Music of Chrono Trigger

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The music of the Chrono video game series, comprising Chrono Trigger, Radical Dreamers, and Chrono Cross, was mainly composed by Yasunori Mitsuda.

Albums

Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version

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The Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version is a soundtrack of the music from Chrono Trigger, produced by Yasunori Mitsuda and Mitsunobu Nakamura. The soundtrack spans three discs and 64 tracks, covering a duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes. It was published by NTT Publishing on March 25, 1995,[1] and re-published on October 1, 2004.

Yasunori Mitsuda was the composer of most of the original soundtrack, with contributions by Nobuo Uematsu. Uematsu composed "Silent Light," "Mystery of the Past," "People Who Threw Away the Will to Live," "Bike Chase," "Underground Sewer," "Primitive Mountain," "Burn! Bobonga!," "Tyran Castle," "Sealed Door," and "Demo - Mystery of the Past"; he arranged "Boss Battle 1," composed by Noriko Matsueda.


Other versions and remastered compositions include Chrono Trigger '99 (orchestral rearrangements) and Chrono Trigger Official Soundtrack: Music from Final Fantasy Chronicles (remade tracks).[2]

Chrono Trigger Arranged Version: The Brink of Time

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The Chrono Trigger Arranged Version: The Brink of Time is an album of jazz rearrangements of the music from Chrono Trigger, composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, arranged by Hiroshi Hata, Hidenobu "KALTA" Ootsuki, and Gizaemon de Furuta, and performed by the band Guido. The soundtrack spans one disc and 10 tracks, covering a duration of 53 minutes. It was published by NTT Publishing on June 25, 1995.

The album was the first for which Mitsuda had to work with live recordings. It was also the first recording which KALTA worked on. Brought into the project through his bandmate Hiroshi Hata, KALTA initially looked down upon game music and felt the original songs were too different from the acid-jazz songs he had in mind. However, he eventually grew accustomed to them, finding them "fun to arrange" and being able to "understand [their] true 'meanings'".[3]

The cover art of the album depicts a plate of fried eggs between a fork, knife and glass, while the inside booklet depicts a rooster which was specifically brought into the studio for the photo shooting. Several eggs had to be fried before the designers could settle on the correct shape. Similarities have been noticed between the album's cover art and that of Nick Heyward's 1993 album From Sunday to Monday. Mitsuda had left a designer to create the cover art, and does not know if the similarities are intentional.[4]

track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Chrono Trigger"6:13
2."Secret of Forest"6:10
3."Zeal Palace"4:46
4."Warlock Battle"3:46
5."Chrono Corridor"7:15
6."Undersea Palace"4:09
7."World Revolution"6:03
8."The Brink of Time"2:45
9."Guardia Millennial Fair"6:28
10."Outskirts of Time"5:08

Chrono Trigger Original Soundtrack

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Chrono Trigger Original Soundtrack, often to as "Chrono Trigger '99" or "Chrono Trigger PSX OST", is a greatest hits album featuring 21 tracks from Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version and nine arranged tracks from the PlayStation release. The album was re-released to accompany the game's remake on the PlayStation.[5]




Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack

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The Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack is a soundtrack of the music from Chrono Cross, composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. The soundtrack spans three discs and 67 tracks, covering a duration of 3 hours. It was published by DigiCube on December 18, 1999.





Chrono Cross Music Selection

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Included exclusively in the U.S. as a pre-order bonus of the Playstation 2 game Chrono Cross, this soundtrack consists of five tracks: "1. Chrono Cross - Scars Of Time -", "2. The Bend Of Time", "3. Chronomantique", "4. Magical Dreamers - Wind, Stars, And Waves -", and "5. The Girl Who Stole The Star".

The album was composed by Yasunori Mitsuda and published and produced by Squaresoft and is not available for physical or digital sale at this time.

track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Chrono Cross - Scars Of Time -"2:30
2."The Bend Of Time"2:47
3."Chronomantique"3:17
4."Magical Dreamers - Wind, Stars, And Waves -"3:33
5."The Girl Who Stole The Star"3:44


Chrono Trigger Orchestra Extra Soundtrack

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Included exclusively as a pro-order bonus of the DS Port of Chrono Trigger, this soundtrack consists of two tracks: "Chrono Trigger ~Orchestra Version~" & "Chrono Trigger Medley ~Orchestra Version~" spanning the songs "A Premonition", "Guardia's Millennial Fair", "Yearnings of the Wind", "Frog's (Kaeru's) Theme", "Battle with Magus", "Epilogue ~To Good Friends~", and "To Far Away Times".

The CD itself came in a single sleeve with a short note from primary composer Yasunori Mitsuda. The album was published and produced by Square Enix and is not available for physical or digital sale at this time.

See also

References

  1. ^ Discography and release information regarding the Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version.
  2. ^ Discography of the Chrono Trigger Soundtrack from Final Fantasy Chronicles.
  3. ^ Procyon Studio staff (2000). "This month's friend… KALTA". Procyon Studio. Retrieved 2008-07-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Yasunori Mitsuda (2002). "Questions from April, 2002". Procyon Studio. Retrieved 2008-07-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Mattich, Ryan. "Chrono Trigger OST". RPGFan. Retrieved 2009-11-18.

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