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Aonuma & Wakai on how Skyward Sword came to have an orchestrated soundtrack, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Eiji Aonuma, age 48. Producer of Skyward Sword, Director of Twilight Princess. - Hajime Wakai, age 38. Composer and Sound Director for Skyward Sword. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. General Producer of Skyward Sword, Producer of Twilight Princess. QUOTE: Aonuma: During the roundtable at E3, a reporter asked if we would use an orchestra for [Skyward Sword], and Mr. Miyamoto replied, "An orchestra suits The Legend of Zelda, so we'll be thinking about it." When I came back to Japan, Wakai-san came up to me in a fluster and said, "Is the music going to be orchestral this time?!" I was like, "No, I don't think so." Wakai: That's right! Aonuma: I only experienced recording one track with an orchestra for Twilight Princess, but it was a lot of work, so schedule-wise, I was certain we couldn't do it for the whole game. To my surprise, though, Miyamoto-san said, "Record it with an orchestra!"
June 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Wakai on the source for the sound of the Bokoblins' horns in Breath of the Wild, 2017.

Via Nintendo YouTube Channel.

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PEOPLE: - Hajime Wakai. Breath of the Wild Sound Director. QUOTE: "Wakai: Bokoblins sometimes use a horn to call for backup, but at first we weren't sure how to produce the sound for that. We thought about using a traditional musical instrument, like a French horn. That was our initial approach. But then one of the programmers came up to me and said, 'I actually have a horn like that.' He brought it in, and it was about this big, not too big, but it made this really great sound when we played it, so we decided to use that instead."
January 25, 2024 at 4:54 PM