Gerudo Valley - flamenco guitar cover

Composed by Koji Kondo for the 1998 Nintendo 64 game, “Ocarina of Time” Guitar and all other instruments performed and recorded by Matt Sellick. All photography by Matt Sellick. I’m fascinated by the role of music in video games. When I was in high school, I arranged the music from games I loved, and begged my strings class to play my scores. Sometimes, I was successful. Transcribing and arranging music from video games helped me develop the skills I now use every day of my life. When I was a kid, my friends and I were all into the Legend of Zelda series. To be honest, I’d be lying if I were to say I’ve outgrown it. Around the time when I became interested in flamenco music, I realized that this particular Zelda theme was, more or less, rumba flamenca. I had intended to record my own version once I had the proper equipment, and, well, here we are … many years later. I wasn’t sure what to make for the video, because I really couldn’t picture filming myself running around with