I went to the concert Friday night, and decided to record it with my iPhone via the voice memo app. I wasn't expecting good quality, but it didn't come out too bad (aside from a person coughing everying five minutes... darn him!). I broke it down into tracks and uploaded two versions; one with the introductions and one without. I also uploaded a high quality scan of the program.
Track List (without introductions):
1. Hyrule Castle Theme - 2:15
2. Princess Zelda's Theme - 2:35
3. The Wind Waker Symphonic Movement - 10:40
4. Ocarina Melody Suite - 9:10
5. Boss Battle Medley - 6:25
6. Kakariko Village - 2:55
7. The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Medley - 8:15
8. Ganondorf's Theme - 4:40
9. The Legend of Zelda - Selected Shorts Suite - 3:55
10. Gerudo Valley - 3:45
11. Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time - 2:40
12. Great Fairy's Fountain Theme - 2:58
13. Twilight Princess Symphonic Movement - 10:43
14. The Legend of Zelda Main Theme Medley - 4:35
15. Grandma's Theme from The Wind Waker (Performed by Koji Kondo) - 3:00
16. Skyward Sword Main Theme - 2:20
Total Time: 1:20:52
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And a mini-review:
It started out with Eiji Aonuma and Bill Trinen on stage, welcoming everyone (Bill was translating for Aonuma). It was great seeing them in person! I had only seen Aonuma in pictures and Bill in E3 videos. Unfortunately, Miyamoto wasn't there. I had a feeling he wouldn't be, but I still would have liked to have seen my idol in person!
Aonuma told us that they added some videos to go along with the orchestra. The pieces that did have the videos were very nice, but there were only about 5 or 6 songs out of the 15 that actually had video, which was disappointing (but I didn't come for the videos!) I think it was definitely a glaring ommision to not have any video during the final song (Zelda's Main Theme). I felt they should have played at least a few short clips from all the games to tie in the whole 25th anniversary feel, but maybe they'll do that for the concerts next year when they've had more time to prepare.
I think my favorite pieces of the night were the Wind Waker Movement, the 25th Annivesary Medley, and the Gerudo Valley piece. I loved hearing music from Wind Waker (probably my favorite game) and Spirit Tracks (love the main theme!). Gerudo Valley was extremely well done. There was lots of cheering going on too (for example, during the 25th Anniversary Medley, everyone was cheering when the Dark World theme from ALttP started playing with video up on the screen). I loved the energy in the crowd!
The Boss Battle song was awesome. If you listen to the recording, the point where people start cheering is when the they show the battles with Dark Link (OoT), Cragma (ST), and Fyrus (TP). Also, it includes the music from the battle with Molgera from Wind Waker (my favorite boss battle theme!)
The Ocarina Melody songs were very nice. They played all of the ocarina songs from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. They went through section by section of the orchestra for different songs, which was a cool thing to do.
The Gerudo Valley piece was absolutely fantastic. Hearing it performed with a full orchestra made me like the song ten times more than I already did. Loved the arrangement.
At the end, they brought out Koji Kondo! He's created so much great music, and it was fantastic to see him in person. He performed Grandma's Theme from the Wind Waker on the piano, which was a nice treat, and also gave a little speech in English (not an easy thing to do I imagine).
Lastly, they gave us a glimpse of Skyward Sword and performed the main theme. The video they showed was the harp trailer that was released online the same day. That was a fitting trailer to play, since they had two harps playing when the harp was shown on screen and the focus was on the music.
All in all, a terrific concert! I was dissapointed with the severe lack of Zelda II and Link's Awakening music though (only a very brief shot of Zelda II in a video, and nothing at all for Link's Awakening. I was hoping to hear the Wind Fish song in the shorts piece, but no such luck). Also, some parts were not as well done as I had been anticipating. There were a few hiccups here and there with the orchestra and the audio/video equipment, but it didn't detract from the experience too much. Also, all videos of OoT were actually OoT 3D. I know it looks nicer, but it detracted from the nostalgia factor a little.
Hope you enjoy the music as much as I did! I'm looking forward to the next round of concerts next year!
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