Legend of Zelda - Ballad of the Windfish

Link's Awakening was my favorite game as a kid and I wanted to create the Ballad of the Windfish with the real instruments but didn't have the instruments or the experience.16 years later I was finally able to create this.

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⚔️ For a playlist of all of my Zelda covers so far:    • Zelda: Oracle of Ages - Nayru's Theme  

0:00 - (1) Full Moon Cello
0:15 - (2) Conch Horn
0:30 - (3) Sea Lily's Bell
0:48 - (4) Surf Harp
1:05 - (5) Wind Marimba
1:25 - (6) Coral Triangle
1:40 - (7) Organ of Evening Calm
1:56 - (8) Thunder Drum
2:12 - Ballad of the Windfish

FAQs:
➖ I didn't include ocarina because it's never actually a voiced instrument. Link just mime "plays" it to get the ball rolling 😂
➖ Conch shells generally only play one tone. In the game the "Conch Horn" is given the first melody line of the ballad. Rather than try to achieve this through pitch shifting I decided just to play the line as a single note.
➖ For some ungodly reason the "Full Moon Cello" in the original game is 2 octaves above where I played it - in the upper violin register. I thought it would sit better in the lower register and blend with the conch better.
➖ The name "Wind Marimba" always gave me the idea that it was closer to a vibraphone. But this was my own take on it.
➖ "Organ of Evening Calm" is most likely a harmonium - so to achieve this same "reed" quality I thought accordion would fit just fine.

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