Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack

Infobox Album
Name = Chrono Cross
Original Soundtrack
Type = soundtrack
Artist = Yasunori Mitsuda


Released = December 18, 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Video game music
Length = 181:32
Label = DigiCube
Producer = Yasunori Mitsuda
Reviews =
Last album = ""
(1999)
This album = "Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack"
(1999)
Next album = "Heijitsu Matinee"
(2000)The "Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack" is a soundtrack of the music from "Chrono Cross", a video game released by Square in 1999. The soundtrack was composed by Yasunori Mitsuda and was published by DigiCube in Japan on December 18, 1999.

Creation

"Chrono Cross" was scored by freelance video game music composer Yasunori Mitsuda, who previously worked on "Chrono Trigger". After being contacted to compose the score by Kato,cite book | year=1999 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Chrono Cross Ultimania | pages=476–477 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-925075-73-X] Mitsuda decided to center his work around old world cultural influences, including Mediterranean, Fado, Celtic, and percussive African music.cite web | date=2000-12-18 | author=Yasunori Mitsuda | title=Chrono Cross OST Liner Notes | url=http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Music_(Chrono_Cross) | work= [http://www.chronocompendium.com/ Chrono Compendium] | accessdaymonth=24 July | accessyear=2006] To complement the theme of parallel worlds, he gave "Another" and "Home" respectively dark and bright moods.

"Xenogears" contributor Tomohiko Kira played guitar on the beginning and ending themes. Noriko Mitose, as selected by Masato Kato, sang the ending song—"Radical Dreamers - The Unstolen Jewel". Ryo Yamazaki, a synthesizer programmer for Square Enix, helped Mitsuda transfer his ideas to the PlayStation's sound capabilities. Mitsuda was happy to accomplish even half of what he envisioned. Certain songs were ported from the score of "Radical Dreamers", such as "Gale", "Frozen Flame", and "Viper Mansion". Other entries in the soundtrack contain leitmotifs from "Chrono Trigger" and "Radical Dreamers". The melody of "Far Promise ~ Dream Shore" features prominently in "The Dream That Time Dreams" and "Voyage ~ Another World." Once production concluded, Mitsuda played "Chrono Cross" to record his impressions and observe how the tracks intermingled with scenes.

The soundtrack won the Gold Prize for the PlayStation Awards of 2000.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] In 2005, Square Enix reissued the soundtrack due to popular demand.

Legacy

Earlier that year Mitsuda announced a new arranged album of music was scheduled for release in July 2005.cite web | year=2005 | title=New Year's News | url=http://www.dengekionline.com/2005newyear/comment/2004comment02.html | publisher=Dengeki Online | accessdaymonth=1 July | accessyear=2006 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060107065754/http://www.dengekionline.com/2005newyear/comment/2004comment02.html | archivedate=2006-01-07] It did not materialize, though at a Play! A Video Game Symphony concert in May 2006, he revealed it would be out "within the year" and would feature acoustic music.cite web | date=2006-05-30 | title=N-Sider: PLAY! Concert Interviews | url=http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=518&page=3 | work= [http://www.n-sider.com/ N-Sider] | accessdaymonth=1 July | accessyear=2006] Later in 2006, Mitsuda alleged that the album would actually be released in 2007. [cite web |url=http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=5478 |title=Yasunori Mitsuda Interview |accessdate=2007-05-22 |last=Gay |first=James |date=2006-10-13 |work= [http://palgn.com.au/ PAL Gaming Network] |publisher=]

Track listing

All English track names are taken from Yasunori Mitsuda's website. [cite web |url=http://mitsuda.cocoebiz.com/discography/cross.html |title=Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack |accessdate=2008-07-22 |author=Procyon Studio staff |publisher=Procyon Studio]

Disc one

tracklist
title1 = Chrono Cross ~ Time's Scar ~
length1 = 2:29
title2 = Brink of Death
length2 = 2:38
title3 = Arni Village ~ Home
length3 = 3:23
title4 = The Plains of Time ~ Home World
length4 = 3:26
title5 = Dance with the Lizards
length5 = 2:41
title6 = Reminiscence ~ Sentiments which Cannot be Erased ~
length6 = 3:25
title7 = At the Shore of Dreams ~ Another World
length7 = 2:22
title8 = Arni Village ~ Another
length8 = 3:32
title9 = Transient Sentiments
length9 = 2:51
title10 = Lost Fragments
length10 = 3:12
title11 = Drowned Valley
length11 = 2:00
title12 = Termina ~ Another
length12 = 2:43
title13 = Those that Passed Away
length13 = 3:43
title14 = Shadow Forest
length14 = 3:25
title15 = Snake Bone Mansion
length15 = 2:54
title16 = Victory ~ Gift of Spring ~
length16 = 0:56
title17 = Lost Child of Time
length17 = 3:24
title18 = Galdov ~ Another
length18 = 3:26
title19 = Hydra's Swamp
length19 = 3:10
title20 = Fragments of Dreams
length20 = 1:35
title21 = Sailing ~ Another World
length21 = 2:32
title22 = Ghost Ship
length22 = 2:00
title23 = Dead Volcano
length23 = 3:39
title24 = Ancient Dragons' Fortress
length24 = 3:54
title25 = Sorrow
length25 = 0:20
total_length = 69:40

