Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version

Infobox Album
Name = Chrono Trigger
Original Sound Version
Type = soundtrack
Artist = Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu, Noriko Matsueda


Released = March 15, 1995
Recorded =
Genre = Video game music
Length =
Label = NTT Publishing
Producer = Yasunori Mitsuda
Mitsunobu Nakamura
Reviews =
Chronology = Yasunori Mitsuda
Last album =
This album = "Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version"
(1995)
Next album = ""
(1995)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Nobuo Uematsu
Type = soundtrack
Last album = "Final Fantasy VI Original Soundtrack"
(1994)
This album = "Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version"
(1995)
Next album = ""
(1996) Extra chronology 2
Artist = Noriko Matsueda
Type = soundtrack
Last album = "Front Mission Original Sound Version"
(1995)
This album = "Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version"
(1995)
Next album = "Bahamut Lagoon Original Soundtrack"
(1996) The "Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version" is a soundtrack of the music from "Chrono Trigger", a video game released by Square in 1995. The soundtrack was composed by Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu, with Noriko Matsueda contributing one track. It was published by NTT Publishing in Japan on May 20, 1996.

Creation

"Chrono Trigger" was scored by Yasunori Mitsuda and veteran "Final Fantasy" composer Nobuo Uematsu. A sound programmer at the time, Mitsuda was unhappy with his pay and threatened to leave Square if he could not compose music. Hironobu Sakaguchi suggested he score "Chrono Trigger", remarking, "maybe your salary will go up."cite web | author=Yasunori Mitsuda | date=2008-01-28 | title=Radical Dreamer: Yasunori Mitsuda Interview from 1UP.com | url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3162780 | work= [http://www.1up.com/ 1UP.com] | accessdate=2008-02-08] Mitsuda reflected, "I wanted to create music that wouldn't fit into any established genre...music of an imaginary world. The game's director, Masato Kato, was my close friend, and so I'd always talk with him about the setting and the scene before going into writing."

Mitsuda slept in his studio several nights, and attributed certain songs—such as "To Far Away Times"—to inspiring dreams. He also suffered a hard drive crash that lost around forty in-progress tracks.cite book | year=2008 | editor=Famitsu | title=Chrono Trigger DS | url=http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/July_2008_Weekly_Famitsu_Interview_with_Yasunori_Mitsuda.html | pages=67-70 | language=Japanese | publisher=Famitsu] After Mitsuda contracted stomach ulcers, Uematsu joined the project to compose ten songs and finish the score.Cite book | date=2004 | author=Chris Kohler | title= | publisher=DK Publishing | language=English | id=ISBN 0-7440-0424-1] Mitsuda returned to watch the ending with the staff before the game's release, crying upon seeing the finished scene. Mitsuda considers "Chrono Trigger" a landmark title which helped mature his talent. [cite web | url=http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=5478 |title=Yasunori Mitsuda Interview |accessdate=2007-05-22 | author=James Gay | date=2006-10-13 | work= [http://palgn.com.au/ PAL Gaming Network] ] At the time of the game's release, the number of tracks and sound effects was unprecedented—the soundtrack spanned three discs in its 1995 commercial pressing.Cite book | date=July 1995 | author=Alan Averill | title=Nintendo Power | pages=52 | language=English | publisher=Nintendo]

Legacy

Square released a one-disc acid jazz arrangement album called "The Brink of Time" by Guido that year. In 1999, Square produced another one-disc soundtrack to complement the PlayStation release of "Trigger", featuring orchestral tracks used in cut scenes. Recently, Mitsuda arranged versions of music from the "Chrono" series for Play! video game music concerts, presenting the main theme, "Frog's Theme", and "To Far Away Times".cite web | date=2006-05-30 | author=Brandon Driker | title=Play! A Video Game Symphony | url=http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=518 | work= [http://www.n-sider.com/ N-Sider] | accessmonthday=May 30 | accessyear=2006] The soundtrack continues to appear in the set lists of video game concert groups such as the Eminence Orchestra and Video Games Live.cite web | title=Concerts | url=http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Concerts | work= [http://www.chronocompendium.com/ Chrono Compendium] | accessmonthday=January 14 | accessyear=2008]

Fans have heavily remixed the soundtrack, producing over 600 tributes and several cover performance albums released over the internet or sold at retail.cite web | title=Music (Chrono Trigger) | url=http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Music_(Chrono_Trigger) | work= [http://www.chronocompendium.com/ Chrono Compendium] | accessmonthday=May 8 | accessyear=2006] These include "Time & Space - A Tribute to Yasunori Mitsuda" and "Chrono Symphonic", the latter released by the remix website OverClocked ReMix.cite web | title=Album: Chrono Trigger: Chrono Symphonic | url=http://www.ocremix.org/album/id/7/chrono-trigger-chrono-symphonic/ | work= [http://www.ocremix.org/ OverClocked ReMix] | accessmonthday=April 13 | accessyear=2008] Hip hop production team Compromised also created a bastard pop album known as "The Chrono Trigger Mixtape, Vol. 1", produced by mixing the a cappella from rap songs with the instrumental remixed versions of "Chrono Trigger" tracks.cite web | date=2005 | author=Comprised | title=Chrono Trigger Mixtape vol. 1 | url=http://chronotriggermixtape.com | work= [http://chronotriggermixtape.com/ Chrono Trigger Mixtape] | accessmonthday=May 7 | accessyear=2006 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060228212758/http://chronotriggermixtape.com/ | archivedate=2006-02-08] Japanese fans often sell their remix work in compilation albums popularly called "Dōjin" by Western fans.cite web | title=Japanese Doujins | url=http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Japanese_Doujins | work= [http://www.chronocompendium.com/ Chrono Compendium] | accessmonthday=December 16 | accessyear=2006]

