I think some people forget that in game this song plays in ONE area, and a short area too. Yes you go through it like 4-5 times during the game's story, but even then it's unlikely you're going to be there for longer then 5 minutes total, and yet this is one of, if not the best pieces of music in the entire game.
It was a perfect storm. IIRC, this was the first big project for Mitsuda, so he had a lot of music he was working on and polishing already put into the soundtrack. His later stuff is still great, Chrono Cross especially, but there isn't a dud tune in the whole Chrono Trigger. I don't like 2300 A.D. over world ... but that's because the music cuts out. This said, I loved running around the world as a kid, not even doing anything. I went to Guardia Castle so much it's ridiculous.
@@benabaxter that's the hallmark of good RPG music. it makes you not only not care about retreading the same maps over and over, you downright look forward to it.
Technically three different areas (Guardia Forest, Cursed Woods, and the wooded area with the blue pyramid near Medina) but yeah, all are ridiculously small and visited sparingly. You have to WANT to hear this whole song to actually hear it. It's criminally hidden and if you don't slow down for it you'd never realize how satisfyingly complex it can be for such a forgotten early game track. Secret of the Forest is my absolute favorite and not talked about enough along the likes of Corridors of Time or the other popular tracks. It's so calming and serene. Mitsuda made an absolute banger here and I can't help but stop and stand in Guardia Forest for ten minutes or so at the beginning of every playthrough.
Pedal Harp Double Bass Yamaha Piccolo Czech Violin Djembe Double Tambourine Electric Piano Bawu English Horn Keyed Flute French Horn Bb Clarinet Snare Drum Beautiful Forest
Yatsunori Mitsuda will forever go down as one of the greatest video game composers to ever live. Even other great game composers like Koji Kondo and Toby Fox paid homage to this incredible man
You do realise Yatsunori Mitsuda took a bunch of sample music and just changed the sound of an existing tune? I watched a video where someone managed to get most of the original music he took as 'inspiration' and whipped up new soundtracks under a deadline.
Nevermind your musical talent, having access to all these instruments and all the work and equipment put into recording and editing these videos is almost as impressive as your playing. Congrats, love your channel! Please keep doing these videos!
I've played Chrono Trigger for decades now, and it's music is what transports me into the game's world. Luke, this was a fantastic cover. I closed my eyes while I listened, and was transported into this world that I love. Well Done.
Chrono Trigger might be almost 30 years old, but it never ages. Your cover is phenomenal, I could listen it in loops for hours. Can't wait to see more of this OST on your channel
CHRONO TRIGGER YEEEEEAH never failing to miss sir, this is beautiful, nostalgic, whimsical, worth laying down on the ground looking upwards just enjoying the music. and as always, the diversity of instruments is captivating, and seeing winds playing strong parts of the song is always a delight. and thanks for sharing the forest and nature footage
Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu, and Motoi Sakuraba made my childhood. And teens. Still love them all now that I'm in my 40s. Honorable mention to Michiru Yamane! Would love to hear more from any of them.
Chrono Trigger has such an amazing soundtrack and this cover was beautiful. I, like many others, REALLY hope you'll do more Chrono Trigger songs in the near future!
I can't tell you how much I appreciate the mixing. Normally wind instruments at this pitch make my ears wanna bleed but everything here is so soft and nice. Beautiful rendition 😮
I don't know anything about Chrono Trigger, but this arrangement is lovely, another testament to your astounding abilities. I know your career and hobby are very different paths, but it'd be great to see you scoring a game or film/show some day. The dedication and hours of work are evident.
Chrono trigger soundtrack will always have a place in my heart Special shoutout to this one, shcala's theme and zeal palace, but all of them are such masterpieces I still keep them in my spotify and youtube list
Beautiful. Everything sounds like what you imagine they sampled for the SNES sounds. Like the lofi-ness is a fog that has been lifted, now being heard clearly.
Bro, I have been listening to the 8 hour version of this OST since I was 17... You do not know the joy I felt when I heard the strings picking a familiar tune
C-Trigger definitely has one of the best soundtracks to a dramatic, immensely powerful storyline ever crafted. Over the decades, I've always held to the belief that the game, script, characters, and so forth were "good"... but the MUSIC... was bloody EXEMPLARY. :) Without this kind of score, the game and its semi-cartoonish storytelling (not necessarily a bad thing, btw!) wouldn't have been as powerful.
