0:00 Start 0:31 Presentiment 1:15 Chrono Trigger 4:40 Morning Sunlight 6:10 Peaceful Days 10:06 Memories of Green 14:48 Guardia Millennial Fair 18:44 Gato's Song 19:43 A Strange Happening 21:30 Wind Scene 25:15 Goodnight 25:26 Secret of the Forest 31:10 Battle 1 33:40 Courage and Pride 39:02 Manoria Cathedral 39:48 Silent Light 42:02 Boss Battle 1 44:36 Frog's Theme 45:48 Fanfare 1 47:33 Kingdom Trial 51:38 The Hidden Truth 52:49 A Shot of Crisis 55:23 A Ruined World 59:10 Lab 16's Ruin 1:01:12 People Without Hope 1:04:21 Lavos' Theme 1:06:56 The Day the World Revived (1st listen) 1:07:13 Lavos' Theme Extended 1:10:10 The Day the World Revived 1:11:22 Robo Gang Johnny 1:12:50 Bike Chase 1:13:53 Robo's Theme 1:15:18 Remains of the Factory 1:18:48 Battle 2 1:20:24 Fanfare 2 1:20:33 Brink of Time 1:23:42 Delightful Spekkio 1:26:36 Underground Sewer 1:29:50 Boss Battle 2 1:32:19 Superchat Reading Glad to catch this live, it's been a blast! Really looking forward to the next part!
Frog is an empty shell of a hero at first, the theme reflects that too I feel. Troubled past, doesn't feel like he deserves it, but yet acts as a hero.
The title of the song is called Frog's theme and he has been reading off the title names up to that point so it's safe to say he knows the title of the track to give him a hint.
Chrono Trigger was scored primarily by Yasunori Mitsuda, with assistance by Nobuo Uematsu. I saw him mentioning uematsu a lot, but we need to give proper credit to mitsuda. Uematsu only composed 10 tracks, and only because Mitsuda got ulcers by the end of the project (probably because of the overwork)
Yasunori Mistuda was recruited as the youngest team member to join Hironobu Sakaguchi(game director for the Final Fantasy series as well as this game and eventually will be the company's Vice President) as a sound designer. Mitsuda gave Sakaguchi, an ultimatum: let him compose, or he would quit. And this is the result of his work. He will then proceed to create music for Xenogears(which is his best work yet IMO) and Chrono Cross(another titan of a creation)
I think Chrono Cross is his best work but his work on Xenogears is right up there it's basically neck and neck in a race for me. An underrated one for me would be Xenosaga Episode 1. Albedo's Theme when he is talking to Momo still gives me chills. The music takes a great scene and elevates it up to the point that the scene (and character of Albedo, himself) is unforgettable.
I love how you can't help but noodle a little during Secret of the Forest. That's the first of three CT songs that made me just put the controller down and listen for a while the first time I played through. The baseline and haunting melody are amazing, especially for a song that is barely used.
For me that moment was first entering the Black Omen... That song, mixed with what I was going through both in the game and in my life... It all hit me at once with that song, I guess.
@@grouch_gaming Heh, that's actually the last of the three I mentioned. Not sure how I just forgot to actually list them on that comment, but it was Secret of the Forest, Time Circuits / Time Corridors / Zeal Theme (depending on the source and translation), and Black Omen. Mitsuda is a master of setting a mood with his music.
Yasunori Mitsuda's music is unpredictable from a music theory standpoint yet memorable from an amateur listener's perspective. Just so beautiful how he can impress everyone.
That's definitely the right instrument to study Mitsuda. He composes on guitar. You could say he mentored under Uematsu. Good ear. History has it that his hard drive crashed when the sountrack was 90% complete, and he had to start nearly from scratch He worked himself sick trying to re complete it and Uematsu helped him on just a few tracks (good ear for hearing their collaboration). We may never know what may have been, but what we got was great. As far as I know, Xenogears was *all* him - and is also incredible. In an interview, he described that upbeat intro track (Chrono Trigger Main Theme) as the feeling of being granted his dream - to compose his own music. Chrono Trigger was indeed a "meeting of the minds," but you can probably look that up on later. Probably my favorite soundtrack of all time, for personal reasons.
57:52 The clanking sound in that track is actually sampled from a Korg M1 (synthesizer manufactured from 1988 to 1995, well within the time period of the development of Chrono Trigger), using patch 95 "Rhythm". The sample used in the game is heavily compressed to make it fit on the cartridge along with the rest of the sounds.
