The Chrono Trigger Soundtrack Just BLEW Me Away
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It's about time!
This game's music is just so good.
I'm still waiting for that video you do on Kirby. Amazing stuff, but barely anyone pays attention to the series' music in depth like you do.
Dude, I know you are swamped with requests, but its about damn time that you covered Chrono Trigger.
I have literally watched an lp, let's play of the Chrono trigger series with a TH-cam gamer. And it was amazing just hearing the music, with some of the texts of the visual novels being read of the game, and it was just really good. Even the court music, the guardians theme, Zeo Kingdom which you just touched, and a lot of the music from this game is really good. Now, unfortunately, you couldn't get to the track called singing mountain, because it was unused. It was in the game's code, but went unused in the game itself. Singing mountain had this really good thing for Chrono trigger music as well, and it was good. The chord changes and everything went really good. So if you would like to, you can go a little more in-depth in the singing mountain. Which like I said, was in the game's code, but went unused.
You’re going to need a Part 2 for this one…
And my favorite Chrono Trigger track is “Secret of the Forest.”
I see you are a man of culture, my favorite is between that and Silent Light
yes!
100 forest is the BEST.
+1 for a Part 2, we didn't even get to Lavos' theme in this one, which is in my opinion one of the most cataclysmic sounding boss themes in gaming.
@@jonathanhargraves2241Nobuo Uematsu doing his magic as always.
Yasunori Mitsuda's story on how he became the composer for Chrono Trigger is amazing. He wanted to compose music so bad, that he told his boss if he doesn't get to make music for a game, he would quit his job. They gave him the opportunity to work on Chrono Trigger, and it became one of the best, if not best, video game sound tracks of all time.
He worked so hard on it, he developed health issues and then Uematsu had to step in.
In many regards, Chrono Trigger had a dream team working on it. You had Sakaguchi as director, two unsurpassed titans on the soundtrack, the late Toriyama doing character designs and Tetsuya Nomura doing the background art. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone, but with such talent it would have been hard to make a less than stellar game.
@@BeastOfSodaYou are not wrong but throwing top talent at a problem and expect it to be resolved is naive at best. Nothing is guaranteed and rock stars are notoriously difficult to bring into a choir 🙂 Still for CT they made an awesome game, that we agree on!
@@wertigontrue enough, do remember however that these fine folks had already worked together: AT was doing art for Dragon Quest all the way back in the mid eighties, while the others were all Squaresoft with several successful SNES games under their belts. I mean, if they made any more drastic decisions, like for example handing directorial duties to a younger Nomura, I could see it going south, but they played it relatively safe (and with a homerun of a game to show for it).
The Chrono series has the best music ever hands down imo.
Frog's Theme gives me goosebumps to this day every time I hear it.
Yes me too!
He’s avenging a friend q_q
Yes it's just like that! So epic!
SO GOOD
Same here and I'm sure it always will.
"Schala's Theme" will *always* get me in tears. Every time. Without fail.
Such a sad storyline
I was literally bawling when I scrolled down and saw this comment
It's been so long since I've replayed the game I'm fuzzy on the details of this part of the story, but the emotion still hits me like a freight train. every. time.
lil pixelated Schala how did she made me feel all theese emotions!!😭😭
i wanna time travel just to rescue her so bad.
same here
I’m a gamer and musician for over 30 years. I played CT basically when it came out when I was 10 or so. I have yet to play a game that has had as massive an impression on me as Chrono Trigger and a huge part of that was the score. Before Logic, I downloaded the MIDI files and used my old freeware of a program called Mozart to convert the MIDI tracks into notation. It came out with the tracks not parsed properly so I had to spend probably hours combining the staffs to convert it into usable sheet music, but then I could play the music from Chrono Trigger!!! To this day, when I sit down at a piano, a few of the go-to things I like to play are variations I came up with as developments of CT music.
How old were you when you started playing?
@@NativeWarrior081 trumpet, 9. Trombone, 15. Piano, 17. Guitar, 33. Main instrument is trombone
This is very well said. If you haven't already, I'd recommend looking up the several historical accounts of Yasunori Mitsuda's work on the score. Colossal effort.
Hell yeah Mozart brings back memories
Wild ARMs, the original, on Playstation (PSX) gave me similar vibes/feelings. Such great games and I was lucky to experience them as a kid.
