Chrono Cross & Xenogears Symphony- "Xeno Cross"

A symphony EP combining Chrono Cross and Xenogears, with interwoven themes across the two games to tell one musical story. Now available for download via PayPal on www.samostudios.com and coming soon on Loudr.fm, iTunes, Amazon, and more! You can also join me on / samostudios to download the album and exclusive new music!
Continuing the work of Chrono Cinematica as a tribute to the wonderful music of Yasunori Mitsuda that inspired me years ago.

[@Nerdinyan]

As I was listening to this, I genuinely found it difficult to believe it was fan-made. It sounds so amazing. You did an excellent job of capturing Mitsuda's style.

[@JudoEagle32]

youtube algorithms suck. I should've heard this 6 years ago. simply amazing.

[@SamoStudios]

Better late than never, glad you like it!

[@yukari.n2766]

0:00 - 1- Scars of the Nether 5:45 - 2- Home 11:00 - 3 - Star Crossed 16:13 - 4 - Omen's Wish 21:26 - 5 - The Gods Awaken 28:00 - 6 - Promise of Mended Pieces

[@NoriWakameKonbu]

ありがとう！

[@yukari.n2766]

@@NoriWakameKonbu どういたしまして！(* 'ᵕ' )

[@Flegan777]

Two of the greatest PlayStation RPGs' soundtracks in one? Sheer magnificence!

[@Grobyc315]

Was searching for this comment. ^^

[@terranort4279]

Legit my two favorite games of all time. I love it.

[@daoyang223]

Yas Mitsuda did both too which is even greater. He makes the most dreamy sounding folk style rock tracks that just brings out this mixed vibe of innocence and nostalgia.

[@Flegan777]

@@daoyang223 I know he did both. There's a reason Mitsuda is best known as the time/space composer.

[@cferrado]

That mix of "star stealing girl" and "broken shards", can't express the experience of hearing that.

[@StruggleNation]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL

[@r8rfateful2kx]

How is it, that music from a video game can stir so many emotions, all at the same time? Thats the power of music, and its on full display with this arrangement. Fantastic.

[@zerosaber257]

r8rfateful2kx as a game the player experiences where the themes are properly set to play. There is empathy so the emotions feel genuine. Similar to why dsbm is the best genre of music to many depressed people.

[@Dreamlands15]

This is unbelievable. Now if you excuse me, I appear to have something in my eye.

[@crimson_furi7123]

Bomds of sea and flame is one of my favorite videogame soundtracks so when home faded in, i got chills from the beauty of it. I almost cried...

[@LeviBechtold]

I just really wanted to thank you for all your work on this piece. I've been listening to re-arrangements of video game music for over 6 years and now have over 2300 songs in my playlist, I can honestly say that only one song has brought me to tears, and it was minimal, but after listening to this time and time again there's just soo much emotion and beauty in the tones. The first time I heard it, my parents thought I was seriously injured because of all the tears, at work I was listening to it and my boss wanted to send me home because he thought I was sick because my whole face had turned red. I'm listening to it again now and still my response have yet to change. Thank you eternally for providing me with the single most amazing thing I have ever heard.

[@SamoStudios]

Thank you, not only is it very difficult to compose and re-imagine the music itself but on a technical level it is extremely tough to get it sounding right as well so the listener can focus on what the music is saying without being distracted by the way it sounds. I'm glad the hard work paid off and you were able to enjoy it!

[@LemegetonProblem]

You know it's an official crime to speak so good about a song and not to name/link to it? Fix that, quickly.

[@Nomadmandude]

@@SamoStudios 6-7 years later I AM STILL LISTENING TO IT quite often.

[@RollsChaotic]

Wow, that Stars Crossed track... you weave the melodies of Xeno and Cross together in a way not unlike the intertwined fates of Fei and Elly, or the two wayward timelines in Chrono Cross. Impossible not to have tears by the end of that. Hats off to you, Sam.

[@BrianOfAteionas]

Well said man! You nailed it.

[@blondeleogirl]

Beautifully said. Exactly!!

[@ericrollin2331]

Judging by the number of dislikes...the Gazel Ministry does not approve of your creativity.

[@paullashomb2303]

18:55 All I could imagine was Fei standing there with blood covered on his face with a look of horror at the sight of his murdered mother.

