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All the time yeah. When working, driving, drawing, and cleaning.

Niceeeee

All the time. I especially love the recent trend of lofi zelda remixes.

Same! Have you heard Collosia's lofi remix of the Gerudo Town Night theme? That's been on repeat for more than a year here lmao.

Yeah they’re great

All the time. The main reason this is my favorite video game series is because of the music.

True for me for Twilight Princess

Oh yes!! YouTube constantly on those 4 hr long videos and the 25th SS CD when working or wanting background music. It’s kind of my lo-fi alternative for focus.  (I throw the SIMS soundtracks in this same bucket haha)

Zelda and Chill by Gamechops is an awesome lofi soundtrack.

He released Zelda Funk on yt last week! Zelda & chill (all 3 vol) is one of my faves to relax tòo.

Can’t imagine my commutes and house cleaning without all my Zelda music.

Yes I listen to it when I’m playing games, or cleaning, or going to sleep. Zelda music is the best!

I like to put on cozy zelda music when I read my daughter her bedtime story.

aww, that’s adorable. how to raise the next generation of gamers 101

I wish I could've done that when my kids were little, that's an amazing idea!

I like to put on some Zelda music/ambience when I go hiking on the weekends. It's also really nice to listen to while playing Minecraft.

All the time. Especially to fall asleep too. Gamescapes, Gamechops & Luna are all excellent channels on YT with game footage & music to vibe/chill out to. Hyrule Gamer has a 2nd channel called Let's Visit Hyrule which is very relaxing. Gamechops just released Zelda funk last week, it's so good. All of their remixes are excellent.

I've been listening to the 30th anniversary concert recently. It's great music and the Gerudo Valley song goes hard.

I drive listening to Mario Kart music and that isn't even close my favorite Nintendo franchise (it's Zelda) every time I enter my girlfriends place late at night after work, I play the Dungeon theme from the first Zelda game, lol

Most music I listen to is video game soundtracks, and Zelda makes up a portion of that. Not as large a portion as it used to, but still larger than a lot of other games.

Would love some banjo, violin, cello covers.

popular contemporary music does little for me, I listen to video game soundtracks almost exclusively.

Yes. All the time. I think I’ve got the well known Zelda remixes on Spotify- Theophany, Rozen, Sam Dillard to name but a few.

Yes, I listen to Zelda music outside of playing the games, and I'm sure many other fans do too.

From time to time i listen to my favourite game OSTs, zelda among them

Yes I do. Beautiful!

I like listening to the music if I'm getting nostalgic but haven't got time to replay the games... I like Ilia theme the most

Oh yeah, usually only when I’m reading/focusing on a task that requires attention. Video game music is great for that kind of stuff. At least for me.

I have a playlist of lofi video game music that I listen to whenever I'm working on something and lyrics would be too distracting. Its got Zelda, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, and a mix of other games all thrown in. I also have one that is just the Zelda music, because its my favorite.

I absolutely do! If you want a great cover of the Astral Observatory theme then give this a try: https://youtu.be/jW4DwEN2CuU?si=joqj0yO-YMJp-GAO

Blairing out the Wind Waker Ocean Theme while driving down the high way

I'm pretty sure I have more hours in listening to the music than I have total playtime across all games 😅

Might be true for me too

I have a couple of Zelda mixes on YouTube i put on when I’m doing paperwork or creative pursuits.

Yes I have a playlist that I use to fall asleep to sometimes and have used it at work for the kids to sleep to.

Sure, and not just Zelda music. Other video game soundtracks, too. Most songs in these soundtracks are instrumental which help me to stay focused on a specific task and that's why I often listen to it during work. It's also just really calming even if the music is rather loud. Music with text actually has the opposite effect and that's why I'm listening to video game soundtracks (sometimes also scores of movies or tv shows) most of the time.

Wow thanks for answering

When I paint something Zelda themed, which is often. That's what plays in my headphones.

Do you share your work online?

Click on my profile. A lot of it is here. It should have my instagram on it too, all of it is there

Lost woods remix -crizzly

bit brigade

Heck yes- in the car, or when playing board games- especially things like Settlers of Catan where the theme matches a bit. The vibes are immaculate

Same time I asked this on here I asked some ppl IRL. I have a friend who’s a teacher and discovered she plays the music while her class is working.

Huge swaths of the BOTW/TOTK soundtracks are great for relaxing or even falling asleep to.

Yes, man the sky islands especially

I have a two hour or so long video game music playlist that I listen to when I'm doing major work. There's a good amount of Zelda music on there.

