Vah Medoh in BoTW

@ironsergi511

23 күн бұрын

nice catch!!! i went directly to the blights but it really sounds like it.

@yafrai6348

20 күн бұрын

Yes I was sure it was that theme too

@Kryptargon

20 күн бұрын

I first thought of Agitha's Castle theme from Twilight Princess

The thing is, there's so many games by now that if you haven't played them all, it's impossible to know every song on this list. The ones I have played, I recognise the songs instantly.

7:55 I can't be sure exactly how the quiz maker makes the sheet music, but I have made a piano arrangement of that tune! And I'm going to choose to believe they referenced it for this :)

Very nice video! It was very much fun to watch, I enjoyed it :)

I immediately recognized this theme! I love twilight princess SO much! This is the theme from the forest in the beginning! 14:45

Throw Ghibli into the mix for a proper bloodbath

My Zelda background really helped me on this one, I’m not usually to good at these

Great video. Helps to discover beautiful music that inspired the amazing music we enjoy in the games

Nice video!

Giant's theme? The song should be called 'Oath to Order'

@Caddynars

21 күн бұрын

Oath to Order is used as a motif for the Giant’s Theme. Specifically, it refers to what they speak, or sing, in this case.

@ObeliskDemon

13 күн бұрын

​@Caddynars you play oath to order where you need to and it plays the "giant theme". as far as anyone should be concerned it's called oath to order since that's an actual name for the song rather than an unceremonious "giant's theme

@Caddynars

13 күн бұрын

@@ObeliskDemon I was mostly trying to provide an in-game lore explanation for it. Officially, the actual soundtrack lists it as the Giant’s Theme, with Oath to Order being used for the ocarina tune.

@IlSharmouta

8 күн бұрын

That's like saying the "lost woods theme" is wrong. It's the theme that plays for that part/concept in the game

@5-Volt

7 күн бұрын

@@IlSharmouta I mean.. I'd argue the same thing. The "lost woods theme" is titled "Saria's Song." Even though it also plays in MM & the context is kinda lost. Just like the theme of Lon Lon ranch is titled "Epona's Song." It's really just a semantics thing, I'm not taking it that seriously.

Oh, Giant's Theme is very characteristic, I'd say. Very very powerful and very recognisable as a result - one has to have experienced it in the game though to fill it with the emotion that carries it.

Wait wut?! Are you suggesting you've never played Majora's Mask??

S/O to Smooth McGroove. He has a really nice acapella version of the Giants theme from Majora's mask (aka Oath to Order)

1:44 RAVEL!!!! I love Ravel's music omg

@Emiliasooo

24 күн бұрын

13:05 DEBUSSY!! I literally recognized both sheets

YES MY FAVORITE SERIES

If we’re talking Beethoven, question 7 personally reminds me more of the Appassionata sonata (mvmt 3) which has a continuous 16th note melody and the Neapolitan (bII) chord, which goes along with the phygian-ish excerpt

I can't believe this popped into my head but the beginning of 9:55 sounds a lot like the beginning of Agitha's theme in twilight princess

@ladylaurel5941

10 күн бұрын

I’m glad I’m not the only one who was reminded of Agatha’s theme there

@ruthk280

5 күн бұрын

Thought the same!

My favourite video game series and my favourite composer? I've been blessed today

Glad I wasn't the only one screaming "Giant's Theme" at my screen.

The direct inspiration for Zelda's fairy fountain actual comes from Tatsuro Yamashita's "Moring Glory". Which released in 1982.

It took me a solid moment to get bonus round #4 because it really does sound like something from an A Link Between Worlds cutscene but then I remembered where it’s really from and had a great laugh. Also helps that the actual name is so odd out of context. A lot of tunes from that source would be great trick questions on video game music quizzes

was so excited to hear faron woods TP

Is there any way you could share access of this quiz?