"Corridors Of Time" is such an epic, endlessly beautiful piece. Gives me goosebumps everytime!
Dude. You "MUST* check out Animalisa's full homage rendition of the entire score. Seriously. *EVERYONE* should.
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@@Novastar.SaberCombat Did you get paid by her? :P But seriously, I will. Thanks
It is very hard to pick the best track in the OST, because it is phenomenal as a whole, but still this is probably it. Was listening to it on repeat during different times, never got old, always magical.
@@cjnf11 Btw: I once had the idea to play this tune on piano with four hands on a rooftop in summer... But I never made it happen... :( At least not yet! :)
My favorite rendition of 'Corridors of Time' is by the moonbowmusicmovie channel. 1 cello and 2 acoustic guitars...nothing beats it in my opinion. Check it out if you get the chance.
"To Good Friends" and "To Far Away Times" are absolutely the prettiest pieces from Chrono Trigger.
@@josephpicalila3749 Far Away Times is the Pinnacle victory lap theme for any game tied with the medley outro in FF6 when that chapter book opens.
There's a reason that Overclocked Remix, the OG Home for some of the biggest modern game composers and even hollywood composers, was stacked to the *gunwales* with Crono Trigger remixes.
Some of the best music on OC Remix is definitely Chrono Trigger. But my favorite song on the whole website is Death on the Snowfield. Check it out and let me know what you think!
My favourite song on ocremix is blue minded good by zeratul
Which is the magus theme
@@jasonheadlee2oh that brings back memories. Had that on my mp3 back in the day ❤
Ahh yes!
OCRemix is amazing.
Oh my, a fellow OC Remix fan? Alright, let me tug some potential nostalgia strings: Dwelling of Duels.
Some of the greatest covers I found there. Two of the most beloved sites I used to frequent back in the days.
Frog's Theme is my favourite song in the game. The orchestral version that plays when Frog cuts the mountain in half (in the NDS cutscene) always makes me emotional.
I second this, I was tearing up from just the small amount we got in this video.
I was replaying it (for like the 30th time in my life) on the mobile version, and hearing the song with the full animated sequence of cutting apart the mountain had me nearly sobbing. Frog’s whole storyline is probably the most emotional part of the game for me.
I used to code it into the Nokia 5110's ringtone maker note by note when I was little 😅
That mountain don't stay cut in half, I think 400 years later it's intact again. But as Frog himself says, "My life retaineth its meaning!"
Schala's theme is my favorite.
10:57 I honestly think of playing chrono trigger as being like your grandfather telling you the greatest bedtime story EVER. The music keeps you cozy like a blanket, but the action and story keep you awake, like his unbridled enthusiasm.
I don’t think it’s a feeling any other piece of media has replicated.
Oh I love how you put this. Thats an AMAZING Analogy
So it’s The Princess Bride?
Oh the era. Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy, Breath of Fire.
Chrono trigger is beautiful. I think people forget that games like this may as well have been the equivalent of a novel or gripping tv drama. You get all the action, a fun story, compelling characters, secrets, mystery, drama, and of course, an unforgettable sound track, all in a single game. Of course people can't let go. Is it an easy game? Yes. But it's also a rollercoaster of fun.
"To Good Friends" always gets me teary-eyed.
"To Far Away Times" always destroys me
PLEASE, I'm BEGGING you to do more of this game. It's my favorite RPG of all time and the music has stuck with me this entire time.
The music doesn't shove you around to go where it's trying to take you, it throws an arm over your shoulder and walks with you there.
That's a poetic way of describing it. I'll have to think about how the music accomplishes that.
@@damaljinev It's that sweet sweet nonfunctional harmony, instead of doing like a V to I move that clearly establishes a key, and "pushes you forward", its not even really in a key at all (or perhaps, it changes key every chord), and it all congeals into this yummy soup.
This is the most emotionally honest way I've heard this described. Perfect. Even the most intense and disturbing tracks lead you in, hand in hand.
Or 10
You have arrived my friend. My favorite soundtrack, period. When they played it during the Olympics I about came out of my seat. Bravo btw, I could listen to you play it all day long. Can't wait for part two+.
Three minutes in and I know this series is going to take about a year to get through if you pull apart every amazing detail in this soundtrack.
"To Far Away Times!" Such a beautiful ending to the game, it's just the perfect melody. Like drifting off to sleep after the best bedtime story.
