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Well, sure, but I think a lot of people vastly underestimate making such a thing happen. People now have an expectation for fully orchestrated music played by real musicians. A typical full orchestra is 70 people. I'm not saying it can't be done, or the results wouldn't be great, but there are...

The music in the field theme is melodic, in the sense it contains melodies. Also, consider, BotW has a vastly larger overworld than in previous Zeldas. The overwhelming majority of your playing time in this 50-189 hours it takes to complete the game is spent in the overworld. In previous...

But all of the music in Zelda is thematic on purpose, mate, which is a hallmark of why it's so memorable. So context of what's happening in the game has to always be taken into account.

Different context, mate, you don't spend hours upon hours at Hyrule Castle, and the theme itself isn't long to begin with and really only has one variation, as the theme changes when you're inside of the Castle near Princess Zelda's study. Hyrule's Field is much more different. Statistically...

So you wouldn't mind the same theme, no matter how good, loop for hours upon hours as you roam Hyrule Field? Even if you like the theme, any piece of music becomes boring to listen to with enough repetition.

Well it was fully orchestrated, even used some traditional Japanese instruments, and Western instruments. But you are right, bombastic themes like we typically heard wouldn't have been thematically appropriate.

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But they did, as I've lined out, it's just not in the usual way you're used to hearing it, but in a way that makes thematic sense for the game. Going traditional would evoke the wrong mood. It would convey the sense that this is still a kingdom that's mighty and strong, and in the game, it's...

If you're spending the vast majority of your time in one area, and you really have a 45 second to a minute loop of music, it's eventually going to get repetitive. I feel though that some people give leeway to some songs in the Zelda franchise, and are being unnecessarily harsh regarding BotW's...

That's how most people feel about ambient music in general. But all of the trappings of what makes Zelda music unique are in BotW's soundtrack. In my opinion, when listening to Zelda music, I feel Zelda music's identity is codified by: Tonal Ambiguity. Meaning, the music floats between major...

I feel this one is contentious. But speaking as a musician, after analyzing Breath of the Wild's soundtrack some more, it's actually not as bad as everyone says it is. In fact, many of themes are smartly designed, just it wasn't what people expected, and it wasn't what they were used to, and...

That the Oracle games are fun. Adventure of Link is fun.