Epona's Song debuted in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998 with music by Koji Kondo. Link learns the tune from Malon at Lon Lon Ranch, and playing it on the ocarina calls Epona the horse to his side. The melody became one of gaming's most recognisable short themes as the game sold millions of copies, and it spread further through ocarina covers, orchestral concerts and speedrunning streams. It remains a shorthand for cozy nostalgia and the open fields of Hyrule.