'Nintendo Music' Adds Another Legendary Zelda Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included

This is great! I want the game released on Switch in the worst way. I had it on GameCube and bought it for Wii U but never really ever got that far in any time I played it. It’ll be brand new for me, more or less, and I’m dying to give it a go on Switch! Come on, Nintendo!

Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful Nintendo is creating a way to listen to their music rather than just taking them down on YouTube. However, I do not see the point at all for drip feeding this stuff. Just dump the music. It's literally Zelda, every song from every game should have been here on day 1.

I’ve never played the game, and after listening to a bit of the soundtrack…meh? I’d play the game if it makes it to Switch but the music is mid

You missed Mario 64.

@NFrealinkling yeah, it's nothing amazing. Dragon Roost, the Great Sea, and Molgera all made it to the Smash playlist for a reason, and the final battle and credits are really good, but overall, a tad weak. Still glad it's here, though.

@NFrealinkling how dare you not like art. it could be worse...like BoTW music.

Heck yeah! Might not be the biggest fan of the game personally, but the OST is simply one of the best of all time.

Wind Waker HD was one of the games that defined who I am and my taste in games to this very day. I'm so glad the OST is finally on Nintendo Music!

@Liam_Doolan oops. I'm dumb. 😂😂

Ooh, this is a good one.

Nice, can't wait to listen to it. There are some other great soundtracks on there, but this is the first one I'm familiar with that I haven't heard in years.

That's about an hour longer than the official CD release I have. And the maddening thing, at least looking at the tracklist in the app and my copy is there's stuff on one not in the other and vice-versa. It's like how DKC2 on the app has Kanon's Klankling unlike the original release, but lacks the bonus tracks and a few others like Jib Jig.

It'll all sort out when I get any missing tracks added to my streaming server, but still typical Nintendo chicanery.

No, this does not confirm that Wind Waker HD is coming to Switch.

Though, I am curious now; were there any significant changes to the OST in the HD version? I can't quite remember.

This is just mean, Nintendo.

It would have made sense to pair this with Wind Waker HD coming to Switch. The fact they're putting it on Nintendo Music now makes me think we shouldn't expect the actual game itself anytime soon, because if it were in the pipeline they would have held off.

I hope I'm just overthinking this.

@N00BiSH Yeah, I'm pretty sure all the music was completely redone. I don't know if it was with real instruments or not, but it doesn't sound MIDI anymore. I think it's a big glow-up, overall. There might have been a song or two that sounded better in the OG. But on the whole, I like the rearrangements better.

Well, that's a little closer to the Star Fox: Assault soundtrack. I do love several of the tracks in The Wind Waker, though, the Molgera Battle especially (both versions).

Every week that passes without Xenoblade my soul gradually leaves my body

Honestly I wish Nintendo would release more soundtracks in bulk rather than single album releases. Other than that I'm glad Wind Waker is finally there.

I love this OST, especially Molgera, that one is my favorite

HD Wind Waker for Switch 2 confirmed!

Yay Wind Waker!

Yes! Now if we can convince Nintendo to port Wind Waker to the Switch or its successor…

Bomb soundtrack. I own the physical disc(s) so not as much value for me, but that doesn't mean I won't fire up the app and enjoy some of the other soundtracks I haven't gotten to yet!

Ooooh boy. The Great Sea. A bunch of classics but this one never left me.

@Navi The point is that this is an NSO feature, not a standalone subscription. It doesn't make much business sense to add value at a faster pace than they are now, unfortunately.

@N8tiveT3ch BOTW had music? Lol

Wind Waker: What a great Zelda game and awesome OST

@Yoshi3 oh I know. WW hits

To be fair towards BotW, that game's music wasn't bad, just mostly not really notable aside from maybe a few pieces. The music in that game really is mostly just background music to help with the vibe of the game.

If you imagine OoT's Hyrule Field playing while running around the BotW world, you can probably imagine they made the right decision regardless of how one would feel about the music.