[@DodoMaldo]

This is absolutely amazing, I mean, "perfect work"! The two best stories I've done so far in video games, + CC and CT being my favorite OST. Just Awesome. Hope Mitsuda will listen to this one day. Congratulations.

[@RadicalDreamer17]

Listened to this again yesterday. It’s so good, seriously.

[@pablohorst]

WOW, I am in awe listening to these compositions. Excellent combination of Mitsuda's works. That battle theme song is simply amazing. Great Job!! Greetings from an Argentinian Xenogears fan

[@blondeleogirl]

Omfg both games meant so much to me...shaped my life and views on the world. ...so fucking amazing. The music was vital to this....i played them in my teens...here I am years later and you have brought me back....im crying right now. Wow ♥

[@hannesburger9073]

I am truly blessed to be alive when I am, to be able to hear this and listen to it whenever I want to. Thank you for creating this and sharing it with the world.

[@Crisis7]

Beautiful! Finally a rendition that gives Xenogears that modern upgrade it deserves!

[@relaxingtopology256]

My heart still soars with those strings and chorus. Thank you so much.

[@yamonyosun813]

I think I can publicly say, without much doubt, that this arrangement might be the single most epic thing I've ever heard...

[@teohyc]

Just bought the album. Seriously worth the money

[@rockyjordy3271]

a trick : watch series at Flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies lately.

[@terrencesantino2261]

@Rocky Jordy Definitely, I have been using flixzone for since december myself :D

[@iHashmalash]

totallly agreed

[@LeviBechtold]

I can't believe that I've actually listened to this 3+ times a week for over a year now, and I still cry every time.

[@jonathandiosa5739]

My god man, get it together lol.

[@zerosaber257]

Onion ninjas must be pestering you a lot lol. Hire some protection or something.

[@user-cq6zg2lw7f]

ninja infest ur room

[@Namtar3D]

Chrono Cross it's the definitive master piece soundtrack of all videogames, every single track is perfect, epic, nostalgic, so damn beautiful.

[@brycelindsay4414]

I want this in Vinyl so much. One of the most beautiful arrangements for a game soundtrack I've ever heard. Absolutely wonderful.

[@chrisfreeman852]

This entire album is so incredible I finally had to comment. Several years after first discovering it and the end of Stars Crossed still gives me chills and tears every time

[@SamoStudios]

Thanks! It almost didn't exist but I'm glad I ended up making it

[@Nomadmandude]

@@SamoStudios Sam O! You did great! So much so that I bet Yasunori Mitsuda would be so happy and give a big hug in Japan for. This really is amazing!

[@wanderingslacker]

Absolutely phenomenal rearrangements. I hope Mitsuda-San hears this. I’ll buy this album on iTunes. You deserve as much support as you can get.

[@karimandkat]

This has been my favorite mix for years. It will continue to be

[@SamoStudios]

I'm glad my arrangement has brought some joy for so long!

[@coreyquinn3864]

I come back to this once a week because "home" pops into my head. Such amazing work

[@alvinchimp1392]

Absolutely incredible! 2 of my favorite video game soundtracks!

[@tastycakes9]

The nostalgia this album brings me I can't rightly put into words. I love it.

[@mycabbages3538]

It's absurd you don't get more views.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

SamoStudios isn't the only video game orchestral rearrangement artist on KZbin who gets a criminally low amount of views. Go check out The Second Narrator (Jeremiah Sun). He's done lots of Zelda stuff.

[@jeremiahaticf]

I'm Very Angry It's Not Butter!! Yes this is great stuff. Another great remaster channel is BitSymphony. He's got tons of Final Fantasy series remasters and actually does most of them justice. Some I even enjoy more than the original

[@crimson_furi7123]

Jeremiah Stratton agreed on bitsymphony. I have been following them for about a year now and their remixes are amazing.

[@ajkoenes-onsitecomputerrep6059]

agreed

[@jonathandiosa5739]

50k views isnt alot? For a game like Xeno that never came out in Australia or in Europe, its gaining popularity. Plus Mitsuda is working on FF 15 DLC.

[@supertonic64]

Fantastic job! I loved every moment of this!

