Lost Woods - Zelda: Link to the Past || Metal Cover

Channel:

Christian Richardson

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Published on April 25, 2017 7:00:03 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhztLLmCsWg

Game:

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 2:59

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back at it again with a stupid metal cover made in 2 days

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【 Metal guitar cover of the Lost Woods theme, also known as "Forest of Mystery", from the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past OST by Koji Kondo 】

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Soon to be on a Pixel Mixers community album! Until that is out, check them out here:
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Old version of this cover: https://youtu.be/d8NzFNL6mj4?t=99

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I was approached by the folks over at Pixel Mixers to make a cover for their pre-OoT Zelda games album, and I thought it'd be a good opportunity to remake this cover, and also because this has always been one of my favourite zelda tunes! I had a super short version of this track in my SNES medley, and as I've said before I'd like to make more full versions of previous songs in medleys. It was really fun to revisit this one and add more to the arrangement and add djenty stuff etc. Listening back to the original song again I couldn't help but notice the similarities to the Forest Temple theme from Ocarina of Time so I thought I'd throw that in the arrangement too! For that section I tried messing around with some fun/dark/colourful lighting just because I thought it'd like kinda cool

Even though I'm spending such little time making these covers as of right now because of the original album, I'm still trying to make improvements to my mixes for each video that comes out. This time I made a completely new bass tone, which is something that I've been struggling a loooot with. But I think it sounded really cool in this one! To me, this cover is a pretty massive step up from the SNES medley's mix! thanks brandon

Got two more covers left in Year 3, and then original album time!! Next cover is from a game with a beautiful soundtrack that I haven't covered yet! Looking forward to seeing you there :)

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Song Info:

Composed By:
Koji Kondo

Arranged, Produced, and Performed By:
Christian Richardson

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Special thanks to:

Brandon for bass tone help: https://www.youtube.com/user/badoosh12

and the following people for some very helpful mixing advice!

Ro: https://www.youtube.com/user/Swiggles1987
Alej: https://www.youtube.com/user/Alez15666

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Gear:

Instruments:

Lead Guitar: G&L Asat Special
Rhythm Guitar: Ibanez RG 827Z
Bass Guitar: Ibanez SR 305

Equipment:

Audio Interface: Line 6 Pod Studio UX1
Microphone: Shure SM57
Camera: Moto G 3

Software & Audio Plug-Ins:

DAW: Cockos' Reaper
Tones: Positive Grid's Bias Amp
Drums: Toontrack Superior Drummer 2
Mixing & Mastering: FabFilter Plugins & Izotope Ozone 5
Video Editing Software: Final Cut Pro

If you have any questions about my gear, please feel free to drop a comment, the gear I use is constantly changing!

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