The composer said he heard it in his dream and had to put it in a game
@@Bajansilva Not surprising at all.
It's one of my favorite OST's of all time, I only played Chrono Trigger as an adult (after hearing a cover of the main theme and deciding that I had to play the game, now it's one of my favorites of all time) and even then, To Far Away Times is an absolute bomb of emotion and (pseudo)nostalgia, the perfect ending to a perfect game.
Yeah, To Far Away Times resides in a very special spot in my heart. Very special soundtrack.
Still my my favorite CT track. Gets me teary-eyed to this day, but Mitsuda's music has the tendency to tug my heartstrings like that. :)
Please do a part 2 of this. Chrono Trigger is one of the best soundtracks of all time and your analysis of more of the tracks is NEEDED.
Yup. "Secret of the Forest." needs to be included in this.
There's no way to cover all of the best tracks in one video.
"Corridors of Time" from the Chrono Trigger soundtrack was always one of my favorites.. and then when I heard Zohar's piano arrangement of that song I was IN LOVE.
They played a few CT tracks at the opening ceremony parade during the Tokyo Olympics. I thought I was dreaming.
Robo’s theme was Mitsuda Rick-rolling us before Rick-rolling was a thing.
Chrono Trigger was a miracle. Every single piece of the production as good as its was possible to make it. The team defied the odds to create something more than art, something sublime, something legendary.
And tragically much of the original project documents and materials are lost to time.
Someone needs to go back in time to save them, then.
@@Dalamrthey already did it 😊
Chrono Trigger was literally lightning in a bottle.
Years later they tried bringing the band back together to do it again with a game called Blue Dragon or something like that to... less than stellar response.
The game itself is told in the music. Timeless calm, Adventurous music, tragic morbidity, melancholy melody, fantastic fanfare, it goes everywhere and everywhen.
Exactly. Well said. A game soundtrack is truly a masterpiece when this is the case.
So happy that you’ve done this one! Listening to you riffing over some of these is incredible. Chrono Trigger & Cross have a special place in many people’s hearts. Amazing Charles!
That was fun to watch. I don't know what's better, hearing that music for the first time as a teenager while playing that epic game, or listening to all the incredible covers of those songs today.
“To Far Away Times” is one of the best ending tracks of all time, in any game.
Wild Arms ending theme is number 1 for me but this is a close second.
Getting all those different endings to the tune of To Far Away Times...
Now I want a bunch of balloons and fly away with my cats
I wonder if I can get him to listen to Lufia II sometime, I want to hear him nerd about To The Future
To Far Away Times managed to just capture the perfect sound for the end of the story. The first I heard it it made me nostalgic for a game I'd finished about 30 seconds prior.
one of the greatest songs ever written
Timestamps / Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:21 Presentiment
2:19 Chrono Trigger Theme
6:57 Editor pokes fun at Charles' laugh
9:13 Corridors of Time
11:44 Frog's Theme
13:54 Schala's Theme
Strangely absent tracks that are hugely popular:
Secret of the Forest
Memories of Green
Wind Scene
What about magus
Draw, didn't cover Rick Roll, erm, Robo's theme.
Hopefully there will be a part 2 to include those missing tracks. Would love to see Far-off Promise and To Far Away Times.
Thanks for the timestamps! And agree there are plenty of tracks left for a part 2 🙏🙌
And plenty more than those mentioned as being popular
Chrono Trigger was one of my favorite games growing up and the music was the most memorable. So glad you listened to it! 👍👍👍
I go through such a range of emotions listening to this. So much nostalgic is attached to it. Please, do more of this amazing soundtrack. I would easily watch a 3 hour video of you going over this. Hearing it through a piano is beautiful
Me too bro
600AD Theme is one of the most important, foundational, formative elements in my harmonic language, to this day. This melodic work, especially, is just impeccable, and I feel lucky to have been privileged enough to play this game as a kid, and be influenced by its artistic merits and prowess from such a young age.
AKA Wind Scene!
Yeah that wind scene is one of my all time favorites too. Not necessarily the most plot relevant music but a beautiful work nonetheless.
