The Legend of Zelda gets lofi hip-hop tribute album
Video game music record label GameChops and hip-hop musician Jokabi (creator of Chilltendo lofi album series) have unveiled a special tribute album based on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Released yesterday, Zelda's Lofi Kingdom features 14 reworked tracks from the aforementioned Zelda video games. Jokabi’s brother Mikel (creator of Zelda & Chill) is featured on three tracks. The album licenses original compositions by Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Tsukasa Usui, Yasuaki Iwata, and Koji Kondo.
Jokabi said this about the tribute album, which is available on digital services right now:
“The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was released on my birthday while I was traveling Japan for the first time. t didn't take long for me to fall in love with it and its soundtrack, and what started off with just a few remix sketches ended up turning into an entire album. The soundtracks have a lot of woodwinds, and my trip through Japan influenced me to include traditional instruments like the dadi and shakuhachi throughout Zelda's Lofi Kingdom. Given my brother Mikel had ended the Zelda & Chill series recently, I knew fans would be happy to hear his style represented here as well. The illustrator and animator Voyager Spirit is amazingly talented, and perfectly captured the essence of the music with his stunning artwork. It feels like everything fell into place perfectly.”
Zelda's Lofi Kingdom tracklisting:
Title Theme
The Lost Woods
Korok Forest
Sky Labyrinth (feat. Mikel)
Rito Village
Hateno Village
Sidon's Theme
Mineru's Theme
Colgera Battle (feat. Mikel)
Zora's Domain
Mipha Court
Gerudo Town (feat. Mikel)
Lurelin Village
Great Fairy Fountain