Slightly surprised mvt 2 of Beethoven's Sonata Pathétique wasn't included, but maybe it is too well-known to have worked well in the quiz

I loved this. Was expecting to know every song but I only knew about 2 songs and the rest I had to guess based on what little I know about the obscure soundtracks. And sometimes I was misled by how well I knew a song. Like the very first one I thought was an arrangement made for this video.

the 8th one i immediately recognized from the goose game haha

One really good one would have been Kakariko Village from A Link to the Past and Chopin's Nocturne with the cadence right before all of the fifths

For those who didn't recognize the giant's theme, make yourself a favor and go listen to the Theophany's version of it (they used the "oath to order" name).

23:20 oh yes, that's from an album called Plantasia! really great to listen to especially if you're a plant -- I mean, especially if you like video game music, it definitely has that kind of vibe and clearly was inspirational to early game music composers

@yazzychu

6 күн бұрын

Guessed it straight away! Such a great album

This was cool and those koroks were crazy hidden

Always love this series! I actually won this time! I got 14 at the end!

Where can I download the original test, to share with my (grand)parents?

0:45 I've seen that particular page of Scarbo used as the background of at least three videos/websites now. Kind of funny considering how relatively obscure the piece is and then to have that same page be used every time is neat

Oh man I was all correct until question 6. I played triforce heroes but I do not remember that theme at all, and it was that kinda vibe where it could've gone either way so I said classical.

I did pretty good. I missed 3 for the regular quiz, 1 for the bonus, and 1 for the other bonus. It was interesting to hear some influences from classical composers brought into Zelda music. Whoever does these really needs to make a Classical or Castlevania, though. I'm just waiting to see that.

Faron Woods was the only one I recognized immediately. All the other ones were really up in the air, really good quiz!

i literally spit out my food on question 4 that went so hard and completely subverted my expectations

Question 4 man... I can't believe I got fooled. Good job snipping that musical segment. I'll keep playing but I felt I lost lol

Five hours of studying for my modernist music test today prepared me for this 😂

I could have slayed this

Question 8 I also nailed because of Untitled Goose Game. My daughter was playing not long before I watched this video!

As soon as i saw the thumbnail i thought of fairy fountain, zelda has so much brilliant music... koji kondo is in a way video game's john williams

That wasn't a trick question, it was the scarecrows song

@Abegilr_Dragonrider

23 күн бұрын

Thought that as well.

what’s the name that’s mentioned at 8:20? i wanna find the composer

@Chrobin111

24 күн бұрын

He said 町の曲 (machi no kyoku), which means town song in Japanese. Don't think he meant a specific piece?

@yewcookies

24 күн бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6Np1tuqYtHTmLg.htmlsi=9bgKKfiZvqTh-oUs Maybe?

12:50 - Also, "Trittico Botticelliano" is a great listen if you're figuring out how to write for small forces!

question 7 is an interesting one because i'm fairly certain there's a track in OKAMI that uses this exact sequence of notes

This proves how GOOD Zelda music is.

As someone who has never played Zelda and is not familiar at all with the music, I was surprised to get only 2 wrong. 1 of those was #4, and I let Gavin talk me out of my original feeling 😆 I was able to get #7 because I've actually played that song many many years ago. I didn't recognize which song it was, but I knew I had played it. This was definitely a fun exercise.

I think for Number 4 you're thinking of one of the themes in Link's Awakening...or maybe it was the Oracle games, but that lick is definitely close to one of the game boy games.

I knew it was Debussy because of Goose Game too. I love that they reinterpreted that piece for such shenanigans.

@benjaminjameskreger

3 күн бұрын

That name aged wonderfully

The Plantasia song as Zelda's lullaby was classic 😂 I remember thinking the same thing when I heard it

That was either sun song or hyrule field's theme when you first come out into the overworld.

LOL this was a good quiz, but I've played almost every Zelda game and know all the music really well. I missed 2 - Q6 Triforce Heroes and Q8 Debussy as it sounded a lot like BotW and same for Q12 which was also Debussy and I thought it was the mini game music from SNES LTTP haha. I also got bonus q's 1-3,5 also also knew that q4 was a trick.

