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Koholint

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Hi I just finished a full 10-episode first season of my BotW show about five days ago, after completing an OoT movie script in October of last year, and I now want to explore other potential mediums for non-gaming Zelda stories. I think I'm going to start with a musical version of Link's Awakening called (working title) Koholint, and am gonna do it semi-publically to hold myself accountable considering I haven't written a musical since 2020. So that's what this thread will be.
 
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SONG LIST:

Songs:
  1. Beyond the Sea: Link
  2. Winds: Link, Marin
  3. Koholint: Link, Owl
  4. The Games We Play: Link, Marin, Gestore, Mamasha, Papahl, Quadruplets, MeowMeow, CiaoCiao, Sale
  5. The Trick of the Isle: Link, Marin, Tarin, Syrup
  6. Outsider: Link, Moldorm
  7. Siren Song: Link, Owl, Marin
  8. Dognap: Link, Madame MeowMeow, Quadruplets, Marin
  9. Just a Nuisance: Link, Moblin King, BowWow
  10. Baby Needs His Bottle: Link, Genie
  11. Where We’re Going: Link, Marin, Owl, Ulrira, Yahoo
  12. Princes and Servants: Link, Prince Richard,
  13. You’re the Threat: Link, Prince Richard, Ball and Chain Trooper, Kiki
  14. Hiding From the Future: Link, Slime Eye, Owl
  15. The Walrus: Link, Chef Bear, Christine, Hippo, Schule Donavitch, Rabbits, Walrus
  16. Fly Away: Link, Marin
  17. Deserted: Link, Marin, Walrus, Lanmola
  18. Prey or Predator: Link, Marin, Angler Fish
  19. Stolen Time: Link, Owl
  20. Ballad of the Wind Fish: Link, Marin, Owl, Nakura
  21. Manbo’s Mambo: Link, Manbo, Nakura
  22. Take Me Home: Link, Nakura, Yahoo, Ulrira
  23. Martha’s Lament: Link, Martha
  24. What a Fool: Link, Slime Eel
  25. The Island: Link, Owl, Armos Knight, Wind Fish
  26. Koholint (Reprise): Link, Owl, Wind Fish
  27. Facade: Link, Owl, Facade
  28. Real: Link, Marin
  29. Frog Song of Soul: Link, Marin, Mamu, Owl
  30. Alive: Link, Marin, Cucco, Ingo
  31. The Same Boat: Link, Owl, Grim Creeper, Evil Eagle
  32. Fly Away (Reprise): Link, Marin, Owl, Tarin
  33. The Rock: Link, Turtle Rock
  34. Changing: Link, Hot Head, Owl
  35. Visions of the Truth: Link, Tarin, Chef Bear, Papahl, Christine, Mr. Write, Yahoo, Hena, Martha, Statue
  36. The Book: Link, Marin, Owl
  37. Ballad of the Wind Fish (Reprise): Link, Marin
  38. Nightmare: Link, DethI, Moldorm, Lanmola, Slime Eye, Agahnim, Ganon
  39. Winds (Reprise): Link, Owl, Wind Fish
  40. Beyond the Sea (Reprise): Link, Marin, Wind Fish

  1. Introduction From the Owl -- Come Fly With Me
  2. Link Crashes -- Across the Waves
  3. Marin Finds Link-- Fly Away
  4. Link and Marin -- You
  5. Sword -- Beached
  6. Mysterious Woods -- Through the Woods
  7. Tarin and Syrup -- Tales -- A MAJOR
  8. Moldorm Fight -- A MINOR The Snake and the Swamp
  9. BowWow and CiaoCiao -- E MAJOR
  10. Moblin King -- Moblin King
  11. Genie Fight -- E MINOR
  12. Mamasha and Papahl -- B MAJOR
  13. Prince Richard
  14. Slime Eye Fight -- B MINOR Seen By the Eye
  15. Marin and Link's date, Walrus -- F MAJOR
  16. Lanmola -- A MINOR
  17. Angler Fish Fight -- F MINOR Sink or Swim
  18. Christine and Mr. Write -- C MAJOR
  19. Nakura (Ghost)
  20. Slime Eel Fight -- C MINOR
  21. Ulrira and Grandma Yahoo -- G MAJOR
  22. Ancient Ruins
  23. Facade Fight -- G MINOR Face Your Fears
  24. Martha -- D MAJOR
  25. Mamu, Ingo, Cuccoo
  26. Evil Eagle Fight --D MINOR
  27. Turtle Rock -- Mountains and Valleys
  28. Hot Head Fight -- D MINOR
  29. The Library
  30. DethI Fight -- A MINOR
  31. The Wind Fish
Not sure what to do with the trading quest yet; right now, some members of the quest are part of duets to contrast the boss fights, but this might be too formulaic for a compelling non-gaming story. Then again, part of Zelda's charm is it's formula. I think I'm excluding seashells entirely, comment below if that makes you sad.

