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Mentalo · #79 Apr 30, 2020, 03:48 PM

I have some kinda big news for the composer breakdown of The Wind Waker !

First of all, if Google Translate is right (which is of course not sure at all), Nagata seems to confirm in the interview RBM95 linked on the post above that Kondo did the music for the opening cutscene (track 1-03: The Legendary Hero).

Quote:

永田　でも、オープニングの版画のシーンを近藤にやってもらったときは、やはりオリジナルは違うなあと感じました。あれが入ったことで、ゼルダになったと思います。

Nagata: But when I got Kondo to do the scene for the opening print, I felt that the original was different. I think it became Zelda because of that.

Secondly, I was able to look into The Wind Waker HD music files.
TWW HD does have part of its soundtrack remade, but the other part was left untouched and was implemented into the game. And there seems to be an interesting convention in namings of these music files that could very well help us know who made some of these songs. (note that I'm not taking into account the re-arranged music)

Here is TWW's tracklist with corresponding TWW HD file names (without the .32.dspadpcm at the end of each file):

Spoiler:

There's a lot of tracks missing, but many of the tracks I was able to find have either .n, .w, .g or .k at the end of them. I think that as that seems to be the case for Super Mario 3D World, it is indicative of who their composer in charge is.

Other Nintendo games also have this naming convention:
.n seems to be for Nagata and is also found in some of New Super Mario Bros. Wii's music files, a game for which he did compose some music.
.w seems to be for Wakai and is also found in some of Pikmin 2's and 3's music files, games for which he did compose some music.
.g seems to be for Minegishi and is also found in some of Super Mario 3D World's and Wii Fit's music files, games for which he did compose some music.
.k seems to be for Kondo and is also found in one of the two themes he did for Super Mario 3D World.

So, the very incomplete composer and/or arranger breakdown could be :
.n = Kenta Nagata: 1.01, 1.20, 2.57 (+ 1.31, 1.38, 2.26, 2.59 as officialy confirmed)
.w = Hajime Wakai: 1.15*, 1.25-27, 1.42, 1.45, 1.61, 1.71, 2.05-09, 2.11, 2.28, 2.36 (+ 2.12, 2.37 as officialy confirmed)
.g = Toru Minegishi: 1.59, 1.63, 1.73, 2.13*, 2.24-25, 2.30, 2.32, 2.38-39, 2.47*, 2.52-53
.k = Koji Kondo: 1.03, 1.17, 1.67, 2.14-17, 2.21, 2.55 (+ 1.16 as officialy confirmed)
Unknown: 1.02, 1.04-14, 1.18-19, 1.21-24, 1.28-30, 1.32-37, 1.39-41, 1.43-44, 1.46-58, 1.60, 1.62, 1.64-66, 1.68-70, 1.72, 2.01-04, 2.10, 2.18-20, 2.22-23, 2.27, 2.29, 2.31, 2.33-35, 2.40-46, 2.48-51, 2.54, 2.56, 2.58, 2.60

*: at least part of it

You can see that the two (or three if you count "The Legendary Hero") official credits that we have and for which I was able to find their matching file ("Title" and "Boss Clear Fanfare") seem to confirm this theory.

So, in the end, we have very few informations on Nagata's role (sadly) but some very interesting ones for Wakai, Minegishi and Kondo !
It seems Wakai did some event/cutscene musics and not only battle themes (if it wasn't already obvious with some of these music's style).
Minegishi indeed seems to have made cutscene musics.
And Kondo seems to have made a lot more music than I was thinking !

Keep in mind that all of this isn't official by any means.

EDIT : in the interview linked, Wakai also talks about how the music for Gohdan's fight changes depending on how much of his hand are down. It could be taken as confirmation that he did this theme.
Nagata also talks about how Outset Island's music features Aryll's theme only when she is on the island (when she's captured, this phrase does not play). It also could be taken as confirmation that this is one of his compositions.