[@alexzander8728]

This is fantastic. Know that your work is truly appreciated

[@nemurerumori3485]

extremely impressed good luck and will keep an eye out on your future works

[@JCrossJ]

Hey, man! This was absolutely awesome! Thanks for such hard work put into it. Xenogears and Chrono Cross are two of my favorite games, and Mitsuda is, no doubt, my favorite composer out there. I really enjoyed the album and you totally made justice to both soundtracks here. Subscribed and will check out other works of yours!

[@tabaquinho_]

thrid day in a row I come back to listen to this. this is perfection. thank you so much!

[@levisiteurdumultivers4191]

The two last symphonic themes are so fantastic! It touchs my heart so hard. Thank you very much for that (T_T)

[@Jrctaxpr]

Impressive. A timeless masterpiece! I hope you continue with your excellent work.

[@gavinator354]

this was absolutely incredible!!!

[@taopaille-paille4992]

it is beautiful. thank you so much for the very high quality work

[@clairedeluna3585]

Absolutely gorgeous re-arrangement~!

[@raverprince4845]

I'm absolutely taken aback. This is sublime. Thank you so much, Maestro.

[@BahamutMagusX]

This has made my day! What an exquisite mesh-up one two top RPGs with amazing soundtracks! VERY well done!

[@Elly3981]

Omg, this is amazing! Chrono Cross and Xenogears were among my favorite games as a teen and I still love the music to this day. I think you did a marvelous job of blending their tracks together, especially considering one is a fantasy and the other is sci-fi.

[@SamoStudios]

Thanks, it wasn't easy!

[@Elly3981]

@@SamoStudios I'm sure it wasn't, especially since the two games and their music are of totally different genres. Do you have videos similar to this?

[@rebeccatripp36]

This is so amazing each time.

[@nikob3277]

33 minutes of nostalgia and goosebumps and a few moments of tearing up. Thank you so much.

[@DanteS-119]

"XENO CROSS" -- That title... this... lives up to that title... WOW.

[@satoshizure]

How can everything gives me goosebumps and eargasms and oh... tears for track #3? Thank you so much for rearranging my favorite bunches in such a wonderfully gorgeous way :")

[@calebjackson3895]

The two most convoluted stories in JRPG history. EDIT: Holy shit, these arrangements are phenomenal!

[@okyoros]

This guy came in contact with God... it's a beautiful arrangement

[@MetalGearChris1]

This is the Best piece of music en all KZbin. Thank you so much.

[@Nomadmandude]

This is just amazing. Wow.... Listening again for the 1012th time. Love this so much.

[@Nomadmandude]

I am listening to this for the 1053rd time. I love it.

[@kuriatsu]

I absolutely loved this mix, you should be proud of yourself for making something that pays tribute to something that touched all of our hearts, while touching ours for different but similar reasons. Thank you so much for uploading and making this mix of the Chrono Cross and Xenogears music. You are amazing and once I get money, I would be happy to buy the music MP3s on your site.

[@skeptikai]

Bravo!! You are insanely talented!

[@yattav]

30 seconds in and I already have liked, subscribed and requested an ad to advertise this channel.

[@hannesburger9073]

If aliens ever decide to make contact, and we only get to choose one piece of information to send to them to stop them from obliterating us, I hope we get to send them this.

[@galacticraymond]

my eyes teared up when track 02.home fade in.....such beauty

[@felipehuszar5537]

To do such musical arrangement, from different games, IS a BIG deal. Congratulations on such skills!

[@joshuacruz5436]

Wow... this is just brilliant. The ways that you managed to mingle various songs together while they retain their individuality. Very impressive. I can't imagine the time it took to write these scores.

[@adeelhussain2304]

Wow - this was brilliant! Excellent Work - You have earned yourself a content subscriber!

[@danilorossini2861]

There's no much words left to say... You made It. Mixing xenogears and crono cross songs with this authority means you got the both game meanings and feelings. Tnks a Lot. U made me wave a long term passion again. But with New eyes and perspectives .

[@ScudX]

14:32 is the singular moment that let me know you love Mitsuda as much as I do, and have the flourishing talent to really show it off. Blending moments of my absolute favorite all-time square OSTs doesn't get more pitch perfect than this building crescendo. You crushed it.

[@pallafox]

Xeno Cross - The story about God and Time!

[@plastikman7788]

Gods know no Time

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@plastikman7788 but false ones do.

[@AcappellaGamer]

Soooooo GOOOOOOOOD! WONDERFULLY DONE!

[@pr9039]

WOW! Just, WOW! This is very, VERY well done!

