Lorule Theme | Orchestral Cover

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A full transcription and sheet music for Nagamatsu's incredible orchestration of the "Lorule Theme I" found in A Link Between Worlds, with its introduction.

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➤ Analysis:

Nagamatsu's orchestrations were almost entirely sampled (this track here is an example of being wholly sampled) due to the quality of the 3DS' speakers. He felt that using a live orchestra would add too much reverberation and muddy low-frequency sounds, so he resorted to sampling where he could control these elements.

The track opens with an original small introductory segment in A Minor which contains melodic elements of the main "Zelda Theme" motif (seen in the trombones 0:02, and horns 0:05). This introduction ends with a G Major chord in the brass clashing with a G Major + Minor 9th + Minor 13th chord (G, B, D, Eb, Ab) rapidly descending in the strings.

Then the remainder is an orchestration of Kondo's classic "Dark World Theme" from "A Link to the Past" with a persistent acoustic guitar and percussive drumming accompaniment (which may be a combination of congas/tablas) and the melodic material played by a solo violin.

Nagamatsu added new melodic material with the addition of a horn (0:29) and trumpet (0:42) constructed out of the violin's melody and to provide further interest.

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The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using the brilliant EastWest sample libraries.

★Game: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
★Developer: Nintendo EAD
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Koji Kondo, Ryo Nagamatsu (Orchestrations)

★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries

★Tags: Zelda, A Link Between Worlds, Link Between Worlds, Lorule Theme, Zelda OST, Zelda Soundtrack, Zelda Overworld Music, Overworldd, Lorule

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