The Legend of Zelda/Awesome Music

The Legend of Zelda's Awesome Music. You surprised that there's a lot of it here? We aren't. Neither are these guys.

The Legend of Zelda Main Theme

 * The first song you hear in the game.
 * The melody that started it all.
 * Most Zelda music is, in some way, based on the original overworld theme. You can hear snippets of it it pretty much every tune that you hear outside of a dungeon, including the ones for specific characters.
 * How about the nice Tetris DS remix of the main theme?
 * The version of the main theme from the GameCube version of SoulCalibur 2 is the best version evereverever.
 * The Super! Smash! Brothhheeeerrrrs! ...versions. Even the synthesised one from the first game is awesome!
 * The 16-bit era was heralded in with this new arrangement of the classic Overworld theme.
 * The Majora's Mask main theme, orchestrated, a Bait and Switch of Hyrule Field's theme.

The Legend of Zelda (1986)

 * While everyone remembers the overworld theme, the underworld theme often gets neglected.
 * The Nintendo-published Pictobits includes a badass remix of Death Mountain (the final dungeon from the original game) by Japanese Chiptune band YMCK. After the original song plays for a bit, it speeds up and morphs into what can only be described as 8-bit metal, complete with a makeshift guitar solo.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

 * The prologue. Deride the game all you want, this is still a beautiful tune.
 * The Palace Theme. If bleeps and boops aren't your thing, here's the Smash Bros. Melee Remix.
 * The Great Palace Theme, and again, a Smash Bros. remix of it.
 * The Overworld Theme. As tough as the game was, this was a pretty nice rework of the original overworld theme.

A Link to the Past

 * This little ditty played at the title as the Triforce came together. Ocarina used it in a more subtle choral form for the moment when the Triforce was created AND the moment when the Sages helped Link enter Ganon's Castle. Wind Waker used it when a certain princess key to the Triforce was revealed.
 * Hyrule Castle, which eventually became one of Zelda's recurring riffs.
 * Zelda's theme and Ganon's theme, which made their debut here, are equally awesome. Both will go on to become leitmotifs for their respective characters afterward.
 * You got the Master Sword! Now go smite evil with it!
 * Appropriately, on its most essential level, this is a remix of the "You Got (Insert Important Item Name Here)" tune.
 * The Boss Clear Fanfare. Nothing says complete victory like this song, specially when you kill the final boss to get the Master Sword or free Zelda to break into Ganon's tower.
 * The Dark World theme.
 * And the orchestrated version is even better.
 * The other Dark World theme (Hidden Mountain and Forest), and its Brawl remix.
 * The credits music.
 * Expanding on that, the music played over the ending cutscene right before the credits, is just fantastic.
 * The Triforce Chamber. After being the piss out of Ganon, to hear this song tells you that you have arrive.
 * The opening demo is the song that DEFINES LttP. The melancholy feel of it foreshadows the mood of the game perfectly.
 * The Lost Woods theme made you wish you didn't have to draw the Master Sword, because after that point, this song is gone forever.
 * The File Select theme.
 * The final boss battle with Ganon.
 * The Light World dungeon music.
 * What?! no mention of Death Mountain and Skull Woods?

Link's Awakening

 * The Ballad of the Wind Fish, and the remix that plays with all eight Instruments.
 * This game's take on the main theme is unique, too - and definitely very good. It even got a Brawl remix, which also mixes in a little...
 * Tal Tal Heights. Probably the most popular tune from the game.
 * There's a pretty awesome piano rendition of Tal Tal Heights here.
 * The funny thing is, you don't actually hear this song in Tal Tal Heights, but in the Tal Tal Mountain Range instead.
 * Damn near all of the dungeon tracks in this game are catchy, and usually very sinister and oppressive:
 * Tail Cave starts out slowly but turns much more dynamic.
 * The BGM for Bottle Grotto is a spooky tune that fans of Super Mario World might find somewhat familiar...
 * Key Cavern opens with an in-your-face Scare Chord and then switches to Ominous Music Box Tune.
 * Angler's Tunnel is probably the least impressive of all the dungeon tunes, just being a sped-up version of the cave theme, but it's a surprising Ear Worm...
 * Catfish's Maw is very unsettling.
 * The hypnotic Face Shrine.
 * The ominous Eagle's Tower.
 * The last dungeon, Turtle Rock is a neverending slog of labyrinthe corridors and lava, and the music backs up the feeling of hopelessness and despair.
 * From the Updated Rerelease, the Color Dungeon's haunting remix of a Zelda 1 theme.
 * Combining the awesomeness of the Face Shrine and the Ballad of the Wind Fish, there's the Southern Shrine, a perfect music for.
 * The final credits.
 * The sheer joy distilled into Manbo's Mambo!
 * The Sword Search music. An awesome song to start the game. A little disappointing it was only played at the beginning before being overtaken by the overworld theme.
 * The opening sequence.
 * Nightmare Battles, a resounding and somewhat sinister Final Boss theme, which fits as you are in a fight for your life against

