Honours Dissertation Audio Figures
Facilitating expansion of the canonical harp repertoire through analysis, arrangement and legitimisation of video game scores
Paul Apostolos Loucas Nicolaou
[1] Alice Giles and Australia Ensemble UNSW, “Danse sacrée et danse profane, L. 103: I. Danse Sacrée (Arr. for Harp and String Quintet),” by Claude Debussy, Spotify, track 2 on Harp in Chamber Music, 2020, https://open.spotify.com/track/6gWTUjP2sVsiWGCJMKCAS2?si=8abc4a4d43b743ce.
[2] Koji Kondo, “Sheik’s Theme,” track 51 on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Original Soundtrack, 1998.
[3] Alice Giles and Australia Ensemble UNSW, “Danse sacrée et danse profane, L. 103: I. Danse Sacrée (Arr. for Harp and String Quintet),” by Claude Debussy, Spotify, track 2 on Harp in Chamber Music, 2020, https://open.spotify.com/track/6gWTUjP2sVsiWGCJMKCAS2?si=8abc4a4d43b743ce.
[4] Koji Kondo, “Open Treasure Box,” track 7 on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Original Soundtrack, 1998.
[5] Alice Giles and Australia Ensemble UNSW, “Danse sacrée et danse profane, L. 103: I. Danse Sacrée (Arr. for Harp and String Quintet),” by Claude Debussy, Spotify, track 2 on Harp in Chamber Music, 2020, https://open.spotify.com/track/6gWTUjP2sVsiWGCJMKCAS2?si=8abc4a4d43b743ce.
[6] Koji Kondo and Kenta Nagata, “Fairy Spring,” track 93 on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Original Soundtrack, 2002.
[7] Berlin Philharmonic and Herbet von Karajan, “Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: IV Scene. Andante,” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Spotify, track 9 on Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites, 1986, https://open.spotify.com/track/6MUqd6aXViIkylUx5MmIll?si=14856379d41b4ba4.
[8] Koji Kondo, “Title,” track 1 on The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Original Soundtrack, 1991.
[9] Christopher Larkin, “Greenpath,” by Christopher Larkin, Spotify, track 5 on Hollow Knight (Original Soundtrack), 2017, https://open.spotify.com/track/6fyI2QGPzUiqRHnuYD7oOp?si=fb40377c38a04eb9.
Figure 4.3
Koji Kondo: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998).
“Sheik’s Theme,” bars 1-4. [2]
Figure 4.2
Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane (1904).
I. “Danse sacrée,” bars 8-11.
Performed by Alice Giles and Australia Ensemble UNSW. [1]
Figure 4.5
Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane (1904).
I. “Danse sacrée,” bars 37-40.
Performed by Alice Giles and Australia Ensemble UNSW. [3]
Figure 4.6
Koji Kondo: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998).
“Open Treasure Box,” bars 1-2. [4]
Figure 4.7
Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane (1904).
I. “Danse sacrée,” bars 49-52.
Performed by Alice Giles and Australia Ensemble UNSW. [5]
Figure 4.8
Koji Kondo and Kenta Nagata: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002).
“Fairy Spring,” bars 2-5. [6]
Figure 4.9
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (suite) Op.20a (1900).
4. “Scène”: Harp Cadenza
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic / Herbert von Karajan. [7]
Figure 4.10
Koji Kondo: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991).
“Title,” bars 1-3. [8]
Figure 6.3
Christopher Larkin: Hollow Knight (2017).
“Greenpath” (opening harp motif) [9]