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Our friends over at Radio Hyrule have interviewed Miguel Bulteau, the creator of the Majora's Mask opera, and brings to surface several interesting facts from the game such as "hidden" melodies in certain songs that originally come from the Majora theme. Check out quotes from the interview below.
RH: You have a very interesting approach of arranging different melodies that most other video game arrangers don't use, music theory devices like melodic inversions and augmentation.
MB: Yes, I like that. The opera is full of references like that: hidden lines in basslines and other places, inversions, augmentations, reversals...
RH: I think that's brilliant.
MB: Well I do hope it brings more interest from more people! That's why the opera isn't targeted only at Zelda fans. It works as a self-contained story.
RH: It also gives the listeners something more to do while listening.
MB: Yes, it's something that also tires me a lot in the official Zelda Symphony medleys--the orchestration is beautiful, but their development consists almost always of bridges. But there's something I must say: Koji Kondo is a discreet genius. This is first and foremost a tribute to Mr. Kondo. I am forced to analyze his music before using it, obviously, so I can write it. You would be surprised at what he does! For example, do you remember "Clock Town's" bassline?
RH: I do!
MB: D, C#, B, C#, repeat ad infinitum. What if I told you that can be a perfect parallel to the fact that you go back and forth between three days? The place that is named after time ("Clock Town") holds that bassline. Three notes back and forth.. back and forth.
RH: Koji Kondo is a genius! I had never thought about it like that before.
MB: The man is absolutely brilliant!
RH: I'm sure there are all kinds of other things he's hidden in all over the place.
MB: Yes, I noticed he hides Majora's theme in that "cursed place" theme you hear in every part of the world you go to where you haven't killed the boss yet when I had to use it for Kafei's incursion into the swamp.
Hmm, interesting facts in my opinion. What do you think about the Majora's Mask opera idea? What about the hidden tunes?
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Austin Dickson has been around the Zelda fandom for years. He started Link's Hideaway as a small personal project, which later turned into something of which he never thought possible. He enjoys writing articles, guides, walkthroughs, and developing the different Concealed Gaming network sites.