Ocarina of Time

 * The Hyrule Field theme. It's not the overworld theme, but it isn't a bad alternative, and it contains elements of the series's main overworld theme.
 * The theme is made up of various shorter segments, and which one played at what point depended on whatever Link was doing at the time
 * The Lost Woods, a.k.a. "Saria's Song." That is all.
 * This guy has a video teaching you to play it on the violin. And it is AWESOME.
 * Kakariko Village.
 * Has there ever been an Ear Worm quite like the Song of Storms? It's also featured remixed in this Brawl medley.
 * The windmill guy couldn't forget the song and neither can anyone else. So much so that it has been in at least four Zelda games.
 * Even more awesome in metal form.
 * The Gerudo Valley theme, good enough to be featured unaltered in Brawl, and awesome enough to get its own epic track on the 25th Anniversary Soundtrack that came with Skyward Sword.
 * Temple of Time. A rare case of Un-Ominous, Relaxing Chanting.
 * Especially the part that plays when you open the Door of Time! If pure awesomeness could be converted into 21-second music clips...
 * Zelda's Theme.
 * Which got better when it was done with an actual ocarina with harp accompaniment.
 * Even if it's only about 30 seconds long, there's gotta be some love out there for Sheik's Theme. Combined with the dialogue, it just works really well
 * The Forest Temple. If ever there was a music in a video game that makes you scared of discovering just what's behind the next corner, it is this.
 * The original chanting in the Fire Temple, before it was altered in later editions to respect the sensibilities of Muslims.
 * The revised version isn't bad itself, though it's kind of atmospheric for a temple in which it's possible to burn to death even with a tunic that negates convection.
 * If you can't imagine asses getting kicked from the music fighting Volvagia...
 * The Bolero of Fire
 * The Spirit Temple.
 * If you can, try to trigger the cutscene where you learn the Requiem of Spirit just as the sun sets. It fits the music.
 * And on the flipside, the Prelude of Light is ideal for playing at sunrise.
 * Koume and Kotake/Twinrova's Theme.
 * The Serenade of Water.
 * Ganon's Castle. Foreboding architecture? Check. Ominous pipe organs? Check. One hell of a confrontation at the top? You betcha.
 * Ganondorf's battle music.
 * The final battle against Ganon.
 * The end credits. Ten minutes of pure bliss and magnificence.
 * Goron City. It's the perfect Goron theme, and welcome in every game that's featured it since.
 * The title theme.
 * Listen to the very beginning of the flute melody in the title theme. You only need to listen to the first 20 seconds. Sound familiar? Oh, yes it does!
 * The chest opening theme.
 * The Minuet of Forest.
 * The Nocturne of Shadow.
 * Nintendo released a CD called Hyrule Symphony, which was a series of orchestral versions of the Ocarina Of Time music. It also includes a medley of all the main themes from the previous titles.
 * No links? For shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame.
 * The Shadow Temple theme. Dark, eerie, and frightening, yes. But that's also what makes it downright awesome. Definitely shows a grittier part of the game. The Shadow levels are large... but it's like the music itself is trying to trap you and sap your willpower.
 * The quiet, echoing flutes that play in the Great Deku Tree are very soothing.
 * And the steel drum-centric Zora's Domain theme captures the grace of its inhabitants quite well.
 * Lon Lon Ranch.
 * The Spiritual Stone Get song definitely counts.
 * The Boss Clear Fanfare. Better combined with the visuals.
 * No list of Awesome Zelda Music is complete without Ocarina of Time's signature song The Song of Time regardless of how short it is.
 * The new orchestrated medley played at the remake developer's part of the OOT 3D end credits. Being done by the same guy that gave us Super Mario Galaxy's awesome soundtrack, it's not only an incredible way to end an awesome remake, but it gives us a good look at how Skyward Sword's orchestrated soundtrack will play out.

