Community:Zelda Reorchestrated

Zelda Reorchestrated (ZREO) is a musical project that originated in October 2004. It was created by FireGS. ZREO's goal is to transcribe and reorchestrate every song in The Legend of Zelda video game series using digital sequencer synthesizers. The project has created some controversy with fans, for not using a real orchestra. However, the project has garnered so much attention that a strong and very loyal fan-base has originated.

History
ZREO has experienced quite a bit of change during its short lifespan. It can be separated into four distinct phases.

zreo.tk
(Oct 2004 – Dec 2004) Zelda Reorchestrated was first established under the domain http://www.zreo.tk in October 2004. It was here where ZREO first began its goal of reorchestrating the complete soundtrack from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

zreo.net
(Dec 2004 – May 2005) The next step was obtaining an independent domain name without the troubles of the free .tk service. In December 2004, zreo.net was born. It was the same site, but different (and more flexible) domain. It was here when FireGS revealed that he intended on reorchestrating the music from every Zelda game.

zeldamusic.org
(June 2005 – December 2005) In April 2005, FireGS wanted to achieve a much larger goal than simply reorchestrating music. He wanted to provide a more general service to the Zelda community. Zelda Music and Media (also known as ZeldaMusic, ZM, or ZM.org) was born under the domain http://www.zeldamusic.org. ZREO continued producing music, but along with that came new community forums, an online radio station (WZMR), and general information about Zelda music! The site came to a close due to financial barriers.

zreomusic.com
(December 2006 – Current) Throughout 2006, HTLOZ II preserved the work of ZREO during its absence. ZREO now presides under the domain http://www.zreomusic.com. It's primary focus is reorchestrating the music from The Legend of Zelda games, re-establishing the community forums, and providing a vehicle for budding artists to present their work to the world!

Heavens Accusations
(April 2007) In mid-April, The Heavens membership boldly accused the ZREO Team for exploiting MIDIs to make their music. The entire event took place on the HTLOZ II forums. It led to a false announcement that ZREO was going to shut down, a decline in ZREO's and The Heavens' face, the deletion of the ZREO Forums from the HTLOZ II Boards, as well as the split of the three entities involved. The Heavens and ZREO ammended their differences and apologized to HTLOZ for the war that broke loose on their forums, but The Heavens, ZREO, and HTLOZ II still went their separate ways. All three groups/sites, despite separating, still have good relations with one another.

Soundtracks
No ZREO Soundtrack has been completed yet. Below lists the progress that ZREO has made with each Zelda game. Songs with an (R) beside them are Redux Tracks; tracks that have been reorchestrated more than once to improve its quality and overall sound.

Soundscapes - Volume 1
1 - Hyrule Castle (3:15)

2 - Market (1:26)

3 - Gerudo Valley (4:05)

4 - Jungle Cruise (2:06)

5 - Outset Island (3:53)

6 - Inside the Pirate Ship (2:56)

7 - Lake Hylia (1:46)

8 - Sacred Grove (1:51)

Soundscapes - Volume 2
1 - Clocktown Day One (1:50)

2 - Marsh Land (2:35)

3 - Cave (2:07)

4 - Royal Crypt (2:59)

5 - Lon Lon Ranch (4:14)

6 - Hyrule Castle Courtyard (1:59)

7 - Faron Woods (2:08)

8 - Fishing Hole (3:20)

9 - Inside the Forest Haven (2:24)

Twilight Princess: Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
1 - Title Theme (1:01)

2 - Ilia's Theme (1:32)

3 - Ordon Village (3:06)

4 - Faron Woods (2:02)

5- Lake Hylia (1:44)

6 - Sacred Grove (1:47)

7 - Hyrule Field on Foot (2:16)

8 - Fishing Hole (3:03)

The Minish Cap Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
1 - Cave (1:40)

2 - Cloud Tops (2:25)

3 - Cucco Chase (0:48)

4 - Royal Crypt (2:48)

The Wind Waker Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
1 - Title (1:07) (R)

3 - The Legendary Hero (3:21)

4 - Outset Island (3:27) (R)

8 - Beedle's Shop (3:24)