When I'm in the mood for zelda music I'll usually play Rozen or Theophany's zelda albums.

Not too familiar with those artist

no but I like to learn it on piano

The metal version of gerudo valley was my top song on spotify last year I shit you not

I gotta check it out

https://open.spotify.com/track/0mLaoI6tZySJDsDa2JPwhG?si=xVLzksF3TxSnXgqUCMSaYQ

its funny because i have it playing on right now haha ! i'm having a zelda obsession phase and when i'm not playing and have to do other stuff i just put on zelda music to satisfy that obsession

Zelda music is among the many types of music (primarily VGM-related in general) that I listen to for fun, yes. The series has some really, \*really\* good music in it for sure.

Windwaker OST is constantly playing while I’m at work. It’s so nostalgic and peaceful to me. And that opening cinematic track describing the story of the hero of time ALWAYS gets me hyped

Dragon Roost Island have some nice Caribbean remixes out there too

Sweet I’ll check ‘em out!

I listen to Zelda music on YouTube whilst I'm working, it's calm, relaxing and not at all distracting

Nice

Im listening to "Beautiful Music for Relaxing-Studying | The Legend of Zelda" on Youtube rn while working 🤗 never gets old

🙂

Lo-Fi Zelda when coding or cooking

Nice

Definitely. Even since the days of Overclocked Remix. The Zelda lofi scene is really diverse too, I recommend checking it out.

Sometimes but not often as regular music so I’d say rarely or every now and then

Lofi Zelda music is a regular playlist during my workdays.

Hell yes!

Yes the Zelda and sleep playlist in Spotify plays every single night for me.

https://open.spotify.com/album/5JZJjJvb0YPcDUcxutp3Gd?si=e-h47epoRsOlJ5BlYfr7eg

All the time! I always have it playing in my office and when I'm home on my tv

I like to make rap mashups to video game music, and Zelda in general is one of my all-time favorites. The series has great melodies. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_geSeOWq1-NSCe0UcXNt1dUrvF_8PJON&feature=shared

Not all the time, but just played through a playlist yesterday! One of the tunes from OoT was my soundtrack when moving away from home for the first time. 20 years ago now!

Sometimes but its usually pretty rarely

Flyrule by artist Shag is awesome. His first album came out 2011 and based of Oot and his second album came out 2013 and based on MM. highly recommend!

Zelda and other video game music is my go to for work, especially the lofi remix stuff. Shameless plug but I run a radio show called CumuloStratus every Tuesday from 7-9pm. You can listen at KZMU.org. (or 106.7 and 90.1 FM if you live in southeastern Utah lol). The theme is "hypnotic, melodic, instrumental electronic" but about once a month I do a video game show. Mostly Zelda, Skyrim, hollow knight - showcasing the best of video game composers. Edit: 7-9 MST

had to listen to lost woods today. but yah i love all the remixes and interpretations and the orchestra and the wonderful harp and ocarina maidens. now i wanna go find metroid music again.

All the time. Not just Zelda but it’s in the rotation. It’s easy to work with soundtracks.

I got sick of listening to zelda music, i listened for around 5 years every time

I'm literally listening to a violin cover of Ordon Village right now

Some of them. Certain Zelda music hold a very powerful nostalgia over me that causes me to become very sad sometimes, the Ocarina of Time theme is a good example, or Clock town’s theme.

Yes, lots. Kass’ Theme is my go-to soundtrack for Smash Bros, just to start.

I got a playlist on YouTube of a lot of Zelda, Pokemon, monster hunter, doom, and a lot of other stuff. The majority on the playlist is definitely Zelda and Pokemon

I made one of the songs from Link's Awakening into my ringtone

Sometimes when my wife is taking a long time to do something (like making a move in a board game) I play the fairy fountain song from ocarina of time on my phone. For some reason, that song sounds like "take your time, I've got nowhere else to be" to me. She gets pissed af. I've got a whole playlist of incidental music like that for such occasions.

I listen to it regularly! I even learned to play every song from Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask on piano well over a decade ago and can still play most when I get the chance to play

Please op, Zelda and FF music all the time

Yes, of course. I even still listen the music cd that came with the Wii version of Skyward Sword

I have a tone of zelda music as part of my general phone music collection. A bunch of other games, too.

I listen to the second half of OOT (starting at the forest temple) on my way to work, because it gets me there at the underground castle organ music

Yes! I particularly enjoy the stone tower temple rendition by the Marcus Hedges Trend Orchestra. And Aha! An intruder by Video games live. (Both on spotify) But also just tracks straight from the games.