8 bit music theory did a video on chrono trigger a few years ago. its all about nonfunctional harmony and how its used in the OST. youd probably find it really interesting
First track there's a thing I have mentioned on other videos that goes unnoticed. The piano sound that comes after the clock makes a Low to High to Low effect. But if you are using headphones (or a dual stereo) you can notice that it also goes Center to Left to Center to Right to Center sound movement. The movement that is done in your head with your ears is drawing the infinity symbol, which is a nice easter egg on a time related game
I was able to catch a little bit of the stream but I was sadly busy. Either way though I get to watch it afterwards and there's still nothing wrong with that either. Also got myself "The Best Music Theory Book For Beginners". Came in yesterday. Definitely going to get the full set soon enough. Life got so busy after high school I lost time for my passion, music. So now that I have time now, I plan on delving into the wonderful world that is music theory. How revitalized I feel. Thank you for everything you do.
"A Ruined World" is definitely supposed to make you feel really uncomfortable, lonely, and depressed. It's what plays when you're in the future where the entire world has been completely decimated!
That "eu-argh" reaction after struggling to find the right chord is exactly what I used to be like when playing keyboard by ear lol so frustrating!!!! Lol
I audibly gasped with excitement when I saw this come up! The composer's story for his work on this game has always inspired me, and the music, well, it speaks for itself. So hyped for this!
Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all time, although it was released on the Super Nintendo, but here in Spain (Europe), the Super Nintendo version never released, and we did had to wait until the Nintendo DS version to get it. PS: My favorite song from the game is Corridors of Time, so I will need to wait for part 2 of the soundtrack.
para eso estan los emuladores. yo lo vine a jugar relativamente reciente. de pura suerte me dio con hacer el juego con el que te dan el clon. lo juegue en total oscuridad, sin buscar absolutamente nada.....
Español: Yo tuve la suerte de conseguirlo de importación americana y tirar de adaptador, menuda obra maestra nos perdimos, y no fué el unico vaya, Chrono Cross también. English: I had the luck of having a american imported copy and played it with an adapter, what a masterpice we missed here, and it was not the only one, we missed Chrono Cross also.
@@stargazersdance given that most anglophones dont seem to know that mexico is in america, it's fair to assume they wont know spain is in europe, or equatorial guinea is in africa....
Okay serious talk, seeing teach just be happy about the great music makes these videos a lot of fun- but stuff like Battle 1? Seeing him softly just have fun and unable to hold himself from those minor jams, that just makes me smile, man.
Always felt that the song, Delightful Spekkio, has a bit of vibe from Lion King's Hakuna Matata. The song was probably written around or shortly after the time that Lion King hit theaters in 94, so its a possibility.
After all these years, I still listen to Chrono Trigger and Xenogears OSTs. For me, I enjoy the music but I also enjoy the memories that are associated with it. It brings me back good memories. A time where it was much simpler back then. My favorite music I listen to often is Schala theme. I also listen to "Treasure which cannot be stolen" from xenogears. I used to listen to that before I went to bed when I was younger. Time sure flies.
its so interesting to see someone who has never played Chrono Trigger, to listen to all the music. i cannot unlink the story and characters' moments with the songs. its quite emotional, which shows how strong the impact of the game is. wonder how you feel about the songs with just audio
The clanking sound in the track at 55:23, to paraphrase from tvtropes, is best described like "the pulley of a lonely flagpole beating against the metal or the pendulum of a broken clock winding down to the last few hours before even what little life remaining on the planet goes extinct."
This looks like a crazy interesting channel, very glad it showed up in the algorithm! Going to look forward to exploring all the channel content. CT is hands down my favorite VG soundtrack since first playing the game at its release, and having never been great at music theory, this was still really interesting. Dan's facial expressions, though, that was an awesome journey. XD
Nice work. Keep up the good work. Love it that you don't waste muchh time with big intros. Also love your honest opinion, reaction and pro comments. Can't wait for new videos!
I've never even played Chrono Trigger for more than a few minutes, but I've known about "Secret of the Forest" for years. It's one of my favorite game tracks. So beautiful.
8 Bit Music Theory did a really good deep dive on the chord progressions and techniques used in Secret of the Forest. Really recommend watching that video as well if you want more insight into what was happening in that piece.
I just recently found this channel so I’m late to the party, but this soundtrack is one of my favourites!! I love Yasunori Mitsuda’s work so much it always manages to reach a very special place in my heart and soul whenever I hear his work. I just started the video and can’t wait to see your reaction to the rest
It's really cool to see someone who enjoys music hear this for the first time. And I just stumbled across this channel for the first time. Highly enjoyable. Admittedly I'm biased because I think this one of the best game BGMs of all time.
Awesome! I first discovered you when you were reacting to the FF7 OST and I scoured your videos to see if you reacted to Chrono Trigger, stoked to watch this right now!!
The first time I heard the Chrono Trigger soundtrack I fell in love. It sturred up so many feelings of nostalgia of gaming in a simpler time, yet I've never actually played Chrono Trigger. I think that's because, as you noted it sounds so similar to Uematsu's work with Final Fantasy around this time.
