Composer Yasunori Mitsuda's music for Chrono Trigger is timeless, though it's said that he feels like he's done better work. Nonsense. In my opinion, it's one of the best stand-alone musical scores ever created for anythying, ever. How good is it? Even today, some decade and a half later, one of the game's main themes is set to live on as a Japanese pop song.
Singer/songwriter Pop/R&B artist Shota Shimizu has a new double A-side single, titled Utsukushiki Hibi, set to drop in Japan in the middle of next week. Why is this notable to you? Well, take a listen to this sample of track 3 from the disc (Japanese webpage). Sound familiar? That's Mitsuda's Wind theme, a prominent song from Chrono Trigger. This vocal arrangement is called "Kaze no you ni" ("Like the Wind" in English). This song's chorus is directly inspired by the Chrono Trigger song, and a piano sample from the game song also plays throughout.
Some of you may not dig Japanese music, but this is pretty nifty, right?
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2:20 PM on 07.07.2009
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I gotta say, that was awful. Sounded like I was listening to a Japanese one-man Backstreet Boys knock off. Nothing should be remade into a Japanese pop song. It's a shame to see this done to such a respected piece of video game music history.
Love the color variation of his Muska Skytops though.
"Um... not bad? Nifty indeed."
While I'm at it, why do people write "um" in forums? I've never understood it, and today I feel like asking.
The ten tracks that weren't composed by Matsuda where
Disc 1
17. "Light of Silence" (沈黙の光) Nobuo Uematsu 2:23
18. "Boss Battle 1" (ボス・バトル１) Noriko Matsueda, Uematsu (arrangement)
Disc 2
2. "Mystery from the Past" (過去の謎) Uematsu 0:07
4. "Those Without the Will to Live" (生きる望みをすてた人々) Uematsu 3:07
8. "Bike Chase" (バイクチェイス) Uematsu 1:35
16. "Creeping through the Sewers" (地下水道) Uematsu 2:24
18. "Primeval Mountain" (原始の山) Uematsu 3:07
21. "Burn! Bobonga! Burn!" (燃えよ！ボボンガ！) Uematsu 2:12
Disc 3
2. "Tyran Castle" (ティラン城) Uematsu 3:49
7. "Sealed Door" (封印の扉) Uematsu 2:47
Why? Is it really that important to know?
Also, i dont think this theme should be remade into a song with vocals, compare this to any of the (good) mixes on OCRemix and you'll understand, just sounds.. better without any (as Diverse said) japanese Backstreet boy wannabe (as famous or popular as he may be over there) singing to it, though that's just me.
When I was a wee lad, my older sister and I had to share the rec room due to both the TV and PC being in there. Naturally, older siblings have veto power over anything the younger does, and because of this I had to play many a video game with the sound off so my sister could play her god awful mix tapes while she researched what kind of foods the Backstreet Boys liked.
It wasn't until around the late 90s when I finally played chrono trigger, and I specifically remember it being christmas, since my sister had a bootleg cassette of N*SYNC Christmas. And now hamza, you show me a bizarre mash up of that robotic pop sound and our beloved chrono trigger.
this gave me the most extreme rush of nostalgia i've felt in ages.
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