ReMix: Chrono Trigger 'Lesser Kerubic Patchwork'
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- Game: Chrono Trigger (Square, 1995, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Israfel
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu, Noriko Matsueda, Yasunori Mitsuda
- Song(s): Schala's Theme
- Posted: 2002-12-10, evaluated by the judges
Israfel's work is anything but ordinary - his Soul Blazer ReMix still stands as a great arrangement with many tonal colors in its arsenal, all well-utilized. This Chrono Trigger mix is a bit more global, using ethnic wind, percussion and string instruments and mixing them with bombastic symphonic goodness, then adding to that some breaks and chime fx. Sounds like an Erhu on lead for much of the piece, or something similar - the merging of traditional folk and ethnic styles with orchestral and adding beats to that is all quite seamless, which is difficult and seems to be a great strength of Israfel's pieces. Judges had some surprising hesitancy and didn't necessarily feel the breakbeat was called for or fit in, and I'd concur at the least that it'd be interesting to hear a version without, but since two fairly distinct genres were already being merged I don't know that a piece of a third was too inappropriate, and it does lend some forward drive to the mix. The sweeping, massive nature of the intro alone, with huge booming brass and upwards horn riffs (ala Williams' closing number in SW:EP1) is to die for. The quality of some of the individual pieces used in this mix is just fantastic, and furthermore they're being utilized i.e. played in a fashion that's appropriate and true to their original contexts. That's an impressive accomplishment that only adds to a stellar ReMix. Kudos to Israfel for something very, very different - Schala thanks you and I thank you too. Highly recommended.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the --Eino
- evktalo on October 31, 2008
- DragonFireKai on March 1, 2007
- Dionyseus on October 16, 2005
Nice man, I give you 5 of 5 camels for this one. Deal?
- Bummerdude on September 25, 2005
Nateconq wrote: Good work, McNoods.
This isn't by McNoods, it is an Israfel mix. :lol:
- GrayLightning on September 22, 2005
Then, right at 1:45, it all made sense. Everthing in the song had been leading up to this explosive climax. It blew me away the first time I heard it.
This song never gets old and deserves extra 'points' for being original. Good work, Israfel.
- Nateconq on September 21, 2005
Which is quite something.
Considering the number of ReMixes this theme has...
- Mr. Fox on January 20, 2005
This remix is the best of the best. I mean, I like a lot of remixes on the site an awful lot, but in all the time I've been listening here, this is one that is never, ever boring or repetetive, no matter how many times I've listened to it or how familiar the whole thing becomes to me.
It is, of course, the best remix of Schala's theme in existence, and went a direction with the melody that I think augmented the dramatic sweetness of it (which is rare, and in this case mind-blowing, since the original melody was already pre' 'leet). Israfel, d00d, you are a fucking genius.
Two more things about this track: I sometimes street race on a windy mountain road nearby my house, and sometimes on the freeway, and this is one of my favorite tracks to do either one to, or to drive fast to in general. The other thing is just that I'm an aspiring screenwriter, and there's a particular screenplay that I wrote that, if ever produced, I would kill to get this song on the soundtrack of, no matter what copyright roadblocks there might be.
Heh. So yeah, it's one hell of an awesome remix, and Israfel should be made king of a medium-sized island villiage for calling it into existence, and DJ Pretzel as well for having created a forum for me to find awesomeness like this. God Bless you both.
- yubinotarepanda on April 7, 2004
"lesser kerubic patchwork" is no exception. the new dramatic direction given to the piece, the beautiful ethnic sounds and perc, along with the catchy breakbeat (which, however, could have used some variation in spots) make this track an instant classic, and definitely a novelty among the many cliche remixes provided by most artists out there.
this track is something nobody should miss, or bash :) grand stuff.
- mv on April 29, 2003
ok ya'll i was feeling up th mastercreature last night anda he told e to get this song that's why i rilly downloaded tit
- sparkydaman on April 14, 2003
I love the intrumentations in this piece. Fighting music to me, but not loud and blaring painful fighting music, but rather the kind of music you would hear between two guys (or girls, or a mix of the two) that know their shiznit.
This kicks ass, asian desert style, y0! (And no, I don't know what asian desert style is, bexcept that it is most kick ass, or it is now, since I loved this song.)
- The_Clover on April 13, 2003
Overall, this song took a huge creative risk, and it paid off big. And for some reason, it reminds me a lot of the song at the beginning of Men In Black (which I haven't heard in years, so I have no idea what it sounds like any more).
- Kotetsu on April 3, 2003
- Ascahir on January 15, 2003
Hehe, this was fucking awesome. At first it sounded like something out of the opening of X-men the movie, then we go to a ramped up Metal Gear Solid theme, then into...oh holy @#$% this is Schala's theme!
I was seriously floored. I grabbed it simply cuz it said Chrono Trigger and it had a weird name (Lesser Kerubic...why can't I come up with seriously sweet names like this?). Then boom, ass connected with floor followed quite quickly by my jaw. So fucking sweet.
OK, rewind, let's start the song over. Can you see it? At first it's just a stately glide through the clouds...then you're plummeting in...darting left and right through teh clouds...fade as the sax kicks in to the title credits as the flick in Kingdom Hearts style all golden and shining...and at 1:47, you're out of those clouds you're suddenly flying around Zeal. Now at 2:34 you flit straigh to the palance and join Schala walking calmly through the palace as the Erhu (sp? whatever the ethnic instrument was) renders her theme with care. At 3:58, she pulls a door closed leaving you alone.
Ahem, back to reality. Sweet ass mix. Can I have more, PLEASEE!!!!! :D
- OC3Boi on January 12, 2003
- pigsfl3w on January 8, 2003
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