It's beautiful, I hope this sets a precedent and we start seeing more Chrono Trigger covers. Personally I would like a version of The End Of Time in a Waltz style.
Now THIS is why I play the double bass. That dense, woody, sometimes Smokey and absolutely serene timbre… you just can’t get that sound out of any other instrument.
that was incredible. I was mesmerized by the whole track, but the part where it all swells and the french horn and a clarinet and all the other instruments, that was intense
C’est tellement envoutant et doux. On entendrai presque le bruissement d’un cours d’eau et des feuilles dans les arbres. Je trouves ça poétique. C’est magnifique. Merci pour ce morceau.
Oh wow this is beautiful!! If you plan on doing more Chrono Trigger, maybe a Wind Scene interpretation would be interesting from you! Amazing work as always 💜
The nature sounds remaining for so long at the end really adds to the listening experience, reminds you to slow down a bit and take in the environment.
Wow, I try to find all covers of Chrono Trigger songs and yours by far has been the most faithful reproduction of this song I've ever heard. You did an amazing job.
Thank you so much for putting so much effort into this lovely piece! I loved the bawu, what a great addition to this piece. It's "breathy" in a way that really adds to the piece
Luke this is NEXT level stuff, gives the vibe of a real remaster/remake and has the level of polish you hear in jrpg’s today. If the pfp isn’t obvious I’ve been here since your Thomas Days and it’s so awesome to see the growth with your covers and how versatile you are as an artist
This is a masterpiece, Chrono Trigger is my favorite game, this is my favorite song on it, and i love playing it on my bass Thank you for such a great cover, i aspire to be a musician as good as you someday
I love all of your covers!!! Even though I haven't played all the games or even heard the songs that you cover! Your covers really are a fantastic way to experience music for the first time
Wow. This is magical!! This is absolutely my favorite cover of this song I have ever heard, you recreate the feeling of the original in a way that doesn't feel foreign! When the piano was introduced at 0:50 i got goosebumps
Ok, you got me. I wasn't expecting it to sound so full about a quater in the song. If anything this shows your understanding of mixing, and understanding of the instruments you play. This song has always interested me as a child despite every song is a DAMN BANGER in that game.
I think some people forget that in game this song plays in ONE area, and a short area too.
Yes you go through it like 4-5 times during the game's story, but even then it's unlikely you're going to be there for longer then 5 minutes total, and yet this is one of, if not the best pieces of music in the entire game.
It was a perfect storm. IIRC, this was the first big project for Mitsuda, so he had a lot of music he was working on and polishing already put into the soundtrack.
His later stuff is still great, Chrono Cross especially, but there isn't a dud tune in the whole Chrono Trigger. I don't like 2300 A.D. over world ... but that's because the music cuts out.
This said, I loved running around the world as a kid, not even doing anything. I went to Guardia Castle so much it's ridiculous.
@@benabaxter that's the hallmark of good RPG music. it makes you not only not care about retreading the same maps over and over, you downright look forward to it.
And that’s exactly how they kept the secret of the forest
It's so crazy to think about this! Seriously his music is what makes the game in a lot of ways 👏
Technically three different areas (Guardia Forest, Cursed Woods, and the wooded area with the blue pyramid near Medina) but yeah, all are ridiculously small and visited sparingly. You have to WANT to hear this whole song to actually hear it. It's criminally hidden and if you don't slow down for it you'd never realize how satisfyingly complex it can be for such a forgotten early game track.
Secret of the Forest is my absolute favorite and not talked about enough along the likes of Corridors of Time or the other popular tracks. It's so calming and serene. Mitsuda made an absolute banger here and I can't help but stop and stand in Guardia Forest for ten minutes or so at the beginning of every playthrough.
Luke casually beating the record of Chrono Trigger cover with the most unique instruments
You can't hide from The World Revolving cover, Luke
no, he cannot
Indeed, he cannot
Truly
Soon...