19 - Inside the Pirate Ship (2:24)

28 - Windfall Island (2:06)

31 - Ocean (5:20) (R)

38 - Dragon Roost Island (2:33)

56 - Forest Haven (3:50)

65 - The Great Sea is Cursed (2:22)

76 - Hyrule Castle (3:22)

110 - Molgera (2:22)

128 - Farewell Hyrule King (3:50)

130 - Staff Credits (5:21)

Oracle of Seasons Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
1 - Syrup The Witch (0:58)

Oracle of Ages Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
1 - Syrup The Witch (0:58)

Majora's Mask Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
Disc One

5 - Battle (1:28)

6 - Clock Tower (2:29)

8 - Clocktown Day 1 (1:51) (R)

10 - Mayor's House Counsel Room (1:20)

11 - Milk Bar (1:49)

13 - Clocktown Day 2 (1:35)

22 - Dancer (1:24)

25 - Astral Observatory (1:04)

29 - Song of Healing (2:05)

30 - Goron Race (1:25)

31 - Get Mask (0:06)

34 - Termina Field (2:08)

41 - Marsh Land (2:31)

45 - Deku Nut's Palace (2:05)

52 - Middle Boss Battle (1:57)

55 - Breman Mask (1:19)

Disc Two

21 - Great Bay Coast (2:30)

24 - Pirates Fortress (2:20)

40 - Ikana's Ancient Castle (2:01)

44 - Stone Tower Temple (2:33)

45 - Calling The Four Giants (0:52)

46 - End Credits (1:33)

Ocarina of Time Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
1 - Title Theme (1:21) (R)

2 - Enter Ganondorf (0:12)

3 - Deku Tree (1:45)

4 - Fairy Flying (0:34) (R)

5 - House (0:55)

6 - Kokiri Forest (1:38) (R)

8 - Item Catch (0:02) (R)

10 - Shop (2:09)

11 - Battle (1:56)

12 - Inside the Deku Tree (1:43)

13 - Boss Battle (1:19) (R)

14 - Boss Clear (0:12)

17 - Spiritual Stone Get (0:15) (R)

18 - Fairy Ocarina Get (0:09)

19 - Hyrule Field Main Theme (4:56) (R)

20 - Kepora Gebora's Theme (0:55)

21 - Market (1:21)

22 - Shooting Gallery (0:58)

23 - Hyrule Castle Courtyard (0:51)

24 - Enter Zelda (1:26)

25 - Ocarina "Zelda's Lullaby"

26 - Zelda's Theme (3:17)

27 - Ocarina "Epona's Song" (0:08)

28 - Lon Lon Ranch (2:40) (R)

29 - Mini Game (0:51)

30 - Kakariko Village (1:52)

31 - Ocarina "Sun's Song (0:06)

32 - Hyrule Field Morning Theme (0:38)

33 - Goron City (2:27)

34 - Ocarina "Saria's Song" (0:06)

35 - Lost Woods (1:35)

36 - Dodongos Cavern (2:03)

38 - Dinosaur Boss Battle (1:54) (R)

39 - Zora's Domain (2:36)

40 - Great Fairy's Fountain (2:18)

41 - Potion Shop (1:25)

43 - Ocarina "Song of Time" (0:11)

44 - Temple of Time (0:48)

45 - Open Door Of Temple Of Time (0:14)

47 - Ganondorf's Theme (1:01)

50 - Shiek's Theme (0:54)

51 - Horse Race (0:53)

52 - Horse Race Goal (0:04)

53 - Ingo's Theme (1:47)

54 - Escape From Lon Lon Ranch (0:09)

55 - Kakariko Village Orchestra Version (2:45)

56 - Ocarina "Song Of Storms" (0:05)

57 - Windmill Hut (0:40)

59 - Forest Temple (3:12)

60 - Bolero of Fire (0:16) (R)

61 - Fire Temple (2:00)

62 - Ice Cavern (0:51)

63 - Serenade of Water (0:18)

64 - Water Temple (1:41)

65 - Nocturne of Shadows (0:18)

66 - Prelude of Light (0:34)

67 - Shadow Temple (2:14)

68 - Gerudo Valley (2:37)

