I think I get what youre saying here. I feel like a lot of the older games made the music more present. Wherever you are, you really hear the music. The later ones are built to be more atmospheric. The music in tp and botw is really good, but because it acts more like background music and isn't...
Is Cadence of Hyrule too obvious?
I think my all-time favorite zelda soundtrack has to be Ocarina. So many of the songs from there got carried into future games too. It's just built with pure nostalgia. Lost Woods and Goron Village are a couple favorites of mine. A lot of the later zelda games...