[@Nomadmandude]

I know right? It's so good I don't think I'd ever stop listening to it. Two of my favorite soundtracks and Squaresoft games mixed to this extent!? Beautifully done. The original composer of the games should be proud. This is amazing.

[@solitaregames]

This is a brilliant masterpiece!!

[@darkdavid28]

Can barely see to type past the tears. Man you have true musical talent and for that.... I have liked this and am now a subscriber to your channel. I came thinking I would listen to good music. What I got instead was an emotional roller coaster ride through a whirlwind of harmony and chaos mingled in a symphony of souls. Please, please I beg you, keep up this amazing work. I bow to you and your artist spirit. May God take you places you only dream of as you have with me using this music.

[@GameArts1]

This gives me a lot of inspiration, keep it up

[@hayabusaturbo8141]

two legendary series with one legendary maestro i love both of them

[@mycabbages3538]

Been listening to all of your music today on repeat. I'm fortunate enough to have a job that I can do this pretty much non stop for my entire shift. Not sure if I have every track you ever released but there's 59 in my playlist. I love all of it. I adore Chrono Cinematica. I tell everyone it's the greatest fan made tribute album ever released. But I think I'm finally ready to say Xeno Cross is my favorite. I'm locked into every note when these tracks play. The sound quality is as close to a real orchestra as I've ever heard. It feels as full and rich as any movie score. Somehow an entire whimsical story unfolds in my mind every time I listen. There's so much beauty here. This 36 year old man isn't ashamed to say these songs can bring me to tears. Thank you for putting in the work to make such quality music. Can't wait for Zelda Cinematica and whatever is beyond that!

[@SamoStudios]

Thank you! It's definitely a lot of work making these songs, especially trying to do realistic orchestration, but my main goal with pretty much all of my songs is to convey a story so I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@frozen222]

Beautiful work. Amazing job!

[@frozen222]

Last night, I listened to this for the first time and it inspired me to write a screenplay for the final fight of Chrono Cross and freeing Schala. The music has that epic "movie" tone laced in it I can hear, so I had to write something. In it, Serge, Kid, and Guile enter the Darkness beyond Time, fight the Time Devourer, and free Schala. I added flashbacks to Chrono Trigger while she is talking and a more satisfying conclusion to Guile/Magus. I consider him Magus with his memory wiped because of the Dream Devourer, nobody is gonna tell me otherwise. I actually cried a bit while writing the scene between him and Schala. The music helped alot. Thank you for the amazing piece of work you did. Absolutely wonderful! :D

[@jmtexx]

It feels like im dying and being reborn at the same while reliving Chrono Cross and Xenogears o_O

[@nephtisseibzehn]

Subscribed. This is amazing.

[@aaaro88]

Holy Crap why am i only now coming across this!!!???

[@SamoStudios]

Better late than never!

[@ivonlee5482]

Excellent work!

[@plastikman7788]

SamoStudios I hope you continue this work. I happened upon your work while feeling nostalgic for some Metroid music and was blown away at your works with it. Then I found this gem which is hands down my favorite of your works. I loved Xenogears and Chrono Cross. Those two RPG's are in my top 5 best games I've personally ever played for story, soundtrack, and gameplay. I love how you're able to blend both games scores together which wouldn't seem possible but you're able to pull it off. I especially love the mix on your "Home" track. I love around the 9:00 mark where you take the original content and add an almost Irish Jig style to it.... brilliant. I've often found myself remixing, adding beats and high hats to the music I love but never had the software to play with my musical imagination, my hats off to you for producing great works (with the original concepts help of course). I can still remember leaving Xenogears open in the background while I did chores or cleaned my room because I thought the music was amazing. Now if you are able to come up with something on Final Fantasy VI opening with the Mech March. I have full faith that you'd do something amazing with it. ;) Bravo

[@Grobyc315]

Two masterpieces merged, how is this possible? *-* TY!

[@aethersimulacra]

This is an amazing arrangement.

[@Swordsquire]

O M G ! This maybe the most amazing thing I've heard since the original ost's!

[@Beurdoux]

Really amazing as always SamoStudios. Cant't wait for this album to be published on Amazon ;)

[@SamoStudios]

Thank you, it's available now with PayPal and Loudr.fm, though should be on Amazon any time now as well as iTunes.

