Looking forward to playing Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii this November? If all of our talk about the game’s music hasn’t gotten you excited enough, Nintendo has just announced that a limited edition of the game will be available on launch day for $69.99 that will include a gold Wii Remote as well as a special music disc titled The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary SYMPHONY – Orchestra Concert Special CD.
Just what’s on the disc? As it turns out, this is material recorded by a live orchestra that will be featured as a part of the 25th anniversary concerts being held in October. I guess that makes it somewhat of a pre-recording although it won’t be released until after the concerts take place in October.
I guess this is the second album that Nintendo announced at their E3 press conference this year, so we have our answer as to what that was all about. It’s a limited edition bonus as opposed to a separate stand-alone release that fans will have to purchase. I’m always happy to get a free bonus, but I’m still hoping for an all-out concert CD/DVD. Maybe we’ll see it in Japan in the future, but in the meantime, we can be happy we’re getting any music at all!
[via Destructoid and VGMdb]
Tags: Limited Edition, News, Nintendo, Skyward Sword, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Zelda, Zelda Symphony
Ooh, this is exciting. The orchestral arrangements of Zelda’s theme that I’ve heard are spectacular. We actually used one such recording for the processional music at our wedding! (Ah, such geeks are we….)
Thanks for the tip; now I just have to figure out how to get this limited edition release!
(That was easy. Just looked on Amazon for Skyward Sword Special Edition! Preordered!)
I wonder how much music will be on this cd? Will it be an entire concert worth of arrangements? I hope so because I was less than impressed with the 25th anniversary cd that had two pieces on it.