Zelda Songs Analysis

When I was just a toddler, I would try to climb in the dishwasher and take everything out while mom was trying to do the dishes. In order to keep me from doing that, dad needed to play video games as long as they entranced me. One of the games he played was The Legend of Zelda. Growing up with this game and spending time with my dad while he played it fueled the love I developed for this game and it’s music. The first four songs on the soundtrack of my life, composed by Koji Kondo, are songs from that video game. The game and songs have become very sentimental to me for that reason.
The first song on my soundtrack is Zelda’s Lullaby. Zelda’s Lullaby is a soft, sweet little melody, just like me. The song portrays the innocence of my younger days. I have learned how to play it on the clarinet and I do so often. In the game, the song plays when Link meets Princess Zelda for the first time, and they are both children. Though a hint of evil is present when the bad guy, Ganondorf, is …show more content…
The song is about how God’s number one rule is that he comes first, and he does not play second fiddle. I absolutely love it, because I needed that reminder at a low point in my life, and it truly helped me refocus myself. Furthermore, my Papa was a tremendous fan of the Gaithers, and it reminds me of him. Papa fought cancer and did not win, so this song has a special place in my heart.
The Coloring Song by Petra, another Christian band, is also very dear to me, but in other ways. It is about the colors of being a Christian, and I’ve loved it ever since I was little. Dad and I used to always listen to it together and try to sing it all the way through, which was difficult, since there never seemed to be any time to breathe. Some of my best memories of dad and I in his truck involve us laughing as we try to sing that whole song without breathing and him laughing at me as I didn’t sing the lyrics