Blue Island // Secret of the Forest (Chrono Trigger OST)

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Secret of the Forest from the Chrono Trigger OST
Composed by Yasunori Mitsuda
Arrangement by Blue Island
Produced and Mixed by Reuben Gingrich
Recorded by Rick Barnes at Rax Trax in Chicago IL
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk NYC
Corbin Andrick - Soprano Sax
Andrew Lawrence - Rhodes & Keyboards
Samuel Mösching - Guitar
Jeremiah Hunt - Bass
Reuben Gingrich - Drums
Video Filmed by Eric Rejman
Edited by Reuben Gingrich
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#chronotrigger
#secretoftheforest
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[@Snow13400]

im high asf rn and this is like the best thing ive ever heard in my life💀

[@ReubenGingrich]

Love it hahaha👊🏼

[@Romess1]

Toking up + real music = bliss

[@MartinBarreby]

Yasunori Mitsuda shared this himself. That's a seal of approval guys. :) Really great work!

[@VictorPrado12]

where did he share it?

[@MartinBarreby]

Victor Prado On facebook. :)

[@prestonrcasey]

When you want a romantic evening but also like vg music

[@Smoke3380]

Totally acceptable boning music. Mix in a fondue. I mixed in bbq cuz im a freak

[@korhanalparslan8730]

I really like this. It's amazing how much Chrono Trigger influenced my music taste ever since playing it as a kid.

[@ReubenGingrich]

best vg soundtrack of all time imo!

[@ThoughtsEtcEtcEtc]

Same. Before I got into electronic/ IDM/dance/rave/hip-hop this was my conduit. Really good compositions and programming in Chrono Trigger. Best SNES soundtrack imho. And same calibre as Megaman 2 and Megaman 3. And the Chrono covers are, like this one, often sublime. Bravo.

[@spazzwazzle]

The tone out of that soprano sax is immaculate and emotional

[@SealOfApproval82]

The amount of views on this song are criminally low, just insane. Also why did it take KZbin this long to recommend me this gem? This is the ultimate version of Secret of the Forest if I ever heard one and as a Chrono Trigger fan I've heard a lot of them. You just earned yourself a new subscriber, WOW!!!

[@victorgan347]

The bassist's face at 0:13 to 0:20 is how I feel about this whole piece.

[@insaneintherainmusic]

so happy to see more video game music jazz in the world! awesome work you guys!

[@Smoke3380]

Talk about a niche group, but how very refined and unique. Like tridium added to plutonium

[@connorheyz9230]

@@Smoke3380 The fuck is Tridium?

[@musicdev]

@@connorheyz9230 probably meant tritium, but the analogy was very forced...

[@dungeonHackMedia]

omfg. Former jazz band trumpet player, long time Chrono Trigger fan. This is.... beautiful. Well played, mates, well played.

[@carsono311]

My God the drum up-tempo with sax riffs at 5:46 and on... so smooth and perfect.

[@andrewoverhere8525]

Big fan of your album. I found it all from this video. The bassists notes are just too choice. Love this arrangement

[@ReubenGingrich]

thanx man! yep Jeremiah Hunt killing it on the bass he's a beast!!

[@mikagami69]

Between you guys and Contraband we've got some fucking amazing music options. Best part is, now my kids are into it, and they like to see the different takes. Quality, guys! Plus the camera work is hilariously on point.

[@HyperNova137]

I don't care about a new FF7, I want a next-gen 2D Chrono Trigger with THIS as the actual background music... And I want it yesterday.

[@deebznutz100]

Why is this JUST NOW entering my feed?!? Should have seen this in 97! Absolutely Awesome!!!

[@FuzzPixels]

How have I only just heard this? It's SO good. So smooth. Incredible work 🔥

[@Romess1]

Somehow these gems of VG Jazz music keeping popping up every now and then and I'm thankful for each and everyone of them. I love this piece, especially thought the drum solo bit was nice.

[@DeadlyPlays]

I have to search for covers like this, and other people do too. KZbin needs to feature the *real* feature worthy content. This cover has gotten me through a rough day today, thanks! :D

[@Smoke3380]

This prevented me from killing myself.......its that powerful....magick

[@binho1980binho]

Enquanto eu estiver vivo, voltarei sempre a assistir e ouvir essa perfeição. É de se emocionar.

[@anthonypropst1818]

Wow! Not what I expected. This is a whole new depth and breath of music.

