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Palace / Temple Theme ~Castlevania style | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvJbJUP1WPuTMj5DATMUCEr4.html
Link kicks the door in. This version adheres to the feel of the original track a lot more than my first version, and is actually what I concepted first and saved it for now. Anyone that has played the classic Castlevania games will know that Zelda II shares more similarities with the Castlevania series, more notably Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, than its own franchise. It gave me the idea to arrange the Palace track using mainly musical styles from the Castlevania games. I immersed myself in the soundtracks of all the classic games, and took all the stuff I felt could merge well with the Palace theme. Most of what I borrowed comes from Simon's Quest and Symphony of the Night, and while me looking outside the series may feel like I am diverging from the rest of the Zelda II arrangement, I feel this actually enhances the spirit of the original music, because the game itself does the same thing.
Here, I placed commonly appearing Castlevania instruments in the forefront: Organ, vocals, drums, harpsichord. No electric guitar, sorry, because it was kinda crowding out too much of the main orchestra. These instruments together create a pretty distinct soundscape that over the last decade, many of us easily associate with maze-like levels, gothic structures, undead enemies, backtracking, etc, and how the instruments create that feel are self-evident, and I don't need to explain much.
Just as the overworld theme begins with a reference of the main Zelda fanfare before jumping into its own theme, I wanted to portray the same thematic divergence by calling back to the first game's dungeon theme. This game is pure action platforming and combat, and as soon as the beat kicks in, you know Link means business. Shout out to the acoustic drums. It has appeared occasionally in mainline Zelda games (hey even the official arrangement in Smash Bros), but this marks my very first time using it in a Zelda arrangement. As I want to portray the player and Link as an expert fighter, I spent hours upon hours practicing my playthrough so the expert-looking footage helps emphasize that the player now should be unstoppable, and the music encourages you to play well.
I expanded my use of the harpsichord immensely, using it for melody, chords, texturing, whatever suits my need and I've only scratched the surface with its potential. As you can see with the footage, I made a lot of syncs with the footage and music, so it looks like I was actually scoring each individual palace room. Even though I'm jumping all over the place with ideas, I still want the track as a whole to sound like a single song.
This track is always transforming, and on average every 4 bars, I'm changing the instrumental phrasing and motif to some new configuration, and this is to accommodate all the different Castlevania music ideas I want to integrate, almost like it's a 10-track medley. Dracula's castle (and all Metroidvanias) have different music for each locale or section, but we only have one palace track to work with. I've recently been listening to Jpop group Atarashii Gakko!, and I love how their early music has this manic energy that combines jazz, rock, traditional Japanese music together in perfect harmony. Similarly, I took some inspiration from YOASOBI with how the melody in their songs just keep going without break and has such great forward momentum.
In retrospect, I finally understood why this methodology is taking up so much of my time for each track and I think I'm ready to simplify it back down going forward. I will only work off of one single idea for the next track and I will finish it much sooner!
Support me at www.patreon.com/thesecondnarrator
Arrangement and illustrations by Jeremiah Sun
Original Theme by Akito Nakatsuka
#ZeldaII #Castlevania #Orchestrated
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Indoors (Magic/Sword Powers) | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
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Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvJbJUP1WPuTMj5DATMUCEr4.html I was saving up the Indoors track to be placed between the 1st and 2nd versions of the Palace and Boss Fight. It's the only other quieter track in the game, and a break is sorely needed from all the intense and epic tracks that make up the soundtrack. I was originally intending to have two versions of this track too, but would ha...
Crystal (Palace Clear) | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
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Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvJbJUP1WPuTMj5DATMUCEr4.html I really like this fanfare. It's succinct, confident, and heroic. Feels great to hear it after getting through such a tough dungeon capped with an intense boss fight. If Zelda II was a more popular game, this fanfare could just as easily have the same kind of legacy as the Final Fantasy victory theme. Support me at www.patreon.co...
Boss Theme ~FFXVI style | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
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Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvJbJUP1WPuTMj5DATMUCEr4.html Alongside the palace theme, I kept humming ideas for orchestrating the Boss Theme since the start. I found myself mistaking it for the battle track Stand Your Ground from Final Fantasy XV. It's only off by one note, and the phrase alternates up and down a key. I ended up mostly recreating it verbatim to use as a launch pad. The i...
Palace / Temple Theme ~baroque version | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
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Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvJbJUP1WPuTMj5DATMUCEr4.html Since the beginning ages ago when I was thinking about how to arrange Zelda II's music, the tracks I was looking forward to the most were the Palace Theme and the Boss Theme. I've been mentally humming and beat-boxing so many ideas, and I'm excited to be finally here. I have enough ideas to do an arrangement for each of the six p...
Town Theme | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
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Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvJbJUP1WPuTMj5DATMUCEr4.html I wanted this track to be really chill, as it's the only gentle piece within the whole soundtrack. The opening bars in my version are pulled from the FDS title theme. The melody in the 4 bars is overlaid over the same US counterpart that sounds similar to the Town theme. Now I've succeeded in porting over every unique characteris...
DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Orchestrated - Checker Dance (K. Round fight)
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DELTARUNE Playlist - ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvLalIrG4A4qqVTsqtnPzU7U.html This is like the "filler track" that I added to expand out the Deltarune orchestration album. The K. Round checker guy makes brief appearances in EP 1 & 2, and I hope the next time we see him, he becomes even more powerful and silly. Perhaps in chapter 3, toby fox increases the intensity of the track, and I imagined my...
DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Orchestrated - Lantern (Seam's Shop) ~sad emotional version~
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DELTARUNE Playlist - ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvLalIrG4A4qqVTsqtnPzU7U.html In my planning of this orchestration, I felt that a traditional transition would sound too similar to the original track, especially if I used the same drums. Seam has this pretty chill indifferent attitude to the player, but the melody here is pretty fleshed out. It hints at some rich backstory, and you see them again...
Battle Theme | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
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Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvJbJUP1WPuTMj5DATMUCEr4.html So during the middle of arranging, I got hit with a piercing migraine and it affected the entire trajectory of this track. I kept working through constant pain, and the music got angrier as I reflected my suffering through grit teeth and clenched fists! I originally expected the arrangement to be short and sweet, but I kept addin...
DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Orchestrated - Gallery
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DELTARUNE Playlist - ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvLalIrG4A4qqVTsqtnPzU7U.html I've had this track arranged for a long time, but never got around to uploading it. Since it was so short, I thought I'd wait till I have another longer track to upload and put this up to go with it, but I totally forgot about it and it got lost to the ether. Anyway, I wanted this intro to the chaos king fight, so it w...
DELTARUNE Chapter 2 Orchestrated - NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A (no voices)
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with voices version - ua-cam.com/video/H06pknCIyHI/v-deo.html Okay a lot of people wanted a version without voices. Now you can sing along to this "karaoke" version. Enjoy!
DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Jazz Orchestra - Lancer's Theme
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DELTARUNE Playlist - ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvLalIrG4A4qqVTsqtnPzU7U.html Here's me doing an impression of jazz music haha. My only real exposure to playing jazz was during high school band, and I barely remember stuff about bass lines, minor 7 chords, syncopation, swing rhythm. I got this sweet SWAM saxophone sample library to try to integrate into an orchestra. Can't believe I'm only now u...
Overworld Theme | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
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Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQ58HYTDzLvJbJUP1WPuTMj5DATMUCEr4.html Yet another Zelda overworld track. When I played the game for the first time, I felt like this track in particular felt a lot like an 8-bit version of a minstrel singing about Link's epic adventure. The melody is very overbearing, with no places to rest and no break in the rhythm. Even when it gets broken up when you enter a batt...
DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Orchestrated - Beginning
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This was supposed to be one of those simple filler tracks that I add to round out the Deltarune arrangement album. As usual, I got too caught up and stuck with the arrangement that it took forever. In the first loop of the arrangement, I kept roughly the same instrumentation and really went for that marching band vibe. Ordinarily I would have just stopped there, but I felt that made the arrange...
Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster Orchestrated - Cyan's Theme
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(Warning: video contains character spoiler) I'm back revisiting this sacred soundtrack, and celebrate the release of Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster! I personally think there are some really great standout orchestrations coming from the various FF re-releases (FFIII's Eternal Wind OMG), but a lot of other tracks have been a bit inconsistent. Knowing what to generally expect, I've been very worr...
DELTARUNE Chapter 2 Orchestrated - NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A
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DELTARUNE Chapter 2 Orchestrated - NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A
DELTARUNE Chapter 2 Orchestrated - Berdly & Smart Race Boss Battle
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DELTARUNE Chapter 2 Orchestrated - Berdly & Smart Race Boss Battle
DELTARUNE Chapter 2 Orchestrated - Faint Courage (Game Over) EPIC OMG VERSION
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DELTARUNE Chapter 2 Orchestrated - Faint Courage (Game Over) EPIC OMG VERSION
DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Empty Town
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DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Empty Town
DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Rude Buster
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DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Rude Buster
Prologue & Title Theme | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
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Prologue & Title Theme | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Main Theme Orchestrated
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Main Theme Orchestrated
DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Scarlet Forest
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DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Scarlet Forest
DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Vs. Susie
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DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Vs. Susie
DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Field of Hopes and Dreams
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DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Field of Hopes and Dreams
DELTARUNE Orchestrated - THE WORLD REVOLVING
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DELTARUNE Orchestrated - THE WORLD REVOLVING
DELTARUNE Piano and Orchestra - Friendship
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DELTARUNE Piano and Orchestra - Friendship
DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Chaos King
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DELTARUNE Orchestrated - Chaos King
DELTARUNE Orchestrated - The Legend
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DELTARUNE Orchestrated - The Legend
Undertale Orchestrated - Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Small Gap
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Undertale Orchestrated - Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Small Gap