Schala’s Theme is exquisite. There is a full orchestral arrangement of that if you look online. Corridors of time/Schala’s theme. Makes me cry.
by Pixelophonia? I ask because I want to have your experience haha
Everyone should SERIOUSLY look up Animalisa's full homage to the entire score. It's unbelievably perfect. Maybe better than the original in certain ways. Tell her "the Diamond Dragons guy sent me" if you wish. 🙂
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@@SebaBuenoHaceMusiquitaJijijiapparently TH-cam won’t let me link another TH-cam video…
@@SebaBuenoHaceMusiquitaJijijinot that one. It’s pretty good but not like the one I’m talking about. Corridors of Time links direct into Schala’s Theme. It’s incredibly moving.
@@SebaBuenoHaceMusiquitaJijiji search on TH-cam for “chrono trigger orchestral arrangement side b” then go to minute 5:12. Enjoy.
Chrono trigger literally shaped my entire outlook and appreciation for music as a child.
So much so that I’m able to pick out similar harmony or musical devices when I hear them in other music.
Life changing stuff! You’ll love it
This was fantastic. Your energy was absolutely infectious and Chrono Triggers OST is basically perfect in every way, so watching you just absolutely gush over it is just so fun.
Chrono trigger was so formative for my childhood that to me this video is like someone discovering Bach for the first time
"Battle with Magus" is a perfect example of a song that does a lot with very little. It takes a very simple chord progression and takes it to the freaking stratosphere.
One of my top boss tracks, plus one so perfectly suited to the character. Starts grim, wistful, and brooding, then crescendos into this diving melody that-I think-represents the formative moment of his life and the end of the Kingdom of Zeal: a sudden, brutal plunge from epic and powerful heights to cruel ruin and darkness. The original track also includes wing blowing, Janus’s warning of death approaching. “The black wind howls.”
There's a fan-made musical that turned Battle With Magus into a call-and-response battle duet that should not work as well as it does.
This soundtrack is a masterclass in boss music
You can feel his seething rage in that brutal part. So good, and then it goes until those parts that make me think of him as an epic, noble, anti-hero.
@@anthonybird546 Yeah! The pipes/flute parts give “tragic hero” and “path of vengeance” vibes rather than being purely villainous. It’s definitely intimidating and scary when he’s fighting you, but it’s got enough pathos and sadness in it that you can’t help but wonder where his anger is coming from.
Such a lovely example of how simplicity, novelty, and beauty, are not mutually exclusive. As a musician its so easy to get lost in complexity in search of that beauty and novelty.
You covered my favorite piece, "Frog's Theme". LOVE Chrono Trigger, and the soundtrack deserves several videos exploring the entire thing. A true GEM of a game that needs more credit than it gets. Please, do more of these!
This OST deserves another 2 videos
Now that Chrono Trigger is on the table, fingers crossed Secret of Mana and Golden Sun are now on the radar. There's something about those two games, their OST's are top tier...
I’ve played both, but Golden Sun over 1000 hours. I would die if he did it.
Seconded. Do Secret of Mana
Dont forget The Legend of Dragoon!
it'd be sick if we could get trails too!
Golden Sun has one of the greatest OSTs ever.
“At the Bottom of Night” never fails to bring tears to my eyes.
I absolutely love this OST and just to see the surprise/joy/energy as you listened/played was awesome to see.
"Undersea Palace" is one of my favourites. The strings hold the same chord for 3 whole bars, while the piano plays the bass line. The tension is unbelievable.
Please do more JRPG soundtracks. The music from the two Nier games, Replicant and Automata, are both incredible!
SECONDING THIS. If you did the music from Automata I'd lose my mind, lol.
Undersea Palace is mind bogglingly good, it still amazes me to this day how perfectly that track captures the increasing dread of descending towards the inevitable doom awaiting you at the bottom.
Easily my favorite on the soundtrack.
Undersea Palace grooves!
Nier Automata is one of the most unexpected and affecting game soundtracks I've heard in the last ten years
You know he's into it when he starts improv'ing over everything. Although I love this whole OST, I think To Far Away Times and To Good Friends would be amazing to break down together. Thank you so much for all your videos!
Modes are SUPER powerful when it comes to experienced musicians (magicians?) using chord structure to communicate emotional power. Any legitimate composer would *instantly* recognize the brilliance of C-Trigger's grand master score. If they did not, you'd immediately know that they were phonies. No joke.
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Also at the bottom of the night
@@RobinsMusic oh absolutely!!!!
I love seeing a new person experiencing the Chrono Trigger sound track for the first time! I'm kinda jealous watching you pop your CT cherry. 😂 wish I could relive it all over again!
