Best VGM 565 - Zelda: Link's Awakening - Face Shrine (Level 6)

[neslink]

My vote on the being the best Music in Zelda ever.

[mirrorpiece]

This reminds me of the last hour from majora's mask..

[Lusebusen]

My GB didn´t glow!! GB´s don´t glow!! The music is very sad! I actually came here since I just listened to the ending music of GB´s Mystic Quest, that plays when the girl finds that her mother was a tree, compare it, it´s not totally off. Very nice.

[FibrousAcquiescence]

Where did you get that picture from?

[martincordon]

Wow this perfectly describes what must've been going on through Link's head when he discovered the truth of that island...

Call me crazy but does anyone else feel kind of a Moonlight Sonata vibe here?

[DonAgalloch]

One of my favorite video games tracks ever...and it's for a GAME BOY GAME. Absolutely blows my mind. And I never found the dungeon creepy either...Nor did I find it relaxing. I guess "melancholic" best describes Face Shrine for me.

[BbDle88]

I didn't ever think this theme was creepy, I mostly thought it was very relaxing, especially for a dungeon....

[beastman93FZero]

I always thought that this and the 2 Oracle games were perfect. If they ever made another Zelda game with the same sprites and graphics that they used in those games, maybe as a "retro throwback", I would shit golden eggs for Nintendo.

[paddymoep]

Best dungeon theme.

Fits perfectly, Link's mood and thoughts after the realisation of the circumstances, that is.

[Shokaah]

Sixteen years have passed since my first playthrough of that game, and I still can't help listening to that music once a month. One of the most fantastic musics ever made to me, hands down.

[PumpkinRain]

Hands down, best 2D zelda game. I=on my own personal list, I'd put this as the third best zelda game, for it's complex and DIFFERENT storyline (for once!), along with glorious music and intelligent dungeons (considering the year it was made!)

[PandaKewn]

@PumpkinRain Third? Now I am intrigued. What are the other two, Majoras Mask and Ocarina of Time?

[bushwhacker2k]

Easily my favorite Zelda ever, it's largest flaw is probably its complete lack of anything to do with Zelda herself, though some might argue that as a perk instead.

[garfreeek]

@bushwhacker2k Malon was links vision of zelda richt?

so technically her halucination is in the game xD

[1RedRiot]

man, i hated (and still i hate) this place, but hovewer, this level's song is my favourite one from that game

[FijiUnited]

Knowing what you know at this point in the game, its tough to say who the bad guy is.

[thesupremeking92]

so sad, as if your journey is growing to its end soon

[Taedrin]

You know, I've ALWAYS thought that this sounds very similar to Bach's Prelude No. 2 in C Minor. When I learned how to play the Prelude as a child, I couldn't help but think that I was playing this theme.

[cryptonomicon25]

@Taedrin

Wow. They do sound very similar. Surely the composer(s) of this song were inspired by it?

[Taedrin]

@cryptonomicon25 This is actually very common. Another example of this happening is with Super Metroid's Spore Spawn theme. It is almost a note for note copy of an 8 second motif from Stravinsky's Firebird (see 5:59-6:07 of the video titled "Stravinsky conducts Firebird")

Musicians frequently pay homages and take inspiration from each other - it's a symbiotic relationship, to be honest.

[Emperordante]

This part in the game really had an emotional impact on me. It's really quite somber and nihilistic. Perfect fit to this tune.

[gunpei]

Such a complex and difficult Zelda game for the Gameboy. Nintendo really respected the game player back then.

[luvtehcomix]

who does one worship at the face shrine? the face gods.

and then drills happen.

[MrAgnost]

I THINK I did play this game.....but I can't remember O_o. Is it with the strange secret where u gotta pick colors blue for defense and red for damage?

[ChrisRedfield1991]

@MrAgnost Yes, in fact that was the Gameboy Color re release

[MrAgnost]

@ChrisRedfield1991 Ah now I'm sure. I thought it was weird how much seemed familiar. Thanks man :)

[CastleofAnime]

would be utterly badass to make a 3d version of this.