Track listing

Disc one

tracklist
all_music = Yasunori Mitsuda, except where noted
music_credits = yes
title1 = A Premonition
length1 = 0:34
title2 = Chrono Trigger
length2 = 2:01
title3 = Waking Up in the Morning
length3 = 0:58
title4 = Peaceful Days
length4 = 2:48
title5 = Memories of Green
length5 = 3:51
title6 = Guardia Kingdom Millennial Fair
length6 = 3:17
title7 = Gonzales's Song
length7 = 0:42
title8 = A Peculiar Happening
length8 = 1:43
title9 = The Wind's Yearning
length9 = 3:22
title10 = Goodnight
length10 = 0:08
title11 = Secret of the Dense Woods
length11 = 4:46
title12 = Battle
length12 = 2:29
title13 = Guardia Castle ~Courage and Pride~
length13 = 3:28
title14 = Huh!?
length14 = 0:05
title15 = Manoria Convent
length15 = 1:13
title16 = A Prayer to the Travellers…
length16 = 0:11
title17 = Silent Light
music17 = Nobuo Uematsu
length17 = 2:23
title18 = Boss Battle 1
music18 = Noriko Matsueda, Uematsu
length18 = 1:58
title19 = Frog's Theme
length19 = 1:49
title20 = Fanfare 1
length20 = 1:16
title21 = The Kingdom Trial
length21 = 3:44
title22 = Hidden Truth
length22 = 0:59
title23 = A Tight Squeeze
length23 = 2:39
total_length = 46:33

Disc two

tracklist
all_music = Yasunori Mitsuda, except where noted
music_credits = yes
title1 = World in Ruins
length1 = 3:24
title2 = Mystery of the Past
music2 = Uematsu
length2 = 0:07
title3 = Dome-16's Ruins
length3 = 1:34
title4 = People Who've Abandoned the Will to Live
music4 = Uematsu
length4 = 3:07
title5 = Lavos' Theme
length5 = 5:10
title6 = World's Final Day
length6 = 1:25
title7 = Johnny of the Robot Hotrod Squad
length7 = 2:21
title8 = Bike Chase
music8 = Uematsu
length8 = 1:35
title9 = Robo's Theme
length9 = 1:32
title10 = Remains of the Factory
length10 = 3:09
title11 = Battle 2 (unreleased track)
length11 = 2:10
title12 = Fanfare 2
length12 = 0:07
title13 = The Brink of Time
length13 = 2:31
title14 = Amusing Spekkio
length14 = 2:48
title15 = Fanfare 3
length15 = 0:05
title16 = Underground Waterway
music16 = Uematsu
length16 = 2:24
title17 = Boss Battle 2
length17 = 2:41
title18 = Primitive Mountain
music18 = Uematsu
length18 = 3:07
title19 = Ayla's Theme
length19 = 1:24
title20 = Rhythm of the Wind, Sky, and Earth
length20 = 1:51
title21 = Burn! Bobonga!
music21 = Uematsu
length21 = 2:12
title22 = Warlock's Castle
length22 = 0:29
title23 = Insane Melody
length23 = 1:40
title24 = Warlock Battle
length24 = 3:30
total_length = 50:33

Disc three

tracklist
all_music = Yasunori Mitsuda, except where noted
music_credits = yes
title1 = Singing Mountain (unreleased track)
length1 = 3:05
title2 = Tyran Castle
music2 = Uematsu
length2 = 3:49
title3 = At the Bottom of Night
length3 = 2:31
title4 = Corridor of Time
length4 = 3:01
title5 = Zeal Palace
length5 = 3:57
title6 = Sara's Theme
length6 = 2:48
title7 = Sealed Gate
music7 = Uematsu
length7 = 2:47
title8 = Undersea Temple
length8 = 3:23
title9 = Chrono and Marle ~Distant Promise~
length9 = 1:56
title10 = Silvard ~Wings Tearing Through Time~
length10 = 3:23
title11 = Dream of Black
length11 = 3:04
title12 = Determination
length12 = 0:56
title13 = Time of World Revolution
length13 = 3:48
title14 = Last Battle
length14 = 4:07
title15 = Festival of the Stars
length15 = 2:44
title16 = Epilogue ~To Close Friends~
length16 = 2:34
title17 = To the Outskirts of Time
length17 = 5:46
total_length = 53:46

Personnel

*Yasunori Mitsuda – composer
*Nobuo Uematsu – composer
*Noriko Matsueda – composer
*Minoru Akao – sound programming
*Mitsunobu Nakamura – producer

Release history

References

External links

* [http://mitsuda.cocoebiz.com/discography/trigger.html "Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version"] on Yasunori Mitsuda's website