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Linktober #1: Knight Kondo on his favorite song from Ocarina of Time, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

https://www.notion.so/39d16d85bfa14e6f994c8d106a1835cb

PEOPLE:

Koji Kondo, age 49. Ocarina of Time Composer.

Mahito Yokota, age 37. Ocarina of Time 3D Orchestration Director.

QUOTE: Kondo: As I was playing the Nintendo 3DS version [of Ocarina of Time], there were several [tracks] that struck me as well-done. Although, it's a little embarrassing to say so myself! [laughs] One plays when you go to Zelda's castle and hide in the garden so the guards can't find you. I forgot the title, though.

Yokota: That's ’The Courtyard Game at Hyrule Castle.’

Kondo: It sounds like a game of hide-and-seek. It represents that feeling of final relief you get when you're able to hide from the guards by carefully making stealthy steps. I thought, ‘I did a pretty good job!’ [laughs]

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Kondo & Yokota and how they wanted to do a symphony concert for Zelda's 25th, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

https://www.hyruleinterviews.com/ac7d17268a5643b2a0dd841e88d5bfdc

PEOPLE:

Koji Kondo, age 49. Original composer for the Zelda series.

Mahito Yokota, age 37. Orchestration for Twilight Princess. Composer & Orchestration for Skyward Sword.

Eiji Aonuma, age 48. Director or Producer of many Zelda games.

QUOTE: Kondo: Aonuma-san was thinking about events for the twenty-fifth anniversary and suggested a concert for The Legend of Zelda. …

Yokota: In fact, I've actually been saying I want to hold a Legend of Zelda concert ever since I joined the company. I kept getting turned down, but it finally becomes a reality on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary. Kondo-san, you've also been saying for some time that you want to do an orchestral concert, haven't you?

Kondo: Yeah.

Yokota: They said it wasn't our ‘main business’! [laughs]