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"{{Term|OoT3D|Fire Temple (Theme)}}" is the 35th track in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Official Soundtrack]]''.
"{{Term|OoT3D|Fire Temple (Theme)}}" is the 35th track in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Official Soundtrack]]''.


Because of religious controversy and Nintendo's policy against references to real-world religions at the time, there are two distinct versions of "{{Term|OoT3D|Fire Temple (Theme)}}" present in {{OoT}}. In versions 1.0 and 1.1 of {{OoT|-}}, "{{Term|OoT3D|Fire Temple (Theme)}}" sampled "Track 76" from ''Voice Spectral Vol 1'' by Best Service.<ref name="Pop Fiction">{{Cite web|quote= |author= GameTrailers |published= September 27, 2013 |retrieved= June 8, 2019|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U34MFcJdGCo |title= Pop Fiction: Season 1: Episode 9: The Fire Temple Chants [Update 2<nowiki>]</nowiki> |site= YouTube |type= Video}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|quote= I ran into a couple of samples that Koji Kondo had used in The Legend of Zelda series.<br>These are musical SFX or ambience that composers use to set the atmosphere of the scene. He is still behind all of his scoring.<br><br>These are ''Royalty Free Loops''. |author= peronmls |published= November 11, 2012 |retrieved= June 8, 2019 |url= https://zeldauniverse.net/forums/Thread/152182-Samples-that-Koji-Kondo-used-for-scoring/ |title= Samples that Koji Kondo used for scoring |site= Zelda Universe |type= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|quote= HOLY SHIT! Found the Zelda OoT Fire Temple Chants!<br><br>Sample Library: (Best Service) Voice Spectral Vol 1<br>Sample Name: Track 76<br><br><br>Been searching forever for this!!! |author= peronmls |published= January 26, 2013 |retrieved= June 8, 2019 |url= https://hcs64.com/mboard/forum.php?showthread=24937&showpage=4 |title= HCS Forum - The VGM/Others Instrument Source Thread |site= HCS Forum |type= }}</ref> In addition to its presence in {{OoT|-}}, "Track 76" was used in the 1998 [[Nintendo 64]] ports of ''{{Wp|Cruis'n World}}'' and the 2002 Xbox exclusive ''{{Wp|Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal}}''.<ref name="Pop Fiction"/> However, as "Track 76" contains various excerpts of Islamic prayer, the adaptations were widely considered insulting and resulted in multiple accounts of controversy for Muslim communities. The inclusion of "Track 76" in ''Kakuto Chojin'' received a formal protest from the {{Wp|Saudi Arabia|Kingdom of Saudi Arabia}}, prompting Microsoft to withdraw and destroy all available copies of the game internationally.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= One mistake that caused catastrophic offence was a game called Kakuto Chojin, a hand to hand fighting game. The fighting went on with rhythmic chanting in the background which in reviewing the game Mr Edwards noticed appeared to be Arabic.<br><br>"I checked with an Arabic speaker in the company who was also a Muslim about what the chant meant and it was from the Koran. He went ballistic. It was an incredible insult to Islam." He asked for the game to be withdrawn but it was issued against his advice in the United States in the belief that it would not be noticed.<br><br>Three months later, the Saudi Arabian government made a formal protest. Microsoft withdrew the game worldwide.<br><br>His investigations showed the Japanese, who had developed the game for Microsoft, had added the chant to the tape because they liked the sound of it without checking its origins. "They were chastised and corrected," he said. |author= Paul Brown |published= August 19, 2004 |retrieved= June 8, 2019 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/aug/19/microsoft.business |title= Microsoft pays dear for insults through ignorance |site= The Guardian |type= }}</ref>
Because of Nintendo's policy against references to real-world religions at the time,<ref>{{Cite web|quote= |author= Clyde Mandelin |published= September 10, 2018 |retrieved= September 19, 2020 |url= https://legendsoflocalization.com/game-localization-and-nintendo-of-americas-content-policies-in-the-1990s/#official-policies |title= Game Localization and Nintendo of America&#8217;s Content Policies in the 1990s (NSFW) &laquo; Legends of Localization |site= Legends of Localization |type= }}</ref> there are two distinct versions of "{{Term|OoT3D|Fire Temple (Theme)}}" present in {{OoT}}. In versions 1.0 and 1.1 of {{OoT|-}}, "{{Term|OoT3D|Fire Temple (Theme)}}" sampled "Track 76" from ''Voice Spectral Vol 1'' by Best Service.<ref name="Pop Fiction">{{Cite web|quote= |author= GameTrailers |published= September 27, 2013 |retrieved= June 8, 2019|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U34MFcJdGCo |title= Pop Fiction: Season 1: Episode 9: The Fire Temple Chants [Update 2<nowiki>]</nowiki> |site= YouTube |type= Video}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|quote= I ran into a couple of samples that Koji Kondo had used in The Legend of Zelda series.<br>These are musical SFX or ambience that composers use to set the atmosphere of the scene. He is still behind all of his scoring.<br><br>These are ''Royalty Free Loops''. |author= peronmls |published= November 11, 2012 |retrieved= June 8, 2019 |url= https://zeldauniverse.net/forums/Thread/152182-Samples-that-Koji-Kondo-used-for-scoring/ |title= Samples that Koji Kondo used for scoring |site= Zelda Universe |type= }}</ref> The theme samples three excerpts of speech from "Track 76", including recordings of the {{Wp|Basmala}}, {{Romanize|بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ|bi-smi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi|In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful|2}}, and the {{Wp|Takbir}}, {{Romanize|ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ|Allāhu ʾakbar|God is great|2}}.


