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Twenty Thousand Hertz

The Legend of Zelda: Tones of the Kingdom

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Design, Music, Music Commentary, Arts

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The original Zelda game featured three melodies that would come to define the franchise: the Secret Unlocked Sound, the Treasure Chest sound, and the classic Zelda theme. Throughout the series, these melodies have been transformed again and again. Each version reflects the hardware it was made for, and Nintendo’s evolving approach to these iconic games. Featuring Thomas of Thomas Game Docs, and Kirk Hamilton of Strong Songs. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by ⁠Defacto Sound⁠. Subscribe on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Dallas on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠⁠, and⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our community on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to Thomas Game Docs on Youtube. Subscribe to Strong Songs wherever you get your podcasts. Enter to win a special edition 50th Anniversary Shure SM7B. Go to masterclass.com/20k for 15% off your annual subscription. Support us by supporting our sponsors at 20k.org/sponsors. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/zeldatones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:24.3

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0:32.1

You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.

0:37.0

My obsession with Zelda started when I was six, with the very first Zelda game.

0:42.5

I remember spending hours roaming around Hyrule, fighting monsters, and looking for secrets.

0:51.0

Decades later, when my daughter was six, she fell in love with Breath of the Wild.

0:56.0

As a dad and a huge Zelda nerd, it made me really proud.

1:00.0

But when she first started playing, it came at a cost.

1:08.0

So it was right after I demolished your game.

1:13.3

That's my daughter, who's now 10 years old.

1:15.8

So when I was little, my dad had beat the game.

1:19.3

By that point, I had put hundreds of hours into Breath of the Wild.

1:23.2

And even though I had finished the main story, I still had plenty left to explore.

1:28.3

And I wanted to play it.

1:30.3

So I accidentally clicked the button that said, new game.

1:36.3

So I remember you hitting New Game, and when I looked over and I saw that you didn't have any armor or anything, my heart sunk.

1:49.3

Do you remember what I said you had to do because you deleted my game?

1:55.2

You said that I'd have to beat that game.

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