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[Sammy Samusu]

Doing a fantastic job so far.

 

[TylerDurden4321]

Yes, the music in the BotW trailer was amazing. The trailer was also perfectly cut together to fit the music... knew when to underscore the beautiful scenery and when to really push epicness.

 

[Spirit Icana]

Some posts here make it sound like she's doing everything. We don't even know if she did the score for the Switch presentation trailer. lol

I mean, the main theme (from the first trailer) is good, but I'll reserve my full praises (perhaps with equal hyperbole like some posts here) until I learn what else she did.

This will have the best music since OoT

OoT had the best ambient tunes. It'd be awesome if this game's dungeon atmosphere can match those of OoT.

The trailer songs are more beautiful and epic than past entries, though!

Based on my experience, it has THE best sound design in any modern Zelda game. Incredible music and a great use of that music.

Agreed. Even the battle song is starting to grow on me.

 

[wild wild rice]

Animal Crossing music is so chill. Can't wait for the serene moments in BotW.

 

[ionitron]

The sound track to the game is absolutely beautiful, really reminiscent of Ghibli movies for me.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Spirit Tracks music is amazing

 

[Aostia]

Doing a fantastic job so far.

A usual

 

[m4st4]

Clearly a talented individual, one that managed to sneak out tears from my eyes several times yesterday, bravo maestro.

 

[Spirit Icana]

Clearly a talented individual, one that managed to sneak out tears from my eyes several times yesterday, bravo maestro.

So you watched the first trailer several times, yesterday?

 

[BowieZ]

You can tell when a composer or other creative individual just transcends when inspired by and passionate about a project.

 

[Thoraxes]

Interesting! New Leaf and her Smash 4 contributions were awesome, so I'm certain she'll do amazing.

I wonder how involved Kondo and Yokota are.

At the Japanese stage show before the 2ND concert performance, he said he works on 3D Mario and 3D Zelda games, so I'd assume this game will be no exception, especially given their ever growing music staff.

 

[kami_sama]

One of the best things of te trailer was the music, it pumped me so much I ended preordering the Switch lol
i hope the game maintains the quality all the time, but I know I'm asking as lot.

 

[FunkyDealer]

She seems to be doing a remarkable job. New Leaf has excellent music as well, although of a different sort.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

I've never listened to an Animal Crossing soundtrack but clearly she was wasted on that franchise.

Not at all. AC has fantastic music and wouldn't be the same without it.

 

[Falchion]

Everything I've heard in the exploration videos has been fantastic, can't wait to listen to the whole OST.

 

[III-V]

superb composition - very Japanese and LOZ at the same time.

 

[MrSaturn99]

At the Japanese stage show before the 2ND concert performance, he said he works on 3D Mario and 3D Zelda games, so I'd assume this game will be no exception, especially given their ever growing music staff.

Which he? And thanks for reminding me; gotta look that up!

I've never listened to an Animal Crossing soundtrack but clearly she was wasted on that franchise. BotW seems to have such great music.

Huh? Animal Crossing has amazing music.

 

[-Horizon-]

If that trailer music was her work then someone give her an award and a raise.

 

[Thoraxes]

Which he? And thanks for reminding me; gotta look that up!

Huh? Animal Crossing has amazing music.

Ah sorry, Yokota. Totally forgot to specifiy that.

 

[Dimmle]

I've never listened to an Animal Crossing soundtrack but clearly she was wasted on that franchise. BotW seems to have such great music.

what

 

[Zomba13]

From what we've heard so far she is doing a tremendous job.

 

[Mokujin]

Music is awesome, even the music is fantastically Ghibli-ish.

 

[Gai Murakumo]

The music is absolutely top notch. They took what they did in Skyward Sword with the Symphony Orchestra soundtrack and turned it up to 11.

 

[Ridley327]

Wait I don't understand. She's a woman. This is such a manly game where Link has to ride a horse, climb structures and cliffs, and fight giant monsters. How can a female composer relate to these actions and themes?

Ooooooh, that not-so-stealthy Ueda shade.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

guys I'm crying

I want to buy this song now.

It's so good. Why won't they let me buy it

 

[Ivan 3414]

I've never listened to an Animal Crossing soundtrack but clearly she was wasted on that franchise. BotW seems to have such great music.

That's a pretty silly way of looking at things

There's nothing inherently better about orchestral music and just because she spent time doing cutesy tunes doesn't mean she was wasting her talents. Both have their place.

 

[Neff]

I wasn't that keen on Skyward Sword's music for the most part (loved the game itself, though), so a switch of composers works for me.

And yeah, that trailer track is a straight up killer. One of the most exciting trailers I've ever seen for anything, ever, and the music is a huge part of that.

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

Wait I don't understand. She's a woman. This is such a manly game where Link has to ride a horse, climb structures and cliffs, and fight giant monsters. How can a female composer relate to these actions and themes?

You must have such a rigid sense of what genders can do. There are women who love horseback riding, and fighting giant monsters is something Samus Aran does regularly and she's a woman.