[SlyGamer1000]

@CastleofAnime Same thought here. But in my opinion It should stay a handheld game. It would give you a nostalgic feel if you'd play it ona a handheld again.

It would be great if they'd remake this game for the 3DS in OoT3D graphics *drool*

This would be pure awesomeness! :O I'd buy it, doesn't matter how expensive (as long as I have the money to buy it of course)!

[KajTemme]

Best Zelda game ever made.

[ssj3metal]

yes!! finally found this song that i've been searching for years!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING!!!!!!

[NenrirGilga1]

This Game still rocks my socks now!

I recently got it again and I've actually gotten stuck on this level.Again!!!

[RedtheGhost]

likewise, my friend.

[Sephiko]

Are you ready to face this challenge?

[Sephiko]

Bad pun, huh? :0

I guess it's time for me to face the music.

[KrodosNL]

Wow i can remember this one, i liked it when i played that level. Amazing u uploaded this one!

[heyjeySigma]

I remember i had shivers when i went to the temple below level 6 and saw the mural where it explained that the island is just an illusion..

I was like "whaaat?? all this an illusion?"

[ixekun]

This song was so eerie when I heard it as young. I wanted to run the fuck out of that temple as fast as I could because the theme scared me.

[darroth42]

then you remembered you could mute it......right?

[nelthas]

My favourite game of all time, sweet. =)

[Gigabowser4]

one of the most underrated zelda songs, any1 agree?

[SlyGamer1000]

@Gigabowser4 Agree.

Or wait.. Or did you mean: One of the most underrated Zelda games?

However. Agree on both aspects! :P

[abrakadibra]

@Gigabowser4 the most underrated zelda song

[levitabusman]

@Gigabowser4 This game was underrated the windfishs song was also another classic from this fucking game!

[FrogGKnight]

@Gigabowser4 Totally Agree <3

[balloon303]

This was the point of the game where I decided to put Link's Awakening around my top 3 favorite Zelda games. :-D

The music probably had a lot to do with that choice. :-P

[shenloken2]

When playing this game on my Gameboy under the covers at night, this eerie music would just enrich the gaming experience.

I should do that again; warm glow of the GB under the covers, awesome 8-Bit music...yeah yer never too old to relive a moment in childhood.

[Jubedube]

@shenloken2 Warm GB glow? I only knew of GB backlights released in Japan.

[gunslingerfry]

@Jubedube I had a front lighting device that attached to the GB. Pretty much a glorified attachable flashlight but we didn't have fancy backlights back in the day...

[BbDle88]

@shenloken2 Holy crap. Your post describes the exact same memory I have of first reaching this dungeon too.

[realshilohphoenix]

@shenloken2 

[maxgunn555]

@shenloken2 i didnt play but i can relate... awesome comment.

[puklop]

Play this in a dark alley at night. For extra points, mix in the static radio sound from silent hill.

[adtrea]

Nostalgia overload... :goes off to play Link's Awakening, while saying "Thank you SupraDarky":

[WINGMASTER7]

I thought this would never get on! Hurray!

[whiteking2f2]

one of my favorite games. it's kind of funny. i beat the game when i was nine. i started a new file last year and played through it, and half the time i was asking myself "how the hell did i do that?" the bosses weren't hard, but damn those later dungeons can really make you run in circles.

[ManfredMitchum]

Scariest dungeon. Incredible music, though.

[TuxedoRay]

No game lasted as long at #1 in Nintendo Power Magazine than this one did. That says a lot. I owned it & beat it, I'l never forget it, truly the best GB game of all time imo. :D

[Linkenfant]

Oh my god, I love you SupraDarky <3

[Babybahamut]

Loev this one, and also the mini-shrine you have to go to to get the key. The music there is chilling... so ominous, and it's the first "realisation" that maybe Koholint isn't what it seems. Really atmospheric game, actually.