Majora's Mask

 * The title theme. It starts out as a slower, more calming remix of Clock Town, but becomes more and more ominous as it goes on - by the end it's become kinda scary.
 * The Song of Healing's soothing powers are not limited to the video game world.
 * As well as the even more soothing version heard in the Clock Tower.
 * And who would think a song like that could sound sinister?
 * It's scary as hell, but the reversed Song of Healing deserves a place here.
 * There were tears shed when the cutscenes played after playing the song for Darmani and Mikau
 * Ah, Clock Town, the theme of which gradually morphs from cheerful to... disturbing. Its theme is at its most sedate on the First Day, but gets a little busier on the Second Day. And then its the Third Day, when civilization is beginning to break down in start gibbering terror as the moon gets lower and lower in the sky. Which leads to...
 * The Last Day. An evocative mixture of awe and dread, conveying a sense of unreality in the face of annihilation, and at the same time a serene acceptance of the inevitable. Nightmare Fuel AND a Tear Jerker in musical form.
 * It's even better in-game with the clock tower's echoing bells going off every few seconds.
 * Never fear, your ol' pal Kaepora Gaebora is here to trap you in some exposition when you select the wrong response.
 * The Pirates' Fortress.
 * The Astral Observatory, which is beautiful and ethereal, but also sad in some ways.
 * The Deku Palace music, and its orchestrated remix.
 * The bar music.
 * Although it's the Link's Awakening song In Name Only, "Ballad of the Windfish" as it appears in Majora's Mask: Link's four selves playing in perfect harmony, each of which contributes an indispensable part of the whole.
 * Romani Ranch. It's Lon Lon Ranch without the synthesized vocals.
 * There's also the music for the Stone Tower Temple.
 * The best part of the Stone Tower Temple music is that when you flip the temple upside down, the music is inverted too.
 * Also in Ikana, there's the music for the Ancient Castle of Ikana.
 * And at the end of Ikana Castle, when you learn the Elegy of Emptiness... When it's sung by the Skeleton King, it sounds so lonely and sorrowful.
 * I've always loved Majora's Mask's boss battle music.
 * It fits the race-style battle with Goht perfectly. And, somehow, the deep groans Goron Link makes when he's hit by Goht's lightning also blend with the music.
 * And the Oath to Order, especially when you play it at the end to summon the Four Giants.
 * Surely, perhaps Majora, had a good track to his name? Yes, and nice and creepy at that.
 * And at the end, some awesome credits music.
 * This one as well.
 * The Keaton Quiz music
 * The Bremen Mask March.
 * The final boss tracks.

Oracle of Seasons/Ages

 * The Dancing Dragon Dungeon from Oracle of Seasons. Just begs for a jazzy remix.
 * Also from Oracle of Seasons, the mildly sad theme of Tarm Ruins.
 * And the Sea of No Return from Ages. You can only hear it once in Seasons, but it compensates by offering you the Pirate's Gigue anytime you want.
 * And the ending themes, both are variations on the overworld theme.
 * Also the music heard just after the defeat of Ganon.
 * The Skull Dungeon from Ages.
 * And Nayru's Song, also from Ages. Her career as a singer may be only a cover for her true role as the titular Oracle...but that doesn't stop her from being damn good at it.
 * The theme of Horon Village in Oracle of Seasons should remind you of something...
 * Mermaid's Cave. That is all.
 * Sadness. Perfectly captures the feeling of sorrow, destruction, and despair that sets over the lands of Holodrum and Labrynna when the Oracles are kidnapped.
 * The Temple of Seasons theme. So mystical...
 * From Ages, the Moonlight Grotto, with a unusually "heavy" opening that almost sounds like a rock guitar riff.
 * Who knows where or when the Cut Song would have played, but damn if it isn't impressive.
 * Symmetry City's theme is cheery and catchy, but the melancholy remix that plays in the past is far more poignant.

