The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s inclusion in Nintendo Music was a given, however we have been curious which model of the enduring Fireplace Temple theme would make the lower. Would it not be the unique, which Nintendo swiftly changed after discovering {that a} non secular chant was sampled in its combine? Or wouldn’t it be its chant-less alternative, which was ushered in on 1.2 cartridges alongside Ganondorf’s newly greened blood? Effectively, it is neither.
The Fireplace Temple theme listed within the app’s OOT library is barely 41 seconds lengthy, offering the percussion-heavy opening and two rounds of the twinkly motif earlier than fading out. Issues wrap up proper round the place the chanting would usually start, and there is not any choice to increase the observe, both.
In accordance with The Legume of Zelda (nice identify, by the best way) on BlueSky, this is not the primary time that Nintendo has launched a shortened model of the theme. The 1998 Pony Canyon CD soundtrack album featured an analogous ~40-second lower, abrupt ending and all.
Apparently the Ocarina of Time soundtrack in Nintendo Music relies off of the Japanese Pony Canyon CD launch from 1998 as is clear by the abruptly lower 40 second Fireplace Temple theme #zelda #ocarinaoftime vgmdb.web/album/293
— The Legume of Zelda (@legumeofzelda.bsky.social) 2024-10-31T00:39:38.532Z
Nintendo eliminated the unique model of the observe for the cartridge’s 1.2 launch to keep away from clashing with its personal censorship guidelines in regards to the presentation of non secular symbols or themes. Koji Kondo apparently wasn’t conscious of the mantra’s Islamic prayer origins when sampling it for the soundtrack, resulting in a swift rewrite the place the vocals have been changed by a fluctuating chant-like instrumentation.
The unique and up to date tracks could be discovered on YouTube, if you wish to pay attention for the variations.
Other than this unusual rendition of the Fireplace Temple, the Nintendo Music app is residence to 82 totally different OOT tracks, lots of which could be prolonged — , when you actually needed to copy the sensation of being caught in The Water Temple for an hour…
What do you consider Nintendo Music’s Fireplace Temple providing? Tell us within the feedback.
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Jim got here to Nintendo Life in 2022 and, regardless of his insistence that The Minish Cap is the perfect Zelda sport and his unwavering love for the Star Wars prequels (sure, actually), he has continued to jot down information and options on the location ever since.