I recently played it for the first time a year ago, I definitely would recommend giving it a try. Seeing the music go with the scenes in game is awesome, I stopped and just appreciated the music when I got to the overworld for a bit.
@@grumpygrumpstargrugru8134 where'd you play it. I can only think of the Steam version and I heard that one had issues. Like I think it was just an upscale of the phone version.
"Sounds like a triumphant, majestic Frog." How dare you insult Sir Glenn so harshly?! A hero such as he deserves no less than a tear filled groveling and undying praise when he is spoken of.
I cannot get enough of this game's soundtrack. I played this game so much when I was a kid... and in college... and as an adult. In my head I hear all the sounds happening on top of the music, as if I was playing and it's just so atmospheric.
Just found your channel. Did lots of music theory as a kid, and this game came out during that time; I remember picking it apart like this back then. I remember a lot of this game's soundtrack was A major or harmonic minor, it used lots of fretless bass, and it ran at 60/120bpm in keeping with the game's time themes. Everyone else just heard MIDI music, but to me it was an orchestra... Not bad for up to only eight instruments at once! Will check out more of your videos tomorrow, this one's already keeping me up past my bedtime. 😁
@@Radersow so so much so that I had to buy the game on steam to reminisce about old times... I had forgotten how annoying it was to fight magus the first time😒
Supposedly, Mitsuda composed this soundtrack by trying to almost fall asleep and using whatever melodies came to him in his dreams and/or drowsy subconsciousness. This process was so exhausting that he took ill and Uematsu had to finish the job. Far be it from me to condone risking your health for your art, but at least it was worth the effort! Oh, and this soundtrack used to be a _huge_ influence on me back when I played bass.
I think the destroyed world themes uneasiness was intentional. All through the games story there was a sense of magic and wonder and the music reflects it, and the destroyed future is so eerie and somber that even the music seems to be corrupted
13:40 I think it's actually not too crazy except for the 2nd chord (F minor 7) and the last chord (some sorta E flat minor sus thing). If we put the tune in Aflat minor (a key with 7 flats), the chord changes for the 2nd half of the tune are all diatonic - F flat major 7 (VI), E flat minor 7 (v), C flat major 7 (III), F flat major 7 (VI), E flat minor (the weird sus one, but essentially v acting as a sorta dominant bringing us back to A flat minor). the 2nd chord (edit: of the entire tune, not the 2nd half) is weird but is a recurring chord change throughout the game, for example as previously heard in the 2nd track of this game (when it was up a half-step and we had A minor to F# minor). not sure what thats called exactly, maybe modal mixture or somethin? i dunno (edit: probably not modal mixture, maybe like a #vi but probably best to think of it non-functionally, like just a parallel minor chord in a foreign key)
39:48 One thing I notice in Slight Light is how it utilizes the James Bond theme's chord progression (it's especially apparent at 40:18, I believe it is also used in Flying Battery Zone in Sonic 3 and Knuckles). It's the chord progression that goes from C to D to D# to D. I'm not a music theory guy so if I said anything that's textbook incorrect please correct me in the comments.
No other game was and is able to make me cry like a little baby over how beautiful and nostalgic sounds sound like. You being astruck over such songs show how powerful they are.
TH-cam just suggested you to me. Yay. Subbed. I know nothing of music theory. Not musical in the slightest. But I love vgm. And Chrono Trigger is a top 5 ost.
What blew my mind is how similar the begining to The Trial is to Pink Floyd's The Trial. Also some of the characters names have musical references (Ozzy, Slash and Flea)
It's funny you refer to the meeting of the minds here - Chrono Trigger had what Square dubbed "The Dream Team" and even had an ending dedicated to them referred to as the Dream Team ending: Hironobu Sakaguchi - The creator of the final fantasy series Kazuhiko Aoki - Assembled the team who worked on Chrono Trigger and has a few other design credits to his name, specifically Final Fantasy 3 and 4 Yūji Horii - The creator of Dragon Quest Nobuo Uematsu - Who was known for work on Final Fantasy (though not to undersell Mitsuda's work on Chrono Trigger because... well dang) And Akira Toriyama - The creator of Dragon Ball Toriyama's work is VERY apparent if you look at the anime cutscenes that were produced or just about any of the concept art
12tone did an excelent breakdown analysis of the approach Matsuda used throughout CT. You noticed it several times, where the direction and key kinda seemed "all over the place" a lot of the time. 12tone referred to it as "Non-functional Harmony", where it breaks the standard conventions of chord progression to create specific moods. Like the "aimless, floaty" feel of Secret of the Forest, by disregarding the typical stable > unstable > resolution > stable cycle. Instead, he sort of had two separate keys semi-overlapping and each doing part of the cycle, but not quite the whole thing. So it seems all stable > unstable > stable > unstable but never with any clear resolution.
