The Great Sea theme hits and suddenly you're ten years old sailing into nothing with zero fear. Wind Waker HD's sound selection keeps the cel-shaded energy of the original GameCube score but with a Wii U audio clarity that opens everything up.
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Dragon Roost Island is pure percussive joy, those bongos and that melody line bouncing off each other like sunlight on water. Windfall Island's theme does this thing where it sounds busy and peaceful at the same time, a whole town living in one loop.
Grandma's theme is maybe six notes and it still makes people tear up. Forest Haven with those soft woodwinds and layered strings. If you dismissed Wind Waker for its art style and never let this soundtrack wash over you, you missed out on some of Zelda's warmest music.