Silence is the actual instrument here and it took me way too long to appreciate that. Breath of the Wild's original soundtrack is Manaka Kataoka and Yasuaki Iwata deliberately pulling back from everything Zelda music had been before.
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Overworld Day is barely there, scattered piano notes that dissolve into wind and birdsong, and it works because Hyrule feels empty. Then Hyrule Castle hits and suddenly the full orchestra erupts with Ganon's theme woven through layers of desperate intensity.
In the Guardian's Sights triggers actual fight-or-flight with those stuttering piano stabs. Stone Talus Battle going harder than any rock boss deserves. If you thought this game had no music, put on headphones and actually listen to the 211 tracks on this box set.