He can do anything!
2:50 using the upright bass like that to get that sound is so smart!!! I've seen it done with a conga slide but your way of recreating it is so cool!
omg hiiiiii
A shock to see my two favourite composers and arrangers on this one video.
Love your music carlos!
Thanks Carlos! It was one of those weird little sound puzzles and that's what I came up with😂 looking forward to seeing you perform at VGM con!
@@InstrumentManiac check out PPF's cover of the same song to see the conga slide
Pedal Harp
Double Bass
Yamaha Piccolo
Czech Violin
Djembe
Double Tambourine
Electric Piano
Bawu
English Horn
Keyed Flute
French Horn
Bb Clarinet
Snare Drum
Beautiful Forest
Thank you!!!
Yes, Patrick, a forest is an instrument.
Not even gonna pretend, this made me tear up. God damn that's beautiful and hurts in the right places.
Yatsunori Mitsuda will forever go down as one of the greatest video game composers to ever live. Even other great game composers like Koji Kondo and Toby Fox paid homage to this incredible man
What's the little flourish they sometimes use in their songs? Starts high, holds for half a beat, and quickly drops down three notes?
@@GwynC it's simple
Mitsuda lick
Kondo, Mitsuda, Sugiyama, and Uematsu. Can't rank them (Uematsu is my favorite lol), but they are the pantheon of RPG composers.
@ImpmanPDX and David Wise
You do realise Yatsunori Mitsuda took a bunch of sample music and just changed the sound of an existing tune? I watched a video where someone managed to get most of the original music he took as 'inspiration' and whipped up new soundtracks under a deadline.
Chrono Trigger has one of the most cinematic soundtracks of any game in my opinion. So glad you chose to do this! Love this cover!!
It really does!
Rest in peace, Akira
rip ♥
Leave me alone !
**Ding**
@@ScareFire I'm actually not surprised :)
Rest in Peace Akira
Nevermind your musical talent, having access to all these instruments and all the work and equipment put into recording and editing these videos is almost as impressive as your playing. Congrats, love your channel! Please keep doing these videos!
Thank you!
Dude you really did something beautiful, it's like we were inside the game. please make the whole soundtrack
Best musician on TH-cam.
Luke, buddy, pal, ney... bestie!
You are already doing chrono trigger, so please, have a heart, do corridors of time while you are at it.
PLEASE
YES!!! I love Corridors of time!!!
Please ;)
Don't forget frog's theme, it's my personal favorite song from Chrono trigger.
Anything Chrono Trigger / Cross is worth the wait! It's obvious the end result will be awesome.
I've played Chrono Trigger for decades now, and it's music is what transports me into the game's world. Luke, this was a fantastic cover. I closed my eyes while I listened, and was transported into this world that I love. Well Done.
I love this song!!! I'm excited to see this cover Luke, your cover of Soviet connection was fire.
Ahh thank you! Hope you enjoy the chill vibes in this one 😊✨
@@InstrumentManiac You're welcome!!
@@SerpentDemise you're*
@@ashleyr6809 thanks
you can't ever feel bored with this guy around
Chrono Trigger might be almost 30 years old, but it never ages. Your cover is phenomenal, I could listen it in loops for hours. Can't wait to see more of this OST on your channel
Спасибо, очень атмосферно. Аккуратная работа с оригиналом 😊✨🔥
CHRONO TRIGGER YEEEEEAH
never failing to miss sir, this is beautiful, nostalgic, whimsical, worth laying down on the ground looking upwards just enjoying the music.
and as always, the diversity of instruments is captivating, and seeing winds playing strong parts of the song is always a delight. and thanks for sharing the forest and nature footage
Just for future messages: Take a moment to think about what "failing to miss" means, and then what never doing that means :)
Mice on Venus - C418 is an absolute MUST DO Luke!
Aria Math joins the list
Yes
Hell yeah
We are blessed this day. Thank you so much, Luke. This is gorgeous.
Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu, and Motoi Sakuraba made my childhood. And teens. Still love them all now that I'm in my 40s. Honorable mention to Michiru Yamane! Would love to hear more from any of them.
