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    Default This tune from Zelda sounds vaguely Celtic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRVrmBHXEeE
    from "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker"

    I might be totally off but I think this sounds kind of Celtic, like an Irish reel (sorry if I'm getting Celtic and Irish confused), and is the type of music that would go good on a Mandolin.
    Actually, does it already have a mandolin in it? I'm not too acquainted with the sound of a mandolin (just started playing it), so I can't tell if the plucked instrument in this piece is a mandolin or a guitar.
    Just thought I'd post it.

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    Default Re: This tune from Zelda sounds vaguely Celtic.

    It does have a Celtic feel to it, Irish sounding. Could be a guitar or mandolin, sounds like sampled virtual instruments. Many video games have interesting music in a Medieval vibe.
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    Default Re: This tune from Zelda sounds vaguely Celtic.

    Quote Originally Posted by Amandalyn View Post
    It does have a Celtic feel to it, Irish sounding. Could be a guitar or mandolin, sounds like sampled virtual instruments. Many video games have interesting music in a Medieval vibe.
    I read a little more into it, apparently some of the soundtrack was inspired by traditional Irish music (according to the wikipedia page for the game.)
    Here's a piece from TloZ: The Wind Waker on The Session: https://thesession.org/tunes/15482
    Yes, agreed, a lot of games have that sort of medieval music, especially fantasy ones.

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    Default Re: This tune from Zelda sounds vaguely Celtic.

    And actually, according to Wikipedia again, there was a mandolin in that track, played by Shigeru Miyamoto himself (if you're familiar with Nintendo games that name will be familiar) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Le...The_Wind_Waker. I found all this info in the music section. Pretty cool to see the mandolin in use in commercial video games.

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    Default Re: This tune from Zelda sounds vaguely Celtic.

    Yup.

    "Vaguely Celtic" is exactly what they were going for.

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    Default Re: This tune from Zelda sounds vaguely Celtic.

    Even the font they used for the game looks “Celtic.”
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