According to Greg Hamilton, a representative of Nintendo of America Inc., "Track 76" was sampled by [[Koji Kondo]] without any knowledge of the meaning of its contents.<ref name="Hamilton">{{Cite web|quote= In regard to your question, the background sound effects originally used in the Fire Temple section of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time were originally chosen from a library of commercially available musical and sound effect programs.  Our game developers did not know that the sounds used in the game had Islamic references. Once we were informed that there were Islamic musical references in this section of the game, the music was removed from all subsequent production runs of The Legend of Zelda:  Ocarina of Time. |author= Greg Hamilton |published= September 27, 2013 |retrieved= June 8, 2019 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U34MFcJdGCo |title= Pop Fiction: Season 1: Episode 9: The Fire Temple Chants [Update 2<nowiki>]</nowiki> |site= YouTube |type= Video}}</ref> Upon being informed of the religious connotations of the track, Kondo revised "{{Term|OoT|Fire Temple (Theme)}}" to include a MIDI synthesizer in place of the chanting in accordance with Nintendo's policy to avoid references to religion.<ref name="Hamilton"/> The revised track is present in version 1.2 and all subsequent versions of {{OoT|-}},<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= The original release of Ocarina of Time did have choir music in the Fire Temple, but it was removed from later versions. The mysterious Fire Temple choir music resembled a holy Muslim chant. And while, of course, the game's creators didn't intend for that to happen, it was similar enough that Nintendo changed the music. |book= Nintendo Power (September 2001) |publisher= Nintendo of America Inc. |page= 11}}</ref> which were made publicly available after the game's initial release.<ref name="Pop Fiction"/>
According to Greg Hamilton, a representative of Nintendo of America Inc., "Track 76" was sampled by [[Koji Kondo]] without any knowledge of the meaning of its contents.<ref name="Hamilton">{{Cite web|quote= In regard to your question, the background sound effects originally used in the Fire Temple section of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time were originally chosen from a library of commercially available musical and sound effect programs.  Our game developers did not know that the sounds used in the game had Islamic references. Once we were informed that there were Islamic musical references in this section of the game, the music was removed from all subsequent production runs of The Legend of Zelda:  Ocarina of Time. |author= Greg Hamilton |published= September 27, 2013 |retrieved= June 8, 2019 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U34MFcJdGCo |title= Pop Fiction: Season 1: Episode 9: The Fire Temple Chants [Update 2<nowiki>]</nowiki> |site= YouTube |type= Video}}</ref> Upon being informed of the religious connotations of the track, Kondo revised "{{Term|OoT|Fire Temple (Theme)}}" to include a MIDI synthesizer in place of the lyrics in accordance with Nintendo's policy to avoid references to religion.<ref name="Hamilton"/> The revised track is present in version 1.2 and all subsequent versions, ports, and remakes of {{OoT|-}},<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= The original release of Ocarina of Time did have choir music in the Fire Temple, but it was removed from later versions. The mysterious Fire Temple choir music resembled a holy Muslim chant. And while, of course, the game's creators didn't intend for that to happen, it was similar enough that Nintendo changed the music. |book= Nintendo Power (September 2001) |publisher= Nintendo of America Inc. |page= 11}}</ref>{{Note|Despite using the version 1.2 theme, higher quality samples from the versions 1.0 and 1.1 theme of the original {{OoT}} can be found within the data of {{OoT3D}}.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= |author= Robotortoise |published= April 6, 2014 |retrieved= September 19, 2020 |url= https://tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time_3D#Unused_Sounds |title= The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - The Cutting Room Floor |site= The Cutting Room Floor |type= }}</ref>}} which were made publicly available after the game's initial release.<ref name="Pop Fiction"/>


==See Also==
==See Also==
* {{Term|Series|Bolero of Fire|link}}
* {{Term|Series|Bolero of Fire|link}}
* {{Term|Series|Fire Temple|link}}
* {{Term|Series|Fire Temple|link}}
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Revision as of 22:22, 13 November 2020

"Fire Temple" is a Song in Ocarina of Time.[1]

Overview

"Fire Temple" is associated with the Fire Temple and it plays whenever Link is inside it.

"Fire Temple" is the 35th track in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Official Soundtrack.

Because of Nintendo's policy against references to real-world religions at the time,[2] there are two distinct versions of "Fire Temple" present in Ocarina of Time. In versions 1.0 and 1.1 of Ocarina of Time, "Fire Temple" sampled "Track 76" from Voice Spectral Vol 1 by Best Service.[3][4] The theme samples three excerpts of speech from "Track 76", including recordings of the Basmala, بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful), and the Takbir, ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ (God is great).

According to Greg Hamilton, a representative of Nintendo of America Inc., "Track 76" was sampled by Koji Kondo without any knowledge of the meaning of its contents.[5] Upon being informed of the religious connotations of the track, Kondo revised "Fire Temple" to include a MIDI synthesizer in place of the lyrics in accordance with Nintendo's policy to avoid references to religion.[5] The revised track is present in version 1.2 and all subsequent versions, ports, and remakes of Ocarina of Time,[6][note 1] which were made publicly available after the game's initial release.[3]

See Also

Notes

  1. ↑ Despite using the version 1.2 theme, higher quality samples from the versions 1.0 and 1.1 theme of the original Ocarina of Time can be found within the data of Ocarina of Time 3D.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Koji Kondo. "Fire Temple" The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Official Soundtrack, Nintendo of America, 2011. CD
  2. ↑ Template:Cite web
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Template:Cite web
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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Template:Cite web
  6. ↑ "The original release of Ocarina of Time did have choir music in the Fire Temple, but it was removed from later versions. The mysterious Fire Temple choir music resembled a holy Muslim chant. And while, of course, the game's creators didn't intend for that to happen, it was similar enough that Nintendo changed the music." (Nintendo Power (September 2001), Nintendo of America Inc., pg. 11)
  7. ↑ Template:Cite web

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