They are wonderful! Working on one of their pieces is a great learning experience too. Looking forward to covering more of them 😊
Chrono Trigger has such an amazing soundtrack and this cover was beautiful. I, like many others, REALLY hope you'll do more Chrono Trigger songs in the near future!
素晴らしい演奏ですね！感激しました。クロノトリガーの曲を弾いてくださってありがとうございます！
This is excellent! I'd love to see more Chrono Trigger/Cross!
I am positively vibrating with anticipation
不思議な楽器につられて来ましたがとても素晴らしい音色でした！
I can't tell you how much I appreciate the mixing. Normally wind instruments at this pitch make my ears wanna bleed but everything here is so soft and nice. Beautiful rendition 😮
The highest praise 😊
I don't know anything about Chrono Trigger, but this arrangement is lovely, another testament to your astounding abilities. I know your career and hobby are very different paths, but it'd be great to see you scoring a game or film/show some day. The dedication and hours of work are evident.
Thank you 😊 Who knows! I'd love to score or arrange for something some day. It'd be nicer to have a larger canvas to work with 🖼
The music in the game was just incredible. They really dont make 'em like this anymore
Really nailed the gentleness of the piano, wonderful work.
After all of those years, its a plasure to know what instruments are from each moment of the music. Its magical!
Chrono trigger soundtrack will always have a place in my heart
Special shoutout to this one, shcala's theme and zeal palace, but all of them are such masterpieces I still keep them in my spotify and youtube list
This arrangement sounds how a fond memory of the original feels, kudos.
This has always been my fav song in the game it’s just calming. Crazy that it’s in one area that you wouldn’t even hear the full thing.
Legend. Need more of your Chrono Trigger covers in my life. Fking RIP Akira Toriyama
Beautiful. Everything sounds like what you imagine they sampled for the SNES sounds. Like the lofi-ness is a fog that has been lifted, now being heard clearly.
I've done my job 😌🙏
Let's see how much Luke will make this better than the original
Bro, I have been listening to the 8 hour version of this OST since I was 17... You do not know the joy I felt when I heard the strings picking a familiar tune
Right!? The whole soundtrack is so good 😭
Why does this have to be so good? Now I have all of these goosebumps everywhere!
Seriously though, this one hit me right in the nostalgia.
If they ever did a Chrono Trigger Pixel Remaster, this is what I could only hope the music would sound like.
Welp, I know what I'm having on loop all day today.
いつか「ダミー！」を演奏して欲しいです！
Someday "Dummy!" I want you to play!
This is absolutely gorgeous. How anyone can be such a successful orchestra ALONE is mind blowing. Bravo!
Thank you! ☺️ I think u both may know a thing or two about being ur own orchestra 🎻🥁👀👀
That's awesome, the same energy of the original song. I love it!
I hope this is the start of some more Chrono Trigger music. It has one of the best OSTs.
This cover is just so beguiling. I fell in love with this music the moment you started playing the harp.
Thank you James I really appreciate your nice message & support! 😊
This song is why im in love with a game ive never played before
Please treat yourself and give it a playthrough, you'll be glad you did 👍
Play it, you’ll love the game as much as the music, incredible as that sounds
Chroni trigger is one of my favorite rpgs ever. I love this song and game so so much, i would love to hear more songs from this game covered by you!
C-Trigger definitely has one of the best soundtracks to a dramatic, immensely powerful storyline ever crafted. Over the decades, I've always held to the belief that the game, script, characters, and so forth were "good"... but the MUSIC... was bloody EXEMPLARY. :) Without this kind of score, the game and its semi-cartoonish storytelling (not necessarily a bad thing, btw!) wouldn't have been as powerful.
It's beautiful, I hope this sets a precedent and we start seeing more Chrono Trigger covers. Personally I would like a version of The End Of Time in a Waltz style.
YEEEEEY, Thanks for listen my request!! You're the best one!!! 🎉🎉
Love the chrono trigger cover! I hope you make some more from chrono trigger. The main theme is one of my favorites!
すごいな。動画も素晴らしい。
just leaving it fade into the sounds of the forest with no voice outro was super nice.
