Piano notes scattered across silence like rain on a window. Breath of the Wild's sound selection from Manaka Kataoka and team threw out everything you thought a Zelda soundtrack was supposed to be and replaced it with negative space.
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The Shrine theme is basically four notes and a hum, and it burrows into your skull permanently. Kass's Theme brings this warm accordion melody that feels like running into an old friend on a cliffside. Then you hit Hyrule Field and realize the music is barely there on purpose, just these tiny piano fragments that let the wind do the talking.
Stables at night, though. If you've spent 200 hours in this game and never just stood still to listen, you missed half of it.