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http://www.usgamer.net/articles/ove...s-chronology-a-jazz-tribute-to-chrono-trigger

If you're a regular reader of USgamer, it's likely you're also a fan of Chrono Trigger: that charming 1995 Squaresoft RPG that's yet to receive another sequel since its publisher apparently hates money.

While the soundtrack to Trigger's sequel, Chrono Cross, would make for one of the best video game OSTs of all time, what's found in the SNES original certainly stands as a great RPG soundtrack—and composer Yasunori Mitsuda's first in his storied career. And if you've found these tunes have gotten just a bit played out after 21 years, you'll be happy to know the kind folks at OverClocked ReMix have recently assembled a jazz-fueled overhaul of this famous soundtrack.

Some tack examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfKzTEb6Ujw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPWbRGNUAMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgxSBQRxmA8

 

[Minnow]

Chrono Trigger soundtrack is one of my favorites. Listened to a bit of it and feel like it does it justice but definitely puts a new spin on it in a good way. Wish it were longer tho.

 

[Dice//]

 

[Shard]

Chrono Trigger soundtrack is one of my favorites. Listened to a bit of it and feel like it does it justice but definitely puts a new spin on it in a good way. Wish it were longer tho.

It works surprisingly well

 

[sixteen-bit]

Liking what I hear so far

 

[RainblowDash]

Very nice! Downloading now.

Btw all the Zeal OC Remixes are like audio crack, such great works.

 

[Kwame120]

Just started on Magus, this is amazing. Arranged video game music has the benefits of both nostalgia and impressive scoring, which this shows very well, brilliant.

 

[ExMachina]

Thanks for the heads up! Downloading now.

Been a while since I've listened to an OCR album...

 

[Htown]

downloaded immediately

 

[jnWake]

Remix of the forest theme is incredible. Awesome job by the OCR guys in this album.

 

[jett]

The Brink of Time is a fantastic acid jazz take on Chrono Trigger.

This OCR album isn't really doing it for me.

 

[Hades Hotgun]

Been excited for this all week.

Good lookin out OP.

 

[Grim Patron]

Downloading. Thanks OP.

 

[Kwame120]

The Brink of Time is a fantastic acid jazz take on Chrono Trigger.

This OCR album isn't really doing it for me.

This is pretty good as well, loving the arrangements.

 

[Graciaus]

Thanks for posting this. I saw it on Facebook while I was at work and wanted to download it when I got home but forgot.

 

[B.K.]

I've listening to the samples and I don't like what I've heard so far. I'm not a fan of OverClocked ReMix. They do way too much rearranging to the songs. I don't like it when people rearrange the songs to the point where they're unrecognizable. They'd be better off making original music at that point.

 

[sora87]

Awesome, i miss listening to oc remixes

 

[M0nochromatic]

Mmm, quality stuff those people are putting out.

 

[brandonh83]

Not a big jazz fan which is weird with me being a saxophonist, but the soundtrack is so great that it's good in about any kind of style.

 

[doemaaan]

Will check this out 👌.

 

[BorkBork]

Kind of a miss for me.

The issue with remixing something that's been remixed soooo many times is that they veer away what made the original great, just to sound different.

 

[Tathanen]

The Brink of Time is a fantastic acid jazz take on Chrono Trigger.

This OCR album isn't really doing it for me.

Yep this is great. Also this, from "Time & Space - A Tribute to Yasunori Mitsuda":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0jHzZzICBs

My favorite cover of Wings of Time, perhaps even eclipsing the original.

 

[Miker]

The year will be 20XX and OC Remix will still be releasing remix albums of Chrono Trigger's OST. Which is fine by me.