The Music of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

<p>Kirk wasn't expecting to make a full-length episode about the music of <i>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom</i>, but then he played the game. And here we are.</p><p>Picking up on <a href="https://strongsongspodcast.com/episode/the-music-of-the-legend-of-zelda">2022's deep-dive in the music of the Zelda series</a>, this episode takes a deep dive into the score of the new game, covering the many ways it builds on the past and charts a new musical future.</p><p><strong>SPOILERS:</strong> The first 40 minutes of the episode feature some discussion of the events of <i>Tears of the Kingdom</i>, but no major story spoilers. At around the 40-minute mark (there's an in-episode warning), Kirk gets into specifics of the story with full spoilers, including the game's ending.</p><p><i><strong>Tears of the Kingdom</strong></i> <strong>score composed by:</strong> Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and Tsukasa Usui<br /><strong>Original</strong> <i><strong>Zelda</strong></i> <strong>themes composed by:</strong> Koji Kondo</p><p><strong>ALSO DISCUSSED/FEATURED</strong></p><ul><li><i>Twenty Thousand Hertz</i>'s excellent episodes on the sound and music of Zelda (<a href="https://www.20k.org/episodes/zeldabeep">Part 1</a>, <a href="https://www.20k.org/episodes/zeldatones">Part 2</a>)</li><li>"Careless Whisper" by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley from <i>Make it Big</i>, 1984</li><li>Excerpts from <i>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker, Skyward Sword</i>, and <i>Link's Awakening</i></li><li>Super Mario Bros. Theme by Koji Kondo from <i>Super Mario Bros. Odyssey</i>, 2017</li></ul><p><strong>OUTRO SOLOIST: Rob Rideout</strong></p><p>Rob Rideout is a guitar teacher from Yorkshire who plays and writes for the Progressive Metal band <a href="https://memnor.bandcamp.com/track/ii-chrysalis">Memnor</a>. Memnor stream their time in the studio on fridays evenings at 20:00 GMT <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/wearememnor">on Twitch</a>. <i>(From Rob: If you wanna hear what quintuplets