10:15 sounds like a part from Bizet’s Carmen

Number 12 I recognized as Debussy the instant the sheet music for it popped up, I didn't even need to hear it to know what it was, I was already hearing it in my head just seeing the notes. I instantly recognized The Giant's Theme as being from Majora's Mask (incidentally my top favorite Zelda game ever) upon hearing it, but it took me a moment to place it properly within the game. Similarly with Faron Woods, I knew that music was from Twilight Princess, but I couldn't place it at all until the answer came up. The Chopin Fanstasie Impromptu and Fairy Fountain Theme is a fun one, the melodies blend nicely as if Fairy Fountain was directly inspired by the Chopin. I did recognize it as Chopin upon hearing it in the quiz. I f-ing love Chopin. In the bonus round, that one that starts off like Zelda's Lullaby but then goes into a different direction is frustrating to listen to because my mind wants it to continue being Zelda's Lullaby. 😆 Overall this quiz was tougher than I thought it would be going into it. Props to the quiz makers!

I knew everything on that bonus round minus the classical one

14:45 I'm proud of myself that I not only recognized this as Zelda, but knew the exact track from the exact game. Proud nerd moment. 🤓

I love how I don't know much of the vocabulary that they are saying but I am still yelling at my screen in agreeance because I can still hear what they are talking about 😁

The question 4 sounds very Termina Field xD

There's a song in BOTW that legit sounds nearly identical to Fountains of Rome. Vah Medoh Shrine B sounds like it's nearly the exact same notes and tempo as Fountains of Rome. I think the same notes are used in the cutscene right before the Colgera battle in TOTK as well, which would make sense thematically given them both being Rito related.

I was honestly surprised to see a song from Triforce Heroes here. It was a pretty good game held back by its story, so I don't know many people who've played it.

That second song, for the first couple of notes, reminded me of Waterfall from Undertale.

i popped off after catching rocky area from totk im too far gone

20:05 gavin is right, it is Voiles by Debussy

@keyofamajor

24 күн бұрын

but slightly wrong about minstrels - that one was les collines, #5 in the set not sure why quiz maker selected the tempi to be the titles, maybe because of the whole title-at-the-end thing

@jayhu2296

23 күн бұрын

you’re right so maybe they mistook the tempo for the titles, which would be ironic since the point was to not be influenced by titles in the first place haha

i think like 3 of those songs at the end were actually both an ocarina song and an overworld song

I never played twilight princess but the faron theme sounded like it was from that game. That game doesn't sound like the others.

This was so tricky. If I had picked randomly I would have gotten more right. The only one I recognized was Sibelius - The Sapin.

At the end I said "Scarecrow's song" for number 4 and I'm taking the point. Actually I'm pretty sure you can only do 8 notes not 11 so you can have the point back, sorry for your trouble.

All of these were from zelda, Scarecrows song❤

Faron Woods, a modal masterpiece from Twilight Princess.

Got all but 2, 11, and bonus 4. I thought bonus 4 was somehow the song made by doing the frog minigame

14:45 Patting myself on the back for getting this right. I love the Twilight Princess soundtrack so much 😭 Probably the same reason why I guessed 9:51 was part of Agitha’s theme and was proven wrong lol

the moment when you're a classical pianist and you immediately recognize the debussy preludes before they even play the sound lol

Tbh, once I heard the first Zelda one, I found it easy to distinguish then. I'm a huge music nerd though for the songs. So yeah... Basically if you don't recognize it instantly, it's not Zelda.

I swear I was right thinking question 7 was Agatha’s theme from TP

7:34 well it is exactly the part you play on the ocarina These quizzes make me realize how much of a Zelda nerd I really am

@Jack_MxM

22 күн бұрын

It's the build up to the part you play on the Ocarina

@powertomato

2 күн бұрын

@@Jack_MxM which, if you listen, is the same notes as the part you play on the ocarina

#8 screwed me. I assumed it was Zelda because I recognized it from a video game. WRONG VIDEO GAME DAN. TRY AGAIN.

I have missed the links awakening theme, but was conflicted. Thought maybe hyrule castle variation. I also missed the hytopia from triforce heroes.

@williammckinney5213

18 күн бұрын

I don’t know 4 for bonus round. But knew it wasn’t Zelda’s lullaby was close.