Zelda composer conducts his work on the Wii

by Ross Miller { May 31st 2006 at 6:25PM }

At the spry age of 20, classically-trained Koji Kondo joined Nintendo and, using 3 monophonic "instruments" and a "drum track" noise channel, composed some of the most memorable and everlasting theme music in gaming history, including all the Mario and Zelda titles (not to mention the seminal Super Smash Bros. Melee score, alongside a few others). So it is a little more than amusing to watch Kondo conduct his own work on the Wii Music Orchestrator at this year's E3.

Projectdose.com happen to videotape Kondo's performance and has posted it on YouTube (we have also embedded the video here, after the break). According to the site, Kondo scored 92 out of 100, which is both a testament to the Wiimote's accuracy and Kondo's ability to conduct lifeless polygons like they were lifeless real musicians.

Here is the video:

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

James Montagna @ May 31st 2006 6:30PM

I saw him doing this live, and I too got a pretty decent video of it. Maybe I should upload...

After this, he proceeded to play Wii Tennis with Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of Kirby & Super Smash Bros. Got a video of that too, if anyone is interested. :P

Kevin @ May 31st 2006 6:30PM

fIRST cOMMENT

Kevin @ May 31st 2006 6:31PM

First comment

jOEfRO @ May 31st 2006 6:37PM

this guy is awesome i wish i could do that and i will with my wii i cant wait till the wii comes out

Blink @ May 31st 2006 6:42PM

What a classic find. I just wish we had better angles for the video, but, I guess that's kind of a problem when they're on a rotating platform, and the line is moving the opposite direction. :P

Siong Leong @ May 31st 2006 6:46PM

is the wii's remote accuracy susposed to be a good thing of a bad thing?

Will @ May 31st 2006 6:46PM

Wait, so the composer of the actual music was only able to get a 92? Geez. I'll be lucky if I get a 60.

wanderer @ May 31st 2006 6:57PM

Looked like he slowed up some parts just to show that he could/he was actually controlling. 92's probably about right.

Poopmobster @ May 31st 2006 6:59PM

i'll be sticking with -20, since my eye hand coordination and my hand skills are pretty much under the title of "useless".

cakefoo @ May 31st 2006 7:11PM

The syncronization of the audio/video is very bad.

Rawnblade @ May 31st 2006 8:02PM

The music tempo didn't seem to match his pace at times, going slower I'd say. I dunno what to make of this, may just be the video.

Jesse 3rd @ May 31st 2006 8:21PM

6. Wait, so the composer of the actual music was only able to get a 92?

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You try it on a spinning platform with hundreds of people talking and distracting you, then tell me what score you get. :P

thatbox @ May 31st 2006 9:48PM

Three stills of him (the first is the worst):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thatbox/144428592/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thatbox/144428525/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thatbox/144428575/

MikeyJoe @ May 31st 2006 10:16PM

I want this game so badly, it's not even funny. It looks like so much fun and, since I'm a band geek, it will tone up my conducting abilities. I hope we have a selection of real music (a.k.a. Bach and Mozart, maybe comtemperary like Sousa and Copland) and Nintendo music. Also, hope the graphics are nice.

Make it realistic!