I’m late for this but I’m glad to see it, I was waiting for this. One cool thing about this soundtrack is how man of the major story tracks are connected by certain melodic elements, I also love how some of the songs make me feel like I’m flying, no spoilers but you’ll understand if you play it. The nonfunctional harmony someone else mentioned is really interesting too, it makes the songs unpredictable the first time you hear them. New suggestion, check out the Super Metroid soundtrack, it’s very atmospheric.
Fun fact: Battle 2 actually isn't in the game at all! It was completely cut, at least in the original version. I think it may have been brought back in some capacity for the DS release, not sure though.
Two trivia about this OST which may interest you: 1. Chrono Trigger was the first game for which Yasunori Mitsuda was the composer. Before that, he was a sound designer and he also played the bass, which explains both the very thoroughly designed sound font and the care he took composing the bass lines. 2. He fell ill for overwork while composing the OST and a substitute was called to compose some of the tracks. This substitute was named... Nobuo Uematsu! In particular, "Silent Light" is a Uematsu composition. 2bis. Also listen to "The Mines of Narshe" from FF6 (an OST you definitely need to listen to) and see how its structure is very, very similar to "Silent Light"...
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0:00 Start
0:31 Presentiment
1:15 Chrono Trigger
4:40 Morning Sunlight
6:10 Peaceful Days
10:06 Memories of Green
14:48 Guardia Millennial Fair
18:44 Gato's Song
19:43 A Strange Happening
21:30 Wind Scene
25:15 Goodnight
25:26 Secret of the Forest
31:10 Battle 1
33:40 Courage and Pride
39:02 Manoria Cathedral
39:48 Silent Light
42:02 Boss Battle 1
44:36 Frog's Theme
45:48 Fanfare 1
47:33 Kingdom Trial
51:38 The Hidden Truth
52:49 A Shot of Crisis
55:23 A Ruined World
59:10 Lab 16's Ruin
1:01:12 People Without Hope
1:04:21 Lavos' Theme
1:06:56 The Day the World Revived (1st listen)
1:07:13 Lavos' Theme Extended
1:10:10 The Day the World Revived
1:11:22 Robo Gang Johnny
1:12:50 Bike Chase
1:13:53 Robo's Theme
1:15:18 Remains of the Factory
1:18:48 Battle 2
1:20:24 Fanfare 2
1:20:33 Brink of Time
1:23:42 Delightful Spekkio
1:26:36 Underground Sewer
1:29:50 Boss Battle 2
1:32:19 Superchat Reading
Glad to catch this live, it's been a blast! Really looking forward to the next part!
Thank you very much
Thank you!
@Andy Witmyer it was not used in the game
@Andy Witmyer was wondering the same. Happy to hear we're not crazy 😅
@@RPGMel710 If you had the DS version, Battle #2 was used in the monster coliseum postgame content.
Very excited for this one.
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"Sounds like a very triumphant majestic frog" my man's hasn't even played the game and described Frog perfectly lol
Nailed it without realizing it.
Frog is an empty shell of a hero at first, the theme reflects that too I feel. Troubled past, doesn't feel like he deserves it, but yet acts as a hero.
The title of the song is called Frog's theme and he has been reading off the title names up to that point so it's safe to say he knows the title of the track to give him a hint.
That's how good the OST is you can describe the game without even playing it
I love how his "I'm so into this" face looks like he's in abject horror.
His mind being blown by it's 16 bit glory
Musicians call it the "stank face" and it's about the highest level of non-verbal praise you can hope to get from someone listening to your work
"This absolutely revolting... Why didn't I come up with this!"
stank face
Chrono Trigger was scored primarily by Yasunori Mitsuda, with assistance by Nobuo Uematsu. I saw him mentioning uematsu a lot, but we need to give proper credit to mitsuda. Uematsu only composed 10 tracks, and only because Mitsuda got ulcers by the end of the project (probably because of the overwork)
Chrono cross is 100% yasunori and the music from that game slaps hard
@@iMortao yeah! hopefully he does a review of chrono cross ost, that's one of my favorites
Mitsuda would literally sleep in the studio in order to maximize his work time. He almost worked himself to death to make this soundtrack.
Absolutely, knowing Mitsuda's story for his work on this game is so inspiring!
@@DragonJr I know what you mean, but the part about overworking yourself to the detriment to your health should NOT be inspiring. Just saying =)
Frog's theme was featured in the recent Olympics in Japan in the opening ceremony when the athletes walked in.
"This next one is called "people without hope"
*TH-cam immediately plays an ad for reddit*
It's crazy how complex Secret of the Forest is for such a small scenario in the game. I love the little piano/fretless bass "battle" at the end.