The Wind Waker

 * The Legendary Hero which opens the game while the legend of the Hero of Time is told. Awesome.
 * Aryll's theme is heard within the Outset-island theme (along with the old Kokiri-forest theme), during her kidnapping and in both of her appearances in the Forsaken Fortress.
 * It is also, as one might assume, a key component of Aryll's Kidnapping. Absolutely heart wrenching when the main theme peters out around 0:54.
 * While it isn't the Overworld theme, the sailing music isn't bad to listen to, which is good, because you'll be hearing a lot of it. And then it gets cursed, and a familiar and ominous leitmotif is mixed in with it...
 * Dawn is no slouch, either. It's always smile-worthy to hear it in the middle of sailing.
 * Dragon Roost Island. That is all.
 * And Medli's Awakening, with this theme played softly with a guitar.
 * The battle with Molgera. So good, it was reused in Brawl without changing a single note of the original arrangement.
 * The Ganon's Tower version of Molgera is pretty neat too.
 * While we're on the subject, Ganon's Tower's Jalhalla battle theme had something the original didn't. It was already reminiscent of an Ominous Music Box Tune, but the distortion makes it sound far more appropriate for the ghostly boss it accompanies.
 * Tower of the Gods and the boss battle Gohdan.
 * Also, the Wind and Earth Sage's respective prayers.
 * If we're going to mention the prayers, we must also mention the game's theme song, which incorporates both.
 * Laruto's theme has some nice melancholy to it, while Fado seems to be cheerful even in death.
 * ...and of course, both prayers are rearrangements of "The Legendary Hero". Yeah!!
 * Now that's some good music for a duel with Ganondorf.
 * Farewell, Hyrule King. A melancholy piano arrangement of the now-classic Hyrule Castle music.
 * Before Tetra switched to having  for a Leitmotif, she and her crew shared this awesome music for a theme, which pretty much sums up everything you need to know about Miss Tetra's bumbling Pirates: So fitting.
 * The miniboss theme. The Western sounding tune makes it.
 * The musical nods to previous Zelda games' music are Crowning Music of Awesome in themselves:
 * Outset Island and Forest Haven (Kokiri Forest, Ocarina of Time)
 * Windfall Island (Kakariko Village, multiple games)
 * Hyrule Castle (same, A Link to the Past)
 * Phantom Ganon battle (final boss battle, A Link to the Past)
 * Hero of the Winds. Recognize this? Yes, it's the first games title screen, remixed! How awesome can you get?!
 * The dang victory theme. It really makes you feel like you accomplished something.
 * Grandma's theme. Depressingly awesome.
 * The Snake Form from the Puppet Ganon fight evokes the battle of a legendary Pokémon.
 * Or how about the game demo theme? A really cool mix of the Great Sea theme and the classic Zelda theme.
 * The fantastic Epilogue music is really inspiring, mixing Journey (The music you hear when you first depart from Outset) with the classic series theme.
 * Say what you will about the Fairy Queen, but her version of the fairy fountain theme is several kinds of awesome.
 * The Earth Temple theme, with its rhythmic drum and the didgeridoo.
 * The Staff Credits.

The Minish Cap

 * Mt. Crenel, an obvious homage to Link to the Past's Dark World (with bits of the original NES and Ocarina of Time overworld themes thrown in as well for good measure).
 * Then there's Rainy Mt. Crenel, which is an homage to the Falling Rain theme from A Link to the Past.
 * The Hyrule Castle theme never sounded as brooding as it did here...
 * Cloud Tops.
 * How about the triumphant remix from the credits?
 * The original Zelda's underworld music was used again in Minish Cap for the Royal Crypt.
 * It was also used in the Color Dungeon.
 * Take an Ominous Pipe Organ, give it a driving, Badass rhythm, add a little Harpsichord of High-Class Evil, and you get Vaati's theme.
 * Do all of the above, add the main theme back in, make it even more awesome, and you get Vaati's final battle theme.
 * His first two forms are no slouches in the music department, either.
 * The Temple of Droplets.
 * The Boss Music.
 * The Cave Music.
 * The Palace of Winds. A spine-chilling composition for an awesome dungeon.
 * Castor Wilds, an oppressive mix of the main theme for a swamp level. But the real awesomeness comes in...
 * The Wind Ruins. Take the Castor Wilds, give it a driving beat and a few more instruments, and add in the flute theme from the very first zelda game and you get this masterpiece.

