It looks like it's time for another game to have its wonderful music immortalized in vinyl once again. Thanks to iam8bit, we'll be seeing more of that in the 64-piece orchestral version of "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time."
According to recent reports by Polygon, the vinyl album goes by the name of "Hero of Time," a collaboration between iam8bit and Materia Collective. The two have previously worked on the soundtrack of "Undertale" just recently.
Just so everyone knows, iam8bit is a group that handles distribution of the music on record, while Materia Collective is in charge of handling the digital distribution of the music.
The collection will be featuring a 180-gram heavyweight colored vinyl, along with a diecut Ocarina window, Triforce symbol in gold foil stamping, and gatefold artwork in collaboration with Materia Collective. Speaking of artwork, the design will be done by artist Ryan Brinkerhoff. Composer Eric Buchholz will be arranging and composing the music of "Ocarina of Time," while the 64-piece Slovak National Symphony Orchestra will record the music live next month at at Studio 1 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The vinyl record for "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" is set to ship worldwide beginning in Q2 2017 at the price of $40.
The "Zelda" franchise isn't the only thing has gotten a vinyl record recently. Just a few months ago, Sony had just collaborated with iam8bit to compose a soundtrack on record for Team Ico's "The Last Guardian," which will feature composer Takeshi Furukawa's work. The vinyl soundtrack of "The Last Guardian" will be released sometime Q1 2017, but fans can get the preorders for $35.
Speaking of these games, "The Last Guardian" has just been released a few days ago, and has gotten generally well-received reveiews. The next "Zelda" game will be "Breath of the Wild," which will be released exclusively for the Nintendo consoles such as Wii U and the upcoming Switch sometime on 2017.