God tier game with a god tier soundtrack
Possibly the best RPG soundtrack of its time. Still gives me chills.
Yasunori Mistuda was recruited as the youngest team member to join Hironobu Sakaguchi(game director for the Final Fantasy series as well as this game and eventually will be the company's Vice President) as a sound designer. Mitsuda gave Sakaguchi, an ultimatum: let him compose, or he would quit. And this is the result of his work. He will then proceed to create music for Xenogears(which is his best work yet IMO) and Chrono Cross(another titan of a creation)
He also worked on Xenoblade 2 and 3 (almost out!). I think he also worked on the vocal song in the first Xenoblade
I think Chrono Cross is his best work but his work on Xenogears is right up there it's basically neck and neck in a race for me. An underrated one for me would be Xenosaga Episode 1. Albedo's Theme when he is talking to Momo still gives me chills. The music takes a great scene and elevates it up to the point that the scene (and character of Albedo, himself) is unforgettable.
Just leave out the part where he worked himself sick and uematsu had to step in and help finish the ost
@Andy Witmyer this is under a stream titled "first time hearing" so its not unwarranted
Also worked on Arc Rise Fantasia, cool stuff there too
This was my first time hearing this and I absolutely love it! Great breakdowns and great playing from you too! :)
Cheers Eli!
I love how you can't help but noodle a little during Secret of the Forest. That's the first of three CT songs that made me just put the controller down and listen for a while the first time I played through. The baseline and haunting melody are amazing, especially for a song that is barely used.
For me that moment was first entering the Black Omen... That song, mixed with what I was going through both in the game and in my life... It all hit me at once with that song, I guess.
@@grouch_gaming Heh, that's actually the last of the three I mentioned. Not sure how I just forgot to actually list them on that comment, but it was Secret of the Forest, Time Circuits / Time Corridors / Zeal Theme (depending on the source and translation), and Black Omen. Mitsuda is a master of setting a mood with his music.
Yasunori Mitsuda's music is unpredictable from a music theory standpoint yet memorable from an amateur listener's perspective. Just so beautiful how he can impress everyone.
That's definitely the right instrument to study Mitsuda. He composes on guitar.
You could say he mentored under Uematsu. Good ear. History has it that his hard drive crashed when the sountrack was 90% complete, and he had to start nearly from scratch He worked himself sick trying to re complete it and Uematsu helped him on just a few tracks (good ear for hearing their collaboration). We may never know what may have been, but what we got was great. As far as I know, Xenogears was *all* him - and is also incredible.
In an interview, he described that upbeat intro track (Chrono Trigger Main Theme) as the feeling of being granted his dream - to compose his own music.
Chrono Trigger was indeed a "meeting of the minds," but you can probably look that up on later.
Probably my favorite soundtrack of all time, for personal reasons.
i just love the infinite number of "stank face" in this video when something incredible or unexpected is heard
57:52 The clanking sound in that track is actually sampled from a Korg M1 (synthesizer manufactured from 1988 to 1995, well within the time period of the development of Chrono Trigger), using patch 95 "Rhythm". The sample used in the game is heavily compressed to make it fit on the cartridge along with the rest of the sounds.
8 bit music theory did a video on chrono trigger a few years ago. its all about nonfunctional harmony and how its used in the OST. youd probably find it really interesting
First track there's a thing I have mentioned on other videos that goes unnoticed.
The piano sound that comes after the clock makes a Low to High to Low effect. But if you are using headphones (or a dual stereo) you can notice that it also goes Center to Left to Center to Right to Center sound movement. The movement that is done in your head with your ears is drawing the infinity symbol, which is a nice easter egg on a time related game
Damn I love that
I was able to catch a little bit of the stream but I was sadly busy. Either way though I get to watch it afterwards and there's still nothing wrong with that either.
Also got myself "The Best Music Theory Book For Beginners". Came in yesterday. Definitely going to get the full set soon enough.
Life got so busy after high school I lost time for my passion, music. So now that I have time now, I plan on delving into the wonderful world that is music theory. How revitalized I feel.
Thank you for everything you do.
YAY! Go you! Let me know how everything goes with the book!
@@MusicTheoryforGamers what is the twitch link??
Yooo! I'm so happy you're doing Chrono Trigger! One of the best OSTs of all time in my opinion.
Keep up the great work Dan!
good lord i remember every one of these songs
A soundtrack guaranteed to make me cry for different reasons throughout. Fitting for a game that was intentionally made by a dream team.
"A Ruined World" is definitely supposed to make you feel really uncomfortable, lonely, and depressed. It's what plays when you're in the future where the entire world has been completely decimated!
Battle 1 is such an awesome battle theme. So different to mostly any other main battle theme I’ve ever heard.