Twilight Princess

 * The hauntingly beautiful title screen music.
 * The first time you go into the field and you hear this.
 * And there's also a beautiful remix of the main theme for the Fishing Hole area.
 * Also the Horseback battle music and the King Bulblin battle theme.
 * Twilight Princess also had this song, from when Midna is cursed by Zant.
 * The Zora Queen, Rutela. So beautiful and haunting and poignant and... perfect.
 * Which is, appropriately enough, a remix of the Serenade of Water from Ocarina of Time.
 * The Temple of Time showed up again--completely unaltered--in Twilight Princess... not just Crowning Music of Awesome, but a Crowning Moment of Awesome as well.
 * It's short, but the Master Sword theme. Mixing the original theme with the new theme...beyond words.
 * Stallord was an awesome boss, especially since the music was strangely familiar...
 * The theme of the Snowpeak Ruins.
 * Snowpeak itself. Very simple, but very eerie remix of the main theme.
 * The battle against Blizzetta, specifically phase two of it. Even better since, like all boss fights, the music changes if you get the upper hand in the fight.
 * As said above, there's this little ditty that plays whenever you expose a boss' weak point, and constantly cries out for more (da-da-da-da da da da!).
 * Remixed in Spirit Tracks!
 * The Hidden Village theme from Twilight Princess, which, like the Molgera music, is fitting enough to appear in Brawl without being remixed at all.
 * The actual battle with Zant. The same (twilight remix) theme plays throughout, gradually getting more complex, while combined with the themes of each boss Zant copies.
 * And this song played after each boss fight.
 * The Twilight Realm. Haunting, otherworldly, beautiful.
 * Twilight Princess's version of Hyrule Castle. Starts creepy, but as you progress, more and more elements of Ganon's Theme are woven in.
 * Then, when Link and Midna finally reach Ganon, he rises from his throne as an epically arranged version of the original Legend of Zelda's Ganon intro plays.
 * The first theme of the final battle. The sheer eeriness of hearing that rendition of Zelda's Theme.
 * Then comes the second theme, A.K.A. Beast Ganon's battle music. That eerie twist in the music and the chanting make you feel like you're trapped in Ganon's hell.
 * And afterwards comes the Horseback Battle with Ganon. With all that epic movement going on, the suspense makes you worry if you're gonna fall off Epona and get trampled by Ganondorf's ghost riders.
 * The final battle against Ganondorf in Twilight Princess is also particularly awesome, and also manages to use Ganon's regular theme in there as well.
 * The river music.
 * THIS is how you get someone to learn a skill.
 * The wolves' singing some of the most classic tunes in the whole series, as well as the all-new "Ballad of Twilight", it's all as hauntingly beautiful as the view of Hyrule when they're singing them.
 * A highlight of the entire game was playing the haunting, addicting melody of Requiem of Spirit In a wolf's voice.
 * Death Mountain
 * The credits theme.
 * The trailer theme.
 * Lake Hylia during the day has the absolutely lovely music, as befits the scenery.
 * The Malo Mart theme.
 * Sacred Grove theme. Just the perfect blend of ominous, ethereal, and blissful tones giving the impression that one get get lost forever in their dreams of the forest. Also a huge layer of nostalgia.
 * The music when you fight Armogohma evokes a Giant Spider stomping around insanely well. And then when you complete the first phase of the battle,
 * During most Boss Fights, when the enemy's weak point is exposed, an amazingly triumphant tune plays.
 * When a fragment of the Fused Shadow or Twilight Mirror is uncovered, a gorgeous, yet haunting theme plays.
 * Fyer's cannon theme is both hilarious and one of the most awesome earworms in the whole series.
 * Ook's Theme which is the very first miniboss theme sets the stage for many of the above songs.
 * And it gets remixed for part of the Zant fight.

Phantom Hourglass

 * Linebeck's theme
 * The Ocean King's theme
 * Tetra's gang
 * Boss theme
 * The fog music
 * The three phases of Bellum. Plus his own theme.
 * Also the credits theme. You can hear a bit of Link to the Past's ending theme, which is even more awesome.
 * The triumphant music that plays in pretty much every game when you get an important item is always pretty cool. Phantom Hourglass especially.