[@chriswebb3179]

As of today this video has 72,269 views. I alone might account for a good 10% of those :). This really is amazing guys, deserves way more views. Even if video game music jazz covers are fairly niche, I think just about anyone could enjoy this (though the nostalgia doesn't hurt).

[@kikayei]

If CD 101.9 Radio was still around, you guys would most definitely be broadcasted over and over again. Beautiful, man. 👍🏻

[@xxjoshuaxxjosh]

This is definitely one of the best covers of this song. The solos really add to original's vibe while standing out on their own. Really hope this video gets recommended to others because this deserves it.

[@chiquor]

Jesus. This is incredible, one of the smoothest 8 min of jazz I've ever heard. Love the rhodes solo!

[@Red88Rex]

Wow that is legit. Like what it should have sounded like, not limited by the SNES

[@Heymrk]

It is legit. 😉 Funny meeting you here.

[@Yanni-Konstantinopulos]

An exceptional performance 🔥🔥🔥 a superb composition 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 the ultimate cover; bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@marlogotopo763]

One of the best covers I've ever heard!!! OMG

[@goswamidhaval]

This is the 15th time I am watching in a row........Its unbelievable... Gives me goose bumps every time i listen to it....

[@soraqua7596]

I often come back listening to this...I see so many great covers of "Secret of the Forest" out there and each one is unique. But this one, it is so soothing to listen to and I absolutely love the sequence beginning at 2:35 . That's the point where this cover feels different from the other covers, where you can say you made this song original. It kinda gives me a feeling of transcending into another world :")

[@ReubenGingrich]

thats awesome to hear thanks Soraqua!

[@Lafayette149]

If all the ON HOLD phone calls sounds like this.... I definitely not gonna get bored waiting the operator to comes back :)

[@ReubenGingrich]

hahaha

[@cheegers420]

this is so rad.

[@whiispyy]

OMG this begin amazing and every second it just kept getting better and better....amazing work guys!!!!

[@gaberoony39]

It APPEARS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT CHRONO TRIGGER HAS LEFT AN IMMENSE PLACE WITHIN!!! I added this to my playlist by the way!!!! JUST FANTASTIC RENDITION!!! Thank you for the GLORY AND JOY!!!!

[@AlexCole272]

So happy y’all have this on Spotify

[@chroniquephilousophique9983]

The song deserve your arrangement, and you deserve to have more views! This cover is a masterpiece!!

[@omnivalent5]

Yooooooo that E-Piano solo blew me away! Followed by the outro... holy... those drums!!!

[@jp00full]

Sensacional!!!😎❤

[@RussefuI]

amazing arrangement, so smooth I'm flying in space

[@Percsandperks]

Best. Cover. Ever. Of secret of the forest. You guys really made it your own. Big ups!

[@Jinn-sin]

Hi! I came here via Mitsuda's Diary. Your arrangement is smooth and feeling good. Nice. Very nice. This is a cover but I surely feel your originality.

[@kuchicho]

There are so many versions of this theme but this one is absolutly the best. I can tell because I have listened all of them in youtube. This song is just exquisit. Can you perform one song from DKC 2 like Mining Melancoly? It could be so awesome! Or perhaps "my name is buster" from Mario Rpg. Wow! You are so good playing music!!

[@tbrusky61]

I only wish the bass was a little louder. This is awesome, guys.

[@ThoughtsEtcEtcEtc]

Yooo the drummer went offf!

[@gzloYGO]

this is by far the best chrono trigger cover on inet, u guys should keep doin this, i love u

[@fawtyseven5516]

Turned my game music to a DAMN. Love this

[@ForcedMemeIsAMeme]

This is excellent, guys. You played with excellent taste and an infectious groove throughout .

[@TythosEternal]

Simply outstanding.

[@craigstevens2553]

Wonderful group; wonderful music; had the pleasure of seeing you guys at the Elkhart Jazz Festival few years ago; sure wish you'd come back. 🎶😊

[@NestorMandela]

Instant sub, amazing rendition to an amazing composition.

[@DavidDiaz-vn8fe]

Superb! Congratulations!

[@lazarozamora3032]

I am amazed at this piece. Everything is so smooth. Shame that I am just hearing this now. Splendid work. Love it!!

[@joshuakomane6591]

I am a major fan of your guy's work 👏 Absolutely stunning guys!

[@paste5502]

Such beautiful tone, like wow

[@binho1980binho]

I love this song

[@viaffonso8495]

Sensational!

[@victorquesadacambil1906]

It's incredible, because this video only have 7 dislikes and more than 26.000 visits!!! Congratulations!!! Greetings from Spain.