69 - Spirit Temple (1:44)

70 - Requiem of Spirit (0:23)

71 - Kotake and Koume's Theme (1:02)

72 - Meet Zelda Again (2:49)

76 - Inside Ganon's Castle (3:51)

78 - Escape From Ganon's Castle (1:12)

81 - Ocarina of Time (0:31)

82 - End Credits (6:54) (R)

Link's Awakening Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
1 - Mabe Village (1:27)

2 - Mysterious Woods (1:26)

3 - Overworld (2:00)

4 - Tal Tal Mountain Range (1:03)

A Link to the Past Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
1 - Intro Theme (0:18)

2 - Light World (2:29) (R)

3 - Dark World (2:22)

4 - Lost Woods (1:10)

5 - Hyrule Castle (2:51)

6 - Cave (1:52)

7 - Ending Theme (4:00)

8 - End Credits (3:58)

The Adventure of Link Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
1 - Town Theme (2:10)

The Legend of Zelda Reorchestrated (Incomplete)
1 - Title Theme (1:37)

2 - End Theme (1:33)

Art
In 2005, Master of Zelda began producing CD art for the various soundtracks being reorchestrated by ZREO. These art pieces were made using Macromedia Fireworks MX.

During 2006, the year of ZREO's absence, HTLOZ II preserved the songs and art files from ZREO. It was during this time when MoZ released a few more covers to improve upon his previous work.

Now for 2007, a whole new set of CD covers and wallpapers are being produced by Master of Zelda with a more realistic theme in mind.

World Zelda Music Radio
(June 2005 - September 2005) Synonymous with ZeldaMusic.org, WZMR was one of the most unique aspects about the ZREO Project. It was an online radio station, known as World Zelda Music Radio (WZMR) where DJ's would host radio shows, interact with listeners, and air the music produced by ZREO. Often times, new songs were aired on WZMR before they were available on the site for download. The excitement of new music and interaction allowed WZMR to be one of ZREO's biggest successes. Unfortunately, it was shut down due to financial instability.

Redux Tracks
With ZREO's relaunch in December 2006, FireGS created a new set of quality standards for the site. Songs that had been released before that do not meet these new quality standards are identified and reprized as REDUX tracks.

Soundscapes
ZREO produced two albums under the 'Soundscapes' name. The two albums featured reorchestrated themes from a variety of titles from different Zelda games. What makes these two albums stand out is that atmospheric sound effects were added to them to make the listener feel as if they were in the environment itself.

Soundscapes: Volume 1 earned ZREO's web site 3 million hits during the week it premiered, when an article on Digg captured the attention of music lovers. ZREO has sustained a high number of visitors ever since.

Soundscapes: Volume 2 did not receive as much attention, but was received well within the community all the same. Like the first album, it featured a unique blend of music and environmental sounds to put listeners in the middle of Hyrule. This project was also the last project released by ZREO.

The Soundscapes albums literally rocketed ZREO into popularity and illustrated ZREO's ambitious attempts to do something different. The importance of unique projects such as this has become a tradition that ZREO proudly continues today. It can be said that as a result of the Soundscapes albums, ZREO is one of the most-visited web sites within the Zelda community.

Zelda Battlescapes
Zelda Battlescapes is ZREO's most recent project currently in production. Though a project of a much darker nature and tone, it is considered to be part of the 'Soundscapes' album series. This ZREO project is a large scale audio fan-fiction created by Master of Zelda. The project is being directed by Master of Zelda and produced by FireGS. The story is yet to be revealed, but connections to The Wind Waker are assumed. According to the Zelda Battlescapes web site, the project is a story told through voice acting, music, and sound - similar to the 'Soundscapes' series, but more reminiscent of old radio shows of the 50s. A 78 page script has been written and professional voice actors will be cast to portray the legendary characters. No word yet on the characters that will appear, or when the project will be released to the public.

Members
Advent Goddess, ArmyofOne, B1itz Lunar, Dave, Enzuru, FireGS, F3, Fusion2004, IpsoPhatso, Joseph Burrell, Kanjika, Lance9384, Master of Zelda, The Inspector, TheodorKrueger.