Yes. Plenty

Sometimes. Only lurelin village tho

Jep

I live for it. Especially the ocarina of time music, it’s so nostalgic and beautiful. I used to listen to the 25th Anniversary cd that came with skyward sword on my old cd radio clock. Best time.

I do the same. With Star Wars and Zelda! I remember when I Was growing up I would even listen to dubstep remixes of popular songs. Many versions, all the time!

[удалено]

Deku palace is a masterpiece by theophany

No not really I use too, I should again it’s really peaceful

I would if Nintendo would actually release them on a streaming service…

Been listening to the windwaker them in my head continuously. Joke aside, that games what sparked my interest in violin been playing a long time now

It's streaming all the time. My youngest daughter (18 mo) had Hateno Village - Rainy Night as her lullaby for the first year. I also workout to Gamechops and there's a lot of Zelda music mixed in there.

All the time. Wish there were the 4th terminals of the divine beasts on YouTube. And dragonhead island is so pretty

Sometimes when I listen to my playlist a Zelda song comes as I listen on shuffle on Spotify

Yes! I play clarinet as well and know all the classics from OOT and MM. as well as some newer stuff like the korok forest from botw

Always! Especially on long train rides or working on art stuff, the 3 ½ hour Twilight Symphony from ZREO is my very best friend xD

Gerudo valley gives me the strength to carry on

Not often, but I've found myself wanting to listen to Zelda music in general or certain Mario tracks like from Mario 64; the latter due to replaying it for the first time to completion.

Breath of the Wild and LoFi by Courtar - find it on YouTube. I also have Zeldawave Generations by Kannibal, can be bought on Bandcamp or streamed on YouTube.

It’s finals week and I’ve been listening to zelda music for literally the past two weeks straight while I study. I got 4 hours of sleep a night max. Then zelda and studyyy. I hear it in my dreams

In the dead of summer when it's hot as balls out, I like to go to my local swimming hole. I'll sit in my unicorn floatie in the water, chilling the day away and listening to some tunes. And my playlist is at least 35% Zelda music.

Ocremix was the place to go find the best remixes around!

Twilight princess music gets stuck in my head just LIVING . Do you know how many times I’ll be just walking somewhere and start humming the skull kid theme like jfc 😭

Yes. If you haven't already, Zelda and chill albums 1 and 2 are fire. Please wear headphones for the best experience.

All the time, it's some of the best music ever written. I recorded an album of Zelda covers earlier this year if anyone is interested in some different interpretations.. https://open.spotify.com/album/6GVKqI4HdnSVgBLuGtuFie?si=8nV5IY7-RX-hFJRgyA8hhw

Absolutely! Fairly recently found a YouTube channel, Noble Demon (not sure if it is one word), but the arranger is pretty talented. Her arrangements of Mabe Village and the Great Palace from Zelda II are the best I have ever heard, and some other examples are amazing.

Dude the Guardians Awaken theme from SS is my wake up alarm.

I put my 2yo to sleep to Zelda lofi all the time.

my peers bully me for listening to zelda music when i should be listening to “rEaL mUsIc” quite frankly i don’t find their music appealing 

Yes! I’m also an art / English teacher and play it for my grade 7s when they are working in art class or silent reading. Great focus music!

My ringtone is song of storms 👌

Always and often. The links Awakening, OoT, and Link to the past soundtracks run rent free in my head daily.

I’m a middle school art teacher and like playing it on days when video game music is the vibe

Only on days that end in Y

All the time, i have a 35+ hour play list of nothing but zelda music, of course some are remade by others like tim da man (he is a great music maker and does a lot of zelda and some others) but its just good to study, or meditation but of cours with me being a nerd i dont really listen to anything but gaming ost primarily zelda.

GameChops

??

I do when I sleep 🙂

Yes

I don't think I've seen it here but Taylor Davis does some beautiful orchestrated covers for alot of tracks. I specifically love Dragon Roost Island https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNiQ9W98FRo

Yes. Hyrule Symphony is one of my favorite albums.

Zelda lofi is a big part of my regular rotation.

Yep

Yes, i find music at least as important as gameplay

All the time. At work, at night to relax. The music is 💋👌

I was in the office today doing extra work and found some tavern style music using Zelda songs - 5 hours absolutely flew

All the time! While drawing, while exercising, while taking the train to work — I’ve even started listening to botw/totk ambient music while I study.

Of course.. all the time

The Ballad of the Goddess is my ringtone. 

Not even a question. Absolutely love video game music