ReMix: Chrono Trigger 'Black Wind Rising'

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Back-to-back Chrono Trigger akshunz!!1! What can you do?...it's a great soundtrack that's gonna keep inspiring people forever, and fortunately has quite a bit of variety intrinsicially, and yields even more through reinterpretation. The Duke of Salzbury lends his talents to the Magus theme in a piece that blends not one but several genre lines; alls I know is that there's orchestral in here, industrial, rock, electronica, and an ending that almost starts sounding like the Mission Impossible theme. It's almost five minutes long, but for the places it goes and the suits it puts on, you'd think it longer. Star's last mix, his sole piece for 2005, indicated he was moving in an orchestral direction, or at least gaining a footing there, but now he's gone back and, over a year later, taken that experience and paired it back up with his more traditional non-traditional electronica roots, throwing in other stuffs to sweeten the pot as well. Ensemble French horns intro, with a deep, resonant cello entering soon after, as violin and flute build in a sort of trio. The horns flare and timpanis roll at 0'37" as an exciting, Duel of Fates ensemble string pattern takes up. There's some Elfman-esque trumpets at 0'48" that introduce choral work, further completing the Duel/Carl Orff vibe, but then expectations are shifted at 1'10", where, after coming out of an orchestral build, a shredded, distorted guitar enters. Bass and an acoustic kit that stays at lower, prog-rock volume levels also come along for the ride, and strings stick around in more of a quick, stab-oriented role. That gets us towards the end of... the second minute. Doing a play-by-play on Star or Protricity's longer, more varied work is invariably too taxing, as I'm forced to resort to thesarui for new adjectives for "varied" and "excellent"... this piece reminds me of KRool Intentions in that sense, as it too segued non-stop from musical idea to musical idea without losing any intensity or cohesion. You can hear a number of influences, especially in the introduction to the piece, but the result is pure Star, and stands as a monumental vision of the Magus theme and a kickass mix.

― djpretzel