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Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version

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Record Label: Polystar; NTT Publishing

Catalog Number: PSCN-5021/3 (1st Edition); NTCP-5021/3 (Reprint)

Release Date: March 25, 1995; October 1, 2004

Content: 3 CD Set - 64 Tracks

Composed By: Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu

Arranged By: Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu

Description: Original score for Chrono Trigger (developed and published by Square for Super Nintendo).

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Tracklist / Midis / MP3 Samples

Track Listings - Disc One (46:33)
Track Title	Track Time	MIDI File
01) A Premonition	0:34	[MIDI]
02) Chrono Trigger mp3 sample	2:01	[MIDI]
03) Morning Sunlight	0:58	[MIDI]
04) Peaceful Days mp3 sample	2:48	[MIDI]
05) Memories of Green	3:51	[MIDI]
06) Guardia Millenial Fair mp3 sample	3:17	[MIDI]
07) Gonzalez's Song	0:42	[MIDI]
08) A Strange Happening mp3 sample	1:43	[MIDI]
09) Wind Scene mp3 sample	3:22	[MIDI]
10) Goodnight	0:08	[MIDI]
11) Mystery of the Forest	4:46	[MIDI]
12) Battle 1 mp3 sample	2:29	[MIDI]
13) Guardia Castle ~ Courage and Pride	3:28	[MIDI]
14) Huh?!	0:05	[MIDI]
15) Manoria Cathedral	1:13	[MIDI]
16) A Prayer to the Road that Leads...	0:11	[MIDI]
17) Silent Light	2:23	[MIDI]
18) Boss Battle 1 mp3 sample	1:58	[MIDI]
19) Kaeru's Theme mp3 sample	1:49	[MIDI]
20) Fanfare 1	1:16	[MIDI]
21) The Trial	3:44	[MIDI]
22) The Hidden Truth	0:59	[MIDI]
23) A Shot of Crisis	2:39	[MIDI]

Track Listings - Disc Two (50:33)
Track Title	Track Time	MIDI File
01) Ruined World	3:24	[MIDI]
02) Mystery of the Past	0:07	[MIDI]
03) Dome-16's Ruin mp3 sample	1:34	[MIDI]
04) People Who Threw Away the Will to Live	3:07	[MIDI]
05) Lavos' Theme	5:10	[MIDI]
06) The Day the World Revived	1:25	[MIDI]
07) Robo Gang Johnny mp3 sample	2:21	[MIDI]
08) Bike Chase	1:35	[MIDI]
09) Robo's Theme mp3 sample	1:32	[MIDI]
10) Remains of the Factory	3:09	[MIDI]
11) Battle 2 (Unreleased Track) mp3 sample	2:10	[MIDI]
12) Fanfare 2	0:07	[MIDI]
13) The Brink of Time	2:31	[MIDI]
14) Delightful Spekkio mp3 sample	2:48	[MIDI]
15) Fanfare 3	0:05	[MIDI]
16) Underground Sewer	2:24	[MIDI]
17) Boss Battle 2 mp3 sample	2:41	[MIDI]
18) Primitive Mountain	3:07	[MIDI]
19) Ayla's Theme	1:24	[MIDI]
20) Rhythm of Wind, Sky, and Earth	1:51	[MIDI]
21) Burn! Bobonga!	2:12	[MIDI]
22) Magus' Castle	0:29	[MIDI]
23) Confusing Melody	1:40	[MIDI]
24) Battle with Magus mp3 sample	3:30	[MIDI]

Track Listings - Disc Three (53:46)
Track Title	Track Time	MIDI File
01) Singing Mountain (Unreleased Track)	3:05	[MIDI]
02) Tyran Castle	3:49	[MIDI]
03) At the Bottom of Night mp3 sample	2:31	[MIDI]
04) Corridors of Time mp3 sample	3:01	[MIDI]
05) Zeal Palace	3:57	[MIDI]
06) Schala's Theme mp3 sample	2:48	[MIDI]
07) Sealed Door mp3 sample	2:47	[MIDI]
08) Undersea Palace mp3 sample	3:23	[MIDI]
09) Chrono and Marle ~ Far Off Promise	1:56	[MIDI]
10) Epoch ~ Wings that Cross Time mp3 sample	3:23	[MIDI]
11) Black Dream	3:04	[MIDI]
12) Determination	0:56	[MIDI]
13) World Revolution	3:48	[MIDI]
14) Last Battle	4:07	[MIDI]
15) Festival of Stars mp3 sample	2:44	[MIDI]
16) Epilogue ~To Good Friends~	2:34	[MIDI]
17) To Far Away Times mp3 sample	5:46	[MIDI]

To download all MIDIs for this album, click here.

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Date added: 06/26/2007, 12:09 PM

Acclaimed the best RPG of its time, Chrono Trigger was released back in the later days of the Super Nintendo. The game's music has its own little story behind it, as a dissatisfied Sound Engineer appeared in the office of Hironobu Sakaguchi — who we know as the creator of Final Fantasy — and demanded that he must have a job as a composer, otherwise he would leave the company for good. His name: Yasunori Mitsuda. In return, he got the main role in composing for their next big hit, Chrono Trigger. Nobuo Uematsu played a reasonably small, but still credible role in the Original Sound Version, providing some of the more melodic themes. With the help of an arrangement by Nobuo Uematsu, Noriko Matsueda also made a small contribution, composing the "Boss Battle 1" track. Although this track was arranged, it led her to many new opportunities. Though Mitsuda played the main role, too many people forget the other composers' efforts.

The Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version is three CDs (64 tracks) long, and there is extremely little to criticise. We are also presented with two unreleased tracks, which really, should have been put in the game, "Singing Mountain" and "Battle 2," both of which are very creative, despite the former sharing similarities to the track "Laputa Theme" from the Anime production Laputa Castle in the Sky. Immediately and evidently we can see that Yasunori Mitsuda wanted to get the feel of the game. He managed to produce many interesting tracks, thus bringing attention to the music rather than to the game. Throughout, we see him blending in some simple, light-hearted tunes ("Spekkio"), sad themes ("At the Bottom of Night"), upbeat tracks (Lucca and Robo's themes), and darker themes ("Battle With Magus" and "Underwater Palace"). Not only this, but experimentation is also evidential, especially experimentation with the lesser used instruments. This is mostly evidential in tracks like "Schala's Theme," which turned out to be an unforgettable classic. The best thing is that the music always fits the mood in the game; "Battle with Magus," for instance, definitely shows this.

Definitely not one to miss.

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