The metal drum song gets me every time... Thanks for this one!
It's nice that 42 year old me can still get goosebumps from Schala's theme.
When I was stationed in Japan back in '95 for the Air Force, this was one of the soundtracks I bought on CD from the video game section in the music store.
Man, that improvisational "backup" ypu did towards the end was friggin gorgeous
Do a PT2! Seriously, the whole Chrono Trigger OST is amazing!
The key changes in the intro are related to the different time periods they're traveling through and the characters they're showing since they all have motifs.
Nailed it! 💪😎✌️ We're traveling ALLL around the clock, ya know? All around the scale to some extent. Epic adventures that span all of Time & Space.
If only C-Trigger could get made into a trilogy of films.
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I feel one of the strengths of the music for Chrono Trigger is its centered around amazing melodies. They stick in your brain. You just want to whistle or hum along to them.
Then when backed up by amazing orchestration and some really amazing sample work (especially for the snes) gives it a rock solid sounding soundtrack, that honestly you forget is being produced by a 16 bit sound chip. It is a testament to the musicality of Yasunori Mitsuda and Mitsunobu Nakamura. Their songs will live in my brain and heart for ever.
"Music is *MAGIC*!" --Bardiche (DD1)
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and the melodies supported by Mitsuda's amazing use of tension
Part 2 please!! Battle with Magus was soooo good. Got chills. The setup for that scene with the torches was sooo good.
No exaggeration to say this is one of the main soundtracks to my life. Still randomly catch myself humming these songs from time to time 30 years later.
Absolutely loved your improv to "Schala's Theme"!
I recently played through Chrono Trigger for the first time on my channel, and the MUSIC was truly the one defining element that made it magical for me. Thanks for sharing this. After appreciating multiple videos of yours , I am now a subscriber.
This was absolutely bonkers good content. Chrono Trigger is probably one of the most formative RPGs of my childhood and the music always blew me away.
More of this, please.
Yeah, '92-7 was ace for OSTs; Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6 and 7, Secret of Mana, and Symphony of the Night are some of the best scores I've ever heard. And Earthbound? That biz is just crazy.
"Symphony of the Night" is truly phenomenal as well. The opening piece is TREMENDOUS. And whenever I hear some serious electric guitar, metal-ish versions of it... it's like... YES. 💪😎✌️ Yes. This.
@@Novastar.SaberCombat It's so good I own it on vinyl ;)
@@Novastar.SaberCombat And the super groovy piano jazz pieces in some of the subterranean areas are such a tone shift! Such a broad soundtrack, I love it!
Original Master of Orion on PC in '93 is all just different genre interpretations of a single leitmotif.
The spirit of Mother 2 lives on
Chip Tanaka is still doing crazy compositions to this day.
Immediately sent this to my brother ❤
Lol, exact same here. Cheers!
Ha!! Same.
Hi Riff! ✋☺️
Schala's theme and Frog's theme always get me. what a treat it is to watch someone else experience these chunes for the first time
Loved the video and think Chrono Trigger deserves more attention!
There are so many to recommend, but I'd say that Lavos Theme is a must, it is a perfect representation of the calamity Chrono Trigger revolves around. It pulls you into the game and becomes a leitmotif for a few other tracks. (Side note, leitmotifs are all over the soundtrack)
Other great tracks are:
Sealed Door - Represents the hopelessness of the future where Lavos succeeds, but also that something can be done about it.
Battle with Magus - recommended to listen to Magus's Castle and Confusing Melody first for buildup. One of the best boss themes of the era.
Kingdom Trial, Manoria Cathedral, and Black Omen are some of my other favorites.
And do Robo's Theme if you want to compare it to Never Gonna Give You Up. Us Chrono Trigger fans love to talk about that 😂
I love how simple some of these melodies are, one of my favorites is how Magus' theme is literally as simple as walking down an E phrygian scale. it's so simple but Matsuda made it sound great. incredible work
I don't know that much about musical modes but the Phrygian seems exactly right for Magus. Not Ionian or Dorian (so named, I suspect, because Western musicians wanted their standbys to have prestigious Greek names). Magus is a reclusive warlock who prefers the company of Mystics to humans.
