ReMix: Chrono Trigger 'Gale of Ages'

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Susie writes:

"Wandering around the world map in Chrono Trigger was quite an eerie experience. All of the fog surrounding you and the Wind Scene music that would play really added a realistic atmosphere to the game. Even though it didn't look real, it somehow felt real. I enjoyed the melody a lot and would often hum along to this song while it was playing. This song was originally performed and recorded in September of 2005. I've updated it to use the Reason Piano's refill so the quality is much better than my previous submissions. I hope you enjoy this one."

This is one of gaming's finest themes, in my opinion, and reminds me of the best of Joe Hisaishi's stuff for Ghibli; flowing, and deeply melodic. Reason Pianos sound just as good to me as some more expensive, dedicated, and much larger libraries, and BogusRed puts them to excellent use here on a swaying solo piano rendition of the theme. Like the mix itself, which is rather on the short side at two and a half minutes, the judges were brief. Andy writes:

"I don't have a lot to add here. I was worried about level of arrangement up until around 1:23 where things definitely got interesting. As a whole, this mix is a solid piece that sets itself apart from other piano arrangements of the 600AD theme."

That last bit's important, since this particular tune has been rendered on the ivories before, with great success. There was a cutout issue at the end that judges objected to, but this was remedied, and what you've basically got here is a solid, emotive solo piano arrangement of classic Mitsuda, which can only be a good thing.

― djpretzel