Zelda Wind Waker music though it's a great classic imho.

@Yosher I agree, but for a series that stood out for its music, BOTW is the black sheep of them all. The only notable piece was its trailer song… and wasnt even in the game to begin with LOL

I think the BotW slander is rather unfounded, there are quite a few really good tracks there. Battle with Dark Beast Ganon, Hyrule Castle, Rito Village, etc., I think you'll find quite a number of great tracks if you just be open-minded.

@Yoshi3 Ambient music is still music. 'Sides, I feel BotW made up for it with its top-notch sound design.

Outset island. Dragon roost on repeat.
Trust me

I've been looking forward to this once since the announcement!! Finally the giant holes in my playlists are filling up!! 🥰😁

@N00BiSH @Yoshi3
And the town themes, don't forget the gorgeous town themes! 😁🥰

YAAY One of my favorite soundtracks.

@Coalescence
Jib Jig is there though?

Grandma is one of the best Nintendo tunes. I used to sit in her house just to listen to the music. Years later I saw Koji Kondo play it on piano at the Zelda orchestra performance. Sent shivers down my spine. Incredible!

I used to have Outset Island as my alarm song. It's such a relaxing song to wake up to. Windwaker remains one of my favourite Zelda games of all time. Definitely top 5, probably spot 4.

@Coalescence Are you sure you’re clicking on ‘All Tracks’ and not the far more noticeable ‘Top Tracks’?

I like this one, Hyrule Castle is a personal favorite.
I'd love to add Majoras Mask to my playlist, but guess I'll have to wait another couple of weeks.

@Markiemania95 Yeah, most people miss that button. Bad UI design, sadly.

@Yoshi3 I dunno if I'd call it the black sheep in terms of music. It's not as memorable, but the music it had did perfectly fit the game. It did what it was supposed to. I don't think that makes it a black sheep of anything.

Well, this is what I am listening to at work today

@Yoshi3 Big open world games usually don't have a lot of background music. Because after playing for hundreds of hours the same 3 minute loop is going to be extremely annoying. Even if it's the best music ever.

Honestly I'd say they should add an optional "music player" / "radio" to game so you can listen to your own tunes or to a selection of music during the traversal (like for example the radio stations in GTA) and then switch to combat / location music when you reach a certain point.

Bam ba dam! Badiladilaa, doo da la daa, baaaaaa

Gotta love The Great Sea music

I need to get a new phone so I can use this! Would love a desktop app too.

My twisted brain made me think for one second tha tnintendo had update Wii Music... hadn't thought about that game in years...

@sanderev @yosher and yet, somehow, Wind Waker, being the closest thing to an open world Zelda at the time, pulled it off by still having memorable music and a great soundtrack overall. For me there’s no excuse for not having decent tunes while exploring BOTW, but I get the decision behind it. If WW did it, so could BOTW and TOTK. The solution should have been to just have more music variety between areas, different genres and instruments. Most of them all sound quite the same because it’s just boring ambient music.

Huh, been a long time since I heard these tracks; the music is actually quite weak for a Zelda game isn't it?

@Yoshi3 TWW is tiny compared to BotW though. And every island had it's own music. And even then the ocean theme did get a bit tiresome near the end.

The music is in BotW is strechted so it fits the world, also it doesn't constantly repeat and changes into ambience sound for the longer runs. This meant, at least for me, that it was never tiresome even after playing the game for 300+ hours.

@gwyntendo I saw that concert too. That's probably the most surprised I've ever been at a live performance. Very fortunate to have witnessed that. 😊

@sanderev but as I said, the solution should have been have more variety, and instead of expanding the same “song” over a huge area, there could have been different songs over smaller areas. Hell, I’m listening to the Mario Odissey OST right now and there’s like 20 different songs in EACH world. All with different genres, instruments etc. We just needed more variety. As you said, in WW each island had some kind of different music. If you felt the ocean theme tiresome towards the end, imagine hearing dull ambient sounds for 200 hours. The OST was lazy and uninspired IMO. It will never become a classic in the grand scheme of Zelda OSTs

@Jack_Goetz it was special!

People are going to hate me for this but I really think this soundtrack even though it's got some really great songs is overall the weakest of the 3d games. Just like the game even though it's full of charm is the worst of the bunch. It's still a very good game of course but yeah.

Don't go after me please.

Why is this app not on the Switch itself? Excuse my ignorance if it is but wouldn't it be a perfect addition to the NSO offerings

Easily one of my favorite OSTs. Bring DKC Tropical Freeze next please!

@Otoemetry Probably because most people just listen to music through their phone.

@Yoshi3 You may not have noticed but BotW had different music for each town, each biome, each devine beast, hyrule castle, each region, etc. etc. There was actually a lot of different music. Not enough variation? BotW has the biggest soundtrack of any Zelda game up to it. (Tears of the Kingdom beats it though, but that one uses the same principle)

But, like I said, the world is so massive that you don't really notice.

Also Super Mario Odyssey is big, but the levels aren't connected. And they are quite short with only a couple of hours per level. Which is worlds apart from games like BotW.

Let me give you an example of a (semi) open world game that does this badly. Guild Wars 1 (PC). It has (to my opionion) the best music in any PC game. And the sound is surely based on the size of the world (quite large). But it's also often loud and it repeats very quickly. But the game is an MMORPG, with not 300 hours but more like 3000 hours. And I honestly play the game with music turned off and replaced it with my own music library.
Guild Wars 2, which is also an MMORPG. Fixed this issue with more ambience in the soundtrack. It even sound really similar to the first game. But there is a lot less of it. Making it sound a lot more fresh. (Sadly the sequel also broke things that made the first game great but that's a different topic.)

@sanderev ok, then here goes my example. Xenoblade Chronicles (choose whichever entry you want), it’s just as big, it’s just as long, and its music never grows old… and has way more variety, it’s more interesting than ambient music. For me there’s no real excuse tbh. Just because BOTW has 200 tracks of chirping birds and crickets doesn’t mean that it has a more varied soundtrack. 190 of those tracks are mostly the same piano and wind chime samples. And the biomes, beasts and town songs are quite weak, not one of those is iconic but that’s my opinion.

@SplatRay001 I feel that. It’s insane that we can’t feel greedy because we have so much from this gen but we still want more

I am incredibly happy that we have dragon roost island now, automatically favourited.

Yesss one of my most-wanted soundtracks - hope we get Wild World and Let's Go to the City next.

As soon as I read this, I went and blasted Outset Island. I still hum this tune to myself 20 years later

Such a solid soundtrack! A perfect addition to the app!

Love this game and the soundtrack. Lots of cozy and adventurous vibes.

Really happy to see another Zelda game make the cut! But what I NEED are more GBA soundtracks Nintendo!! GBA has one of my favorite soundtrack styles.

@N8tiveT3ch Excuse me, BOTW has many amazing tracks; they're just not thrown at you the instant you boot up the game 😋

I was listening to OOT songs on the app and my daughter said "wow, that's beautiful!" I'll play some of these songs for her, today because I'm sure she'll like it.

@Bluelink45 I love that sentiment, thanks for sharing. That actually made me a little misty. Ocarina was absolutely that for me but Wind Waker makes me feel things also.

@Xenoblade-Fan totally agree about dragon roost island. One of the best Zelda themes! So glad it’s been brought back and remixed in recent entries

Lets gooooo! so glad they added this banger soundtrack

@SplatRay001 Seems like your top three series align with mine
Zelda (4 games on Nintendo music)
Splatoon (2 games on Nintendo music)
Xenoblade (0 games on Nintendo music)

@SplatRay001 I hear you

Also maybe Twilight Princess Nintendo?

@Xenoblade-Fan yup that’s pretty much accurate