Spirit Tracks

 * The trailer theme, which, as many expected, turned out to be the overworld theme, is just way beyond awesome!
 * Here's the trailer, so you can listen to it yourself, but careful, it contains spoilers: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-zeldas-zelda-spirit/58651
 * For those who hate spoilers, the short version of the trailer has already been awesomely orchestrated by ZREO.
 * And of course, the whole song here. It's still every bit as awesome as it was in the trailer.
 * Every time Link plays one of the duets with a Lokomo includes some fantastic melodies, particularly the finale, when
 * Here's the finale. Also, the links to the Lokomo duets, which are short but awesome.
 * Chancellor Cole's theme is the perfect mixture of disturbing and regal-sounding.
 * Speaking of the good chancellor, there's also the version of his theme that plays while defending Zelda in one of the final boss phases. Yes, it was already awesome, this is just continuing the trend.
 * And then there's, quite possibly, the sweetest fifteen seconds of Spirit Tracks.
 * This is equal parts awesome and Oh Crap.
 * While Byrne's is just as awesome as you'd expect for the series' new resident Ensemble Darkhorse.
 * Byrne Helps Out, a remix of Byrne's theme with a bit of Zelda's Theme thrown in. Absolutely great.
 * His boss battle music is pretty durn catchy, too.
 * The song that plays once you're at the very top of the Tower of Spirits. As you progress up the stairs, the song gets more and more energetic. This is the finished result and it really gives you that sense of accomplishment.
 * Malladus' final boss battle music.
 * Both of the regular boss battle themes (yeah, there are two, like in Ocarina of Time) are among the better in the series, rivaling even Molgera!
 * The "Troubled" version of the overworld theme, which plays in the Snow and Fire Realms before their respective Temples are cleared, does a great job of conveying a sense of urgency. You definitely feel like you're in a place that's been thrown into disarray, and that it's imperative to set things right again.
 * Demon Train!
 * The remix of the Dark Train theme right before the Demon Train battle is pretty neat.
 * The real awesome only starts once you get the Invincibility Power Up. REVENGE, SWEET REVENGE!!
 * This track, which plays near the beginning of the game on the world map, when Link is still a trainee engineer, as well as later in the game during the Goron target range mini-game.
 * This track comes from right before the battle with Malladus, and it is a beautiful rendition of the Spirit Tracks overworld theme.
 * It starts with the opening. Yes, it's the fairy fountain theme again, but there's something inexplicably awesome about the 'backbone' of the track that the other versions lack.
 * Zelda's Theme sees a lot more use than usual, this time around-- and the variations go from soothing (moreso than usual, at least) adorably awkward to vaguely epic, if not a touch repetitive.
 * And then there's... this which is exactly what you'd expect from a sequence that involves sneaking around the castle courtyard and avoiding guards. It would have been right at home in Ocarina of Time, too.
 * Underwater is a nice, soothing track, to boot.
 * "Saying Goodbye" is a Tear Jerker distilled into musical form. Especially after the short track that accompanied  Beware-- the title of this song contains spoilers in and of itself.
 * The credits. That is all. Or not. C'mon, guys, it's the overworld theme mixed with even more awesome than before-- including a build-up perfectly suited to the game itself and a bit of the series' main theme thrown in for good measure. What's not to like?
 * The Spirit Flute's leitmotif is one of the recurring riffs throughout the game, and it definitely earns that position.
 * The song that plays when you first chart a course through any given realm is often overlooked-- since it transitions so perfectly into the overworld theme, which has already been listed-- but it's catchy enough to earn a spot here, too.
 * While it doesn't quite measure up to Wind Waker's, the miniboss theme isn't half bad, either.
 * Some of the tracks from after a boss is defeated are noteworthy, as well-- like The Force Gem Awakens and Restoring the Spirit Tracks (which may or may not be 'Restoring the Tower of the Spirits' instead. It's hard to tell with some of the track names.)
 * Sword Training and Intense Sword Training are both jaunty tracks that suit the minigame they accompany perfectly.
 * The Goron Village music; it's not quite the Goron City music, but the feel is largely the same. It's a nice change of pace once the latter gets old, though.
 * Spirit Tracks also brings us this rendition of Linebeck's theme. Not quite as epic as the original, but infinitely more cheerful.
 * There's also Invincibility from battle mode. Short, sweet and oh-so-satisfying.

Skyward Sword

 * This is the first Zelda with a fully orchestrated soundtrack. Considering that Super Mario Galaxy already got the orchestral treatment to its own awesome results, that alone is a sign that the music is awesome.
 * The main theme: 1 The Ballad of the Goddess. The 25th Anniversary version is even better
 * It's no surprise that that it's composed by the same guy as the Super Mario Galaxy games.
 * The theme that plays inside Skyview Temple is very foreboding and atmospheric.
 * Ghirahim's theme, both the regular version and the intense and whimsical battle version. And when a choir that's basically Ominous Latin Chanting minus the Latin is added...
 * The "Romance" theme, Zelda's and Link's Leitmotif in this game, subtly evokes Zelda's Theme in a manner similar to the main theme, and it's absolutely beautiful.
 * The music played in the opening could very well double as a Crowning Music of Scary.
 * The most epic final boss song in Zelda history.
 * Every version of the harp songs that Link plays in the game probably counts. Rather than go for quantity, the dev team definitely went of quality with those.
 * The Silent Realms, true to their name, have eerily calm ambient remixes of their normal-world counterparts. That is, until the Guardians start coming after you.
 * And here's the flying music. An epic song that you would expect for the "exploration" portion of the game.
 * Zelda's Lullaby makes a comeback, with a full orchestra backing it up. It'll bring tears to any Zelda's fan's eyes.
 * This theme for Moldarach and Koloktos is one of the most epic boss battle themes in the series.
 * As is this one for Scaldera and Tentalus.
 * The music for water-themed things has a general soothing East Asian vibe that will immediately dispel any bad memories Zelda fans have had of past water dungeons. First, there's Faron's theme, and then there's the Ancient Cistern, which some fans have even labelled the best dungeon music in the series.
 * Fi's theme, all four. Following Fi, Fi's Main Theme,  is a beautifully melancholy song.
 * Groose's theme is a deliciously pompous tune that perfectly suits Groose. It becomes surprisingly awesome when.
 * The battle music against the Imprisoned is epic, especially with the awesome percussion that is added in through Variable Mix, and when.
 * No better track to fight against
 * The way the Bazaar theme bends to fit each little area is magical.
 * The credits theme is an absolute triumph. It really imparts the feeling of having simultaneously finished and begun a Legend. And just try to hold back those Manly Tears when the Main Theme kicks in.
 * Message From the Goddess.
 * The file selection theme. It starts out quite reminiscent of previous versions of the same song, what with the characteristic harp solo, but when complementary strings come in halfway, it keeps you hooked.
 * The theme to Lanayru Mining Facility can be rather boring, but activate the Timeshift Stone, and you get this.

