The Legend of Zelda: Tones of the Kingdom
Twenty Thousand Hertz
The Evolution of the Zelda Soundtrack
In 2007, Mario Galaxy became the first Mario or Zelda game to use a live, fully orchestrated soundtrack. After Skyward Sword, lots of people expected the next Zelda game to sound even bigger. With the huge open map of Breath of the Wild, composers decided to go in a completely unexpected direction. The music you hear inside the mysterious shrines feels like it's mysterious.
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