Disc two

tracklist
title1 = Start of a Dream
length1 = 0:42
title2 = Loophole between Dimensions
length2 = 2:47
title3 = Termina ~ Home
length3 = 3:38
title4 = Dragon Knight
length4 = 3:01
title5 = Sailing ~ Home World
length5 = 3:22
title6 = Galdov ~ Home
length6 = 3:58
title7 = Marbule ~ Home
length7 = 2:55
title8 = Zelbes
length8 = 2:42
title9 = The Amazing Magic Troupe
length9 = 1:31
title10 = Slumber
length10 = 0:13
title11 = Chronomantic
length11 = 3:18
title12 = Predicament
length12 = 2:47
title13 = Optimism
length13 = 2:19
title14 = Isle of the Dead
length14 = 3:11
title15 = Dead Sea ~ Tower of Ruins
length15 = 3:10
title16 = Those Imprisoned by Fate
length16 = 3:26
title17 = Light, Lost Already
length17 = 0:32
title18 = Island of the Earth Dragon
length18 = 3:16
title19 = The World's Navel
length19 = 2:59
title20 = Gale
length20 = 2:00
title21 = Victory ~ The Call of Summer
length21 = 0:53
title22 = Marbule ~ Another
length22 = 3:00
title23 = Magic Granted by the Faeries
length23 = 0:13
title24 = Etude 1
length24 = 0:12
title25 = Etude 2
length25 = 0:14
title26 = Magical Dreamers ~ The Wind, Stars, and Waves ~
length26 = 2:02
total_length = 58:21

Disc three

tracklist
title1 = Garden of the Gods
length1 = 2:45
title2 = Chronopolis
length2 = 4:12
title3 = Fates ~ God of Fate ~
length3 = 3:10
title4 = Jellyfish Sea
length4 = 2:55
title5 = Orphanage in Flames
length5 = 2:44
title6 = Girl who Stole the Stars
length6 = 3:48
title7 = Time's Dream
length7 = 4:01
title8 = The Dragon's Prayer
length8 = 5:57
title9 = Tower of the Stars
length9 = 2:26
title10 = Frozen Flame
length10 = 2:54
title11 = Dragon God
length11 = 3:21
title12 = In the Darkness of Time
length12 = 0:42
title13 = Life ~ Distant Promise ~
length13 = 6:32
title14 = Reminiscence ~ Sentiments which Cannot be Erased ~
length14 = 1:39
title15 = Radical Dreamers ~ Jewel which Cannot be Stolen ~
length15 = 4:25
title16 = Fragments of Dreams
length16 = 2:00
total_length = 53:31

Personnel

All information is taken from the soundtrack's liner notes. [cite album-notes |title=Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack |bandname=Yasunori Mitsuda |year=1999 |publisher=DigiCube |publisherid=SSCX-10040 |location=Tokyo] ;Main personnel
*Yasunori Mitsuda – composer, arranger, producer
*Ryo Yamazaki – synthesizer programmer
*Minoru Akao – sound programmer
*Kenzi Nagashima – recording, mixing
*Ichiko Furukawa – mastering
*Hitomi Misaizu – mastering

*Keiichi Yamashita – art direction and designs

*Kishio Ozawa – director
*Tsuyoshi Takemura – director
*Saiko Fukui – sales promotion

*Kosei Ito – production coordinator
*Emilo Funahashi – production assistant
*Keiji Hamada – production manager
*Susumu Arai – supervisor
*Hirofumi Yokota – supervisor
*Kensuke Matsushita – co-executive producer
*Nobuo Uematsu – executive producer

;"Chrono Cross ~ Time's Scar ~" personnel
*Tomohiko Kira – acoustic guitar, bouzouki
*Kinya Sogawa – shinobue, shakuhachi
*Tamao Fujii – percussion
*Hitoshi Watanabe – electric upright bass
*Yasunori Mitsuda – keyboard
*Strings quartet:
**Hijiri Kuwano – 1st violin
**Motoko Fujiie – 2nd violin
**Jun Yamamoto – viola
**Haruki Matsuba – cello
*Ken Hiranai – assistant engineer
*Kenichi Funayama – recording coordinator

;"Radical Dreamers ~ Jewel which Cannot be Stolen ~" personnel
*Noriko Mitose – vocals, lyrics
*Tomohiko Kira – acoustic guitar
*Ken Hiranai – assistant engineer
*Kenichi Funayama – recording coordinator

Release history

References

External links

* [http://mitsuda.cocoebiz.com/discography/cross.html "Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack"] on Yasunori Mitsuda's website