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @averagetoonlinkmain
    @averagetoonlinkmain 2 дні тому

    I won't lie, the music is the only reason I got an inch of progress instead of instantly rage quitting.

  • @ajsmith5686
    @ajsmith5686 2 дні тому

    Mafiarune Mafiarune lancer: I’m Mr tough guy

  • @Blue_Luigi
    @Blue_Luigi 3 дні тому

    The good part starts here: 0:57

  • @bryonfeliksa3845
    @bryonfeliksa3845 3 дні тому

    A 2D Zelda game like Metroid Dread would be very interesting

  • @lehiboo
    @lehiboo 4 дні тому

    I really loved this opus ;.. maybe I'm alone on this earth, but so many good ideas, never taken again (XP for example) ... a great game. And great soundtrack. This cover is delicious.

  • @user-gv3uu9hu3n
    @user-gv3uu9hu3n 4 дні тому

    Андертейлу будет суждено когда - нибудь сложить щит и пасть.. ведь он может вечно жить только в наших сердцах.

  • @bryonfeliksa3845
    @bryonfeliksa3845 6 днів тому

    This is incredible!

  • @FdCElBarto
    @FdCElBarto 8 днів тому

    This fills me with pure determination

  • @-orychy-8713
    @-orychy-8713 8 днів тому

    Hey, I just wanted to ask, since I couldn't find any info about this, are people allowed to use your music in their videos? I have seen a comment somebody posted 3 years ago when you replied with yes but since it was long ago, I thought that it's better to ask.

    • @thesecondnarrator
      @thesecondnarrator 6 днів тому

      Sure go ahead. Just remember to credit me!

    • @-orychy-8713
      @-orychy-8713 5 днів тому

      @@thesecondnarrator Thank you! - and you will be credited for sure!

  • @soaktinbleech1106
    @soaktinbleech1106 11 днів тому

    This is what it sounded like to Link

  • @AEUDKIPLD
    @AEUDKIPLD 12 днів тому

    every year, I still come back to this beautiful album. thanks again for the hard work

  • @creativeangelus1992
    @creativeangelus1992 13 днів тому

    Yall i just realized the order of the b and o things.

  • @ImpmanPDX
    @ImpmanPDX 16 днів тому

    I used to have access to a harpsichord and a clavinet. When I wasn't furiously playing Bach, Durand and the like for the profs I would throw stuff like this in for my gamer friends :)

  • @Skullmasterthethird
    @Skullmasterthethird 17 днів тому

    I like how this encapsulates the mysteriousness of jevil

  • @2004hondacivic4doorsedan
    @2004hondacivic4doorsedan 20 днів тому

    this is so good.. you cooked...

  • @leezpunkbrooke
    @leezpunkbrooke 20 днів тому

    Might be my favorite zelda but you made it sound like tears of the kingdom and I love that

  • @VurtialVoid
    @VurtialVoid 22 дні тому

    Dementia simulator:

  • @Rolf-son-of-an-electrician
    @Rolf-son-of-an-electrician 23 дні тому

    PEPSI MAN!

  • @ruam0ne
    @ruam0ne 28 днів тому

    2:16 Wow sounds like Princess Mononoke. I love it!

  • @nexusthenormie5578
    @nexusthenormie5578 28 днів тому

    If this is what your cover of this song sounds like I am HIGHLY anticipating your cover of BIG SHOT, that's gonna go so hard

  • @psychedelicartistry
    @psychedelicartistry 29 днів тому

    4:30 is my favorite part of the entire remix probably the best zelda 2 temple remix I've ever heard tbh.

  • @Spamton_official
    @Spamton_official Місяць тому

    This fills you with a certain power… *D E T E R M I N A T I O N*

  • @Psionyx7
    @Psionyx7 Місяць тому

    📞

  • @koopaking6148
    @koopaking6148 Місяць тому

    Now compare this to the music being played when in Gannon's tower in ocarina of time...

  • @Thegreatpapyrus82728
    @Thegreatpapyrus82728 Місяць тому

    The world orchestraing

  • @Utter_nonsense9999
    @Utter_nonsense9999 Місяць тому

    Idk why, but I was and still am always shook when I see “The Wind is Howling” pop up. Shit gives me goosebumps.

