Ranking EVERY ZELDA by its Music

The Zelda series is full of magical soundtracks, even if a couple fell flat on their face. But where does Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom stand musically in comparison to the other games? Will it leave the likes of Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild in the dust, or will it crash and burn even below the underdogs of the franchise?

I filmed this video a couple months ago, and looks like the lighting, audio quality, editing, hairstyle, etc. all haven't aged too well. Oh well, certainly shouldn't let this go to waste. My next video turned out looking a lot better.

[aratherbritishdinosaur]

1 minute in and AIN'T NO WAY you disrespecting the Zelda II Temple theme like that! That song is 🔥🔥🔥

[anijay]

Ocarina of time is S tier IMO. I’m not even a OG Zelda fan who thinks that’s the best game ever. I just really love it’s soundtrack.

[Bandikit]

No way you put spirit tracks in low c tier. NO WAY. You just angered all 12 of us in the spirit tracks fandom!!

[bryanvickers]

Too much emphasis on instrumentation in my opinion. The compositions themselves shouldn't lose points because of the limitations of the hardware. ALttP and OOT are unquestionably S Tier for me. They establish so many incredible themes for the series and the compositions create so much of the charm and atmosphere of the game.

[Runegrem]

I think this tier list is quite like a tier list on graphical design and the most important criteria is pixel count. Basically, the rating is far too weighted towards more advanced sound chips.

[_Just_Another_Guy]

Wind Waker is in S tier for me.

A lot of the motifs from the games after Wind Waker were inspired or even directly borrowed from Wind Waker.

Especially in BotW with the Rito Village theme and TotK Colgera battle theme essentially being remixes of Dragon Roost Island theme and Molgera's theme.

[histproject]

Imagine ranking BotW ahead of Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, and Wind Waker

[NoahWasLost]

You disrespected my wind waker like that 😭😭😭

[Shadowflutter]

How are you forgetting the total banger that is Molgera's battle theme in Wind Waker? 💀

[roosandringa]

Finally, another Skyward Sword Soundtrack enjoyer!!! I absolutely adore Skyward Sword and I'm very glad it made it to S-tier!

[nabi]

Windwaker in C Tier; just delete the whole list, bruh.

[jamesonwhite]

Aint no way this is your first ever video! The video has such great editing and i was so interested troughout the whole video! Oh, and also, Links awakening has my favorite OST, I mean Mabe village, dungeon, Wind fish theme, Beach title theme... Its all so GOOD!!!

[pranman]

I personally think Twilight Princess deserves A tier. Notable songs include Ordon Village, Faron Woods, Midna's Lament, and Iza's Rapid Ride (seriously underrated!), just to name a few. Amazing video regardless!

[theblueninjagaming]

RIP the oracle games, some of the tracks are bops especially both games dungeons 4 & 6 themes

[kevintyrrell]

Wind Waker being put below Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword is completely shocking. Molgera Theme is talked about as the best boss theme across all of the games. The 'Title Theme, 'The Legendary Hero', 'Arylls Rescue 4', MEDLII'S AWAKENING FOR GOD'S SAKES.

[medinamjoe]

Dope video but the wind waker soundtrack at C is criminal

[tijolatour]

Ocarina of time should be up there in the S tier. Sacrilege that you originaly put triforce heroes higher that OOT!!!! (nice video though! Keep up the good work!)

[songsofthehero_]

I really think you should factored in whether or not the track acomplishes what it aims to do. I'd absolutely love to see more of your content Zelda music is a passion of mine and I love when people talk about it

[Zagranth]

How on earth is Zelda 2 on F Tier? The Dungeon theme of that game is phenomenal. Too bad it hasn't been used in other Zelda games.

[rjd-khet]

Even Zelda II and the Oracle games have some bangers like the Great Palace, Dancing Dragon Dungeon, and the Black Tower.