YES, thank you for covering this one! That face at 5:35 at THE MOST AMAZING part of the opening theme was gold. This was composer Yasunori Mitsuda's first big commercial project and he nailed it so, so well. Even the more basic video-gamey tracks are quite good. The man's command of leitmotif makes me unable to shut up about it, lol. World Revolution is another keeper on the OST if you ever revisit it.
it's also interesting that Mitsuda had to be hospitalized for overworking himself during development and Nobuo Uematsu was asked help finish the soundtrack, I think he only did a few tracks, but it's fairly easy to tell which ones were his because the style leans towards what you'd hear in Final Fantasy VI and Tyran Castle has motifs that show up in FFIX's Dark Messenger track
Yep! There are definite echoes of Bike Chase in the bike chase track from FFVII, lol
I think the relaxing vibe has to do with the whole time traveling thing. Like “do I belong in this timeline?” “Do I have any impact in how time plays out?” together with some nostalgic feelings
I like how this guy is systematically going through everything musical I love.
That Chrono theme is probably the most insanely put together song I've ever listened to or study closer. Crazy skilled composer who had mastery over emotion when making these songs.
Incredible , this game is masterpiece, in history, music, characters, gameplay, in such old and limited power machine like Super Nintendo. Now im waiting for the " Wind Scene" , the most beatiful in my opinion
Agree, Wind Scene is lovely. The Consouls have covered that also (they have jazz cover of Secret of the Forest and Corridors of Time)
I don't think any piece of music anywhere can ever top Wind Scene.
Lavos's Theme has actually grown to be one of my favorites. It starts out very oppressive, then abruptly switches to an almost music box like calmness, then builds back to the oppressiveness of the beginning.
Seriously, Charles, I would totally buy an album of you improvising around on classic video game themes. So beautiful
Hey, ain’t this the OST w/ a RICK-ROLL.?.!
If you don’t know what I mean… “Robo’s Theme”
I totally forgot about that 😅
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I read somewhere that Mitsuda said he hadn't heard "Never Gonna Give You Up" at the time, but TRF's "EZ DO DANCE" was still super popular in Japan at the time.
This is a thing
A personal favorite song of mine from Chrono Trigger has always been Wind Scene. Just something about that song is so serene and calming to me, I love it so so much.
I came here because chrono trigger title, but it was exciting watching how much you enjoyed it too. Your energy was awesome lol
@12:58 The story behind the character matches perfectly to his song. The sense of loss and strength within it builds beautifully upon the melody which gives way to hope. It's one of the reasons I love this game. The music isn't just an afterthought which can happen sometimes in older games. It honestly builds upon the story of each character and situation and gives you an atmosphere to play and explore in. I like Robo's Theme, The Brink of Time, Primitive Mountain, Burn! Bobonga! and At The Bottom of The Night.
This video wasnt long enough! I could listen to your reaction and analysis of Chrono Trigger music for hours
Watching you experience this for the first time literally brought a nostalgic tear to my eye. Man, makes me so happy you covered this!
Black Omen and Ocean Palace are some great tunes for a revisit!
As you play the chords to break it down it sounds so amazing... I need more of these for chrono trigger! Thank you
these melodies you played dazzled my soul.... and yes... we need a part 2
omg he finally did it. Thank yooooou.
As someone really into irish folk music, I'm so happy you covered this. Now do Mistuda's and Uematsu's other works!
Their influences, love and passion for the type of music they create and how it weaves into the experience is so inspiring, I absolutely wish more people recognized rich this video game music from decades ago can be.
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we need a series or anime :( with the good ending, or maybe with a new one?? :O
Personally, I'd *LOVE* to craft up a series of screenplays in order to do C-Trigger justice. I think a trilogy would be enough, even though a lot of situations, characters, and encounters would be cut.
As a matter of note, my background is 30+ years in production (acting, directing, writing, sound design, singing, V.O., fight choreography, video editing, etc.). 🙂
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As a proficient self-taught pianist with no music theory knowledge (I just play by ear/improvise), I absolutely loved your breakdown and perspective! Never seen your videos before but I love the CT soundtrack. Happily subscribed! Excited to see part 2 sometime.
Even being a youngster before i had gotten into music i remember the soundtrack of this game bringing waves of different emotions as i played. I think knowing the game is important here bc of how well the music sets the mood for all of the different "worlds," which are actually different points in time that each have their own unique theme, is what is so special. You really feel like youre on a true adventure as youre going through the game
"At The Bottom Of The Night" is one of my top favorites of this soundtrack.
