Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Theme REACTION & ANALYSIS by Film Composer

omg you included my tweet in this 🤣 glad to inspire you haha - this was great to watch!

It feels like the entire music is telling Link he is not alone anymore and i'm LIVING for it.

I really miss hearing Kass' song randomly playing when exploring the map for the first time. I dropped everything I was doing to listen to him play the whole song every time

I really like how they combine western and oriental instruments

Am I the only one crying listening to this beautiful treme? LoZ have such great musics! So happy to know these games. Congrats for the video! cheers from Portugal!

I love the usage of the Sun's Song consistently throughout BotW and TotK. Those 3 notes being used so often with Link being called "our light that must shine on hyrule again" as he's opposing an evil force being associated with the moon or blood moon. And with the newest tears of the kingdom trailer having Zelda in the room with sun and moon cogs, I think it's completely intentional that both the music and Zelda hint at Link being the "Sun" of Hyrule. I wonder if the Sun will power us up in some way as we climb higher and higher into the sky?

The hand claps in the music is a deliberate thematic choice Hands represent connection and the ability to manipulate /create in the game

I couldnt help but notice how sneaky it was to play the BOTW leitmotif, and then transition directly to the Tears Main Theme

Everyone around me just doesn’t get how magical the music from The Legend of Zelda is. These videos make me smile so hard, getting to learn about all the different ways this masterpiece was brought together!!!

The erhu is associated with the dragons in BOTW and there is dragon imagery all over TOTK including the logo of the game. The first section with the erhu to me gives off light-hearted military vibe with snare drum and piccolo being like a marching band and fife combination. I think the saxophone will be associated with the zonai and sky islands and they will push the timbral limits of the sax similar to what they did with Piano for BOTW. Sky… air…wind… woodwind - seems like the approach to me

I absolutely LOVE the erhu part, but my favourite part has to be after the major modulation and with the strings coming in at 8:28 ish I'm ngl it brings tears to my eyes <3

nobody gonna mention that satisfying Joycon snap sound right after the epic build up? I always love that..

This main theme is basically compacting the entire story in one tune, beautifully coherent while also paying homage to the previous Zeldas. It all makes a lot more sense after you finish the game... Quite amazing, a real work of genius.

I had a switch 2018 and played all the big games, then sold it. Yesterday I bought a switch lite to play this game, and omg I’m about to cry cuz im so hyped!

For me, the backwards sounding voices is very reminiscent of the sounds they use when referencing the twilight realm >> and I really REALLY hope I'm right.

You know when a Zelda release the ost is GOD tier

can’t wait to hear this live at the game awards

So excited for this game! Quality analysis as always. 😎

I've listened to this theme for a week now on a loop. Started playing Breath of the Wild, my first ever Zelda game just because of this! Can't stop grinning listening to it haha

I’m glad you’re reacting to this, even though we know around nothing about the game (unless you looked at the leaks) it’s good to have you react to the legendary main theme. Also you probably don’t take requests for game songs that you should check out but I recommend you check out music from A Hat in Time! I personally think some of the music in that game is amazing and you’d love it.