Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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The Guardian Battle Theme is one of the best adrenaline rush-type songs I've heard in video games. After 4 years, people are a lot more experience and uh...fearless when it comes to defeating the guardians (seriously, have you seen some of those stylish deaths people are pulling off) but that theme still manages to give the whole event a hint of panic and anxiety. I've wanted to cover the Guardian Battle theme for years now. 1. because it's an amazing song and 2. because I wanted to learn how it was put together. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity gave me the chance to revisit the theme and fuse both of the arrangements together into the cover you see here. I can't say I learned anything from a...language(?) standpoint, but I feel like I have a better feel for putting something chaotic like this together one day. Maybe I'll compose an original in a similar style. OH also random fun fact, but the harmony in the six repeating notes are different in the two games. In Breath of the Wild, it's pretty much the same thing repeated but in Age of Calamity, the lower harmony is constantly changing (in a kind of chromatic pattern). Really goes to show how far they went with making the song both chaotic and coherent at the same time. A truly amazing song from my favorite game of all time. And now Age of Calamity drops today. I'm gonna go play that now. Enjoy my Metal Cover of "Guardian Battle" from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity!
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Guitars: Ibanez RGR652AHBF Prestige, Fender American Elite Telecaster, Schecter Banshee Elite 6 (with Seymour Duncan Alpha/Omega Pick ups)
Bass: Fender American Performer Precision Bass, Ibanez Soundgear
Strings: Elixir "Light-Heavy"
Orchestra: East West Symphonic Orchestra (Platinum Version)
Synths/Synth Drums/Various Instruments: Xpand!2
A bunch of other Stuff: NI Komplete 12
Interface: Line 6 UX2
Audio Software (DAW): Cubase 10 Pro
Tone Software: POD Farm 2 & Neural DSP Archetype: Nolly
Drums: Superior Drummer 3
Mixing/Mastering Software: Izotope 5
Video Software: Adobe Premiere Pro
Video Camera: Canon Rebel T5i
MIDI Visuals: MIDITrail
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-CREDITS-
Balloon Guy Animation done by oa.padron: instagram.com/oa.padron
Shady Cicada "Not like this" emote done by Chi: twitter.com/arc0717
Current Balloon Guy avatar drawn by Dorsa Bidhendi: instagram.com/dorsabidhendi
Shady Cicada Banner drawing by ShyGuyXXL: shyguyxxl.deviantart.com
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The Guardian Battle Theme is one of the best adrenaline rush-type songs I've heard in video games. After 4 years, people are a lot more experience and uh...fearless when it comes to defeating the guardians (seriously, have you seen some of those stylish deaths people are pulling off) but that theme still manages to give the whole event a hint of panic and anxiety. I've wanted to cover the Guardian Battle theme for years now. 1. because it's an amazing song and 2. because I wanted to learn how it was put together. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity gave me the chance to revisit the theme and fuse both of the arrangements together into the cover you see here. I can't say I learned anything from a...language(?) standpoint, but I feel like I have a better feel for putting something chaotic like this together one day. Maybe I'll compose an original in a similar style. OH also random fun fact, but the harmony in the six repeating notes are different in the two games. In Breath of the Wild, it's pretty much the same thing repeated but in Age of Calamity, the lower harmony is constantly changing (in a kind of chromatic pattern). Really goes to show how far they went with making the song both chaotic and coherent at the same time. A truly amazing song from my favorite game of all time. And now Age of Calamity drops today. I'm gonna go play that now. Enjoy my Metal Cover of "Guardian Battle" from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity!
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-Want to commission me for music/soundtracks? Check out the commission sheet/demo reel here!-
► bitly.com/HireShadyC
═══════════════════════════════════════════════
-FOLLOW ME-
► Subscribe: youtube.com/c/shadycicada
► Twitch: twitch.tv/shadycicada
► Gaming Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzlQ...
► BandCamp: shadycicada.bandcamp.com
► Twitter: twitter.com/shadycicada
► Instagram: instagram.com/shadycicada
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-EQUIPMENT-
Guitars: Ibanez RGR652AHBF Prestige, Fender American Elite Telecaster, Schecter Banshee Elite 6 (with Seymour Duncan Alpha/Omega Pick ups)
Bass: Fender American Performer Precision Bass, Ibanez Soundgear
Strings: Elixir "Light-Heavy"
Orchestra: East West Symphonic Orchestra (Platinum Version)
Synths/Synth Drums/Various Instruments: Xpand!2
A bunch of other Stuff: NI Komplete 12
Interface: Line 6 UX2
Audio Software (DAW): Cubase 10 Pro
Tone Software: POD Farm 2 & Neural DSP Archetype: Nolly
Drums: Superior Drummer 3
Mixing/Mastering Software: Izotope 5
Video Software: Adobe Premiere Pro
Video Camera: Canon Rebel T5i
MIDI Visuals: MIDITrail
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-MERCH-
► bit.ly/ShadyStore
-CREDITS-
Balloon Guy Animation done by oa.padron: instagram.com/oa.padron
Shady Cicada "Not like this" emote done by Chi: twitter.com/arc0717
Current Balloon Guy avatar drawn by Dorsa Bidhendi: instagram.com/dorsabidhendi
Shady Cicada Banner drawing by ShyGuyXXL: shyguyxxl.deviantart.com
► Sign up with DistroKid and get your music out there! distrokid.com/vip/shadycicada
