Hymns of Light and Shadows – Kakariko Village

It has been a few months since the release of CsGuitar89’s full length Zelda tribute album, Hymns of Light And Shadows and as promised, he has been releasing a new video once a week featuring songs from the album. His intentions with this album was to have a full length album that lasted atleast an hour. He successfully met his goal when he finally released it with a full track list of 18 songs ranging from many different Zelda games and even gave the fans a chance to come up with their own title and cover for the album.

Last week’s video was a cover of the Illia’s Theme and next week’s will be my personal favorite, Kaepora Gaebora’s Theme. This week, the featured video is a short, but calming Kakariko Village Theme. Check out the video after the jump to listen to it for yourself.

The album Hymns of Light and Shadows is Casper’s first full length album. He has put together over an hour of music and 18 different songs from the series. Each capturing the emotional value of the original from the games while providing his own creative touch to the songs. Fans of the Zelda series should be happy to know that the album ranges from a few different genres from slow paced relaxing music “Astral Observatory” to loud heavy metal songs “Goron City” and everything in between.

Fans of his songs will be pleased to know this album is free to download on his official site. If you’re for some odd reason tired of hearing Zelda related music than you can check out many of the other Nintendo and non Nintendo related covers on his Youtube Channel. If you’re a fan of the songs than you can even make your way to his website and download them as well. You can find the track listing from the album below.

1. Ocarina of Time Title Theme
2. Stone Tower Temple
3. Maket Theme
4. Aryll’s Theme
5. Outset Island
6. Goron City
7. House Theme
8. Hidden Village
9. Astral Observatory
10. Temple of Time
11. Ilia’s Theme
12. Kakariko Village
13. Kaepora Gaebora’s Theme
14. Shop Theme
15. The Great Sea
16. Lon Lon Ranch
17. Dragon Roost Island
18. Majora’s Mask Ocarina Songs Medley

Kakariko Village isn’t my personal favorite, but it is definitely one of the most memorable. I think the way the village looked and was used on the Nintendo 64 was by far the best of any village on any game or system I had visited at the time. I hope the next Zelda title will have several different towns and villages like Kakariko Village, each with their own memorable song as well. What are your thoughts on Kakariko Village? Which was your favorite? Do you think the theme song was a good choice for it and do you think CsGuitar89 did a good job capturing the original? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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