[ShirokaneWashi]

sweet...i have guitar tab for this ^_^

[peanut3423]

Such an underrated, yet great game. It's my favourite 2D Zelda as well. I don't know why- I just loved this game.

And this music is great too.

[happypranksgiving]

Same here. Actually I never got into anything post-SNES, but this is my favorite Zelda game of the ones I've played(SNES and prior).

[agaifi]

I played almost every Zelda game (I haven't finished Zelda 1 and 2 and Oracles of Ages and Seasons... YET.), and this is still my favorite Zelda...

It was also my first Zelda game... It's been so long...

[happypranksgiving]

The original Zelda was my first, and I've beaten it more times than I can remember. Zelda II I've beaten a couple times but I don't care for it much. The fighting and attacks and all are fine, the side-scrolling thing is fine, I just hate wandering all over a map and all that.

[ElrondHubbard54]

yeeeeah that's what i'm talking about.

[SMcCall64]

I remember playing Link's Awakening for the first time and I accidentally came to the South Face Shrine about two dungeons before I was supposed to.

[Kirbybobo]

It happens to all of us, haha, those Armos' really can mess up a person with 3-5 hearts.

[azuredeath]

I remember this dungeon. I got lost here for a long time.

[drunyon214]

Me too! I was stuck in this dungeon for years. I couldn't figure out that you were supposed to bomb this one unmarked wall...

[SupraDarky]

I'll always remember this particular dungeon. It's the one right after you learn and basically confirm that the game is all a dream. This music really fit the mood after knowing such a thing.

[MauricXe]

LOL spoilerz

[SupraDarky]

Oh and I recently re-finished both this game and Link to the Past. I was surprised about how I realised that this really is my favorite 2D Zelda. It's a much more complex game, it becomes very apparent when playing both in a short period of time.

[TendoGamer]

I couldn't agree more Supra

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@SupraDarky in addition to it being complex on the surface... it's also interesting how many things you can distort using the glitch... and creates almost an entire new world behind the curtain :)

[SonataFanatica]

@SupraDarky Link's Awakening was the first Zelda game I ever played. I remember being totally struck with awe when the game made me realize it's all a dream and when the Wind Fish awakes, the whole island will be gone! This particular dungeon (and its haunting music) is the perfect moment in the game that describes this mood. After Link's Awakening I tried many other Zelda games but NONE other came even CLOSE to Link's Awakening! The settings were a lot more boring!

[SonataFanatica]

@SupraDarky Oh yeah, I almost forgot: favourited! ;)

[ThemPianoRhythms]

@SupraDarky

I have to agree with you, I'm currently replaying this game and I'm heading to the 6th dungeon. This game has such a deep philosophical meaning for a game targeted towards such young children. The Ballad of the Windfish is by far one of my favorite songs and the more you play and talk with Marin, the more the game grows on you. In the end you kinda just wonder why leave a paradise and let it vanish? Great game.

[bamenvy]

@SupraDarky People like to immediately come back to that with the Jars and number of items, and such, but I've always been in love with thie Franchise Entry... to this day it is still my favorite Legend of Zelda game, even over the 3d entries, though, it's been rivaled closely, It'll tell you :P

[cryosynthe]

@SupraDarky

Link's awakening was the first Zelda game I ever played and loved it intensely. I started playing through link to the past on virtual console but was a dissapointed considering the hype. It feels too open ended and I was constantly unclear what my objectives were. The clearer dungeon progression of zelda games from link's awakening onwards and their more novel uses for items makes them much more satisfying.

[CastleofAnime]

@cryosynthe

well a link to the past was not open-ended, as long as you went and talked to people in the village. That and the fact that most areas were inaccessible until you beat the dungeon or temple and got the special item needed. It made for a little bit more depth than games at the time. I like a challenging game, but at the same time i don't want to feel like i need to wait til an exact minute and second on a day in January in order to unlock something. its still a tough balance.

[poshko41]

@SupraDarky Yes! I remember this too! This game had such fantastic music. It all fit the mood so perfectly.