Start Your Adventure Feeling Refreshed with this Classical Guitar Cover of “Mabe Village”
Posted on January 26 2024 by Kristen G. Rosario
No matter how you wake up during your unintentional visit to Koholint Island, it’s always sure to be a pleasant trip once you get our hero going in Link’s Awakening. What awaits once you begin is not only a quaint town, but one with promise. That’s what Mabe Village’s theme does to start you on your adventure, and it’s even what the following musician encapsulates with their arrangement.
In this classical guitar cover of “Mabe Village” from Link’s Awakening, musician mauricemori (AKA Maurice Liu) makes the arrangement feel like it has always belonged on the guitar. Liu admits in the video’s description that a key difference with his version is how he liked increasing the song’s tempo. What comes as a bit of a surprise, though, is that this cover is actually part of a 16-track Zelda fan album that mauricemori worked on.
Known as Zelda’s Lullaby: The Legend of Zelda Guitar Collection, this record features classical guitar arrangements of music from such games in the series as Link’s Awakening, Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom. Maurice Liu‘s newest album is currently available on his Bandcamp page and will run you $9.99 USD. If Zelda is not always your go-to video game music, there are other options the artist has available for you as well.
Liu also covers music from such games as Octopath Traveler, Animal Crossing, Final Fantasy XIV, and a lot more. According to the video description for the guitar cover, he has been performing covers on YouTube since 2021 and been playing classical guitar for the past 12 years. It even says that the channel got started because Liu wanted to share his love and enthusiasm for video game music via playing guitar.
Not only can you find all you want about mauriciemori on his official website, but you can also follow Liu on YouTube, Bandcamp, and Spotify. Zelda’s Lullaby: The Legend of Zelda Guitar Collection is available for purchase right here.
What do you think of this classical guitar cover for “Mabe Village”? Will you be checking out mauricemori’s Zelda fan album? Are you going to check out any of his other video game arrangements? Let us know in the comments below!
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Kristen G. Rosario is an Editor who joined Zelda Dungeon back in September of 2015. His current goal is to become a full-time video game journalist, hoping to eventually gain a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism. While he pursues that dream, he not only takes care of his adorable dachshund Angel, but also helps run a YouTube channel with his brother. The Zelda series is a quest he hasn’t fully completed yet, but hopes to get there one day.