I've been obsessed with the Chrono Trigger soundtrack since I played it upon release. The composer absolutely went above and beyond.
GOAT sound track for GOAT game
That "eu-argh" reaction after struggling to find the right chord is exactly what I used to be like when playing keyboard by ear lol so frustrating!!!! Lol
This is my complete bias but this is the best and most influential video game soundtrack of all time.
I audibly gasped with excitement when I saw this come up! The composer's story for his work on this game has always inspired me, and the music, well, it speaks for itself. So hyped for this!
Wind Scene tugs my heart strings like nothing else
Might be one of my favorite OSTs of all time, can't wait to listen to your reaction to Corridors of Time
Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all time, although it was released on the Super Nintendo, but here in Spain (Europe), the Super Nintendo version never released, and we did had to wait until the Nintendo DS version to get it.
PS: My favorite song from the game is Corridors of Time, so I will need to wait for part 2 of the soundtrack.
para eso estan los emuladores.
yo lo vine a jugar relativamente reciente. de pura suerte me dio con hacer el juego con el que te dan el clon.
lo juegue en total oscuridad, sin buscar absolutamente nada.....
Español:
Yo tuve la suerte de conseguirlo de importación americana y tirar de adaptador, menuda obra maestra nos perdimos, y no fué el unico vaya, Chrono Cross también.
English:
I had the luck of having a american imported copy and played it with an adapter, what a masterpice we missed here, and it was not the only one, we missed Chrono Cross also.
Wait there's a Spain somewhere else other than in Europe??
@@stargazersdance
given that most anglophones dont seem to know that mexico is in america, it's fair to assume they wont know spain is in europe, or equatorial guinea is in africa....
@@stargazersdance Lol there is only one Spain.
my all time favorite game ost. thanks for this
44:44 "sounds like a very triumphant and majestic frog." You have no idea. 🐸
Okay serious talk, seeing teach just be happy about the great music makes these videos a lot of fun- but stuff like Battle 1? Seeing him softly just have fun and unable to hold himself from those minor jams, that just makes me smile, man.
I love every theme from this game. Too much fun with this one
Always felt that the song, Delightful Spekkio, has a bit of vibe from Lion King's Hakuna Matata. The song was probably written around or shortly after the time that Lion King hit theaters in 94, so its a possibility.
After all these years, I still listen to Chrono Trigger and Xenogears OSTs. For me, I enjoy the music but I also enjoy the memories that are associated with it. It brings me back good memories. A time where it was much simpler back then. My favorite music I listen to often is Schala theme. I also listen to "Treasure which cannot be stolen" from xenogears. I used to listen to that before I went to bed when I was younger. Time sure flies.
its so interesting to see someone who has never played Chrono Trigger, to listen to all the music.
i cannot unlink the story and characters' moments with the songs. its quite emotional, which shows how strong the impact of the game is.
wonder how you feel about the songs with just audio
The clanking sound in the track at 55:23, to paraphrase from tvtropes, is best described like "the pulley of a lonely flagpole beating against the metal or the pendulum of a broken clock winding down to the last few hours before even what little life remaining on the planet goes extinct."
Damn. I need a Zoloft after reading that.
Yasunori Mitsuda man, Yasunori Mitsuda - with some contributions form the sublime Nobuo Uematsu. Just incredible.
This looks like a crazy interesting channel, very glad it showed up in the algorithm! Going to look forward to exploring all the channel content. CT is hands down my favorite VG soundtrack since first playing the game at its release, and having never been great at music theory, this was still really interesting. Dan's facial expressions, though, that was an awesome journey. XD
Good to see you again! Been busy haven't been able to make an streams. Keep up the great content. Thanks man!
cant believe how good this game is.. and its sound track
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Nice work. Keep up the good work. Love it that you don't waste muchh time with big intros. Also love your honest opinion, reaction and pro comments. Can't wait for new videos!
I've never even played Chrono Trigger for more than a few minutes, but I've known about "Secret of the Forest" for years. It's one of my favorite game tracks. So beautiful.
8 Bit Music Theory did a really good deep dive on the chord progressions and techniques used in Secret of the Forest. Really recommend watching that video as well if you want more insight into what was happening in that piece.
@@WardOfSouls Don’t know how it took me two months to see this reply but thanks, I’ll give it a watch lol
I just recently found this channel so I’m late to the party, but this soundtrack is one of my favourites!! I love Yasunori Mitsuda’s work so much it always manages to reach a very special place in my heart and soul whenever I hear his work. I just started the video and can’t wait to see your reaction to the rest
Always great insights from you. Thanks for sharing these. I'm hoping for Chrono Cross some time after this. So iconic.