  • @zakkarcher
    @zakkarcher Місяць тому

    it sounds goofy in an amazing way

  • @uncanalaleatoriouwu
    @uncanalaleatoriouwu Місяць тому

    If gallery was in the phoenix wright ost

  • @hamsti4791
    @hamsti4791 Місяць тому

    Too good for mortal ears

  • @finleyforevermore
    @finleyforevermore Місяць тому

    2:00

  • @Benja34750
    @Benja34750 Місяць тому

    auxilio, desde que lo encontré ha sido mi vicio, no he dejado de repetirla

  • @psychedelicartistry
    @psychedelicartistry Місяць тому

    I remember the first time I did that red dungeon that you get into by playing the whistle on the beach, and I didn't have the master key or w/e it's called, and had to turn into a fairy and shimmy my way through the various locked doors. It was a pain in the ass, but I did it lol.

  • @Insertein
    @Insertein Місяць тому

    I think it's underrated how Kris does this noggin-tapping animation like he's formulating the mother of all big-brain plays only to spring into a pirouette

  • @theonetruemilkman4894
    @theonetruemilkman4894 Місяць тому

    Show idea: An Undertale Show that takes place when Sans and Papyrus first moved into Snowdin It features the skelebros having wacky adventures as they get used to their new home. Flowey tries to manipulate Papyrus at first for fun, but then realizes he has the potential to more powerful than Asgore, and might just get him to reveal the souls so Flowey can finally absorb them. (Flowey can kill Asgore, but that doesn't make him reveal the human souls) However, one of Flowey's major obstacles is Sans finding out about him and keeping him from Papyrus, which makes him constantly have to reset. Not to mention Papyrus's kindheartedness prevents him from having it in him to threaten the king into showing the souls. This can lead to an episode where Flowey kills Sans, but Papyrus inadvertently keeps Flowey away from his save points, and eventually does something that misaligns with Flowey's plan, forcing him to reset. The finale of the show features an epic battle between the skelebros and Flowey, Flowey is given a bad time, and figures he'll do something else and figure out manipulating the skelebros later, he resets back so Sans doesn't know about him, but Papyrus still does. Flowey tries to look for something other than those skelebros, but then when he finally wants to get back to it, he loses his ability to reset due to Frisk falling in the Underground.

  • @stefangoldschmidt7633
    @stefangoldschmidt7633 Місяць тому

    Fantastik work!

  • @alirezaomrani7650
    @alirezaomrani7650 Місяць тому

    There I Subscribed. Now Teach me your ways, Master (In case you couldn’t tell, I want to learn Music from you)

  • @Bandrik
    @Bandrik Місяць тому

    I despised what they did for this theme in the Switch remake of this game. Your version does it so, SO much more justice. A full mod of the game with your soundtrack would be so refreshing and satisfying. Thanks for doing this music for the world to enjoy. <3

  • @rafaelmoura2103
    @rafaelmoura2103 Місяць тому

    i wanna see horsehead in a 3d game someday

  • @user-rb2hj5zb9p
    @user-rb2hj5zb9p Місяць тому

    kris I knew you will come to [Saturday night]

  • @Musica.canal.
    @Musica.canal. Місяць тому

    bro you made me cry with this , this is my point of departure for the movie is coming

  • @JordySword
    @JordySword Місяць тому

    Producers: "Put "saying goodbye to a person and a memory" into a song and make it the most emotional tune you've ever heard." Kazumi Totaka: "Aight, bet."

  • @drachenokami816
    @drachenokami816 Місяць тому

    Certainly an Ending

  • @confusioniam818
    @confusioniam818 Місяць тому

    im in love

  • @the_rocs_roost
    @the_rocs_roost Місяць тому

    The view count deserves to be _much_ higher than ~6,900. Your work is masterful. 🎶

  • @MetalSonic-st7yn
    @MetalSonic-st7yn Місяць тому

    This is amazing

  • @Firmansyah-jy8tk
    @Firmansyah-jy8tk Місяць тому

    😌 good

  • @user-bx6vi3sj3c
    @user-bx6vi3sj3c 2 місяці тому

    Shadows gather 'round me Dark matter all surrounds me Heart shards torn and lying Stars ever slowly dying What difference can I make When I am barely awake? My determination Barely lets me stay Stay alive Through the darkness of the night Just to die All over in every fight Lost the day Though I beg and plead and pray Here I stay Here I lay But one thought I'm thinking Has in my mind been sinking This path, now I can take The one choice that I can make Am I just to die here Or will I stand up to fear? Night must cease its slaying So I decide to stay Stay alive Through the darkness of the night I will try Try to conquer every fight I won't stray Til I bring the light of day Spare or fight Dark or light I won't lose sight Come what maaaaaay!

  • @Heiscalledcloud
    @Heiscalledcloud 2 місяці тому

    *IN THE BEGININGGING*

  • @Exxcelsi
    @Exxcelsi 2 місяці тому

    I was the like number 666. So lucky!