10 Best Legend Of Zelda Songs

6. Ballad Of The Windfish

Also known as the song of awakening, this beautiful piece perfectly fits within the concept of Link's Awakening. Its simple melody and progression are easily defined as dreamlike, and its place in Koholint Island is so natural.

In Mabe village you find Marin, the player can talk to her and hear her singing this song. Her passion for singing and the beauty of the sound itself helps make it feel instantly important within the story. Once obtaining the Ocarina, she will teach it to you, and this is the song that needs to be played to wake the Wind Fish and awaken from the dream.

The song appears consistently throughout the game, with variations and notes occurring in the title sequence and whenever Link gains one of the Eight Instruments of the Sirens. Its constant presence and the fact that you learn it from an NPC makes the continuity of the song fascinating. It exists as a tune that Link himself has dreamed up, and thus gives off a feeling of subconscious importance to Link.

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