Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version
Album by Yasunori Mitsuda
Released	May 20, 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Video Game Music
Length	150:52
Label	Polystar
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Yasunori Mitsuda was the composer of most of the original soundtrack, with contributions by Nobuo Uematsu. Uematsu composed Silent Light, Mystery of the Past, People Who Threw Away the Will to Live, Bike Chase, Underground Sewer, Primitive Mountain, Burn! Bobonga!, Tyran Castle, Sealed Door, and Demo - Mystery of the Past; he also cowrote Boss Battle 1 with Noriko Matsueda. Yasunori Mitsuda (光田 康典 Mitsuda Yasunori, born January 21, 1972) is a Japanese composer and musician best known for his soundtracks for various video games. ... Nobuo Uematsu Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫; Uematsu Nobuo, born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer of video game music, and one of the most well-known, prolific, and versatile in the field. ... Noriko Matsueda (松枝 賀子 Matsueda Noriko, born December 18, 1971) is a Japanese composer of video game music. ...

Track list

The complete soundtrack for the final version of the game is as follows:

Disc 1

1. A Presentiment
2. Chrono Trigger (this track has two parts)
3. Morning Sunlight
4. Peaceful Days
5. Memories of Green
6. Guardia Millenial Fair
7. Gonzales's Song a.k.a. Gato's Theme
8. A Strange Happening
9. Wind Scene
10. Goodnight
11. Secret of the Forest
12. Battle 1
13. Guardia Castle--Courage and Pride
14. Huh?
15. Manoria Cathedral
16. A Prayer to the Road that Leads
17. Silent Light
18. Boss Battle 1
19. Kaeru's Theme a.k.a. Frog's Theme
20. Fanfare 1 (used as Lucca's Theme in the game)
21. Kingdom Trial
22. The Hidden Truth
23. A Shot of Crisis

Disc 2

1. Ruined World
2. Mystery of the Past
3. Dome 16's Ruin
4. People Who Threw Away the Will to Live
5. Lavos's Theme
6. The Day the World Revived
7. Robo Gang Johnny
8. Bike Chase
9. Robo's Theme
10. Remains of Factory
11. Battle 2 (one of the tracks not used in the game)
12. Fanfare 2
13. The Brink of Time
14. Delightful Spekkio
15. Fanfare 3
16. Underground Sewer
17. Boss Battle 2 a.k.a. Legendary Enemies
18. Primitive Mountain
19. Ayla's Theme
20. Rhythm of Wind, Sky, and Earth
21. Burn! Bobonga!
22. Magus's Castle a.k.a. Magus's Lair
23. Confusing Melody
24. Battle with Magus a.k.a. Magus's Theme

Disc 3

1. Singing Mountain (another unused track)
2. Tyran Castle a.k.a. Tyrano Lair
3. At the Bottom of the Night
4. Corridors of Time
5. Zeal Palace a.k.a. Queen Zeal's Theme
6. Schala's Theme
7. Sealed Door a.k.a. Belthasar's Theme
8. Undersea Palace a.k.a. Ocean Palace
9. Crono and Marle--Far Off Promise
10. Wings that Cross Time
11. Black Dream a.k.a. Black Omen
12. Determination
13. World Revolution
14. Last Battle
15. First Festival of Stars
16. Epilogue--To Good Friends
17. To Far Away Times

The beta version of the game has a slightly different soundtrack. A few tracks from it were ripped and included in the .spc archive for the final game; this was an erroneous addition, as these demo songs are not actually in the ROM as music tracks (but some are used as sound effects, which they actually are, although one is a sort of background music plus sound effect): In software engineering, development stage terminology expresses how far through the development sequence things have progressed and how much further development a product may require. ...

• (untitled)
• (unknown battle theme)
• Battle 1 (remix)
• Before Lavos
• Bells
• Drips
• Heartbeat (fast)
• Heartbeat (slow)
• Keeper's Dome
• Lavos Prepares to Emerge
• Lose
• Mystic Chanting
• Overlooking Guardia Millenial Fair
• Receive Money
• Time Portal Opens
• Traveling Through Time
• Wind

At least one of these 'extra' tracks has been the subject of a remix. Additionally, one more unused song exists solely in the Japanese cartridge of the final game. A fanfare, its instrumentation was removed before the game was shipped, meaning the only way to listen to it is to manually assign instruments through codes. A recreation was made and hosted as part of the Compendium's supplemental package, which contains mostly ambient / background sounds .spcs not present in the SNESMusic.org package. Remix Remix is a Indian Television series produced by It airs on Indias new and upcoming channel STAR ONE. In its first year itself it has created a rage among teens and has been named the most successful Indian Teen show. ...

Additionally, Mitsuda composed four new songs for the Playstation release. These are not available on any soundtrack:

• Rat-a-tat-tat It's...Mitsuda
• One Sunny Day When We Met
• Scattering Blossoms
• A Meeting with Destiny
• Time To Rest - After the Battle

The various 'reworked' soundtracks include the following:

• Chrono Trigger '99 (orchestral rearrangements)
• Brink of Time (jazz remixes)

External links

• SNESMusic.org's SPC soundtrack
• Supplement to SNESMusic.org's soundtrack, containing sound effect tracks
• Chrono Compendium Music - Complete listing of track information, all fan albums (over 20), official releases, arrangements and remixes
• OverClocked ReMix - Over 60 remixes available
• VGMix - Another large remixing site
• Chrono Symphonic - An effort to make new orchestral arrangements for the soundtrack
• Chrono Trigger: Original Sound Version (disc 2 & 3) at MusicBrainz