Every Song in Ocarina of Time Ranked Worst To Best

Every Song in Ocarina of Time, Ranked Worst To Best

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is revered for many things, including its sweeping soundtrack and large amount of playable Ocarina music.

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is many players’ choice for best game of all-time for a lot of different reasons, but mainly because it uses its every component to the highest extent attainable. Over two decades after release, every element still feels as immaculately crafted as ever. This includes Koji Kondo’s musical score, an eclectic mix of songs (some with real-world samples) that cumulatively remain the standard for how to invoke an edifying sense of adventure in players.

Ocarina of Time goes a step beyond most games by not just having sweeping music in the background. It makes many of its ethereal compositions an integral gameplay function, as Link must use the titular blue ocarina frequently to move the story forward. Some songs can instantly warp him to a specific place, acting as a fast travel system across Hyrule’s many zones and temples. Others serve specific functions, from summoning Link’s trusty steed Epona to manipulating the weather and day/night cycles themselves.

Ranking each of the ocarina’s tunes is no easy task. Just like how every temple in Ocarina of Time is distinct from the next, each song on the Ocarina attempts to evoke a different sensation. Some also hit differently due to their significance when Link is older. Here are all the songs Link can play on the Ocarina of Time, from the “worst” to the magisterial best. This list does not include the Scarecrow’s Song, which the player improvises.

#12 Worst Ocarina of Time Song – Requiem of Spirit

Many of the songs Link learns from Sheik and other characters feel like they convey the emotion of an entire opera in just a few notes. This is one of the few that doesn’t. As the song that can warp Link to the Desert Colossus (where the Spirit Temple is located), it’s a simple series of mostly low notes that never really gets off the ground. It’s far outshone by the Spirit Temple’s actual theme, whose blend of Armenian, Egyptian, and Indian instruments is downright entrancing.

#11 Ocarina of Time Song – Serenade of Water

Link learns this simple tune after acquiring the Iron Boots in the Ice Cavern substage. Used to to transport him to Lake Hylia, right above the Water Temple, it’s brief and doesn’t leave too much of an impression. It’s not even the best song the player hears within that particular stage, as the Ice Cavern’s wintery soundtrack is more atmospheric.

#10 Ocarina of Time Song – Bolero of Fire

A somewhat military-esque cadence that sweeps Link right to the Death Mountain Crater. It’s immediate, and stirs a feeling of duty to save the Gorons locked away in the Fire Temple. Just make sure to have that red tunic equipped!

#9 Ocarina of Time Song – Prelude of Light

Ocarina of Time’s Prelude of Light is one of the most important ocarina songs, allowing Link to go straight to the Temple of Time. It’s slightly melancholic, capturing the range of emotions of seeing Hyrule’s changes over a long period of time. It’s also the perfect lead-in to the thrilling, uplifting rush of the cue that starts when Link either pulls the Master Sword or puts it into the stone, moving backwards or forwards seven years.

#8 Ocarina of Time Song – Minuet of Forest

A stately waltz befitting of the warp song for the first temple Link faces in adulthood. It’s mature and reflects the beauty of this Legend of Zelda forest setting. it’s also the biggest headache-saver of all the warp numbers, allowing Link to skip past a maze of moblins and saves him the trouble of navigating The Lost Woods whenever he needs to go to the Forest Temple.

#7 Ocarina of Time Song – Nocturne of Shadow

The best of the temple warp songs, this haunting number has the most exciting setup before it’s taught. When Link arrives in Kakariko Village as an adult, he witnesses the town in peril as Bongo Bongo (the boss of the Shadow Temple) escapes from the bottom of the well, before learning the song from Sheik. It’s also the most useful, given the entrance to the Shadow Temple is tucked away in an enclosed spot above the Kakariko Graveyard and is unreachable without Nocturne of Shadow’s help.

#6 Ocarina of Time Song – Saria’s Song

While most of the ocarina songs throughout The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time serve purposes like warp travel, “Saria’s Song” (also the theme for the Lost Woods area) is one borne out of Link’s childhood friendship with Saria. Its joyful melody conveys the essence of companionship and the warmth of home.

The joy that it instills is one felt by multiple characters as well – when young Link has to get the grouchy Goron leader Darunia to talk and progress the story, it’s “Saria’s Song” that gets the stoic leader to dance and open up.

#5 Ocarina of Time Song – Sun’s Song

A delightful melody with an all-encompassing power: the ability to change day and night in an instant. In order to wield such skills, Link must traipse through the Royal’s Family Tomb, with a phalanx of ReDeads guarding the main area. Ocarina of Time’s Sun Song is always pleasurable to hear, making one feel the sensation of the promise of a new day. For players with a crippling fear of ReDeads and Gibdos, being able to whip out those six notes to instantly freeze them is an added bonus.

#4 Ocarina of Time Song – Song of Time

One of the definitive compositions of the entire Zelda series. The hymnal “Song of Time” opens the Door of Time, allowing Link to pull out the Master Sword and go back in time, in addition to removing blocks within dungeons. It sounds even better in the Temple of Time, where it’s chanted over and over by a monk-like chorus.

#3 Ocarina of Time Song – Epona’s Song

Like Saria’s Song, the six-note sequence that summon Link’s faithful horse is rooted in everlasting kinship. Learned when Link first visits Lon Lon Ranch as a child, he uses it to summon Epona to ride where necessary as an adult.

It has a uniquely pastoral feeling, which is amplified by the more country arrangement that envelops the soundtrack at the ranch itself.

#2 Ocarina of Time Song – Song of Storms

A necessity to access the Bottom of the Well, this carnival-sounding jaunt can literally make it rain at any moment. Song of Storms also triggers one of the funniest moments in the entire game, where the Phonogram Man angrily reprimands Link for using it to distort the storm cycle and mess up his windmill. Given he taught Link the song in the first place, though… well, you reap what you sow.

#1 Best Ocarina of Time Song – Zelda’s Lullaby

Zelda’s Lullaby is the song that binds the entire story of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time together. Shortly after meeting Princess Zelda in the Hyrule Castle courtyard as children, Link is taught Zelda’s Lullaby by her bodyguard, Impa. Each time it’s played, it recalls the deep heritage and lore of Hyrule, and the eternal bond between Link and Zelda that defies time itself. Playing it on the controller buttons, whether out of necessity or just for fun, always makes time stand still – something many players will likely still be able to do from memory, considering how many times they had to input the song in order to prove their connection to Hyrule’s royal family.

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