[@maskedzangel]

just beatiful, thank you !!

[@Creidh]

Your job is awesome, thank you, really .

[@pablorisso9270]

Gracias por algo tan hermoso como esto.

[@Duopierce]

This is really, really wonderful.

[@0Firebrander]

this is... just perfect...

[@ajkoenes-onsitecomputerrep6059]

I've been listening to these for decades, and I appreciate that story continues with these music arrangements. It seems that modern games are all about progression, and development, but for me, the old gems are still the height of musical and story driven innovation for the gaming industry.

[@SamoStudios]

Agreed!

[@blondeleogirl]

The 90s....omg what a golden age of rps....i played suikoden 2 and xenogears on new years day 1999-2000 such a memorable one for me. Ff7 and 8 and 6 there too. Grandia, chrono, wild arms. ..glad I was able to play these before ps3 and graphics vs story won and most games lost their hearts in favor of pretty screen times. .(ff13 is gr8 example). Xenogears alone permanently altered my views of religion, human consciousness, and love for a lifetime. If cant have a love that is present from the beginning of time enduring throughout lifetimes of loss and hardships I dont want it. They just dont make these games like they used to...wow. your music made me remember. ...thanks from the bottom of my heart

[@wellingtoncrdeseusamigos]

Xenogears, best game ever made!

[@chuckdam]

This adjective, Best, belongs to only one game and it's not Xenogears, for sure. It's for Chrono Trigger.

[@CloisteredExplorer]

Here's the thing though..... opinions exist. For me its still Xenogears. The definition of a best game is pretty much subjective.

[@chuckdam]

As far as I can tell, you could think that any Final Fantasy is the best rpg ever, or maybe Zelda, who cares? What I'm saying here is that Chrono Trigger is the best RPG ever made. It's not for debate, it's the real truth and you know that. If you don't, it's because you've never played Chrono Trigger in your life. Now, just to make some point here, look at this list made by IGN: www.ign.com/lists/top-100-rpgs/1 You can disagree with almost everything there if you want to, but you need to agree that Chrono Trigger IS the best RPG ever made. You're speaking with a person who played the best out there, I love a lot of RPG games, but I'm quite convinced about Chrono Trigger and it's by FAR.

[@Deus69xxx1]

mmmmmnope. definitely xenogears. i've played both. own both original (english) releases. have clocked thousands of hours on both. hands down, there is no better plot in a game that tops xenogears, once it finally comes together. the only thing questionable about this is combat styles, with more useful techs in chrono vs most battles being combos only in xenogears. but those combos are EPIC. chrono trigger doesn't even make second, as ff VI also has an awesome story, and the customizable leveling that you can do in 6 (or for a challenge, the lack of). chrono trigger is a tossup in third with several others, such as ff4, suikoden 2, ff7 and ff tactics. as for all those, i love them all so much, it's hard to choose. but if i was held at gun point and told to choose the only game i could ever play again for the rest of my life, it would be xenogears.

[@SephirothRyu]

Its just a shame, really. What if they had made XG completely? Its no secret that they ran out of time/budget part way through and had to give a rushed second half.

[@LexCoelho]

This is just fantastic👏👏👏👏

[@once_saw_salad]

W...what did I stumble into? Only two minutes in and this is preeetty sweet. Thanks for the upload!

[@Nomadmandude]

He does such a fantastic job of combining the two games from the music of the same composer that I feel Yasunori Mitsuda would be EXTREMELY proud to hear. Sam O. Let's us know what Yasunori Mitsuda says, if anything. Such a fantastic rendition.

[@ZeldaMOMOe]

HOLY CRAP THIS IS AMAAAAZING AAAHHHHHHH!!!!

[@noviannoorfirdaus7485]

Wow.did just arranged thats. Amazing ... i gonna share it to my follower.

[@jamzzzist]

Stunning

[@atlanteanrevival2299]

I really dig this, thanks!

[@Lord_Raoh]

You’re breathtaking!!!

[@vandyniyomkham5032]

WOW this was amazing! i'm going to have to hit you up when i make my own video game.

[@adipratama2626]

this is simply majestic

[@alexeyveretennikov9870]

The gods awaken is amazing, breathtaking and sneaks up to goosebumps

[@perezkoala]

Amazing. Liked and subscribed.

[@DianaBelliniOficial]

This is just pure energy to my soul!