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Koji Kondo, Nick Bertke
'Ocarina Of Time' Remakes

Album 2011 on Pogomix label
Classical and Soundtrack (Soundtrack)

At the time of its release, this was free to download from Bertke's website (www.Pogomix.net). However, at the time of writing this, it is no longer available. Although by 2011 Bertke was consistently releasing his music under the alias "Pogo", and this release was made available on his Pogomix website, all files in this release attribute "Nick Bertke" as the artist in their metadata and nowhere on the download page is his alias mentioned. Furthermore, tracks 10 and 13 contain a "WWW" field in the metadata which holds the URL for Bertke's original website (www.NickBertke.com), where there was a section specifically for his Zelda remakes, so it is likely that the files in this release, or, at least, tracks 10 and 13, were the same ones that were first released on his original website. On the download page from Pogomix, Bertke gave the following information about this release: "These are my own renditions of the 'Zelda: Ocarina Of Time' soundtrack by Koji Kondo, which I composed in 2007 by listening to the songs from the game and drawing the notes I heard into the piano roll of FLStudio. The instruments are SoundFonts in all renditions except Lost Woods which I composed in 2009 using the East West Symphonic Orchestra VSTI. Initially, my goal in making these was to breathe some air into the songs of the game, but nowadays, I'd feel compelled to achieve a greater degree of orchestral realism if I was to approach the project again. As meticulous as it was, finishing one of these compositions was tremendously satisfying, and I hope to take another stab at it with a more advanced set of tools later this year." Corresponding to Bertke's description, all files are tagged as being made in 2007 except for "Lost Woods" which is tagged as 2009. Also, track 12 is given the fuller title "Hyrule Market" on the download page but is simply titled "Market" in the file's metadata. This release comprises MP3s of different bitrates: - Tracks 10 and 13 are 128 kbps; - Tracks 1 and 2 are 160 kbps; - Tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 14 are 192 kbps; - Track 6 is 320 kbps. Furthermore, tracks 1, 2, 10 and 13 are 48 kHz whereas all other tracks are 44.1 kHz

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	Koji Kondo , *1960 JP album by
	Nick Bertke , *1988 ZA created by, remade by, album by

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