Zelda has always had a main theme tune, which was normally used as the Overworld music in all of the games, although it differs slightly from game to game. This particular theme was also used in the cartoon. Other tunes varied from game to game, Zelda II and III have the best ones in my opinion, but you can decide for yourself. I have several sound samples from each of the games and they're in the good old MIDI format, and fairly small. To listen to them simply click on the url of your choice, or to same them right click and 'save target as' to your hard drive. There is also a downloadable zip file containing all the midis and many more.

	Zelda I Midis		Zelda II Midis
	Overworld (main) theme - 5kb		Overworld (main) theme - 4kb
	Dungeon tune - 3kb		Dungeon tune - 13kb
	Intro theme - 9kb		Intro theme - 6kb
	Gameover theme - 1kb		Great Palace tune - 15kb
	Death Mountain theme - 2kb		Palace Boss Theme - 1.5kb
			End Theme - 6kb
	Zelda III Midis		Zelda IV Midis
	Overworld (main) theme - 12kb		Overworld (main) theme - 16kb
	Hyrule Castle tune - 25kb		Moblins tune - 4kb
	Dark World tune - 30kb		Mabe Village tune - 4kb
	Dungeon tune - 17kb		Woods tune - 16kb
	Intro theme - 7kb		'Ballard of the Windfish' tune - 1kb
	Credits tune - 13kb		Windfish's Egg tune - 10kb
	Game Completion tune - 19kb		Key Cavern tune - 4kb
	Woods tune - 5kb		Tail Cave tune - 5kb
	Triforce Room tune - 6kb		Animal Village tune - 4kb
	Crystal tune - 69kb		Player Select tune - 4kb

Geoff Hellstrand was kind enough to give me the idea of putting all these tunes into one large zipfile. He even compiled the file for me (I dunno why, but it was very kind!), so you can download the entire collection of music plus many more by clicking on the link (except the fan stuff) below.

Zelda Music Midi Collection - 67kb

Fan-made Zelda Music

Plenty of talented people have created their own versions and remixes of the famous Zelda tunes. Many sites offer these fan-creations for download so be sure to have a look around to see what's on offer. I've had a few submitted to the site, which you can download at the locations below. Some are in midi format which will play on all computers and some are in MP3 so you will need a compatible player installed such as Winamp, Windows Media Player etc in order to listen to them.

	The Underwater Serenade - 3kb
	Zelda's Courtyard Remix - 3kb
	Temple of Time Choir - 2kb
	The Chinese Bolero - 4kb
	The Echoing Forest - 3kb

These midi remixes were created by Belgarath the Sorceror.

Zelda: A Fate Preordained - 3.4MB (MP3)

This beautiful rendition of the original Zelda theme was composed by Lindsay Klemm.

Zelda II Palace Theme - 2MB (MP3)

My favourite Zelda tune of all time, the Final Palace theme from Zelda II composed by Paul Nolan.

Link's Awakening Sword Search Theme (Hindu Pez Remix) - 11MB (MP3)
The Legend of Zelda - Link's Awake (Hindu Pez Remix) - 10MB (MP3)
A Link to the Past Sanctuary Theme (Hindu Pez Remix) - 16MB (MP3)

Something a little different but brilliant, Hindu Pez is an industrial music project and contains several great pieces
from Link's Awakening and Link to the Past. Composed by Hindu Pez. Don't forget to visit his website at http://www.myspace.com/hindupez.

The Zelda Soundtrack CDs

In Japan back in 1994, a Zelda CD was actually released by Sony. It was a two-disk release, disc 1 contained synth-symphony versions of Zelda music and disc two contained OSV tracks, with tunes taken from Zelda I and Zelda III. The composition was of course done by Zelda's music guru, Koji Kondo and the performance was done by various artists. Apparently, at the end of the first CD, there was some sort of drama track, with well-acted vocals, segue music, and sound effects. I've not heard the CD myself, but I've read a review which said that the tunes were excellent in both composistion and quality, and that it was highly recommended. I don't think it's being produced anymore, but here are the details.

Title: Catalog #: Publisher: Price: Release: Length: Composition: Performance: Download it:

LoZ: Sound & Drama  SRCL-2940~1  Sony  3800 yen  6/22/94  44:10, 54:12  Koji Kondo various Emuparadise Org

After Zelda V was released, several music CDs became available with music from the games. There were three CDs from Zelda V, two from Mask of Majora and finally, a collection of various Zelda tunes from different games was given away as a free gift from Nintendo Magazine System here in the UK earlier this year. Some of the CDs can be purchased from Nintendo and most can also be got hold of on import from Amazon, various anime websites and of course, EBay.

Thanks to Emuparadise Org they have several mp3 soundtracks for Zelda available for free download! This information was kindly provided by Shark (aka RuneManExp).

	Ocarina of Time Soundtrack Publisher: Toha Artist/Composer: Koji Kondo Price: £22.99 Synopsis: This Japanese CD contains 35 beautifully composed music tracks from Ocarina of Time. Download It: Emuparadise Org BUY IT: Amazon (JAPAN import)
	LoZ: Ocarina of Time - Rearranged Publisher: Tokum Artist/Composer: Koji Kondo/ Price: $37.49 (about £21) Synopsis: This CD basically contains remixes of 11 OoT tracks with added music and occasionally vocals to make them into proper songs. However it's all in Japanese and you can only get it by importing it from Japan TO the USA to the UK, which will bump up the price quite a fair bit due to shipping costs. BUY IT: Amazon (JAPAN-US import)
	Mask of Majora Publisher: Pione Artist/Composer: Koji Kondo Price: £30.99 Synopsis: Another Japanese import album, this one is particularly good value in that it contains 2 CDs with an incredible 112 tracks all together, taken directly from Mask of Majora. Download It: Emuparadise Org BUY IT: Amazon (JAPAN Import)
	The Wind Waker Publisher: Sony Artist/Composer: Koji Kondo Price: £26.00 Synopsis: This is a brilliant Japanese album that contains over 100 tracks over 2 CDs all taken from The Wind Waker. Download It: Emuparadise Org BUY IT: Amazon (marketplace)
	Melodies of Time Publisher: Nintendo Artist/Composer: Koji Kondo Price: free gift Synopsis: This special album was given away as a free gift with issue 130 (July 2003) of Nintendo Magazine System. It contains 12 tracks taken from Zelda 1-3, OoT, MoM and Windwaker. It's not available commercially but no doubt you can get it from EBAY :) Information kindly provided by FireHawk
	Official Twilight Princess Soundtrack Publisher: Nintendo Artist/Composer: Koji Kondo Price: Free (sort of. Came with replica sword and shield set, which costs $40) Synopsis: Synopsis: This CD features six tunes from Twilight Princess, including the fantastic 'The Legend of Zelda Orchestra Piece 2', which I don't think was used in the game itself (I've yet to confirm that for myself), but was used for one of the trailers. I also know that a TP soundtrack CD was given away with subscriptions of Nintendo Power magazine, but I'm not sure if it's the same as this one (I'm willing to bet it is, though). Information kindly provided by FireHawk

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