子供の頃、無心に聴いていた音楽を、良い演奏で聴けて嬉しいです。ありがとうございます。
Now THIS is why I play the double bass. That dense, woody, sometimes Smokey and absolutely serene timbre… you just can’t get that sound out of any other instrument.
feel calm and warm thx !
You nailed this one outta the park dude, especially when all the woodwinds came in, i felt that so much!!! Bravo!
Ahh thank you man! 🥹🙏
ただただ感動です…
that was incredible. I was mesmerized by the whole track, but the part where it all swells and the french horn and a clarinet and all the other instruments, that was intense
C’est tellement envoutant et doux. On entendrai presque le bruissement d’un cours d’eau et des feuilles dans les arbres. Je trouves ça poétique. C’est magnifique. Merci pour ce morceau.
Oh wow this is beautiful!! If you plan on doing more Chrono Trigger, maybe a Wind Scene interpretation would be interesting from you! Amazing work as always 💜
Don't lie, you time traveled to make this video to record all these parts...
This is amazing.
Forest themes in video games always sound like they were enchanted with the vigor & whim of God's very thoughts itself.
Превью Люка- это отдельное искусство!
Согласен
One of the best songs from one of the greatest OSTs of all time! Glad to hear you cover it!
This is so splendid. So absolutely splendid.
Now Frog's Theme, pleeeeeease.
The nature sounds remaining for so long at the end really adds to the listening experience, reminds you to slow down a bit and take in the environment.
Congrats on 300K subs!
Thank you!
Мені це дуже подобається!❤😊🌲🌳🌲Бережімо дерева і ліси!
What the hell kind of person can play every musical instrument? 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Once upon a time there was a man called One Orchestra Man... A living Bard...
Wow. This is simply amazing! This guy's talent is jaw-dropping.
I love the Bawu, such a unique and beautiful timbre!
Wow, I try to find all covers of Chrono Trigger songs and yours by far has been the most faithful reproduction of this song I've ever heard. You did an amazing job.
Love this man
Thank you so much for putting so much effort into this lovely piece! I loved the bawu, what a great addition to this piece. It's "breathy" in a way that really adds to the piece
Thank you for listening! 😊
You took a beautiful song and made it even more beautiful. Wonderful work.
This was so tastefully done. Wow what a service to a great piece.
Luke this is NEXT level stuff, gives the vibe of a real remaster/remake and has the level of polish you hear in jrpg’s today. If the pfp isn’t obvious I’ve been here since your Thomas Days and it’s so awesome to see the growth with your covers and how versatile you are as an artist
This is a masterpiece, Chrono Trigger is my favorite game, this is my favorite song on it, and i love playing it on my bass
Thank you for such a great cover, i aspire to be a musician as good as you someday
This is probably my favorite chrono trigger cover, and I'm a connoisseur
I love all of your covers!!! Even though I haven't played all the games or even heard the songs that you cover! Your covers really are a fantastic way to experience music for the first time
Wow. This is magical!! This is absolutely my favorite cover of this song I have ever heard, you recreate the feeling of the original in a way that doesn't feel foreign!
When the piano was introduced at 0:50 i got goosebumps
😊🙏
I know this one is a banger and I haven't even heard it yet.
I wonder if we've been inspired to play music from Chrono Trigger by the same man.
Very hyped!
this is a banger
Downtown Abbey vibes..... Love it❤
This is so beautiful... feel like I'm in the real forest
Shout out to the double bass doing a glissando in it's high range. Gotta be one of my favorite genders.
Do Mipha's Theme next!
Ok, you got me. I wasn't expecting it to sound so full about a quater in the song. If anything this shows your understanding of mixing, and understanding of the instruments you play.
This song has always interested me as a child despite every song is a DAMN BANGER in that game.
This is so good that I could fall asleep to it ngl
Музыка и ностальгия по старым играм привел меня на этот канал. Мне очень нравится ваше творчество. Есть что-то особенное в исполнении ❤
Bro looking for musicians and ended like "fine, I'll do it myself" man that's lit !
This song invokes a primal sense of peace. Really far too good for us
Esse baixo ficou insano!!!!!
The bass is really the unspoken soul of the piece and he absolutely nailed it.