Arrange Albums for Chrono Trigger/Cross and Legend of Mana announced
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This is how I feel as well. The vocals tracks were really underwhelming. Especially Time's Scar and Radical Dreamers.
Marbule has a lot of potential and it sounds really good though!
DiipuSurotu
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You guys are... really silly for not expecting vocals. Xenogears Creid was like 50% vocal. Some really cool choices with the vocalists. Alainn brings a very similar flair as Joanna Hogg did for the Xenogears/Xenosaga stuff.
What is Zombies on Your Lawn (PvZ)
Miyano has been doing orchestrations for a lot of stuff. Her involvement isn't that big of a stretch of imagination.
What is Zombies on Your Lawn (PvZ)
Miyano has been doing orchestrations for a lot of stuff. Her involvement isn't that big of a stretch of imagination.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Cool tidbit from the old Chrono Cross OST liner notes:
So this arrangement of Marbule was 16 years in the making...
Yasunori Mitsuda said:
So this arrangement of Marbule was 16 years in the making...
DiipuSurotu
Banned
At TGS 2015, Square Enix released a "music sampler" album which contains various tracks from recent SE products. One of the tracks is an orchestral arrangement of "A Narrow Space Between Dimensions" which is stated to be from the upcoming Chrono Trigger/Cross arrangement album.
So we now know the names of 6 of the tracks of the album (which has 10 tracks in total).
So we now know the names of 6 of the tracks of the album (which has 10 tracks in total).
Mental Atrophy
Banned
So can I get a digital version of the Mana album yet?
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Samples for all ten tracks of the Chrono Trigger/Cross arrangement album are now on the website!
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/
Direct links:
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_01.mp3]Corridors of Time[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_02.mp3]To Far Away Times[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_03.mp3]Time's Scar[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_04.mp3]Radical Dreamers[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_05.mp3]Marbule[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_06.mp3]Wind Scene[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_07.mp3]Schala's Theme[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_08.mp3]Epilogue ~ To Good Friends[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_09.mp3]The Frozen Flame[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_10.mp3]The Bend of Time[/url]
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/
Direct links:
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_01.mp3]Corridors of Time[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_02.mp3]To Far Away Times[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_03.mp3]Time's Scar[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_04.mp3]Radical Dreamers[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_05.mp3]Marbule[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_06.mp3]Wind Scene[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_07.mp3]Schala's Theme[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_08.mp3]Epilogue ~ To Good Friends[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_09.mp3]The Frozen Flame[/url]
[url="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/mp3/harukanaru_10.mp3]The Bend of Time[/url]
Dice//
Banned
Nothing linked works, but the website itself does at least, thanks
EDIT: scratch that, still works like butt...darn, hopefully it's running better later
DiipuSurotu
Banned
On the website you have to keep the cursor in the page for the audio to stream. If you change tabs or change window focus it stops streaming.
AmethystEnd
Member
The vocals are mostly miss for me. They're not objectively bad or anything and the vocalists themselves are great (I need more Laura Shigihara stuff now), but it's hard to suddenly accept lyrics for songs I grew up loving as instrumentals. I like Schala and Radical Dreamers out of the samples with vocals, but Radical Dreamers was a vocal track to begin with so that wasn't a big stretch. And of course the non-vocal samples are goddamn amazing.
This arrangement of The Bend of Time/A Narrow Space Between Dimensions/Dimension Break (whicever you prefer..) is actually the very first sample Mitsuda released from the CC arrange album back in december 2008. It was also included on the first Play for Japan album. Kind of interesting to see that at least some of these arrangements really do go way back.
Also, samples sound mostly great to me. I still wish it was Chrono Cross only, and I could do without Shigihara, but after years of waiting, I'm just happy something has finally materialized.
Dice//
Banned
Yeah, worked when I used Firefox instead (*shrug* why not I guess). Thanks again for sharing!
The Wind Scene arrangement sounds perfect. From the very beginning that just sounded right. Past orchestral arrangements from Mitsuda (like the CT DS Orchestra tracks) sounded like it was a bit superfluous, but it did make sense since they were part of one larger suite. This one sounds beautiful yet faithful to the original.
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Was hoping for more songs, but what we have sounds fantastic so far.
Dice//
Banned
I'm a little iffy on some of the vocals myself, but I do like Laura Shigihara and Sarah Àlainn (and of course I like Mitsuda a lot) so I'll trust the talent they have behind this. I'd love to hear the songs in full and should be a nice alternative to the originals. I don't doubt that despite any reservations, I'll be singing the songs in the car on the way to work at some point. x)
Sounds nice, but I don't understand the need of vocals, or of not being just Chrono Cross arrangements...
