Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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'The Great Sea is Cursed', from the Wind Waker soundtrack, takes the inviting, adventurous great sea theme we all know and love and creepifies it. Tritones, clashing harmonies, and references to past themes come in to transform the heroic into the horrifying.

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0:00 - The Great Sea is Cursed
0:58 - Iconic Cello Ostinato
5:10 - Tritone-ifying the Melody
7:22 - Creepy 4ths
8:20 - Ganondorf's Theme
11:22 - Outro

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