‘Nintendo Music’ Hosts A Totally different Model Of Ocarina Of Time’s Hearth Temple Theme

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s inclusion in Nintendo Music was a given, however we have been curious which model of the enduring Hearth Temple theme would make the reduce. Would it not be the unique, which Nintendo swiftly changed after discovering {that a} non secular chant was sampled in its combine? Or would it not be its chant-less alternative, which was ushered in on 1.2 cartridges alongside Ganondorf’s newly greened blood? Properly, it is neither.

The Hearth Temple theme listed within the app’s OOT library is barely 41 seconds lengthy, offering the percussion-heavy opening and two rounds of the twinkly motif earlier than fading out. Issues wrap up proper round the place the chanting would usually start, and there is no choice to increase the observe, both.

In response to The Legume of Zelda (nice title, by the best way) on BlueSky, this is not the primary time that Nintendo has launched a shortened model of the theme. The 1998 Pony Canyon CD soundtrack album featured the same ~40-second reduce, abrupt ending and all.

Apparently the Ocarina of Time soundtrack in Nintendo Music is predicated off of the Japanese Pony Canyon CD launch from 1998 as is clear by the abruptly reduce 40 second Hearth Temple theme #zelda #ocarinaoftime vgmdb.internet/album/293

— The Legume of Zelda (@legumeofzelda.bsky.social) 2024-10-31T00:39:38.532Z

Nintendo eliminated the unique model of the observe for the cartridge’s 1.2 launch to keep away from clashing with its personal censorship guidelines in regards to the presentation of non secular symbols or themes. Koji Kondo apparently wasn’t conscious of the mantra’s Islamic prayer origins when sampling it for the soundtrack, resulting in a swift rewrite the place the vocals have been changed by a fluctuating chant-like instrumentation.

The unique and up to date tracks may be discovered on YouTube, if you wish to hear for the variations.

Except for this unusual rendition of the Hearth Temple, the Nintendo Music app is residence to 82 completely different OOT tracks, lots of which may be prolonged — you realize, when you actually needed to duplicate the sensation of being caught in The Water Temple for an hour…