It's really cool to see someone who enjoys music hear this for the first time. And I just stumbled across this channel for the first time. Highly enjoyable. Admittedly I'm biased because I think this one of the best game BGMs of all time.
I played Chrono Trigger on the DS, and "A Strange Happening" doesn't have that fish in the left ear in the DS version. Interesting!
Awesome! I first discovered you when you were reacting to the FF7 OST and I scoured your videos to see if you reacted to Chrono Trigger, stoked to watch this right now!!
The first time I heard the Chrono Trigger soundtrack I fell in love. It sturred up so many feelings of nostalgia of gaming in a simpler time, yet I've never actually played Chrono Trigger. I think that's because, as you noted it sounds so similar to Uematsu's work with Final Fantasy around this time.
I recently played it for the first time a year ago, I definitely would recommend giving it a try. Seeing the music go with the scenes in game is awesome, I stopped and just appreciated the music when I got to the overworld for a bit.
@@grumpygrumpstargrugru8134 where'd you play it. I can only think of the Steam version and I heard that one had issues. Like I think it was just an upscale of the phone version.
I was waiting for this one
I always loved the titular theme thanks to the 8bit Big Bands Cover, love to see Dan check that out if he hasn't!
"Sounds like a triumphant, majestic Frog." How dare you insult Sir Glenn so harshly?! A hero such as he deserves no less than a tear filled groveling and undying praise when he is spoken of.
I cannot get enough of this game's soundtrack. I played this game so much when I was a kid... and in college... and as an adult. In my head I hear all the sounds happening on top of the music, as if I was playing and it's just so atmospheric.
Just found your channel. Did lots of music theory as a kid, and this game came out during that time; I remember picking it apart like this back then.
I remember a lot of this game's soundtrack was A major or harmonic minor, it used lots of fretless bass, and it ran at 60/120bpm in keeping with the game's time themes. Everyone else just heard MIDI music, but to me it was an orchestra... Not bad for up to only eight instruments at once!
Will check out more of your videos tomorrow, this one's already keeping me up past my bedtime. 😁
I can see the whole progression of the game in my mind, just listening to the songs in the video, those were really good times.
Crazy right? From the start, all the events and stages.
@@Radersow so
so much so that I had to buy the game on steam to reminisce about old times...
I had forgotten how annoying it was to fight magus the first time😒
The beautiful genius in Yearnings of the Wind is how loud the silence between those staccato notes is.
Could you consider Secret of Mana next?
THAT IMPROV WITH SECRET OF THE FOREST SOUNDS SO GUDD ‼️‼️
Supposedly, Mitsuda composed this soundtrack by trying to almost fall asleep and using whatever melodies came to him in his dreams and/or drowsy subconsciousness. This process was so exhausting that he took ill and Uematsu had to finish the job.
Far be it from me to condone risking your health for your art, but at least it was worth the effort!
Oh, and this soundtrack used to be a _huge_ influence on me back when I played bass.
I think the destroyed world themes uneasiness was intentional. All through the games story there was a sense of magic and wonder and the music reflects it, and the destroyed future is so eerie and somber that even the music seems to be corrupted
13:40 I think it's actually not too crazy except for the 2nd chord (F minor 7) and the last chord (some sorta E flat minor sus thing). If we put the tune in Aflat minor (a key with 7 flats), the chord changes for the 2nd half of the tune are all diatonic - F flat major 7 (VI), E flat minor 7 (v), C flat major 7 (III), F flat major 7 (VI), E flat minor (the weird sus one, but essentially v acting as a sorta dominant bringing us back to A flat minor). the 2nd chord (edit: of the entire tune, not the 2nd half) is weird but is a recurring chord change throughout the game, for example as previously heard in the 2nd track of this game (when it was up a half-step and we had A minor to F# minor). not sure what thats called exactly, maybe modal mixture or somethin? i dunno (edit: probably not modal mixture, maybe like a #vi but probably best to think of it non-functionally, like just a parallel minor chord in a foreign key)
47:00 Flat 6, Flat 7, Major 1?
Oh, it's the intro chords to the Kinks' Lola!
39:48 One thing I notice in Slight Light is how it utilizes the James Bond theme's chord progression (it's especially apparent at 40:18, I believe it is also used in Flying Battery Zone in Sonic 3 and Knuckles). It's the chord progression that goes from C to D to D# to D. I'm not a music theory guy so if I said anything that's textbook incorrect please correct me in the comments.
No other game was and is able to make me cry like a little baby over how beautiful and nostalgic sounds sound like. You being astruck over such songs show how powerful they are.
he is a triumphant, majestic frog o7
TH-cam just suggested you to me. Yay. Subbed. I know nothing of music theory. Not musical in the slightest. But I love vgm. And Chrono Trigger is a top 5 ost.
Smooth Mcgroove’s cover of the title theme “Chrono Trigger” is imo, one of the best he’s ever done.
