The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Soundtrack & Vinyl Releases Review

Nintendo officially revealed its new version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time during the Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct on September 8. The game launches November 5, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, with completely overhauled visuals, expanded and fully voiced cutscenes, refreshed sound, and symphonic orchestral music.

For us, the music might be one of the most interesting parts of the remake. Koji Kondo's original Ocarina of Time score is inseparable from the game, and hearing those familiar melodies with a much larger orchestral sound immediately gives them a different character. We've only heard a small part of the new score so far, though, and complete soundtrack credits haven't been announced. Nothing has been announced yet, but there is already one very good way to hear Ocarina of Time with a full orchestra — Hero of Time.

Nintendo describes the remake as featuring refreshed sound and "symphonic orchestral music." That's an important distinction from the original 1998 release. Ocarina of Time was written around the limitations of the Nintendo 64 hardware, but Koji Kondo's melodies have always translated unusually well to live and orchestral arrangements.

We don't yet know how extensively every piece has been rearranged, and Nintendo has not published complete music and arrangement credits for the remake. So we're not going to call the entire soundtrack a fully orchestral re-recording until more information is available.

What we can say is that the music heard so far is much fuller than the original N64 soundtrack while remaining immediately recognizable as Ocarina of Time.

Nintendo has confirmed that the remake features refreshed sound and symphonic orchestral music. The original melodies are still central to Ocarina of Time's identity, but the new hardware gives Nintendo considerably more room in how those melodies can be presented.

Beyond that, we're waiting for more information. Nintendo hasn't released a complete soundtrack, full tracklist, or complete remake music credits yet. Until it does, we'd rather judge the new score from what is actually available than guess at how every piece has been changed.

As of September 10, Nintendo has not announced an official vinyl soundtrack for the Ocarina of Time remake. Any release date, tracklist, or pressing information for a remake vinyl should therefore be treated as unconfirmed unless it comes from Nintendo or an official label partner.

There is, however, an officially licensed Ocarina of Time orchestral release already available. Hero of Time is a 22-track 2LP arrangement album released by iam8bit and Materia Collective, recorded by the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra and pressed on green and purple Rupee-colored 180-gram vinyl.

Again, it isn't the remake soundtrack. It's its own project based on the original Ocarina of Time score. If Nintendo eventually gives the remake its own vinyl release, the two albums would offer different orchestral interpretations of the same musical world.

Nothing has been announced, so this is purely our wishlist. If Nintendo does release the remake soundtrack physically, we'd much rather see a proper soundtrack release than a short selection of the most recognizable themes.

Hyrule Field, Gerudo Valley, Lon Lon Ranch, the temple music, major ocarina melodies, and the quieter environmental pieces are all part of what makes Ocarina of Time sound like Ocarina of Time. If the remake significantly expands those arrangements, we'd want enough vinyl sides to let them play out properly.

Most importantly, we'd want the actual remake recording. Hero of Time already exists as a great orchestral interpretation of the original score. A new vinyl release would be much more interesting if it documented the music created specifically for the Switch 2 remake.