Sword (Marin) -- Mysterious Woods (Tarin) -- The Snake -- Moblin King (BowWow) -- The Genie -- Kanalet Castle (Prince Richard) -- The Eye -- Lanmola (Marin) -- The Fish -- Tabahl Graveyard (Nakura) -- The Eel -- Ancient Ruins (Owl) -- The Face -- Cucco (Mamu) -- The Eagle -- Turtle Rock (Marin) -- The Stone -- The Library -- DethI (The Gel/The Wizard/The Dark Snake/The Demon King/The Centipede/The Wind Mage) -- The Wind Fish

Gestore (Trendy Gamester) -- Yoshi Doll -- Mamasha -- Ribbon -- CiaoCiao -- Dog Food -- Sale -- Bananas -- Kiki -- Stick -- Tarin -- Honeycomb -- Chef Bear -- Pineapple -- Papahl -- Hibiscus -- Christine -- Letter -- Mr. Write -- Broom -- Grandma Yahoo -- Fishing Hook -- Hena (Fisherman) -- Mermaid’s Necklace -- Martha (Mermaid) -- Mermaid’s Scale -- Schule Donavitch’s Statue -- Magnifying Lens -- Secret Goriya -- Boomerang

Gestore --> Mamasha --> CiaoCiao --> Sale --> Kiki --> Tarin --> Chef Bear --> Papahl --> Christine --> Mr. Write --> Grandma Yahoo --> Hena --> Martha --> Statue --> Goriya

Mabe Village --> Mabe Village -- > Mabe Village --> Toronbo Beach --> Kanalet Castle --> Ukuku Prairie --> Animal Village --> East Tal Tal
--> Animal Village --> West Goponga Field --> Mabe Village --> Martha's Bay --> Martha's Bay --> Martha's Bay --> Toronbo Beach

After Sword (Before Snake): Gestore/Mamasha/CiaoCiao/Sale
After Power Bracelet (After Genie): Kiki
After Kanalet Castle (Before Eye): Tarin
After Pegasus Boots (After Eye): Chef Bear/Papahl/Christine/Mr. Write/Grandma Yahoo
After Flippers (After Fish): Hena/Martha
After Hookshot (After Eel): Statue/Goriya

After Sword (Before Snake): Mabe/Mabe/Mabe/Toronbo
After Power Bracelet (After Genie): Kanalet
After Kanalet Castle (Before Eye): Ukuku
After Pegasus Boots (After Eye): Animal/Tal Tal/Animal/Goponga/Mabe
After Flippers (After Fish): Martha's/Martha's
After Hookshot (After Eel): Martha's/Toronbo
 
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SONG 1, Across the Waves, early prototype

NOTES: This needs to have energy lyrically, I don't know if it does quiiiite yet. Melodically, it's pretty simple, but lyrically it needs to ebb and flow. I'll work on it.

Across the Waves --
(link is on a boat, it’s calm)

(OoT intro music as intro)
Na na NAAAAA na na naaaa, na na
Na na NAAAAA na naaaa, NA naaa

Link:

I sail across the waves
I journey home from across the sea
On the waves, I sail
On the waves, I'm free

I gotta get home to a land called Hyrule (KG: Hyrule)
To serve the princess I am a knight for
With the sword of evil's bane, Zelda is her name
And she is far across the waves

I saved some other lands
Hyrule thinks I've abandoned them
So I sail back to my kingdom (KG: Hyrule)
A kingdom mighty and grand
I’ll serve as the king’s hand
And
Live happily ever after then.

But now it’s
Just me, sailing, quickly, failing
To slow down
Take my time
The wind grows

Slow down
Wait a minute
As the wind grows

Wait up
Slow my breathing
As the wind grows

Take each second
Slow the wind, no
As the wind grows
It blows and blows and blows

(the wind builds, in background --
The Wise Owl Theme from the game:
Naaaa, na naa, na naaa
Naaaa, na naa, na naa, naaa)

I sail across the waves
I journey home from across the sea
On the waves, I sail
On the waves, I'm free

Wind is blowing, slowly growing
Overtaking everything
Wind is rising, where will I go
When my boat goes, when it siiinks

(gust)

I start to think

(the wind picks up, in background--
Naaaa, na naa, na naaa
Naaaa, na naa, na naa, naaa)

The sky bounces off the sea
The sea filled with salt and fish
The wind builds and fish rise
And the sea storms
Winds from the skies
The sky burns
Now it’s blue, now it’s gray
Now it's gone away
Which way across the waves (KG: Hyrule)

I sail across the waves
Over the horizon
Strugglin' to keep my eyes on...

