The titular Ocarina from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has long been one of gaming’s most recognizable instruments, inspiring a generation of musicians to play recognizable ditties at anime conventions. But in truth, the original N64 version’s in-game ocarina was fairly limited in terms of what it could do outside the bounds of Nintendo’s own tunes. All these years later, the remake has expanded that functionality.
This has opened the floodgates for players to recreate a plethora of popular songs in Ocarina of Time remake. For example:
Ladies and gentlemen, I present Link-in Park pic.twitter.com/mcv7sfafEM
— Steven 💎 (@StevenxTCG) November 6, 2026
My Magnum Opus
— Il Seven lI (@MGylseth) November 7, 2026
Concerning Hylians pic.twitter.com/h8V5Kpxkhv
I remade the smash ultimate theme in OOT!!!! pic.twitter.com/P93ARU1uqQ
— LRA | Jellyfish (@jellyfish12371) November 6, 2026
Here is my rendition of Link playing FF7’s Main Theme on the ocarina 🥹
— ☆オードリーAudrey☆ (@aitaikimochi) November 9, 2026
I found that you can actually play more notes than what is shown on screen!! pic.twitter.com/KZRN1eHnbB
Others have taken to using the in-game ocarina as an instrument to supplement their own songs and covers:
In one case, Link even joined a band:
At this rate, it’s only a matter of (ocarina of) time until he gets a record deal. That’ll probably spell doom for Hyrule, but at least the soundtrack will be nice.
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