Starwolf_UK
Member
There was a live stream earlier today of a few of the tracks; Wind Scene, Schala's Theme, and On the Other Side / Epilogue ~ To Good Friends. You can still can still watch the rebroadcast if you are a nicovideo premium member. Apparently they were live performances so sound different.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
MP3 versions courtesy of Angela from VGMdb
And yeah, these are live, acoustic, instrumental versions. AND THEY ARE AMAZING ESPECIALLY "ON THE OTHER SIDE"
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Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
For those of you lucky enough to be in Japan, it appears that the album will be pressed on vinyl in December. It can be purchased exclusively at the SE Japan online store. 
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Dunno, maybe it was more because of Sendspace or something.
Anyway Square Enix just released another set of samples from the album on their YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B_SGGqPpB0
I'm fucking crying, guys... The Chrono series was my whole childhood. This is so good.
I want to be excited for this. I'm a massive "Chrono" fan [maybe my username was a hint?], but I'm really not liking the abundance of vocal tracks. I don't mind one or two, but it seems like the majority of them are vocal, and I'd much prefer just the instrumental versions. I would jump on the purchase if they offered a separate instrumental version, but I know that won't be happening. I won't pick this up at release, but considering how big of a fan I am, I can see myself owning it eventually.
I guess a re-arranged, instrumental album [composed entirely by Mitsuda-san] of Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross will remain a distant dream of mine.
rootbeerafloat
Member
Just what I always wanted, a Time's Scar/Kashmir mashup!
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Mitsuda says you can buy the album in hi-res WAV or FLAC in some Japanese e-stores:
https://www.facebook.com/yasunori.mitsuda/posts/1052925678074129?pnref=story
HalfwayOrb
Member
Vocals? Ah, interest lost.
Vincent Grayson
Member
I don't mind the vocals, but I wish it was more Pray/Love Will Grow-style with a lot of different languages used for the vocals.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Some of you must have hated Creid, which was 50% vocal tracks...
Also I thought the original Schala's Theme had Indian sounds, not Arabic.
Also I thought the original Schala's Theme had Indian sounds, not Arabic.
Millsington
Member
Cried was fantastic, you anti vocal people are crazy! Need an mp3 purchase for US
Young Magus
Junior Member
Got my copy via Amazon on release date and finally had a chance to hear the full album from beginning to end. And I gotta say.......
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Its fuckkin beautiful yo. The album was a blast from start to finish. Wish it had a another disc but still happy with what was heard.
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Its fuckkin beautiful yo. The album was a blast from start to finish. Wish it had a another disc but still happy with what was heard.
I don't mind vocals in songs, it's just that I know the original versions so well that it's a bit jarring to suddenly hear someone sing during it. Nothing against their performances, they do a great job. I just wanted an all-instrumental/arranged album. It doesn't help that there's only ten tracks on the album, despite them being high-quality.
As I mentioned earlier, I'll probably own this eventually, since I'm such a fan of the series. It won't be for a while, though. This month is already destroying me with game releases. :/
As I mentioned earlier, I'll probably own this eventually, since I'm such a fan of the series. It won't be for a while, though. This month is already destroying me with game releases. :/
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
Member
I don't wanna forget to listen to this later.
Does anyone in Japan know if they're selling this in brick and mortar stores?
Edit: Ah, it looks like they'll have it at Tower Records... I keep forgetting that the Japanese one is still alive.
I agree that I want instrumental versions of these songs too, with the melodies played by instrumentals, but the vocal ones are nice too. Still, yeah... I enjoy more instrumentals. I guess they think vocals are easier to sell? Japanese people like the english singers?
Edit: Ah, it looks like they'll have it at Tower Records... I keep forgetting that the Japanese one is still alive.
I agree that I want instrumental versions of these songs too, with the melodies played by instrumentals, but the vocal ones are nice too. Still, yeah... I enjoy more instrumentals. I guess they think vocals are easier to sell? Japanese people like the english singers?
One Punch-Man
Banned
Wow I can't believe you guys don't like the vocals. You guys are messed up
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Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
It will be available on vinyl, but exclusive to the Square Enix Japan online store. Please understand.
This is really nice.
Like REALLY nice. The memories. The nostalgia. It's too much. :<
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