CDi Games

 * Who would have expected the The Legend of Zelda CDi Games to have awesome music? If only the games were as good as the soundtrack...
 * Just outside Duke Onkled's palace. It's great for that kind of situation, considering that the palace is one of the most important places plotwise.

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Symphony CD
So pretty much, the entire soundtrack is awesome.
 * The opening medley. Hello, Spirit Tracks overworld, Dragon Roost Island, and Dark World theme. (Amidst Others.)
 * Kakariko Village, with some Twilight Princess thrown in for flavor.
 * The Wind Waker symphonic movement. It lives up to its name; it will move you.
 * Why hello there, Gerudo Valley.
 * An odd addition it may have been, but the Great Fairy's Fountain sounds marvelous.
 * Wind Waker doesn't get all the fun. Say hello to the symphonic movement for Twilight Princess.
 * That final half minute is the most powerful on the CD.
 * The main theme to end all main themes gets its own medley.
 * Skyward Sword offers up the Ballad of the Goddess.

Others

 * While not in-game, the medley played by an orchestra at Nintendo's 2011 E3 conference for Zelda's 25th Anniversery was intended as a preview of how high quality Skyward Sword's orchestrated soundtrack will be. Listen to a cleaned up version here.
 * Anvil of Crom/Riders of Doom from Conan the Barbarian, which has undergone The Elfman Effect by being the BGM of several Zelda trailers from Ocarina of Time onwards. But probably the most epic usage was in the E3 2004 Twilight Princess trailer, which set the Darker and Edgier tone quite nicely.

Zelda Reorchestrated (ZREO)
You can find their main page here

Ocarina of Time:

 * Kokiri Forest and its Redux version.
 * Lost Woods.
 * Minuet of Forest and the Forest Temple.
 * Serenade of Water and the Water Temple.
 * Nocturne of Shadow and the Shadow Temple.
 * Bolero of Fire and the Fire Temple.....It BURNNNNS.
 * Kotake and Koume's Theme. Even those ugly witch bitches had to have an awesome theme song.
 * Requiem of Spirit and the Spirit Temple.
 * Ganon's Castle Bridge. A harmonious melody before such a climatic battle.
 * Ganondorf Battle. Amazing.
 * Gerudo Valley, Gerudo Valley Redux, and Gerudo Valley Redux v2. All awesome versions of one of the best songs in the game.
 * Temple of Time. Good for spirit visions and meditations.
 * Last Battle. As if it wasn't already one of the best pieces of VG music ever.

Majora's Mask:

 * Clock Town Day 1 and Clock Town Day 1 Redux. Oh ZREO! Why did you have to remix something already so fantastic!
 * Clock Town Day 2 and Clock Town Day 2 Redux. The kind of song you want to wake up to. The crispier remix makes it feels like every day is going to be a brand new adventure.
 * Clock Town Day 3. Probably the most horrifying and apocalyptic tune from Majora's Mask. It's no longer hiding behind the happy and cheerful first and second day song like the original, it's bursting out, drowning out the barely audible happy foreground and proclaiming: YOU. ARE. GOING. TO. DIE.
 * Calling the Four Giants. It really emanates the sense of weariness and sadness from the giants part as everything around them is falling apart.
 * The Final Hour. "We shall greet the morning...together". One of the best moments in the game.
 * Song of Healing. It's so heartwarming!
 * Clock Tower.
 * They manage to make the Pirate's Fortress pure, concentrated EPIC.
 * Stone Tower Temple is an excellent piece of music. And then ZREO took it and made it amazing.

Oracle of Seasons/Ages

 * Nayru's Song.

Wind Waker

 * Let's start with the Title theme and Title Redux.
 * The Great Sea, or Ocean. The opening build-up surprisingly gives a grand opening to the sailing theme. Man, oh man, if this played while sailing in Wind Waker.
 * The Legendary Hero. Sets the storytelling/prologue feel perfectly.
 * Outset Island.
 * Dragon Roost Island and Dragon Roost Island Redux.
 * The beautiful Credits Theme is already a gorgeous song by itself, but when fully orchestrated it's just awe-inspiring.

The Minish Cap:

 * The Cave theme.