She did a great job so far with the music, as heard so far...clearly she was the right choice for the project

 

[Meowster]

The Animal Crossing soundtrack is one of my favorites so color me excited for this one.

 

[Aaronrules380]

You must have such a rigid sense of what genders can do. There are women who love horseback riding, and fighting giant monsters is something Samus Aran does regularly and she's a woman.

She did a great job so far with the music, as heard so far...clearly she was the right choice for the project

Do you not understand sarcasm? LOL

 

[Hattori]

Nintendo embracing new talent 👌

 

[rhandino]

"[...] she was wasted on Animal Crossing"

Yeah, sure. Its not like people adore the soundtrack in AC or consider it a big part of the experience.

 

[sublimit]

Some of her themes remind me a lot of Joe Hisaishi's work and that is a good thing.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

"[...] she was wasted on Animal Crossing"

Yeah, sure. Its not like people adore the soundtrack in AC or consider it a big part of the experience.

I'm gonna assume that when they say 'she was wasted' they meant that her name was never going to explode in Animal Crossing vs a major AAA mainstream system seller like Zelda.

 

[Easy_D]

Wait I don't understand. She's a woman. This is such a manly game where Link has to ride a horse, climb structures and cliffs, and fight giant monsters. How can a female composer relate to these actions and themes?

Yeah! Next you're gonna tell me Castlevania, the most manly of series, had a female composer!

And then, hah, someone's gonna say Guile, the most manly videogame character ever, had his theme composed by a woman. Please, I am literally *dying*.

 

[Datschge]

I've never listened to an Animal Crossing soundtrack but clearly she was wasted on that franchise.

Are you trying to invoke the music variant of this screenshot?

 

[AppleSautts]

Everything we've heard from this soundtrack has been amazing

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

I just relistend to the part of the trailer where the remix of the main theme crescendos like 10 times.

Goosebumps every time.

 

[jwhit28]

I loved Animal Crossing New Leaf's soundtrack and I love everything I've heard in BotW so far. Have they added more music as you walk around the overworld because the huge chunks of gameplay from E3 were pretty quiet.

https://youtu.be/ytHqYVbuLt4

 

[Sadist]

Wait she did Spirit Tracks too?

Huh. That explains something. Hope the rest will be as good as this.

 

[Griss]

New Leaf's soundtrack was special, and now that I know it's the same composer for BotW it makes sense. Those quiet 'out in the wild' piano moments from BotW are very reminiscent of AC:NL in parts.

Amazing job so far. Always nice to know Nintendo has new talent to carry the torch.

 

[13ruce]

Wait she did Spirit Tracks too?

Huh. That explains something. Hope the rest will be as good as this.

This explains spirit tracks having way better music than phantom of hourglass.

 

[Alienous]

what

The kind of soul-stirring music Manaka Kataoka is capable of composing, as evidenced by the BotW trailers, isn't as applicable in Animal Crossing. I'm glad she's working on a franchise that encompasses more of the emotional range she has the talent to express, and one that reaches a larger audience.

 

[Nia]

Well she has done an absolutely stellar job so far.

 

[OverturePT]

Every piece of music has been delightful, but this last trailer was truly incredible. The OST is in good hands.

 

[Yoshi]

I've gone through some of them like the Animal Crossing arrangement she did for Smash 4, but nothing I've heard so far would've prepared me for the job she's doing with Breath of the Wild.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/zelda/sound/movie.mp3

It lists "Adventuring" on the Zelda Spirit Tracks soundtrack, which, if it is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izbMZay_8Dk&list=PLD7893122E08F09E6&index=43
is imo one of the best video game tracks ever composed.

Are you trying to invoke the music variant of this screenshot?

Isn't it more like the opposite: I've never heard it, but I praise it anyways? I would understand this as "her talent was wasted on a shit game" - which I would actually agree to.

 

[Blue-kun]

Seeing Spirit Tracks mentioned reminded me of the Full Steam Ahead arrangement in Smash by Michiko Naruke. That... was the good stuff.

On topic though, yeah, I agree with mostly everyone here, the music in the trailer was absolutely amazing. I just hope they changed their opinion on the music for the game from what was shown/discussed over at E3. It seemed they wanted to go with a more 'ambience'-like approach, and the overworld had a lot of "hits a piano key every other second" parts that didn't really click with me.

 

[anaron]

Wait I don't understand. She's a woman. This is such a manly game where Link has to ride a horse, climb structures and cliffs, and fight giant monsters. How can a female composer relate to these actions and themes?

looooooool

 

[Ultimadrago]

I'm gonna assume that when they say 'she was wasted' they meant that her name was never going to explode in Animal Crossing vs a major AAA mainstream system seller like Zelda.

Yeah, their comment didn't seem malicious in any way. For sure though New Leaf has very fitting, unique music that helps make it what it is, as an above poster stated.

 

[crashnburn]

Wait I don't understand. She's a woman. This is such a manly game where Link has to ride a horse, climb structures and cliffs, and fight giant monsters. How can a female composer relate to these actions and themes?

Seriously! It'll be like how Yoko Shimomura ruined such a manly bro trip in Final Fantasy 15!

Spoiler

GOAT OST /s