Jan 13 2009Zelda Theme A Capella: One Man, Four Hats
Zelda: I want to do her. And her video games are one of the few reasons I wake up every morning (that and writing for all you lovely people). Anyway, this is an a capella and violin version of the Zelda theme by a guy named Diwa de Leon.
This is my own rendition of the themes from Legend of Zelda game composed by Koji Kondo. Most of my picks came from Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past originally for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
Awesome. And if that didn't give you goosebumps, well, you're obviously not a hat lover.
Youtube
Thanks to fabian, jackie, and Arran, who love Zelda almost as much as I do, but can't have her because I already called dibs. And also, shotgun -- I hate riding in the back.
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Reader Comments
1. soup - January 13, 2009 4:27 PM
first!!
2. known - January 13, 2009 4:30 PM
Diwa de Leon looks a lot like GW, just a little shorter
NBD
3. formerly SPELLINGNAZI - January 13, 2009 4:31 PM
Um, not A Capella when it has musical accompaniment by violin.
4. Ollie Williams - January 13, 2009 4:48 PM
That's a dude?
5. Daisy - January 13, 2009 4:50 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max tells Baja I've got a hat on for you, and her Aunt from Boston slaps him.
6. known - January 13, 2009 4:52 PM
...a dude's dude
nBd
7. reffear - January 13, 2009 5:14 PM
Top ten!!
Wohoo!
8. Lokuz - January 13, 2009 5:49 PM
this video is by more enjoyable when you minimize the window and just let the audio play.
9. Grayson - January 13, 2009 5:53 PM
Um... A Capella is "vocal music without instruments." You can't have "A Capella and violin." If there's a violin, it's just singing.
10. Pat - January 13, 2009 6:06 PM
Wow, this guy is my hero. Also, he kind of looks like a pudgy Chow Young Fat.
11. Wygford of Providence - January 13, 2009 6:52 PM
(wipes tears)
Bravo mi laddie! Bravo!
12. Jimmy Jim - January 13, 2009 7:17 PM
didn't a guy do the same thing...but 30 times better with michael jacksons thriller? This asian guy should kill himself for putting this garbage out there.
13. db - January 13, 2009 9:27 PM
this guy is sooo ugly it makes me angry.
14. formerly SPELLINGNAZI - January 13, 2009 9:43 PM
@ 9: Is there an echo in here?
15. currently SPELLINGNAZI - January 13, 2009 10:14 PM
@9: is there an echo in here?
16. NVG - January 13, 2009 10:49 PM
Filipino.
17. Nick - January 13, 2009 10:58 PM
It would have been funnier if the title was "The Legend of Zelda: Four Hats Acapella" in reference to Four Swords Adventures.
18. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - January 13, 2009 11:21 PM
@ 15: That was actually kinda funny...
19. Sammywa - January 14, 2009 1:46 AM
The guy in the top right window weirds me out. Could be his face.
20. Normal - January 14, 2009 8:49 AM
This guy has one of the worst faces i've ever seen
21. Sleepeyes - January 14, 2009 9:38 AM
Violin hat is my fav one. I want one of those. Also Diwa is my newest husband. I Heart him.
22. Lio - January 14, 2009 10:16 AM
wtf? cant show appreciation to the actually talent of recreating a symphony effect all on his own, with just a violin?
dude has more talent in his ugly tooth, than all of you herbs put together.
23. Ollie Williams - January 14, 2009 10:21 AM
@22
Shut your dirty whoreish mouth.
24. Cats - January 14, 2009 11:25 AM
ollie likes to lick his own ass.
25. Ken - January 14, 2009 11:30 AM
This guy is so furkin talented, all you shit talkers combined don't even equal a fraction of an fraction of who he is. I think Nintendo should hire him as the executive music director
26. john - January 14, 2009 12:50 PM
@9: dude do you know anything about music ppl use acoustic guitars and shit in acaplleas all the time it just means singing it without like computers and stuff
27. Grayson - January 14, 2009 1:58 PM
@26 Not particularly well... but I know how to use a dictionary.
28. Pleasedontspamme - January 14, 2009 4:27 PM
Anyone else think the violin isn't quite on pitch? It's cool, but I wish it were cleaner sounding.
Also, the guy isn't really *that* bad looking. I mean, what did you want? To watch Zelda herself singing?? He's a *dude*, he's not required to look good.
29. belated SPELLINGNAZI - January 14, 2009 9:17 PM
@18: Thanks I try. God gave me a gift. So my girlfriend enjoys "bedtime". I have a sense of humour too.
30. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - January 14, 2009 9:46 PM
@ 26. You are retarded.
Look it up. You are obviously using a computer with internet access, so click over to Dictionary.com or even Wikipedia...
31. Courtney - January 14, 2009 10:17 PM
This guy is awesome! I love what he did. Great Violin piece too! Can he do Lord of the rings? <_<
32. Demosthnes - January 15, 2009 1:57 AM
did any one else notice that he NEVER blinks????
33. Lio - January 15, 2009 6:55 PM
@ 23, did i strike a nerve?
dnt cry, its ok to be talentless and dull.
one day you might be respected. one day...
34. mister6 - January 15, 2009 11:24 PM
seioursly!
who cares about how the guy looks? if you care about looks and belive that everyone has to look the way u want to... then your just...
well you get the point :D
if you go onto his site, this guy is pretty darn succesfull :)
35. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - January 16, 2009 4:03 AM
Still, nothing can top this:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1885588
36. Grayson - January 16, 2009 2:47 PM
@30 From dictionary.com: "applied 20c. to unaccompanied vocal music generally."
From wikipedia: "A cappella (Italian[1] or Latin "From the chapel/choir") music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment"
Zing.
37. Grayson - January 16, 2009 2:49 PM
Although I apparently don't know how to read, 'cuz you were talkin to 26, and I was 27.
Un-zing. Zing-arang comes back to me.