His version of Schala's theme is my favorite.
i like to put the bob in the bottle.
@@ChallengeIdeas Schala's theme by him is pure eargasm, such a wonderful cover
Agreed, but gonna strongly recommend PPF's covers of CT tracks as well, particularly Guardia.
@@InterdictorCompellor His covers are so goooooood
Mitsuda is a god-tier composer
44:36 ..'Tis the Masamune!?
What blew my mind is how similar the begining to The Trial is to Pink Floyd's The Trial. Also some of the characters names have musical references (Ozzy, Slash and Flea)
In the original Japanese version their names are vinegar, mustard and soy sauce
I'm bummed I didn't get to see this live. CT's soundtrack is perfection, and don't get me started with the game itself
It's funny you refer to the meeting of the minds here - Chrono Trigger had what Square dubbed "The Dream Team" and even had an ending dedicated to them referred to as the Dream Team ending:
Hironobu Sakaguchi - The creator of the final fantasy series
Kazuhiko Aoki - Assembled the team who worked on Chrono Trigger and has a few other design credits to his name, specifically Final Fantasy 3 and 4
Yūji Horii - The creator of Dragon Quest
Nobuo Uematsu - Who was known for work on Final Fantasy (though not to undersell Mitsuda's work on Chrono Trigger because... well dang)
And Akira Toriyama - The creator of Dragon Ball
Toriyama's work is VERY apparent if you look at the anime cutscenes that were produced or just about any of the concept art
12tone did an excelent breakdown analysis of the approach Matsuda used throughout CT. You noticed it several times, where the direction and key kinda seemed "all over the place" a lot of the time. 12tone referred to it as "Non-functional Harmony", where it breaks the standard conventions of chord progression to create specific moods. Like the "aimless, floaty" feel of Secret of the Forest, by disregarding the typical stable > unstable > resolution > stable cycle. Instead, he sort of had two separate keys semi-overlapping and each doing part of the cycle, but not quite the whole thing. So it seems all stable > unstable > stable > unstable but never with any clear resolution.
Excited to see what other games you’ll react too, I love seeing the reactions you have to these songs.
27:40 solo over Secret of the Forest
Oh, amazing, so good
It's crazy how I can relive the entire game song by song and amazing how little they reuse themes throughout the soundtrack
First comment? This is just a legendary ost
I’m late for this but I’m glad to see it, I was waiting for this. One cool thing about this soundtrack is how man of the major story tracks are connected by certain melodic elements, I also love how some of the songs make me feel like I’m flying, no spoilers but you’ll understand if you play it. The nonfunctional harmony someone else mentioned is really interesting too, it makes the songs unpredictable the first time you hear them. New suggestion, check out the Super Metroid soundtrack, it’s very atmospheric.
The Goodnight one is just a jingle that plays when you rest in the inns.
Fun fact: Battle 2 actually isn't in the game at all! It was completely cut, at least in the original version. I think it may have been brought back in some capacity for the DS release, not sure though.
It was!
I know for sure in the ds version it plays during the dalton fight
It is 1:21am. I sit here stoned in bed. Dozing off enjoying the music. BOOM MAGUS THEME
Man getting on the Epoch with that music is the epickest thing ever. Eyes go wet from the thing.
Nice! One of my all time favorite sound tracks. Also - dope rosewood one piece!
secret of the forest may be my all time favorite song period
The best game in the entire history
No one can get through Delightful Spekkio without a smile.
Blows my mind that this sound came from an snes
Damnit, I woke up a few minutes after this stream ended.
Same lol
51:23 I feel like this was Mitsuda's guiding philosophy thoughout 😂 Bless him for creating this masterpiece of a soundtrack
It looks like some of the songs were composed by Nobuo Uematsu, but the soundtrack was primarily composed by Yasunori Mitsuda.
OMG when you said For the Love of God as a reference I got goosebumps you're totally right!
Sounds like a very triumphant majestic frog
He is teach, he is
About to watch this one through, wish I could have seen it live!
You had 1k subs when I first found found this channel, and now Vinesauce is here
Thank you for your support.
Two trivia about this OST which may interest you:
1. Chrono Trigger was the first game for which Yasunori Mitsuda was the composer. Before that, he was a sound designer and he also played the bass, which explains both the very thoroughly designed sound font and the care he took composing the bass lines.
2. He fell ill for overwork while composing the OST and a substitute was called to compose some of the tracks. This substitute was named... Nobuo Uematsu! In particular, "Silent Light" is a Uematsu composition.
2bis. Also listen to "The Mines of Narshe" from FF6 (an OST you definitely need to listen to) and see how its structure is very, very similar to "Silent Light"...
Shot of Crisis has such a good baseline.
(52:49 song start)