Yes! Underrated in comparison to tracks like Secret of the Forest, and so good
100% Agree.
I think it's my favourite overall too, for sure. Secret of the Forest is a cosy one though
A couple of songs that were missing
- Memories of Green (shares leitmotif with the main theme)
- Wind Scene
- Secret of the Forest
- Silent Light
- Boss Battle 1
- Kingdom Trial
- Ruined World
- People Without Hope
- Lavos´ Theme (shares leitmotif with the one mentioned below)
- The Day the World Revived
- Brink of Time
- Boss Battle 2
- Battle with Magus
- Tyran Castle
- At the Bottom of the Night
- Zeal Palace
- Black Omen
- World Revolution (shares leitmotif with the main theme)
- Last Battle
- To Far Away Times
Just a couple! 🤣
Oh snap the last battle themes for second and third phase are both so great
Battle with Magus always gets the blood pumping!! Whenever I do a replay, I like to pause the game and just let the music play for a while 🎶
"The black wind howls....
... alright, give it your best shot."
Magus rules, man. F yeah.
At the Bottom of Night is my favorite, love the sound of that piano
Dude as soon I saw you’d posted this I knew you’d be flipping over some of these progressions! I replayed this game as an adult just to hear some of these compositions in context again
You definitely hit some of the highlights! Kingdom of Zeal, Schala's Theme, Frog's Theme - you definitely hit on some of my favorites! I'm so glad that I found this channel!
Dude I’ve been waiting for this video for YEARS!!! I’ve never clicked on a video so fast! 😂
IKR?! For years, I was dying waiting for Charles C to just PEEK at this ludicrously brilliant score. 🙂 I can't wait until he covers the entire thing. It'd be a compositional crime if he didn't.
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This soundtrack always makes me feel a sort of way. The song "corridors of time" is kind of a happy place song for me I can put it on loop and sort of be Zen
I still remember playing this game for the very first time in the mid-late 90s. The intro. Your reaction at 0:33 was the exact same as mine. I knew I was in for something special. I pressed the A button and was on my way.
Nah, I'm ready for you to go through the entire Chrono Trigger OST track by track. Hearing someone with such a high-level musical understanding listen to Chrono Trigger for the first time, saying things that we could never put into words when we heard it for the first time is so gratifying
CT could be potentially one of the greatest RPG music compositions of all time. Maybe rivaled with FF6 or Destiny of an Emperor.
Yes, FF6 is the only one of Chrono Trigger’s contemporaries that I would put it up against. I love both games and their soundtracks so much. If he hasn’t done FF6, I hope we get that as well someday!
Agree across the board. Destiny of an Emperor is one I don't hear suggested often, but it is excellent even as an NES game compared to these next gen suggestions
Great, now go listen to the Chrono Cross intro. It's equally as insane.
Chrono Cross has so many great tunes ❤
Yup, it and FFVI are top tier with CT.
The second he said the is something so calming about it I felt obligated to hit the like button. I legitimately would sit in the map screen to hear the music.
Love the blind listen and reaction format. It’s very fun and rewarding for the viewer!
I definitely recommend revisiting the Main Theme, checking out the Lavos Theme, and then putting them both in the context of World Revolution. You want to see some call-and-answer, World Revolution is built on it!
having played chrono trigger like 2 months ago and seeing this pop up in my recommended made me really happy
I was grinning the whole time I was watching this. Seeing an audiophile listen to this for the first time was such a treat.
I got this game on release back in 1995. I don't play the game anymore, but I occasionally still listen to the sound track almost 30 years later. When I was a kid, I would often to to the "area" in the game that song was played and let it play instead of playing the game while I did homework.
My favorite Charles moments are when he figures out the key, chord progression, phrasing, etc., and then he just starts freestyling some crazy ass solo while the track is playing.
Man, you’re on bloody fire! Three videos on the trot that have spoken to me! So glad you’re finally getting around to Chrono Trigger! Such an awesome soundtrack!
It's kinda cool hearing your noodling through the main theme chords and hearing music flourishes and leitmotifs that come up in the game.
Mitsuda, the composer, is an absolute genius, and I loved your reaction to the way he enjoys resolving his chords. It’s very characteristic of his compositional style.
Strongly recommend looking into more of his works (Chrono Cross, Xenogears, etc.), I genuinely think you’ll enjoy it!