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Snarp ([personal profile] snarp) wrote2010-05-09 12:04 pm

Something that everyone else knew already but only just struck me.

Part of the reason we all love Chrono Trigger so much is that the soundtrack is amazing. I've been listening to it on the way to work! I turn on Frog's theme on the bus to the metro, and Magus's theme when I get on the escalator into the station, and pretend I am infiltrating Magus's lair. I feel very adventurous about the whole thing.

Given the number of hours I've spent listening to these songs since middle school, it's kind of amazing that I can even still stand them, forget about liking them.
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[personal profile] yeloson 2010-05-09 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
YES. The CT soundtrack is supremely full of win. I'd love for folks to do an orchestral version.
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[personal profile] kareila 2010-05-09 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I know some people have worked on it. A quick Youtube search turned up this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NITRZK8z0ek
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[personal profile] alas 2010-05-10 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno, a large part of the charm of the music for me is that it does so much with that tinny 16-bit sound; I seem to remember Square releasing more instrumental versions of a few songs, and it just wasn't the same! Not to say that an orchestral version couldn't be good as well though.

I turn on Frog's theme on the bus to the metro,

That's a pretty epic bus ride there!