Twilight Princess:

 * Armogohma (First Form). Makes even giant spiders awesome.
 * Hyrule Field: On Horse. and On Foot. Fantastic orchestral remixes that capture the adventure.
 * Sacred Grove.
 * Kakariko Village.
 * Title Theme. Spooky yet beautiful.
 * Enter Ilia. Ilia has one of the best themes in the game, up there with Midna's theme. Speaking of...
 * Midna's Suite.
 * Their Twilight Symphony project is looking amazing.

Spirit Tracks

 * Final Train Exam
 * In The Fields

Over Clocked Remix

 * "Braving Tal Tal Heights," Disco Dan's remix of the Link's Awakening theme.
 * Also by Disco Dan, "Triforce Majeure," an orchestral-techno remix of the Hyrule Castle theme.
 * DarkeSword decided the in-game version of Wind Wakers "Legendary Hero" was not enough, and so created his own version to great success.
 * DarkeSword also created Tattered Slippers, an orchestral remix of Midna's theme.
 * Cthonic's techno Link's Awakening medley, "It's My Turn to Dream." (With just a hint of Metal Man for flavor).
 * "A Storm in the Desert," by Unknown (yes, that's his handle). It's just part of his "Artifact of Power" series, the other entries of which OCRemix has deigned not to host, and may be lost to the internet.
 * "Of Twilight and Redemption" by zyko is also a remix from Midna's Lament.
 * "Party in the Shop" by Dr. Fruitcake. The classic shop theme never rocked so much.
 * "Falling Back" by Darangen. A Zelda remix that manages to tell a story while still rocking beyond belief? Yes, please!
 * "A Fate Preordained" by LindsayAnne Klemm.
 * "Fear And Sufferance" by K. Praslowicz, a rendition of the original Zelda Overworld Theme on electric guitar, that must be heard to be believed.
 * "A Hero's Legacy" by Evan Pattison aka Starblaze.
 * "Pachelbel's Ganon" by djpretzel.
 * "Rime of the Wanderin' Seafarer" by zyko is a remix of "Dragon Roost Island".
 * "Nullification" by PrototypeRaptor. The original Zelda dungeon theme, Dubstep style. Be sure to have a clean pair of underpants at your disposal.
 * For the 20th Overclocked Remix album, they chose Link's Awakening. The entire album, Threshold of a Dream, has a beautiful, ethereal, dreamlike quality.

Other Fan Remixes

 * Wind Waker's opening theme done by one man.
 * A Spanish Remix of Gerudo Valley.
 * A fan-made vocal version of Molgera's theme.
 * This remix of the Stone Temple Theme from Majora's Mask is gorgeous and eerie. Listen.
 * Ballad of the Wind Fish done on the right instruments! (Actual song starts at 3:09 into the video.)
 * Fox Amoore's Ballard of the Windfish is just... beyond words.
 * And these arrangements.
 * Josh Koen's take on the Song of Storms is just... Awesome.
 * The rendition of the credits THIS guy made at Newgrounds. All the memories, in a 4 minute package.
 * This extended version of the Song of Healing, arguably even better than the original.
 * This and the reversed version, two remixes of the Final Hours from Majora's Mask. They make you feel like you're falling through time...
 * This highly emotional remix of Tarm Ruins.
 * Newgrounds (let's face it) has a lot of talented people making songs and posting them there. Among them is a Midna's Lament remix, several versions of the Song of Storms, and more. SO MUCH MORE!
 * DJ Ephixa on YouTube brings the "Zeldastep" collection of dubstep remixes to the table. Here's a sample.
 * The Lost Woods Dubstep Rap remix.
 * Majora's Mask Metal Medley. Listen to it here.
 * Minuet of Forest by strike911, which also has parts of the Song of Storms. Beautiful stuff.
 * Pretty much everything by hylianensemble. They keep the songs Zelda-style, but make them SO MUCH BETTER. (And no, those three songs aren't the only ones there.)
 * Song of Healing on guitar... hauntingly soothing. Also Song of Storms on guitar.
 * The Fairy Fountain remix heard in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, during the dream sequence where Scott sees Ramona skating down the hallway and to his door. It is a beautiful remix.
 * A Zelda medley by Lindsey Stirling. Songs are mainly from Ocarina of Time by the sounds of it, but it includes the overworld theme as well. Played absolutely beautifully on violin.
 * Zelda's Lullaby on Pluck for the iPad. Short (only bout a minute long), but very beautiful.
 * While not as awesome as some of the remixes on this page, this remix of Dragon Roost Island is still pretty awesome.
 * A rare example from a professional musician, but DJ Zedd's remixed version of the main theme is pretty kickass.