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Zelda’s Midwest Emo Mixtape

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“Courage need not be remembered, for it is never forgotten” – Princess Zelda

In Zelda’s Midwest Emo Mixtape, Tune in with Chewie infuses The Legend of Zelda soundtrack with a different kind of nostalgia, melding twinkly guitars with lofi synths and ambient textures. It’s the perfect Zelda soundtrack for late nights, long days, or that emotional time in life.  No matter what you’re going through, we hope this album will help you through it. The album’s lead single Lost Woods (Saria’s Song) captures this sentiment in a single track.

Zelda’s Midwest Emo Mixtape is a new sonic experiment from Tune in with Chewie ( Nestor Estrada), the musician/producer behind dark lofi albums such as Samus & Chill and Souls & Chill. Shaped by his youth and growing up with emo bands, Zelda’s Midwest Emo Mixtape re-envisions fourteen timeless Legend of Zelda themes as never heard before. For more chill and downtempo Zelda interpretations, see the wider GameChops catalog including Zelda Tape 2.

Using the genre’s hallmarks of emotional guitar riffs, twinkling plucks, and nuanced reharmonization, Chewie creates a link between the worlds of gaming and moody ’00s nostalgia. 

The tracklist highlights music from the GameCube era’s Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, the Nintendo 64 classic Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword for the Wii, GameBoy handheld title Link’s Awakening, and the Switch’s modern classic Breath of the Wild. 

Featured composers include Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta, Koji Kondo, Hajime Wakai, Mahito Yokota, Shiho Fujii, Takeshi Hama, Minako Hamano, Kenta Nagata, and Manaka Kataoka. Zelda’s Midwest Emo Mixtape is out now on all online stores and streaming platforms! Support Tune in with Chewie and GameChops Unplugged by streaming, saving, and adding the tracks to your playlists.

Credits
Produced by Tune in with Chewie
Performed and Recorded by Nestor Estrada
Character Artwork by Cristina Gomez @adesignerlife
Environment Artwork by Sean Thurlow @seanthurlow
Mastered by Chris Davidson @videogamedj
Composed by Nestor Estrada, Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta, Koji Kondo, Hajime Wakai, Mahito Yokota, Shiho Fujii, Takeshi Hama, Minako Hamano, Kenta Nagata, and Manaka Kataoka
Originally from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword, Link’s Awakening, Wind Waker, and Breath of the Wild

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