[@wynneview]

still hits hard

[@lucaschapa71]

Great feel and tempo. Not to mention the overall arrangement. Incredible focus and dedication by all the musicians involved. Thank you :)

[@El-Duderino-His-Dudeness]

Hands down, best cover of this song I've heard.

[@jimmyneutron4632]

THIS. IS. DOPE.

[@88bit]

this is exceptional. Thank you for recording, arranging and playing this song so well.

[@meruscales]

Can't get over how good this is

[@Lokki_Jay]

Just created my own version of this song as well. You guys absolutely nailed, that sax was spot on!

[@GDelmy]

Fantastic arrangement, beautifully performed! great work!

[@Duy-Metal]

oh god! this is sweet sweet jazz, love it

[@ryanmccracken7247]

Beautiful. Brilliant. Outstanding. Outrageous. Thank you.

[@opedroarte]

Amazing job by the whole band. I like the drums a lot on this

[@HamtaroHxCx]

Amazing

[@Angel-wi5pu]

Simply amazing, this needs more views, people need to hear this.

[@drowdaba]

yes!

[@dnotive]

This is absolutely heavenly.

[@Phil_529]

Love coming back to this one, you guys nailed it!

[@Alloveck]

I guess I always had the wrong personal interpretation of this track, because while it's been my single favorite piece of video game music ever since I first heard it while playing Chrono Trigger as a kid, I never really thought of it as going for a jazz sound at all. But it seems like every single interpretation of it goes that direction, and apparently even the original composer meant something more like this, so by all evidence I was waaaayyy off. As such, it seems less and less likely I'll ever find a cover that fits the... I'm not even sure how to accurately describe it... more somber orchestral vibe I took from those original 16-bit chip tunes. But at least I'll always have the original itself to hear wrong.

[@spazzwazzle]

I always thought it sounded haunting, in a good way. I like this version a lot, but the feeling I got from the original is irreplaceable. It's a shame to see video game music all being orchestrated nowadays, because we miss out on the digital perfection of the rhythm to suck us in, and the instrumentation's ambiguity to let our imaginations take over.

[@JungleScene]

damn you guys killed it. Great performances by each band member! its not my top favorite song from the game but I think it is my favorite cover of any song from the game!!

[@Likes_Trains]

Best arrangement/cover on KZbin. Amazing work!! :D Thank you for making this :)

[@Eclectic.Nostalgia]

this deserves more views!

[@ricardorodriguez3059]

Es algo que nunca espere ver, muyyy pero muyyy buenooooooooooooooooo, los felicito. Saludos desde Colombia.. MANTENIENDO EL ARTE

[@cooldog171]

Thanks!

[@ReubenGingrich]

oh wow thanks so much!!🙌

[@fabiohawkeye]

This is the best arrange for this music I've listened so far. Thanks!!!

[@AsteriskGamer]

This is the first video I seen from you guys, and already, I want to just dig into your channel and see what kind of other stuff you have because this is so awesome!

[@antoniovazquez4407]

Que chingoneria!!

[@sakurya972]

This is just too perfect...

[@sakurya972]

I still listen to this today. Great stuff, guys.

[@grantfox7543]

This sounds like an Etrian Odyssey stratum, amazing arrangement 😍😍

[@neozzickmixes3987]

absolutely deserves more views, more people need to hear this

[@ninjag859]

Pro Jazz the best on the net right now Secret of the forest cover

[@ReubenGingrich]

thanks Ninja!

[@charlie64x2]

I was going to hit the like button but realized I already had a while back... 😆

[@jonnithundaga]

Damn. This is tight

[@lightsleepr]

Y’all have a very progressive sound The synth solo was amazing!

[@LinusKuehl]

This is an amazing arrangement!

[@ScottPenick]

Incredible.

[@johnthor4999]

I'm very picky about covers...this this hit the nail.

[@RetroGameStream]

Great version of one of my favorite songs, nice job!

[@bryangalan1867]

Wow

[@orgness]

This is absolutely beautiful!

[@carlosgatica9527]

Sick arrangement, pls could you do a Secret of Mana track on another record? Cheers

[@StevenCasteelYT]

Really well done. Great job!

[@dubettoni]

Nice ! A wonderful week to you my dear friend !

[@michaelscott9186]

Wow so humble this popped up gamer or not freaking amazing! Personal opinion.

[@ReubenGingrich]

thanx michael!

[@nishiobla]

Wonderful!!

[@BEHEDETY]

Wow!

[@CarlosCastillo-sr6oo]

Great!