| Fairy Fountain | |
|---|---|
| Other Media | Hyrule Warriors Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
| Place(s) | File selection screens Fairy Fountains Great Fairy Fountains |
Fairy Fountain is a recurring song in The Legend of Zelda series.[name reference needed]
Overview[]
The Fairy Fountain theme first appeared in A Link to the Past, played on the file selection screen and when near Fairy Fountains/Great Fairy Fountains. Since then, the song has appeared in every installment of the series, with the exception of Link's Awakening, Oracle of Seasons, Oracle of Ages, Breath of the Wild, and Echoes of Wisdom. The theme is inspired by the map theme for World 3, Water Land, from Super Mario Bros 3 of the Mario series.[1] It has become one of the most iconic theme songs in The Legend of Zelda series, alongside the main theme, Princess Zelda's, and Ganon's own themes.
A Link to the Past (SNES)
Other Appearances[]
A remix of the song is used as part of the Zelda-themed music in Donkey Konga.[2]
Musical Elements[]
This theme is ethereal, with soft, repetitive harmonies. The piece is composed of two main elements: a staccato melody that winds slowly up and down both diatonically and chromatically (due to voice-leading), and a fuller harmony that shifts down a diatonic step after every note of the melody where every eight bars the harmony progression returns back from the top. The form of the theme is simple, being a repeating loop of 'A to A' over and over where 'A' could be seen as the antecedent and 'A' could be seen as the consequent.
Trivia[]
- The Fairy Fountain theme, composed by Koji Kondo, is rumored to have been influenced by the 1982 Japanese hit song "Morning Glory" by Tatsuro Yamashita, from his For You album.
Video Gallery[]
| Great Fairy's Fountain Theme from The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony |