Zelda- Ocarina of Time Music - Fire Temple [chanting version]

Omg, I remember going crazy trying to find where that chanting was coming from as a kid.. Every time it got louder, I assumed I was getting near a room with the men chanting.

My game version has this and the islamic symbols on some of the cubes. I didn't even realize I had a semi-rare version of the game until recently.

this is also the version where ganondorf vomits blood opposed to the green vomit in the grey version.

They are saying (La Ilah Ela Allah - لا إلاه إلا الله) Which means "No God but Allah". and then It says (Besmela Al Rahman Al Raheeem Allah Akbar - بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الله أكبر) Which means "In the name of the most gracious and merciful, Allah is the greatest". In Islam, your destiny is to be in Hell of Fire if you did very bad deeds in your life. You say these phrases to ask for Forgivness from Allah. I believe this soundtrack is very suitable with the Fire Temple. These men screaming the Islamic Enchants asking good for forgivness from Allah which is punishing them by letting them burn in hell. I believe these men joined Ganondorf's attack on Hyrule when they were alive and died and now they are facing their judgment and asking for forgiveness which gives the fire temple a huge twist and meaning.

I understand why they changed it, but I can't help but admire the mystical atmosphere this chant creates.

Ocarina of Time and Majora Mask are true masterpieces

I like the chant.  It gave the temple an even darker and ominous atmosphere.

I'm sure some people agree with me on this but I actually really like this version of the fire temple

I played this for a young Arabic kid I knew and he understood the "lyrics". Amazing Koji ever went this direction with sound design.

its funny how i use to think the chanting was the crying of the Gorons trapped in the Fire Temple

I had no idea this was a thing. The Fire Temple music I'm used to was always creepy to me but this is way more creepy than that. Makes me think that the prisoner Gorons are praying to their god to help them or something. Damn it's so spooky.

My original game had this version...actually freaked me out a bit as a kid back in the day. 

Ex girlfriend "lost" my cart that included this after we broke up. Still mad to this day knowing she's probably got it hidden somewhere. Can't imagine the fire temple without it.

The reason this was taken out (to those who didn't know why) was because Nintendo of America had a policy where anything related to religion and politics weren't allowed in the games. Also there is supposed to be no sound during the prayer.

Man the chanting always got to me as a kid when i played this, it really added to the idea of the Gorons being imprisoned and begging for you to help them

I remember reading about this being changed in an issue of Nintendo Power. I grew up with this version and it always scared me, but I still like it way better than the edited version. I'd always sing it as 'Annie ocarinaia' lol.

I'm from Afghanistan, but i envoyed playing Zelda, don't be worry about this song, Japanese dont have notions of discrimination about Muslims people when they have create the game. Peace.

I actually find the chanting and music beautiful and intriguing..

Being a Muslim I honestly think the way they incorporated it is beautiful and I love the voice of the man chanting

So a lot of misinformation about this versions removal is apparent so I wanna make this post to clear some things up. This version was in 1.0 cartridges an 1.1 cartridges of the game. If you want to know what version you have look at the back of your cartridge. I believe just numbers means it's a 1.0 build. Numbers and a single letter mean 1.1 and numbers and two letters means 1.2 if you want to go into specifics 1.0 and 1.1 builds of the game feature various differences from the 1.2 build of the game. This and other imagery is one of them. In 1.2 builds of the game the crescent moon and star on the mirror shield was changed as the blocks wouldn't be changed until the gamecube rerelease, a preorder bonus for Wind Waker. (The 3ds remake also uses the rereleased version). Now the story behind this is simple. The music director wanted chanting for the song and found the sample on a cd (can't remember the exact name atm) and without knowing it was a muslim chant used it, before the games release it was realized it was a religious chant and changed for 1.2 builds, however because sales figures don't lie, 1.0 and 1.1 builds were tossed out as well for more marketing leading to some kids experiencing this music and some with the changed music. The biggest clearance that needs to be put to rest is the theory that it was removed due to backlash, this is not true. It's worth noting that this same sample was used in a racing game two months prior to OOT's release and no one said anything about it then. It was out of fear of backlash and Nintendo's strict no religion policy, this is why the crescent moon and star were removed as well due to them being apart of religious figures. Hope this information helps since a lot of misinformation goes around about this stuff.