PB & Jason: Issue 93: The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses

PB & Jason Issue 93: The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses

Nick, Chessa, and Jason attended the Orlando, FL concert this past Saturday.

It shouldn't be very difficult to guess the main subject of today's PB & Jason. I'll give you three hints: There was cosplay, I said the name of this topic in the title of Issue 93, and the beginnings of this event were announced during Nintendo's E3 2011 press conference. Give up? Ok, ok. This issue of PB & Jason is based mostly on the Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses concert! Spoiler alert: It's good. Of course, there's a little bit of other information about things like the sales numbers of the PlayStation Vita in Japan, but you'll have to give this issue of PB & Jason a listen to hear all of them by clicking through to the embedded player and download links.

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Michael117

07/19/2012 at 01:34 PM

Did they play a pretty wide variety of Zelda musics at the concert Jason? If I went I'd hope I could hear some stuff from the original NES game, some from Ocarina, Majora's Mask, and Windwaker for sure.

Jason Ross Senior Editor

07/19/2012 at 03:35 PM

I believe only the Oracle, Four Swords, and CDi games were not represented by at least one song/medley. I could be forgetting something, but everything else was present.

Angelo Grant Staff Writer

07/19/2012 at 05:02 PM

The CDi games got air time? Now I'm curious...

07/20/2012 at 01:48 AM

No, they did not. They were of the few without any time.

07/20/2012 at 10:16 AM

Ah, I think I misread that. My bad.

Julian Titus Senior Editor

07/19/2012 at 05:22 PM

I've been to two VG Live shows and Final Fantasy Distant Worlds. I feel like VG Live was a much better production and treated the music with the proper amount of respect. While Distant Worlds was an incredible performance, the production was sorely lacking. The footage never matched up well with the music, and they even used demo footage for FF VIII instead of the final game.

But there was a Q and A with Uematsu after the show, so I can't complain much. Plus: freaking FF music for nearly two hours...LIVE.

Our Take

07/20/2012 at 10:55 AM

I think another benefit is that having foreknowledge of the music in it's context removes a barrier to appreciation. Simply put, you aren't distracted by mentally trying to put everything together.

When I was in high school, we took a field trip to the city to see The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. My family recommended that I listen to the opera before I go, which didn't make much sense at the time. In hindsight, being familiar with the music and story allowed me to appreciate the spectacle as a whole without being sidetracked by having to process the story and the music for the first time. It really helped, and it's something I've done ever since when going to see a show.

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