(gust)

Just me, sailing, quickly, failing

The wind blows
Faster now, the wind blows (building percussion)
Pick up speed, the wind blows (building percussion)
Afterwards, the boat goes (add winds)
Here we go, the boat goes (add winds)
Wind shows, the boat goes (add winds)
Where does the boat go, nobody knows

(the wind picks up, in background --
Naaaa, na naa, na naaa
Naaaa, na naa, na naa, naaa)

I sail across the waves
The waves are soaring high
Blowing up the storm
Reaching to the sky

I sail across the waves (KG: Koho)
I sail across the waves (KG: Hyrule no)
I sail across the waves (KG: Koho)
The sea (KG: KOho-liint)
The seeeeeeeea (KG: KOho-liint)

(add strings, full orchestra, build build, stop)

(timpani) Down the mast goes, (timpani) down the sail goes, (timpani) down the bow goes, (low strings) down the boat goes, down the boat goes

(full orchestra)

Sail across the water, sail across the sea, seeing what to see, ocean’s swallowing me
I sail across the water, I sail where worlds colliiiiiiiiiide (chimes)
Reality’s switch (KG: Hyrule) on the sea (KG: Koholint)
When oh when, the storm won’t subside
The mast is cracking quickly, the sail is flying loose
I sail across the waves and the water, it’s no uuu- (it lets up) -se

Now it’s
Just me, sailing, quickly, failing
To slow down
Take my time
The wind grows

Slow down
Wait a minute
As the wind grows

Wait up
Slow my breathing
As the wind grows

Take each second
Slow the wind blow
As the wind grows (very sudden, flutes, piccolos, clarinets, a deep bassoon)
It blows and blows and blows

(the mast overturns now, the boat is rocking back)

The mast has overturned now, the boat is rocking back
The boat is jolting forth again, I’m loosening the slack
I’ll make it through the storm, you'll see, then row to Hyrule, only me
And whatever remains of the ship that I sail
I will make it back home, I can't afford to fail
With my sword and my cap, I am on my way back
On the seaaaa
Only meeeee
On the waaaaaaaavess------

(the boat crashes, Link loses it and is thrown off)

I sail across the waves

(he clings to a plank as it drifts offstage)
 
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SONG 2, Let the Wind Blow, draft 2

Marin:

na na nAAA na na nAAAA na na na--

I’ve, been so stuck
Trapped, out of luck
Wanting to sing across the seaaaaa

It’s, been so hard
Wanting to be a bard
I know there’s so much more that’s waiting for meeeee

Castles, fields, lakes, and mountains
Way beyond the horiiiiiiiizon
Distant adventures, I long to belt hymns
oh this feeling that arises in--

Let me go
Set me free
Let the wiiiind blow again

Let it flow
Let me sing
Let the wiiiiiind blow again

Let me out
Of my cage
Let this bird
Leave the maze
Let me gooooo
Let it blooooooow…again
Again

LET ME OUT
OF MY CAGE
LET THIS BIRD LEAVE THIS MAZE

Let it bloooooooooOOOOW again

(quieter, strings, vision of Link)
You and I
Share the sky
You and I
Will share the sky

I will flyyyyy away
You will sail the wind
I will flyyyyy away
You will keep me in your heart and mind

(drum beat)
That’s the reason that we never broke bread
That’s the reason, this is all in your head
But I feel as thoooooough
I’m more than that
And I knooooo-ooooooow
The whole world will go back

When you call
When you sing the song
Of awakening, longing for the days above
Longing for the days beyond the shores, a dove
A gull; flyYYYY away

Let me go
Set me free
Let the wiiiind blow again

Let it flow
Let me sing
Let the wiiiiiind blow again

Let me out
Of my cage
Let this bird
Leave the maze
Let me gooooo
Let it blooooooow…again
Again

LET ME OUT
OF MY CAGE
LET THIS BIRD LEAVE THIS MAZE

Let it bloooooooooOOOOW (crazy riff) again

(she sees Link)
 
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Song 1 -- Beyond the Sea

Link:
All alone, on the sea
Sailing home, only me
Saved the world, once or twice
I’m the hero, all riiiight
AAAAAAALLL riiiiiight

With a sword in my hand
And a shield in my grip
The princess and king
Are at the end of my trip

The Kingdom of Hyrule, it waits there for me
But the winds keep on blowing as they bellow me
Beyond the seeeeeaaaaaaaa
Beyond the seeeeee-eee-eeeea

I wanna be, beyond the sea
The world that I saved, it waits there for me
The Great King of Evil fell to my blade
The fires of despair were just a charade

The ocean is empty, there’s no land in sight
The wind, it is growing, clouds cover sunlight
The rain, it is building, the drops hit the wood
My courage instilling, I’d swim if I could

I sail against the tide, now
The waves are soaring high
Blowing up the winds and storm
And reaching towards the sky

I wanna be, beyond the sea
The princess that I saved, she waits there for me
The rains overtaking, and I cannot see
The wind, it is quaking, I need to get free

The wind god is angry, the storm won’t subside
There is no escaping this oppressive tide
I must keep on sailing, no point in defeat
Lock down the course and get beyond the sea
BeyONd the SEAAAA
BeYOOOOND THE seaaaaaa
BeYOOOOOOO (lightning strikes the boat, link scrambles to fix it)

****

The mast has overturned now, the boat is rocking back
The boat is jolting forth again, I’m loosening the slack
I’ll make it through the storm, you see, then row to Hyrule, only me
I’ll make it way beyond the sea, I’ll make it way beyond the--

the boat is destroyed, Link, clinging to a piece of driftwood passed out, ripple effect, washes up on Toronbo Beach, link is resting
 
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Song 2 -- Winds

Marin:
--sea, beYOND the seaaaaa
Beyond the sea, it waits for me, beyond the seaaa

marin stumbles on Link

Marin:
Oh my
There’s a guy
Ay yai yai
Why oh why

Where did he come from?
What’m’I to do?
Take him back home with me?
she tries to wake him up
Who…who are you?

marin laboriously drags Link across the stage to her house, she opens the door, Tarin

Marin:
Tarin!

Tarin:
Marin?
Who is that?

Marin:
A castaway upon the shore

Tarin:
Get him in bed, stat!

they push him into the bed, Link’s shield is attached to his arm, Tarin removes it

Tarin:
Link.

link is thrashing in his sleep

Marin:
Link?

Tarin:
shows her
The shield says he’s Link

Marin:
looks at link
He’ll wake up I think

Tarin:
feels his pulse
He’s got a pulse
That’s a good sign

link is thrashing

Marin:
Where did he come from?
He’s such a find

moment of silence, then…

link jolts awake

Link:
SEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA!

Marin:
Oh my Link, you woke with such a start
You were tossing and turning, we thought you’d lost your heart

Link:
Zelda?

Marin:
Who?

Link:
You’re…Zelda?

Marin:
confused
…No my name’s Marin, who is that…nevermind
This man is Tarin, my lovely father

Link: Nice to meet you, love your mustache

Tarin:
You’re too kind

Link:
realizes he’s missing his sword
Where’s my sword?

Tarin:
Here’s your shield, I read it I’m sorry

Link:
Where’s my sword?

Marin:
It must still be left on the shore

Link:
I’ll go there once more

Link goes to the beach, Marin watches

Marin:
na na nAAA na na nAAAA na na na--

I’ve, been so stuck
Trapped, out of luck
Wanting to sing across the seaaaaa

It’s, been so hard
Wanting to be a bard
I know there’s so much more that’s waiting for meeeee

Castles, fields, lakes, and mountains
Way beyond the horiiiiiiiizon
Distant adventures, I long to belt hymns
oh this feeling that arises in--

Link:
Monsters swarm the beaches
Monsters taint the sand
What is this mysterious
Tropical island

What has happened to me?
When can I sail home

Link grabs a stick and stabs an Octorok

Repair my ship and then
Ride the winds alone

Link reaches his sword

na na NAAAAAAAAAA na na

Ok, here we go
Time to fix the boat

Owl (background):
Hoot hoot

Link:
Grab the rope
Wrap it tight
Hoist the sail
Upright
Push off of the shore
Back to Hyrule once more
Angle sail
Find the wind
Ride it and…
No wind
Find the wind

Owl:
Hoot hoot

Link:
Find the wind?

No wind

Link:
OooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Marin (overlap):
She runs out of the house onto the beach ledge
Let me go
Set me free
Let the wiiiind blow again

Let it flow
Let me sing
Let the wiiiiiind blow again

Let me out
Of my cage
Let this bird
Leave the maze
Let me gooooo
Let it blooooooow…again
Again

LET ME OUT
OF MY CAGE
LET THIS BIRD LEAVE THIS MAZE

Let the wiiiiiinds bloooooooooOOOOW again

Link tries to paddle away but the current is too strong and throws him back on the shore

Link:
Let the winds blow again
 

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