In 1994, Nintendo released the Sound and Drama album of Zelda music in Japan. The album was a two-disc set, the first disc containing a synthesized orchestral soundrack of A Link to the Past. The second disc had the original soundtracks of The Legend of Zelda and A Link to the Past on them. A very interesting part of the first disc was the very last track on it, "Sound and Drama." This track was a 17-minute audio drama giving a backstory on Link and his mission to protect Zelda! There was a full cast of characters with voice acting, music, and sound effects. It's a very interesting thing to listen to, but unfortunately, non-Japanese speaking Zelda fans have never been able to understand it.
That changes today!
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